Improvements to the Texas A&M University Insect Collection

德克萨斯 A 的改进

• 批准号: 9876829
• 负责人: John Oswald
• 金额: $ 9.25万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-04-15 至 2002-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9876829&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improvements; Texas; A& University; Insect

This project will support the acquisition of equipment, supplies and travel needed to improve the Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)-a major insect research collection of approximately 1.55 million curated specimens with regional strengths in the south-central and southwestern U.S. and Mexico. Specifically, the project will relocate and incorporate the orphaned Johnson Bruchid Collection into the TAMUIC Coleoptera collection, and (2) replace non-standard/substandard cabinets used to house portions of the TAMUIC pinned collection as part of a long-term plan to install a compactor system in the TAMUIC to accommodate future growth.The Johnson Bruchid Collection contains representatives of approximately 1000 bruchid species(ca.2/3 ofthe 1500 world species of this group) and is one of the most important collections of New World seed beetles ever assembled. The collection was built by Dr. Clarence D. "Dan. "Johnson, former Professor of Biological Sciences of the Department of Biological Sciences at Northern Arizona University(NAU). Over the past 35 years, Dr. Johnson has been one of the two dominant figures in New World bruchid systematics. The collection contains an estimated 200,000-250,000 specimens. The collection has been orphaned at NAU since Dr. Johnson's retirement in 1994, and was formally offered to the TAMUIC for permanent deposition in June of 1998.338,500 (21.9%) of the TAMUIC's 1.55 million specimens have been added to the collection during the last five years. This substantial rate of growth has been the result of the collective efforts of a dedicated group of collection-associated faculty, staff, students and friends who are committed to the continued development of the TAMUIC as a central resource for the support of entomological systematics. The rapid growth of recent years shows no sign of slowing, and has spurred the development of a strategic plan by collection curators to accommodate future growth within the relatively static space currently allocated to the collection. This plan calls for the eventual installation of a compactor system in the TAMUIC's main collection room, and, in preparation for this installation, the replacement of certain non-standard collection storage equipment that are impediments to efficient compactor storage. Much of this equipment also contains structural defects which impedes its proper functioning in the collection. This project will also support the replacement of non-standard and substandard insect cabinets currently used to store portions of the TAMUIC pinned collection. Following this replacement, all pinned materials in the TAMUIC will be housed in secure, modern, steel cabinets and will be ready for installation on a compactor system.

该项目将支持购买改善德克萨斯农工大学昆虫馆藏 (TAMUIC) 所需的设备、用品和差旅费。TAMUIC 是一个主要的昆虫研究馆藏，拥有约 155 万个精选标本，在美国中南部和西南部以及墨西哥具有区域优势。 具体来说，该项目将重新安置约翰逊·布鲁希德 (Johnson Bruchid) 孤品收藏品并将其纳入 TAMUIC 鞘翅目收藏品中，(2) 更换用于容纳部分 TAMUIC 固定收藏品的非标准/不合格橱柜，作为安装TAMUIC 中的压实机系统可适应未来的生长。Johnson Bruchid 收藏品包含约 1000 种 Bruchid 物种的代表（约 2/3 占 1500 种）该组的世界物种），是迄今为止最重要的新世界种子甲虫收藏之一。 该馆藏由北亚利桑那大学 (NAU) 生物科学系前生物科学教授 Clarence D. "Dan. "Johnson 博士建立。 在过去的 35 年里，约翰逊博士一直是新世界豆象系统学领域的两位主导人物之一。 该藏品估计包含 200,000-250,000 个标本。 自 1994 年 Johnson 博士退休以来，该藏品就成为 NAU 的孤儿，并于 1998 年 6 月正式提供给 TAMUIC 永久保存。TAMUIC 的 155 万个标本中的 338,500 个（21.9%）已在过去的收藏中添加到藏品中。五年。 这种大幅增长是由与收藏相关的教职员工、学生和朋友组成的专门团队集体努力的结果，他们致力于将 TAMUIC 持续发展为支持昆虫系统学的核心资源。 近年来的快速增长没有放缓的迹象，并促使收藏策展人制定战略计划，以适应目前分配给收藏的相对静态空间内的未来增长。 该计划要求最终在 TAMUIC 的主收藏室安装压实系统，并为安装做好准备，更换某些阻碍压实机高效存储的非标准收藏存储设备。 这些设备中的大部分还存在结构缺陷，阻碍了其在收藏中的正常运行。 该项目还将支持更换目前用于存储 TAMUIC 固定收藏品部分的非标准和不合格昆虫柜。 此次更换后，TAMUIC 中的所有固定材料将被放置在安全、现代化的钢柜中，并准备好安装在压实机系统上。