EPPO-Q-bank

A database to support plant pest diagnostic activities

References Q-bank Arthropods

For the arthropods taxonomy

  • ALONSO-ZARAZAGA, Miguel, LYAL, Chris. Wtaxa: Electronic Catalogue of Weevil names (Curculionoidea) [online]. Spain, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 2003. Update: 16 June 2013. (Accessed: 26 November 2013) Available at: http://wtaxa.csic.es/
  • BOUCHARD, Patrice, BOUSQUET, Yves, DAVIES, Anthony E., ALONSO-ZARAZAGA, Miguel A., LAWRENCE, John F., LYAL, Chris H. C., NEWTON, Alfred F., REID, Chris A. M., SCHMITT, Michael, SLIPINSKI, S. Adam, SMITH, Andrew B. T. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) [online]. Sofia: Pensoft Publisher, 2011, 972 p. Zookeys, 88. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). DOI 10.3897/zookeys.88.807. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.88.807
  • BRAKE, Irina, BÄCHLI, Gerhard. Drosophilidae (Diptera) Denmark, Stenstrup: Apollo Books, 2008, 412 p. World Catalogue of Insects, 9. ISBN 978-87-88757-88-0
  • BROWN, John W. Tortricidae (Lepidoptera). Denmark, Stenstrup: Apollo Books, 2005, 741 p. World Catalogue of Insects, 5. ISBN 87-88757-41-2
  • HOSKOVEC, Michal, REJSEK, Martin. Cerambycidae [online]. 2007. Update: 9 July 2012. (Accessed 26 November 2013). Available at: http://www.cerambyx.uochb.cz
  • International Barcode Of Life Project. Lepidoptera Barcode of Life [online]. 2009. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: http://www.lepbarcoding.org/
  • LÖBL, Ivan, SMETANA, Aleš. Scarabaeoidea, Scirtoidea, Dascilloidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea. Denmark, Stenstrup: Apollo Books, 2006, 690 p. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, 3. ISBN 978-87-88757-59-5
  • LÖBL, Ivan, SMETANA, Aleš. Chrysomeloidea. Denmark, Stenstrup: Apollo Books, 2010, 924 p. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, 6. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2
  • LÖBL, Ivan, SMETANA, Aleš. Curculionoidea I. Denmark, Stenstrup: Apollo Books, 2011, 373 p. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, 7. ISBN 978-87-88757-93-4
  • MARTIN, Jon H., MOUND, Laurence. An annoted check list of the world's whiteflies (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). New Zealand, Auckland: Magnolia Press, 2007. Zootaxa, 1492, 84 p. ISBN 978-1-86977-112-6 (online edition). (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01492p084.pdf
  • MIGEON, Alain, DORKELD, Franck. Spider Mites Web: a comprehensive database for the Tetranychidae [online]. France, Montpellier: INRA, 2021. (Accessed: 15 January 2021). Available at: http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/spmweb/
  • MILLER, Dug, BEN-DOV, Yair, GIBSON, Gary. ScaleNet [online]. United States : United States Department of Agriculture. Update: 14 November 2013. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/scalenet.htm
  • NUSS, Matthias, LANDRY, Bernard, VEGLIANTE, Francesca, TRÄNKNER, A., MALLY, R., HAYDEN, J., SEGERER, A., LI, H., SCHOUTEN, R., SOLIS, M. A., TROFIMOVA, T., DE PRINS J., SPEIDEL, W. Global Information System on Pyraloidea [online]. 2003. Update: 25 October 2010. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: www.pyraloidea.org
  • SFORZI, Alessandra, BARTOLOZZI, Luca. Brentidae Billberg, 1820 (Brentinae, Cyphagoginae, Pholidochlamydinae, Taphroderinae, Trachelizinae, Ulocerinae) (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). In SFORZI, Alessandra, BARTOLOZZI, Luca (eds). Brentidae of the World (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Torino: 2004. Monografie del Museoregionale di Scienze naturali, 39, pp. 19-828

    ROGUET, Jean-Philippe. Lamiaires du Monde (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) [online]. 2004. Update: 13 May 2012. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: http://www.lamiinae.org/

    VÁSQUEZ, Carlos, QUIRÓS DE G., Magaly, APONTE, Orlando & SANDOVAL, María F. First report of Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in South America [online]. Brazil, Londrina: Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil, 2008. Neotropical Entomology, 37, 6, pp. 739-740. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). ISSN 1519-566X. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1519-566X2008000600019

    WILSON, Mike R., TURNER, James A. & MCKAMEY, Stuart H. Sharpshooter Leafhoppers of the World (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae subfamily Cicadellinae) [online]. United Kingdom: Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, 2009. (Accessed: 26 November 2006). Available at: http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/Sharpshooters

    WILSON, Mike R., TURNER, James A. Leafhopper, Planthopper and Psyllid Vectors of Plant Disease [online]. United Kingdom: Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, 2010. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/Vectors


For the plant taxonomy


  • CHASE, M. W., REVEAL, J. L. A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.2009, 161, 2, pp. 122–127. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.01002.x. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.01002.x
  • CHRISTENHUSZ, Maarten J.M., REVEAL, James L., FARJON, Aljos, GARDNER, Martin F. MILL, Robert R. & CHASE , Mark W. A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms [online]. Phytotaxa. 2001, 19, pp. 55-70. New Zealand, Auckland : Magnolia Press, 2011. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00019p070.pdf
  • Classification APG III [online]. Wikipédia, 2010. Update: 5 September 2013. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_APG_III
  • National Center for Biotechnology Information. Taxonomy [online]. United States, Bethesda : National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2011. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy

    THE ANGIOSPERM PHYLOGENY GROUP. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III [online]. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2009, 161, 2, pp. 105-121. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x

    THE ASTEREAE WORKING GROUP. Devoted to the Systematics and Evolution of the Aster Tribe [online]. UNM Herbarium, 2004. Updated: 17 November 2006. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: http://www.msb.unm.edu/herbarium/astereae/

    WCSP. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families [online]. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (Accessed: 26 November 2013). Available at: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/


For geographical data


  • International Organization for Standardization. ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes [1997]. Genève: ISO, 2006.
  • International Organization for Standardization. ISO 3166-2: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 2: Country subdivision code [1998]. Genève: ISO, 2007.
  • The distribution as well as relevant EPPO-protocols for the insects can be downloaded from the EPPO Global Database