Cybertaxonomy to accomplish big things in aphid systematics

作     者：Colin Favret 

作者机构：Department of Biological Sciences University of Montreal Biodiversity Centre 4101 rue Sherbrooke est Montreal Quebec Canada 

出 版 物：《Insect Science》 (昆虫科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2014年第21卷第3期

页      面：392-399页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 09[农学] 081201[工学-计算机系统结构] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Aphididae collection cyberspecimen database museum specimen 

摘      要：Biodiversity sciences have progressed at such a pace that the taxonomic community has been unable to grow concomitantly to keep up with the influx of biologicaldata. This ＂taxonomic impediment＂ has led some to suggest that taxonomy is no longer pertinent and to the development of methodologies that circumvent the taxonomic *** article does not seek to argue for the importance of taxonomy but rather is a call to the aphid taxonomy community to rise to the challenge by dramatically increasing the volume and comprehensiveness of its output without sacrificing quality. Recent informatics technology allows us to mobilize the 2 most important aphid taxonomy resources： expertsand specimens, both distributed globally. ＂Cyberspecimens,＂ museum specimens digitally rendered at a resolution sufficient for remote identification, and open ＂cybertaxonomic＂tools will allow the international aphid taxonomic community to carry out large, ambitious, projects. The global aphid cybertaxonomy proposed here will serve not only the ends ofresearch aphidologists, but also provide a model for other taxonomic communities to adapt and adopt as we confront both the taxonomic impediment and the taxonomic naysayers.