RUI: REVSYS: A Global Monographic Revision of the Ant Genus Paratrechina

蚁属（Paratrechina）是一个有158种的多样化类群；然而，仍有多达两倍的数量有待发现和描述。副中国蚁是世界蚁群的重要代表。研究人员建议在全球范围内修改蚂蚁属的分类，创造识别工具并描述新物种，这将为拟议中的“生命百科全书”的蚂蚁卷完成一个巨大而重要的章节。这一项目将有助于为广泛的科学研究提供准确的物种鉴定，并将协助负责监测潜在入侵物种的美国政府检疫检查员。研究人员将在现代系统学和生物学研究的各个方面训练学生。本科生和研究生将充分参与研究，并广泛发布招聘广告，鼓励女性和代表性不足的群体申请。将通过建立世界野生动物保护协会网站促进外联工作，为土地管理者和农业检查员提供有关这些动物的权威信息来源。有几种副鳖属物种已经引起检疫方面的关注，拟议的项目将提供必要的工具，保护这些地区免受意外引进的物种，并将为有关农业生物防治工作的决定提供信息。

The ant genus Paratrechina is a diverse group of 158 species; however, as many as twice that number remains to be discovered and described. Paratrechina ants are important representatives of ant communities around the world. The researchers propose to revise the taxonomy of the genus on a global scale, creating identification tools and describing new species that will complete a large and important chapter for the ant volume of the proposed "encyclopedia of life". This project will facilitate accurate species identification for a wide range of scientific studies, and will assist United States government quarantine inspectors responsible for monitoring potentially invasive species. The researchers will train students in various aspects of modern systematics and biological research. Undergraduate and graduate students will be fully integrated into the research, with positions widely advertised to encourage women and underrepresented groups to apply. Outreach will be facilitated through the creation of a Paratrechina of the World website, providing land managers and agricultural inspectors an authoritative source of information on these animals. Several Paratrechina species are already of quarantine concern, and the proposed project will provide tools needed to protect areas from the accidental introduction of species, and will inform decisions about agricultural biological control efforts.