Biogeography of South American Ephemeroptera

MOLINERI C.; NIETO C.; DOMÍNGUEZ E.; DOS SANTOS D. A.

Simposio; Austral insect patterns: phylogenetics and biogeography of austral insects; 2010

The relationships of the South American Ephemeroptera with representatives of other gondwaniancontinents have been known for a long time. Many families and even some genera are also represented in Australia, New Zealand and Africa. Nevertheless, no formal biogeographic analysis has been presented. In the present study we analyzed the available data using Biogeographic Network Analysis (Dos Santos et al., 2008). We will discuss the patterns detected in South America, and the relationships with the other Southern land masses.