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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HYMENOPTERISTS
Links
Which websites are interesting resources for Hymenopterists?
EMAIL LISTSERVERS OF INTEREST TO HYMENOPTERISTS
Taxacom – Biological Systematics Discussion List
Evoldir – Evolution Directory
ECN-L – Entomological Collections Network Listserv
Entomo-L – Entomological Listserv
Parahym – Listserv about parasitic Hymenoptera
WEBSITES ON HYMENOPTERA
Hymenoptera on the Tree of Life webproject
HymAToL – Assembling the Tree of Life: Hymenoptera project
International Palaeoentomological Society – the website includes a rich library with many references to paleohymenopterological publications.
Wasp Web – information on African and Madagascan Hymenoptera
Literature
Journal of Hymenoptera Research – the journal of the International Society of Hymenopterists
Google Scholar and Scopus – great for finding publications
Male reproductive system of Hymenoptera literature list – by Susanne Schulmeister
Hymenoptera On-Line Database – database that provides information from museum specimens as well as literature.
Databases of terminology, images, and sequences
MorphBank – a database that contains images of Hymenoptera
GenBank – a database that contains many DNA sequences of Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera Ontology – a project to develop a controlled terminology of hymenopteran morphology by Andy Deans et al. The current terms and relationships of terms can be seen at the Hymenoptera glossary website. Input from the community is desired. For more information, see this website.
Species lists
Taxapad – a database of scientific names of insects, mainly Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Two CDs are for sale, one on Chalcidoidea and one on Ichneumonoidea.
Nomina Insecta Nearctica – list of Northamerican insects
Hymenoptera On-Line Database – database that provides information from museum specimens as well as literature.
Hymenoptera Name Server – by Norm Johnson & Luciana Musetti
BWARS – Bees Wasps & Ants Recording Society. Registers the occurrence of British aculeates.
Images
Bug Guide
Insect Gallery
Insect Images
WEBSITES ON "SYMPHYTA"
Symphytos – a web forum on sawflies & horntails by Sylvio Codella & Alexey Zinovjev
Sawfly Literature Search – Database of sawfly literature by Cathy Apgar and David R. Smith
Symphyta – by Susanne Schulmeister
ECatSym – Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta
Pergidae.net – a website on pergid sawflies by Stefan Schmidt and David Smith.
WEBSITES ON CHALCIDOIDEA
Chalcidoidea Database – by John Noyes
Chalcidoidea page – page with information on Chalcidoidea. Also contains a collection of the newsletter Chalcid Forum.
Chalcidoidea systematics – by John Heraty
Encyrtidae Homepage – by Andrey Sharkov.
Key to Nearctic Eulophidae
Figweb – information on fig wasps by Simon van Noort
WEBSITES ON OTHER "PARASITICA"
The Stephanidae Homepage – by Alexandre Aguiar.
Catalogus evaniidorum – online catalog of information about evanioid wasps by Andy Deans, Matt Yoder and Krishna Dole.
Evaniidae on the Tree of Life webpage – by Andy Deans.
Platygastroidea, particularly Scelionidae – by Norm Johnson
WEBSITES ON ANTS
Antbase – by Donat Agosti and Norm Johnson. Aim of the site is to provide free online access to all the information on the ant species of the world.
Antweb – by Brian Fisher and Phil Ward.
Ants of Costa Rica – by John Longino
Australian Ants online – by Shattuck & Barnett
California Desert Ants – by Roy Snelling, Christine George & Gordon Snelling
Japanese Ant Image Database
Myrmecos – pictures of ants by Alex Wild
New World Army Ants – by Gordon & Roy Snelling
Notes from the Underground – a myrmecological newsletter
WEBSITES ON OTHER ACULEATA
Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato – by Wojciech Pulawski.
IUSSI – website of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Chrysis.net – a web resource about Chrysididae by Gian Luca Agnoli and Paolo Rosa.
Pompilidae – a website on spider wasps and the pompilid project.
WEBSITES OF GENERAL INTEREST
For websites of taxonomic databases, initiatives or networks, please see Susanne Schulmeister's links page.
You could also check out the links page on the ESA website.
Website design and webmaster: Susanne Schulmeister -- email: archivist at hymenopterists dot org
Society logo by Michael Prentice. Button photos by Susanne Schulmeister, Yvan Barbier, unknown, Gerd Reder, Frank Köhler, Alain Pauly, Bernd Nickel, and Stephen Hight.
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Last updated: February 2008.
Right margin photos by Richard Leung, unknown, and Susanne Schulmeister