[Taxacom] ZooBank website

[Donat Agosti]

I tested this out for two ants, Cataglyphis and Formica rufa, the first ant
described by Linnaeus.

I find the results not satisfying:
1. Only the name typed into the system is given, no synonyms.
2. Only the author is given, no year, page, publication
3. Under Articles (the menu where the name information is displaye), a
random list of unliked papers on any subject (none on systematics) is given,
and this all in an incomplete citation, without the journal, etc.
4. Web Link: only one link is given the biology browser, which delivers no
results.
5. Advanced search does not work
6. No children of a parent is available

There is much more detailed stuff out there (Hymenoptera Name Server, ITIS,
ubio, antbase, etc.) of which zoobank will take advantage.

An important tool that needs quiet some work

Donat Agosti
 

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[mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Torbjørn Ekrem
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:42 AM
To: Bob Mesibov
Cc: TAXACOM
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] ZooBank website

I agree, great tool.
It seems, however, that several taxa of my favorite group (Diptera: 
Chironomidae) have incorrect authors and dates, and in some cases the 
authors names are even missing. Coincidence or children's disease? It 
would be interesting to hear if you have the same experience with other 
taxonomic groups.

Torbjørn

Dr. Torbjørn Ekrem
Museum of Natural History and Archaeology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Tel: +47 73 59 78 12

Email: Torbjorn.Ekrem at vm.ntnu.no
Web: www.ntnu.no/~torbjoe



Bob Mesibov skrev:
> I may have missed a recent TAXACOM discussion on this topic, but the new 
> ZooBank website seems to be very nicely organised and easy to use:
>
> http://www.zoobank.org
>
> I road-tested it with a few taxon names and got quick and accurate
answers. 
> Great tool!
> ---
> Dr Robert Mesibov
> Honorary Research Associate, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
> and School of Zoology, University of Tasmania
> Home contact: PO Box 101, Penguin, Tasmania, Australia 7316
> (03) 64371195; 61 3 64371195
>
> Tasmanian Multipedes
> http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/zoology/multipedes/mulintro.html
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> http://www.utas.edu.au/spatial/locations/index.html
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