Colombian Plekocheilus
06-12-2007 21:04
Working on Colombian Orthalicoidea, I inventarized
all data on the genus Plekocheilus so far available
to me. It's quite a list, with 40 taxa of which 4 are
doubtful occurrences in Colombia. Of the remaining 36
taxa, there are 8 that are only known by the type
material. For the shortlist of 28 taxa I found 75
localities in museums (collections and databases) and
literature that could be georeferenced.
A first rough analysis in Maxent revealed a pattern somewhat similar to that I found in Ecuador, however it needs more analysis to find out a realistic distribution. The number of occurrences is higher in Colombia, at least allowing for some analysis on species level.
Anyway, my first impression is that also in this country part of it is seriously undersampled, not only for this genus but for the family as a whole.
A first rough analysis in Maxent revealed a pattern somewhat similar to that I found in Ecuador, however it needs more analysis to find out a realistic distribution. The number of occurrences is higher in Colombia, at least allowing for some analysis on species level.
Anyway, my first impression is that also in this country part of it is seriously undersampled, not only for this genus but for the family as a whole.