著者

神保 宇嗣 鈴木 隆之

出版者

日本動物分類学会

雑誌

タクサ : 日本動物分類学会誌 (ISSN:13422367)

巻号頁・発行日

no.20, pp.6-14, 2006-02-20

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This article reviews our Internet project activities to establish on-line databases of Japanese moths. Though many large on-line databases of moths are available in the world, only a few resources were available in Japan until our projects began. Our projects consist of the following three parts. "An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone" (http://www.jpmoths.org/) is a huge database which stores 12,000 photographs of 3,200 species. "List MJ: A tentative checklist of Japanese moths" (http://listmj.mothprog.com/) is an up-to-date checklist of Japanese moths. "Gaml" (http://www.mothprog.com/moth/gaml) is a mailing-list for exchanging various information concerning taxonomic, ecological and faunastic studies on moths. One of these "Everyone's Handmade Identification Guide…" is a characteristic project. Most of photographs in this database are taken and identified by anonymous collaborators including some researchers. When a contributor posts a moth image on the bulletin board at the website, someone identifies the image and then the webmaster registers the identified image in the database. These projects provide a communication base for all those interested in moths. They are also useful for researchers since the posted images sometimes include remarkable information for them. These projects will contribute to international projects of biodiversity databases. Further information gathering and improving of accuracy of identification are issues in the future.