An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

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Ultraconserved elements show utility in phylogenetic inference of Adephaga (Coleoptera) and suggest paraphyly of ‘Hydradephaga’ (2017, background): “Comprising ∼45 000 extant species (Ślipínski et al., 2011), Adephaga is the second largest beetle suborder.”
Higher level molecular phylogeny of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (2014, background): “The current deficit of knowledge is exemplified in insects, and especially in Coleoptera, which makes up more than one third of insect biodiversity with about 386 500 described species (Ślipiński et al., 2011).”
The Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics (GABI) database: synthesizing data on the geographic distribution of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (2017, background): “2014) on about 150,000 known species described (ZHANG 2013).”
Phylogeny of thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) based on five molecular loci (2013, background): “For details and a review of classification schemes, see Mound & Morris (2004) and Mound (2011).”
The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end‐Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution (2015, methodology): “1), with >380 000 named living species, account for ∼25% of known species on Earth and ∼40% of insects (Ślipiński et al., 2011).”