Citation of ScaleNet

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Citation Information

• Authors--
      If citing a general text portion of ScaleNet-- Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P.
      If citing a taxonomic catalogue-- See Listing below for authors of specific families.
      If citing a reference query-- Veilleux, K., Miller, D.R. & Ben-Dov, Y.
  
• Title-- ScaleNet (Also include page title from top of browser window).
  
• Date - The date should be either the last update, as presented at the bottom of the cited page, or the date given at the bottom of the ScaleNet home page.
  
• Length-- ScaleNet is not paginated.
  
• URL/Source-- To be copied from address bar in browser window or cite the home page: http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/scalenet.htm

Examples ScaleNet Citations

• To cite the Life Histories page:
  Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. 2001. ScaleNet, Life Histories. 27 June 2001. http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/lifehist.htm

• From the Scales in a Region query, you can list all Eriococcidae in Kenya. This results page would be cited as:
  Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. 2001. ScaleNet, Scales in a Country Query Results. 27 June 2001. http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalecgi/region.exe?region=F&family=Eriococcidae&country=KEN&genus=&intro =No&subunit=®name=Afrotropical&ctryname=&action =Submit+Query&querytype=Country+Query

• The citation of any taxonomic catalogue is slightly more complicated as the different scale families have different authors listed below. A citation for the catalogue of Eriococcus coccineus would appear as follows:
  Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 2001. ScaleNet, Eriococcus coccineus. 27 June 2001. http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/catalogs/eriococc/Eriococcuscoccineus.htm

• The citation of a reference query, such as all references published between 2000 and 2001 would appear as:
  Veilleux, K., Miller, D.R. & Ben-Dov, Y. 2001. ScaleNet, References Between Two Dates Query Results. 27 June 2001. http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalecgi/ refdates.exe?begdate=2000&enddate=2001

Family Database Authors

• Aclerdidae: Ben-Dov, Y.
• Beesoniidae: Ben-Dov, Y.
• Carayonemidae: Ben-Dov, Y.
• Cerococcidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Coccidae: Ben-Dov, Y.
• Conchaspididae: Ben-Dov, Y.
• Dactylopiidae: Ben-Dov, Y.
• Diaspididae Aspidiotinae, Comstockiellinae & Odonaspidinae: Ben-Dov, Y.
• Diaspididae Diaspidinae & Leucaspidinae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E
• Electrococcidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Eriococcidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Grimaldiellidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E
• Halimococcidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Inkaidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Jersicoccidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E
• Kermesidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Kerriidae: Ben-Dov, Y.
• Kukaspididae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Labiococcidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E
• Lecanodiaspididae: Ben-Dov, Y.
• Micrococcidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Ortheziidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Phenacoleachiidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Phoenicococcidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.
• Pseudococcidae: Ben-Dov, Y.
• Stictococcidae: Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E.