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10-Minute Presentation

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

10-min: P-IE, Biocontrol

Taxonworks - a chalcidoid/host database that needs biocontrol help!

Sunday, November 9, 2025
11:36 AM - 11:48 AM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, E145, OCC
Oral Presentation
Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) are one of the most diverse and beneficial group of wasps for the control of other insects. The Universal Chalcidoidea Database (UCD) is curated in the taxonomic workbench Taxonworks. The UCD includes a comprehensive list of the various generic combinations and misspellings that have been used in the literature. In all nearly 50,000 different combinations and spellings are recorded. All names are supported by a citation of the published source from where they were obtained as are all taxonomic and nomenclatural acts noted within the database. Also included are over 120,000 host/associate records (including associations with food plants of the hosts) and more than 140,000 distribution records. A curatorial group of systematists use biweekly meetings to keep the taxonomic changes up to date, but we are desperate for curators to update the host association and distribution literature records. We need help!