1a–e). Table 2 presents the regions for each taxonomic group that do have characteristic species. We have included the characteristic species found in each region up to a maximum of 10 species. Fig. 1 Selected biogeographical regions with characteristic species per taxonomic group: a dragonflies, b grasshoppers and crickets, c herpetofauna, d hoverflies and e mosses. Codes of the regions in the legends correspond with those of the regions presented and specified in Table 2. (Color figure online) Table 2 Overview of the biogeographical regions with characteristic species for each taxonomic group Region Location Characteristic species Total Dragonflies Od1 selleck kinase inhibitor Southeast
Calopteryx virgo (6.5; 72.1), Coenagrion hastulatum (8.56; 51.2), Cordulegaster boltonii (3.4; 25.6), Gomphus
pulchellus (3.89; 86.1), Ischnura pumilio (3.37; 81.4), Orthetrum coerulescens (9.7; 60.5), Somatochlora arctica (4.69; 18.6), Somatochlora flavomaculata (5.67; 39.5), Sympetrum depressiusculum (5.53; 30.2), Sympecma fusca (6.81; 90.7) 19 Od2 Pleistocene sand Aeshna subarctica (1.58; 15.7) 1 Od3 Fen area Aeshna isosceles (3.61; 100), Aeshna viridis (3.82; 61.8), Coenagrion armatum (0.81; 5.9), Gomphus flavipes (0.82; 20.6), Leucorrhinia pectoralis (3.4; 47.1), Libellula fulva (7.23; 85.3), Sympecma paedisca (2.08; 38.2) 7 Od4 Fen meadow area Aeshna viridis (2.94; 55.1) 1 Grasshoppers and crickets Or1 Zeeland Metrioptera roeselii (4.27; 86.2) 1 Or2 Pleistocene sand Decticus verrucivorus (2.98; 29.5), Ephippiger ephippiger tuclazepam (6.63; 47.4), Gampsocleis selleck chemicals glabra (4.24; 24.4), Metrioptera brachyptera (1.99; 82.1), Nemobius sylvestris (6; 91), Psophus stridulus (1.12; 6.4), Stenobothrus lineatus (6.38; 53.8), Stenobothrus stigmaticus (4.07; 78.2), Tetrix bipunctata (1.56; 9) 9 Or3 S. Limburg Acheta domesticus (1.09; 57.1),
Conocephalus discolor (1.64; 23.5), Meconema meridionale (0.42; 9.2), Phaneroptera falcata (1.1; 22.7), Pholidoptera griseoaptera (1.94; 65.5), Tetrix subulata (1.17; 59.7), Tetrix tenuicornis (1.49; 18.5) 7 Or4 Coastal dunes Platycleis albopunctata (9.33; 72.5), Tetrix ceperoi (2.96; 65.9) 2 Herpetofauna H1 Brabant Triturus helveticus (3.59; 57.4) 1 H2 Pleistocene sand Coronella austriaca (0.82; 46.9), Natrix natrix (1.05; 87.1) 2 H3 S. Limburg Alytes obstetricans (11.13; 44.7), Bombina variegata (9.96; 36.8), Salamandra salamandra (4.39; 18.4) 3 H4 East and Zeeland Hyla arborea (2.68, 77.9) 1 H5 Coastal dunes Lacerta agilis (3.30; 98.6) 1 H6 Southeast Pelobates fuscus (7.93; 87.3), Hyla arborea (1.60; 63.6) 2 Hoverflies S1 Southeast Ceriana vespiformis (1.17; 5.4), Chalcosyrphus piger (0.75; 5.4), Cheilosia carbonaria (2.65; 51.4), Chrysogaster rondanii (2.02; 13.5), Chrysotoxum verralli (1.98; 35.1), Eristalis cryptarum (1.76; 8.1), Paragus majoranae (2.53; 27), Trichopsomyia flavitarsis (2.86; 56.8), Xylota abiens (5.68; 73), Xylota meigeniana (2.08; 45.9) 13 S2 Pleistocene sand Chrysotoxum octomaculatum (6.2; 72.7), Dasysyrphus pauxillus (3.