A key to the Indo-Pacific reef coral genera (Skeletons) This key can only be used for identification of coral skeletons – not corals with the living soft parts. The nomenclature follows WoRMS (www.marinespecies.org). The key is mostly dichotomous but sometimes polytomous. For most alternatives (couplet questions) there is a picture (photo or drawing) illustrating the…
MonotomidGen – A matrix-based interactive key to the New World genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) A matrix-based LucidTM key is presented for the twelve genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) represented in the New World. Monotomidae are also known as the “minute clubbed beetles”. The list of terminal taxa included with the key provides a current…
Carpophiline-ID: an interactive matrix-based key to the carpophiline sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) of Eastern North America We present Carpophiline-ID, a matrix-based LucidTM key, for the adult stage of the known species of Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of North America, east of the Mississippi River. The list of terminal taxa used in the key represents the most…
Seed Identification Guide Seed Identification Guide (SIG)® is a virtual publication of reference information on plant taxonomy, morphological features of plant dispersal units, identification fact sheets, identification keys, image galleries, and common botany terminologies. The plant species included in the guide have resulted from ISMA and the author’s projects. The publication is open to any…
What’s that bee? Identification keys to the bees of Uganda/East Africa This series of keys provides tools for identifying the bee families and genera that occur, or are likely to occur, in Uganda and regions adjacent to Uganda’s borders. Each key includes simple descriptors of morphological characters accompanied by high resolution images of the characters…
Insects and spiders in West African Rice The proper identification of insect pests, and their associated natural enemies, is an important component in developing a holistic system for managing rice insect pests. To help national rice research programs in 17 West African countries identify specimens in their rice insect collections, a comprehensive collection program began…
Rice Insect Pests and their Arthropod Parasites and Predators The proper identification of insect pests, and their associated natural enemies, is an important component in developing a holistic system for managing rice insect pests. To assist national rice research programs in the identification of specimens in their rice arthropod collections, the International Rice Research Institute…
Anypodetus dichotomous key Version 1, 2023 Dichotomous, pathway key to species of the Afrotropical Asilidae genus Anypodetus Hermann, 1907 developed in taxonomic revision published in Dikow & Dubus 2023 in African Invertebrates (https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.64.104283). Authors Torsten Dikow and Meliah Dubus
Federal Noxious Weed Disseminules of the U.S. Fruits and seeds are the plant disseminules most responsible for the spread of weeds to new regions. These disseminules are frequently intercepted at U.S. ports of entry by quarantine officials, commonly as contaminants in commercial seed stocks, spices, foodstuffs, on trucks and containers, and in baggage. This tool,…
Australian Freshwater Molluscs The snails and bivalves of Australian inland waters Australian Freshwater Molluscs is an interactive resource aimed at facilitating the identification and information retrieval of the entire freshwater mollusc fauna. Interactive identify to species level using wide range ofavailable features choose from several subsets of key to best meet yourobjectives navigate between key and…