The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface, 2. köideMacmillan and Company, 1876 - 503 pages |
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Page 16
... Africa ; while Lobodonotus has one species in South America and two in Africa . Lucanidæ . - The Neotropical species of this family almost all belong to peculiar genera . Those common to other regions are Syndesus , confined to Tropical ...
... Africa ; while Lobodonotus has one species in South America and two in Africa . Lucanidæ . - The Neotropical species of this family almost all belong to peculiar genera . Those common to other regions are Syndesus , confined to Tropical ...
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... African and half tropical American ; and Euphoria , confined to America both North and South . Buprestida . In this ... Africa , one in Java and one in the Moluccas . The relations of South America and Australia as indicated by these ...
... African and half tropical American ; and Euphoria , confined to America both North and South . Buprestida . In this ... Africa , one in Java and one in the Moluccas . The relations of South America and Australia as indicated by these ...
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... Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the Philip- pines ; Mesosa is Oriental and Palearctic , but has one species on the Amazon ; Apomecyna ranges through ...
... Africa , and Australia , respectively ; Spalacopsis has a species in W. Africa ; Pachypeza is common to S. America and the Philip- pines ; Mesosa is Oriental and Palearctic , but has one species on the Amazon ; Apomecyna ranges through ...
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... Africa ; Argyrophorus , allied to Eneis , a northern genus ; Hipparchia , a northern genus yet having a species in Brazil ; -all Satyrida . The Nymphalidæ are represented by the typical north temperate genus Argynnis , with 7 species in ...
... Africa ; Argyrophorus , allied to Eneis , a northern genus ; Hipparchia , a northern genus yet having a species in Brazil ; -all Satyrida . The Nymphalidæ are represented by the typical north temperate genus Argynnis , with 7 species in ...
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... Africa . Of Lamiidæ there are 14 genera , 8 of which are Neotropical , 1 common to Central America and Mexico , 1 to the United States and Cuba , while 2 , Proecha and Phidola , are confined to Cuba . Several of the genera are curiously ...
... Africa . Of Lamiidæ there are 14 genera , 8 of which are Neotropical , 1 common to Central America and Mexico , 1 to the United States and Cuba , while 2 , Proecha and Phidola , are confined to Cuba . Several of the genera are curiously ...
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9 sp abundant affinities allied animals Antilles Arctic Asia AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC Australian region belonging birds Bolivia Borneo Brazil California Canada carnivorous Celebes Ceylon characteristic Chili China coast Columbia confined Costa Rica Cuba DISTRIBUTION.-The East Eastern Ecuador Eocene ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN Ethiopian region extending extinct fauna Fresh-water fishes genera genus globe Guatemala Guiana Guinea Hayti Himalayas India inhabits insects Jamaica Japan Java Madagascar Malay Mammalia Marine fishes Mexico Miocene Moluccas NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN Nearctic region NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC PALEARCTIC NEOTROPICAL NEARCTIC SUB-REGIONS Neotropical region northern number of species occur Ocean Old World ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN NEOTROPICAL ORIENTAL AUSTRALIAN SUB-REGIONS Oriental region Pacific PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN ORIENTAL PALEARCTIC ETHIOPIAN SUB-REGIONS Palearctic region Paraguay Patagonia peculiar genera Peru Plata Plate Pliocene possesses range remarkable seas single species South America South Europe South Temperate Southern Sub-family Sumatra Tasmania Tropical America Tropical and South tropical regions Venezuela West Africa West Indian islands Zealand