Aim To determine the historical dynamics of colonization and whether the relative timing of
colonization predicts diversification rate in the species‐rich, murine rodent communities of …

The underlying mechanisms responsible for the general increase in species richness from
temperate regions to the tropics remain equivocal. Many hypotheses have been proposed to …

Abstract The Sunda Arc forms an almost continuous chain of islands and thus a potential
dispersal corridor between mainland Southeast Asia and Melanesia. However, the Sunda …

The geologically‐complex Indo–Australian–Melanesian archipelago (IAMA) hosts
extraordinarily high levels of species richness and endemism and has long served as a …

The present contribution addresses the phylogeny and biogeography of the pantropical
whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986, the most species-rich in the arachnid order …

The elytral cuticle of 40 beetle species, comprising 14 weevils (Curculionoidea) and 26
representatives of other taxa, is examined. All weevils and 18 other species have an …

Aim We sought to reconstruct the biogeographical structure and dynamics of a hyperdiverse
ant genus, Pheidole, and to test several predictions of the taxon cycle hypothesis. Using …

One hundred and fifty years after Alfred Wallace studied the geographical variation and
species diversity of butterflies in the Indomalayan-Australasian Archipelago, the processes …

Abstract The Malay Archipelago and the tropical South Pacific (hereafter the Indo-Pacific
region) are considered biodiversity hotspots, yet a general understanding of the origins and …

Aim The respective contribution of vicariance and/or dispersal events to the evolution of
clades dwelling in the archipelagic parts of the Oriental and Australian regions remains …