arakno (version 1.3.1)

distribution: Get species distributions from WSC.

Description

Get species distribution from the World Spider Catalogue.

Usage

distribution(tax, order = FALSE)

Value

A data.frame with species and distribution. Family and genera names will be converted to species.

Arguments

tax

A taxon name or vector with taxa names.

order

Order taxa alphabetically or keep as in tax.

Details

This function will get species distributions from the World Spider Catalogue (2025).

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) {
distribution("Nemesia")
distribution(tax = c("Iberesia machadoi", "Amphiledorus ungoliantae"), order = TRUE)
}