Category talk:Spiders by geographical distribution categories

Hierarchy
As of 16 October 2016, the hierarchical structure was:
 * Spiders of Africa (4 C, 236 P)
 * Spiders of the Canary Islands (14 P)
 * Spiders of Madagascar (12 P)
 * Spiders of Réunion (10 P)
 * Spiders of South Africa (15 P)
 * Spiders of Asia (4 C, 343 P)
 * Spiders of China (38 P)
 * Spiders of Indonesia (7 P) – problematic, as Borneo is split between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei; New Guinea between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea; Timor between Indonesia and East Timor
 * Spiders of Israel (12 P)
 * Spiders of Taiwan (14 P)
 * Spiders of Europe (24 C, 442 P) – 2 geographical categories, rest by family
 * Spiders of Great Britain (5 P)
 * Spiders of Georgia (country) (33 P)
 * Spiders of North America (2 C, 269 P)
 * Spiders of Central America (45 P)
 * Spiders of the United States (84 P) – note says to exclude Pacific islands, including Hawaii
 * Spiders of Oceania (3 C, 48 P) – includes Hawaii and other American Pacific Islands
 * Spiders of Australia (187 P)
 * Spiders of Hawaii (13 P)
 * Spiders of New Zealand (57 P)
 * Spiders of South America (344 P)

Category:Spiders of Russia includes spiders of Europe and Asia which are not otherwise categorized, but doesn't fit into the hierarchy. Peter coxhead (talk) 09:24, 16 October 2016 (UTC)