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New publication: New World Calliscelio

Chen H-y, Masner L, Johnson NF (2017). New World species of the genus Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae). ZooKeys 648: 1-136. 

This new…

Entomological Collections Network 2016

Tripelhorn Collection at the 2016 ECN & ICE meetings

Staff and students associated with the Triplehorn collection attended the 2016 Entomological Collections Network & the International Congress of Entomology in Orlando,…

Huayan Chen at ICE 2016

Huayan Chen wins first prize on oral presentation

Huyan Chen, graduate student in Norman Johnson's lab and collection associate, won the first prize on the Graduate Student Oral Competition: Morphology, Systematics, and Phylogeny:…

Graptosaltria tienta, collected in China, 1929

Ohio State University cicada collection gets us in the spirit for the latest brood

In antecipation of the emergence of the 17-year cicadas of Brood V here in Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch came to visit the Triplehorn Insect Collection to see what other species of cicadas…

The Dave Parshall collection was presented to OSU in October 2015.

Large Ohio and Arctic Butterfly Collection Received

On October 15th the Triplehorn Insect Collection received the David Parshall Butterfly Collection, a gift of over 50,000 pinned specimens, plus many thousands more preserved in envelopes.…

Ethelema, an iron clad beetle. Image available online.

Biological museums work to digitize and publish entire collections.

Museums around the globe, including at Ohio State University, are trying to harness the power of digital technology to make available collections that have long lay dormant on shelves and in dusty…

Catacola Moth

Volunteers help catalog specimens in Triplehorn Insect Collection

The work of curatorial staff and volunteers of the Triplehorn Insect Collection is featured in the Columbus Dispatch article 'Making a dent in the backlog: Volunteers help catalog…

Bompus sp

Citizen scientists tracking Ohio bumblebees

Citizen scientists tracking Ohio bumblebees: Curator Luciana Musetti is featured in an article in the Columbus Dispatch ‘Nature’s barometer’ facing challenges, possibly due to humans’…

Trissolcus

New publication: Nearctic Trissolcus

Taxonomic research is crucial for the early detection of invasive species and the rapid development and deployment of effective biological control programs. The publication by Talamas, Johnson…