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Insekten - Insecta et Hexapoda - Insects

NEW:: A Catalogue of the Insects of Southern Africa. South Africa has an amazingly rich fauna and flora, and is named by Conservation International as one of the planet's 17 most megadiverse countries. According to their statistics, South Africa ranks sixth in the world for total diversity, and has significant rates of endemism in many groups of organisms.

Die Fliegenfischerseite von Jürgen Gaul / Fly fishing site of J Gaul. Betimmungschlüssel für Imagines und Larven von Eintagsfliegen (Ephemeroptera), Köcherfliegen (Trichoptera), Steinfliegen (Plecoptera), Zweiflügler (Diptera). / Identification keys for may flies (Ephemeroptera), caddis flies (Trichoptera), Stone flies (Plecoptera) and true flies (Diptera). In German.

Schlüssel zu den Europäischen Insektenordnungen, mit Seiten zu einzelnen Ordnungen / Key to European Insekt orders including information for single orders. In German.

Schlüssel zur Bestimmung von Insekten / Key to the Identification of Insects. In German.

Key to the ID of Insects orders. In English.

Key to the ID of Insects orders. In English.

Singing Insects of North America. Key to Cicada, Katydids and Crickets of North America. / Bestimmung nach den Gesängen der Zikaden, Grillen und Heuschrecken Nordamerikas. In English.

Link page to a number of ID keys from the Iowa State Entomology Internet Resources. In English.

British Insects. Keys for British Insects based on the DELTA programme. You need to download and install them. / Schlüssel zu britischen Insekten, basierend auf DELTA. Die Schlüssel müssen heruntergeladen und installiert werden. In English.

Springschwänze - Collembola - Spring tails

Collembola.org website with a lot of images and other information. Under "Genera" there is a list of keys to indentify the species. Worldwide. / Umfangreiche Seite zu Springschwänzen, mit Fotos und anderen Infos. Unter "Genera" findet sich eine Seite mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln. Weltweit. In English.

Libellen - Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies

FAUNIST Determination keys and field guides partly in Dutch and partly in English.

Ohrwürmer - Dermaptera - Earwigs

Earwigs-online.de. Viele Checklisten und Faunen für einzelne Länder, bisher keine Bestimmungsschlüssel, aber sehr umfangreiches Bild- und Literaturarchiv, mit vielen weiteren Datenbanken, weltweit. / Many check lists and local faunas, so far no key, but very extensive image and literature archive, with many more data bases, world wide. In English.

Grashüpfer und Grillen - Orthoptera, Ensifera, Caelifera - Grasshopper and Crickets

FAUNIST Determination keys and field guides partly in Dutch and partly in English.

Gottesanbeterinnen - Mantodea - Preying Mantids

Florida Preying Mantids Insecta - Mantodea. PDF to download on the preying mantids of Florida, USA. / PDF Dokument zum Herunterladen für die Gottesanbeterinnen Floridas, USA. In English.

NEW:: Key to Preying Mantids. This key is based on a translation of the works of Giglio-Tos and Beier. I have in general followed the classification used by Beier, and relied on Giglio-Tos to provide details missing from Beier. There are a number of important limitations.... . In English.

Termiten - Isoptera - Termites

NEW:: Termite Tables: Urban Entomology Program. This section presents tabular summaries of information on various aspects of termite biology. Contributions will be greatly appreciated and acknowledged.

Zikaden - Auchenorrhyncha - Leaf hoppers

The New Zealand leafhoppers and treehoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha): web-based identification keys and checklists. In English.

NEW:: A list with more keys and other information to leaf hoppers and cicada by Herbert Nickel. Worldwide. / Eine Liste mit Verknüpfungen zu weiteren Websites mit Informationen zu Zikaden von Herbert Nickel. Weltweit. In English.

Blattläuse - Stenorrhyncha - Aphids

Key to Aphids Commonly Found in Small Grains, Corn, and Sorghum in California, USA. In English.

Key to Aphids Commonly Found in San Joaquin Valley Alfalfa and Cotton, USA. In English.

Fransenflügler, Thripse, Blasenfüße - Thysanoptera - Thrips

Thrips KnowledgeBase. Umfangreiches Informationsmaterial zu dieser Gruppe, einschließlich von Bestimmungsschlüsseln für die USA. / Comprehensive website on thrips, including key for the USA. In English.

