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

[Karl Magnacca]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 6:28 am, Jim Croft wrote:
> yeah, but there is something very strange about that island group and
> what it does to taxonomists...

Indeed.  Some other Hawaiian insect examples (species only, not including
higher taxa):

Walsingham, 1907: 387 microlepidoptera, Fauna Hawaiiensis
Meyrick, 1899 (stretching back one year): 185 macrolepidoptera, also FH
Fullaway, 1920: 171 Bethylidae
Otte, 1994: 204 Orthoptera

Karl
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Karl Magnacca
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Zoology
Trinity College, Dublin 2
Ireland