Insect conservation in the southern temperate zones: an overview

摘要: Insect conservation in the southern hemisphere lags substantially behind developments parts of Europe and North America, where relatively small faunas are better documented, a historical culture natural history has enabled needs to be assessed addressed by many sympathetic supporters. We contrast this scenario with much more embryonic knowledge capability available Australia, Africa, South America New Zealand, all regions large incompletely documented insect faunas, but an equivalent array threats their survival. While few individual ‘flagship species’ (mainly within Lepidoptera, Orthoptera Coleoptera) have been critical promoting wider interests, general insects do not signify highly on regional agendas. offer perspective major counter this.