About
Why a website about Auchenorrhyncha?
The main reason to start a website on Western Palearctic Auchenorrhyncha was the lack of summarized information on taxonomy, ecology and distribution in this area. While searching the web, scanning books, reading publications and digitizing collections, I came up with the idea to publish all this collected information on a website.
This website has several goals:
- Making this most interesting group of insects accessible for a wider public, from entomologists to nature photographers who want to look up which species they photographed.
- Collecting as much information as possible on distribution, ecology and taxonomy of Western Palearctic Auchenorrhyncha and showing this information in a clear way.
- Collecting photos of as many species as possible.
- Creating several, easily usable identification keys.
How is this website built?
Many people contributed to this website as it is today. I am especially thankful for the help of Jelle Jacobsen for building the entire website from scratch. Without his help this project would have failed in the earliest stage. Several people helped through the contribution of publications, information and photos. Especially thanks to Gernot Kunz for providing pictures of hundreds of species and his help in the search for specific literature. A list of contributors can be found below. As this website is non-financed, every single contribution is done voluntarily.
Area
This website covers the complete Western Palearctic area. The following areas are distinguished: Åland Islands, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, France – Corsica, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greece – Crete, Guernsey, Vatican (Holy See) Vatican, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Italy – Sardinia, Italy – Sicily, Jersey, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Portugal – Azores, Portugal – Madeira, Republic of Kosovo, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia (northern part), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Spain - Canary Islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Western Sahara.
Contributions and contact
Everyone can make contributions by sending photos, additional information and corrections. All data will be implemented as quickly as possible. Only published data can be used, please always add a scan or pdf of the publication. Contributions can be send to Marco de Haas.
| Name | Contribution |
|---|---|
| Marco de Haas | Editor |
| Jelle Jacobsen | Web designer |
| Gernot Kunz | Providing photos and publications |
| Adrià Miralles | Providing photos |
| Rudy Soethof | Providing photos |
| Petri Metsälä | Providing photos |
| Petri Parkko | Providing photos |
| Arto Muinonen | Providing photos |
| Jan Ligtenberg | Providing photos |
| Ilia Gjonov | Providing photos |
| Francesco Poggi | Providing photos and publications |
| Kees den Bieman | Providing specimens for photography |
| Max Caspers | Providing access to the RMNH collection to photograph specimens |