Australian Biological Resources Study
Details of data already included in, or in preparation for use in the Australian Faunal Directory.
See also Number of Living Species in Australia and the World by A.D.Chapman, 2005.
| Taxon | Common name | Nature of data in Directory | Families | Subfamilies | Supertribes | Tribes | Subtribes | Genera | Subgenera | Genus Available Names | Species | Subspecies | Species Available Names | Incertae Sedis | Species Inquirenda | Terminal Taxa |
| Porifera | sponges | Catalogue | 96 | 12 | 306 | 67 | 737 | 1,476 | 25 | 2,443 | 11 | 1,487 | ||||
| Platyhelminthes: Cestoda | tapeworms | Catalogue | 48 | 12 | 176 | 203 | 437 | 2 | 473 | 437 | ||||||
| Chaetognatha | chaetognatha, arrow worms | Catalogue | 5 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 26 | 19 | ||||||||
| Nemertea | ribbon worms | Checklist & Bibliography | 18 | 49 | 49 | 81 | 85 | 81 | ||||||||
| Nematoda (part) | free-living marine nematodes, aphelenchids | Checklist | 50 | 18 | 179 | 9 | 209 | 355 | 2 | 433 | 355 | |||||
| Brachiopoda | lamp shells | Checklist | 16 | 11 | 35 | 43 | 58 | 3 | 97 | 1 | 59 | |||||
| Mollusca: Aplacophora | aplacophorans | Catalogue | 7 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | ||||||||
| Mollusca: Polyplacophora | chitons | Catalogue | 9 | 9 | 31 | 13 | 158 | 171 | 2 | 456 | 2 | 172 | ||||
| Mollusca: Scaphopoda | tusk shells | Catalogue | 9 | 17 | 3 | 29 | 107 | 139 | 1 | 107 | ||||||
| Mollusca: Cephalopoda | squid, cuttlefish, octopuses | Catalogue | 40 | 83 | 159 | 188 | 3 | 306 | 188 | |||||||
| Mollusca: Pulmonata | snails | Catalogue | 47 | 321 | 32 | 513 | 1,081 | 33 | 1,895 | 9 | 1,099 | |||||
| Mollusca: Bivalvia (part) | bivalves | Catalogue | 10 | 8 | 37 | 19 | 152 | 167 | 3 | 290 | 7 | 3 | 169 | |||
| Mollusca: Non Marine (excl. pulmonates) | non marine bivalves, gastropods | Catalogue | 16 | 7 | 59 | 18 | 117 | 337 | 31 | 558 | 8 | 355 | ||||
| Mollusca: Gastropoda (part) | gastropods | Catalogue | 6 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 84 | 136 | 28 | 399 | 141 | |||||
| Sipuncula | peanut worms | Catalogue | 6 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 11 | 250 | 50 | ||||||
| Echiura | echiuroid worms, spoon worms | Catalogue | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 13 | |||||||
| Kamptozoa | kamptozoans | Catalogue | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
| Annelida: Polychaeta | bristle worms | Catalogue | 54 | 9 | 382 | 799 | 1,126 | 1,477 | 3 | 1,126 | ||||||
| Annelida: Oligochaeta (part) | earthworms, enchytraeids, microdriles | Catalogue | 8 | 8 | 123 | 5 | 137 | 898 | 26 | 982 | 1 | 910 | ||||
| Annelida: Hirudinea | leeches | Catalogue | 7 | 40 | 40 | 59 | 59 | 59 | ||||||||
| Onychophora | velvet worms | Checklist & Bibliography | 1 | 31 | 31 | 71 | 71 | 71 | ||||||||
| Branchiopoda (Excl. Cladocera) (part) | fairy, clam and shield shrimps | Catalogue | 9 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 71 | 3 | 89 | 2 | 72 | |||||
| Ostracoda | mussel shrimps, seed shrimps | Catalogue | 34 | 31 | 6 | 184 | 5 | 191 | 594 | 13 | 605 | 2 | 597 | |||
| Crustacea: Malacostraca (part 1): Stomatopoda, Eucarida (Amphionidacea, Decapoda, Euphausiacea) | crabs, lobsters, prawns | Catalogue | 126 | 74 | 789 | 30 | 1,193 | 2,480 | 39 | 3,747 | 2 | 2,497 | ||||
