10.1371/journal.pone.0036881.g001 Benoît Fontaine Benoît Fontaine Kees van Achterberg Kees van Achterberg Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga Rafael Araujo Rafael Araujo Manfred Asche Manfred Asche Horst Aspöck Horst Aspöck Ulrike Aspöck Ulrike Aspöck Paolo Audisio Paolo Audisio Berend Aukema Berend Aukema Nicolas Bailly Nicolas Bailly Maria Balsamo Maria Balsamo Ruud A. Bank Ruud A. Bank Carlo Belfiore Carlo Belfiore Wieslaw Bogdanowicz Wieslaw Bogdanowicz Geoffrey Boxshall Geoffrey Boxshall Daniel Burckhardt Daniel Burckhardt Przemysław Chylarecki Przemysław Chylarecki Louis Deharveng Louis Deharveng Alain Dubois Alain Dubois Henrik Enghoff Henrik Enghoff Romolo Fochetti Romolo Fochetti Colin Fontaine Colin Fontaine Olivier Gargominy Olivier Gargominy Maria Soledad Gomez Lopez Maria Soledad Gomez Lopez Daniel Goujet Daniel Goujet Mark S. Harvey Mark S. Harvey Klaus-Gerhard Heller Klaus-Gerhard Heller Peter van Helsdingen Peter van Helsdingen Hannelore Hoch Hannelore Hoch Yde De Jong Yde De Jong Ole Karsholt Ole Karsholt Wouter Los Wouter Los Wojciech Magowski Wojciech Magowski Jos A. Massard Jos A. Massard Sandra J. McInnes Sandra J. McInnes Luis F. Mendes Luis F. Mendes Eberhard Mey Eberhard Mey Verner Michelsen Verner Michelsen Alessandro Minelli Alessandro Minelli Juan M. Nieto Nafrıa Juan M. Nieto Nafrıa Erik J. van Nieukerken Erik J. van Nieukerken Thomas Pape Thomas Pape Willy De Prins Willy De Prins Marian Ramos Marian Ramos Claudia Ricci Claudia Ricci Cees Roselaar Cees Roselaar Emilia Rota Emilia Rota Hendrik Segers Hendrik Segers Tarmo Timm Tarmo Timm Jan van Tol Jan van Tol Philippe Bouchet Philippe Bouchet Growth of the European taxonomic inventory. Public Library of Science 2012 european taxonomic 2012-05-23 01:07:50 Figure https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/_Growth_of_the_European_taxonomic_inventory_/304070 <p>Cumulative number of valid species of European terrestrial and freshwater multicellular species since Linnaeus. A: All species. B: Birds, a virtually completely inventoried compartment of European biodiversity. C: Coleoptera, where the number of valid species has steadily increased and shows no sign of levelling. D: Acari, which remained neglected for two centuries, and are now exhibiting a high discovery rate. E: Platyhelminthes, where the impression of a saturated inventory could be due to a current lack of taxonomic workforce. F: Neuropterida orders, for which the rate of description is erratic and reflects bursts of activity by a handful of taxonomists.</p>