Improvements to the Texas A&M University Insect Collection

该项目将支持收购设备，用品和旅行所需的改善得克萨斯州A M大学昆虫收藏（TAMUIC）-一个主要的昆虫研究收藏约155万策展标本与区域优势在中南部和西南部美国和墨西哥。 具体来说，该项目将重新安置和纳入孤儿约翰逊布鲁奇收集到TAMUIC鞘翅目收集，以及（2）更换用于容纳部分TAMUIC钉扎收集物的非标准/不合标准的橱柜，作为在TAMUIC中安装压实机系统以适应未来增长的长期计划的一部分。约翰逊豆象收集物包含约1000种豆象物种的代表（约占世界上1500种甲虫的2/3），是有史以来收集的最重要的新世界种子甲虫之一。 该系列由Clarence D.“丹。“约翰逊，前北方亚利桑那大学（NAU）生物科学系教授。 在过去的35年里，约翰逊博士一直是新大陆豆象系统学的两个主要人物之一。 收藏品估计有200，000 - 250，000个标本。 自1994年约翰逊博士退休以来，这些标本在NAU就成为孤儿，并于1998年6月正式提供给TAMUIC永久保存。在过去的五年里，TAMUIC的155万份标本中有338，500份（21.9%）被添加到标本库中。 这一增长率的大幅增长一直是一个专门的集合相关的教师，工作人员，学生和朋友谁致力于TAMUIC作为支持昆虫系统学的核心资源的持续发展的集体努力的结果。 近年来的快速增长没有显示出放缓的迹象，并促使收藏策展人制定了一项战略计划，以在目前分配给收藏的相对静态的空间内适应未来的增长。 该计划要求最终在TAMUIC的主要收藏室安装一个压缩机系统，并在准备安装时，更换某些非标准的收藏品储存设备，这些设备妨碍了压缩机的有效储存。 许多这类设备还存在结构缺陷，妨碍其在收藏中的正常运作。 该项目还将支持更换目前用于储存部分TAMUIC别针收藏品的非标准和不合标准的昆虫柜。 更换后，TAMUIC中的所有固定材料都将存放在安全、现代化的钢柜中，并准备安装在压实机系统上。

This project will support the acquisition of equipment, supplies and travel needed to improve the Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)-a major insect research collection of approximately 1.55 million curated specimens with regional strengths in the south-central and southwestern U.S. and Mexico. Specifically, the project will relocate and incorporate the orphaned Johnson Bruchid Collection into the TAMUIC Coleoptera collection, and (2) replace non-standard/substandard cabinets used to house portions of the TAMUIC pinned collection as part of a long-term plan to install a compactor system in the TAMUIC to accommodate future growth.The Johnson Bruchid Collection contains representatives of approximately 1000 bruchid species(ca.2/3 ofthe 1500 world species of this group) and is one of the most important collections of New World seed beetles ever assembled. The collection was built by Dr. Clarence D. "Dan. "Johnson, former Professor of Biological Sciences of the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University(NAU). Over the past 35 years, Dr. Johnson has been one of the two dominant figures in New World bruchid systematics. The collection contains an estimated 200,000-250,000 specimens. The collection has been orphaned at NAU since Dr. Johnson's retirement in 1994, and was formally offered to the TAMUIC for permanent deposition in June of 1998.338,500 (21.9%) of the TAMUIC's 1.55 million specimens have been added to the collection during the last five years. This substantial rate of growth has been the result of the collective efforts of a dedicated group of collection-associated faculty, staff, students and friends who are committed to the continued development of the TAMUIC as a central resource for the support of entomological systematics. The rapid growth of recent years shows no sign of slowing, and has spurred the development of a strategic plan by collection curators to accommodate future growth within the relatively static space currently allocated to the collection. This plan calls for the eventual installation of a compactor system in the TAMUIC's main collection room, and, in preparation for this installation, the replacement of certain non-standard collection storage equipment that are impediments to efficient compactor storage. Much of this equipment also contains structural defects which impedes its proper functioning in the collection. This project will also support the replacement of non-standard and substandard insect cabinets currently used to store portions of the TAMUIC pinned collection. Following this replacement, all pinned materials in the TAMUIC will be housed in secure, modern, steel cabinets and will be ready for installation on a compactor system.