Phasmida Species File
Citation
Brock, P. D., Büscher, T., & Baker, E. (2024). Phasmida Species File (version Nov 2024). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life (Version 2024-11-18). Catalogue of Life, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgjy9-398Description
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.). There is full synonymic and taxonomic information for 3,269 valid species and 5,000 taxonomic names, 35,300 citations to 3,000 references, also 7,000 specimen records and 16,000 images of 75% of valid species, with more being added to on a regular basis. Another future aim of this database is to provide high quality images of living phasmids in the wild and in captivity. Colleagues have kindly collaborated by providing photos (with particular thanks to Oskar Conle & Frank Hennemann).
Taxonomic Coverages
Stick and leaf insects
Geographic Coverages
Global
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Paul D Brockoriginator
The Natural History Museum
London
GB
Paul D Brock
editor
The Natural History Museum
London
GB
Thies Büscher
editor
Christian-Albrechts-Universität
Kiel
DE
Edward Baker
editor
The Natural History Museum
London
GB
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5887-9543
Daniel Otte
administrative point of contact
Drexel University
Philadelphia
PA
US
David C Eades
administrative point of contact
University of Illinois
Champaign
IL
US
Deborah Paul
administrative point of contact
University of Illinois
Champaign
IL
US
email: dlpaul@illinois.edu
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2639-7520