01892nas a2200193   4500008004100000245015600041210006900197300001200266490000700278520115200285653001701437653002201454653001401476653002201490653001401512653001201526100002201538856013801560       2006                        eng d00aBiogeographic areas and transition zones of Latin America and the Caribbean islands based on panbiogeographic and cladistic analyses of the entomofauna0 aBiogeographic areas and transition zones of Latin America and th  a467-4940 v513 aTrack and cladistic biogeographic analyses based on insect taxa are used as a framework to interpret patterns of the Latin American and Caribbean ento- mofauna by identifying biogeographic areas on the basis of endemicity and arranging them hierarchically in a system of regions, subregions, dominions, and provinces. The Nearctic region, inhabited by Holarctic insect taxa, comprises five provinces: California, Baja California, Sonora, Mexican Plateau, and Tamaulipas. The Mexi- can transition zone comprises five provinces: Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, Transmexican Volcanic Belt, Balsas Basin, and Sierra Madre del Sur. The Neotropical region, which harbors many insect taxa with close relatives in the tropical areas of the Old World, comprises four subregions: Caribbean, Amazonian, Chacoan, and Parana. The South American transition zone comprises five provinces: North An- dean Paramo, Coastal Peruvian Desert, Puna, Atacama, Prepuna, and Monte. The An- dean region, which harbors insect taxa with close relatives in the Austral continents, comprises three subregions: Central Chilean, Subantarctic, and Patagonian. . R 10abiogeography10abiotic components10aevolution10ainsect endemicity10aprovinces10aregions1 aMorrone, Juan, J.  uhttps://scarabnet.myspecies.info/biogeographic-areas-and-transition-zones-latin-america-and-caribbean-islands-based-panbiogeographic-