[Taxacom] highest number of new species described in one paper

[Doug Yanega]

Off the top of my head, the largest number I know in one genus is 126 
new bee taxa described by P.H. Timberlake in one publication in 1964. 
Only two have been synonymized since then, so that's 124 still-valid 
taxa. Admittedly, 28 were described as subspecies, but as we all 
know, using molecular techniques, everything historically considered 
a subspecies is likely to be re-classified as a full species, 
eventually. ;-) This paper was preceded by one on the same genus 
describing 60 taxa, and followed in 1968 by one describing 88 more 
(he described 596 taxa in the genus, 587 still valid, in 11 total 
publications). I suspect there will be a few bigger tallies out 
there, but not *many* - at least not single-author, single-genus 
papers and counting only valid taxa. But it sets a pretty high 
standard. ;-)

Peace,
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