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Standard Operating Procedure: Digitizing Specimens

<p>Description of the digitization approach for insect specimens used by researchers at the Frost Entomological Museum at Penn State. </p

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Modeling the distribution of odonates: from the pages of 20th century field notes to the shapefiles of the 21st century

Odonates, as charismatic insects with aquatic larval stages, are present in many museum collections and can serve as indicators of habitat health. The Frost Entomological Museum at Penn State University is in the process of digitizing the George H. and Alice F. Beatty collection of 60,000 odonate specimens. Digitization of this collection has liberated data associated with thousands of specimens, including rarely collected species, which can be utilized for generating niche models to identify patterns of species distributions over time. The addition of these digitized records and associated location data from field notes to the TaxonWorks database has increased and sometimes doubled the number of records of georeferenced odonates available online. Compiled with georeferenced specimens currently available in databases, ecological niche models were generated for 10 species in 25 year increments for the first time, tracking the shift of odonate habitats over the past 75 years. Identification of the edaphic and climatic factors driving odonates can be used for sampling efforts to reduce bias in museum collections. The models generated for species found in Pennsylvania were tested by sampling at several locations that fit the predicted niches

Know your insects! New approaches to teaching insect morphology and systematics

<p>We discuss the present state of education in insect morphology and systematics and address the perceived trend towards a decline in interest in these subjects. We then present our recent, immersive approaches to educating students about fundamental concepts and knowledge in entomology. Based on our early results we call for further discussion, perhaps as a future ESA symposium, on modern approaches to teaching these subjects.</p> <p></p

Digitization of the Beatty Odonata Collection at the Frost Entomological Museum (PSUC): the Terrain of Ecological Niche Modeling

<p>Ecological niche modeling of the Beatty Odonata Collection at Penn State using records from the Frost Entomological Museum, GBIF, and Odonata Central.</p

Figure 3- Male <i>Conostigmus albovarius</i> Specimen 91442

<p>An original image of male <i>Conostigmus albovarius</i> specimen 91442 from Figure 3 of our manuscript "Redescription of <i>Conostigmus albovarius</i> Dodd, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Megaspilidae), a metallic ceraphronoid, with the first description of males", submitted to the Journal of Hymenoptera Research.</p

Figure 2B- Male <i>Conostigmus albovarius</i> Specimen 91442

<p>An original image of male <i>Conostigmus albovarius</i> specimen 91442 from Figure 2B of our manuscript "Redescription of <i>Conostigmus albovarius</i> Dodd, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Megaspilidae), a metallic ceraphronoid, with the first description of males", submitted to the Journal of Hymenoptera Research.</p

Figure 11- Brightfield image of a Trassedia sp. (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae).

Brightfield image of a Trassedia sp. (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) from our manuscript "Translucent cuticle and setiferous patches in Megaspilidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea)", submitted to the Journal of Hymenoptera Research