Table 2

Results of database search in Zoological Record™ (1978–2006) for biogeographical regions. CSR = cryptic species reports.

Region
N CSR
N articles
% species

Neotropis
177
49,637
41.51
Afrotropis
148
30,705
22.18
Indomalayan
115
45,651
11.97
Nearctis
268
71,638
3.16
Palaearctis
447
213,501
5.38
Australasia + Oceania
184
38,711
15.78
Antarctis
15
5,813
0.02

Pfenninger and Schwenk BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007 7:121   doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-121