Digitization PEN: Mollusca and Arthropoda Biodiversity in the Colorado Plateau Region

北亚利桑那州博物馆(MNA)的昆虫收藏跨越了近100年，重点关注标志性的大峡谷生态区和周围景观。许多标本是在泉水中收集的，与周围的景观相比，泉水是支撑着异常高水平的生物多样性和独特物种的关键生态系统。通过这一奖项，12万份记录完好的昆虫标本记录和1000张高分辨率图像将被数字化，并将贡献给InvertEBase主题收藏网络(TCN)。MNA工作人员将举办三个关于标本鉴定和成像的讲习班，并将培训和指导学生，包括来自代表性不足群体的学生，以了解博物馆管理、成像、数据管理和生物多样性研究。MNA还将展示科罗拉多高原和大峡谷无脊椎动物生物多样性的互动展览。展览旨在吸引所有年龄段的人，展览将包括该地区最引人注目的物种的照片和信息，包括分类学、分布、进化史、生态角色和保护状况。通过该项目数字化的数据将填补物种地理范围的关键空白，并贡献目前未包括在InvertEBase中的分类群，其中包括蜻蜓目、蝙蝠目、瓢虫目、膜翅目、鞘翅目和非昆虫陆生节肢动物(多足目、蜘蛛目和甲壳纲)。标本包括稀有、濒危和未描述物种的记录。MNAInverts是一个在线关系数据库，将作为一个平台，促进标本的鉴定和地理参照，并简化质量控制程序。采集地点的地理参考将增加它们在范围测绘和生物地理研究中的价值。该资源将包括来自该地区的样本样本的注释、堆叠、高分辨率图像。为便于鉴定，将记录对物种水平诊断至关重要的重要形态特征状态。该项目将促进公众和科学地了解水生和陆生无脊椎动物对西南部生态完整性的复杂性和重要性。MNA对事件数据和图像的贡献将增加软体动物和节肢动物在InvertEBase TCN中的表现和分布，并将与iDigBio(www.idigBio.org)共享。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The insect collection at the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) spans nearly 100 years, focusing on the iconic Grand Canyon ecoregion and surrounding landscapes. Many specimens were collected at springs - critical ecosystems that support unusually high levels of biodiversity and unique species compared with the surrounding landscape. Through this award 120,000 well-documented insect specimen records and 1,000 high-resolution images will be digitized and contributed to the InvertEBase Thematic Collection Network (TCN). MNA staff will conduct three workshops on specimen identification and imaging, and will train and mentor students, including those from under-represented groups, to learn about museum curation, imaging, data management, and biodiversity research. The MNA will also present an interactive exhibit on the biodiversity of invertebrates on the Colorado Plateau and Grand Canyon. Designed to appeal to all age groups, the exhibit will consist of photographs and information about the region's most compelling species, with taxonomy, distribution, evolutionary history, ecological roles, and conservation status. The data digitized through this project will fill critical gaps on species geographic ranges and contribute taxa currently not included in InvertEBase, with a representation of Odonata, Mantodea, Blattodea, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, and non-insect terrestrial Arthropoda (Myriapoda, Arachnida and Crustacea). Specimens include records of rare, endangered, and undescribed species. MNAInverts, an online relational database, will serve as a platform to facilitate identification and georeferencing of specimens, and to streamline quality control procedures. Georeferencing of collection localities will increase their value for range mapping and biogeographical studies. The resource will include annotated, stacked, high resolution images of exemplar specimens from the region. To facilitate identification, important morphological character states essential for diagnosis at the species level will be noted. The project will advance public and scientific understanding of the complexity and importance of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates to the ecological integrity of the Southwest. The MNA's contribution of occurrence data and images will augment the representation and distribution of Mollusca and Arthropoda in the InvertEBase TCN and will be shared with iDigBio (www.idigbio.org).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.