Database details : Cockroach Species File
| Database qualifiers | |
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| Coverage: |
Global |
| Completeness: | 100% |
| Checklist confidence: |
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| Full name: | Cockroach Species File UPDATED! |
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| Short name: | CockroachSF |
| Version: | 5.0/5.0, Jan 2015 |
| Release date: | 2015-01-28 |
| Authors/editors: | Beccaloni G.W. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Blattodea |
| English name of the group: | Cockroaches |
| Number of species | 4,558 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa | 120 |
| Number of synonyms: | 3,211 |
| Number of common names: | 142 |
| Total number of names: | 7,911 |
| Abstract: | The Cockroach Species File is a new name for BlattodeaSF. It is an up-to-date taxonomic catalogue of the world's cockroaches, excluding fossil species. Cockroaches belong to the order Blattodea (sometimes known as Blattaria) as too do the termites. In the past termites were thought to be a separate order, Isoptera, but recent work confirms that they are in fact blattodeans. The CockroachSF includes c. 6,700 scientific names (all ranks, valid and not valid) and c. 4,600 valid species are recognised. Images of museum specimens (especially types), plus pictures of living cockroaches are slowly being added. |
| Organization: | Natural History Museum, London, UK |
| Website: |
http://Cockroach.speciesfile.org |