Database details
| Full name: | Phasmida Species File |
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| Short name: | PSF |
| Version: | 3.4, Nov 2008 |
| Release date: | 2008-11-01 |
| Authors/editors: | P. Brock |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Phasmida |
| English name of the group: | Stick and leaf insects |
| Number of species: | 2,946 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 99 |
| Number of synonyms: | 3,459 |
| 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 |
| Website: |
http://phasmida.speciesfile.org |