Databases, by Taxonomic Group
Blattodea (cockroaches)
Coleoptera (beetles)
- The International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - - IDIDAS provides information on disinfestation and sterilization of arthropod species, with dosage levels and conditions, efficacy and references. For researchers, phytosanotary regulators, plant protection services and SIT facility and food irradiation operations personnel.
Dermaptera (earwigs)
- 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
Diptera (flies)
- AnoBase - AnoBase is a database containing genomic/biological information on anopheline mosquitoes, with an emphasis on Anopheles gambiae, the world's most important malaria vector.
- Asilidae predator-prey database - a database containing more than 11,000 prey records of robber flies taken from the scientific literature
- Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae) - This Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (CCW) covers all 17334 genus-group and species-group taxa of the families Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, and Tipulidae (Insecta, Diptera, Tipuloidea). Its author is Pjotr Oosterbroek, honorary staffmember of the Zoological Museum Amsterdam, section Entomology
- Flybase - database of the Drosophila genome, Indiana University mirror
- Flybrain: Drosophila nervous system database - atlas and database of the Drosophila nervous system
- Mosquito and Moth Cell Lines - cell culture availability database
- Stiletto Flies - Describes fly family Therevidae including ongoing research and participants in the research.
- The International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - - - IDIDAS provides information on disinfestation and sterilization of arthropod species, with dosage levels and conditions, efficacy and references. For researchers, phytosanotary regulators, plant protection services and SIT facility and food irradiation operations personnel.
Hemiptera (true bugs)
- The International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - - - - IDIDAS provides information on disinfestation and sterilization of arthropod species, with dosage levels and conditions, efficacy and references. For researchers, phytosanotary regulators, plant protection services and SIT facility and food irradiation operations personnel.
Homoptera (aphids, scale insects, leafhoppers, cicadas)
- The International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - - - - - IDIDAS provides information on disinfestation and sterilization of arthropod species, with dosage levels and conditions, efficacy and references. For researchers, phytosanotary regulators, plant protection services and SIT facility and food irradiation operations personnel.
Hymenoptera (wasps, ants, bees)
- Antbase - provides access to information on all the ant species of the world
- BeeBase - the honey bee genome database
- 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.
- The International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - - - - - - IDIDAS provides information on disinfestation and sterilization of arthropod species, with dosage levels and conditions, efficacy and references. For researchers, phytosanotary regulators, plant protection services and SIT facility and food irradiation operations personnel.
Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths)
- 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.
- HOSTS - database of hostplants for rearing Lepidoptera
- Lepidoptera Electronic Resources - butterfly and moth resources organized alphabetically, geographically and topically
- Mosquito and Moth Cell Lines - - cell culture availability database
- Pherolist - database of sex pheromones of lepidoptera and related attractants by families/subfamilies/tribes, genus, species, or chemical component
- The International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - - - - - - - IDIDAS provides information on disinfestation and sterilization of arthropod species, with dosage levels and conditions, efficacy and references. For researchers, phytosanotary regulators, plant protection services and SIT facility and food irradiation operations personnel.
Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets)
- Orthoptera Species File Online - taxonomic database of the Orthoptera of the world. Includes full synonymic and taxonomic data as well as type data for all species of Tettigonioidea (katydids, bush-crickets), Grylloidea (crickets), Tridactyloidea (sand crickets), and Tetrigoidea (pygmy grasshoppers).
- Orthoptera Species File Online - taxonomic database of the world's grasshoppers, locusts, katydids and crickets, both living and fossil. Full synonymic and taxonomic information for 23,700 valid species, 39,999 taxonomic names, 145,100 citations to 11,850 references, 44,000 images, 184 sound recordings, 37,980 specimens, and keys to 2,100 taxa.
- The International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - - - - - - - - IDIDAS provides information on disinfestation and sterilization of arthropod species, with dosage levels and conditions, efficacy and references. For researchers, phytosanotary regulators, plant protection services and SIT facility and food irradiation operations personnel.
Phasmida (stick insects)
- Phasmida Species File - A comprehensive, regularly updated taxonomic database of world-wide Phasmida (stick and leaf insects)
- Phasmida Species File Online - taxonomic database of the world's stick and leaf insects, known as walking sticks and walking leaves in the U.S.. Full synonymic and taxonomic information for over 3,400 valid species and over 4,100 taxonomic names (all ranks, valid and not valid). There are over 23,000 citations to references. There are also images for many species.
Thysanoptera (thrips)
- The International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - - - - - - - - - IDIDAS provides information on disinfestation and sterilization of arthropod species, with dosage levels and conditions, efficacy and references. For researchers, phytosanotary regulators, plant protection services and SIT facility and food irradiation operations personnel.
General
- AgNIC - Agriculture Network Information Center. Searchable metadata directory of quality agricultural databases, datasets, and information systems, many related to pest management.
- ARS Insect Locations - includes stock centers
- ARS National Invertebrate Genetic Resources Program - list of stock centers and other databases relevant to invertebrate germplasm
- Ecological Database of the World's Insect Pathogens - information on fungi, viruses, protozoa, mollicutes, and bacteria (other than Bacillus thuringiensis) that are infectious in insects, mites, and related arthropods
- Featured Creatures - A continuously growing Florida Web site providing detailed information on description, distribution, damage, and management (if necessary) of various Florida organisms (insects, spiders, mites, snails, nematodes, etc.) as well as scientific references, links to recommended pesticides and more. Over 350 publications with thousands of color photographs and line drawings.
- Glossary: Entomology and Crop protection - words and technical terms related to entomology and crop protection
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System - a US government database of current names and classification
- International Database on Insect Disinfestation and Sterilization - mass rearing facilities of sterile pest insects, ticks and mites. Production size, radiation process, quality control parameters, dosimetry, programme objective, trans-boundary shipment, field release data, and the facility full address. International Atomic Energy Agency, Joint FAO/IAEA Division, Insect Pest Control Section
- 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.
- Malaria Database - (WHO/TDR)
- Microbial Germplasm Database - listed by host insect order
- National Agriculture Pest Information System PestTracker - database for the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS)
- NC State AgNIC Systematic Entomology - a collaborative effort to collect, organize, and provide access to the best academic, scholarly, research, and practical resources available on the identification, classification, nomenclature, and evolution of insects and related arthropods. For both the public and for researchers.
- Online Insect Database - at the University of Delaware. Brief descriptions of insect orders.
- Parasitic Organisms Codon Usage Tables - Brugia, Onchocerca, Plasmodium, Trypanosoma, Leishmania
- Pherobase - database of insect pheromones and semiochemicals
- PHYTO Resources - database on insect and disease of ornamental plants of Quebec, Canada
- ROBO - Releases of Beneficial Organisms in the United States and Territories (ROBO) documents importations and releases of beneficial invertebrates, both biological control agents and pollinators
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