Full name: |
Orthoptera Species File UPDATED!
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Short name: |
OrthopteraSF |
Version: |
5.0, Dec 2016 |
Release date: |
2016-11-29 |
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 living species |
26,781 |
Number of living infraspecific taxa |
2,648 |
Number of extinct species: |
737 |
Number of extinct infraspecific taxa: |
0 |
Number of synonyms: |
22,751 |
Number of common names: |
1,937 |
Total number of names: |
54,854 |
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, Champaign IL, USA |
Website: |
http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org |
Bibliographic citation: |
Eades D.C., Otte D., Cigliano M.M., Braun H. (2017). OrthopteraSF: Orthoptera Species File (version 5.0, Dec 2016). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. |