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# Scan the drawer of specimens to be sorted and look for the first alphabetically. Working your way through the drawer, remove all specimens of that type and place them together in a single unit tray | # Scan the drawer of specimens to be sorted and look for the first alphabetically. Working your way through the drawer, remove all specimens of that type and place them together in a single unit tray | ||
#*If there are too many to fit in one unit try, move onto a second, but do not forget to place a label at the upper left corner of that tray as well. | #*If there are too many to fit in one unit try, move onto a second, but do not forget to place a label at the upper left corner of that tray as well. | ||
| + | #*If a row of specimens has a determination label at the beginning, do not mix those in even with specimens of the same genus. They can be placed in the same unit try but must remain separate. | ||
| + | # Continue this process until all specimens are sorted alphabetically by genus. | ||
| + | #* When you come across any of the genera listed on the [[Target Taxa#Target List|Target List]], or any genus followed by MS or preceded by "nr.", make sure to remove them and place them in the VIBs (Very Important Bugs) Drawer located toward the bottom of cabinet one. | ||
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| + | === Sorting into Alphabetized Drawers === | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
* [[Target Taxa]] | * [[Target Taxa]] | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 2 November 2010
Introduction
This section contains procedures for handling Platygastroidea material that has been identified and whose specimen data has been transcribed.
Contents
Procedures
Sorting Individual Drawers
- Remove a drawer from cabinet one. Make sure it is a drawer that has been sort to genus, not just family.
- Grab a drawer of unit trays for the material to be sorted into from cabinet seven.
- Make sure you have a good mixture of small and medium-sized soft unit trays and one hard-bottomed tray to place excess labels in.
- Scan the drawer of specimens to be sorted and look for the first alphabetically. Working your way through the drawer, remove all specimens of that type and place them together in a single unit tray
- If there are too many to fit in one unit try, move onto a second, but do not forget to place a label at the upper left corner of that tray as well.
- If a row of specimens has a determination label at the beginning, do not mix those in even with specimens of the same genus. They can be placed in the same unit try but must remain separate.
- Continue this process until all specimens are sorted alphabetically by genus.
- When you come across any of the genera listed on the Target List, or any genus followed by MS or preceded by "nr.", make sure to remove them and place them in the VIBs (Very Important Bugs) Drawer located toward the bottom of cabinet one.
