The data in current edition of the Catalogue of Life have
been provided by 173 resources.
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

—





, 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 Auchenorrhyncha: World Auchenorrhyncha Database
|
|
Cicadas, leafhoppers & treehoppers |
10,455 |
522 |
3i Curculio: 3i taxonomic databases, Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae
UPDATED!
|
|
Broad-nosed weevils |
13,483 |
23 |
Animal biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)
|
|
Animal classification |
0 |
0 |
AnnonBase: Annonaceae GSD
|
|
Custard apples |
2,440 |
0 |
BdelloideaBase: Bdellid & Cunaxid Databases
|
|
Bdellid and cunaxid mites |
664 |
0 |
Brachiopoda Database
|
|
Lamp-shells |
396 |
0 |
Brassicaceae species checklist and database
|
|
Crucifers, mustard or cabbage family |
3,778 |
0 |
Brentids: Brentidae of the World
UPDATED!
|
|
Straight-snouted weevils |
1,755 |
0 |
CarabCat: Global database of ground beetles
|
|
Ground beetles |
39,358 |
408 |
Catalogue of Life China
|
|
Various taxa from China |
369 |
0 |
CCW: Catalogue of Craneflies of the World
|
|
Craneflies |
14,827 |
0 |
ChiloBase: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) for the web
|
|
Centipedes |
3,145 |
0 |
CilCat: The World Ciliate Catalog
|
|
Ciliates |
8,613 |
0 |
CIPA: Computer Aided Identification of Phlebotomine sandflies of Americas
|
|
Phlebotomine sandflies |
396 |
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
UPDATED!
|
|
Froghoppers |
2,624 |
0 |
Dothideomycetes
|
|
|
5,126 |
0 |
Droseraceae Database
|
|
Sundew family |
179 |
0 |
ELPT: Early Land Plants Today
UPDATED!
|
|
Liverworts, hornworts |
7,427 |
229 |
ETI WBD: World Biodiversity Database (Euphausiacea)
|
|
Krill |
86 |
0 |
FADA Cladocera: World checklist of freshwater Cladocera species
|
|
Water fleas |
1,043 |
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 |
FishBase
|
|
Fishes |
33,932 |
0 |
FLOW: Fulgoromorpha Lists On the WEB
UPDATED!
|
|
Planthoppers |
13,151 |
315 |
Fossil Ginkgoales
NEW!
|
|
Ginkgos |
0 |
332 |
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 |
284 |
0 |
Gymnodinium: The dinoflagellate genus Gymnodinium checklist
|
|
|
228 |
31 |
HymIS: Hymenoptera Information System
|
|
Crabronids, spider-hunting and rhopalosomatid wasps |
13,791 |
4 |
ICTV/MSL: International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses / Master Species List
|
|
Viruses and subviral agents |
3,186 |
0 |
ILDIS World Database of Legumes
UPDATED!
|
|
Legumes |
16,371 |
0 |
IRMNG: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
|
|
All genera |
0 |
0 |
ITIS Bees: World Bee Checklist
|
|
Bees |
20,446 |
0 |
ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System
|
|
Wide range of global taxonomic checklists of different taxa |
101,205 |
2 |
ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System
|
|
Wide range of taxa in all kingdoms |
27,324 |
0 |
Jewel Beetles: The World of Jewel Beetles
|
|
Jewel beetles |
14,718 |
176 |
Lace Bugs Database (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
UPDATED!
|
|
Lace bugs |
2,338 |
13 |
LDL Neuropterida Species of the World
UPDATED!
|
|
Lacewings, antlions, owlflies, fishflies, dobsonflies, snakeflies and relatives |
6,556 |
981 |
LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
|
|
Butterflies and moths |
135,010 |
0 |
LIAS: A Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes
|
|
Lichens |
9,614 |
0 |
MBB: Moss Bug Base
|
|
Moss bugs |
32 |
0 |
Microsporidia: Unicellular spore-forming protozoan parasites
|
|
Microsporidians |
1,222 |
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 |
13,362 |
0 |
MOWD: Membracoidea of the World Database
|
|
Treehoppers and leafhoppers |
15,387 |
0 |
Nepticuloidea: Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the World
|
|
Pigmy moths & white eyecap moths |
1,055 |
18 |
Nomen.eumycetozoa.com: An online nomenclatural information system of Eumycetozoa
UPDATED!
