taxonomic collection, preservation and mounting

TAXONOMYCOLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND

MOUNTING

PRACHEE RAJPUT

SYNOPSISINTRODUCTIONTAXONOMIC COLLECTIONTYPES OF COLLECTIONMETHODS OF COLLECTIONRECODING DATACURATION PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONRELAXINGMAUNTINGSTORAGECATALOGUNINGREFERENCES

INTRODUCTION

Taxonomy The classification of organisms in a

hierarchal system or in taxonomic ranks (eg; domain ,kingdom, phylum ,or class ,genus , species) based on shared characteristics or on phylogenetic relationship inferred from the fossil record or established by genetic analysis

Taxonomic collection

Biological collections are typically preserved plant or animal specimens along with specimen documentation such as labels and notation

TYPES OF PRESERVATION

Dry preservation. Wet preservation. Biological low-temperature preservation.

CONT….Dry preservation wet preservation

VALUE OF BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS

Museum are only place where extinct species are preserved.

Specimens rarely found in any collection. Many areas in world are geographically

inaccessible. Material from such area are invaluable and preserved at all cost.

METHODS OF COLLECTION

Mist net Attracting Nocturnal insects with light trap

Cont…

Malaise traps

CONT…

Insects are collected mainly by beating and sweeping.

Cont…

Plankton Net Dip Net

CONT….

Trawling and dredging for collecting Deep sea Animals;

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Aspirator Berlese funnel

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killing bottles

RECORDING DATA

Geographic localityData stage[adult male, female or immature form]Altitude or depthHostName of collector

RELAXING

Relaxing chamber and Relaxing beetle in hot water

MOUNTING

Direct pinning Double mounting and pointing Carding Spreading

REFERENCE

Goswami.S.C 2004-methedology Of Collection And Identification..Pp55-67.

Dalella And Sharma ,Text Book Of Taxonomy Pp25-48

Www.Slideshare.Net28/Taxonomy. Www.Lorise-convervation.Org/ Www.Authorstreem.Com/Taxonomy/

Science.