1869
Diplograpsus insectiformis — Nicholson, pp. 237, fig. 11:13
1907
Diplograptus (Orthograptus) insectiformis Nicholson — Elles & Wood, pp. 228-229, fig. 28:7, text fig. 150
1967
Orthograptus insectiformis (Nicholson, 1869) — Gailite et al., pp. 264-265
1974
Orthograptus insectiformis (Nicholson, 1869) — Hutt, pp. 34,35, fig. text fig. 9, fig. 1-3,13
1975
Orthograptus insectiformis (Nicholson, 1869) — Bjerreskov, pp. 29, fig. text fig. 10C
1986
Orthograptus insectiformis (Nicholson) — Ulst, fig. II 2,3
1991
"Orthograptus" insectiformis (Nicholson, 1869) — Loydell , pp. 678,679, fig. 1:7,8,13
1998
Pseudorthograptus insectiformis (Nicholson, 1869) — Štorch, pp. 218
2003
Pseudorthograptus insectiformis (Nicholson) — Loydell et al., pp. 210, fig. 5y
2010
Pseudorthograptus insectiformis (Nicholson) — Loydell et al., pp. 254-255, fig. 2f