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

[John La Duke]

I found the first reference too good to be true so I went hunting.   
If the reference in the database is the one listed below, I doubt  
they were all described as new!
I do not work on these organisms, nor do I know the reference but  
some vetting may be in order.

John



Autor :
Monné, M.A; Giesbert, E.F.
Dirección :
Museu Nacional/Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de  
Entomologia, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 29840-040, Rio de  
Janeiro, BR E-mail: monne at uol.com.br.
Título:
Checklist of the Cerambycidae and Disteniidae (Coleoptera) of the  
Western Hemisphere. Lista de los Cerambycidae y Disteniidae  
(Coleoptera) del hemisferio occidental. (ISBN 1-885850-00-X.)
P.imprenta:
409 p. Año 1994. Editorial Burbank, CA, Wolfsgarden Books, US.
Notas:
(Edmund F. Giesbert deceased).
Descriptores:
ANIMALS; INVERTEBRATES; ARTHROPODS; INSECTS.
COLEOPTERA; CERAMBYCIDAE; DISTENIIDAE; TAXONOMY; KEYS; CATALOGUES;  
DISTRIBUTION.
COSTA RICA; GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; BELIZE; EL SALVADOR; NICARAGUA;  
PANAMA; CENTRAL AMERICA.
Resumen:
The Cerambycidae, commonly known as longhorned beetles, logicorns,  
capricorns, round-headed borers, timber beetles, goat beetles, or  
sawyer beetles, are one of the largest and most varied families in  
the Coleoptera, with size alone varying from 2 mm (Cyrtinus sp.) to  
180 mm (Titanus sp.). With world-wide distribution whereve woody  
plants are found, these wood-borers have long been a favorite with  
collectors, and with their great variety of colors and forms, they  
are ofter thought of as one of the most esthetically pleasing  
families of beetles. The present work includes approximately 8,700  
described species and subspecies representing close to 1,500 genera,  
found from Canada and Alaska to Argentina and Chile, and throughout  
the West Indies (including several species from Costa Rica).  
Additional taxa are being described each year by workers in several  
countries



On May 30, 2008, at 7:03 AM, Anders Silfvergrip wrote:

> I downloaded the 2008 version of Catalog of Life, from http:// 
> www.catalogueoflife.org <http://www.catalogueoflife.org/>  ,  
> installed it, and opened the adjoining databases in MySQL, ran the  
> following snippet:
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>
>
> Select count(author), author
>
>> From scientific_names
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> Group by author
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> Order by count(*) Desc
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> Here are all records with more than 1000 species per reference  
> (author and year);
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> 8927 - Monné & Giesbert, 1994
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> 5705 - Blackwelder, 1946
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> 5635 - Schltr.
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> 4715 - L.
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> 3980 - Benth.
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> 3686 - Chemsak,  Linsley & Noguera, 1992
>
> 3140 - Rchb.f.
>
> 3096 - Aurivillius, 1912
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> 3071 - Müll.Arg.
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> 3062 - Lindl.
>
> 3043 - Monné, 1993
>
> 3014 - Monné, 1994
>
> 2876 - Baker
>
> 2763 - Monné, 1995
>
> 2193 - J.J.Sm.
>
> 2122 - Ridl.
>
> 2097 - (Linnaeus, 1758)
>
> 2052 - Gemminger & Harold, 1872
>
> 1996 - Wood & Bright, 1992
>
> 1972 - Aurivillius, 1923
>
> 1968 - Gilmour, 1965
>
> 1906 - ICTV
>
> 1832 - Kunth
>
> 1676 - Standl.
>
> 1674 - DC.
>
> 1658 - Sudre
>
> 1574 - Gray
>
> 1550 - Hook.f.
>
> 1496 - Greene
>
> 1493 - Kraenzl.
>
> 1438 - Linnaeus, 1758
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> 1438 - Walker 1865
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> 1426 - Miq.
>
> 1384 - Noguera & Chemsak, 1996
>
> 1376 - Walker, 1849
>
> 1361 - Gemminger & Harold, 1873
>
> 1334 - Merr.
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> 1311 - Boiss.
>
> 1298 - Engl.
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> 1294 - Kützing
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> 1241 - Breuning, 1961
>
> 1226 - De Wild.
>
> 1222 - Baill.
>
> 1207 - Blume
>
> 1192 - Rydb.
>
> 1188 - Harms
>
> 1183 - Boeck.
>
> 1176 - Steud.
>
> 1122 - Luer
>
> 1120 - Lacordaire, 1869
>
> 1116 - Rolfe
>
> 1112 - K.Schum.
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> 1099 - Kük.
>
> 1098 - Thomson, 1878
>
> 1079 - L.B.Sm.
>
> 1061 - C.B.Clarke
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> 1047 - Walker 1864
>
> 1042 - Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
>
> 1035 - Becc.
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> 1029 - Willd.
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> 1008 - Wiedemann, 1830
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> Anders Silfvergrip
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> _____________________________________
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>
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>
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