Arranging collections in phylogenetic order

[takahe]

How many other collectors have their collections arranged in phylogenetic order? I've always figured this was the best thing to do but it does present a lot of work when whole cabinets have to be rearranged to incorporate one specimen. I'm in the process of doing that now but the even bigger problem seems to be that it's very hard to find lists of species that are in phylogenetic order. Most that I find online seem to be in alphabetical order and thus of no help.

So where can such lists be found? I'm talking mainly about larger, more frequently collecting families (Sphingidae, Saturniidae, Noctuidae, Cerambycidae, etc). A while back in the old forum some people posted some links when I asked this question but they ended up being dead.

Bradleigh

[oehlkew]

Bradleigh,
Saturniidae species are alphabetically listed by genera which are alphabetically listed on WLSS with subfamily listings color coded.
Sphingidae of the Americas are listed on www.silkmoths.bizland.com/danjansphinx.htm
alpahbetically by genus within subfamilies.
Be aware that there are recent revisions, and any work that you might do this year to group moths by genus, might require further movement in future, e.g. Cocytius genus (Sphingidae) has recently been subdivided. The same is true for some of the Saturniidae.
Some barcoding results may be controversial for a while, but that will probably get sorted out over the next 5-10 years.
CATE Sphingidae website lists species alphabetically within genera, which are also listed alphabetically, and CATE website has been doing a great jog with current revisions.

[prillbug2]

Moths; I use the numerical system in the Hodges book, with modification to fit any taxonomic changes. So, anything that's in the same subfamily goes there, if they are not from the USA.
Beetles and everything else, Order, Family, subfamily, tribe, genus and species. If I don't know what it is, yet, it goes into a section of undetermined specimens.
Jeff Prill