CSBR: Natural History: Expanding the footprint and the reach of the Clemson University Arthropod Collection

克莱姆森大学节肢动物收藏是一个有90年历史的美国东南部和其他地区陆生和淡水节肢动物的档案。该收藏在全球范围内的显著优势在于水生昆虫和黑蝇，水生昆虫是淡水生态系统健康状况的重要生物指标，黑蝇是人类疾病的重要媒介。作为南卡罗来纳州的主要昆虫收藏，该资源服务于区域害虫诊断需求，为各种调查和监测项目提供凭证，并为该地区节肢动物多样性的保护规划提供支持。该馆藏有代表11,000多个物种的100多万个标本，收集了丰富的历史生物多样性数据。然而，收藏品的存储系统正在老化，收藏品的许多部分都面临着博物馆害虫和防腐剂蒸发的危险。该项目将涉及将所有标本转移到现代橱柜、抽屉和小瓶中，以确保其寿命，并将在此过程中将当地和标本图像数字化。在该项目的三年中，将设立几个新职位，包括一名收集经理、研究生助理和几名兼职本科生助理。收集和获取的数据的改进将极大地扩大我们的扩展和外联计划的覆盖范围，改善区域虫害监测工作，并为昆虫学和生物多样性科学的研究生和本科生提供巨大的培训机会。收集重新安置将在与目前占用的空间相邻的两个新的专用空间翻新之后进行。将在整个过程中使用密闭橱柜，以消除对熏蒸剂的依赖，以防止在干燥的针状收集中进行虫害保护。在酒精保存的收藏品中，带有降解塞子的旧瓶子将被固定的螺丝帽瓶子取代，所有的瓶子都将被移到封闭的橱柜中，以防止光线照射。随着收藏存储的升级，收藏中每个物种的样本都将被成像，相关数据将在学生和众包协助的帮助下捕获和转录。数据将被转移到一个相关的、有凭证的标本数据库(指定)，唯一的标本识别符将应用于所有数字化的标本。数据和图像将通过博物馆的网页(https://sites.google.com/site/clemsonarthropodcollection/)，以及iDigBio(http://www.idigbio.org)和全球生物多样性信息基金)等聚合器共享。外展活动将包括在克莱姆森的主校园和卫星设施举行的生物多样性活动，参与公民科学数据收集工作，以及扩大我们的内部参观计划。

The Clemson University Arthropod Collection is a 90-year old archive of terrestrial and freshwater arthropods from the southeastern United States and other areas. The collection's globally significant strengths are in aquatic insects, which are important bioindicators of the health of freshwater ecosystems, and black flies, which are significant vectors of human disease. As South Carolina's primary insect collection, this resource serves regional pest diagnostic needs, vouchers a wide variety of survey and monitoring projects, and underpins conservation planning for the region's arthropod diversity. With holdings of over one million specimens representing over 11,000 species, the collection is rich in historical biodiversity data. However, the collection's storage systems are aging, and many parts of the collection are in jeopardy of loss from museum pests and evaporation of preservative. This project will involve transfer of all specimens to modern cabinetry, drawers, and vials, ensuring its longevity, and will digitize locality and specimen images in the process. Several new positions will be created, including a collection manager, graduate assistant, and several part-time undergraduate assistants over the three years of the project. The improved collections and data captured will greatly expand the reach of our extension and outreach programs, improve regional pest monitoring efforts, and offer great opportunities for training of graduate and undergraduate students in entomology and biodiversity science.Collection rehousing will follow renovation of two newly dedicated spaces adjacent to those currently occupied. Air-tight cabinetry will be employed throughout to eliminate dependence on fumigants for pest protection in the dry, pinned collection. In the alcohol-preserved collection, old vials with degraded stoppers will be replaced by secure screw-cap vials, and all vials will be moved into enclosed cabinetry to protect from light. As collection storage is upgraded, exemplars of each species in the collection will be imaged, and the associated data captured and transcribed with a combination of student and crowd-sourced assistance. Data will be ported to a relational, vouchered specimen database (Specify), and unique specimen identifiers will be applied to all specimens digitized. Data and images will be shared through the museum's web pages (https://sites.google.com/site/clemsonarthropodcollection/), as well as through such aggregators as iDigBio (http://www.idigbio.org) and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Outreach activities will include biodiversity events at Clemson's main campus and satellite facilities, participation in citizen science data gathering efforts, and expansion of our program of in-house tours.