Full name:

Aphid Species File

Short name:

ASF

Version:

1.0/3.4, Oct 2008

Release date:

October 16th, 2008

Authors/editors:

C Favret

Taxonomic coverage:

Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Hemiptera – superfamilies Aphidoidea & Phylloxeroidea (infraorder Aphidomorpha)

Number of species names:

4,713 accepted names; 1,309 synonyms

Number of infraspecies names:

525 accepted names; 63 synonyms

Number of common names:

0

Total number of names:

6,610

Abstract:

Aphid Species File contains taxonomic names of Aphidomorpha (aphids and allied groups) extinct and extant: 4,703 valid species, 9,613 names at all levels. Still under development, it will be a comprehensive bibliography of aphid taxonomy and include other features such as specimen data, images, and identification keys. ASF runs on Species File Software developed by David Eades.

Organization:

AphidNet, LLC

Web site:

http://aphid.speciesfile.org