Hopkins U.S. System Index (HUSSI)

The Hopkins U.S. System Index (HUSSI) is an information resource for forest entomologists, systematic entomologists, pest management specialists, foresters, and students. It is a collection of notes on thousands of insect and damage specimens from forests or wood products taken mainly in the United States, with some from Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America and other regions. Specimens related to the records are in collections at several USDA Forest Service installations; at the U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; and at several universities. The paper-based system, conceptualized by Dr. A.D. Hopkins in 1894 and formally initiated by the USDA in 1902, now contains over 160,000 written records. Some of these records have been digitized as follows.

The database includes information on location, date, taxon, insect and plant host association; other searches, measurements, and quantitative data; and other information in tabular or narrative form. The original database file was designed for importing into dBase, Access, FoxBase, RBase, Paradox, and other XBase-type programs. The data dictionary describes information entered in the 16 fields abstracted from the Hopkins U.S. System records. Then you can structure specific queries and reports that show:

Plant hosts
Insect hosts
Parasites & predators
Geographic distribution
Collection dates and collectors
Location of original written notes
Location of insect or damage specimens