Track analysis of the Mexican species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera): testing the complex nature of the Mexican Transition Zone

Abstract

Aim We analysed the geographical distributions of species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in Mexico by means of a panbiogeographical analysis, in order to identify their main distributional patterns and test the complex nature of the Mexican Transition Zone, located between the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Location Mexico. Methods The geographical distributions of 228 species belonging to 33 genera of Buprestidae were analysed. Localities of the buprestid species were represented on maps and their individual tracks were drawn. Based on a comparison of the individual tracks, generalized tracks were detected and mapped. Nodes were identified as the areas where generalized tracks converged. Results Thirteen generalized tracks were obtained: one was restricted to the Mexican Transition Zone and five to the Neotropical region (Antillean and Mesoamerican dominions), a further two occurred in both the Nearctic region (Continental Nearctic dominion) and the Mexican Transition Zone, and a further five in both the Neotropical region (Mesoamerican dominion) and the Mexican Transition Zone. Seven nodes were identified at the intersections of the generalized tracks – in the Mesoamerican dominion (Mexican Pacific Coast, Mexican Gulf and Chiapas biogeographical provinces) and the Mexican Transition Zone (Trans‐Mexican Volcanic Belt, Balsas Basin and Sierra Madre Oriental biogeographical provinces). Main conclusions We conclude that the geographical distribution of Buprestidae is mainly Neotropical, corresponding to the Mesoamerican dominion and the Antillean dominion of the Neotropical region, and the Mexican Transition Zone. Most of the generalized tracks and nodes correspond to the Mexican Transition Zone, thus confirming its complex nature. We suggest that the nodes we have identified could be particularly important areas to choose for conservation prioritization.

Track analysis of the Nearctic region: Identifying complex areas with mammals

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Halffter's Mexican transition zone (1962-2014), cenocrons and evolutionary biogeography

“…; Corona et al. ; Rosas et al. ), cladistic biogeography (Liebherr , ; Marshall and Liebherr ; Flores‐Villela and Goyenechea ; Espinosa et al.…”

Análisis panbiogeográfico de Diospyros spp. (Ebenaceae) en México

“…The generalized strokes of the four complexes are shown in the Figure 1. These lines converge into a single broad stroke and two nodes, the first one located in the province of the Gulf of Mexico near the cities of Xalapa, Coatepec and Tlatetela, Veracruz, and the second one in the province of Diversos autores han evidenciado la homología que presentan distintos organismos con variados sistemas de dispersión, debido a que se han visto sometidos a los mismos procesos históricos (Morrone, 2008): aves (Álvarez y Morrone, 2004), coleópteros de diferentes familias (Toledo et al, 2007;Corona et al, 2009). Para este caso, el género Diospyros concuerda con Raven y Axelrod (1974), se comporta biogeográficamente como un…”

“…(Toledo et al, 2007;Corona et al, 2009). For this case, the genus Diospyros agree with Raven and Axelrod (1974), it behaves as an ancient biogeographical Neotropical element originally Gondwanic, related to Central and South America; with a pattern counterpart to the genus Zanthoxylum, Rutaceae family (Puga-Jimenez et al, 2013); to the Mesoamerican strokes Piper genus, Piperaceae family (Quijano-Abril et al, 2006); to the Coleopters, specifically the families Bupresitade an Cerambycidae (Corona et al, 2009;Toledo et al, 2007); to the Charaxinae subfamily, family Nymphaldae, order Lepidoptera (Maya-Martínez et al, 2011) and bees of the Meliponini tribe (Yanez-Ordoñez et al, 2008).…”