| Palearctic | |
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 The Palearctic realm, according to the WWF. | |
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Composition |
most of the Eurasia and the northern stripe of Africa. |
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WWF prefix |
PA |
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Realm category |
For a checklist of Opiliones in this realm, see the Palearctic Realm category. |
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Total described opilio-diversity |
801 species [1] |
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Realms of the Earth |
Afrotropic - Australasia - Indomalaya - Nearctic - Neotropic - Palearctic |
Subdivisions[]
This is one of many possible pragmatic subdivisions of Palearctic. It was adapted from the one used in Kury (2012) [1]
- Palearctic region 2—Southern Europe: (a) Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, and (b) Mediterranean: Andorra, Cyprus, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain.
- Palearctic region 3—Western Europe: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland.
- Palearctic region 4—Northern Europe: Denmark, Estonia, Faroe, Islands, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom.
- Palearctic region 5—Central Europe: Austria, Czech, Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia.
- Palearctic region 6—Eastern Europe: Belarus, Moldova, Romania, Russia (European part), Ukraine.
- Palearctic region 7—Southwest Asia: (a) Anatolian Peninsula [Turkey], (b) Arabian Peninsula [Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen], (c) Caucasia {Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia}, ], (d) Levant {Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria}, and (e) Mesopotamia [Iraq].
- Palearctic region 8—Central Asia: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
- Palearctic region 9—Northern Asia: Russia (Asiatic part).
- Palearctic region 10—East Asia: People's Republic of China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Republic of China (Taiwan).
Predominant Opiliones fauna are the Phalangiidae and Dyspnoi. Also common are many Travunioidea and Caddoidea.
References[]
WWF terrestrial ecoregions[]
| PA0101 | Gizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests | Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
| PA0102 | Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests | Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
| PA0401 | Appenine deciduous montane forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0402 | Atlantic mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0403 | Azores temperate mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0404 | Balkan mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0405 | Baltic mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0406 | Cantabrian mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0407 | Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0408 | Caucasus mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0409 | Celtic broadleaf forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0410 | Central Anatolian deciduous forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0411 | Central China loess plateau mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0412 | Central European mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0413 | Central Korean deciduous forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0414 | Changbai Mountains mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0415 | Changjiang Plain evergreen forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0416 | Crimean Submediterranean forest complex | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0417 | Daba Mountains evergreen forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0418 | Dinaric Mountains mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0419 | East European forest steppe | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0420 | Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0421 | English Lowlands beech forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0422 | Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0423 | Hokkaido deciduous forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0424 | Huang He Plain mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0425 | Madeira evergreen forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0426 | Manchurian mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0427 | Nihonkai evergreen forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0428 | Nihonkai montane deciduous forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0429 | North Atlantic moist mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0430 | Northeast China Plain deciduous forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0431 | Pannonian mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0432 | Po Basin mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0433 | Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0434 | Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0435 | Rodope montane mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0436 | Sarmatic mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0437 | Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0438 | South Sakhalin-Kurile mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0439 | Southern Korea evergreen forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0440 | Taiheiyo evergreen forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0441 | Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0442 | Tarim Basin deciduous forests and steppe | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0443 | Ussuri broadleaf and mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0444 | West Siberian broadleaf and mixed forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0445 | Western European broadleaf forests | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0446 | Zagros Mountains forest steppe | Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests |
| PA0501 | Alps conifer and mixed forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0502 | Altai montane forest and forest steppe | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0503 | Caledon conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0504 | Carpathian montane conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0505 | Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0506 | East Afghan montane conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0507 | Elburz Range forest steppe | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0508 | Helanshan montane conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0509 | Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0510 | Hokkaido montane conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0511 | Honshu alpine conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0512 | Khangai Mountains conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0513 | Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0514 | Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0515 | Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0516 | Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0517 | Qilian Mountains conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0518 | Qionglai-Minshan conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0519 | Sayan montane conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0520 | Scandinavian coastal conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0521 | Tian Shan montane conifer forests | Temperate Coniferous Forests |
| PA0601 | East Siberian taiga | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0602 | Iceland boreal birch forests and alpine tundra | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0603 | Kamchatka-Kurile meadows and sparse forests | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0604 | Kamchatka-Kurile taiga | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0605 | Northeast Siberian taiga | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0606 | Okhotsk-Manchurian taiga | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0607 | Sakhalin Island taiga | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0608 | Scandinavian and Russian taiga | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0609 | Trans-Baikal conifer forests | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0610 | Urals montane tundra and taiga | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0611 | West Siberian taiga | Boreal Forests/Taiga |
