Little did we know about beetle diversity: Astonishing 138 new species in a single genus

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have described in a single article 138 new species in a genus of tropical beetles. This six-fold increase in known diversity indicates the extent to which remarkable biodiversity can remain undetected.

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