World Catalogue of Insects (WCI)

World Catalogue of Insects is a scholarly monographic series dedicated to compiling comprehensive taxonomic catalogues of insect groups from around the world. It is published by Apollo Books and serves as an essential reference for entomologists, taxonomists, biodiversity researchers, and museum curators. Each volume in the series focuses on a specific insect order, family, or subfamily, providing detailed and authoritative listings of all known species within that group. The catalogues typically include valid scientific names, synonyms, classification hierarchies, geographic distributions, and references to original descriptions and key taxonomic literature. This makes the series a critical resource for ensuring consistency and accuracy in insect nomenclature and classification. The World Catalogue of Insects plays a vital role in supporting biodiversity research, conservation planning, and ecological studies by offering standardized and verified taxonomic information. It also contributes to global efforts in documenting species diversity and understanding evolutionary relationships among insects.

World Catalogue of Insects (WCI) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Entomology, Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Zoology, Systematics, essential reference for entomologists, taxonomists, biodiversity researchers, museum curators, The catalogues typically include valid scientific names, synonyms, classification hierarchies, geographic distributions , Online , Irregular Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN E-ISSN: 1398-8700, Established: 1998,
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE