Australian National Insect Collection Jewel Bulk Samples Collection

The Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) is recognized both nationally and internationally as a major research collection. It is the world's largest collection of Australian insects and related groups such as mites, spiders, nematodes and centipedes housing over 12 million specimens. Like many entomological collections, not all specimen material at ANIC is registered, sorted or identified to species level, and may sit in ‘bulk’ collections. Examples of bulk collections include malaise trap samples held in jars, taxonomically sorted specimens dried and kept in ‘jewel boxes’ or hundreds of vials of specimens sorted to ordinal level. By mobilising these bulk collection samples, event sampling location information is exposed and searchable. This allows users access to collection recourses, making more Australian collection material available for research and study. The key shared quality is that these bulk collections represent a potential goldmine for taxonomists and other researchers looking for sources of already-collected entomological material to study. We encourage researchers to explore the range of bulk collections we have made available here, and to contact us for further details including how to access any that are of particular interest.澳大利亚国家昆虫标本馆（Australian National Insect Collection, ANIC）是国内外公认的重要研究型标本馆藏机构，其馆藏为全球规模最大的澳大利亚本土昆虫及螨类、蜘蛛、线虫、蜈蚣等相关类群标本，总量超1200万件。与多数昆虫学标本馆藏类似，该馆并非所有标本材料均完成登记、分类整理或物种水平鉴定，部分标本以批量馆藏(bulk collections)形式存放。批量馆藏的典型示例包括：罐封装存的马氏网(malaise trap)采集样本、经分类整理后干燥存放于专用标本盒中的标本，以及按目级阶元分类的数百支标本瓶。通过对这些批量馆藏标本进行馆藏活化，其采样事件与地点信息可被公开并实现检索，此举可让用户便捷获取馆藏资源，使更多澳大利亚本土馆藏标本材料可用于科研与学术研究。此类批量馆藏的核心共性在于，它们为分类学家及其他寻求已采集昆虫学研究材料的研究者提供了极具潜力的研究宝库。我们诚挚邀请科研人员探索本平台开放的各类批量馆藏资源，若对特定馆藏有使用需求，可联系我们获取进一步详情及访问方式。