The boundary of palaearctic and oriental realms in western China

Ling, Chen; Song, Yanfang; Xu, Shufang

doi:10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.02.004

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“…In the east some species reach Shandong, Jangsu and Zhejiang. In the north there are extensions into the southestern part of Palaearctic China (sensu Chen et al 2008). We found no records of Hybovalgus from Henan and Anhui provinces or Chongqing Municipality, but this may be due to a lack of collecting.…”

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Revision of Chinese mainland Hybovalgus Kolbe, 1904, with description of a new species, and Excisivalgus Endrödi, 1952 reduced to synonymy with Hybovalgus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Ricchiardi

2017

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Abstract. The genus Hybovalgus Kolbe, 1904 is represented by eight species on the Chinese mainland, many of which also inhabit northern Vietnam and Laos. Species of Hybovalgus are endemic to this area, and to the island of Taiwan. Until now, there is a lot of confusion in our knowledge of Hybovalgus on mainland China, due to erroneous descriptions of new species by European entomologists and incorrect identifications of specimens by local entomologists. Study of more material and many types has clarified this situation by better defining the species, synonymizing some of them, describing one new species, Hybovalgus calvus sp. nov. and recognizing the fact that females of two species were included in the new genus Excisivalgus Endrödi, 1952, which is here synonymized with Hybovalgus.

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Revision of Chinese mainland Hybovalgus Kolbe, 1904, with description of a new species, and Excisivalgus Endrödi, 1952 reduced to synonymy with Hybovalgus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

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“…Individuals in P. Rapae populations exhibited diversified morphological shapes in these different conditions. Previous studies of the giant panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Zhang et al 2002), birds (Lei et al 2003) and amphibians (Chen et al 2008) in the Qinling Mountains revealed that environmental factors also contribute to differentiation of shapes and genetic structures of these animals. This demonstrates that the isolation effects of the Qinling Mountains on population interactions are universal and enable organisms to adapt to their niches and evolve independently.…”

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A Geometric Morphometric Study of the Wing Shapes ofPieris rapae(Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from the Qinling Mountains and Adjacent Regions: An Environmental and Distance-Based Consideration

Bai

et al. 2015

Florida Entomologist

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“…The Himalayas, which separate the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau, are considered to be the biogeographical boundary between the Palaearctic region in the north and the Oriental region in the south (Cox, ; Chen, Song & Xu, ). As a major dispersal impediment (Cox, ; Sanmartín, Enghoff & Ronquist, ; Johansson et al ., ), this mountain range has led to distinct faunal compositions on each side for biota in general (Hoffmann, ) and for freshwater taxa in particular (Hora, ; Bănărescu, ; Abell et al ., ; von Oheimb et al ., ).…”

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Testing the role of the Himalaya Mountains as a dispersal barrier in freshwater gastropods (Gyraulusspp.)

Oheimb

Albrecht

Riedel³

et al. 2013

Biol J Linn Soc Lond

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The Himalayas are considered to constitute a biogeographical boundary between the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. However, this mountain range does not form a uniform barrier because several large river valleys deeply cut into the Himalayas, crossing drainage divides and potentially forming dispersal corridors, particularly for freshwater organisms. In the present study, the effectiveness of these corridors is tested for the first time based on molecular data, using the amphi‐Himalayan freshwater gastropod genus Gyraulus as a model group. Based on a broad spatial sampling from the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, phylogenetic analyses were performed using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. The resulting phylogeny shows that northern and southern Himalayan clades are geographically distinct (i.e. they exclusively consist of either northern or southern specimens). This pattern suggests a lack of gene flow across the Himalayas probably at least since the late Pliocene/early Pleistocene. Successful dispersal and/or establishment of gastropods might have been impeded by geographical and ecological features. Instead of direct dispersal across the range, multiple colonizations of regions north and south of the Himalayas from extralimital areas have to be assumed. The Himalayas thus represent a very strong dispersal barrier for freshwater snails, and probably for other taxa as well. © 2013 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2013, 109, 526–534.

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The boundary of palaearctic and oriental realms in western China

Cited by 29 publications

References 1 publication

Revision of Chinese mainland Hybovalgus Kolbe, 1904, with description of a new species, and Excisivalgus Endrödi, 1952 reduced to synonymy with Hybovalgus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Revision of Chinese mainland Hybovalgus Kolbe, 1904, with description of a new species, and Excisivalgus Endrödi, 1952 reduced to synonymy with Hybovalgus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

A Geometric Morphometric Study of the Wing Shapes ofPieris rapae(Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from the Qinling Mountains and Adjacent Regions: An Environmental and Distance-Based Consideration

Testing the role of the Himalaya Mountains as a dispersal barrier in freshwater gastropods (Gyraulusspp.)

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