Important website on Thrips identification and biology: www.thrips.net / Wichtige Website zur Bestimmung und Biologie der Blasenfüße: www.thrips.net. In English

Käfer - Coleoptera - Beetles

NEW:: British Leafminers. This site is the result of an on-going project, set up to photograph and record all the leaf mining fauna which occur in Britain. Use has been made of SLR and Digital cameras, as well as Scanners, in compiling this site. The leaf mining fauna include Coleoptera (beetles), Diptera (flies), Hymenoptera (sawflies) and Lepidoptera (moths).

Bestimmungstabelle der Trechus-Arten Madeiras (Laufkäfer, Carabidae) / Key to the Trechus species of Madeira (Ground Beetles, Carabidae). In German and English.

Bestimmungstabellen der Philorhizus-Arten (Laufkäfer, Carabidae) / Key to the Philorhizus species (Ground Beetles, Carabidae). In German.

Epuraea ocularis FAIRMAIRE, eine neue Adventivart in Deutschland (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). In German.

Europäische Glühwürmchen (Käfer, Coleoptera) / European fire flies. In German.

Gattungstabelle Latridiidae (nur Europa) (Schimmelkäfer, Coleoptera) / Key to Genera of European Latriidae (Coleoptera). In German.

Diabrotica virgifera has been introduced into Central and Eastern European countries and continues to spread in Europe. Get more information on the situation in Europe and the pest itself (Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)). In English.

Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles Key with text and Illustrations for Scarabaeid beetles from the Americas. / Schlüssel mit Bilder und Text für amerikanische Scarabaeen. In English.

Fliegen - Diptera - Flies

NEW:: British Leafminers. This site is the result of an on-going project, set up to photograph and record all the leaf mining fauna which occur in Britain. Use has been made of SLR and Digital cameras, as well as Scanners, in compiling this site. The leaf mining fauna include Coleoptera (beetles), Diptera (flies), Hymenoptera (sawflies) and Lepidoptera (moths). In English.

NEW:: Interactive ID key to Euscelidia (Diptera, Flies: Asilidae, Robber flies). The genus Euscelidia Westwood, 1850 is with 68 recognised species one of the most speciose of the presently 17 valid Leptogastrinae genera. Interactive ID key. In English.

Raubfliegen (Asiliodae) Deutschlands und Belgien, Dänemark, England, Niederlande und Schweden, Schlüssel zu vielen Gattungen, vorallem aus Europa und Holarktis. / Robber Flies (Asilidae) of Germany. Key is useable for flies also in Belgium, Denmark, England, the Netherlands and Sweden. Website includes keys for many genera from Central Europe and Holarktis. In German and many key in English.

FAUNIST Determination keys and field guides. Keys for a number of taxa are available: Hoverflies: Syrphidae, thick headed flies: Conopidae, Snipeflies: Rhagionidae, Awlflies: Xylophagidae, Smell flies: Coenomyidae. Partly in Dutch and partly in English

Schmetterlinge - Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths

NEW:: The Global Butterfly Information System GART/GLOBIS. The aim of the GART project is to provide access to general information about butterflies on the basis of a global taxonomic catalogue. In a first step, a global, fully synonymic species register for two families of butterflies, Swallowtails (Papilionidae) and Whites (Pieridae), will be developed based on comprehensive taxonomic databases for these two butterfly groups.

NEW:: Catalogue des Lépidoptères des Antilles Françaises This catalogue will present all species of macrolepidoptera found in Martinique, Guadeloupe and their dependencies. It is mainly based on collections made by J. le Duchat d'Aubigny and B. Lalanne-Cassou during their six years stay in Guadeloupe. Each species is illustrated as colour pictures from collection specimens, and presented with all biological data available (host-plants, frequencies, distribution, behaviour). Slides of male genitalia are shown when direct identification is more difficult. The catalogue shows also photographic identification keys for all families. In French and English.

NEW:: Moths and Butterflies of Europe and Noirth America. Keine Bestimmungschlüssel, aber sehr gut sortiertes und leicht durchsuchbares Bildarchiv. Umfangrieiche Liste mit Verknüpfungen zu anden Schmetterlingsseiten. / The aim of this work is to provide a large iconographic sample of European moths and butterflies and, for each species, information about foodplants, breeding, life cycle. Come back soon! New pictures and data are frequently added (check the What's new page). Don't forget to sign our guestbook. Species lists with many photographs. In English.

