Database details : The Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Database qualifiers
Coverage:	Global
Completeness:	99%
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Full name:	The Integrated Taxonomic Information System UPDATED!
Short name:	ITIS Global
Version:	Sep 2015
Release date:	2015-09-30
Authors/editors:	Orrell T. (custodian)
Taxonomic coverage:	Archaea Bacteria Protozoa - Apicomplexa - Conoidasida - Eucoccidiorida - Cryptosporidiidae - Cryptosporidium Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Brassicales - Bataceae, Koeberliniaceae, Limnanthaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Caryophyllales - Cactaceae, Nepenthaceae, Simmondsiaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Crossosomatales - Crossosomataceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Cucurbitales - Datiscaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Ericales - Cyrillaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Garryales - Eucommiaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Huerteales - Gerrardinaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Huerteales - Petenaeaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Lamiales - Gesneriaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Malpighiales - Lophopyxidaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Oxalidales - Cephalotaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Proteales - Nelumbonaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Rosales - Barbeyaceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Saxifragales - Penthoraceae Plantae - Tracheophyta - Magnoliopsida - Solanales - Montiniaceae, Sphenocleaceae Animalia - Acanthocephala Animalia - Annelida - Clitellata - Branchiobdellida Animalia - Micrognathozoa, Kamptozoa, Cycliophora, Onychophora, Sipuncula, Tardigrada Animalia - Arthropoda - Branchiopoda - Anostraca Animalia - Arthropoda - Malacostraca - Amphipoda - Crangonyctidae - Stygobromus Animalia - Arthropoda - Malacostraca - Mysida Animalia - Arthropoda - Maxillopoda - Calanoida - Aetideidae Animalia - Arthropoda - Arachnida - Amblypygi, Opilioacarida, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpiones, Ricinulei, Schizomida, Solifugae, Uropygi Animalia - Arthropoda - Arachnida - Sarcoptiformes - (suborder) Oribatida Animalia - Arthropoda - Entognatha - Protura Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ceraphronoidea, Evanioidea, Platygastroidea Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Hymenoptera - Cynipoidea - Ibaliidae Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespoidea - Formicidae Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera - (suborder) Archostemata Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera - Bostrichidae, Dytiscidae, Histeridae, Hydraenidae, Jacobsoniidae, Nosodendridae Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera - Byrrhoidea - Limnichidae Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomeloidea - Chrysomelidae - (subfamily Cassidinae) Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateroidea - Lampyridae NEW! , Phengodidae Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinoidea - Silphidae - (subfamily) Nicrophorinae Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Coleoptera - Cucujoidea - Cucujidae - Pediacus Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Mecoptera Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Trichoptera Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Phthiraptera - (suborder) Anoplura Animalia - Chordata - Amphibia, Aves, Mammalia
English name of the group:	Wide range of global taxonomic checklists of different taxa
Number of living species	107,340
Number of living infraspecific taxa	21,677
Number of extinct species:	0
Number of extinct infraspecific taxa:	0
Number of synonyms:	31,075
Number of common names:	20,629
Total number of names:	180,721
Abstract:	ITIS supplies both global and New World groups to the Catalogue of Life – with emphasis on GSDs. ITIS develops taxonomic coverage of all biota of interest to North America and contains over 833,500 scientific and common names and has either a global or New World treatment of many groups.
Organization:	The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Website:	http://www.itis.gov http://www.cbif.gc.ca/acp/eng/itis/search (Canada)
Bibliographic citation:	Orrell T. (custodian) (2025). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Sep 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.

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