Abbreviations for the countries and regions, used for the database of Asilidae

Abbreviations for the countries and regions,
used for the database of Asilidae

Fritz GELLER-GRIMM
January 03 2000

Remark: The abbreviations were created for the database of species. You can download this list and the catalogue of species on "data.htm". Type */BRA/*, if you search for all species of Brazil e.g.
In addition there is a map, which contains all abbreviations [size: 105 kb, 1781x1076].

A - K
Afrot:	Afrotropical
Austr:	Australasian
Nearc:	Nearctic
Neotr:	Neotropic
Orien:	Oriental
Palae:	Palaearctic
	Asia
	Europe
	North Africa
A	Austria (Palaearctic) = Österreich
- STE	A - Steiermark (Palaearctic)
AFG	Afghanistan (Palaearctic)
ALG	Algeria (Afrotropical/Palaearctic) = Algerien (Französisch-Nordafrika)
ALN	Albania (Palaearctic) = Albanien
AND	Andorra (Palaearctic)
ANG	Angola (Afrotropical)
ARG	Argentina (Neotropic) = Argentinien
AUS	Australia (Australasia) = Australien
- ACT	AUS - Capital Territory (Australasia)
- NSW	AUS - New South Wales (Australasia)
- NT	AUS - Northern Territory (Australasia)
- QLD	AUS - Queensland (Australasia)
- SA	AUS - South Australia (Australasia)
- TAS	AUS - Tasmania (Australasia)
- VIC	AUS - Victoria (Australasia)
- WEA	AUS - Western Australia (Australasia)
B	Belgium (Palaearctic) = Belgien
BAH	Bahamas (Neotropic)
BAN	Bangla Desh (Oriental) = Bangladesh
BAR	Barbados (Neotropic)
BEL	Belize (Neotropic) (British Honduras)
BEN	Benin (Afrotropical) (= Dahomey)
BFA	Burkina-Faso (Afrotropical) (Französisch-Westafrika part. / Obervolta)
BG	Bulgara (Palaearctic) = Bulgarien
BHU	Bhutan (Oriental)
BMA	Myanmar (Oriental) (Burma)
BOL	Bolivia (Neotropic) = Bolivien
BOR	Borneo (Oriental) (Niederländisch Indien part. / (Malaysia & Indonesia)
BOT	Botswana (Afrotropical) (Betschuanaland)
BRA	Brazil (Neotropic) = Brasilien
BUR	Burundi (Afrotropical) (Deutsch-Ostafrika part.)
C	China (Palaearctic/Oriental)
- TIB	C - Tibet (Palaearctic/Oriental)
CAM	Cameroon (Afrotropical) = Kamerun
CAN	Canada (Nearctic) = Kanada
- ALB	CAN - Alberta (Nearctic)
- BCA	CAN - British Columbia (Nearctic)
- LAB	CAN - Labrador (Nearctic)
- MAN	CAN - Manitoba (Nearctic)
- NBK	CAN - New Brunswick (Nearctic)
- NEW	CAN - Newfoundland (Neufundland) (Nearctic)
- NSA	CAN - Nova Scotia (Neuschottland) (Nearctic)
- NWT	CAN - North West Territory (Nearctic)
- ONT	CAN - Ontario (Nearctic)
- PEI	CAN - Prince Edward Island (Prinz Eduard Insel) (Nearctic)
- QUE	CAN - Quebec (Nearctic)
- SKW	CAN - Saskatchewan (Nearctic)
- YUK	CAN - Yukon Territory (Nearctic)
CAP	Cape Verde (Afrotropic/Palaearctic) = Kapverden
CBA	Cambodia (Oriental) = Kambodscha
CH	Switzerland (Palaearctic) = Schweiz
- GRB	CH - Grisons (Palaearctic) = Graubünden
- TES	CH - Tessin (Palaearctic)
- WAL	CH - Valais (Palaearctic) = Wallis
CHI	Chile (Neotropic)
COL	Colombia (Neotropic) = Kolumbien
CON	Republic of Congo (Afrotropical) = Republik Kongo
COS	Costa Rica (Neotropic)
CS	Czech Republic & Slovakia (Palaearctic) = Tschechien, Slovakei (Tschechoslovakien / Czechoslovakia)
CUB	Cuba (Neotropic) = Kuba
CY	Cyrus (Palaearctic) = Zypern
D	Germany (Palaearctic) = Deutschland
- BAD	D - Baden-Württemberg (Palaearctic)
- BAY	D - Bayern (Palaearctic) (Bavaria)
- BER	D - Berlin (Palaearctic)
- BR	D - Bremen (Palaearctic)
- BRG	D - Brandenburg (Palaearctic)
- HES	D - Hessen (Palaearctic) (Hesse)
- HH	D - Hamburg (Palaearctic)
