01714nas a2200169   4500008004100000022001400041245003700055210003700092300001000129490000900139520125300148653001201401100001701413700002301430700003201453856005901485       2016                        eng d  a1175-533400aCatalogue of Diptera of Colombia0 aCatalogue of Diptera of Colombia  a1-9490 v41223 a<p>Colombia has an imposing natural wealth due to its topography has many unique characteristics as a consequence of having Caribbean and Pacific shores, as well as sharing part of the Amazon basin and northern Andes mountains. Thus, many natural and biological features are due to the convergence of three biogeographical regions: Pacific, Andes and Amazonia. The Andean uplift created a complex mosaic of mountains and isolated valleys, including eleven biogeographical provinces (Morrone 2006). The Andes dominate the Colombian topography and cross the country south to north. There are three mountain ranges (Western, Central, and Eastern) with a maximum elevation of 5,775 m, and an average elevation of 2,000 m. The Magdalena and Cauca River valleys separate these ranges, that along with the Putumayo and Caquet&aacute; Rivers, the Catatumbo watershed, the Dari&eacute;n, Pique Hill, the Orinoquia Region (with its savannas), the Amazon region (with tropical rainforests), and some lower mountain ranges (Macarena and Chiribiquete), have generated the conditions for very high levels of endemism. This variety of conditions has resulted in an extremely diverse plant and animal biota, and in which 48% of the nation remains unexplored.</p>
10aDiptera1 aWolff, Marta1 aNihei, Silvio., S.1 ade Carvalho, Claudio, J. B.  uhttp://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4122.1