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The following databases and websites are based on Species File Software: |
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Arthropoda Species File |
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Polyneoptera
Species File |
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Cockroach
Species File |
The Cockroach Species File (CSF) 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 CSF 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. |
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Dermaptera
Species File |
The Dermaptera Species File website and database contain taxonomic information about earwigs. |
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Embioptera
Species File |
The Embioptera Species File (ESF) is a taxonomic database of the scientific names of the world's webspinners (Order Embioptera = Embiidina = Embiodea). The goal of ESF is to foster research and learning on webspinners, while increasing our understanding of the world's biodiversity. The ESF has information for approximately 400 valid species and 600 total names. Both extinct and extant species are included. Type specimen information is currently available on over half the species. Plans are under development for adding images, distributions and ecological information. |
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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 but is now following the classification of Schwarz & Roy (2019). |
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Orthoptera
Species File |
The Orthoptera Species File is a taxonomic database of the world's Orthoptera (grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, and related insects), both living and fossil. It has full taxonomic and synonymic information for more than 29,530 valid species, 48,410 scientific names, 240,600 citations to 16,000 references, 110,300 images, 2050 sound recordings, and 110,500 specimen records. |
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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.), excluding fossil species. There is full synonymic and taxonomic information for more than 3,500 valid species [+187 subspecies], 45,000 citations to 3,500 references, 8,600 specimen records and 20,900 images of 84% of valid species, with more being added to on a regular basis. |
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Plecoptera
Species File |
The Plecoptera Species File website includes valid names, their synonyms, bibliographic data, specimen data, images, sounds, and distributions for stoneflies of the world.
Notice that now there are 17 families with the addition of Kathroperlidae Banks, 1947.
Authors of research involving stoneflies are encouraged to provide pdfs or full references of their papers to the authors. We also accept images and sounds, attribution and metadata included, for posting on the website. |
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Paraneoptera
Species File |
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Aphid
Species File |
Aphid Species File is a taxonomic, nomenclatural, and bibliographic database of the aphids of the world, including all extant and fossil taxa. |
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Coleorrhyncha
Species File |
The Coleorrhyncha Species File website and database contains taxonomic data about moss bugs. |
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Coreoidea
Species File |
The Coreoidea Species File database contains taxonomic and other information about all the leatherbugs of the world. Presently, most names are included. A companion catalogue of the World Coreidae and Alydidae with all fossil taxa and more complete bibliographic references has been submitted to Zootaxa for publication. |
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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 contains data from the scientific literature on Psocoptera and Phthiraptera. This classification is believed to be accurate through the end of 2022. Should you find the database has an error or any species missing under the current phylogeny, please use the email contact link below, describe what you believe to be in error/missing, and attach a pdf of the paper that supports your correction. Very few taxonomic histories of individual species are complete. Suggested additions to such histories are welcome; please use the contact link and attach a pdf of the paper to be added. Host associations and distribution data are incomplete. |