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Bibliographies

• A Bibliography of the Cucujidae (sens. lat) - A worldwide bibliography to the flat bark beetles (Coleoptera: Cucujidae (sens. str., Silvanidae, Laemophloeidae, Passandridae) with an emphasis on the systematic literature.
• Australian Faunal Directory - checklists and bibliographies for Australian insects
• BioSystematic Database of World Diptera - fly names and information about those names and the taxa to which they apply. Taxonomic bibliography. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
• Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
• Catalog of Zoraptera - A catalog and bibliography of the Zoraptera
• CATE Sphingidae - Project aimed to develop the methodology and sociology for transferring the enterprise of taxonomy onto the internet using hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) and aroid lilies (Araceae) as exemplar taxa.
• Chrysis.net - cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Image galleries, articles, research, hosts
• Coleoptera of Great Smoky Mountain National Park
• Coleoptera Taxonomic Literature Database - references and papers on higher classification of beetles
• Elateridae of Boreal North America - click beetles
• Hymenoptera Online Database - queries of information from museum specimens as well as the literature

CD-ROM

• An Illustrated Catalog of Orthoptera - Complete taxonomic and synonymic catalog of the superfamily Tettigonioidea (katydids, bush-crickets and their allies) of the world. It includes all taxa, from family down to subspecies, of Tettigonioidea described until the end of 1998. For Macintosh or Windows.
• BioEd - multimedia tool to help teach taxonomy and systematics to undergraduates
• British Butterflies - covers 61 species from Britain and Ireland. Over one hour of motion video.
• Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
• Carabini of Yugoslavia and adjacent areas - The first in the series is the "Catalogue of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Carabini" representing an interactive, multimedia guide through 140 taxa of Coleoptera from the tribe Carabini registered in Yugoslavia and the surrounding countries.
• Colour Atlas of the Siberian Lepidoptera - by Eduard Berlov
• Entomology Abstracts - global coverage on the geographic distribution, nomenclature, new species, and more of insects and insect-like species.
• Katydids of Costa Rica Vol. 1 - Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids by Piotr Naskrecki
• Key to Butterflies of the Lake Baikal Region - almost 2000 high resolution full-color digital images of all 197 Baikalian species and many of its caterpillars and pupae. Includes pictured key to butterfly families and pictured keys to all species. Detailed information of every species (in Russian). HTML format for Macintosh or PC. First version 31 Dec 2001. Price: $30.00 US (incl. postage). For more information, contact olegberlov@narod.ru.