NEW:: Identify Butterflies, Moths and Caterpillars. /"Forum "Schmetterlinge und Raupen bestimmen": Bestimmungshilfe". Basically a forum, but ID help is expanding. In German.

NEW:: Butterflies and Moths of the Netherlands. The aim of this site is to provide pictures of as many butterfly and moth species that inhabit the netherlands as possible. Pictures and species are added regularly. Please sign up for the leps.nl newsletter if you like to be informed when new pictures are added in the database. In English.

NEW:: Lepidoptera of Norway (click on „Species Sheets“). "The Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) of Norway" is a project implemented by LEPARB (a team within the Norwegian Entomological Society (NEF)), Zoological museum (University of Oslo) and the Norwegian Forest Research Institute (NISK / Skogforsk). In Norwegian, English, French.

NEW:: Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Keine Bestimmungschlüssel, aber sehr gut sortiertes und leicht durchsuchbares Bildarchiv. / This work is a detailed study of the species and subspecies of Sphingidae that occur regularly within the zoogeographical boundaries of the western Palaearctic region, with particular emphasis on their ecology and dynamic biogeography: notes on their morphology and taxonomy are also provided. The Hyles euphorbiae 'complex' is analysed in more detail with regard to ecological and biological factors. With about 71 percent of the region's sphingid taxa being endemic, the treatment of the western Palaearctic as a distinct sub-region of the Holarctic is justified. The zoological and botanical delimitation of the sub-region is given and a small gazetteer is provided. In English.

NEW:: Sphingidae of the Americas. Keine Bestimmungschlüssel, aber sehr gut sortiertes und leicht durchsuchbares Bildarchiv. / Systematic list with many photos. In English.

NEW:: Sphingidae of the USA. The following tables list all of the Sphingidae occuring in the continental United States. In English.

NEW:: Moths of Canada. Here we illustrate approximately 1,600 species of the superfamily Noctuoidea, almost half of the 3,400 North American species. The Noctuoidea include the Notodontidae (Prominents), Arctiidae (Tiger Moths), Lymantriidae (Tussock Moths), Noctuidae (Cutworm Moths), and Nolidae. Unfortunately, only a few groups of moths are popular with amateur collectors so distributional information on most families remains rather spotty. Popular groups are the Hawk or Sphinx Moths (family Sphingidae), the Giant Silk Moths (family Saturniidae), Tiger Moths (family Arctiidae), and a group of cutworm moths called Underwing Moths (family Noctuidae: genus Catocala). Except for the Tiger Moths and Underwing Moths, the Noctuoidea remain poorly collected. In English.

NEW:: Japanese Catocala photo gallery (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Images only and little English text.

NEW:: Global Information System of Pyraloidea (GlobIZ) / Globale Informationssystem Zünslerfalter This web site provides first hand information about the Global Information System of Pyraloidea (GlobIZ), a project which is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the German contribution on insects to the Global Biodiversity Information Facilities (GBIF). In English

NEW:: Svenska fjärilar Moths of Sweden. In Swedish.

NEW:: De bladmineerders van Nederland. Willem N. Ellis. Zoölogisch Museum (Universiteit van Amsterdam). In Dutch.

NEW:: Welcome to Tortricid.net! This website features the largest collection of information related to Tortricid moths anywhere on the Internet! The photo database currently houses close to 2000 high-quality digital color photographs of individual specimens, with over 1100 of these being type specimens. In English.

NEW:: British Leafminers. This site is the result of an on-going project, set up to photograph and record all the leaf mining fauna which occur in Britain. Use has been made of SLR and Digital cameras, as well as Scanners, in compiling this site. The leaf mining fauna include Coleoptera (beetles), Diptera (flies), Hymenoptera (sawflies) and Lepidoptera (moths).

Moths of Canada, Part 1: Noctuoidea. Keine Bestimmungschlüssel, aber sehr gut sortiertes und leicht durchsuchbares Bildarchiv. / No key but extensive and easily accessible archive. In English.

Portal für Raupen und Schmetterlinge für Deutschland. Portal for Caterpillars and Butterflies mainly for Germany. Keine Bestimmungschlüssel, aber sehr gut sortiertes und leicht durchsuchbares Bildarchiv. / No key but extensive and easily accessible archive. In German.

