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A summary review of modern insect zoogeography and the results of geographic analysis of the world insect fauna are presented. The Introduction to the book briefly covers the history of zoogeographic research and the different approaches to delimitation and classification of zoogeographic units. The ways of dispersal and the types of distribution ranges known in insects are discussed, including the significance of range disjunctions and endemism at different taxonomic levels. Some methodological and terminological issues are considered; in particular, the term choron is introduced to designate biogeographic units of any rank, analogous to the term taxon in taxonomy. The general principles of zoochoronomic analysis are formulated. A regionalization system is proposed, in which the world fauna is subdivided into four major zoogeographic entities at the level of kingdoms: Notogaean, Neotropical, Palaeotropical, and Holarctic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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