Checklists

• An Illustrated Atlas of the Laemophloeidae Genera of the World - Illustrations of all the described laemophloeid genera (Coleoptera:Laemophloeidae), with notes on their distribution and number of species.
• An Illustrated Catalog of Orthoptera - - Complete taxonomic and synonymic catalog of the superfamily Tettigonioidea (katydids, bush-crickets and their allies) of the world. It includes all taxa, from family down to subspecies, of Tettigonioidea described until the end of 1998. For Macintosh or Windows.
• Animals Occurring in Fresh Water in the British Isles, Including Invertebrates - Institute of Freshwater Ecology
• Ants Recorded from the Hawaiian Islands
• AntWeb - ant faunas of several areas in the Nearctic and Malagasy biogeographic regions, and global coverage of all ant genera
• Aquatic Insects of Michigan - checklist and identification resources
• Arctiinae of the former USSR - a list of Arctiinae with full synonymy, references on first descriptions and distribution. Also data on Ethmiidae, Lithosiinae, Lasiocampidae
• Australian Faunal Directory - - checklists and bibliographies for Australian insects
• Bee Genera of the World - Synonymic listing, including type species and subgenera; based on Michener, 2000, with updates.
• Buprestidae of Prague, Carabidae of The World - Buprestidae (Jewel Beetles) of Prague and its surroundings, pictures and videos of beetles (Carabidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae)
• Butterflies of Catalonia
• Butterflies of Ireland - brief photographic guide
• Butterflies of New England - links to photos and species information
• Butterflies of North America - distributional data, thumbnails, and checklists
• Butterflies of North Asia - The site of late Yu.P. Korshunow, now guided by s. L. Nikolaev. A scientific site mostly dedicated to Durna studies of the Asian part of Russia.
• Butterfly Info in the Netherlands and Surrounding Areas - brief description and plates of each Dutch butterfly species, as well as a literature listing and butterfly-related poems
• California Odonata - dragonflies and damselflies of California
• Carabidae of Germany
• Carabini of Yugoslavia and adjacent areas - - The first in the series is the "Catalogue of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Carabini" representing an interactive, multimedia guide through 140 taxa of Coleoptera from the tribe Carabini registered in Yugoslavia and the surrounding countries.
• Catacola - underwing moths. Taxonomy, rearing guide, keys, egg gathering techniques
• Catalog of Diptera families
• Catalog of Stephanidae - (Hymenoptera)
• Catalog of Zoraptera - - A catalog and bibliography of the Zoraptera
• Catalogue of the fossil flies of the world - over 3,100 species of fossil flies
• Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles - a database dealing with lepidopteran families occurring in the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe. Many species listed here may be found throughout the West Indies.
• CATE Sphingidae - - Project aimed to develop the methodology and sociology for transferring the enterprise of taxonomy onto the internet using hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) and aroid lilies (Araceae) as exemplar taxa.
• Cerambycidae of Florida - Photographic atlas of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae) of Florida, with an AutoMontage habitus photo of each species and a Florida distribution map.
• Checklist and Status of Illinois Damselflies - (Odonata: Zygoptera)
• Checklist and Status of Illinois Dragonflies - (Odonata: Anisoptera)
• Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida - includes distribution within the state, extralimital distribution, and biology where known
• Checklist of Crickets North of Mexico
• Checklist of Czech and Slovak Beetles
• Checklist of European Odonates - (damselflies and dragonflies)
• Checklist of Finnish Lepidoptera
• Checklist of Florida Lepidoptera - An up-to-date list of all the butterflies and moths recorded from Florida. Includes alphabetical indices to both scientific and common names, and some linked images.
• Checklist of Iberian-Balearic Coleoptera
• Checklist of Insect Orders - simple checklist of insect orders, families and subfamilies
• Checklist of Japanese Psocoptera
• Checklist of Latvian Beetles - Full and updated list of all known species of Coleoptera in Latvia
• Checklist of Michigan Butterflies
• Checklist of Michigan Orthopteroids - over 150 species included.
• Checklist of North American Butterflies - includes 722 species
• Checklist of Odonata found in Michigan - Requires Adobe Reader as this file is in PDF.
• Checklist of Odonata Found in Oregon - checklists, county record maps, photographs, links to Odonata sites, Odonata-related projects in Oregon, notes on commercial nymph harvesting for fishing bait, notes on dragonfly migrations
• Checklist of South African Termites
• Checklist of Tachinidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico
• Checklist of Tenebrionidae of Australia - including Lagriinae, Alleculinae
• Checklist of the Beetles of Canada and Alaska - nearly 7,500 species
• Checklist of the beetles of Germany - (Coleoptera) Verzeichnis der Kaefer Deutschlands. Compiled by 20 authors in cooperation with numerous coleopterologists. Published both in print (6,479 species presented separately for 18 regions) and in a database version (german checklist and sources of the 76,639 entries, updated taxonomic catalogue of the beetles of Central Europe with 8,887 species and other files).
• Checklist of the Buprestidae of Madagascare and Adjacent Oceanic Islands
• Checklist of the Cerambycidae of Madagascar and Adjacent Islands
• Checklist of the Chironomidae - by region
• Checklist of the Coleoptera of Oklahoma - Checklist and bibliography of the more than 2400 species of beetles known to occur in Oklahoma
• Checklist of the Collembola
• Checklist of the flat bark beetles of the world - Lists valid names of 1,058 species in families Cucujidae (sens. str.), Silvanidae, Laemophloeidae, and Passandridae, plus information on distribution.
• Checklist of the Hemiptera of Oklahoma - Checklist and bibliography of the more than 520 species of true bugs known to occur in Oklahoma
