Insect fauna of Rancho Las Playitas, Municipalities of Arizpe and Bacoachi, Sonora, Mexico, and discussion of noteworthy species

Authors

  • Thomas R. Van Devender
  • John D. Palting 7339 N. Yucca Via, Tucson, Arizona 85704
  • Richard A. Bailowitz Box 232, Bisbee, Arizona 85603
  • Douglas Danforth Box 232, Bisbee, Arizona 85603
  • Danny Shpeley ***** 216 Humberstone Road N.W., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Shawn M. Clark Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University
  • Guillermo Molina-Padilla Av. Juárez No. 14, Cananea, Sonora
  • Ana Carolina Thomson-Martínez Universidad de Sonora. Avenida Luis Donaldo Colosio s/n Edificio 7H
  • Robert A. Johnson ********* School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85282,
  • José Abel Salazar-Martínez Calle 5 de Mayo s/n, Bacoachi, Sonora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v31i1.7314

Keywords:

Biogeography, insect fauna, Sonora

Abstract

A total of 404 species in 312 genera, 69 families, and 11 orders of insects is documented from Rancho Las Playitas, Municipalities of Arizpe and Bacoachi, Sonora, Mexico. Distributions and locality records of noteworthy species are presented.

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