Database details

Full name:

Orthoptera Species File Online

Short name:

OSF2

Version:

2.5, Oct 2006

Release date:

October 10th, 2006

Authors/editors:

DC Eades, D Otte & P Naskrecki

Taxonomic coverage:

Animalia - Arthropoda - Insecta - Orthoptera

Number of species names:

23,058 accepted names; 15,277 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

2,525 accepted names; 1,654 synonyms

Number of common names:

989

Total number of names:

43,503

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 23,553 valid species, 38,546 taxonomic names and 11,925 references. In addition to the data accessible through the Catalogue of Life, OSF2 also contains specimen data, 32,732 images, 183 sound recordings, and keys to 1,450 taxa.

Organization:

The Orthopterists' Society; Illinois Natural History Survey, USA

Web site:

http://osf2.orthoptera.org


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