|
|
Slime molds |
1,218 |
0 |
NZIB: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity
|
|
Various animalian taxa from New Zealand |
1,495 |
0 |
Odonata: Global Species Database of Odonata
|
|
Dragonflies and damselflies |
5,912 |
0 |
PaleoBioDB: The Paleobiology Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Paleoradiolarians, trilobites, paleodecapods, ammonites, belemnites, paleobrachyopods, dinosaurs and other paleoreptiles |
0 |
39,534 |
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 |
Phoronida Database
|
|
Horseshoe worms |
19 |
0 |
Phyllachorales
|
|
Tropical tar-spot fungi |
1,311 |
0 |
Psyl'list: Psylloidea database
UPDATED!
|
|
Jumping plant lice |
3,568 |
52 |
Pterophoroidea: Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World
|
|
Plume moths |
1,463 |
0 |
Rhytismatales
|
|
Tar-spot fungi |
769 |
0 |
RJB Geranium: Geranium Taxonomic Information System
|
|
Cranesbills, geraniums |
320 |
0 |
Saccharomycetes
|
|
Ascomycetous yeast forming fungi |
1,086 |
0 |
ScaleNet: Systematic Database of the Scale Insects of the World
|
|
Scale insects |
7,088 |
0 |
Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Scarab beetles |
39,277 |
279 |
SF Aphid: Aphid Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Aphids and allied groups |
5,247 |
321 |
SF Chrysididae: Chrysididae Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps |
190 |
7 |
SF Cockroach: Cockroach Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Cockroaches |
4,649 |
0 |
SF Coleorrhyncha: Coleorrhyncha Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Fossilised moss bugs |
0 |
66 |
SF Coreoidea: Coreoidea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Leatherbugs |
3,107 |
12 |
SF Dermaptera: Dermaptera Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Earwigs |
1,894 |
48 |
SF Embioptera: Embioptera Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Webspinners |
398 |
17 |
SF Grylloblattodea: Grylloblattodea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Ice crawlers |
34 |
541 |
SF Isoptera: Isoptera Species File
|
|
Termites |
2,919 |
144 |
SF Lygaeoidea: Lygaeoidea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Seed bugs |
4,272 |
113 |
SF Mantodea: Mantodea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Praying mantids |
2,490 |
26 |
SF Mantophasmatodea: Mantophasmatodea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Gladiators or rock crawlers |
19 |
6 |
SF Orthoptera: Orthoptera Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Grasshoppers, locusts, katydids, crickets |
27,344 |
767 |
SF Phasmida: Phasmida Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Stick and leaf insects |
3,284 |
0 |
SF Plecoptera: Plecoptera Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Stoneflies |
3,691 |
247 |
SF Psocodea: Psocodea Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Bark lices & parasitic lices |
10,963 |
121 |
SF Zoraptera: Zoraptera Species File
UPDATED!
|
|
Zorapterans |
43 |
9 |
Species 2000 additional Common Names for the Catalogue of Life
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
Species Fungorum
|
|
Fungi; protozoan fungi; chromistan fungi |
115,209 |
0 |
SpmWeb: Spider Mites Web
|
|
Spider mites |
1,265 |
0 |
StaphBase: Staphyliniformia world catalog database
NEW!
|
|
Rove beetles, clown beetles & water scavenger beetles |
75,182 |
614 |
Strepsiptera Database: Global Strepsiptera Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Twisted-winged parasites |
602 |
11 |
Systema Dipterorum
|
|
Flies, mosquitoes, bots, midges and gnats |
138,164 |
0 |
Taxapad Ichneumonoidea
|
|
Ichneumonid and braconid wasps |
42,362 |
0 |
Tessaratomidae Database: Illustrated catalog of Tessaratomidae
UPDATED!
|
|
Tessaratomids |
255 |
1 |
The Reptile Database
|
|
Reptiles |
10,233 |
0 |
The Scorpion Files
|
|
Scorpions |
2,217 |
0 |
The White-Files: Taxonomic checklist of the world’s whiteflies (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
UPDATED!
|
|
Whiteflies |
1,562 |
0 |
The World List of Cycads
UPDATED!
|
|
Cycads |
355 |
0 |
ThripsWiki - providing information on the World's thrips
NEW!
