arakno (version 1.3.1)

countries: Get taxon countries from WSC.

Description

Get countries of taxa from the World Spider Catalogue textual descriptions.

Usage

countries(tax)

Value

A vector with country ISO codes. Family and genera names will be converted to species.

Arguments

tax

A taxon name or vector with taxa names.

Details

Countries based on the interpretation of the textual descriptions available at the World Spider Catalogue (2025). These might be only approximations to country level and should be taken with caution.

References

World Spider Catalog (2025). World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch. doi: 10.24436/2.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
countries("Iberesia machadoi")
countries(c("Iberesia machadoi", "Nemesia"))
}