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The following databases and websites are based on Species File Software: |
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Arthropoda Species File |
The Arthropoda Species File serves as a bridge for convenient movement between several other species files. There is no expectation that this species file will contain a significant amount of data. |
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Polyneoptera
Species File |
The Polyneoptera Species File serves as a bridge for convenient movement between several other species files. In addition, it contains some details for orders that are too small to justify a separate database and website. |
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Blattodea
Species File |
The Blattodea Species File (BSF) is a taxonomic database of the scientific names of the world's cockroaches (order Blattodea or Blattaria), excluding fossil species and the termites. Note that until recently the termites were treated as a separate order, Isoptera, but recent work confirms that they are a lineage of cockroaches. The BSF has full synonymic information for about 4,560 valid cockroach species and it currently contains a total of approximately 6,420 scientific names (all ranks, valid and not valid). In the future we aim to include (amongst other things) images of specimens in museums (especially types), plus pictures of living cockroaches in the wild and in captivity. |
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Dermaptera
Species File |
The Dermaptera Species File website and database contain taxonomic information about earwigs. |
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Mantodea
Species File |
The Mantodea Species File (MSF) is a taxonomic database of the world's praying mantids (Order Mantodea), both of fossil and living species. The MSF has full synonymic and taxonomic information for over 2,400 valid species. A future aim of this database is to provide images of the specimens deposited in museums worldwide (especially types), as well as pictures of living praying mantids in the wild and in captivity.
This database originated with Otte and Spearman`s (2005) Mantida Species File catalog.
Please note: The Mantodea Species File database is under development.
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Orthoptera
Species File |
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 24,680 valid species, 41,500 scientific names, 161,500 citations to 12,300 references, 66,400 images, 188 sound recordings, 74,900 specimen records, and keys to 2,800 taxa. |
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Phasmida
Species File |
The Phasmida Species File (PSF) is a taxonomic database of the world's Phasmida (stick and leaf insects, known as walking sticks and walking leaves in the U.S.). It contains full synonymic and taxonomic information for over 2,950 valid species and over 4,500 taxonomic names (all ranks, valid and not valid). There are c. 26,000 citations to c. 2300 references. There are also c. 6000 specimen records and more than 10000 images of two thirds of valid species, with more being added to on a regular basis. Keys to taxa will be added at a later stage. |
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Plecoptera
Species File |
The Plecoptera Species File website includes valid names, their synonyms, and links to references for stonefly species of the world. Valid names and synonyms are now available for the entire world fauna. A key to all 16 families is provided, but currently is not illustrated. Other stonefly systematists are encouraged to assume an active role in the maintenance of this resource: alert us to errors or inconsistencies in the database, adopt the management of groups you are revising or have revised, provide pdfs of recently published works, and send properly attributed images for posting on the website. |
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Paraneoptera
Species File |
The Paraneoptera Species File serves as a bridge for convenient movement among the Coreoidea Species File, the Psocodea Species File, and other files at higher levels. There are no current plans for work on Thysanoptera, the third order within the group, or for work on Hemiptera other than Coreoidea. |
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Aphid
Species File |
Aphid Species File, under development, is a taxonomic and bibliographic database of the aphids and allied groups of the world. |
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Coreoidea
Species File |
The Coreoidea Species File website and database will contain taxonomic and other information about all the leaf-legged bugs of the world. It is undergoing development with a planned completion date of 2011. |
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Psocodea
Species File |
The Psocodea Species File is a taxonomic database that includes data for Psocoptera (bark lice) and Phthiraptera (parasitic lice). Data includes synonymies and citations for all recognized species. Parasitic lice are embedded within bark lice, and thus the single order Psocodea is recognized for both groups.The Psocodea Species File currently contains data from "Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography" (Lienhard and Smithers 2002). Updates for Psocoptera are in the process of being added. Data from major Phthiraptera catalogs will be added at a later date, together with host associations. When completed this database will house data from over 10,000 valid species and associated data. |