JIA Fenglong. Impaction of Quaternary Glacier to Insect Fauna of China[J]. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis SunYatseni, 2010,49(2):79-85.DOI:
Quaternary Glacier took an important impaction to the modern insect fauna of China. Many species from Palearctic region are distributing in Yunnan
Hainan and Taiwan due to Quaternary Glacier
which are the palearctic species distributed the southern end of China. Quaternary Glacier played very important role in formation of mountain genera and species
endemic genera and species in southern China. Palearctic and Oriental Regions should be based on Huaihe River as dividing line. A part of endemic species of China are the survival of ancient species from Europe or Far East of Russia. Glaciers drove some species from Palearctic region to south and extended further to Southeast Asia and South Asia. After theses species successfully settled in Oriental region