Closing invertebrate collections in USA

[Vr.R.E.M.J..-B. BEJSAK-COLLOREDO-MANSFELD]

Dear colleagues,
I do not know how many of you are working in Museums and how many of you have your own private collections.
But even as a private collectors how often do you visit local invertebrate collections just to compare your specimens with museum types, paratypes or just to look into local collection.

I am very interested what happening in US with closing down invertebrate collections in public and university museums. Very often happen what started in US few years later happen also in Australia or somewhere else.

What happen if some scientist will need types from these closed collections for his research? Will be types transferred to another OPEN museum collections? Or we have to create lectotype because Types is NOT available?

Keep care and be of good cheer
 
Regards
 
(name) Vratislav Richard Eugene Maria John Baptist
(surname) of Bejsak (Bayshark)-Colloredo-Mansfeld

Tenebrionidae of the World, incl. Alleculinae and Lagriinae, 
higher taxonomy, Australian beetles. 
websites:
http://www.coleoptera.org. and
http://www.egroups.com/group/coleoptera
 
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