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| This page is based on the
paper of "David L. Pearson & Fabio Cassola -
Conservation Biology, Vol.6, No.3, 1992", so since 10 years passed from
the publication, many data are not up-to-date. If eany colleague
can help me put new data on this page, please contact me. |
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| The family of tiger beetles (Cicindelidae) occurs world-wide and in a broad
range of habitat types. They live everywhere there is land, with the exception
of Antarctica, Tasmania, and some of the most remote oceanic islands. The total number of known speceis are
about 2500, occurring in
all the biogeographical zones of the world. In this page you can find listed below all the
biogeographical zones with data of number of species for each country, listing also the
endemic ones. |
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NEARCTIC
(including most of Mexico)
| Country |
Total number of
species |
Number of endemic
species |
% Endemic |
| Canada |
29 |
0 |
0 |
| Mexico |
116 |
57 |
49 |
| U.S.A. |
111 |
45 |
40 |
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NEOTROPICAL
| Argentina |
64 |
11 |
17 |
| Bolivia |
86 |
21 |
24 |
| Brazil |
184 |
97 |
51 |
| Chile |
6 |
1 |
17 |
| Colombia |
42 |
7 |
16 |
| Costa Rica |
38 |
1 |
3 |
| Cuba |
11 |
4 |
36 |
| Ecuador (with Galapagos Is.) |
74 |
19 |
26 |
| El Salvador |
17 |
1 |
6 |
| Guatemala |
23 |
1 |
4 |
| Guyanas(Fr.Guiana, Guyana &
Suriname) |
29 |
5 |
17 |
| Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican
Rep.) |
9 |
3 |
33 |
| Honduras |
7 |
1 |
14 |
| Jamaica |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Nicaragua |
24 |
0 |
0 |
| Panama |
28 |
4 |
14 |
| Paraguay |
38 |
3 |
8 |
| Perù |
79 |
14 |
18 |
| Trinidad & Tobogo |
4 |
1 |
25 |
| Uruguay |
17 |
0 |
0 |
| Venezuela |
51 |
8 |
16 |
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PALEARCTIC
| Afghanistan |
19 |
0 |
0 |
| Albania |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Algeria |
15 |
1 |
7 |
| Austria |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Bulgaria |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Cyprus |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| Denmark |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Egypt |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Finland |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| France |
15 |
0 |
0 |
| Germany |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Great Britain |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Greece |
14 |
0 |
0 |
| Holland |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Hungary |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| Iran |
30 |
5 |
17 |
| Iraq |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Israel |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Italy |
17 |
1 |
6 |
| Lybia |
6 |
1 |
17 |
| Malta |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Mongolia |
23 |
2 |
9 |
| Morocco |
14 |
3 |
21 |
| Norway |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Poland |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| Portugal |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Romania |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Spain |
16 |
1 |
6 |
| Syria |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Sweden |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Switzerland |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| Tunisia |
14 |
1 |
7 |
| Turkey |
25 |
4 |
16 |
| Ex.USSR |
49 |
4 |
8 |
| Yemen |
10 |
1 |
10 |
| Ex.Yugoslavia |
9 |
0 |
0 |
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ETHIOPIAN
| Angola |
69 |
23 |
33 |
| Benin |
14 |
0 |
0 |
| Botswana |
27 |
1 |
3 |
| Burkina Faso |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Burundi |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Cameroon |
43 |
5 |
12 |
| Cent.African Rep. |
46 |
3 |
6 |
| Chad |
16 |
0 |
0 |
| Congo |
27 |
0 |
0 |
| Ethiopia |
51 |
8 |
16 |
| Gabon |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Gambia |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| Ghana |
12 |
0 |
0 |
| Guinea |
20 |
0 |
0 |
| Guinea Bissau |
34 |
0 |
0 |
| Guinea Equatorial |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Kenya |
53 |
9 |
16 |
| Ivory Coast |
21 |
1 |
5 |
| Liberia |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Malawi |
36 |
0 |
0 |
| Mali |
16 |
1 |
6 |
| Mauritania |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| Mozambique |
47 |
7 |
15 |
| Namibia |
31 |
2 |
6 |
| Niger |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| Nigeria |
24 |
0 |
0 |
| Senegal |
33 |
0 |
0 |
| Sierra Leone |
25 |
0 |
0 |
| Somalia |
31 |
12 |
39 |
| South Africa |
94 |
40 |
43 |
| Sudan |
32 |
0 |
0 |
| Tanzania |
68 |
8 |
12 |
| Togo |
24 |
1 |
4 |
| Uganda |
33 |
0 |
0 |
| Zaire |
134 |
27 |
20 |
| Zambia |
53 |
2 |
4 |
| Zimbabwe |
53 |
4 |
8 |
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MADAGASCAR
| Comores Is. |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Madagascar, Glorieuses
& Juan de Nova Is. |
176 |
174 |
99 |
| Mauritius Is. |
3 |
2 |
67 |
| Reunion Is. |
4 |
3 |
75 |
| Seychelles Is. |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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ORIENTAL-AUSTRALIAN
| Australia |
81 |
72 |
88 |
| Bangladesh |
53 |
2 |
4 |
| Bhutan |
22 |
0 |
0 |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
93 |
12 |
12 |
| Cambodia |
33 |
0 |
0 |
| China |
94 |
16 |
17 |
| Fiji |
2 |
1 |
50 |
| India(with Andaman &
Nicobar Is.) |
193 |
82 |
42 |
| Irian Jaya |
53 |
22 |
42 |
| Java |
45 |
8 |
18 |
| Kalimantan |
42 |
2 |
5 |
| Sulawesi |
81 |
58 |
72 |
| Sumatra |
67 |
8 |
12 |
| Other |
25 |
5 |
20 |
| Japan |
22 |
4 |
18 |
| Korea(N.& S.) |
15 |
0 |
0 |
| Laos |
59 |
3 |
5 |
| Malesia (Peninsular) |
47 |
3 |
6 |
| Borneo |
73 |
19 |
26 |
| Nepal |
64 |
4 |
6 |
| New Caledonia |
17 |
16 |
94 |
| New Zealand |
14 |
14 |
100 |
| Pakistan |
33 |
1 |
3 |
| Papua New Guinea |
72 |
45 |
62 |
| Philippines |
94 |
74 |
79 |
| Salomon Islands |
20 |
11 |
55 |
| Sri Lanka |
55 |
32 |
58 |
| Taiwan |
26 |
9 |
35 |
| Thailand |
102 |
20 |
19 |
| Vanuatu |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Vietnam |
93 |
25 |
27 |
| Western Somoa |
2 |
1 |
50 |
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