TAXA is a software system that manages records of taxonomic names. It operates on any IBM compatible personal computer with a hard disk memory. All published taxonomic and biological information can be entered into the system, for example, the author's name, the year of original description, current and past combinations, current and past junior synonyms, description, distribution, revision, catalogues, biology, hosts etc. Each entry includes a source reference. The taxa are arranged in a taxonomic hierarchical tree with kingdom as the highest possible level and subspecies and synonyms as the lowest level.
TAXA can create various lists of species depending on the conditions set for the search proceduer, e.g., a list of taxa parasitizing a certain host, a list of taxa occurring in Canada or a list of types in a museum. TAXA can also generate various statistics, e.g. the regional disribution or the average body size of any taxonomic group. the Ichneumonidae data set includes 35,173 names, 485,883 records of referenced information and 921 digitized line drawings taken from 4,351 references covering the period from 1900 to 1990. The program and data set occupy 19 megabytes of memory.
2) REFIND is an IBM compatible software system that manages references for fast retrieval. Each reference is composed of an identification number, the year of publication, the name or names of the author, the title of the reference, the source from which the reference was found and comments. REFIND is capable of creating bibliography and importing and exporting references.
To order, send to:
Dicky S. Yu
P.O. Box 273
Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 3Y7, CANADA
To receive TAXA and the Ichneumonidae data set (fourteen 3 1/2 "e HD disks).
Prices: TAXA US$300.00/Can$375.00; REFIND US$30.00/Can$37.50
Note: Canadian order please add 7% G.S.T. No postage will be added to prepaid order.