Butterflies in bags: permanent storage of Lepidoptera in glassine envelopes

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q4 ENTOMOLOGY

Nota Lepidopterologica Pub Date : 2019-01-07 DOI:10.3897/NL.42.28654

Max Caspers, L. Willemse, E. Miracle, E. V. Nieukerken

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Abstract

In terms of amateurs and professionals studying and collecting insects, Lepidoptera represent one of the most popular groups. It is this popularity, in combination with wings being routinely spread during mounting, which results in Lepidoptera often taking up the largest number of drawers and space in entomological collections. As resources grow increasingly scarce in natural history museums, any process that results in more efficient use of resources is a welcome addition to collection management practices. Therefore, we propose an alternative method to process papered Lepidoptera: a workflow to digitize (imaging and data registration) papered specimens and to store them (semi)permanently, still unmounted, in glassine envelopes. The mounting of specimens will be limited to those for which it is considered essential. The entire workflow of digitization and repacking can be carried out by non-expert volunteers. By releasing data and images on the internet, taxonomic experts worldwide can assist with identifications. This method was tested for Papilionidae. Results suggest that the workflow and permanent storage in glassine envelopes described here can be applied to most groups of Lepidoptera.

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袋装蝴蝶:鳞翅目永久储存在玻璃纸信封里

在业余爱好者和专业人士研究和收集昆虫方面，鳞翅目是最受欢迎的类群之一。正是这种受欢迎程度，加上在爬升过程中经常展开翅膀，导致鳞翅目经常占据昆虫学收藏中最多的抽屉和空间。随着自然历史博物馆的资源越来越稀缺，任何能够更有效地利用资源的过程都是收藏管理实践的一个受欢迎的补充。因此，我们提出了一种处理纸质鳞翅目的替代方法:数字化(成像和数据注册)纸质标本的工作流程，并将它们(半)永久地存储在玻璃纸信封中，仍然未安装。标本的安装将限于那些被认为是必要的。数字化和重新包装的整个工作流程可以由非专业志愿者进行。通过在互联网上发布数据和图像，世界各地的分类学专家可以协助鉴定。该方法对凤蝶科进行了试验。结果表明，本文所述的工作流程和玻璃膜永久保存方法适用于大多数鳞翅目类群。

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Nota Lepidopterologica Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science

CiteScore

1.70

自引率

14.30%

发文量

审稿时长

14 weeks

期刊介绍： Nota Lepidopterologica is the scientific, peer-reviewed journal of the Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL). It publishes original contributions to the study of mainly but not exclusively Palaearctic Lepidoptera, especially on taxonomy, morphology/anatomy, phylogenetics, biogeography, ecology, behaviour, and conservation, but also on any other aspects of lepidopterology. All articles are published in English, with the possibility of having the summary written in other languages. All submitted manuscripts are subject to peer-review by the leading specialists for the respective topic. The journal is published in open access high-resolution PDF, semantically enriched HTML and machine-readable XML versions. All papers can be freely copied, downloaded, printed and distributed at no charge. Authors and readers are thus encouraged to post the pdf files of published papers on homepages or elsewhere to expedite distribution. Publication is free for the SEL members and there is no charge for color.