| Crustacea: Malacostraca (part 2): Syncarida | anaspidaceans | Catalogue | 6 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 21 | ||||||||
| Crustacea: Malacostraca (part 3): Peracarida | amphipods, isopods | Catalogue | 179 | 14 | 4 | 815 | 19 | 1,102 | 2,416 | 29 | 2,792 | 13 | 1 | 2,425 | ||
| Pycnogonida | Checklist | 8 | 41 | 5 | 41 | 175 | 5 | 176 | 176 | |||||||
| Arachnida: Scorpiones | scorpions | Catalogue | 4 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 98 | 41 | ||||||||
| Arachnida: Araneae | spiders | Catalogue | 79 | 1 | 568 | 713 | 3024 | 12 | 3663 | 3 | 1 | 3027 | ||||
| Arachnida: Amblypygi | amblypigids | Catalogue | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| Arachnida: Schizomida | schizomids | Catalogue | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 46 | 46 | |||||||
| Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones | pseudoscorpions | Catalogue | 18 | 14 | 5 | 56 | 4 | 78 | 151 | 3 | 181 | 152 | ||||
| Arachnida: Opiliones | harvest spiders, daddy longlegs | Catalogue | 12 | 13 | 72 | 83 | 199 | 220 | 1 | 199 | ||||||
| Arachnida: Palpigradi | micro-whip scorpions | Catalogue | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| Arachnida: Acarina | mites | Checklist & Bibliography | 304 | 890 | 973 | 2,871 | 27 | 3,147 | 2,874 | |||||||
| Symphyla | symphylans | Catalogue | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| Diplopoda | millipedes | Catalogue | 20 | 92 | 3 | 117 | 230 | 19 | 283 | 5 | 2 | 239 | ||||
| Chilopoda | centipedes | Checklist | 12 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 70 | 131 | 6 | 266 | 132 | |||||
| Pauropoda | pauropods | Catalogue | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 18 | ||||||
| Protura | proturans | Catalogue | 3 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 35 | 32 | ||||||||
| Collembola | springtails | Catalogue | 14 | 113 | 17 | 178 | 322 | 42 | 404 | 344 | ||||||
| Diplura | diplurans | Catalogue | 5 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 6 | 32 | 31 | ||||||
| Archaeognatha | bristletails | Catalogue | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| Zygentoma | silverfish | Catalogue | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 36 | 4 | 58 | 38 | |||||
Ephemeroptera |
mayflies | Catalogue | 9 | 29 | 3 | 34 | 93 | 105 | 2 | 93 | ||||||
| Odonata | damselflies, dragonflies | Catalogue | 30 | 1 | 110 | 7 | 139 | 320 | 38 | 391 | 2 | 335 | ||||
| Plecoptera | stoneflies | Catalogue | 4 | 26 | 2 | 33 | 192 | 10 | 213 | 197 | ||||||
| Blattodea | cockroaches | Catalogue | 5 | 18 | 5 | 71 | 4 | 124 | 534 | 6 | 689 | 1 | 536 | |||
| Isoptera | termites | Catalogue | 5 | 40 | 52 | 263 | 2 | 324 | 264 | |||||||
| Mantodea | praying mantids | Catalogue | 3 | 37 | 2 | 49 | 104 | 6 | 132 | 107 | ||||||
| Dermaptera | earwigs | Catalogue | 7 | 19 | 2 | 38 | 89 | 91 | 219 | 91 | ||||||
| Orthoptera | crickets, grasshoppers, locusts | Checklist & Bibliography | 20 | 52 | 76 | 25 | 432 | 28 | 494 | 1,482 | 28 | 1,831 | 1,497 | |||
| Phasmatodea | stick insects | Catalogue | 2 | 49 | 63 | 105 | 147 | 105 | ||||||||
| Embioptera | web-spinners, embiids | Catalogue | 3 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 48 | 39 | |||||||
| Zoraptera | zoraptera | Catalogue | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Psocoptera | booklice | Catalogue | 26 | 3 | 89 | 3 | 139 | 293 | 359 | 293 | ||||||
