[Taxacom] large animal genera

[Doug Yanega]

On 5/25/15 10:55 PM, Felix Sperling wrote:
> What animal genera have more than 900 species? I'm hoping to find out how unusually species-rich the water mite genus Arrenurus is.
>
> Reply to Heather Proctor at hproctor at ualberta.ca.
>
Nomada has around 900, Cerceris has around 1030, and Lasioglossum has 
about 1050 (depending on how you define it), Andrena has around 1060, 
but Agrilus puts them to shame, at over 3000. Goodness knows how one 
should deal with Cicindela and Carabus.

Peace,

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