Multiple sources of taxonomic data

[Piotr Naskrecki]

John S. Noyes wrote:

>I also believe that in an ideal world taxonomic catalogues should be made
>available as hard copy, CDrom and as a web site. Each has distinct
>advantages over the others.

I don't want to brag too much but that's exactly the case with the
Orthoptera:
(A) seven volumes of the Orthoptera Species File by Dan Otte (taxonomic
catalog of Orthoptera) have been published as books between 1994 and 1998
(the last, 8th volume is in preparation)
(B) the same information, plus images of types and sound recordings of
selected species, is available freely on the Internet
(http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/Orthoptera)
(C) the first CD of the catalog (including images) just came out.

Seems to me that our Orthopterists' Society leads the way in
dissemination of taxonomic information :-)
And the feedback we receive almost daily from users all over the world
indicated that we DO make a difference and stimulate research in this
group.

Sincerely,
Piotr

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Piotr Naskrecki
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut, Storrs CT 06269, USA

e-mail: pin93001 at uconnvm.uconn.edu

An Illustrated Catalog of Orthoptera (http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/cd) -
a database of the Orthoptera of the World on a CD ROM

Orthoptera Species File Online (http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/Orthoptera)
- a database of the Orthoptera of the World Online

Katydids of La Selva Biological Station Costa Rica
(http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/interkey/titlepg)

Taxonomy and Collection Manager software
(http://viceroy.eeb.uconn.edu/interkey/database.html)