|
|
Thrips |
6,222 |
165 |
TicksBase
|
|
Ticks |
867 |
0 |
Tineidae NHM: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
|
|
Clothes-moths |
2,443 |
0 |
TITAN: Cerambycidae database
|
|
Longhorn beetles, timber beetles |
33,954 |
0 |
Trichomycetes
|
|
Fungi associated with Arthropods |
385 |
0 |
UCD: Universal Chalcidoidea Database
|
|
Chalcidoid wasps |
19,846 |
0 |
WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
|
|
116 families of seed plants |
120,291 |
0 |
World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World
UPDATED!
|
|
Ferns and fern-allies |
13,219 |
0 |
World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
UPDATED!
|
|
310 families of flowering plants |
181,636 |
0 |
WoRMS Amphipoda: World Amphipoda Database
NEW!
|
|
Amphipods |
10,144 |
20 |
WoRMS Antipatharia: World List of Antipatharia
UPDATED!
|
|
|
267 |
0 |
WoRMS Appendicularia: World List of Appendicularia
UPDATED!
|
|
Pelagic tunicates |
68 |
0 |
WoRMS Ascidiacea: Ascidiacea World Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Ascidians, sea squirts |
2,925 |
0 |
WoRMS Asteroidea: World Asteroidea Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Starfish or sea stars |
1,895 |
40 |
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 |
7,402 |
2 |
WoRMS Bryozoa: World List of Bryozoa
UPDATED!
|
|
Bryozoans, moss animals |
5,434 |
177 |
WoRMS Cephalochordata: World List of Cephalochordata
UPDATED!
|
|
Lancelets |
30 |
0 |
WoRMS Ceriantharia: World list of Ceriantharia
UPDATED!
|
|
Tube-dwelling anemones |
136 |
0 |
WoRMS Cestoda: World List of Cestoda
UPDATED!
|
|
Tapeworms |
1,940 |
0 |
WoRMS Chaetognatha: World List of Chaetognatha
UPDATED!
|
|
Arrow worms |
132 |
0 |
WoRMS Copepoda: World of Copepods database
UPDATED!
|
|
Copepods |
14,738 |
2 |
WoRMS Corallimorpharia: World List of Corallimorpharia
UPDATED!
|
|
|
48 |
0 |
WoRMS Ctenophora: Phylum Ctenophora, a list of all valid species names harvested from the Internet between 1998 - present
UPDATED!
|
|
Comb jellies, sea walnuts |
200 |
11 |
WoRMS Cubozoa: World list of Cubozoa
UPDATED!
|
|
Box jellyfishes, sea wasps |
47 |
0 |
WoRMS Cumacea: World Cumacea Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Cumaceans or hooded shrimps |
1,734 |
0 |
WoRMS Echinoidea: World Echinoidea Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Sea urchins |
1,014 |
3,136 |
WoRMS Foraminifera: World Foraminifera Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Foraminifers |
9,076 |
0 |
WoRMS Gastrotricha: World Gastrotricha Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Gastrotrichs or hairy backs |
852 |
0 |
WoRMS Gnathostomulida: World List of Gnathostomulida
UPDATED!
|
|
Gnathostomulids or jaw worms |
100 |
0 |
WoRMS Hexacoral: Hexacorallians (Actiniaria) of the World
UPDATED!
|
|
Sea anemones, tube anemones, hard corals, black corals |
1,138 |
0 |
WoRMS Holothuroidea: World List of Holothuroidea
UPDATED!
|
|
Sea cucumbers |
1,742 |
42 |
WoRMS Hydrozoa: World Hydrozoa Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Hydroids |
3,730 |
32 |
WoRMS Isopoda: World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database
UPDATED!
|
|
Pillbugs, slaters and woodlice |
10,377 |
34 |
WoRMS Kinorhyncha: World List of Kinorhyncha
UPDATED!
|
|
Mud dragons |
188 |
0 |
WoRMS Leptostraca: World List of Leptostraca
UPDATED!
|
|
Leptostraca |
60 |
2 |
WoRMS Loricifera: World list of Loricifera
UPDATED!
|
|
Loriciferans |
27 |
0 |
WoRMS Merostomata: World List of Merostomata
UPDATED!
|
|
Horseshoe crabs |
4 |
0 |
WoRMS MilliBase: MilliBase
UPDATED!
|
|
Diplopods, pauropods and symphylans |
15,825 |
12 |
WoRMS Mollusca: MolluscaBase
UPDATED!
