Mangroves are an overlooked hotspot of insect diversity despite low plant diversity.
Darren YeoAmrita SrivathsanJayanthi PuniamoorthyFoo MaoshengPatrick GrootaertLena ChanBenoit GuénardClaas DamkenRodzay A WahabAng YuchenRudolf MeierPublished in: BMC biology (2021)
The discovery of such a sizeable and distinct insect fauna in a globally threatened habitat underlines how little is known about global insect biodiversity. We here show how such knowledge gaps can be closed quickly with new cost-effective NGS barcoding techniques.