Re: list of genera

John Harshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Gordon D. Pusch wrote:
> 
>>  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vr.R.Bejsak-Colloredo-Mansfeld) writes:
>> 
>>> Would you be so kind and write to me if you can send to me: "The list
>>>  of genera of coleoptera of the world" of the group coleoptera
>>  Go to <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/taxonomyhome.html/>,
>>  enter "coleoptera" into the "Search for" box, and select "Token set"
>>  from the "As" menu.
> 
> That should only give you the groups for which there is sequence in
> GenBank. 

No, it gives you thosee groups which have been entered into the NCBI
Taxonomy Database. It is my understandanding that =EVERY= named genus 
and species is included in the NCBI Taxonomy Database --- NOT merely 
those which have been deposited in GenBank.


> And it looks to me as if there are many families with no members
> included, much less a list of all genera.

Please cite an example of a family that is =NOT= listed in the NCBI Taxonomy.


-- Gordon D. Pusch   

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