• Checklist of the Mantodea - genera, type species and synonymns
• Checklist of the Odonata of Connecticut
• Checklist of the Orthopteroid Orders of Oklahoma
• Checklist of the Social Vespidae of Michigan - includes Vespinae and Polistinae
• Checklist of the Sphingidae of British Columbia - Royal British Columbia Museum (PDF File)
• Checklist of Turkish Orthoptera
• Checklists and Keys to Australian Planthoppers - (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhynca). From New South Wales Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit.
• Checklists of Asilidae - (Diptera) catalog of world genera and species
• Chilean Insects - Universidad Catolica, Chile. South American insect photographs with habitats, links to Chilean entomologists, checklists of Buprestidae and Tenebrionidae
• Chironomidae and Water Beetles of Florida - Checklist of the Chironomidae (Diptera) and water beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida
• Click Beetles of Hawaii
• Coccinellidae of the Indian Subcontinent - images of common species of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) found in the agro-ecosystems of the Indian region, and their natural enemies. An annotated checklist of the Indian fauna and an illustrated key to common Chilocorus species of India are also available.
• Coleoptera of Great Smoky Mountain National Park
• Coleoptera of Rhode Island, USA: An online checklist - Searchable family and species databases of over 2,100 Coleoptera species expected or documented from the state of Rhode Island.
• Cucujidae (sens. str.) of the World - (Coleoptera) Reviews the taxonomy, distribution, morphology, and biology of the flat bark beetles. Includes color photographs of representative species, a list of species, and a key to the genera of the world.
• Database of Illinois Lepidoptera - includes county information. Records gathered from 36 institutional and private collections. Specimens from 931 localities collected from 1893 to 1993. Over 1100 species representing 48 families are included.
• Database of Illinois Odonata - over 6,500 records gathered from institutional and private collections. Approximately 150 species representing 9 families are included in the database. The database includes records from 92 counties.
• Distribution of Asilidae and Bombyliidae in the Netherlands - JavaFaunist distribution maps and activity period histograms of Asilidae and Bombyliidae (Diptera) in the Netherlands
• Dragonflies of the Southwest - includes distribution maps
• Earwig Research Centre - The website contains the most complete collection of checklists, photographs and drawings and an almost complete literature database on the Dermaptera, the earwigs. It is designed to help identification of specimens in any region of the world. By Fabian Haas, ICIPE Nairobi
• Earwigs (Dermaptera) in Japan
• Elateridae of Boreal North America - - click beetles
• Elateroidea of Central, Caribbean, and South America - click beetles
• English Names of North American Butterflies Occurring North of Mexico
• Ephemeroptera Germanica - German mayflies. In German and English.
• Ephemeroptera of the World - Nikita Julievich Kluge, St. Petersburg State University
• Ephemeroptera Recording Scheme - British mayfly survey
• Fire-Colored Beetles of Wisconsin - (Coleoptera:Pyrochroidae)
• Fleas of North Dakota - includes distribution maps
• Fleas of South Africa - compiled by Joyce Segerman
• Fly Fauna of Finland - A draft check list of Finnish flies
• French National Inventory of Mayflies - checklist of French Ephemeroptera
• Freshwater Invertebrate Survey of Suffolk - records for freshwater invertebrates from the county of Suffolk in England. Maintained by the county recorder. Photos, drawings, distribution maps and general information about the invertebrates recorded.
• Fruit Flies of New South Wales
• Global Butterfly Species Register - (GART) a global taxonomic catalog. State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart.
• Grasshoppers of Florida - color guide to grasshoppers in the southeastern United States, including maps. PDF format.
• Ground Beetles of the World
• Gulf of Guinea Islands' Biodiversity Network - biodiversity of the four islands of Bioko, Principe, Sao Tome and Annobon in the Gulf of Guinea. Entomological resources at present include checklists of the Coleoptera groups Cerambycidae, Lucanidae, Coccinellidae and Caraboidea and Lepidoptera Geometridae and Noctuidae.
• Hawaiian Arthropod Checklist - an authority file of non-marine arthropod names for the Hawaiian Islands
• Hawk Moths of the Philippines - (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
• Histerid Beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae) of Louisiana
• Hong Kong Moths - investigates the zoogeography and phenology of moths in Hong Kong; pictures of species and species lists for several moth families included
• Hoverflies of South Germany - (Diptera: Syrphidae)
• Hymenoptera Online Database - - queries of information from museum specimens as well as the literature
• Images of New Zealand Lepidoptera type specimens - combined multi-page checklist and image collection. Provides images of type speciemens for the vast majority of New Zealand Lepidoptera species.
• Index of Coleopterous Families - index of families of Coleoptera (beetles) of the world
• Insect Fauna of Tallgrass Prairies - pictorial catalogue of the insects identified from tallgrass prairies at three sites in western Minnesota
• Insects from Former USSR for Collectors - insects from territory of former USSR, including, type locality, synonyms, range, distribution and variation, taxonomic notes, habitat and biology, similar species.
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System - taxon-based biological information system with drill-down capabilities
• Interactive checklist on Fulgoromorpha - (Hemiptera) from Museum national d'Histoire naturelle
• Inventory of Geometrid Moths of Europe - multimedia data on systematics, zoogeography and ecology
• Iowa Odonates - Dragonflies and Damselflies of Iowa. Photos, maps, and checklists of dragonflies and damselflies recorded in Iowa.
• Japanese Ants Image Database - taxonomy of Japanese ants
• Katydids of Costa Rica Vol. 1 - - Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids by Piotr Naskrecki

