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. 2024 Jul 29;19(7):e0307404. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307404

Table 2. Species richness estimation of Darwin wasps in the focal countries of the five Afrotropical subrealms using multipliers derived from revisions and morphospecies.

Focal country KEN DRC TAN RSA MAD
Current species richness 259 340 482 653 601
Non-weighted multiplier 6.53 6.45 6.60 5.52 6.47
Weighted multiplier 11.39 10.77 10.93 11.84 11.64
Recorded genera without revisions or morphospecies 78 67 100 105 157
Additional expected genera 50 101 22 4 17
Total estimated Darwin wasp species with non-weighted multiplier 1,498 2,309 2,191 1,809 3,082
Total estimated Darwin wasp species with weighted multiplier 2,543 3,795 3,492 3,276 5,407

KEN, Kenya; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo; TAN, Tanzania; RSA, Republic of South Africa; MAD, Madagascar.