Number of species per order in the ANSP Entomology Collection. Even though Orthoptera is not part of the “big five” insect orders in terms of number of world species, it samples the order’s total richness greater than much more species-rich orders like Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.

 
  Part of: Mason, Jr. SC, Betancourt IS, Gelhaus JK (2020) Importance of building a digital species index (spindex) for entomology collections: A case study, results and recommendations. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e58310. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e58310