Electronic Biologia Centrali-Americana
Contributors: Salvin, Osbert, 1835-1898; Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Zoology; Biology; Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Description and travel
Other titles: Biologia centrali-americana, Electronic; EBCA; Biologia Centrali-Americana : zoology, botany and archaeology.
Description: This digital edition of the important and out of print Biologia Centrali Americana makes all 58 biological volumes available. Descriptions of over 50,000 and images of over 18,000 species of animals and plants are now accessible as never before.
Notes: Title from home page (last viewed Sept. 7, 2007).

"A Smithsonian Institution Libraries digital ed.", <2005-   > ; "BCA digital ed.", <2007-   >.

EBCA is part of the Biologica Centrali-Americana Centennial project (BCAC). The digitized version of the text are included except for the anthropology sections. The text will be rekeyed adding a fully searchable aspect to the print set. Species and other taxa will be viewable individually, and links established from suitable points to collections databases, catalogues of names, other digitized texts, and web tools. More modern treatments and descriptions will be added to the original work. All relevant data sources will be made available through a single access point.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Zoology, botany, archaelogy. Introductory volume.; title: v. 2 Mammalia.; title: v. 3-6 Aves.; title: v. 7. Reptilia and Batrachia.; title: v. 8. Pisces.; title: v. 9. Land and freshwater Mollusca.; title: v. 10-11. Arachnida - Araneidea.; title: v. 12. Arachnida. Scorpiones, Pedipalpi, and Solifugae.; title: v. 13. Arachnida Acaridea.; title: v. 14. Chilopoda and Diplopoda; title: v. 15-32. Insecta. Coleoptera.; title: v. 33-35. Insecta. Hymenoptera.; title: v. 36-38. Insecta. Lepidoptera - Rhopalocera.; title: v. 39-42. Insecta. Lepidoptera - Heterocera.; title: v. 43-45. Insecta. Diptera.; title: v. 46-47. Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera.; title: v. 48-49. Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Homoptera.; title: v.50. Insecta. Neuroptera. Ephemeridae.; title: v. 51-52. Insecta. Orthoptera.; title: v. 53-57. Botany.