Database Details : Global Species Database of Odonata
| Database Qualifiers | |
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| Coverage: |
Global |
| Completeness: | 99% |
| Checklist confidence: |
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| Full name: | Global Species Database of Odonata |
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| Short name: | Odonata |
| Version: | Dec 2011 |
| Release date: | 2011-12-24 |
| Authors/editors: | Tol J. van |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Odonata |
| English name of the group: | Dragonflies and damselflies |
| Number of living species | 5,912 |
| Number of living infraspecific taxa | 519 |
| Number of extinct species: | 0 |
| Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: | 0 |
| Number of synonyms: | 1,904 |
| Number of common names: | 2,140 |
| Total number of names: | 10,475 |
| Abstract: | The Global Species Database of Odonata is a list of all names of extant species of dragonflies and damselflies of the world. The present list is based on a database built during a period of twenty years. The original information was derived from a published catalogue by Davies & Tobin (1984, 1985). However, original publications were consulted to check the spelling and original combination of (virtually) all names. The present taxonomic status of every name in this list is based on published authoritative sources. Addition of the names of fossil taxa, and setting up a management committee for this database, are to be expected in the near future. The original information of the GSD Odonata is managed using a FoxPro application. |
| Organization: | Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| Website: |
http://www.odonata.info |
| Bibliographic citation: | Tol J. van (2017). Odonata: Global Species Database of Odonata (version Dec 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |