Tischeriidae

Dobrynina, Viktorija, Stonis, Jonas R., Diškus, Arūnas, Solis, M. Alma, Baryshnikova, Svetlana V. & Shin, Young-Min, 2022, Global Nepticulidae, Opostegidae, and Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera): temporal dynamics of species descriptions and their authors, Zootaxa 5099 (4), pp. 450-474 : 458

Documenting of the global Tischeriidae

The first species of the family, Tischeria ekebladella , was described in 1795 ( Bjerkander 1795) ( Fig. 36 ). Analysis of the data showed that, starting in 1795 until 1870, the discovery and description of new species proceeded slowly, only a total of 10 new species were described at this early stage of research. During 1871–1880, 15 new species were described, and during 1911–1920, 10 new species. Many new species of Tischeriidae were discovered and published during 1971–1980 (19 species) and 2021–2010 (27 species). The boost in the number of species discoveries occurred in 2011–2021, when 62 new Tischeriidae species were described. The total, accumulative number of described species rose gradually, but it should be noted that the extremely rapid rise occurred at beginning of the 21st century. A total of 170 Tischeriidae species were described during the 227 years of research, the average number of descriptions per year is 0.75 species. In the 18th century, the actual annual average was 0.17 species; in the 19th century it was 0.28 species; in the 20th century it was 0.52 species; and in the 21st century it was 4.24 species. It is clear that the annual average was increasing with each century, but a particular increase occurred early in the 21st century ( Fig. 36 ).

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FIGURE 36. Dynamics of Tischeriidae species descriptions during various time periods