Mexican Lepidoptera biodiversity
- Being among the most habitat diverse countries in the world (and plant diversity is about 22,000 sp.), Mexico has a Lepidoptera fauna recorded at about 14,385 species but is estimated to be over 22,000 species, if not much higher (some estimates go to 35,000 sp.). High Lepidoptera numbers in Mexico are also due to the large influx of tropical species from the border with Guatemala, as well as Mexican endemics. In this report, the Lepidoptera families are summarized for Mexico, giving known species and what experts estimate to be the true total for each family when all have been described. Many regions of Mexico are still poorly known for smaller moths.
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| Author: | J. B. Heppner |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-238740 |
| ISSN: | 1942-1654 |
| ISSN: | 0749-6737 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics |
| Publisher: | Center for Systematic Entomology |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2002 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Contributing Corporation: | Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. |
| Release Date: | 2011/12/29 |
| Volume: | 16 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Page Number: | 20 |
| First Page: | 171 |
| Last Page: | 190 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 357012828 |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Insecta Mundi / Insecta Mundi, Volume 16 (2002) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-333659 |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |
