Sawfly GenUS Sawflies are a unique group of wasp-like herbivorous insects, many of which are economic pests in North America. They have a variety of plant-feeding behaviors; they feed on leaves both externally and as leaf-miners and bore into stems of grasses, shrubs, and trees. Sawfly GenUS is an interactive identification tool for all sawfly…
Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes is a fern and lycophyte identification and information system for species occurring in northern Australia north of Mackay. It was developed at the Australian Tropical Herbarium by Ashley Field, Chris Quinn and Frank Zich, to supplement the Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants 8 (2020) and Australian Tropical Rainforest Orchids (2010) systems…
Tubulifera Australiensis Thysanoptera-Phlaeothripidae genera in Australia In the insect Order Thysanoptera, the suborder Tubulifera includes only a single family of living thrips, the Phlaeothripidae, and this family includes at least 66% of the thrips species known from Australia. The illustrated identification system presented here helps to distinguish the 150 genera of Phlaeothripidae recorded from Australia…
Digital Keys to the Calanoid Copepods These digital keys were designed based on the features from adult specimens (males and/or females) of calanoid copepods therefore, the users of these keys should be familiar to the anatomy of this group (order) of copepods. These keys are looking to facilitate the identification of calanoid copepods to the…
MADEIRAS COMERCIAIS DO BRASIL – Chave interativa de identificação de madeiras BRAZILIAN COMMERCIAL TIMBERS – Interactive wood identification key Esta é uma chave interativa de identificação de madeiras comumente comercializadas no Brasil. A identificação é feita com base em caracteres gerais e caracteres anatômicos macroscópicos e é suficiente utilizar um canivete para fazer o corte…
Diamantina trees – Chave de espécies coletadas em Diamantina Interactive identification key to trees that occur in and around Diamantina. Diamantina is located in Serra do Espinhaço, Brazil, a place recognized by UNESCO as one of the Biosphere Reserves. Diamontina Trees Lucid key home page Diamontina Lucid Key Diamontina Lucid key image gallery example Previous…
Larval Fish ID – Larval Fish & Egg Taxonomic Keys Accurately identifying early life stage (ELS) fishes is important for fisheries management, regulatory compliance, research, conservation, and rehabilitation efforts. LimnoTech and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), with support from others, have developed web-based taxonomic keys for larval fish and eggs in and around the…
Namibimydas and Nothomydas dichotomous key Dichotomous key to species of the Afrotropical Mydidae genera Namibimydas and Nothomydas (Insecta: Diptera: Mydidae) as published in Dikow 2012 (doi: https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.053.0105). Archived:Key is archived at Zenodo.org in Structure of Descriptive Data (SDD) XML-file format and accessible at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5291895. Namibimydas and Nothomydas dichotomous key Namibimydas and Nothomydas dichotomous key home…
Key to Rutaceae of Western Australia The Restionaceae is a largely Australian family. It has a centre of diversity in Western Australia, where there are 198 described and 7 undescribed (phrase-named) species recognized. This key includes all described and phrase-named taxa in Western Australia. Authors: Chris Hollister & Kevin ThieleWestern Australian Herbarium, Perth View other…
Key to Restionaceae of Western Australia The Restionaceae is a largely Australian family. It has a centre of diversity in Western Australia, where there are 107 described and undescribed (phrase-named) species recognized. This key includes all described and phrase-named taxa in Western Australia. Authors: Chris Hollister & Kevin ThieleWestern Australian Herbarium, Perth View other WA…