- MBV	D - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Palaearctic)
- NIE	D - Niedersachsen (Palaearctic) (Lower Saxony)
- NRW	D - Nordrhein-Westfalen (Palaearctic) (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- PFA	D - Rheinland-Pfalz (Palaearctic) (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- SAA	D - Sachsen-Anhalt (Palaearctic) (Saxony-Anhalt)
- SAC	D - Sachsen (Palaearctic) (Saxony)
- SCH	D - Schleswig-Holstein (Palaearctic)
- SRL	D - Saarland (Palaearctic)
- THU	D - Thüringen (Palaearctic) (Thuringia)
DCA	Dominica (Neotropic)
DJI	Djibouti (Afrotropical) = Djibowti (Französisch-Somalia)
DK	Denmark (Palaearctic) = Dänemark
DOM	Dominican Republic (Neotropic) = Dominikanische Republik
DRK	Democratic Republic of Congo (Afrotropical) = Demokratische Republik Kongo (Belgisch-Kongo, Zaire)
E	Spain (Palaearctic) = Spanien
- KMA	E - Canary Islands & Madeira (Palaearctic/Afrotropic) = Kanarische Inseln
- PYR	E - Pyrenees (Palaearctic) = Pyrenäen
ECU	Ecuador (Neotropic)
EGY	Egypt (Palaearctic/Afrotropical) = Ägypten
EQU	Equatorial Guinea (Afrotropical) = Äquatorial-Guinea (Rio Muni)
ESA	El Salvador (Neotropic)
ETH	Ethiopia (Afrotropical) = Äthiopien (Erythrea / Abyssinia / Nubia part.)
F	France (Palaearctic) = Frankreich
- ELS	F - Alsace (Palaearctic) = Elsaß
- GUL	F - Guadeloupe (Neotropic)
- MAT	F - Martinique (Neotropic)
- PRO	F - Provence (Palaearctic)
- VOG	F - Vosges (Palaearctic) = Vogesen
FGU	F - French Guiana (Neotropic) = Französisch-Guayana
FIJ	Fiji Islands (Oceanis) = Fiji Inseln
GAB	Gabon (Afrotropical) = Gabun
GAM	Gambia (Afrotropical)
GHA	Ghana (Afrotropical)
GR	Greece (Palaearctic) = Griechenland
- PEL	GR - Peleponnes (Palaearctic)
GRE	Grenada (Neotropic)
GUA	Guatemala (Neotropic)
GUB	Guinea-Bissau (Afrotropical) (Port-Guinea)
GUI	Guinea (Afrotropical) (Französisch-Westafrika part.)
GUY	British Guyana (Neotropic) = Guyana
H	Hungary (Palaearctic) = Ungarn
HAI	Haiti (Neotropic)
HON	Honduras (Neotropic)
I	Italy (Palaearctic) = Italien
- SIC	I - Sicily (Palaearctic) = Sizilien
- TIR	I - Tyrol (Palaearctic) = Tirol
IND	India (Oriental) = Indien
INN	Indonesia (Oriental/Australasia) = Indonesien
- FLS	INN - Flores (Oriental)
- IJY	INN - Irian Jaya (Australasia) (New Guinea, Neuguinea part. / Westirian)
- JAV	INN - Java (Oriental) (Niederländisch Indien part.)
- MKU	INN - Maluku (Australasia/Oriental) (Molukken, New Guinea, Neuguinea part.)
- SUL	INN - Celebes (Oriental) (Sulawesi / Niederländisch Indien part.)
- SUM	INN - Sumatra (Oriental) (Niederländisch Indien part.)
- TIM	INN - Timor (Oriental)
IRE	Ireland (Palaearctic) = Irland
IRN	Iran (Palaearctic)
IRQ	Iraq (Palaearctic) (Mesopotamia part.)
IS	Iceland (Palaearctic) = Island
ISR	Israel (Palaearctic)
IVC	Ivory Coast (Afrotropical) = Elfenbein-Küste (Französisch-Westafrika part.)
J	Japan (Palaearctic)
JAM	Jamaica (Neotropic)
JOR	Jordan (Palaearctic) = Jordanien
KEN	Kenya (Afrotropical) = Kenia
KOR	Korea (Oriental) (South- and North Korea)
KUW	Kuwait (Palaearcticl)
L	Luxembourg (Palaearctic) = Luxemburg
LAO	Laos (Oriental)
LEB	Lebanon (Palaearctic) = Libanon
LES	Lesotho (Afrotropical)
LIB	Liberia (Afrotropical)
LIE	Liechtenstein (Palaearctic)
LYB	Libya (Afrotropic/Palaearctic) = Libyen
M	Malta (Palaearctic)
MAC	Macedonien (Palaearctic)
MAD	Madagascar (Afrotropical) = Madagaskar
MAL	Mali (Afrotropical) (Französisch-Westafrika part.)
