Global Relevance in Space and Time for the New-Found Chinese Caddisfly Fauna

9318074莫尔斯直到最近，中国政府还不允许标本出境进行研究。这个项目是基于首席调查员为促进与中国科学家的合作并获得政府对这种合作的批准/许可所做的认真努力。1990年夏季，在我国中国的6个省进行了大量的调查，发现约有70%的毛翅目昆虫区系未被记述。这些昆虫作为水质指标是极其重要的。这项研究项目将包括中国对这一未被研究的昆虫群的描述，四个科的修订研究，以及生物地理分析。认为对中国动物群的生物地理分析对了解世界范围内这些昆虫群的生物地理学具有重要意义。两名中国科学家将在克莱姆森大学接受现代系统方法研究毛翅目的培训。Caddis苍蝇是水质的重要指标。然而，对于中华人民共和国中国来说，这些和其他水生昆虫的研究仍然很少。该项目将描述最近在中国采集到的许多新物种，并对物种之间的关系及其生物地理分布进行研究。促进与中华人民共和国中国科学家的合作是该项目的一个重要组成部分。***

9318074 MORSE Until very recently the Chinese government would not allow specimens to leave the country for study. This project is based on careful efforts by the Principal Investigator to foster collaboration with Chinese scientists and to receive governmental approval/permission for such collaboration. Extensive collecting in six provinces of the People's Republic of China during the summer of 1990 established that approximately 70% of the caddis fly fauna (Insecta: Trichoptera) is undescribed. These insects are extremely important as indicators of water quality. This research project will involve description of this understudied group of insects from China, revisionary studies for four families, and biogeographic analyses. It is thought that the biogeographic analyses of the Chinese faunas will be very important to understanding the biogeography of these insect groups on a worldwide basis. Two Chinese scientists will be trained in modern systematic methods for study of Trichoptera at Clemson University. %%% Caddis flies are important indicators of water quality. However, for the People's Republic of China, these and other aquatic insects remain poorly studied. This project will describe many new species recently collected in China and undertake studies of relationships among species and their biogeographic distributions. Fostering collaboration with scientists from the People's Republic of China is an important element of this project. ***