RESULTS TO DATE.-The taxonomic diversity of the IKIP hemipteran specimens identified to date consists of 52 species belonging to 37 genera in 7 families. Published results on this material include 5 new archipelago, and 23 new island, records representing 13 species (see New Hemiptera Records), and the description of 1 new species (see New Insect Species). All of these specimen records, complete with corresponding locality data, are on-line and fully searchable (see IKIP Databases). The taxonomists who have examined this material are listed below:

• KERZHNER, Izyaslav (Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia). Material examined: all heteropteran (except Gerridae) taxa from the 1994-1996 expeditions (Russian and U.S.A. team's collections).

• TACHIKAWA, Shyuji (Entomology Laboratory, Tokyo Agricultural University, Tokyo, Japan). Material examined: all gerrid (suborder Heteroptera) taxa from the 1994 expedition (U.S.A. team's collections).

• TAKAGI, Sadao (Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan). Material examined: all ortheziid (suborder Sternorrhyncha) taxa from the 1995 expedition.

RESEARCH PRODUCTS.-A checklist of all hemipteran generic and species identifications currently in the IKIP Database are available for each family. To view a corresponding check-list, click on the family name in the below classification (following Schuh, 1979; Carver et al., 1991; Wheeler et al., 1993; von Dohlen and Moran, 1995; see Classification References).

Suborder Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily Coccoidea

Family ORTHEZIIDAE

Suborder Heteroptera
Infraorder Gerromorpha

Family GERRIDAE
Infraorder Leptopodomorpha

Family SALDIDAE
Infraorder Cimicomorpha

Family MIRIDAE
Family NABIDAE
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Family LYGAEIDAE
Family PENTATOMIDAE
Family ACANTHOSOMATIDAE