Taxonomic Identification Tools

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A selection of taxonomic identification keys are included in the CPC on CD-ROM. These can be accessed from the Main menu or by selecting the Diagnostic keys menu on the menu bar. It is necessary to install CABIKEY software from the Program Manager before using these utilities. For specific advice, refer to the Help files in the keys.

Keys to Adult Diptera, Fruit flies, Nematodes and Weeds are available on the Web-CPC. Inclusion of the other keys on the Internet is planned for the future.


Contents

Arthropods

Arthropoda orders
GR Sandlant and GG Kibby, International Institute of Entomology.

Heteroptera

Key to Heteroptera families of agricultural importance
GM Stonedahl, International Institute of Entomology.

Homoptera

Key to Homoptera families
GW Watson, International Institute of Entomology, and MR Wilson, National Museum of Wales.

Lepidoptera (adults)

Key to families of Lepidoptera adults
JD Holloway and MA Cook, International Institute of Entomology.

Lepidoptera (caterpillars)

Key to Lepidoptera larvae
DJ Carter, The Natural History Museum, London.

Diptera

Key to adult Diptera
This key is primarily for flies reared from plant material but also includes the most important natural enemies.
Developed by IM White (technical contents) and CYL Schotman (software).

Fruit flies

Key to fruit fly genera (adults)
This key operates for adults of genera of tephritid fruit flies which are associated with fruit of economic importance and which are represented in the Crop Protection Compendium. 
Developed by IM White (technical contents) and CYL Schotman (software).

Dacus/Bactrocera

A CABIKEY to pest species of Dacini (Diptera, Tephritidae) from Oriental, Australasian and Oceanic regions
IM White (International Institute of Entomology) and DL Hancock (Queensland Department of Primary Industries).

Ceratitis and related genera

A CABIKEY to genus Ceratitis and related genera
IM White, The Natural History Museum, London.

Anastrepha

A CABIKEY to genus Anastrepha
This multiple entry key is derived from data included in a CD-ROM published by AL Norrbom et al. (1988, USDA). Software by IM White, International Institute of Entomology.

Rhagoletis

A CABIKEY to genus Rhagoletis
This multiple entry key is derived from data included in a CD-ROM published by AL Norrbom et al. (1988, USDA). Software by IM White, International Institute of Entomology.

Beetles

A CABIKEY to major beetle families and subfamilies
RG Booth, RB Madge and ML Cox, International Institute of Entomology.

Weeds

Compendium Weed Key
This is a key to 425 weeds and invasive plants with full or outline datasheets in the Crop Protection Compendium. It has been adapted by C Parker and PJ Terry from the University of Queensland's Declared plants of Australia key. It was developed using Lucid, a software package created by the Centre for Pest Information Technology and Transfer, at the University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Nematodes

An identification aid to genera of nematodes
This key is designed to operate for mature females of those plant parasitic nematode genera included in the Crop Protection Compendium.
Developed by D Hunt (contents) and CYL Schotman (software).

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