1. Ontologizing morphological terms for Hymenoptera (Insecta) - implementing and benefiting from a controlled vocabulary Andrew R. Deans Gregory A. Riccardi Fredrik Ronquist School of Computational Science, Florida State University

2. Hymenoptera one of 4 megadiverse insect orders (>115,000 described spp.) includes sawflies, ants, bees, social wasps, parasitic wasps

3. Hymenoptera Relationships

4. HymAToL - Assembling the Tree of Life for Hymenoptera >30 people collaborating to resolve relationships between the major lineages of Hymenoptera molecules morphology

5. Terminological Issues same spelling but different structure (e.g., “face”)

6. same structure but different spelling Terminological Issues “unguis” or “(pre)tarsal claw”

7. Terminological Issues obscure terms outdated terms (=to be discouraged) or taxon-specific terms alitrunk gaster

8. Ontology - controlled, explicit vocabulary includes relationships (“part of”, “synonym of”, etc.) hierarchical treats outdated terminology terms are verbally defined and illustrated incorporates taxon-specificity Several ways to implement and benefit...

9. Search for - “claw” “pretarsus” “orbicula” “ungues” “unguis”

10. OR Search for - “pretarsus” + related terms

11. Annotations high-lighting feedback

12. Phylogenetic tools high-lighting feedback

13. Terminological Issues same spelling but different structure (e.g., “face”)

14. online atlas of hymenopteran morphology Other implementations/benefits “approved” terminology (ISH)

15. bioinformatics colleagues [Term] id: 587 name: scrobal groove def: "A horizontal groove on the mesopleuron that may be continuous with the episternal groove anteriorly and ends at the pleural grove posteriorly” ref: "Goulet H, Huber JT, 1993. Hymenoptera of the World: An Identification Guide to Families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada Publication 1894/E., Ottawa, ON. 668 pp.” link: " ” relationship: part_of 157 ! mesopleuron relationship: is_a 138 ! groove data dump REAL ONTOLOGY mx backend

16. NSF-funded MorphBank project (http://morphbank.net/) Neil Sarkar (AMNH), Donat Agosti (AMNH), Norm Johnson (OSU), Matt Yoder (TAMU), et alia plurima Acknowledgments