An Upgrade Pinning Block: A Mechanical Practical Aid for Fast Labelling of the Insect Specimens

By

Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mohammad Hossein
Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa
Rakhshani, Ehsan
Mokhtari, Azizollah

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-10-09

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

5

Pages

1--11

Subjects

Collections , Entomology , Mechanical pinning block (MPB) , Museums.

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e20648
eLocator: e20648

 

Abstract

A new mechanical innovation is described to deal with standard labelling of dried specimens on triangular cards and/or pinned specimens in personal and public collections. It works quickly, precisely, and easily and is very useful for maintaining label uniformity in collections. The tools accurately sets the position of labels in the shortest possible time. This tools has advantages including rapid processing, cost effectiveness, light weight, and high accuracy, compared to conventional methods. It is fully customisable, compact, and does not require specialist equipment to assemble. Conventional methods generally require locating holes on the pinning block surface when labelling with a resulting risk to damage of the specimens. Insects of different orders can be labelled by this simple and effective tool.