The data in current edition of the Catalogue of Life have
been provided by 156 databases.
Most datasets include one or more global
species database sectors (GSDs), i.e. datasets being developed to cover
all of the world's species in a particular group of organisms. Several
datasets provide regional information for groups not yet covered
globally. The datasets result from collaboration and editing by many
expert taxonomists, whose names are found in the datasets themselves. A
brief summary is listed below giving: database name;
home page address; the author(s) or editor(s); host organisation; the
group for which data are provided, preceded by its higher
classification; and the number of species and infraspecific taxa
included in this checklist.
• Geographic Coverage (values G for "Global" and R for "Regional")
• Taxonomic Completeness (values 1 - 100%)
• Checklist Confidence (values

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, see below for details)

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Caution! This data set does not contain well-scrutinised taxonomic checklist, and in parts may be a list of taxonomically unvetted names only. However, it is used temporarily by the Catalogue of Life to fill major gaps as only available source at the time. See database abstract for more details.


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Caution! This data set is a scrutinised taxonomic checklist, but it is incomplete and at an early stage of its development. See database abstract for more details.



- This is a well-scrutinised taxonomic checklist, but it is restricted to a subset of species by geography (regional database), or sector of biological discipline (e.g. thematic database in particular ecological area, conservation, quarantine, pest and disease control, medicine or molecular biology, etc). This data set was included in the Catalogue of Life to fill gaps at lower levels of the taxonomic classification (e.g. species, genera) as temporarily solution. See database abstract for more details.




- This is a nearly complete and fully scrutinised taxonomic checklist with a good quality of expertise at the current stage of its development.





- This is a complete and fully scrutinised taxonomic checklist for an entire taxon with a high quality of expertise and frequent updates, which covers nearly all known species diversity in the taxon worldwide.
Source database
|
|
English name of the group
|
Living species
|
Extinct species
|
3i Cicadellinae: 3i interactive keys and taxonomic databases, subfamily Cicadellinae
UPDATED!
|
|
Leafhoppers |
2,381 |
14 |
3i Cicadoidea: 3i interactive keys and taxonomic databases, superfamily Cicadoidea
UPDATED!
|
|
Cicadas |
3,079 |
66 |
3i Curculio: 3i taxonomic databases, Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae
UPDATED!
|
|
Broad-nosed weevils |
13,298 |
17 |
3i Typhlocybinae: 3i interactive keys and taxonomic databases, subfamily Typhlocybinae
UPDATED!
|
|
Leafhoppers |
4,805 |
10 |
AnnonBase: Annonaceae GSD
|
|
Custard apples |
2,440 |
0 |
AphidSF: Aphid Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Aphids and allied groups |
5,218 |
313 |
BdelloideaBase: Bdellid & Cunaxid Databases
|
|
Bdellid and cunaxid mites |
665 |
0 |
Brachiopoda Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Lamp-shells |
396 |
0 |
Brassicaceae species checklist and database
|
|
Crucifers, mustard or cabbage family |
3,778 |
0 |
Brentids: Brentidae of the World
|
|
Straight-snouted weevils |
1,755 |
0 |
CarabCat: Global database of ground beetles
|
|
Ground beetles |
37,404 |
0 |
Catalogue of Life China
|
|
Various taxa from China |
2,309 |
0 |
CCW: Catalogue of Craneflies of the World
|
|
Craneflies |
14,827 |
0 |
ChenoBase: Chenopodiaceae GSD
|
|
Goosefoot family |
2,007 |
0 |
ChiloBase: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) for the web
|
|
Centipedes |
3,146 |
0 |
ChrysididaeSF: Chrysididae Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps |
188 |
2 |
CilCat: The World Ciliate Catalog
|
|
Ciliates |
8,668 |
0 |
CIPA: Computer Aided Identification of Phlebotomine sandflies of Americas
|
|
Phlebotomine sandflies |
396 |
0 |
CockroachSF: Cockroach Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Cockroaches |
4,649 |
0 |
CoL Management Classification: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms
|
|
Biota |
0 |
0 |
Conifer Database
|
|
Conifers |
615 |
0 |
COOL: Cercopoidea Organised On Line
|
|
Froghoppers |
2,608 |
0 |
CoreoideaSF: Coreoidea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Leatherbugs |
3,098 |
12 |
DermapteraSF: Dermaptera Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Earwigs |
1,893 |
41 |
Dothideomycetes
|
|
|
5,296 |
0 |
Droseraceae Database
|
|
Sundew family |
179 |
0 |
ELPT: Early Land Plants Today
UPDATED!
