Arthropod-Collection Improvement at the American Museum of Natural History

9220342普拉尼克为了增加系统生物学家对世界上最伟大的昆虫学和蜘蛛学收藏品之一的可获得性，将使用以下资金：(1)聘请两名助理帮助管理膜翅目和等翅目收藏品，并完成初级类型收藏的计算机化数据库；(2)聘请两名准备人员处理通过国家科学基金会资助的南美洲南部昆虫和蜘蛛类生物多样性调查新获得的标本以及相关积压材料；(3)资助为期两年的大型甲虫科和金龟科专家的策展/研究任命费用的一半；(4)购买标准尺寸的昆虫储存箱，以及抽屉和单元托盘，安装在新装修的、可控制气候的、配备压实机的收集设施的两层；及(5)购买昆虫储存箱，以容纳目前在较差条件下存放鳞翅目的大抽屉。***

9220342 Platnick To increase the availability to systematic biologists of one of the world's greatest entomological and arachnlogical collections in the world, funds will be used (1) to hire two assistants to help curate the Hymenoptera and Isoptera collections and complete a computerized database of primary type holdings; (2) to hire two preparators to process specimens newly acquired through an NSF-supported survey of insect and arachnid Biodiversity in southern South America, along with relevant backlog material; (3) to support half the costs of two-year curatorial/research appointments of specialists on the large beetle families Chrysomelidae and Curculionidae; (4) to purchase standard-sized insect storage cases, along with drawers and unit trays, to be installed on two levels of a newly renovated, climate-controlled, compactor-equipped collection facility; and (5) to purchase insect storage cases to accommodate large drawers currently housing Lepidoptera under less than desirable conditions. ***