CSBR: Natural History: Building a specimen-based Biologia Centrali-Americana for weevils: Improved access to the Charles W. and Lois B. O'Brien Collection

该项目将加强对Charles W.和Lois B. O'Brien昆虫收藏的实体和在线数据访问，该收藏估计有100万象鼻虫和25万飞虱标本。该收藏在新世界热带类群中具有特别的优势，这些巨型植物食性昆虫的已知属和种中有60-90%在这些类群中有代表性。该项目将提升亚利桑那州立大学作为了解两种高度多样化和具有经济影响力的昆虫群体的系统分类学和进化的中心的形象。收集、转移和动员将涉及多代专家，并培训不同群体的学生和公民科学家。基于媒体的推广将包括一系列关于象鼻虫和飞虱的特殊生活史的播客，并通过# yourdaily象鼻虫Twitter标签分享高质量的标本照片。为了在亚利桑那州立大学收藏奥布莱恩的藏品，该项目将获得并安装30个昆虫学双柜，以及与之匹配的康奈尔大小的抽屉和单元托盘。所有标本将根据一个单一的、参考良好的分类重新组织到新的基础设施中。超过300种出版物，近400种固定物种名称的主要类型，涉及数千种科学新物种的稀有标本材料，以及专家指导的遗产，都反映了该收藏的影响。现有的鉴定将得到更新，单位托盘和固定标本组鉴定标签的易读性和一致性将得到改善，从而解决目前获取的挑战。以中美洲的象鼻虫亚科（Dryophthoridae）、Conoderinae和Entiminae为重点，对所有独特的分类群/收集事件实例进行数字化；估计有1200 - 1500个物种和8000 - 12000个标本。数字化将包括地理参考和高分辨率物种图像的制作。发生数据和图像将作为节肢动物网络（SCAN）的共栖集合清单发布，与iDigBio共享，并在完成后提交给生物多样性数据期刊。这份清单将作为100多年前出版的开创性的《中美洲象鼻虫生物学》（Biologia centralii - americana）第一次基于标本的更新而得到推广。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will enhance physical and on-line data access to the Charles W. and Lois B. O'Brien insect collection, with an estimated 1,000,000 specimens of weevils and 250,000 planthoppers. This collection has particular strengths in New World tropical groups, where 60-90% of the known genera and species of these megadiverse plant-feeding insects are represented. The project will raise Arizona State University's profile as a center for understanding the systematics and evolution of two highly diverse and economically impactful insect groups. The collection transfer and mobilization will involve multi-generational specialists and train diverse populations of students and citizen scientists. Media-based outreach will include a series of podcast episodes about specialized life histories of weevils and planthoppers, and sharing of high-quality specimen photographs through the #YourDailyWeevil Twitter hashtag. To house the O'Brien collection at Arizona State University, the project will acquire and install 30 entomological double cabinets and matching Cornell-sized drawers and unit trays. All specimens will be reorganized into the new infrastructure according to a single, well-referenced classification. The collection's impact is reflected in more than 300 publications, nearly 400 primary types that anchor species names, rare specimen material pertaining to multiple thousands of species new to science, and a legacy of expert mentorship. Existing identifications will be updated, and the legibility and consistency of identification labels for unit trays and pinned specimen sets will be improved, thereby resolving current challenges to access. Focusing on the biologically distinctive weevil sub-families Dryophthoridae, Conoderinae, and Entiminae from Central America, all unique taxon/collecting event instances will be digitized; representing an estimated 1,200-1,500 species and 8,000-12,000 specimens. Digitization will include georeferencing and the production of high-resolution species images. The occurrence data and images will be published as a Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN) checklist, shared with iDigBio, and submitted upon completion to a biodiversity data journal. The checklist will be promoted as a first specimen-based update of the seminal Biologia Centrali-Americana for weevils, published more than 100 years ago.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.