Comparison of the biogeographic origin of three terrestrial arthropod groups in the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)

0531030 - BC 2021 RIV IT eng J - Journal Article
Purchart, L. - Hula, V. - Faltýnek Fric, Zdeněk
Comparison of the biogeographic origin of three terrestrial arthropod groups in the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen).
Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali. Roč. 31, č. 3 (2020), s. 623-635. ISSN 2037-4631. E-ISSN 1720-0776
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : Socotra Archipelago * biogeography * Tenebrionidae
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 1.627, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12210-020-00926-6

We reviewed and compared the occurrence and biogeographic origins of three arthropod groups, darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), spiders (Araneae) and butterflies (Papilionoidea) on the Socotra archipelago (Yemen). More than half of the darkling beetles (80.3%) and spiders (51.5%) are endemic to the Socotra archipelago, in contrast with only 5 species (18.5%) of butterflies. The number of non-endemic taxa is higher among those distributed widely in the Afro-Oriental region, less of taxa from Afro-Arabian or African origin. These species colonised the Archipelago by natural means, but we document also introduction through human activity. The exact distribution and evolutionary patterns still need thorough research (e.g. molecular, phylogenetic, and phylogeographic analyses).
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