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    DOI10.48580/dgr6n

    Checklist dataset Registered March 02, 2011

    Catalogue of Life

    Published by The Catalogue of Life Partnership
    www.checklistbank.org
    LicenceCC BY 4.0

    Description

    The Catalogue of Life is an assembly of expert-based global species checklists with the aim to build a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth. Continuous progress is made towards completion, but for now, it probably includes just over 80% of the world’s known species. The Catalogue of Life estimates 2.3M extant species on the planet recognised by taxonomists at present time. This means that for many groups it continues to be deficient, and users may notice that many species are still missing from the Catalogue.

    What's new in 2025 Annual Checklist?New global checklists:
    • AntCat replaced family Formicidae from ITIS (3 updates)
    • Háva's Catalogue: World catalogue of selected Coleoptera families (Derodontidae)
    • ITIS new global checklists for ladybird beetle tribe Epilachnini & genus Rhyzobius in Coccinellidae family) (12 updates)
    • LPSN Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-Date (PNU) replaced ITIS Archaea & Bacteria (2 updates)
    • SF Permopsocida (3 updates)
    • WoRMS Mysidacea: World List of Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida and Mysida replaced order Mysida from ITIS and added new global checklists for crustacean orders Stygiomysida and †Pygocephalomorpha (3 updates)
    113 checklists have been updated in year cycle:
    • 3i Auchenorrhyncha (11 updates)
    • Alucitoidea (3 updates)
    • Bryonames (3 updates)
    • CCW (2 updates)
    • Collembola.org
    • Entiminae (11 updates)
    • FishBase via Aphia at VLIZ
    • Gelechiidae (7 updates)
    • GLI (9 updates)
    • Global Gracillariidae (5 updates)
    • Hepialidae (2 updates)
    • ICTV MSL (2 updates)
    • ITIS (12 updates)
    • LWS fleas
    • Pterophoroidea (6 updates)
    • Scarabs (12 updates)
    • Sesiidae (6 updates)
    • SF Aphid (10 updates)
    • SF Chrysididae (11 updates)
    • SF Coleorrhyncha (2 updates)
    • SF Coreoidea (11 updates)
    • SF Dermaptera (11 updates)
    • SF Embioptera (8 updates)
    • SF Grylloblattodea (2 updates)
    • SF Grylloblattodea
    • SF Isoptera (11 updates)
    • SF Lygaeoidea (11 updates)
    • SF Mantodea (11 updates)
    • SF Mantophasmatodea (2 updates)
    • SF Orthoptera (11 updates)
    • SF Phasmida (11 updates)
    • SF Plecoptera (11 updates)
    • SF Psocodea (11 updates)
    • SF Zoraptera (2 updates)
    • Systema Dipterorum (3 updates)
    • The Scorpion Files
    • TITAN (2 updates)
    • Tortricid.net
    • UCD
    • WCO (11 updates)
    • WCVP-Fabaceae
    • WFO Pinopsida
    • WLoC
    • WOL (11 updates)
    • World Ferns (7 updates)
    • World Plants (5 updates)
    • WoRMS, 66 checklists (11 updates)
    • WSC
    Other changes:
    • Coleoptera management classification has been updated according to Coleoptera type genera and family-group names by P. Bouchard, 2024 (digital resource in the Checklistbank).

    Geographic scope

    Description

    Global

    Bounding box

    Taxonomic scope

    Description

    Biota

    Coverage

    Bibliography

    • Kirk, P. M. (2025). Species Fungorum Plus. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life (Annual Checklist 2025). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dg9ld-4hj
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    • Háva, J. (2025). World catalogue of selected Coleoptera families. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life (Annual Checklist 2025). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgnfb-gmcp
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    Registration date
    March 02, 2011
    Metadata last modified
    June 20, 2025
    Publication date
    June 13, 2025
    Hosted by
    The Catalogue of Life Partnership
    Installation
    COL Checklist Bank
    Endpoints
    Darwin Core Archive
    Preferred identifier
    10.48580/dgr6n
    Alternative identifiers
    DOI10.48580/dgqdn
    DOI10.48580/dgplc
    DOI10.48580/dgnz3
    DOI10.48580/dgnfb
    DOI10.48580/dglq4

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    Citation

    Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2025). Catalogue of Life (Annual Checklist 2025). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgr6n