CEPAVE   05420
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLOGICOS Y DE VECTORES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
ORTHOPTERA SPECIES FILE: BEYOND A TAXONOMIC DATABASE
Autor/es:
CIGLIANO, M. M.; BRAUN, H.
Lugar:
Ilheus
Reunión:
Congreso; 12th International Congress of Orthopterology; 2016
Institución organizadora:
The Orthopterists Society
Resumen:
The ORthoptera Species File (orthoptera.speciesfile.org/) is a taxonomic database of the world´s Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, katydids, crickets), both living and fossil, updated daily with the most recent references. It has synonymic and taxonomic information for more than 27450 species, 44660 scientific names, 13400 references, 85400 images of type and alive specimens, 1490 sound recordings, and 93500 specimen records. Nowadays, the classificationof Orthoptera shown in OSF is being used worldwide as the general reference for the group. The presentation will be focused on the basic features of the public interface of OSF;information and contents of the database and the different types of search; features of the editing interface (adding images, specimens,changes related to the rank and status of taxon names; showing the way the program prevents changes that conflict with the rules of nomenclature). The potential of using OSF as a tool for producing systematic studies as a wayof integrating many of the most recent cybertaxonomic tools with species descriptions will be presented. An introduction to ?Taxon Works? the newplatform that will integrate the best features of Species Files software with other software (mx and 3i) will be presented. The possibilities ofdeveloping regional field guides with the information content in OSF will also be shown.