There is a word missing in the article title. The correct title is: First Record of the Myrmicine Ant GenusMeranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Arabian Peninsula with Description of a New Species and Notes on the Zoogeography of Southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The correct citation is: Sharaf MR, Al Dhafer HM, Aldawood AS (2014) First Record of the Myrmicine Ant GenusM...

1. What is ecological zoogeography 2. Ecogeographical “rules” 2.1. Bergmann’s rule 2.2. Allen’s rule 2.3. Rapoport’s rule 3. Distribution of animals: patterns and causal factors 3.1. Species conceptualization and delimitation: their importance for zoogeography 3.2. Patterns of distribution 3.3. Endemisms and relicts 3.4. Abiotic ecological factors influencing species distribution 3.5. Biotic ec...

Analysis of the bat fauna of the Antillean Islands suggest that the most probable source of invnsion of the islands by bats is by overwaLer dispersal. The bat fauDa of ·the Greater Antilles is unique, a percentage of endemism on each island being over 50 percent except for the Virgin Islands which has 33 percent endemics. The richest bat fauna in the Antilles is on Cuba (32 species) followed by...