Full name:

Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Short name:

UCD

Version:

Aug 2005

Release date:

August 5th, 2005

Authors/editors:

J Noyes

Taxonomic coverage:

Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Hymenoptera - Chalcidoidea & Mymarommatoidea superfamilies

Number of species names:

7,757 accepted names; 10,048 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

0 accepted names; 327 synonyms

Number of common names:

0

Total number of names:

18,132

Abstract:

Work on the Universal Chalcidoidea Database was started, with the help of small grants from Unilever and Tate & Lyle plc, in August 1991 with the aim of making it freely available in electronic format. The Chalcidoidea is a large group of insects, currently numbering about 23,000 species, many of which have an important impact on major ecosystems and are frequently used for the biocontrol of insect pests. The database is intended to provide comprehensive information on the taxonomy, biology and distribution of all included species.

Organization:

The Natural History Museum, London, UK

Web site:

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/chalcidoids