Collections

• Agriculture Western Australia Insect Reference Collection Database - 250,000 specimens
• Allyn Museum of Entomology - over 1 million specimens, largely Lepidoptera. Florida
• Australian National Insect Collection
• Canadian National Collection of Insects - 17 million specimens, mostly North American fauna. Ottawa, Canada.
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History - 6.9 million specimens
• Clemson University - includes a virtual tour of the Clemson University arthropod museum. Photos of 19 display cases are the starting point. Click on individual specimens to view close-up image with name and short description
• Coleccion Entomologica, Universidad de Guadalajara - 15,000 specimens
• Cornell University Insect Collection - historical overview of the collection, list of holdings of the main collection and information on the holdings in various orders, student faculty and staff associated with the collection, a searchable database of all types
• Diptera types in the Canadian National Collection of Insects - Nematocera, Brachycera, Schizophora, Tachinidae
• E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum - 1 million specimens. Carabidae of the Nearctic are emphasized. University of Alberta. Includes Kenneth Bowman Collection of Lepidoptera.
• Entomological Expedition: Research and Collecting in the Dominican Republic - local biologist with knowledge and expertise of habitats and localities of the insects (mainly Lepidoptera and Coleoptera) offers services for entomological collecting expeditions.
• Essig Museum of Entomology - 4.5 million specimens, emphasizing western North America.
• Florida State Collection of Arthropods - 7.5 million prepared specimens. Worldwide collection, especially rich in material from the southeastern United States and the circum-Caribbean area
• Frost Entomological Museum - 700,000 specimens. Pennsylvania State
• Goeldi Collection - 1 million specimens. Brazil
• Illinois Natural History Survey - 6 million specimens. Several insect databases, including a searchable, specimen level Plecoptera database . Dates back to 1858
• Images of the Furman University Collection of North American Lepidoptera
• Insect and Spider Collections of the World - clearinghouse for information on world insect and spider collections. Maintained by Neal Evenhuis and G. Alan Samuelson.
• International Soybean Arthropod Collection - 300,000 specimens
• Japanese Ants Image Database - - taxonomy of Japanese ants

Companies

• FlyEvidence - A Scottish based insect identification and Forensic Entomology service, based in East Lothian, Scotland.

Databases

• Antbase - provides access to information on all the ant species of the world
• Blattodea Species File Online - A comprehensive, up-to-date taxonomic database of world cockroaches.
• CATE Sphingidae - - - Project aimed to develop the methodology and sociology for transferring the enterprise of taxonomy onto the internet using hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) and aroid lilies (Araceae) as exemplar taxa.
• Earwig Research Centre - - The website contains the most complete collection of checklists, photographs and drawings and an almost complete literature database on the Dermaptera, the earwigs. It is designed to help identification of specimens in any region of the world. By Fabian Haas, ICIPE Nairobi
• ECatSym: Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta - Supported by GBIF, Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen, the EcatSym Project is working on the first internet database for the approximately 10,000 valid sawfly taxa worldwide.
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System - a US government database of current names and classification
• Invertebrate Fossil Type Specimen Catalog - taxonomic (genus, species, and subspecies names) and publication (author, date, citation) information. Locality searches provide information on location and age.

Directories

• Directory of Ephemeroptera Workers - (Purdue) from Mayfly Central
• Historical World Directory of Diptera Systematists - names and dates of birth and death for over 3,000 persons who have described new taxa in Diptera since Linnaeus with links to web pages or portraits

