October 22, 2024 / by Olaf Bánki
Monthly Release October 2024
Permanent identifier: https://doi.org/10.48580/dgjc7
Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an assembly of expert-based global species checklists with the aim to build a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth. As a global consortium, we aim to address the needs of researchers, policy-makers, environmental managers and the wider public for a consistent and up-to-date listing of all the world’s known species. We are happy to announce that we have just published the Catalogue of Life October 2024 online!
The Catalogue of Life contains about 2,18 million accepted species. About 2,03 million are living species, and the rest are extinct. A large community of taxonomists, over 500 experts globally, representing 164 data sources is underpinning this global species list. Although the CoL aspires to cover all described extant species, there are still deficiencies for particular taxonomic groups.
A detailed list of source changes can be found in ChecklistBank where you can also view changes between other releases.
What’s new in the October 2024 edition?
New global checklist:
- SF Permopsocida
88 checklists updated:
- 3i Auchenorrhyncha
- Entiminae
- Gelechiidae
- GLI
- Global Gracillariidae
- ITIS
- Scarabs
- SF Chrysididae
- SF Coreoidea
- SF Dermaptera
- SF Embioptera
- SF Isoptera
- SF Lygaeoidea
- SF Mantodea
- SF Orthoptera
- SF Phasmida
- SF Plecoptera
- SF Psocodea
- WCO
- WFO Pinopsida
- WOL
- World Ferns
- World Plants
- WoRMS, 65 checklists
Other changes:
- Existing versions of Brentids, ChiloBase, COOL, FADA Cladocera, FADA Halacaridae, FishBase, FLOW, Jewel Beetles, Lace Bugs Database, LDL Neuropterida, MOWD, Psyllist, RJB Geranium, ScaleNet, Taxapad Ichneumonoidea, Tessaratomidae Database, TicksBase, WTaxa & ZOBODAT Vespoidea have been re-synced in this edition.
- Species File checklists exported from TaxonWorks now have links to the species pages powered by the web-based TaxonPages frontend application.
