Introduction to aphid species file, http://aphid.speciesfile.org
Favret, C.; Eades, D.C. (2009). Introduction to aphid species file, http://aphid.speciesfile.org. Redia-Giornale di Zoologia XCII: 115-117
In: Redia-Giornale di Zoologia: Firenze. ISSN 0370-4327, more
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| Keywords |
Aphididae Latreille, 1802 [WoRMS]; Aphidomorpha
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Taxonomy; Nomenclature; Bibliography; Database; Aphididae; Aphidomorpha |
| Abstract |
Aphid Species File (ASF) is a comprehensive web-accessible aphid taxonomy database: http://Aphid.SpeciesFile.org. We aim for it to contain all the published taxonomic and synonymic information for all Aphidomorpha taxa, extinct and extant, including Aphidoidea, Phylloxeroidea (Adelgidae and Phylloxeridae) and related taxa. Along with a complete list of aphid names and a taxonomic bibliography, Aphid Species File can also serve specimen data and publish interactive electronic identification keys.Over 10,000 aphid taxa names are listed hierarchically, each name being a hypertext link to its subordinate taxa and the full synonymic and bibliographic history of the taxon. Likewise, each aphid literature reference has a hypertext link to a list of the aphid taxa cited therein. Nomenclatural and taxonomic information served on ASF is first published elsewhere and then entered into the database, so ASF is not a publisher of primary data.A solicitation is made to the world’s aphidologists to use and contribute to ASF to build it into an increasingly powerful tool in aphid taxonomy. |
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