TABLE 3 in Exceptional Species Diversity of Drosophilidae (Diptera) in a Neotropical Forest

TABLE 3. Comparison of some continental drosophilid faunas (from highest to lowest). References: 1. Bächli, 2022. 2. Huang et al., 2022. 3. Khali et al., 2022. 4. Tsacas et al., 1981. 5, 6. Patterson, 1943; Grimaldi, unpubl. 7. Bächli et al., 2004. 8, 9. Miller et al., 2017; Jones and Grimaldi, 2022.
Country-RegionArea, km 2Latitudinal rangeNo. speciesRef.Zurquí, Costa Rica0.0410.47 N352hereinCosta Rica (entire)51,0608.05–11.16 N305*1China: Tianmu Mtn.?30°19′–21′ N2092Indian Himalaya states335,13822.05–35.51 N172*3Ivory Coast (entire)322,4634.42–10.67 N1374Texas (entire)695,62125.95–36.45 N72*5, 6Finland (entire)338,45559.83–70.04 N61*7Switzerland (entire)41,28545.83–47.79 N59*1New York State141,29740.50–44.98 N55*8, 9
* Based largely/entirely on the number of described species.