July 18, 2023 / by Olaf Bánki
Monthly Release July 2023
Permanent identifier: https://doi.org/10.48580/dfsy
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 July 2023 online!
The Catalogue of Life is now issued with a CC-BY license! The Catalogue of Life contains over 2,1 million accepted species. About 1.98 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 Catalogue of Life 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 July edition?
74 checklists updated:
- 3i Auchenorrhyncha
- Entiminae (a new name for 3i Curculio)
- Gelechiidae
- GLI (Lepidoptera)
- ITIS
- Scarabs
- SF Isoptera
- WCO (Opiliones)
- WOL (Odonata)
- WoRMS, 65 checklists
