Bohart Museum of Entomology Recuration of the Scale Insect Collections

该项目将包括回收介壳虫(茧蜂总科)的收藏品。该藏品中有很大一部分来自中国和东南亚，是世界上最大的该地区介壳虫和寄主植物的收藏。整个鳞虫标本收藏包括5万个玻璃玻片标本，200个初级类型，1.6万个干燥的植物材料样本和500个线条、信件和野外笔记本。所有的介壳虫和寄主植物都被鉴定为属，在大多数情况下是种。这种标本收集具有独特的科学价值：标本来自不能再采集的地区；介壳虫和植物寄主都得到了鉴定；所有发育阶段和寄生虫都经常被包括在内；这些干燥的标本是分子系统研究的理想材料。为了长期保存这一宝贵的资源，必须满足四个主要的管理需求：放置在无酸容器中、防止虫害、更新标本分类和促进信息检索。在许多情况下，标本本身需要进行管理或稳定。此外，幻灯片收藏将接受重新标记或重新安装的评估，并将进行条形码编码。大多数干燥的植物材料上的干燥标本被存放在单独的纸箱中，这些纸箱具有高度的酸性，必须更换。封闭的标本需要重新包裹在缓冲组织中，以增加保护。此外，大约3000个干燥的标本，大多来自异国情调的地方，仍然被装在各种不同的包装中，就像它们通过邮件收到的一样。这些标本需要像其他藏品一样被转移到标准尺寸的档案箱中。每个新的盒子和内容物都将被密封在塑料袋中，以消除虫害。

This project will consist in the recuration of scale insect (COCCOIDEA) collection. A large part of the collection is from China and Southeast Asia, and represents the world's largest collection of scale insects and hosts plants from this region. The entire scale insect collection consists of 50,000 glass slide- mounted specimens, 200 primary types, 16,000 samples of dried plant material with scale insects in situ, and 500 line drawings, correspondence, and field notebooks. All of the scale insects and host plants are identified to genus, and in most cases, species. This collection is of unique scientific value: the specimens are from areas that can no longer be collected; both the scale insects and the plant hosts are identified; all developmental stages and parasites are often included; and these dried specimens make ideal material for molecular systematic studies. For long term safekeeping of this invaluable resource, four major curatorial needs must be addressed: placement in acid-free containers, protection from insect pests, updating specimen taxonomy, and facilitation information retrieval. In many cases the specimens themselves are in need of curatorial attention or of stabilization. Additionally, the slide collection will be evaluated for relabeling or remounting and will be bar coded. The majority of dried specimens on dried plant material are housed in individual cardboard boxes, which are highly acidic and must be replaced. The enclosed specimens need to be re-wrapped in buffered tissue for added protection. In addition, roughly 3,000 dried specimens, mostly from exotic locations, are still housed in various kinds of packaging just as they were received through the mail. These specimens need to be moved into standard sized archival boxes like the rest of the collection. Each new box plus contents will be sealed in plastic bags to eliminate damage by insect pests.