[Taxacom] prolific species describers

[Neal Evenhuis]

Walker's totals - for those curious.

Hymenoptera	   2574
Diptera	           4174
Homoptera	           2476
Coleoptera	            440
Neuroptera	            238
Lepidoptera	 10628
Blattodea	            415
Mantodea	               1
Orthoptera	            963
Thysanoptera	        1
Hemiptera	           1407
Ephemeroptera	      37
Odonata	               1
Isoptera	             14
Mecoptera	               3
Embiida	               1
Psocoptera	               7
Trichoptera	            126
	
totals	                 23506


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From: John Noyes [j.noyes at nhm.ac.uk]
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:46 PM
To: Neal Evenhuis; Ohl, Michael; Dilrukshan Wijesinghe
Cc: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: RE: [Taxacom] prolific species describers

Hi Neal,

What about Diptera, Hymenoptera and other organisms? Maybe 20,00 is an underestimate.

I wonder if anyone has any more accurate figures on Pic. It should be possible.

John

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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Neal Evenhuis
Sent: 13 April 2013 20:45
To: Ohl, Michael; Dilrukshan Wijesinghe
Cc: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] prolific species describers

I do.

23,506.

He had the most (10,628) in Lepidoptera, although a very high percentage are probably junior synonyms.

-Neal
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From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Ohl, Michael [Michael.Ohl at mfn-berlin.de]
Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 7:23 AM
To: Dilrukshan Wijesinghe
Cc: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: Re: [Taxacom] prolific species describers

Probably, but who has a number?

Michael

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Am 13.04.2013 um 19:20 schrieb "Dilrukshan Wijesinghe" <dpwijesinghe at yahoo.com>:

> Surely Francis Walker would be high up on your list?
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> Priyantha
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> D. P. Wijesinghe
> dpwijesinghe at yahoo.com
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> From: "Ohl, Michael" <Michael.Ohl at mfn-berlin.de>
> To: "taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 9:53 AM
> Subject: [Taxacom] prolific species describers
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> Hi,
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> I had expected that this request has already been posted in Taxacom, but my (very) quick search in the Taxacom archive resulted in nothing. So here it is (again?).
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> I am trying to set up a list of the most prolific species describers in zoology. A few names immediately came to my mind, like Charles Paul Alexander with more than 11,000 names in Diptera, and Johann Christian Fabricius with more than 10,000 names across several insect orders. But there might be more!
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> So please post your bid for higher or similar numbers! I will distribute a top-10-list at the end.
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> Although I am basically interested in the total number of names published by a single person, any further statistics are welcome, if available. Number of names still valid today, total number of genus- vs. species-group names ....
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> Cheers, Michael Ohl
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> Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin
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