Endemism patterns in the Italian leaf beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

By

Biondi, Maurizio
Urbani, Fabrizia
D'Alessandro, Paola

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

332

Pages

177-205

Subjects

Alps , Apennines , Chrysomelidae , Cluster analysis , Coleoptera , Corsica , endemic species , Italy , parsimony analysis of endemicity , Sardinia , Sicily

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.332.5339

 

Abstract

In this contribution the results of a zoogeographical analysis, carried out on the 123 endemic leaf beetle species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) occurring in Italy and its immediately adjacent regions, are reported. To assess the level of faunistic similarity among the different geographic regions studied, a cluster analysis was performed, based on the endemic component. This was done by calculating the Baroni Urbani & Buser’s similarity index (BUB). Finally, a parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE) was used to identify the most important areas of endemism in Italy.