REMEDIATION AND CURATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE COLLECTION OF APHELINIDAE (OTHER THAN APHYTIS) AND ENCYRTIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA)

在Serguei V. Triaptsyn博士的指导下，加州大学滨江分校获得了一个奖项，以改进一系列被称为Aesthinidae的寄生昆虫，这些昆虫是蚜虫和粉蚧等植物害虫的重要传染媒介。 收藏品包括大约25 000张显微镜载玻片，其中有大量的拟寄生虫标本，这些标本是干裱的，用于显微镜观察。 许多载玻片正在恶化，使标本面临损坏的风险，这将降低它们的价值。 该项目将重新安装在新的显微镜载玻片上的标本，在档案安装介质，将长期保存他们。 一名技术人员和几名本科生将执行这项工作，并将项目数据和标本收集数据输入数据库，供世界各地的研究人员和生物防治专家使用。

An award has been made to the University of California at Riverside under the direction of Dr. Serguei V. Triaptsyn for the improvement of a collection of parasitoid insects known as Aphelinidae, which are important infective agents of plant pests such as aphids and mealybugs. The collection consists of some 25,000 microscope slides with a larger number of specimens of parasitoids that are dry-mounted for microscopic observation. Many of the slides are deteriorating, putting the specimens at risk for damage that would decrease their value. The project will re-mount the specimens on new microscope slides in an archival mounting medium that will preserve them for the long term. A technician and several undergraduate students will perform the work, as well as enter data on the project and the specimen collection in a database that will be made available to researchers and biological control specialists worldwide.