Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo: adaptação aos novos tempos

Abstract

Museus ditos tradicionais têm como centro de gravidade seus acervos. Estes, muitas vezes, precedem as próprias instituições: o clássico modelo de coleções privadas que encontram as vias institucionais públicas e a acessibilidade. O Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP) não é uma exceção a essa regra. Seu acervo está vinculado a coleções do século XIX, incorporadas ao Estado de São Paulo, em idas e vindas institucionais, até a configuração atual de museu universitário de excelência em pesquisa, ensino e extensão. Como tal, o MZUSP continua enfrentando desafios e necessidades de transformação e adaptação às novas realidades do século XXI.<br>“Traditional” museums have their center of gravity in collections that often precede the institutions themselves. It is the classic model of private collections that meet the public institutional channels and accessibility. The Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo is not an exception to this rule. Its collection is linked to collections of the nineteenth century incorporated to the State of São Paulo, in comings and goings of institutional settings to the current status as university museum of excellence in research, teaching and outreach. As such, MZUSP continues to face challenges and changing needs and adapt to new realities of the twenty-first century

Type specimens of Chrysidoidea (Hymenoptera) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

“…At this time, the collection was stored at the Museu Paulista which housed a plethora of specimens and objects from different natural history branches including archeology, botany, ethnology, mineralogy and zoology (Landim, 2011).…”

Type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) housed in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

“…The Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP) is a major biodiversity repository in Latin America, and houses a wealth of research specimens, providing thousands of specimens to worldwide specialists each year (Landim, 2011). MZUSP holdings account for over 10 million animal specimens, with approximately seven thousand primary types (Ulysséa et al, 2015).…”

“…Like many other insect groups, the earliest Heteroptera specimens from MZUSP date back to the early 20 th century and were mainly collected by Hermann von Ihering, Hermann von Lüderwaldt, Adolf Hempel and Ernest Garbe (C. Campaner, personal communication). At that time, the entomology collection was part of the Museu Paulista (Landim, 2011), which housed both historical documents and natural history specimens. However, it was later incorporated into a newly-established zoology museum (MZSUP) in the late 1960s (Evangelista et al, 2014).…”

Type specimens of the traditional Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ant tribes deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil: Adelomyrmecini, Basicerotini, Blepharidatt ini, Crematogastrini, Formicoxenini, Lenomyrmecini, Myrmicini, Phalacromyrmecini, Pheidolini, Stegomyrmecini, Stenammini and Tetramoriini

“…The Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP) houses today one of the leading zoological collections of Latin America, summing approximately 10 million liquid or dry preserved specimens (Landim, 2011). There are about seven thousand primary types deposited in the MZSP collections.…”