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.

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.

Vickery, V.R., and D.K.McE. Kevan. 1985. The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions: Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. Ottawa, Res. Br., Agric. Can., 918 pp.

Walker, E.M. 1953. The odonata of Canada and Alaska. Toronto, Univ. Toronto Press, ON.

Walker, E.M. 1958. The odonata of Canada and Alaska. Toronto, Univ. Toronto Press, ON. 318 pp.

Walker, E.M., and P.S. Corbet. 1975. The odonata of Canada and Alaska. Toronto, Univ. Toronto Press, ON.