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3306901 
Journal Article 
INSECTS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA - HOW MANY SPECIES ARE THERE 
Scholtz, CH; Chown, SL 
1995 
1 
South African Journal of Science
ISSN: 0038-2353
EISSN: 1996-7489 
BUREAU SCIENTIFIC PUBL 
PRETORIA 
91 
3 
124-126 
WOS:A1995QY03200011 
Estimates of the species richness and distribution of local and regional biotas form the basis of sound conservation. This is particularly true of insects, which constitute more than 70% of the global fauna. Previous estimates of insect species richness in southern Afiica have been assumptions for which which authors gave no grounds. An estimate of 43 565 species, 7 753 genera and 569 families of insects is made for the subregion based on information provided by specialist systematists.