Full name:

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Short name:

ITIS

Version:

Nov 2008

Release date:

November 12th, 2008

Authors/editors:

T Orrell (custodian)

Taxonomic coverage:

Global sectors recently provided by ITIS:

Protozoa – Apicomplexa – Conoidasida – Eucoccidiorida – Cryptosporidiidae – Cryptosporidium

Animalia – Entoprocta, Cycliophora, Onychophora, Tardigrada

Animalia – Arthropoda – Branchiopoda – Anostraca

Animalia – Arthropoda – Malacostraca – Amphipoda – Crangonyctidae – Stygobromus

Animalia – Arthropoda – Malacostraca – Isopoda – Idoteidae

Animalia – Arthropoda – Malacostraca – Mysida

Animalia – Arthropoda – Arachnida – Amblypygi, Opilioacarida, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpiones, Ricinulei, Schizomida, Solifugae & Uropygi

Animalia – Arthropoda – Arachnida – Sarcoptiformes – suborder Oribatida

Animalia – Arthropoda – Entognatha – ProturaNEW!

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Grylloblattodea

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Hymenoptera – Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, Melittidae, Stenotritidae, Ampulicidae, Heterogynaidae & SphecidaeNEW!

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Hymenoptera – Cynipoidea – Ibaliidae

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Hymenoptera – Evanioidea – Aulacidae & Evaniidae

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Hymenoptera – Platygastroidea – Platygastridae, Scelionidae – subfamilScelioninae NEW!

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Coleoptera – suborder Archostemata NEW!

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Coleoptera – Nosodendridae & Jacobsoniidae

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Coleoptera – Byrrhoidea – Limnichidae

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Coleoptera – Staphylinoidea – Silphidae – subfamily Nicrophorinae

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Coleoptera – Cucujoidea – Cucujidae – Pediacus NEW!

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Mantophasmatodea, Zoraptera & Trichoptera

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Phthiraptera – suborder Anoplura

Animalia – Chordata – Amphibia, Aves & Mammalia

Number of species names:

156,706 accepted names; 31,270 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

30,652 accepted names; 12,574 synonyms

Number of common names:

154,708

Total number of names:

385,910

Abstract:

ITIS supplies both global and New World groups to the Catalogue of Life – with emphasis on GSDs. ITIS develops taxonomic coverage of all biota of interest to North America and contains over 591,000 scientific and common names and has either a global or New World treatment of many groups.

Organization:

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Web site:

http://www.itis.gov ;http://www.cbif.gc.ca/itis (Canada) ;http://siit.conabio.gob.mx (Mexico)