TABLE 4 in Hotspots of new species discovery: new mite species described during 2007 to 2012

TABLE 4. Geographic distribution of new species from SAA and Zootaxa (2007–2012) among countries (or regions); n sp =number of new species within each country (or region), N c =number of countries with n sp species. n spN cName of countries (regions)2481P. R. China*1661Australia*1181Iran761Brazil*512Kenya, USA*421Russia402India*, Turkey291Vietnam271Madagascar*261South Africa*251Thailand241Canada222New Zealand, Poland201Indonesia*171Mexico*151Slovakia141Ukraine131Philippines*122Ethiopia, Malaysia*112Costa Rica*, Spain102Chile, Italy95Botswana, Ecuador*, Ghana, Greece, Zambia83Japan, Montenegro, Peru*71UK64Bulgaria, Cuba, Germany, Tanzania58Cameroon, Comoros, Egypt, France, Laos, Tunisia, Europe**, Jordan46Brunei Darussalam, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Panama, Switzerland, Uganda36Papua New Guinea*, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Mongolia, New Caledonia, Rwanda29Colombia*, Czech Republic, Federal States of Micronesia, Gabon, Kyrgyzstan, Malagasy Republic, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Serbia122Albania, Austria, Benin, Belgium, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Burundi, Croatia, Cyprus, Gambia, Guyana, Guatemala, Morocco, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Swaziland, Zaire* *17 Megadiverse countries (Mittermeier 1988) **Five species were labelled as from Europe only, without mention of any countries.