| PA0801 | Alai-Western Tian Shan steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0802 | Altai steppe and semi-desert | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0803 | Central Anatolian steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0804 | Daurian forest steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0805 | Eastern Anatolian montane steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0806 | Emin Valley steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0807 | Faroe Islands boreal grasslands | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0808 | Gissaro-Alai open woodlands | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0809 | Kazakh forest steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0810 | Kazakh steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0811 | Kazakh upland | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0812 | Middle East steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0813 | Mongolian-Manchurian grassland | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0814 | Pontic steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0815 | Sayan Intermontane steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0816 | Selenge-Orkhon forest steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0817 | South Siberian forest steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0818 | Tian Shan foothill arid steppe | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, & Shrublands |
| PA0901 | Amur meadow steppe | Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
| PA0902 | Bohai Sea saline meadow | Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
| PA0903 | Nenjiang River grassland | Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
| PA0904 | Nile Delta flooded savanna | Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
| PA0905 | Saharan halophytics | Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
| PA0906 | Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh | Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
| PA0907 | Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow | Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
| PA0908 | Yellow Sea saline meadow | Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
| PA1001 | Altai alpine meadow and tundra | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1002 | Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1003 | Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1004 | Ghorat-Hazarajat alpine meadow | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1005 | Hindu Kush alpine meadow | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1006 | Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1007 | Khangai Mountains alpine meadow | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1008 | Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1009 | Kuhrud-Kohbanan Mountains forest steppe | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1010 | Mediterranean High Atlas juniper steppe | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1011 | North Tibetan Plateau-Kunlun Mountains alpine desert | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1012 | Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1013 | Ordos Plateau steppe | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1014 | Pamir alpine desert and tundra | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1015 | Qilian Mountains subalpine meadows | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1016 | Sayan Alpine meadows and tundra | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1017 | Southeast Tibet shrub and meadows | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1018 | Sulaiman Range alpine meadows | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1019 | Tian Shan montane steppe and meadows | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1020 | Tibetan Plateau alpine shrub and meadows | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1021 | Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1022 | Yarlung Zambo arid steppe | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
| PA1101 | Arctic desert | Tundra |
| PA1102 | Bering tundra | Tundra |
| PA1103 | Cherskii-Kolyma mountain tundra | Tundra |
| PA1104 | Chukchi Peninsula tundra | Tundra |
| PA1105 | Kamchatka Mountain tundra and forest tundra | Tundra |
| PA1106 | Kola Peninsula tundra | Tundra |
| PA1107 | Northeast Siberian coastal tundra | Tundra |
| PA1108 | Northwest Russian-Novaya Zemlya tundra | Tundra |
| PA1109 | Novosibirsk Islands arctic desert | Tundra |
| PA1110 | Scandinavian Montane Birch forest and grasslands | Tundra |
| PA1111 | Taimyr-Central Siberian tundra | Tundra |
| PA1112 | Trans-Baikal Bald Mountain tundra | Tundra |
| PA1113 | Wrangel Island arctic desert | Tundra |
| PA1114 | Yamalagydanskaja tundra | Tundra |
| PA1201 | Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1202 | Anatolian conifer and deciduous mixed forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1203 | Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1204 | Corsican montane broadleaf and mixed forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1205 | Crete Mediterranean forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1206 | Cyprus Mediterranean forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1207 | Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1208 | Iberian conifer forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1209 | Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1210 | Illyrian deciduous forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1211 | Italian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1212 | Mediterranean acacia-argania dry woodlands and succulent thickets | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1213 | Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1214 | Mediterranean woodlands and forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1215 | Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1216 | Northwest Iberian montane forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1217 | Pindus Mountains mixed forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1218 | South Appenine mixed montane forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1219 | Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1220 | Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1221 | Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1222 | Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests | Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, & Shrub |
| PA1301 | Afghan Mountains semi-desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1302 | Alashan Plateau semi-desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1303 | Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1304 | Atlantic coastal desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1305 | Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1306 | Badkhiz-Karabil semi-desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1307 | Baluchistan xeric woodlands | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1308 | Caspian lowland desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1309 | Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1310 | Central Asian northern desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1311 | Central Asian riparian woodlands | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1312 | Central Asian southern desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1313 | Central Persian desert basins | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1314 | Eastern Gobi desert steppe | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1315 | Gobi Lakes Valley desert steppe | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1316 | Great Lakes Basin desert steppe | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1317 | Junggar Basin semi-desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1318 | Kazakh semi-desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1319 | Kopet Dag semi-desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1320 | Mesopotamian shrub desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1321 | North Saharan steppe and woodlands | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1322 | Paropamisus xeric woodlands | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1323 | Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1324 | Qaidam Basin semi-desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1325 | Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1326 | Rigestan-North Pakistan sandy desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1327 | Sahara desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1328 | South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1329 | South Saharan steppe and woodlands | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1330 | Taklimakan desert | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1331 | Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |
| PA1332 | West Saharan montane xeric woodlands | Deserts & Xeric Shrublands |