Before revision: The terms biogeographic unit,Calow, 1998 biogeographic areaEbach et al., 2008 or bioregion sensu lato,Vilhena Antonelli, 2015 can be used for these categories, regardless of rank.
After revision: The terms biogeographic unit,Calow, 1998 biogeographic areaEbach et al., 2008 can be used for these categories, regardless of rank.