Image Galleries

• Agriculture Western Australia Insect Reference Collection Database - - 250,000 specimens
• Aleocharine Staphylinid Image Database - the photographs, scanning electron micrographs, half-tone drawings and line drawings in this database are being accumulated as potential illustrations for a guide to the aleocharine genera of North America and Mexico
• American Stoneflies - Plecopteran photos
• An Illustrated Atlas of the Laemophloeidae Genera of the World - - Illustrations of all the described laemophloeid genera (Coleoptera:Laemophloeidae), with notes on their distribution and number of species.
• Animal Diversity Web: Insecta - large image gallery of insects as well as a few sounds.
• Butterflies of North America - - distributional data, thumbnails, and checklists
• Butterfly Info in the Netherlands and Surrounding Areas - - brief description and plates of each Dutch butterfly species, as well as a literature listing and butterfly-related poems
• Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - - - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
• CATE Sphingidae - - - - Project aimed to develop the methodology and sociology for transferring the enterprise of taxonomy onto the internet using hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) and aroid lilies (Araceae) as exemplar taxa.
• Cerambycidae of Florida - - Photographic atlas of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae) of Florida, with an AutoMontage habitus photo of each species and a Florida distribution map.
• Checklist of Odonata Found in Oregon - - checklists, county record maps, photographs, links to Odonata sites, Odonata-related projects in Oregon, notes on commercial nymph harvesting for fishing bait, notes on dragonfly migrations
• Chilean Insects - - Universidad Catolica, Chile. South American insect photographs with habitats, links to Chilean entomologists, checklists of Buprestidae and Tenebrionidae
• Chrysis.net - - cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Image galleries, articles, research, hosts
• Coccinellidae of the Indian Subcontinent - - images of common species of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) found in the agro-ecosystems of the Indian region, and their natural enemies. An annotated checklist of the Indian fauna and an illustrated key to common Chilocorus species of India are also available.
• Colour Atlas of the Siberian Lepidoptera - - by Eduard Berlov
• Eocene Insect Fossil Images - collected in northwest Colorado. They date at about 48 million years ago
• Exploring California Insects - web-based field guide to more than 700 insects with over 2000 photographs. Downloadable curriculum
• Fleas - (Siphonaptera) taxonomy, morphology, distribution, host-association and ecology, scanning electron micrographs. Hosted by Zoological Institute (St. Petersburg, Russia)
• Fossil Dragonflies - photos of fossil dragonflies
• Fossil Mantophasmatodea
• Goliathus.cz: Online entomological experiences and insect museum - Online insect museum of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, including bilateral gynandomorphs.
• HANABACHI Japanese Bee Image Database - Each record is composed of family, genus and species (or subspecies), Japanese name, distribution data, type locality, type depository, source of the original description, synonymies, remarks, visiting or associated flowers, references, various images and distribution map.
• Images of New Zealand Lepidoptera type specimens - - combined multi-page checklist and image collection. Provides images of type speciemens for the vast majority of New Zealand Lepidoptera species.
• Images of the Furman University Collection of North American Lepidoptera
• Iowa Odonates - - Dragonflies and Damselflies of Iowa. Photos, maps, and checklists of dragonflies and damselflies recorded in Iowa.
• Japanese Ants Image Database - - - taxonomy of Japanese ants
• Key to Butterflies of the Lake Baikal Region - - almost 2000 high resolution full-color digital images of all 197 Baikalian species and many of its caterpillars and pupae. Includes pictured key to butterfly families and pictured keys to all species. Detailed information of every species (in Russian). HTML format for Macintosh or PC. First version 31 Dec 2001. Price: $30.00 US (incl. postage). For more information, contact olegberlov@narod.ru.

Institutions

• Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals - Invertebrate Zoology Section. Research in animal systematics, paleontology, faunistics, and cytology. Poland

Journals and Newsletters

• Acarology Bulletin - Newsletter of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society
• Calodema Website of Dr TJ Hawkeswood - - - - Website provides free PDF files of TJ Hawkeswood and his co-workers biological research.
• Ceratopogonid Information Exchange Newsletter - for those interested in Diptera: Ceratopogonidae
• Chalcid Forum - published by the USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory
• Chironomus Newsletter - covers research on Diptera: Chironomidae
• Dipterological Research - an international journal of dipterological research with particular reference to the Palaearctic fauna.
• Dugesiana - a journal devoted to the study of insects and other arthropods published by the Universidad de Guadalajara is available free in the web (PDF). Articles on original research are refereed by specialists around the world. Contributions are accepted.
• Flea News - from Iowa State University
• Fly Times - Newsletter of the North American Dipterists' Society. Jeffrey M. Cumming and Art Borkent (editors)
• Ichnews - for those interested in Ichneumonoidea
• Illiesia - International Journal of Stonefly Research - Completely free of charge International on-line Journal dealing with all aspects of stonefly (Plecoptera) research.
• Insect Systematics and Evolution - published for the Scandinavian Society of Entomology
• Insecta Mundi - publication of the Center for Systematic Entomology