| Phthiraptera | lice | Catalogue | 14 | 115 | 15 | 192 | 465 | 44 | 609 | 482 | ||||||
| Hemiptera: Psylloidea | jumping plant lice, lerps | Checklist | 6 | 58 | 2 | 101 | 365 | 363 | 1 | 365 | ||||||
| Hemiptera: Aleyrodoidea | white flies | Checklist | 1 | 2 | 41 | 54 | 103 | 162 | 103 | |||||||
| Hemiptera: Aphidoidea | aphids, greenflies | Checklist | 3 | 13 | 83 | 41 | 104 | 161 | 1 | 174 | 161 | |||||
| Hemiptera: Coccoidea |
coccoids, mealy bugs, scale insects | Checklist | 14 | 225 | 1 | 354 | 764 | 29 | 1158 | 2 | 776 | |||||
| Hemiptera: Cicadoidea |
cicadas | Checklist | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 42 | 47 | 235 | 306 | 235 | |||||
| Hemiptera: Cercopoidea | froghoppers, spittle bugs | Catalogue | 3 | 20 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 32 | ||||||||
| Hemiptera: Membracoidea | leafhoppers, treehoppers | Catalogue | 2 | 21 | 39 | 266 | 10 | 401 | 798 | 1,147 | 798 | |||||
| Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea |
planthoppers | Catalogue | 16 | 24 | 37 | 4 | 216 | 5 | 288 | 517 | 14 | 661 | 523 | |||
| Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha | gerrids, water-striders, reduviids etc. | Catalogue | 31 | 64 | 48 | 352 | 29 | 674 | 914 | 31 | 1,215 | 1 | 929 | |||
| Hemiptera: Pentatomomorpha | pentatomids | Catalogue | 34 | 49 | 66 | 2 | 442 | 15 | 687 | 1,184 | 54 | 1,697 | 3 | 1,208 | ||
| Thysanoptera | thrips | Catalogue | 5 | 4 | 183 | 228 | 697 | 3 | 866 | 2 | 698 | |||||
| Megaloptera | alderflies, Dobson flies | Catalogue | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 30 | 28 | ||||||
| Neuroptera | antlions, lacewings | Catalogue | 14 | 132 | 5 | 178 | 551 | 649 | 2 | 551 | ||||||
| Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedoidea | ommatids, cupedids | Catalogue | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Sphaeriusoidea | microsporids, sphaeriusids | Catalogue | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Coleoptera: Adephaga: Caraboidea | ground beetles | Catalogue | 7 | 14 | 35 | 334 | 83 | 536 | 2,513 | 110 | 3,352 | 3 | 2,568 | |||
| Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Hydrophiloidea | hydrophilids, histerids | Catalogue | 2 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 83 | 31 | 162 | 430 | 3 | 616 | 431 | |||
| Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Ptiliidae | feather-wing beetles | Catalogue | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 49 | 2 | 52 | 50 | |||||
| Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Silphidae | carrion beetles | Catalogue | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Pselaphinae | pselaphids | Catalogue | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 96 | 3 | 120 | 496 | 555 | 580 | |||
| Coleoptera: Scirtoidea | scirtids, clambids | Catalogue | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 69 | 76 | 69 | |||||||
| Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea | dung beetles, Christmas beetles | Catalogue | 8 | 14 | 40 | 314 | 8 | 443 | 2,623 | 50 | 3,488 | 3 | 2,645 | |||
| Coleoptera: Dascilloidea | dascillids, rhipicerids | Catalogue | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | ||||||||
| Coleoptera: Buprestoidea | jewel beetles | Catalogue | 1 | 4 | 24 | 37 | 77 | 14 | 126 | 1,205 | 26 | 1,947 | 1,218 | |||
| Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea | byrrhids, elmids | Catalogue | 8 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 37 | 174 | 14 | 198 | 181 | |||||
| Coleoptera: Elateroidea | click beetles, lycids, fireflies | Catalogue | 7 | 19 | 20 | 128 | 5 | 184 | 1,105 | 1,268 | 4 | 1,105 | ||||
| Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea: Dermestidae | dermestids | Checklist | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 51 | 133 | 5 | 302 | 133 | ||||
| Coleoptera: Lymexyloidea | lymexylids | Catalogue | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | |||||||
| Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea (part) | tenebrionids | Checklist | 1 | 8 | 41 | 17 | 210 | 11 | 422 | 1,599 | 2,058 | 4 | 1 | 1,599 | ||
| Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea: Chrysomelidae, Megalopodidae | leaf-eating beetles | Checklist | 2 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 232 | 20 | 460 | 2,444 | 16 | 2,897 | 1 | 2,453 | ||
| Strepsiptera | strepsipterans | Catalogue | 6 | 15 | 26 | 42 | 44 | 42 | ||||||||
| Mecoptera | scorpion-flies | Catalogue | 5 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 37 | 30 | ||||||||
| Siphonaptera | fleas | Catalogue | 9 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 46 | 84 | 16 | 101 | 91 | ||||
| Diptera: Nematocera | mosquitoes, midges, sandflies, craneflies etc. | Catalogue | 23 | 44 | 62 | 327 | 198 | 639 | 2,398 | 89 | 2,847 | 10 | 2,442 | |||
| Diptera: Lower Brachycera ('Orthorrhapha': Part) | march, horse, long-legged, bee flies | Catalogue | 12 | 27 | 6 | 122 | 22 | 228 | 984 | 18 | 1,259 | 2 | 988 | |||
| Diptera: Cyclorrhapha: (Acalyptrata: Part) | fruit flies, signal flies, vinegar flies | Catalogue | 4 | 11 | 17 | 145 | 45 | 313 | 865 | 3 | 1048 | 865 | ||||
| Trichoptera | caddis-flies | Catalogue | 26 | 104 | 3 | 122 | 682 | 2 | 716 | 683 | ||||||
| Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea | butterflies | Catalogue | 5 | 23 | 9 | 136 | 2 | 486 | 401 | 362 | 995 | 1 | 534 | |||
| Lepidoptera: Castnioidea | sun moths | Catalogue | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 37 | 24 | ||||||||
| Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea (part) | burnets & foresters, (dalcerid moths, etc) | Catalogue | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 4 | 50 | 45 | |||||
| Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea (part): Oecophoridae | litter moths | Catalogue | 1 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 368 | 489 | 2,331 | 2814 | 3 | 2,331 | ||||
| Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Noctuidae (part) | cutworms, armyworms, budworms | Catalogue | 1 | 3 | 59 | 198 | 283 | 581 | 283 | |||||||
| Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Xiphydrioidea, Siricoidea | sawflies, woodwasps | Catalogue | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |||||||
| Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea | parasitic wasps | Catalogue | 1 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 1 | 21 | |||||||
| Hymenoptera: Trigonaloidea | parasitic wasps | Catalogue | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||
| Hymenoptera: Megalyroidea | parasitic wasps | Catalogue | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 37 | 22 | ||||||||
