Database details
| Full name: | OrthopteraSF: Orthoptera Species File |
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| Short name: | OrthopteraSF |
| Version: | 2.0/4.0, Apr 2010 |
| Release date: | 2010-04-28 |
| Authors/editors: | Eades D.C., Otte D., Cigliano M.M., Braun H. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Orthoptera |
| English name of the group: | Grasshoppers, locusts, katydids, crickets |
| Number of species: | 24,424 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 2,582 |
| Number of synonyms: | 19,658 |
| Number of common names: | 1,374 |
| Total number of names: | 48,038 |
| 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 25,412 valid species, 42,535 scientific names, 166,050 citations to 12,513 references, 70,627 images, 189 sound recordings, 78,917 specimen records, and keys to 2,860 taxa. |
| Organization: | The Orthopterists' Society; Illinois Natural History Survey, USA |
| Website: |
http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org |