Database details
| Full name: | FLOW: Fulgoromorpha Lists On the WEB NEW! |
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| Short name: | FLOW |
| Version: | 8, Sep 2011 |
| Release date: | 2011-09-07 |
| Authors/editors: | Bourgoin T. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Hemiptera - superfamily Fulgoroidea |
| English name of the group: | Planthoppers |
| Number of species: | 11,719 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 219 |
| Number of synonyms: | 7,106 |
| Number of common names: | 24 |
| Total number of names: | 19,068 |
| Abstract: | FLOW is an on-line database that aims to provide an easy-access synthesys of available biological published primary data on planthoppers (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha), a group of major economic importance. It includes information on taxonomy and nomenclature (including fossiles), type depository, bibliography, distribution and associated biological information as host-plants. Since 2009, FLOW provides a dynamic link to MNHN Hemiptera specimen collection (particularly type specimens) and provides photos when already available. |
| Organization: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France |
| Website: |
http://flow.snv.jussieu.fr/ |