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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…
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 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:…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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’…
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…