|
|
Marine molluscs |
65,460 |
12,495 |
WoRMS Monogenea: World List of Monogenea
UPDATED!
|
|
Monogenean flatworms |
4,995 |
1 |
WoRMS Mystacocarida: World List of Mystacocarida
UPDATED!
|
|
Mystacocarids |
13 |
0 |
WoRMS Myxozoa: World list of Myxozoa
UPDATED!
|
|
Myxozoans |
194 |
0 |
WoRMS Nemertea: World Nemertea Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Ribbon worms |
1,371 |
2 |
WoRMS Octocorallia: World List of Octocorallia
UPDATED!
|
|
Soft corals, blue coral, sea pens and gorgonians |
3,643 |
4 |
WoRMS Oligochaeta: World List of Marine Oligochaeta
UPDATED!
|
|
Earthworms, oligochaetes |
1,992 |
0 |
WoRMS Ophiuroidea: World Ophiuroidea database
UPDATED!
|
|
Brittle stars and basket stars |
2,090 |
289 |
WoRMS Orthonectida: World List of Orthonectida
UPDATED!
|
|
Orthonectids |
25 |
0 |
WoRMS Ostracoda: World Ostracoda Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Ostracods |
6,308 |
0 |
WoRMS Placozoa: World Placozoa Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Placozoans or pancake animals |
2 |
0 |
WoRMS Polychaeta: World Polychaeta database
UPDATED!
|
|
Bristle worms |
11,765 |
505 |
WoRMS Polycystina: World List of Polycystina (Radiolaria)
UPDATED!
|
|
Polycystines (radiolarian protists) |
417 |
0 |
WoRMS Porifera: World Porifera database
UPDATED!
|
|
Sponges |
9,092 |
34 |
WoRMS Priapulida: World List of Priapulida
UPDATED!
|
|
Priapulid worms or penis worms |
22 |
0 |
WoRMS PycnoBase: World Pycnogonida Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Sea spiders |
1,344 |
10 |
WoRMS Remipedia: World Remipedia Database
UPDATED!
|
|
Remipedes |
29 |
0 |
WoRMS Rhombozoa: World List of Rhombozoa
UPDATED!
|
|
Rhombozoans |
122 |
0 |
WoRMS Scleractinia: World List of Scleractinia
UPDATED!
|
|
|
1,609 |
388 |
WoRMS Scyphozoa: World list of Scyphozoa
UPDATED!
|
|
Jellyfishes |
194 |
0 |
WoRMS Staurozoa: World list of Staurozoa
UPDATED!
|
|
Stalked jellyfishes |
50 |
0 |
WoRMS Tanaidacea: World List of Tanaidacea
UPDATED!
|
|
Tanaids |
1,413 |
22 |
WoRMS Tantulocarida: World List of Tantulocarida
UPDATED!
|
|
Tantulocaridans |
38 |
0 |
WoRMS Thaliacea: World list of Thaliacea
UPDATED!
|
|
Thaliaceans |
78 |
0 |
WoRMS Thermosbaenacea: World List of Thermosbaenacea
UPDATED!
|
|
Hot-springs shrimps |
38 |
0 |
WoRMS Trematoda: World List of Trematoda
UPDATED!
|
|
Flukes |
5,975 |
0 |
WoRMS Turbellarians: World List of turbellarian worms (Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora)
UPDATED!
|
|
|
6,156 |
3 |
WoRMS Xenoturbellida: World List of Xenoturbellida
UPDATED!
|
|
Xenoturbellids |
6 |
0 |
WoRMS Zoantharia: World List of Zoantharia
UPDATED!
|
|
|
288 |
0 |
WSC: World Spider Catalog
UPDATED!
|
|
Spiders |
47,392 |
0 |
WTaxa: Electronic Catalogue of Weevil names (Curculionoidea)
|
|
Weevils |
84,520 |
0 |
WWW: World Wide Wattle
|
|
Wattles, thorntrees, acacias |
1,476 |
0 |
Xylariaceae: Home of the Xylariaceae
|
|
Fungi associated with dead wood |
2,071 |
0 |
ZOBODAT: Zoological-Botanical Database (Vespoidea)
|
|
Vespid wasps |
6,202 |
0 |
Zygomycetes
|
|
Pin moulds and related fungi |
1,079 |
0 |