What the altitudinal and geographical distributionsof the Saturniidae along the foothills of the Andes tellus about the so-called pre-Andean zone(Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

摘要

LEMAIRE & VENEDICTOFF 1989 proposed a biogeographical subdivision of Ecuador based on the distribution of the Saturniidae. Among the various subdivisions; the pre-Andean zone extending from Venezuela to Bolivia results not to be supported by the distribution of the Saturniidae. A critique of their attempt is given according to the absence of endemisms for this altitudinal zone. A detailed analysis of the species listed by LEMAIRE & VENE-DiCTOFF 1989 as representative species for this area is presented accordingly.