中国的土地面积超过 9.5 million km2,近似于美国,但是南方进一步延伸到了热带地区。辽阔的地域涵盖了多样的生态环境,从寒冷的北方森林和广阔的草原,到南方丰富的热带丛林,从而支撑了高度多样化的植物区系和动物区系。其反映在,缨翅目区系由古北区的北部和发源于欧洲东南部和伊朗的喜马拉雅山系相毗邻的地区,以及东洋区的南方包括海南省和高度分割的云南西南部地区所组成。
近年来,中国缨翅目的研究一直以涉及农业科学的高校为基础,在全国范围内仅有有限的调研。随着许多其他的种类在过去十年被记录,这种研究方式也在逐渐改变。许多欧洲的种类已经在北方被发现 (Mirab-balou et al., 2014; Zhang et al., 2018), 亚洲甚至澳大利亚的种类也在南方被发现 (Li et al., 2018; Zhang et al., 2018),中国特有种的数量也在不断增加 (Li, Li & Zhang 2018)。
有关中国蓟马基本的分类参考包括两个修订研究 (Han, 1997; Wang, 2002),两个名录 (Zhang & Tong, 1993; Mirab-balou et al. 2011)。该信息系统旨在鼓励中国缨翅目进一步的研究,尤其是锯尾亚目。然而, 另一个亚目—— 管尾亚目,其多样性更加丰富,在中国仍有大量亟待研究的内容 (Dang et al., 2014) 。
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