MAW	Malawi (Afrotropical) (Njassald.)
MAY	Malaysia (Oriental)

MEX - Z
MEX	Mexico (Nearctic/Neotropic) = Mexiko
- AGU	MEX - Aguascalientes (Nearctic)
- BCF	MEX - Baja California Norte (Nearctic)
- BCS	MEX - Baja California Sur (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- CAE	MEX - Campeche (Neotropic)
- CHA	MEX - Chihuahua (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- CHS	MEX - Chiapas (Neotropic)
- COA	MEX - Coahuila (Nearctic)
- COI	MEX - Colima (Neotropic)
- DUR	MEX - Durango (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- GUE	MEX - Guerro (Neotropic)
- GUO	MEX - Guanajuato (Nearctic)
- HID	MEX - Hidalgo (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- JAL	MEX - Jalisco (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- MIH	MEX - Michoacan (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- MOS	MEX - Morelos (Neotropic)
- MXO	MEX - Mexico + Districto Federal (Neotropic)
- NAY	MEX - Nayarit (Neotropic)
- NLE	MEX - Nuevo Leon (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- OAX	MEX - Oaxac (Neotropic)
- PUA	MEX - Puebla (Neotropic)
- QUI	MEX - Quintana (Neotropic)
- QUO	MEX - Queretaro (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- SIL	MEX - Sinoloa (Neotropic)
- SLP	MEX - San Luis Potosi (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- SON	MEX - Sonora (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- TAB	MEX - Tabasco (Neotropic)
- TAM	MEX - Tamaulipas (Nearctic/Neotropic)
- TLA	MEX - Tlaxcala (Neotropic)
- VER	MEX - Veracruz (Neotropic)
- YUC	MEX - Yucatan (Neotropic)
- ZAC	MEX - Zacatecas (Nearctic/Neotropic)
MON	Mongolia (Palaearctic) = Mongolei
MOR	Morocco (Afrotropical/Palaearctic) = Marocko
MOZ	Mozambique (Afrotropical) = Mocambique
MTA	Mauritania (Afrotropical) = Mauretanien (Französisch-Westafrika (part.)
N	Norway (Palaearctic) = Norwegen
NAM	Namibia (Afrotropical) (Deutsch-Südwestafrika)
NCA	New Caledonia (Australis-Oceanis) = Neu Kaledonien
NEP	Nepal (Oriental/Palaearctic)
NHO	New Holland (Australasia) (former part of Australia, Neu Holland, Nouvelle-Hollande)
NIA	Nigeria (Afrotropical)
NIC	Nicaragua (Neotropic)
NIG	Niger (Afrotropical) (Französisch-Westafrika part.)
NL	The Netherlands (Palaearctic) = Niederlande
NZE	New Zealand (Australasia) = Neuseeland
OMA	Oman (Palaearctic/Afrotropical)
P	Portugal (Palaearctic)
PAK	Pakistan (Oriental/Palaearctic)
PAN	Panama (Neotropic)
PAR	Paraguay (Neotropic)
PER	Peru (Neotropic)
PHI	Philippines (Oriental) = Philippinen
PL	Poland (Palaearctic) = Polen
PNG	Papua New Guinea (Australasia) = Papua Neuguinea
QAT	Qatar (Afrotropical) = Katar
R	Roumania (Palaearctic) = Rumänien
RWA	Rwanda (Afrotropical) = Ruanda (Deutsch-Ostafrika part.)
S	Sweden (Palaearctic) = Schweden
SAR	South African Republic (Afrotropical) = Südafrikanische Republik
SEN	Senegal (Afrotropical) (Französisch-Westafrika part.)
SEY	Seychelles (Afrotopical) = Seychellen
SF	Finland (Palaearctic) = Finnland
SIA	Saudi Arabia (Palaearctic/Afrotropical) = Saudi Arabien
SIN	Singapore (Oriental) = Singapur
SIS	Samoa Islands (Australasia) = Samoa Inseln
SLE	Sierra Leone (Afrotropical)
SLU	Saint Lucia (Neotropic) = Santa Lucia
SOL	Solomon Islands (Australasia) = Solomon Inseln
SOM	Somalia (Afrotropical) (British-Somaliland / Italienisch Soamliland)
SRI	Sri Lanka (Oriental) (Ceylon)
SUD	Sudan (Afrotropical) (Anglo-Ägyptischer Sudan)
SUR	Suriname (Neotropic) = Surinam (Niederländisch Guayana)
SVI	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Neotropic)
SWA	Swaziland (Afrotropical)
SYR	Syria (Palaearctic) = Syrien
TAI	Taiwan (Oriental) (Formosa)
TAN	Tanzania (Afrotropical) = Tansania (Deutsch-Ostafrika part. / Tanganyika / Sansibar)
THA	Thailand (Oriental)
TOG	Togo (Afrotropical)
TR	Turkey (Palaearctic) = Türkei (TR = Europ. Part / Turkey = Asiatic part)
TRI	Trinidad & Tobago (Neotropic)
TSD	Chad (Afrotropical) = Tschad (Französisch-Äquatorialafrika part.)
