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Schmidt O, Schmidt S, Häuser CL, Hausmann A, Van Vu L. Using Malaise traps for collecting Lepidoptera (Insecta), with notes on the preparation of Macrolepidoptera from ethanol. Biodivers Data J 2019:e32192. [PMID: 30918447 PMCID: PMC6426827 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.7.e32192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The present paper deals with the potential of employing Malaise traps for collecting butterflies and moths for morphological analysis and presents a protocol for preparing Macrolepidoptera from Malaise trap samples that were preserved in ethanol. About 80 specimens of Lepidoptera, including Nymphalidae, Geometridae, Hesperiidae, Erebidae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae and Tortricidae, were mounted, following the protocol. All specimens with robust wings and contrasting wing patterns were well suited for the study of external morphology, regardless of the family. The specimens used in this study were collected in highland forest areas of central Vietnam with a little known entomofauna, as part of the German-Vietnamese biodiversity project 'VIETBIO'. The study offers new methodological approaches in an attempt to make the most of the material that was obtained using Malaise traps.
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- Olga Schmidt
- SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München Munich Germany
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- SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München Munich Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions-und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions-und Biodiversitätsforschung Berlin Germany
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- SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München Munich Germany
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- Vietnam National Museum of Nature, VAST, Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam National Museum of Nature, VAST Hanoi Vietnam
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Hoffmann A, Penner J, Vohland K, Cramer W, Doubleday R, Henle K, Kõljalg U, Kühn I, Kunin W, Negro JJ, Penev L, Rodríguez C, Saarenmaa H, Schmeller D, Stoev P, Sutherland W, Ó Tuama É, Wetzel F, Häuser CL. The need for an integrated biodiversity policy support process – Building the European contribution to a global Biodiversity Observation Network (EU BON). NC 2014. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.6.6498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Balke M, Schmidt S, Hausmann A, Toussaint EFA, Bergsten J, Buffington M, Häuser CL, Kroupa A, Hagedorn G, Riedel A, Polaszek A, Ubaidillah R, Krogmann L, Zwick A, Fikáček M, Hájek J, Michat MC, Dietrich C, La Salle J, Mantle B, Ng PKL, Hobern D. Biodiversity into your hands - A call for a virtual global natural history 'metacollection'. Front Zool 2013; 10:55. [PMID: 24044698 PMCID: PMC3848749 DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-10-55] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 09/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Many scientific disciplines rely on correct taxon delineations and identifications. So does a great part of the general public as well as decision makers. Researchers, students and enthusiastic amateurs often feel frustrated because information about species remains scattered, difficult to access, or difficult to decipher. Together, this affects almost anyone who wishes to identify species or verify identifications. Many remedies have been proposed, but we argue that the role of natural history collections remains insufficiently appreciated. We suggest using state-of-the-art mass imaging technology and to join forces to create a global natural history metacollection on the internet, providing access to the morphology of tens of millions of specimens and making them available for automated digital image analysis. DISCUSSION Robotic high-resolution imaging technology and fast (high performance) computer-based image stitching make it now feasible to digitize entire collection drawers typically used for arthropod collections, or trays or containers used for other objects. Resolutions of 500 megapixels and much higher are already utilized to capture the contents of 40x50 cm collection drawers, providing amazing detail of specimens. Flanked by metadata entry, this helps to create access to tens of thousands of specimens in days. By setting priorities and combining the holdings of the most comprehensive collections for certain taxa, drawer digitizing offers the unique opportunity to create a global, virtual metacollection.The taxonomic and geographic coverage of such a collection could never be achieved by a single institution or individual. We argue that by joining forces, many new impulses will emerge for systematic biology, related fields and understanding of biodiversity in general.Digitizing drawers containing unidentified, little-curated specimens is a contribution towards the beginning of a new era of online curation. It also will help taxonomists and curators to discover and process the millions of "gems" of undescribed species hidden in museum accessions. SUMMARY Our proposal suggests creating virtual, high-resolution image resources that will, for the first time in history, provide access for expert scientists as well as students and the general public to the enormous wealth of the world's natural history collections. We foresee that this will contribute to a better understanding, appreciation and increased use of biodiversity resources and the natural history collections serving this cause.
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- Michael Balke
- Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Munich, Germany
- GeoBio Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Munich, Germany
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Munich, Germany
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- Zoologische Staatssammlung, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Munich, Germany
- GeoBio Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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- Systematic Entomology Lab, USDA-ARS, c/o NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstr. 13, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Natural History Museum London, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD England
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- LIPI Division of Zoology (Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense), Cibinong, West Java, Indonesia
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- Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- Department of Entomology, National Museum, Kunratice 1, 148 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic
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- CONICET - Laboratorio de Entomologiá, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologá Experimental, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Int. Guïraldes s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, 1816 S Oak St., Champaign, IL 61801, USA
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- Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- National University of Singapore and Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, 117543 Singapore, Singapore
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- GBIF Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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