RUI: REVSYS: A Global Monographic Revision of the Ant Genus Paratrechina

RUI：REVSYS：蚂蚁属 Paratrechina 的全球专题修订版

• 批准号: 0743542
• 负责人: John LaPolla
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Towson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-03-01 至 2014-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0743542&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; REVSYS; Global; Monographic; Revision

The ant genus Paratrechina is a diverse group of 158 species; however, as many as twice that number remains to be discovered and described. Paratrechina ants are important representatives of ant communities around the world. The researchers propose to revise the taxonomy of the genus on a global scale, creating identification tools and describing new species that will complete a large and important chapter for the ant volume of the proposed "encyclopedia of life". This project will facilitate accurate species identification for a wide range of scientific studies, and will assist United States government quarantine inspectors responsible for monitoring potentially invasive species. The researchers will train students in various aspects of modern systematics and biological research. Undergraduate and graduate students will be fully integrated into the research, with positions widely advertised to encourage women and underrepresented groups to apply. Outreach will be facilitated through the creation of a Paratrechina of the World website, providing land managers and agricultural inspectors an authoritative source of information on these animals. Several Paratrechina species are already of quarantine concern, and the proposed project will provide tools needed to protect areas from the accidental introduction of species, and will inform decisions about agricultural biological control efforts.

蚂蚁属Paratrechina是一个多样化的组158种;然而，多达两倍的数量仍有待发现和描述。 准中华蚂蚁是世界各地蚂蚁群落的重要代表。 研究人员建议在全球范围内修改该属的分类，创建识别工具并描述新物种，这将为拟议的“生命百科全书”的蚂蚁卷完成一个重要的章节。 该项目将为广泛的科学研究提供准确的物种识别便利，并将协助美国政府负责监测潜在入侵物种的检疫检查员。研究人员将在现代系统学和生物学研究的各个方面对学生进行培训。 本科生和研究生将完全融入研究，职位广泛宣传，以鼓励妇女和代表性不足的群体申请。将通过建立一个“世界副中国”网站，为土地管理者和农业检查员提供关于这些动物的权威信息来源，促进外联工作。 几种Paratrechina物种已经受到检疫关注，拟议的项目将提供保护地区免受物种意外引入所需的工具，并将为农业生物控制工作的决策提供信息。