REMEDIATION AND CURATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE COLLECTION OF APHELINIDAE (OTHER THAN APHYTIS) AND ENCYRTIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA)

在Serguei V. Triaptsyn博士的指导下，加州大学河滨分校（University of California at Riverside）获得了一项奖项，以表彰其对一组被称为Aphelinidae的寄生性昆虫的改进。Aphelinidae是蚜虫和粉蚧等植物害虫的重要感染媒介。该收藏包括约25,000个显微镜载玻片，其中有大量的拟寄生物标本，这些标本是干装的，用于显微镜观察。许多滑梯正在退化，使这些标本面临损坏的风险，从而降低其价值。该项目将把标本重新安装在新的显微镜载玻片上，保存在档案安装介质中，以长期保存它们。一名技术人员和几名本科生将执行这项工作，并将项目数据和标本收集输入数据库，该数据库将提供给全世界的研究人员和生物防治专家。

An award has been made to the University of California at Riverside under the direction of Dr. Serguei V. Triaptsyn for the improvement of a collection of parasitoid insects known as Aphelinidae, which are important infective agents of plant pests such as aphids and mealybugs. The collection consists of some 25,000 microscope slides with a larger number of specimens of parasitoids that are dry-mounted for microscopic observation. Many of the slides are deteriorating, putting the specimens at risk for damage that would decrease their value. The project will re-mount the specimens on new microscope slides in an archival mounting medium that will preserve them for the long term. A technician and several undergraduate students will perform the work, as well as enter data on the project and the specimen collection in a database that will be made available to researchers and biological control specialists worldwide.