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

摘要DBI 9808827威廉·L·彼得斯佛罗里达州立大学最近向佛罗里达农工大学捐赠了大量的蚂蚁，使该大学收藏的蚂蚁成为北美最大和最有意义的蚂蚁收藏之一。由于这些捐赠超过了正常的增长，这个项目关注的是对收到的收藏品的管理和保存，以及整个Ephemoptera收藏品的现代化。具体目标是：(A)继续确保运抵佛罗里达农工大学的所有类型和凭证材料的完整性；(B)升级Berner收藏的存储；(C)将Traver和Edmunds收藏整合到现有的EphEmeroptera收藏中；以及(D)将EphEmeroptera收藏放在钢储藏柜中，以便便于进行修订工作和未来的增长管理。这些捐赠包括将整个伯纳收藏(包括莱曼收藏)从佛罗里达大学转移到佛罗里达农工大学，以及将埃德蒙兹和特拉弗的部分收藏从犹他大学转移到佛罗里达农工大学。在伯纳收藏中最有意义的是对美国东南部蚂蚁的历史记录。其他材料来自包括非洲在内的许多其他地区。伯纳收藏是一个以标本为基础的收藏，因此使用卡片目录和索引系统，标本可以在几分钟内访问任何已发布的记录。在伯纳收藏在佛罗里达农工大学期间，它一直是频繁借阅的来源，因为北美蚂蚁属或物种的修订必须返回到已公布的伯纳分布。Edmunds和Traver的采集范围遍及世界各地，其中以新热带地区的Leptophlebiidae和Leptohyphidae的代表性最强。Edmunds和Traver系列包含100多个品种的类型材料，其中包括55个主要类型。这些藏品的具体策展需求包括将16盎司罐子上的所有胶木盖子换成聚丙烯瓶盖，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年来不同大小罐子上的所有橡胶衬里瓶盖，以及可拆卸的塞子。所有收藏品，无论是架子上的还是罐子里的，都将被放入钢制储藏柜。为了将来获取，它们将按家族或超级家族组按系统发育进行存储。所有类型的酒精物质都将被存放在博物馆的广口瓶中，放入一个双重存储小瓶系统(内瓶和外瓶)。

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.