FIGURE 10. Sorting protocol after a in How to inventory tropical flies (Diptera) — One of the megadiverse orders of insects

FIGURE 10. Sorting protocol after a sample has been collected and databased (location, date, method of collection). Many families required further specific manipulation or arrangement, depending on the needs of the systematist (e.g. arrangement of parts on a microscope slide; size of pin or specific position on a pin). HMDS (hexamethyldisilazane) is a liquid used to dry insects through immersion and subsequent evaporation (Heraty & Hawks, 1998).