Remediation and Curation of the University of California, Riverside, Collection of Aphytis

加州大学河滨分校阿菲蒂斯收藏的修复和管理

• 批准号: 9728626
• 负责人: John Heraty
• 金额: $ 14.38万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-05-01 至 2002-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9728626&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Remediation; Curation; University; California; Riverside

Species of Aphytis wasps are among the most important parasitoids of armored scale insects (Homoptera: Diaspididae). Many of the species used in classical and augmentative biological control programs around the world, including type and important voucher material, are represented in collections of the University of California, Riverside (UCR). Because of their minute size, these wasps are generally ignored by collectors and are not accumulated in most insect collections. The UCR collection includes ca. 30,000 specimens of Aphytis mounted on ca. 5,000 slides. The majority of these specimens (28,224) are mounted in a temporary, water soluble medium (Hoyer's) on 4,380 slides. A significant number of these mounts are now in various stages of decay. Many specimens, including numerous type specimens, have already been damaged. It is urgent to protect the collection by transferring a significant portion to Canada balsam, a permanent medium better suited for preserving specimens in taxonomically significant collections of micro-Hymenoptera. Specimens also must be mounted individually and properly labeled. Currently, the majority of the material is mounted with an average of 6.67 specimens per slide. sometimes with more than one species per slide, and labeled very poorly. This project will support the remediation, and curation of the collection of Aphytis at UCR. The UCR collection of Aphytis formed the basis for a world taxonomic revision of the genus by David Rosen and Paul DeBach in 1979. The monograph was based almost entirely on the UCR collection of Aphytis, and because of this, it is an invaluable resource for basic and applied scientists. The UCR collection of Aphytis is almost entirely composed of reared and slide-mounted specimens collected from 74 different countries and territories over the last 70 years. The magnitude and scope of the collection make it irreplaceable. Its revitalization will stabilize the existing collection and stimulate additi onal taxonomic studies of this important genus.

蚜虫是甲壳虫中最重要的寄生蜂（同翅目：双翅目）。 世界各地经典和增强生物控制计划中使用的许多物种，包括类型和重要的凭证材料，都在加州大学河滨分校 (UCR) 的收藏中得到体现。 由于它们的体积很小，这些黄蜂通常被收藏家忽视，并且不会在大多数昆虫收藏中积累。 UCR 收藏包括约。 30,000 个阿菲蒂斯标本安装在约。 5,000 张幻灯片。这些标本中的大多数 (28,224) 都安装在 4,380 个载玻片上的临时水溶性介质（Hoyer's）中。这些坐骑中有相当一部分现在处于不同的腐烂阶段。 许多标本，包括许多模式标本，已经遭到损坏。 迫切需要通过将大部分转移到加拿大香脂来保护收藏品，加拿大香脂是一种永久介质，更适合保存具有分类学意义的微型膜翅目收藏品中的标本。 样本还必须单独安装并正确标记。目前，大部分材料平均每张载玻片安装有 6.67 个样本。有时每张幻灯片上有多个物种，而且标签很差。 该项目将支持加州大学河滨分校的阿菲蒂斯收藏的修复和管理。 UCR 的 Aphytis 收藏为 David Rosen 和 Paul DeBach 于 1979 年对该属进行世界分类学修订奠定了基础。该专着几乎完全基于 UCR 的 Aphytis 收藏，因此，它对于基础科学家和应用科学家来说是宝贵的资源。 UCR 收藏的阿菲蒂斯几乎全部由过去 70 年来从 74 个不同国家和地区收集的饲养和载玻片标本组成。 藏品的规模和范围使其无可替代。 它的复兴将稳定现有的收藏并刺激这一重要属的更多分类学研究。