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

摘要 William L.彼得斯佛罗里达州立大学 最近大量蜉蝣捐赠给佛罗里达 A M大学使这所大学成为北美最大和最重要的蜉蝣收藏之一。由于这些捐赠超过了正常的增长，这个项目是关于管理和保存传入的集合和现代化的整个蜉蝣目集合。具体目标是a）继续确保抵达佛罗里达A M大学的所有类型和凭证材料的完整性&;（B）更新Berner收藏品的储存;（c）将Traver和Edmunds收藏品纳入现有的蜉蝣目收藏品;以及（d）将蜉蝣目收藏品存放在钢制储藏柜中，以便于进行修订工作和未来的增长管理。 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），以及从犹他州大学转移到佛罗里达A M大学的埃德蒙兹和特拉弗收藏的一部分。在伯纳收集的最大意义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。伯尔尼的收藏是一个以伯尔尼为基础的收藏，因此任何出版的记录都可以在几分钟内通过使用卡片目录和索引系统的标本进行访问。在时间的伯纳收集一直在佛罗里达A M大学，它一直是经常贷款的来源，因为北美蜉蝣属或种的修订必须返回到出版的伯纳分布。 Edmunds和Traver的收藏范围遍及全球，在Leptophlebiidae和Leptohypidae的新热带代表中实力最强。Edmunds和Traver收藏包含100多个种类的类型材料，包括55个主要类型。 这些收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更换为聚丙烯盖子，将50年来各种不同尺寸罐子上的所有橡胶衬里盖子更换为标准尺寸的博物馆罐子（16盎司，32盎司）和聚丙烯盖子，以及分解塞子。所有收藏品，包括架子上的和罐子里的，都将放在钢制储藏柜里。为了将来的访问，它们将按家族或超家族组遗传地存储。酒精中的所有类型的材料将在博物馆罐中被策展到双储存小瓶系统（内瓶和外瓶）中。

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.