|
|
Hornworts and liverworts |
7,393 |
210 |
EmbiopteraSF: Embioptera Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Webspinners |
397 |
15 |
ETI WBD: World Biodiversity Database (Euphausiacea)
|
|
Krill |
86 |
0 |
FADA Cladocera: World checklist of freshwater Cladocera species
|
|
Water fleas |
1,043 |
0 |
FADA Copepoda: World checklist of freshwater Copepoda species
|
|
Copepods |
703 |
0 |
FADA Ephemeroptera: World checklist of freshwater Ephemeroptera species
|
|
Mayflies |
3,341 |
0 |
FADA Halacaridae: World checklist of freshwater Halacaridae species
|
|
Aquatic mites |
59 |
0 |
FADA Nematomorpha: World checklist of freshwater Nematomorpha species
|
|
Freshwater hairworms |
356 |
0 |
FADA Rotifera: Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera)
|
|
Rotifers |
2,014 |
0 |
FADA Turbellaria: World checklist of freshwater Turbellaria species
|
|
Planarians |
1,449 |
0 |
Fauna Europaea, subphylum Turbellaria (Platyhelminthes)
|
|
Turbellarians |
237 |
0 |
FishBase
UPDATED!
|
|
Fishes |
33,388 |
0 |
FLOW: Fulgoromorpha Lists On the WEB
|
|
Planthoppers |
12,636 |
298 |
Global Gracillariidae: Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae
|
|
Gracillariid moths |
1,855 |
0 |
GloBIS (GART): Global Butterfly Information System
|
|
Hairstreaks, blues, coppers, swallowtails and whites |
8,001 |
0 |
Glomeromycota
|
|
Glomeromycota |
272 |
0 |
GrylloblattodeaSF: Grylloblattodea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Ice crawlers |
33 |
545 |
Hexacorals: Hexacorallians of the World
|
|
Sea anemones |
738 |
0 |
HymIS: Hymenoptera Information System
|
|
Crabronids, spider-hunting and rhopalosomatid wasps |
11,096 |
0 |
ICTV/MSL: International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses / Master Species List
|
|
Viruses and subviral agents |
3,186 |
0 |
ILDIS World Database of Legumes
|
|
Legumes |
16,371 |
0 |
IOPI Global Plant Checklist
|
|
Five families of seed plants |
1,845 |
0 |
ITIS Bees: World Bee Checklist
|
|
Bees |
20,446 |
0 |
ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System
UPDATED!
|
|
Wide range of global taxonomic checklists of different taxa |
99,836 |
0 |
ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System
UPDATED!
|
|
Wide range of taxa in all kingdoms |
39,855 |
0 |
Lace Bugs Database (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
|
|
Lace bugs |
2,351 |
0 |
LDL Neuropterida Species of the World
|
|
Lacewings, antlions, owlflies, fishflies, dobsonflies, snakeflies and relatives |
6,424 |
0 |
LecyPages: The Lecythidaceae Pages
|
|
Brazil nut family |
311 |
0 |
LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
|
|
Butterflies and moths |
136,051 |
0 |
LHD: Lacistemataceae Holistic Database
|
|
Waits Numi plant family |
24 |
0 |
LIAS: A Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes
|
|
Lichens |
9,614 |
0 |
LygaeoideaSF: Lygaeoidea Species File
NEW!
|
|
Seed bugs |
4,356 |
114 |
MantodeaSF: Mantodea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Praying mantids |
2,483 |
26 |
MantophasmatodeaSF: Mantophasmatodea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Gladiators or rock crawlers |
19 |
6 |
MBB: Moss Bug Base
|
|
Moss bugs |
32 |
0 |
Microsporidia: Unicellular spore-forming protozoan parasites
|
|
Microsporidians |
1,223 |
0 |
Mites GSDs: OlogamasidBase
|
|
Ologamasid mites |
446 |
0 |
Mites GSDs: PhytoseiidBase
|
|
Phytoseiid mites |
2,186 |
0 |
Mites GSDs: RhodacaridBase
|
|
Rhodacarid mites |
145 |
0 |
Mites GSDs: TenuipalpidBase
|
|
Tenuipalpid mites |
887 |
0 |
MOST: Moss TROPICOS Database
|
|
Mosses |
13,364 |
0 |
MOWD: Membracoidea of the World Database
|
|
Treehoppers and leafhoppers |
15,387 |
0 |
Nepticuloidea: Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the World
NEW!
|
|
Pigmy moths & white eyecap moths |
1,055 |
18 |
Nomen.eumycetozoa.com: An online nomenclatural information system of Eumycetozoa
UPDATED!
|
|
Slime moulds |
1,166 |
0 |
NZIB: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity
|
|
Various animalian taxa from New Zealand |
2,242 |
0 |
Odonata: Global Species Database of Odonata
|
|
Dragonflies and damselflies |
5,912 |
0 |
OrthopteraSF: Orthoptera Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Grasshoppers, locusts, katydids, crickets |
26,781 |
737 |
PaleoBioDB: The Paleobiology Database
NEW!
