Database details : Plecoptera Species File

Full name: Plecoptera Species File UPDATED!
Short name: PlecopteraSF
Version: 5.0/5.0, Dec 2015
Release date: 2015-12-02
Authors/editors: DeWalt R.E.; Maehr M., New-Becker U. & Stueber G.
Taxonomic coverage: Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Plecoptera
English name of the group: Stoneflies
Number of living species 3,591
Number of living infraspecific taxa 97
Number of extinct species: 228
Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: 0
Number of synonyms: 2,006
Number of common names: 711
Total number of names: 6,633
Abstract: The Plecoptera Species File is a taxonomic database of the world's stoneflies (order Plecoptera). It includes valid names, their synonyms, links to references, distribution, and specimen data.
Organization: Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign IL, USA; Max Planck Institute, Germany
Website: http://plecoptera.speciesfile.org
Bibliographic citation: DeWalt R.E.; Maehr M., New-Becker U. & Stueber G. (2025). PlecopteraSF: Plecoptera Species File (version 5.0/5.0, Dec 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.