Biogeographic accounts on the aphid fauna of Sicily. The aphid fauna of Sicily is nowadays inclusive of 436 species and subspecies, among which most of the main systematic groups (families, subfamilies and tribes) known for Italy and Europe are represented. Its subdivision into biogeographic categories (corotypes) shows a large amount (44%) of extra-Palaearctic species (cosmopolitan or subcosmopolitan and Holarctic); a considerable percentage is also shown by those species having an European distribution (30%), followed by Palaearctic (16%) and Mediterranean (8%) representatives. Finally, a small group of species (less than 2%) has a distribution limited to Italy, among which a couple of specific taxa are strictly endemic to Sicily.
L’afidofauna della Sicilia allo stato delle attuali conoscenze si compone di 436 entità (specie e sottospecie), in seno alle quali sono rappresentati la quasi totalità dei gruppi sistematici sovra generici (famiglie, sottofamiglie e tribù) presenti in Italia e in Europa. L’analisi biogeografica di tali entità evidenzia un’ampia rappresentanza (44%) di elementi a diffusione extra-paleartica (specie cosmopolite, subcosmopolite e olartiche), seguite in ordine decrescente da corotipi a diffusione europea (30%), paleartica (16%) e mediterranea (8%), oltre a un piccolo nucleo di entità (di poco inferiore al 2%) con diffusione attuale limitata all’Italia; fra quest’ultimi si riscontrano un paio di tipici endemismi della Sicilia.
Annotazioni biogeografiche sugli afidi della Sicilia
MASSIMINO COCUZZA, GIUSEPPE EROS;
2008-01-01
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Biogeographic accounts on the aphid fauna of Sicily. The aphid fauna of Sicily is nowadays inclusive of 436 species and subspecies, among which most of the main systematic groups (families, subfamilies and tribes) known for Italy and Europe are represented. Its subdivision into biogeographic categories (corotypes) shows a large amount (44%) of extra-Palaearctic species (cosmopolitan or subcosmopolitan and Holarctic); a considerable percentage is also shown by those species having an European distribution (30%), followed by Palaearctic (16%) and Mediterranean (8%) representatives. Finally, a small group of species (less than 2%) has a distribution limited to Italy, among which a couple of specific taxa are strictly endemic to Sicily.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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