Quantifying the unquantifiable: why Hymenoptera -- not Coleoptera -- is the most speciose animal order
A. A. Forbes, R. K. Bagley, M. A. Beer, A. C. Hippee, H. A. Widmayer
The paper challenges the claim that beetles are the most speciose animal order, arguing that Hymenoptera, particularly parasitoid wasps, are more diverse based on ecological and statistical modeling.
bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2018Zoology