«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «BIOLOGIYA. ECOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «BIOLOGY. ECOLOGY»
ISSN 2073-3372 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Biology. Ecology». 2009. Vol. 2

Araneogeographic belonging of Greenland

Author(s)
Yu. M. Marusik
Abstract

There are three different opinions about zoogeographical belonging of Greenlandic fauna. Some authors threat it as a part of Nearctic, another consider it as a part of Palaearctic, and third opinion claim that Greenland is separate zoogeographic unit. Author analyzed distribution of spiders occurring in island and established belonging of that fauna to Nearctic, with some transitional features.

Keywords
Aranei, zoogeography, Greenland, Palaearctic, Nearctic
UDC
591.9595.4

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