TUN	Tunisia (Palaearctic) = Tunesien
UAE	United Arab Emirates (Afrotropical) = Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
UGA	Uganda (Afrotropical)
UK	United Kingdom (Palaearctic) (England / Great Britain)
URU	Uruguay (Neotropic)
USA	United States of America (Nearctic) = Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
- AK	USA - Alaska (Nearctic)
- AL	USA - Alabama (Nearctic)
- AR	USA - Arkansas (Nearctic)
- AZ	USA - Arizona (Nearctic)
- CA	USA - California (Nearctic)
- CO	USA - Colorado (Nearctic)
- CT	USA - Connecticut (Nearctic)
- DC	USA - District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) (Nearctic)
- DE	USA - Delaware (Nearctic)
- FL	USA - Florida (Nearctic)
- GA	USA - Georgia (Nearctic)
- HI	USA - Hawaii (Neotropic)
- IA	USA - Iowa (Nearctic)
- ID	USA - Idaho (Nearctic)
- IL	USA - Illinois (Nearctic)
- IN	USA - Indiana (Nearctic)
- KS	USA - Kansas (Nearctic)
- KY	USA - Kentucky (Nearctic)
- LA	USA - Louisana (Nearctic)
- MA	USA - Massachusetts (Nearctic)
- MD	USA - Maryland (Nearctic)
- ME	USA - Maine (Nearctic)
- MI	USA - Michigan (Nearctic)
- MN	USA - Minnesota (Nearctic)
- MO	USA - Missouri (Nearctic)
- MS	USA - Mississippi (Nearctic)
- MT	USA - Montana (Nearctic)
- NC	USA - North Carolina (Nearctic)
- ND	USA - North Dakota (Nearctic)
- NE	USA - Nebraska (Nearctic)
- NH	USA - New Hampshire (Nearctic)
- NJ	USA - New Jersey (Nearctic)
- NM	USA - New Mexico (Nearctic)
- NV	USA - Nevada (Nearctic)
- NY	USA - New York (Nearctic)
- OH	USA - Ohio (Nearctic)
- OK	USA - Oklahoma (Nearctic)
- OR	USA - Oregon (Nearctic)
- PA	USA - Pennsylvania (Nearctic)
- PUE	USA - Puerto Rico (Neotropic)
- RI	USA - Rhode Island (Nearctic)
- SC	USA - South Carolina (Nearctic)
- SD	USA - South Dakota (Nearctic)
- TN	USA - Tennessee (Nearctic)
- TX	USA - Texas (Nearctic)
- UT	USA - Utah (Nearctic)
- VA	USA - Virginia (Nearctic)
- VT	USA - Vermont (Nearctic)
- WA	USA - Washington (Nearctic)
- WI	USA - Wisconsin (Nearctic)
- WV	USA - West Virginia (Nearctic)
- WY	USA - Wyoming (Nearctic)
USSR	Soviet Union (Palaearctic) = Sovjetunion (GUS) [not longer existing]
- CET	USSR - Central European territory (Palaearctic)
- ES	USSR - East Siberia (Palaearctic)
- FE	USSR - Far East (Palaearctic)
- KZ	USSR - Kazakh (Palaearctic) (incl. Turkistan)
- NET	USSR - North European territory (Palaearctic)
- SET	USSR - South European territory (Palaearctic)
- SMA	USSR - Soviet Middle Asia (Palaearctic)
- TC	USSR - Transcaucasus (Palaearctic) (incl. Aserbaidshan)
- WS	USSR - West Siberia (Palaearctic)
VEN	Venezuela (Neotropic)
VIE	Viet Nam (Oriental) = Vietnam
WES	Western Sahara (Afrotropical) = West-Sahara
YEM	Yemen (Afrotropical) = Jemen
- SOK	YEM - Sokotra (Afrotropical)
YU	Yugoslavia (Palaearctic) = Jugoslawien (incl. Bosnia-Hercegovina / Croatia / Macedonia / Slovenia) [not longer existing]
- PAG	YU - Otok Pag (Palaearctic)
ZAM	Zambia (Afrotropical) = Sambia (Rhodesien part.)
ZEN	Central African Republic (Afrotropical) = Zentralafrika (Französich-Äquatorialafrika part.)
ZIM	Zimbabwe (Afrotropical) (Rhodesien part.)