Full name: |
Hymenoptera Information System |
Short name: |
HymIS |
Version: |
Sep 2013 |
Release date: |
2013-09-01 |
Authors/editors: |
Kroupa A.S., Lohrmann V., Pulawski W.J. & Schmid-Egger C. |
Taxonomic coverage: |
Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Hymenoptera - Crabronidae (new), Pompilidae (new), Rhopalosomatidae |
English name of the group: |
Crabronids, spider-hunting and rhopalosomatid wasps |
Number of species |
11,096 |
Number of infraspecific taxa |
866 |
Number of synonyms: |
13,751 |
Number of common names: |
0 |
Total number of names: |
24,847 |
Abstract: |
The HymIS database provides the taxonomic backbone for a global information system on bees and wasps. Data for the families Pompilidae or Spider-hunting wasps (2,981 valid taxa and 5,644 synonyms), the Crabronids or Crabronidae (9,134 valid taxa and 8,866 synonyms) and the Rhopalosomatidae (75 valid taxa and 17 synonyms) are available. |
Organization: |
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany |
Website: |
http://www.hymis.eu/ |