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7.4 Museum Accessioning • Specimens should be properly mounted, labelled, and identified before being submitted to the Royal BC Museum. • Specimens must also be entered into a database. A database of specimens collected is vital to collection management, distribution mapping, and so on. This database can be prepared by the project proponent (best) or can be done later at cost. If the database is prepared outside the museum, it is recommended that the Royal BC Museum database program/fields are used. • If bulk samples were collected in alcohol, they should be stored in alcohol. Their future should be discussed with the relevant museum curator. Royal BC Museum Contact: David Blades, Entomology Collection Manager Phone (250) 387-9424 Fax (250) 387-5360 Email dblades@rbml01.rbcm.gov.bc.ca 7.5 Materials and Costs Costs for database entry and for storage materials (vials, cabinets) should be built into project budget at the outset. Storage of a single project is not likely to occupy a whole cabinet so the cost for the cabinet portion used is normally determined. The Royal BC Museum’s standards for vials, pins, cabinets, etc. are certain products sold by BioQuip Inc. (see list below). [BioQuip Inc., 17803 LaSalle Ave., Gardena, CA, USA 90248; Phone: (310) 324-0620; Fax (310) 324-7931]. Table 6. Materials associated with preparing terrestrial arthropod specimens. Order # Item Cost in 1999 (US funds) 2525TAN Cornell University System Cabinets $842.00 each 1012AM Cornell Drawers (25 per cabinet) $36.00 each 1025AA Cornell Unit Pinning Trays $2.33 each 1025A Cornell Unit Pinning Trays $1.38 each 1025B Cornell Unit Pinning Trays $1.05 each 1025C Cornell Unit Pinning Trays $0.78 each 8804P Screw cap vials with caps with Polyseal lining $4.55/dozen 8806P Screw cap vials with caps with Polyseal lining $5.40 / dozen 1202S Series Insect Pin, stainless, pack of 100 $8.50 / 100 7.6 References Borror, D.J., C.A. Triplehorn and N.F. Johnson. 1989. An introduction to the study of insects. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Saunders College Pub., 875 pp. Bousquet, Y. 1991. Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska. Ottawa, Canada: Agric. Can.: Canada Communication Group. June 9, 1999 35
Hodges, R.W. et al., ed. 1983. Check list of the lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. E.W. Classey Limited and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, London. 284 pp. Kevan, D.K.McE., and G.G.E. Scudder. 1989. Illustrated keys to the families of terrestrial arthropods of Canada. Ottawa, Biological Survey of Canada. Krombein, K.V. 1979. Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, V: a monograph of the ampulicidae (hymenoptera: sphecoidea). Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 29 pp. Layberry, R.A., P.W. Hall and J.D. Lafontaine. 1998. The butterflies of Canada. Univ. Toronto Press Incorp., Toronto, ON. 280 pp. Martin, J.E.H. 1977. The insects and arachnids of Canada, part 1: collecting, preparing and preserving insects, mites, and spiders. Can. Dep. Agric., Publ. 1643. 182 pp. Martin (1977) can be ordered through Canadian Government Publishing. Its catalogue order number is A42-42-1977-1 and it costs $3.50 + tax + shipping & handling. Contact information: • Toll free: Phone: 1-800-635-7943 Fax: 1-800-565-7757 • Immediate ordering service: Phone: (819) 956-4800 or Fax: (819) 994-1498 • Mail orders: Canadian Government Publishing, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0S9 • Internet e-mail: publications@pwgsc.gc.ca • Visa and MasterCard orders: Fax: 1-800-565-7757. Publication listings can be found on their Internet site at: http://publications.pwgsc.gc.ca. At this Government of Canada webpage go to “Canadian Government Publishing”, then Search by subject, and choose “Natural Sciences”. The title The Insects and Arachnids of Canada will be listed. Instructions will advise you to call 1-819-956-4800 to receive a free copy of the Agriculture catalogue for a complete listing of titles. Cat. No. P62-40-1- 1994E. McAlpine, J.F., B.V. Peterson and G.E. Shewell, eds. 1981. Manual of nearctic diptera: Vol.1. Monograph No. 27. Res. Br., Agric. Can. McAlpine, J.F., B.V. Peterson and G.E. Shewell, eds. 1987. Manual of nearctic diptera: Vol.2. Monograph No. 28. Res. Br., Agric. Can. Resources Inventory Committee. 1998. Inventory methods for terrestrial arthropods: Standards for Components of BC's Biodiversity, No. 40. Version 2.0. Min. Envrion., Lands and Parks, Resources Inventory Br., Victoria, BC. 68 pp. Scudder, G.G.E. 1994. An annotated systematic list of the potentially rare and endangered freshwater and terrestrial invertebrates in British Columbia. Victoria, BC. Entomological Society of British Columbia, 92 pp. 36 June 9, 1999
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