Inventory and Curation of a Collection of Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera)

该项目将支持一个 赤眼蜂科寄生蜂的收集 （Hyattera）. 这个家庭的黄蜂是内部寄生虫的 其他昆虫的卵。 已发现73属650种 介绍了 它们是已知的最小的昆虫。 因为 它们通常寄生在几种农业害虫的卵中， 这些黄蜂对生物防治特别感兴趣。 然而，与其小尺寸相关的问题阻碍了 昆虫学家建立必要的收藏品。 因此 该科的分类处于一种极不令人满意的状态。 大多数属的物种鉴定是不可能的。 通用 识别也是有问题的。 因为这家人 采样差、多样性、地理分布和生物多样性 特征仍然不受重视。 的大集合 赤眼蜂科现在已经被放在一起在大学 加州在滨江。 收藏品的范围遍及世界各地 但强调北美。 到目前为止，它代表了最大的 在北美甚至全世界都有 支持将用于库存和策划收集。 的 最大的部分是酒精和危险，因为脆弱的 这些黄蜂的本性 样本需要立即移除， 临界点干燥 收集数据的计算机化也是 计划，并将提供标本信息给其他 研究人员 需要大量精心策划的收藏品， 鼓励未来的分类研究，这种鲜为人知的，但 昆虫卵寄生虫的重要科。

This project will support the curation and inventory of a collection of parasitic wasps in the Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera). Wasps of this family are internal parasites of the eggs of other insects. 73 genera and about 650 species have been described. They are among the smallest insects known. Because they commonly parasitize the eggs of several agricultural pests, these wasps have been of particular interest to biological control. Problems associated with their small size, however have deterred entomologists from building requisite collections. Consequently the taxonomy of the family is in an extremely unsatisfactory state. Species identifications are impossible for most genera. Generic identifications also are problematic. Because the family is so poorly sampled, diversity, geographic distributions and biological characteristics remain unappreciated. A large collection of Trichogrammatidae has now been put together at the University of California at Riverside. The collection is world wide in coverage but stresses North America. It, by far, represents the largest holdings of this group in North America and probably the world. Support will be used to inventory and curate the collection. The largest portion is in alcohol and in peril because of the fragile nature of these wasps. Specimens require immediate removal and critical point drying. Computerization of collection data also is planned and will make specimen information available to other researchers. A large and well curated collection is required to encourage future taxonomic studies of this poorly known but important family of insect egg parasites.