Biodiversity Map
True Bugs of Poland
Summary
Families
78
Genera
806
Species
2313
Records
64238
Publications
974

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About the Initiative

Hemiptera Poloniae is a country-wide scientific initiative created within the Polish Biodiversity Information Network (KSIB), in cooperation of the University of Warsaw and the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS. It brought together specialists, both professionals and amateur entomologists. We cooperate also with the Polish Entomological Society.

Aims and scope of activities

Our goal is to create a complete and up-to-date source of knowledge on true bugs (Hemiptera) fauna of Poland. We use all available documented information on distribution and biology of the species. The main sources are scientific papers, specimens in collections and photographs documenting observations. The results are available by the database Biodiversity Map and as standard publications.

The Database

Its foundation was digitization of 5 volumes of the Catalogus Faunae Poloniae (KFP, Part XXI — Hemiptera), published in 1967-1985 by the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS. Its transformed content became a cornerstone for the Hemiptera@PL Database, built in 2011. After the launch of the Biodiversity Map project, the database was supplied with new data and its enhanced form works as BioMap Database (simplified from Biodiversity Map).