Taxonomic Progress and Diversity of Ichneumonoid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) in Southeast Asia
Keywords:
accumulation curve, Braconidae, estimation, Ichneumonidae, species richness, taxonomists, tropicsAbstract
Taxonomic studies on parasitoid wasps in the superfamily Ichneumonoidea occurring in Southeast Asia (SEA) are reviewed from a historical perspective. A list of all described species in this group until the end of 2019 was compiled for each SEA country and the taxonomic effort expended in each calculated. Taxonomic effort over time differed significantly between countries, probably largely due to historical events. Involvement of local taxonomists started soon after 1900 but the proportion remained extremely low when compared to foreign experts, and although increasing markedly since 1990, remains very low.
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