2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
6/07/2017 | 9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | PURDUE ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH COLLECTION RESOURCES SUPPORTING FRESHWATER SCIENCE | 301A
PURDUE ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH COLLECTION RESOURCES SUPPORTING FRESHWATER SCIENCE
Since its establishment in 1896, the Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC) has become one of the largest and most important collections of aquatic insects in the world, containing the many voucher specimens from the careers of G. F. Edmunds, Jr., and W. P. McCafferty (Ephemeroptera), E. B. Montgomery (Odonata) and Frank Young (aquatic Coleoptera of Indiana). The Ephemeroptera collection contains most genera described prior to 2012, as well as several that remain to be described. PERC currently contains approximately 750,000 pinned specimens, 920,000 specimens in vials, 28,000 slides, and over 11,000 dragonflies and damselflies in archival envelopes. PERC houses over 2,500 primary and/or secondary type specimens of insects. Purdue hosts the Mayfly Central website. A recently funded National Science Foundation grant will update the existing storage systems in the collection to ensure they are preserved for future research and education. In addition, specimen images and associated data will be stored in an online database freely available to the public. This project will raise awareness of the importance of freshwater science, insects and natural history collections through various public engagement activities, aquatic ecosystem workshops, and rural community youth programs.
- C18 Biodiversity
- C03 Invertebrates
- C35 Systematics and Taxonomy & C21 Communicating Science
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Luke M. Jacobus
(), Indiana Univ. Purdue Univ. Columbus, lmjacobu@iupuc.edu;
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Gino Nearns
(), Purdue Univ., gnearns@purdue.edu;
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Jennifer Zaspel
(), Purdue Univ., jzaspel@purdue.edu;
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