Growth Management and Modernization of the Ephemeroptera Collection at Florida A&M University

佛罗里达州立大学最近向佛罗里达a&m大学捐赠了大量蜉蝣目（蜉蝣），使该大学的蜉蝣收藏成为北美最大、最重要的蜉蝣收藏之一。由于这些捐赠超过了正常的增长，这个项目关注的是管理和保存传入的藏品，以及整个蜉蝣收藏的现代化。具体目标是a)继续确保到达佛罗里达农工大学的所有类型和凭证材料的完整性；(b)改善Berner馆藏的储存；(c)将特拉弗和埃德蒙兹的藏品整合到现有的蜉蝣目藏品中；(d)将蜉蝣目收藏放在钢制储物柜中，以便于修订工作和未来的生长管理。这些捐赠包括从佛罗里达大学转移整个伯纳收藏（包括莱曼收藏），以及从犹他大学转移埃德蒙兹和特拉弗收藏的一部分到佛罗里达农工大学。伯纳收藏中最重要的是美国东南部蜉蝣的历史记录。其他材料来自许多其他地区，包括非洲。伯纳收藏是一个基于标本的收藏，因此任何出版的记录都可以在几分钟内通过卡片目录和索引系统通过标本访问。在Berner收藏在佛罗里达农工大学期间，由于北美蜉蝣属或种的修订必须返回到已出版的Berner分布，它一直是频繁出借的来源。埃德蒙兹和特拉弗的收藏范围遍及全球，其中最具优势的是新热带地区的细蝇科和细蝇科代表。埃德蒙兹和特拉弗的藏品包含超过100种的类型材料，包括55种主要类型。这些藏品的具体策展需求包括用聚丙烯瓶盖取代16盎司罐子上的所有胶木盖子，用标准尺寸的博物馆罐子（16盎司，32盎司）和聚丙烯瓶盖取代50年不同尺寸罐子上的所有橡胶内衬瓶盖，以及分解塞。所有的收藏品，无论是放在架子上的还是放在罐子里的，都要放在钢制的储物柜里。为了将来访问，它们将按家族或超家族组进行系统发育存储。酒精中的所有类型的材料将被策展到博物馆瓶子中的双存储小瓶系统（内部和外部小瓶）。

ABSTRACT DBI 9808827 William L. Peters Florida State University Recent large donations of Ephemeroptera (mayflies) to Florida A&M University have made this university collection one of the largest and most significant collections of mayflies in North America. As these donations exceed normal growth, this project is concerned with the management and preservation of incoming collections and modernization of the entire Ephemeroptera collection. Specific objectives are a) to continue to assure the integrity of all type and voucher material arriving at Florida A&M University; (b) to upgrade storage of the Berner collection; (c) to integrate the Traver and Edmunds collections into the existing Ephemeroptera collection; and (d) to house the Ephemeroptera collection in steel storage cabinets in such a way as to make them easily accessible for revisionary work and future growth management. The donations include the transfer of the entire Berner collection (including the Lyman collection) from the University of Florida and a portion of the Edmunds and Traver collections from the University of Utah to Florida A&M University. The greatest significance in the Berner collection is the historical record for the mayflies of the Southeastern United States. Additional material comes from many other areas, including Africa. The Berner collection is a specimen-based collection, so that any published record can be accessed by specimen in a few minutes using a system of card catalogs and indices. In the time the Berner collection has been at Florida A&M University, it has been the source of frequent loans as revisions of North American mayfly genera or species must return to the published Berner distributions. The Edmunds and Traver collections are worldwide in scope, with greatest strength in the Neotropical representatives of Leptophlebiidae and Leptohyphidae. The Edmunds and Traver collections contain type material for over 100 sp ecies, including 55 primary types. Specific curatorial needs for these collections include replacing all bakelite lids on 16 oz jars with polypropylene closures, replacing all rubber-lined closures on a 50-year assortment of different sized jars with standard-sized museum jars (16-oz, 32-oz) and polypropylene closures, and disintegrating stoppers. All collections, those in racks and those in jars, will be placed into steel storage cabinets. For future access, they will be stored phylogenetically by family or superfamily group. All type material in alcohol will be curated into a double storage vial system (inner and outer vials) in museum jars.