Sources
Table 1. Data sources and the associated abbreviations. the last column states what the data contributed to. Only if ‘species’ was mentioned, new species were added that were not yet in the other data sources. Many sources contribute to validation of species names.
| name | code | source | contribution |
| Barcode of Life Database | BOLD | http://boldsystems.org | species, barcodes, taxonomy |
| Fauna Europaea | FE | http://gbif.org | species, synonyms, taxonomy |
| Lepiforums Europaliste der Schmetterlinge | LF | http://lepiforum.org | species, synonyms, valid names |
| World register of marine species |
WORMS | http://marinespecies.org | species, synonyms, valid names |
| FishBase | FB | http://fishbase.se
Checklistbank.org (COL) |
species, synonyms, valid names |
| Integrated Taxonomic Information System |
ITIS | http://itis.gov | synonyms, valid names |
| Catalogue of palearctic Heteroptera |
CoPH | http://catpalhet.linnaeus.naturalis.nl | species, synonyms, valid names |
| Diversity Taxon Names | DTN | http://diversityworkbench.net | species, synonyms, valid names |
| Hymenoptera Information System |
HySi | http://hymis.net | synonyms, valid names |
| Systema Diptorum | SyDip | http://diptera.org Checklistbank.org (COL) | synonyms,valid names |
| syrphidae.com | Syr | http://syrphidae.com | species |
| Reptile Database | RDB | http://reptile-database.org
Checklistbank.org (COL) |
species, synonyms, valid names |
| iNaturalist Germany | iNat | inaturalist.org | occurrence |
Experts
Table 2. Abbreviations of experts who have worked manually on the validation of species names and the recognition of synonyms
| name | abbreviation |
| Axel Hausmann (ZSM-SNSB) | AH |
| Elisabeth Stur (NTNU) | ES |
| Elisabeth Stur (NTNU) and Reinhard Gerecke |
ES |
| Anna Somogyi (HNHM) | AS |
| Balázs Tóth (HNHM) | BT |
| Fabian Deister (ZSM-SNSB) | FD |
| Markus Unsöld (ZSM-SNSB) | MU |