ENTO 322 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture I. Magic Trick Demonstration II. Orders of the DayOutline of Current LectureI. Collection Types II. Museum Insect CollectionsIII. Internationally Shipped SpecimensIV. Other InformationV. Insect Museum at Texas A&M UniversityCurrent LectureI. Collection TypesA. Amateur collections1. For school, girl/boy girl scouts, or for funB. Professional collections1. These collections are curated at a much higher level 2. Have to follow certain preservation procedures Alcohol vs. pinning 3. Coleoptera & Lepidoptera are the most collected II. Museum Insect Collections A. Reference collection 1. Library of information 2. Labels are crucial because in many cases the habitats where the specimen was originally collected is no longer available or the specimenis now an Endangered Species Location: Country, state, county, city Date: a. Day (number)b. Month (Roman Numeral)c. Year (complete)d. Example: 23 V 2013 Collectors full name These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.B. Voucher specimens – many students doing research place voucher specimens into museums, so that when their research or papers are being reviewed you cango see the exact specimen they worked with III. Internationally Shipped SpecimensA. Type specimens 1. Para-type: insects that were collected in the same time frame and in the same place 2. Holo-type: exact insects both male and female that were in the hands of the scientists that wrote the description for this new species B. All borrowed specimens should be preserved and returned IV. Other InformationA. Museums are a library of information B. Museums can have a strange odorC. Some collections can be permanent V. Insect Museum at Texas A&M UniversityA. The Texas A&M Insect Museum is one of the largest in the United StatesB. The collections are available to amateur and professional entomologists C. Mr. Ed Riley is in charge of monitoring the museum on a daily basis1. Fun fact – his favorite arthropods are
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