|
|
Paleoradiolarians, trilobites, paleodecapods, ammonites, belemnites, paleobrachyopods, dinosaurs and other paleoreptiles |
0 |
35,328 |
Parhost: World Database of Fleas
|
|
Fleas |
2,047 |
0 |
PBI Plant Bug: On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae)
|
|
Plant bugs |
11,138 |
0 |
PhasmidaSF: Phasmida Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Stick and leaf insects |
3,141 |
0 |
Phoronida Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Horseshoe worms |
19 |
0 |
Phyllachorales
|
|
Tropical tar-spot fungi |
1,339 |
0 |
PlecopteraSF: Plecoptera Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Stoneflies |
3,624 |
228 |
PsocodeaSF: Psocodea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Bark lices & parasitic lices |
9,428 |
130 |
Psyl'list: Psylloidea database
|
|
Jumping plant lice |
3,385 |
0 |
Rhytismatales
|
|
Tar-spot fungi |
705 |
0 |
RJB Geranium: Geranium Taxonomic Information System
|
|
Cranesbills, geraniums |
344 |
0 |
Saccharomycetes
|
|
Ascomycetous yeast forming fungi |
1,087 |
0 |
ScaleNet: Systematic Database of the Scale Insects of the World
|
|
Scale insects |
7,090 |
0 |
Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Scarab beetles |
38,642 |
271 |
Solanaceae Source
|
|
Nightshade genus |
1,082 |
0 |
Species 2000 additional Common Names for the Catalogue of Life
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
Species Fungorum
|
|
Fungi; protozoan fungi; chromistan fungi |
111,519 |
0 |
SpmWeb: Spider Mites Web
|
|
Spider mites |
1,265 |
0 |
Strepsiptera Database: Global Strepsiptera Database
|
|
Twisted-winged parasites |
607 |
10 |
SysMyr: Systematic Myriapod Database
|
|
Diplopods, pauropods and symphylans |
12,635 |
0 |
Systema Dipterorum
|
|
Flies, mosquitoes, bots, midges and gnats |
138,934 |
0 |
Taxapad Ichneumonoidea
|
|
Ichneumonid and braconid wasps |
42,370 |
0 |
Tessaratomidae Database: Illustrated catalog of Tessaratomidae
|
|
Tessaratomids |
240 |
0 |
The Reptile Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Reptiles |
10,233 |
0 |
The Scorpion Files
|
|
Scorpions |
2,217 |
0 |
The White-Files: Taxonomic checklist of the world’s whiteflies (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
|
|
Whiteflies |
1,557 |
0 |
The World List of Cycads, online edition
|
|
Cycads |
353 |
0 |
TicksBase
|
|
Ticks |
867 |
0 |
Tineidae NHM: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
|
|
Clothes-moths |
2,443 |
0 |
TITAN: Cerambycidae database
|
|
Longhorn beetles, timber beetles |
33,955 |
0 |
Trichomycetes
|
|
Fungi associated with Arthropods |
385 |
0 |
UCD: Universal Chalcidoidea Database
|
|
Chalcidoid wasps |
19,846 |
0 |
URMO: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
|
|
Many groups of marine invertebrates and chordates |
6,377 |
0 |
WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
|
|
113 families of seed plants |
120,279 |
0 |
World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World
UPDATED!
|
|
Ferns and fern-allies |
13,233 |
0 |
World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
UPDATED!
|
|
294 families of flowering plants |
166,722 |
0 |
WoRMS Acoelomorpha: World list of Acoelomorpha
UPDATED!
|
|
|
451 |
0 |
WoRMS Asteroidea: World Asteroidea database
UPDATED!
|
|
Starfish or sea stars |
1,856 |
1 |
WoRMS Bochusacea: World List of Bochusacea
UPDATED!
|
|
|
6 |
0 |
WoRMS Brachypoda: World List of Brachypoda
UPDATED!
|
|
Brachypods |
12 |
0 |
WoRMS Brachyura: World List of marine Brachyura
UPDATED!
|
|
Crabs |
7,047 |
2 |
WoRMS Bryozoa: World List of Bryozoa
UPDATED!
|
|
Bryozoans, moss animals |
5,629 |
48 |
WoRMS Cephalochordata: World list of Cephalochordata
UPDATED!
|
|
Lancelets |
30 |
0 |
WoRMS Cestoda: World list of Cestoda
|
|
Tapeworms |
1,583 |
0 |
WoRMS Chaetognatha: World list of Chaetognatha
UPDATED!
|
|
Arrow worms |
131 |
0 |
WoRMS Cumacea: World Cumacea database
UPDATED!
