Completing Linneaus's inventory of the Swedish insect fauna: only 5,000 species left?
F. Ronquist, M. Forshage, S. Häggqvist, D. Karlsson, R. Hovmöller, J. Bergsten, K. Holston, T. Britton, J. Abenius, B. Andersson, P. N. Buhl, C.-C. Coulianos, A. Fjellberg, C.-A. Gertsson, S. Hellqvist, , U. Gärdenfors
The paper estimates the Swedish insect fauna contains around 33,000 species, with 5,000 remaining to be discovered, highlighting taxonomic and ecological biases in current knowledge.
bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2020Ecology