Database details
| Full name: | Orthoptera Species File Online |
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| Short name: | OSF |
| Version: | 2.0/3.5, Oct 2009 |
| Release date: | 2009-10-23 |
| Authors/editors: | D.C. Eades & D. Otte |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Orthoptera |
| English name of the group: | Grasshoppers, locusts, katydids, crickets |
| Number of species: | 23,844 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 2,575 |
| Number of synonyms: | 19,381 |
| Number of common names: | 1,374 |
| Total number of names: | 47,174 |
| Abstract: | The Orthoptera Species File is a taxonomic database of the world's Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, katydids and crickets), both living and fossil. It has full synonymic and taxonomic information for more than 24,309 valid species, 40,910 scientific names, 153,615 citations to 12,160 references, 55,598 images, 186 sound recordings, 40,095 specimens, and keys to 2,604 taxa. |
| Organization: | The Orthopterists' Society; Illinois Natural History Survey, USA |
| Website: |
http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org |