REVSYS: Revisionary Synthesis of the Leafhopper Tribe Empoascini (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae)

REVSYS：叶蝉部落 Empoascini（半翅目，叶蝉科）的修正合成

• 批准号: 0715499
• 负责人: Christopher Dietrich
• 金额: $ 24万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-08-01 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0715499&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REVSYS; Revisionary; Synthesis; Leafhopper; Tribe

This project will use newly developed electronic tools to synthesize information on the morphology, geographic distribution, and taxonomic nomenclature for the approximately 1,000 species of the leafhopper tribe Empoascini. This leafhopper tribe is an ecologically and economically important group of plant sap-sucking insects distributed worldwide. Identification of species is currently difficult because relevant information is either scattered throughout the literature or unpublished, existing only on museum specimen labels. Specific goals of this project include (1) entering morphological and distributional data for each species into an internet-accessible relational database; (2) using the database to create on-line interactive identification keys, species descriptions, distribution maps, and tables of host-plant associations; (3) publishing traditional taxonomic monographs for genera and species of Empoascini; and, (4) upgrading taxonomic software developed as part of a previous REVSYS project to make it more versatile and user-friendly.By providing improved electronic tools for taxonomic revsionary studies, this project will help remove the taxonomic impediment to biological research by enabling taxonomists to become more efficient at producing revisions and identification keys. By synthesizing ecological data and providing the first comprehensive taxonomic treatment of this large group of plant-feeding insects, the project will facilitate detection, identification, and management of species of actual or potential economic importance.

该项目将使用新开发的电子工具来综合关于叶蝉部落Empoascini约1,000种的形态、地理分布和分类命名的信息。这个叶蝉部落是一个生态和经济上都很重要的吸液植物昆虫群，分布于世界各地。物种鉴定目前很困难，因为相关信息要么散布在文献中，要么未出版，只存在于博物馆标本标签上。该项目的具体目标包括：(1)将每个物种的形态和分布数据输入到互联网可访问的关系数据库中；(2)使用该数据库创建在线交互式识别检索表、物种描述、分布图和寄主-植物关联表；(3)出版Empoascini属和种的传统分类专著；以及(4)升级作为先前REVsys项目的一部分开发的分类学软件，使其更具通用性和用户友好性。通过为分类学修订研究提供改进的电子工具，该项目将通过使分类学家能够更高效地产生修订和识别检索表来帮助消除生物学研究的分类学障碍。通过综合生态数据并对这一大群以植物为食的昆虫进行首次全面的分类处理，该项目将有助于检测、识别和管理具有实际或潜在经济重要性的物种。