Collecting and preserving insects and arachnids
Published: Tue, 04 Dec 2012, 14:09Last updated: Fri, 15 May 2015, 11:13
This manual is a guide to a course in practical entomology and arachnology for technical assistants of the SADC countries of the SAFRINET-loop of BioNET-International. The course, presented by the staff of the National Collections of Insects and Arachnids of the Plant Protection Research Institute, comprises lectures, discussions and practical sessions aimed at teaching students to recognise the major groups of insects and arachnids. Techniques to collect, process and prepare insects and arachnids for study are presented, as well as important information on how to preserve and curate material in a reference collection. The manual also contains information on basic insect and arachnid morphology, classification and taxonomy. A list of pertinent literature is provided.
Resources on this page are not intended to be interpretations of ISPMs and terminology used may not be consistent with ISPM 5. Unless otherwise indicated resources, or pest distributions contained within them are not endorsed/adopted/agreed by the CPM nor developed under the auspices of the IPPC Secretariat, and are the exclusive responsibility of the author of the contributed phytosanitary resource.
Resource provide by:- SAFRINET
Author/Editor name and address: I. M. Millar, V. M. Uys, R. P. Urban
Type of contact: Other
Tags:
- Manual/Guide
Documents:
Collecting_and_preserving_Insects_and_Arachnids.pdf