Transfer of the Atyeo Collection of Parasitic Mites from the University of Georgia to the University of Michigan and Modernization of Collection Facilities for Ectoparasites

本项目将促进鸟类寄生螨（羽毛螨）的采集从乔治亚大学转移到密歇根大学。这些藏品是新大陆同类藏品中最广泛的，但有成为孤儿的危险。该项目还将改进与密歇根大学动物博物馆昆虫部门的外寄生和共生节肢动物收藏有关的收集储存设施。这个现有的体外寄生虫收藏是该国最大和最多样化的收藏之一，拥有超过120,000个载玻片标本和16,000种寄生虫，主要来自世界各地的哺乳动物，鸟类和昆虫。特别重要的是，通过与脊椎动物生物学家合作，在马达加斯加和菲律宾等世界上鲜为人知和濒临灭绝的地区进行动物群调查，获得了大量的标本。该项目还将协助从格鲁吉亚和UMMZ收集的大量积压的酒类中制作载玻片标本。由于大多数研究人员要么需要，要么更愿意接收安装在显微镜载玻片上的寄生虫标本，而不是未经准备的酒精批次，因此减少积压的未经准备的标本对于收集服务社区至关重要。这些目标的实现将使乔治亚州的馆藏免于潜在的损失，并大大提高了科学界对合并馆藏的可及性。

ABSTRACT This project will facilitate the transfer of the collection of parasitic mites of birds (feather mites) from the University of Georgia to the University of Michigan. The collection, the most extensive of its kind in the New World, is in danger of being orphaned. The project will also provide for the improvement of collection storage facilities associated with the collections of ectoparasitic and commensal arthropods of the Insect Division of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ). This existing collection of ectoparasites is one of the largest and most diverse in the country, with over 120,000 slide mounted specimens and 16,000 lots of parasites, primarily from mammals, birds and insects from around the world. Of particular importance are the large collections obtained through collaborations with vertebrate biologists conducting faunal surveys in poorly known and endangered parts of the world such as Madagascar and the Philippines. The project will additionally assist in the preparation of slide mounted specimens from the large backlog of accumulated alcohol lots in both the Georgia and UMMZ collections. Because most researchers either require or prefer to receive parasite specimens mounted on microscope slides rather than unprepared in alcohol lots, reduction of the backlog of unprepared specimens is essential for the collection to serve the community. Accomplishment of these goals will save the Georgia collection from potential loss and greatly enhance the accessibility of the combined collection to the scientific community.