Systematic Database of the Scale Insects of the World in the Catalogue of Life
Citation
Ben-Dov Y. & Miller D.R. (2019). ScaleNet: Systematic Database of the Scale Insects of the World (version Dec 2004). In: Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. (2019). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.Description
The ScaleNet site provides comprehensive information on the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the world, including queriable information on their classification, nomenclatural history, geographical distribution, host plants, natural enemies, economic importance and literature. Currently information can be retrieved for 27 families, and data of about 21,000 references dating from 1758 to the present. Ultimately, information will be provided for all 28 families of scale insects, comprising more than 7,500 species.Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Ben-Dov Y. & Miller D.R.originator
Agricultural Research Organization, Bet Dagan, Israel; USDA, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Beltsville, USA
homepage: http://scalenet.info/catalogue/
originator
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Leiden
2332 AA
NL
homepage: http://www.catalogueoflife.org
metadata author
Species 2000 Secretariat
Leiden
2332 AA
NL
homepage: http://www.sp2000.org/
Ben-Dov Y. & Miller D.R.
editor
administrative point of contact
Species 2000 Secretariat c/o Naturalis
P.O. Box 9517
Leiden
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NL
Telephone: +31 71 7519362
email: support@sp2000.org