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BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF MONTANE MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN CARABIDAE (COLEOPTERA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

James K. Liebherr
James K. Liebherr
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Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA 14853-0901
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Abstract

Carabid taxa inhabiting the montane forests of México and Central America are analyzed using cladistic biogeographic methods. Taxa exhibiting the Nearctic, Meso-American Montane, and Paleo-American distributional patterns are included in the analysis. Widespread taxa are assumed to indicate that the areas of endemism they inhabit are closely related, and the general pattern of area relationships is determined using parsimony analysis. Of the nine areas of endemism recognized in the analysis, the Sierra Madre Oriental is considered the most distinct. The northern Sierra Madre Occidental, Arizona Mountains, and Sonoran Desert comprise one monophyletic set of areas, as do the more southerly areas of the Sierra Transvolcanica, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapan–Guatemalan highlands, and Talamancan Cordillera. The southern Sierra Madre Occidental area of endemism is equivocally related to both areas to the north and areas to the south. Biogeographic information derived from widespread species is as congruent with the general area cladogram as information derived from groups with precinctive species, indicating that the same biogeographic barriers often limit distributions of both widespread species and more inclusive clades comprising precinctive species. Taxa exhibiting the Meso-American Montane Pattern are more congruent with the general area cladogram than those representing the Nearctic Pattern, even though they exhibit less fidelity to highland habitats.

Résumé

Les taxa carabiques que habitent les forêts montagnes de Mexique et l’Amérique Centrale sont analysant par les méthodes de biogéographie cladistique. Les taxa que exhibent les patrons Néarctique, Méso-Américain Montagne, et Paléo-Américain sont comprisant en l’analyse. Les espèces répandu sont supposant à indiqué monophylie de les aires d’endémisme occupant. Le cladogram de les aires général est dérivant par l’analyse parcimonie. De les neuf aires d’endémisme reconnaître en l’analyse, le Sierra Madré Oriental est considérant le plus distinct. La nord Sierra Madré Occidental, les montagnes d’Arizona, et le Désert de Sonora comprisent un groupe monophyletique d’aires, comme sont l’aires du sud; la Sierra Transvolcanica, Sierra Madré del Sur, les montagnes de Chiapas et Guatemala, et le Cordillera de Talamanca. La sud Sierra Madré Occidental est relatant équivocement à laires du nord et du sud. Le renseignement biogéographique dérivé de les espèces répandu est aussi congru avec le cladogram général des aires que le renseignement dérivé de les groupes avec les espèces limité. Cet indique que les même barrières biogéographiques souvent limitent tout les deux répartitions de les espèces répandu et plus inclusif clades contenant les espèces limité. Les taxa que exhibent le patron Méso-Américain Montagne sont plus de congru avec le cladogram général des aires que ces que représentent le patron Néarctique, quand même ces exhibent moins fidélité à les habitats montagneux.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 126 , Issue 3 , June 1994 , pp. 841 - 860
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1994

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