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Canadian National Collection Databasing
ByDicky Sick Ki Yu
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes
CNC
• Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada• Started in 1886• Approximately 16 million specimens• 1,400 cabinets• 12,219 primary types
960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, CANADA
960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, CANADA
Curatorial Units
1. Arachnids – Dr. Fred Beaulieu2. Coleoptera – Dr. Pat Bouchard3. Diptera – Dr. Jeff Skevington4. Hemiptera – Dr. Bob Foottit5. Hymenoptera – Dr. Andy Bennett6. Lepidoptera – Dr. J.F. Landry7. Miscellaneous – Dr. Owen Lonsdale8. Nematodes – Dr. Qing Yu
Arachnida
• 350,000 slides of Acari (Mites, Ticks) with 1,000 primary types
• 200,000 specimens of Aranae (Spiders) with 200 primary types
Coleoptera
• 2,300,000 specimens• Primary types Total = 2,404• 231 Adephaga (Carabidae,Dytiscidae, etc.)
• 931 Cucujiformia (Curculionidae, Chrysomelidae etc.)
• 766 Staphylinoidea (Staphylinidae, Leiodidae etc.)
• 278 Elateriformia (Elateridae, Cantheridae etc.)
• 172 Scarabaeiodea (Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae etc.)
Diptera
• >2,000,000 specimens• Primary types Total nearly 4,500• 28% Brachycera• 41% Schizophora (excl. Tachindae)• 31% Tachinidae
Hemiptera
• 850,000 specimens• Primary types Total = 721• 200 aphids• 500 Hemiptera• 21 Thysanoptera
Hymenoptera
• 3,000,000 specimens• Primary types Total = 3,317• 1,114 Ichneumonidae• 715 Braconidae• 531 Chalcidoidea• 403 Proctotrupoidea• 395 Bees• 115 Sawflies
Lepidoptera
• 1,600,000 specimens• Microlepidoptera – 417,000 specimens
(Pyraloidea, Gelechiodea, Tortricoidea)• Macrolepidoptera – 1,141,800 specimens
(Noctuoidea, Geometroidea, Papilionoidea)• 1,130 Primary types
Miscellaneous
• Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Trichoptera, Orthoptera, Collembola, Mallophaga, Mecoptera, Neuropteroidea
• 1,397 drawers• 85,000 vials• 4,500 slides• 94 Primary types
Amber Fossil
• 1,432 specimens• 498 Hemiptera• 344 Diptera• 272 Arachnida• 155 Hymenoptera
• 24 Primary types
Nematodes
• 88,000 specimens• 29,000 slides• 5,000 vials• 266 primary types
Present Databases
• Excel files kept by Unit curators• FileMaker Pro on local area network• FoxPro on personal computers• Firebird (Borland) on personal computers• MS Access on personal computers• Associate with third party databases and
websites• No digital database
Proposed Database
• Create a centralised dynamic website with PHP scripts & MySQL database
• Specimen database with variable information• Taxonomic database with variable information• Users act as editors – direct interact with the
database anywhere in the world
Specimens with variable information
Specimen•Specimen ID•Date•Collection method•Collector•Location•Country/Province•Latitude/longitude•Elevation•Sex•Life stage•Preparation•Depository•Storage•Taxon•Common name
User defined field name
User defined content
User defined content
Notes
Content1.Images2.Files-pdf, doc, rtf3.Museum codes4.Country/Province5.People’s name6.Reference7.Taxonomic name8.Text9.Real number10.Latitude/longitude11.Web-link
Taxa with variable information
CNC-ottawa.ca – Specimen page
CNC-ottawa.ca – Taxon webpage
Taxapad – Taxon page
Taxapad – Taxon page
Taxapad – Combination history
Taxapad – Biology page
Taxapad – Morphology page
Taxapad – Morphological index
Taxapad – Taxon distribution
Taxapad – Graphic Distribution
Taxapad – Taxonomic Tree
Taxapad – Catalogue-style listing
CNC-ottawa.ca – Label Creation
Location label
Dissection slide label
Identification label
Loan label
front back
ID number labels
CNC-ottawa.ca
CNC-ottawa.ca – Specimen page
CNC-ottawa.ca – Taxon page
CNC-ottawa.ca – Taxon webpage
Challenges
• The size of the collection• Databases already in use
Possible Co-operations
• Taxonomic database is needed for all collection databases
• A centralized taxonomic database can be divided among co-operating institutions who have special expertise in their taxonomic groups
• Function taxonomic database can be downloaded to individual institute
• Link to centralized database for supporting information
Thanks for your attention!