Declining rates of species described per taxonomist: slowdown of progress or a side-effect of improved quality in taxonomy?

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• ¹ Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; and Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 4444, USA Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; and Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 4444, USA g.sangster@planet.nl.
• ² Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden; and Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 4444, USA.