Novel cybercatalog of flower-loving flies suggests the digital future of taxonomy

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 12:20 in Biology & Nature

By providing a novel taxonomic 'cybercatalog' of the southern African flower-loving (apiocerid) flies, the authors demonstrate how the network of taxonomic knowledge can be made available through links to online data providers. The information is not only available to the reader, who follows the links, but also to machines making use of the growing number of digital online resources.

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