Keys

• A Guide to the Stick Insects of Australia - includes key and distribution map
• Aquatic Insects of Michigan - - checklist and identification resources
• Asilidae keys - subfamilies, etc.
• Automatic Bee Identification System
• Carabini of Yugoslavia and adjacent areas - - - The first in the series is the "Catalogue of the Fauna of Yugoslavia: Carabini" representing an interactive, multimedia guide through 140 taxa of Coleoptera from the tribe Carabini registered in Yugoslavia and the surrounding countries.
• Catacola - - underwing moths. Taxonomy, rearing guide, keys, egg gathering techniques
• CATE Sphingidae - - - - - Project aimed to develop the methodology and sociology for transferring the enterprise of taxonomy onto the internet using hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) and aroid lilies (Araceae) as exemplar taxa.
• Checklists and Keys to Australian Planthoppers - - (Hemiptera : Auchenorrhynca). From New South Wales Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit.
• Click Beetles of Hawaii
• Coccinellidae of the Indian Subcontinent - - - images of common species of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) found in the agro-ecosystems of the Indian region, and their natural enemies. An annotated checklist of the Indian fauna and an illustrated key to common Chilocorus species of India are also available.
• Cucujidae (sens. str.) of the World - - (Coleoptera) Reviews the taxonomy, distribution, morphology, and biology of the flat bark beetles. Includes color photographs of representative species, a list of species, and a key to the genera of the world.
• Elateridae of Boreal North America - - - click beetles
• Electronic Key for Common Adult Grasshoppers of the Western United States - identify and find information for 58 of the most common adult grasshoppers of the Western U.S. which pose the greatest environmental and economic threat.
• Ephemeroptera Germanica - - German mayflies. In German and English.
• Ephemeroptera of Michigan - key to adults and nymphs
• Flea Beetles of North Dakota
• Fruit Flies of New South Wales
• Grasshoppers of Florida - - color guide to grasshoppers in the southeastern United States, including maps. PDF format.
• Grasshoppers of New Mexico - Orthoptera: Acrididae and Romaleidae
• Guide to Orthoptera of the Netherlands - in Dutch
• Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin - keys, photos and species distributions
• Illustrated Key to the Economically Important Leafhoppers of Australia - (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
• Katydids of Costa Rica Vol. 1 - - - Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids by Piotr Naskrecki
• Key to Brazilian Termite Genera - in Portuguese
• Key to Butterflies of the Lake Baikal Region - - - almost 2000 high resolution full-color digital images of all 197 Baikalian species and many of its caterpillars and pupae. Includes pictured key to butterfly families and pictured keys to all species. Detailed information of every species (in Russian). HTML format for Macintosh or PC. First version 31 Dec 2001. Price: $30.00 US (incl. postage). For more information, contact olegberlov@narod.ru.
• Key to Conopidae (Diptera) of the Netherlands
• Key to Families and Genera of Japanese Bees
• Key to families and subfamilies of crickets
• Key to Genera of Chlamydopsinae - (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Requires free Lucid Player
• Key to Genera of Ecitoninae - Hymenoptera: Formicidae
• Key to Praying Mantids of the World - to the level of genera

Mailing Lists

• Chrysis.net - - - cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Image galleries, articles, research, hosts
• INVERTS-L - The INVERTS-L list is intended to allow more effient communication among taxonomists and collectors interested in specimens and/or identification of invertebrates in Hawaii.

Online Courses

• Insect Classification - three-credit distance education course offered via CD-ROM. From University of Florida.

Professional Societies

• Insect Systematics and Evolution - - published for the Scandinavian Society of Entomology

Research Programs

• Beetles in Quaternary Studies - study of subfossil beetles at Colby College
• Biological Survey of Canada - provides national direction for taxonomic and ecological work on Canada's insect fauna
• CATE Sphingidae - - - - - - Project aimed to develop the methodology and sociology for transferring the enterprise of taxonomy onto the internet using hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) and aroid lilies (Araceae) as exemplar taxa.
• Connecticut Butterfly Atlas Project - documenting the distribution of Connecticut butterflies

Software

• BioLink - integrated software for the collection, maintenance, analysis, application and dissemination of taxonomic, biodiversity and environmental information. Windows only
• Biota - biodiversity database manager. Mac or Windows
• ClubTail - dragonfly database software. Windows only
• DELIA - integrated DELTA database management software. Windows only
• DELTA - descriptive language for taxonomy

Sounds

• Animal Diversity Web: Insecta - - large image gallery of insects as well as a few sounds.

General

• An Introduction to Ants (Formicidae) of the Tallgrass Prairie - by James C. Trager. Ecology, taxonomy and restoration info on ants of the U.S. midwest tallgrass prairie.
• An Introduction to Insect Anatomy - a basic introduction
• Key to families and subfamilies of katydids

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