|
|
Cumaceans or hooded shrimps |
1,533 |
0 |
WoRMS Echinoidea: World Echinoidea Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Sea urchins |
1,010 |
2,189 |
WoRMS Foraminifera: World Foraminifera Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Foraminifers |
9,002 |
0 |
WoRMS Gastrotricha: World Gastrotricha Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Gastrotrichs or hairy backs |
826 |
0 |
WoRMS Gnathostomulida: World list of Gnathostomulida
UPDATED!
|
|
Gnathostomulids or jaw worms |
101 |
0 |
WoRMS Holothuroidea: World List of Holothuroidea
UPDATED!
|
|
Sea cucumbers |
1,695 |
0 |
WoRMS Hydrozoa: World Hydrozoa database
UPDATED!
|
|
Hydroids |
3,677 |
32 |
WoRMS Isopoda: World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database
UPDATED!
|
|
Pillbugs, slaters and woodlice |
10,162 |
26 |
WoRMS Kinorhyncha: World list of Kinorhyncha
UPDATED!
|
|
Mud dragons |
188 |
0 |
WoRMS Leptostraca: World List of Leptostraca
UPDATED!
|
|
Leptostraca |
59 |
1 |
WoRMS Merostomata: World list of Merostomata
UPDATED!
|
|
Horseshoe crabs |
4 |
0 |
WoRMS Mollusca: MolluscaBase (2017)
|
|
Marine molluscs |
48,309 |
7,815 |
WoRMS Monogenea: World list of Monogenea
|
|
Monogenean flatworms |
1,868 |
0 |
WoRMS Mystacocarida: World List of Mystacocarida
UPDATED!
|
|
Mystacocarids |
13 |
0 |
WoRMS Myxozoa: World list of Myxozoa
|
|
Myxozoans |
194 |
0 |
WoRMS Nemertea: World Nemertea database
UPDATED!
|
|
Ribbon worms |
1,250 |
0 |
WoRMS Octocorallia: World list of Octocorallia
UPDATED!
|
|
Soft corals, blue coral, sea pens and gorgonians |
3,610 |
3 |
WoRMS Oligochaeta: World List of Marine Oligochaeta
UPDATED!
|
|
Earthworms, oligochaetes |
913 |
0 |
WoRMS Ophiuroidea: World Ophiuroidea database
UPDATED!
|
|
Brittle stars and basket stars |
2,077 |
277 |
WoRMS Orthonectida: World list of Orthonectida
UPDATED!
|
|
Orthonectids |
25 |
0 |
WoRMS Placozoa: World Placozoa Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Placozoans or pancake animals |
1 |
0 |
WoRMS Polychaeta: World Polychaeta database
UPDATED!
|
|
Bristle worms |
11,540 |
489 |
WoRMS Polycystina: World list of Polycystina (Radiolaria)
UPDATED!
|
|
Polycystines (radiolarian protists) |
417 |
0 |
WoRMS Porifera: World Porifera database
UPDATED!
|
|
Sponges |
8,818 |
28 |
WoRMS Priapulida: World list of Priapulida
UPDATED!
|
|
Priapulid worms or penis worms |
20 |
0 |
WoRMS Proseriata-Kalyptorhynchia: World database of Proseriata and Kalyptorhynchia
|
|
Freeliving flatworms |
1,005 |
0 |
WoRMS Remipedia: World Remipedia Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Remipedes |
28 |
0 |
WoRMS Rhombozoa: World list of Rhombozoa
UPDATED!
|
|
Rhombozoans |
122 |
0 |
WoRMS Tanaidacea: World List of Tanaidacea
UPDATED!
|
|
Tanaids |
1,373 |
15 |
WoRMS Tantulocarida: World List of Tantulocarida
UPDATED!
|
|
Tantulocaridans |
36 |
0 |
WoRMS Thermosbaenacea: World List of Thermosbaenacea
UPDATED!
|
|
Hot-springs shrimps |
36 |
0 |
WoRMS Trematoda: World list of Trematoda
|
|
Flukes |
1,785 |
0 |
WoRMS Xenoturbellida: World List of Xenoturbellida
UPDATED!
|
|
Xenoturbellids |
6 |
0 |
WSC: World Spider Catalog
UPDATED!
|
|
Spiders |
45,826 |
0 |
WTaxa: Electronic Catalogue of Weevil names (Curculionoidea)
UPDATED!
|
|
Weevils |
84,760 |
0 |
WWW: World Wide Wattle
|
|
Wattles, thorntrees, acacias |
1,469 |
0 |
Xylariaceae: Home of the Xylariaceae
|
|
Fungi associated with dead wood |
3,412 |
0 |
ZOBODAT: Zoological-Botanical Database (Vespoidea)
|
|
Vespid wasps |
6,203 |
0 |
ZorapteraSF: Zoraptera Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Zorapterans |
40 |
9 |
Zygomycetes
|
|
Pin moulds and related fungi |
1,047 |
0 |