| Hymenoptera: Evanioidea | parasitic wasps | Catalogue | 3 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 261 | 301 | 2 | 261 | ||||||
| Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea | proctotrupoids | Catalogue | 5 | 6 | 46 | 60 | 180 | 187 | 1 | 180 | ||||||
| Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea | parasitic wasps | Catalogue | 2 | 6 | 75 | 107 | 626 | 1 | 717 | 1 | 3 | 626 | ||||
| Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae | braconids | Checklist | 1 | 28 | 186 | 2 | 200 | 578 | 1 | 610 | 578 | |||||
| Hymenoptera: Mymarommatoidea | Checklist | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea | chalcids | Checklist | 18 | 63 | 662 | 2021 | 3357 | 72 | 3886 | 3,419 | ||||||
| Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea | chrysidid wasps | Checklist | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 114 | 67 | |||||||
| Hymenoptera: Vespoidea | potter wasps, social wasps | Catalogue | 1 | 4 | 40 | 6 | 70 | 352 | 80 | 443 | 1 | 393 | ||||
| Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Formicidae | ants | Catalogue | 1 | 10 | 97 | 150 | 1,089 | 266 | 1,603 | 1 | 1,261 | |||||
| Hymenoptera: Sphecoidea | mud-daubers, sand wasps | Catalogue | 1 | 57 | 20 | 81 | 655 | 27 | 755 | 1 | 675 | |||||
| Hymenoptera: Apoidea | bees | Catalogue | 5 | 10 | 12 | 62 | 115 | 193 | 1,647 | 5 | 2,131 | 4 | 1,649 | |||
| Echinodermata | echinoderms | Catalogue | 104 | 435 | 44 | 714 | 1,165 | 3 | 1,633 | 1,165 | ||||||
| Hemichordata | hemichordates | Catalogue | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 17 | |||||
| Tunicata | sea squirts, doliolids, salps | Catalogue | 31 | 10 | 108 | 236 | 757 | 4 | 1,319 | 3 | 759 | |||||
| Cephalochordata | lancelets | Catalogue | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 8 | ||||||||
| Agnatha | lampreys, hagfishes, slime eels | Catalogue | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||
| Chondrichthyes, Sarcopterygii | sharks, rays, lungfish | Catalogue | 45 | 105 | 113 | 230 | 359 | 1 | 230 | |||||||
| Pisces (not Acanthopterygii) | fish 1 | Catalogue | 95 | 11 | 410 | 420 | 994 | 1,220 | 5 | 994 | ||||||
| Pisces: Acanthopterygii | fish 2 | Catalogue | 185 | 16 | 4 | 1,034 | 1,077 | 3,253 | 3 | 4,705 | 31 | 3,255 | ||||
| Amphibia | frogs, toads, newts | Catalogue | 5 | 28 | 93 | 220 | 7 | 370 | 2 | 225 | ||||||
| Reptilia | lizards, snakes | Catalogue | 16 | 151 | 490 | 879 | 191 | 1,887 | 9 | 999 | ||||||
| Aves | birds | Catalogue | 91 | 89 | 17 | 342 | 268 | 1,407 | 826 | 1,061 | 3,593 | 10 | 12 | 1,436 | ||
| Prototheria | platypus, echidna | Catalogue | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 5 | |||||||
| Marsupialia | marsupials | Catalogue | 16 | 2 | 54 | 156 | 160 | 139 | 498 | 3 | 249 | |||||
| Eutheria | placental mammals | Catalogue | 29 | 94 | 7 | 161 | 223 | 93 | 454 | 2 | 263 | |||||
| Taxon | Common Name | Nature of data in Directory or (in preparation) | Families | Subfamilies | Supertribes | Tribes | Subtribes | Genera | Subgenera | Genus Available Names | Species | Subspecies | Species Available Names | Incertae Sedis | Species Inquirenda | Terminal Taxa |
| Totals (may include estimates and some taxa incomplete) | 2,380 | 1,006 | 13 | 690 | 104 | 15,728 | 1,410 | 26,002 | 68,750 | 3,346 | 94,315 | 177 | 43 | 70,578 |