FAUNA PARAGUAY INVERTEBRATE LINKS

FAUNA Paraguay Useful Invertebrate Links
The following links are relevant to Invertebrate study in Paraguay and the Neotropics. It is a selective list of the best websites. Links should work directly, if they do not try typing them manually and please report the faulty link to us so that we can fix it! If you have a relevant webpage and would like to swap links with us please contact us!

Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera):

http://www.faunaparaguay.com/butterflies.html Largest selection of Paraguayan butterfly photos available on the web. RECOMMENDED

http://neotropicalbutterflies.com/ Images of Neotropical butterflies with its own identification forum http://neotropicalbutterflies.com/phpBB3/index.php RECOMMENDED

http://www.mundobutterfly.com.ar Images of Argentinean butterflies with details on distribution, many of which also occur in Paraguay.

http://www.fotosaves.com.ar/FotosMariposas/FotosMariposas.html Another good source of Argentinean butterfly photos.

http://www.funet.fi/ Detailed taxonomy of the world´s butterflies with distribution information and synonyms. RECOMMENDED

http://www.lepbarcoding.org/cl_saturnid.php List of Saturnid moths.

http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/indexos.htm Bill Oehlke´s Saturnid moths of the world. This is a pay site but worth it if you are interested in this group! RECOMMENDED

http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/danjansphinx.htm Bill Oehlke´s Sphingidae of the Americas RECOMMENDED

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/hostplants/ Directory of world species and their known host plants. RECOMMENDED

http://www.cate-sphingidae.org Everything you need to know about Sphingidae Hawk-moths, when complete this page will contain images and downloadable lists of the worlds species. FAUNA Paraguay contributes data to the database project.

Dragonflies (Odonata):

http://www.dragonflies.org/ Digital Dragonfly Project

http://www.ups.edu/x6140.xml World checklist of the Odonata.

http://www.calopteryx.de/idf/ International Dragonfly Fund

Bees, Ants and Wasps (Hymenoptera):

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/bombus/ World Checklist of Bumble Bees.

http://www.biology.usu.edu/labsites/pompilidweb/Keys_New_World.htm University of Utah Pompilid project

http://www.faunaparaguay.com/wasppdfs.html Downloadable publications on Paraguayan hymenoptera RECOMMENDED

Spiders (Arachnida):

http://www.arachnology.org/ Checklists, links and everything to do with spiders including an extensive bibliography.

http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/INTRO1.html World Spider Catalogue including a world species list. RECOMMENDED

Cockroaches, Mantids and Termites (Dictyoptera):

http://www.angelfire.com/oh2/Roaches/ Allpet Roaches

http://blattodea.speciesfile.org/HomePage.aspx Blattodea species file

http://www.earthlife.net/insects/isoptera.html Background information about Termites.

Grasshoppers and Crickets (Orthoptera):

http://osf2.orthoptera.org/HomePage.aspx Taxonomic database of the world´s Orthopterans

Flies (Diptera):

http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/diptera/BIOSYS.HTM Biosystematic Database of Diptera

Other groups:

http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/rider/Pentatomoidea/Bibliography/bibliography.htm Extensive Stink Bug site with downloadable pdfs. RECOMMENDED

http://www.whatsthatbug.com Great bug site and webmasters can help you with identifications.

http://entweb.clemson.edu/database/trichopt/ World checklist of Trichoptera

http://www.diptera.info/weblinks.php?cat_id=1 World checklist of Dolichopodidae.

http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/selhome/leafhoppers/HTML/T.html World checklist of Leafhoppers.

http://www.ento.csiro.au/thysanoptera/worldthrips.html World checklist of Thrips

http://www.collembola.org/ World checklist of Collembola.

http://www.calacademy.org/research/entomology/Entomology_Resources/mecoptera/index.html World checklist of Mecoptera.

http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/country_pages/species_by_country2.htm World list of crayfish by country

General:

http://images.nbii.gov/ Massive databank of biological images worldwide, including some 1300 from Paraguay.

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl Publications of the National Museum of Natural History in the Netherlands with thousands of downloadable references from their publications, many dealing with invertebrates. RECOMMENDED

Global Organisations:

http://www.conservation.org/ Conservation International

http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org Detailed information on the worlds major biomes

http://www.cites.org/ CITES

http://www.wwf.org/ World Wildlife Fund

http://www.iucnredlist.org/ IUCN Redlist of Threatened species of the world

http://www.sp2000.org/ Indexing the world’s known species, currently nearly a one million species listed.

National Organisations:

http://www.faunaparaguay.com/ecosarahome.html ECOSARA Ecological Station at San Rafael RECOMMENDED

http://www.salvemoslos.com.py Site highlighting the dangers facing Paraguayan flora and fauna

http://www.mbertoni.org.py/ Fundación Moises Bertoni. Private conservation organisation charged with protection of Mbaracayú Reserve

http://procosara.org PROCOSARA NGO responsible for the conservation of San Rafael National Park

http://www.seam.gov.py/ Secretario del Medio Ambiente (SEAM). Government Environment Ministry.

http://www.sobrevivencia.org.py/ Sobrevivencia. Organisation involved in indigenous rights and conservation issues.

http://www.paraguaysilvestre.org.py/ Paraguay Silvestre. Government conservation initiative

http://www.naturalparaguay.org/ Natural Land Trust

http://www.desdelchaco.org.py/ Fundación Desde el Chaco. Promotes sustainable development in the Chaco

http://www.tierranuestra.org.py/ Tierra Nuestra

http://www.wwf.org.py/ World Wildlife Fund Paraguay

http://www.ippa.org.py/ Instituto Paraguayo de Protección Ambiental

http://www.idea.org.py/ Instituto de Derecho y Economia Ambiental (IDEA). Environmental law organisation.