Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

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Search the databases of the INHS and UI Museum of Natural History specimen collections.

CHECKLISTS AND DATABASES
(NOTE: Illinois specific lists are marked with )

ALL TAXA

•  Critical Trends Assessment Program (CTAP) Species Search
•  Illinois Species Database
•  List of Illinois Taxa (and Numbers of Species)
•  Lost Mound Field Station Checklist
•  Threatened and Endangered Species in Illinois (IDNR)

AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES

• UIMNH Amphibian & Reptile Type Collection
•  Illinois Amphibian & Reptile Distributions
  • By County
  • By Species
• INHS Amphibian & Reptile Collection Database
• INHS Frozen Tissue Collection Database

ANNELID CHECKLISTS & DATABASES

• Aphanoneuran and Clitellate Annelida Occurring in the U.S. and Canada
•  Aquatic Annelida of Illinois
•  Terrestrial Annelida of Illinois
•  Terrestrial Oligochaeta (Earthworms) of Illinois

BIRD CHECKLISTS & DATABASES

•  Illinois Birds (taxonomy, distribution, status, & ecology)
•  Birds of Illinois (checklist)
•  Spring Birdcount Database
•  IL Breeding Bird Atlas
• INHS/University of Illinois Museum of Natural History Bird Collection Database

CRUSTACEAN CHECKLISTS & DATABASES

•  Crustacea of Illinois
• INHS Crustacean Collection Database

FISH CHECKLISTS & DATABASES

• INHS Fish Collection Database
•  Illinois Fish Species List with distribution maps
•  Restoration of Fish Communities of the Illinois River

INSECT CHECKLISTS AND DATABASES

• INHS Insect Collection Database (also incl. Arachnida, Myriapoda, Onychophora, & Xiphosurida)
• Insect Primary Type Specimen Lists
• 3I Interactive Keys and Taxonomic Databases
  • Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha
  • Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphis in the Midwestern US
• Blattodea Species File Online
• C.A. Bridges, III Insect Collection (Lepidoptera and Odonata)
• Checklist of North American Aradidae
• Ecological Database of the World’s Insect Pathogens (EDWIP)
• Leafhopper Egg Brochosomes Image Database
• Mandala database system for systematics & biodiversity research
  • **World Therevidae (stiletto flies)
  • Arthropod Survey of Fiji
  • **FLYTREE: Diptera Tree of Life
    
• Mexican Bees Database
• Orthoptera Species File Online
• Phasmida species file online
• Viral Diseases of Insects in the Literature (VIDIL)
•  Checklist of Illinois Aradidae
•  Checklist of Illinois Nepomorpha (Heteroptera)
•  Checklist of Illinois Gerromorpha Heteroptera)
•  Checklist of Known Illinois Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
•  Illinois Odonata Checklist

MAMMAL CHECKLISTS & DATABASES:

•  Mammals of Illinois
• INHS Mammal Collection Database

MOLLUSK CHECKLISTS & DATABASES:

• INHS Mollusk Collection Database
•  Aquatic Mollusca of Illinois
• Freshwater Mollusk Bibliography
• Mussel Researchers
• Systematic Research Collections
• Freshwater Mussels of Venezuela
•  Field Guide to Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest

PLANTS CHECKLISTS & DATABASES

• Digital Flowers
•  INHS Vascular Plant Database
•  Gallery of Illinois Plants
•  Native Prairie Plants A-H
•  Native Prairie Plants I-Z
•  Native Shrubs
•  Native Trees
•  Woody Plants Native or Naturalized in Illiniois A-M
•  Woody Plants Native or Naturalized in Illiniois N-Z
•  Vascular Plants at Site M, Cass County, Illinois
•  Plant Species at Revis Hill Prairie Nature Preserve, Mason County, Illinois
•  Plant Species at Three Natural Blacksoil Prairie Remnants in Central Illinois