Get species sub/infraorder, family and genus from the World Spider Catalogue.
Usage
taxonomy(tax, check = FALSE, aut = FALSE, id = FALSE, order = FALSE)
Value
A data.frame with species and taxonomy.
Arguments
tax
A taxon name or vector with taxa names.
check
species names should be replaced by possible matches in the WSC if outdated.
aut
add species authorities.
id
the lsid should be returned.
order
Order taxa names alphabetically or keep as in tax.
Details
This function will get species sub/infraorder, family and genus from the World Spider Catalogue (2025). Optionally, it will correct the species names (using function checknames) and provide the lsid and authors from the WSC (using functions lsid and authors).
References
World Spider Catalog (2025). World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch. doi: 10.24436/2.
if (FALSE) {
taxonomy("Symphytognathidae", order = TRUE, aut = TRUE)
taxonomy(c("Nemesia machadoi", "Nemesia bacelari"), check = TRUE, aut = TRUE, id = TRUE)
}