Full name:

Phasmida Species File

Short name:

PSF

Version:

3.4, Nov 2008

Release date:

November 1st, 2008

Authors/editors:

P Brock

Taxonomic coverage:

Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Phasmida

Number of species names:

2,946 accepted names; 3,407 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

99 accepted names; 52 synonyms

Number of common names:

348

Total number of names:

6,852

Abstract:

This database was inputted by David Eades and his team (Illinois Natural History Survey) from Daniel Otte and Paul Brock’s 2005 book Phasmida Species File. Catalog of stick and leaf insects of the world. It contains full synonymic and taxonomic information, numerous citations to references and images and is being continually updated by the author (Paul Brock) and his small team of helpers, making it user friendly to taxonomists and rearers.

Organization:

The Natural History Museum, London, UK

Web site:

http://phasmida.speciesfile.org