Spodoptera spp. website. Bestimmungschlüssel mit Abbildungen für die landwirtschaftliche Gruppe. / Key to this agriculturally important genus. In French.

NOCTUIDAE of Australia including Cutworms, Armyworms, and Millers. Keine Bestimmungschlüssel, aber sehr gut sortiertes und leicht durchsuchbares Bildarchiv. / No key but extensive and easily accessible archive. In English.

Hautflügler (Ameisen, Bienen & Wespen) - Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees and Wasps

NEW:: British Leafminers. This site is the result of an on-going project, set up to photograph and record all the leaf mining fauna which occur in Britain. Use has been made of SLR and Digital cameras, as well as Scanners, in compiling this site. The leaf mining fauna include Coleoptera (beetles), Diptera (flies), Hymenoptera (sawflies) and Lepidoptera (moths).

NEW:: Herzlich Willkommen auf der Stechimmen-Seite! Diese Seite informiert Sie rund um Bienen und Wespen, zeigt Bilder, Videos und verbindet Sie mit weiteren Bienen- und Wespen-Seiten im Internet. In German.

NEW:: Hymenoptera Interactive Keys: HymAToL is a project funded by the National Science Foundation under the “Assembling the Tree Of Life” initiative, which aims to reconstruct the evolutionary history of all organisms. Our goal is to construct a large-scale phylogenetic analysis of the Hymenoptera, an insect order that encompasses approximately 10% of the species diversity of life. ...

NEW:: The Hymenoptera Institute with key for Hymenoptera families and subfamilies in English and Spanish.

NEW:: No internet source but the best available keys for the Scoliidae of the Mediterranian and Central Asia. Author's email, click here.

• OSTEN, T. - 2000. Die Scoliiden des Mittelmeer-Gebietes und angrenzender Regionen (Hymenoptera) Ein Bestimmungsschlüssel. - Linzer biologische Beitraege 32 (2): 537 - 539.
• OSTEN, T. - 2005. Die Scoliiden - Fauna Mittelasiens (Hym., Scoliidae)(Kasakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, Kirgistan) Ein Bestimmungsschlüssel. Linzer biologische Beitraege 37 (2): 1451 - 1479.
• Osten, T. - 2005. Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae. - 62. Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg, S. 1-62.

Ameisen - Formicidae - Ants

NEW:: The Ants of Borneo. Mainly in English.

NEW:: The Rough Guide to Ponerine Ants is designed to be a central repository of information on these intriguing ants. Because the Ponerinae is a large group, I will be building this site incrementally and beg for your patience in the meantime!

NEW:: Key to the North American Ants, Ponerinae and Formicinae available. In English.

NEW:: Formicidae of Mississippi and Alabama. In English.

NEW:: Ant Image Gallery (Formicidae). In English.

NEW:: Current keys to the Ecitoninae are often clumsy and for numerous reasons difficult to use. Our goal is to produce all new keys which will hopefully do away with at least some of the deficiencies of those previously available. However for the time being, until these keys are completed, the keys here are mostly those that have been utilized in the past based on those by Borgmeier and Watkins.

NEW:: Welcome to antbase.org. Antbase is now providing for the first time access to all the ant species of the world, one of the ecologically most important groups of animals worldwide. In English

NEW:: This web resource provides species-level information on the Ants of Costa Rica. The basic information unit is a species web page. The page for a particular species contains images, identification tips, geography, natural history, and recommendations on how to collect the species. Linked to these species pages are various synthetic documents, such as keys and species lists. In English.

NEW:: AntWeb. These tools have been developed to encourage the study of ants, to facilitate the use of ants in inventory and monitoring programs, and to provide ant taxonomists with access to images of type specimens.

Key to Identifying Common Household Ants in California, USA. In English.

Mueller Lab: Identification of Texas Ant, USA. Online ID Key with figure and text for ants from Texas, USA. Bestimmungsschlüssel mit vielen Abbildung texanischer Ameisen, USA. In English.

Welcome to Japanese Ant Image Database. Key with photos for Japan. / Bestimmungsschlüssel für Japan mit Photos . In English.

Australian Ants Online. A guide to the Australian Ant Fauna. Dichotomus key with text and figures. / Dichotomer Schlüssel mit Text und Abbildungen für australische Ameisen. In English.

Catalogue of Hymenoptera of Nicaragua is now available on-line / Katalog der Hautflügler Nicaraguas. In Spanisch.