Switzerland
Freshwater
fish found
nowhere else include a remarkable radiation of whitefish Coregonus species
that may comprise 20 to 50 species (eawag)
when taxonomic work is complete. Among the species identified
so far are Coregonus zugensis (Ittiofauna),
Coregonus albellus
(Ittiofauna),
Coregonus alpinus (Ittiofauna),
Coregonus fatioi
(Ittiofauna),
Coregonus candidus
(Ittiofauna),
Coregonus
heglingus (Ittiofauna),
Coregonus
palaea (Ittiofauna), Coregonus zuerichensis
(Ittiofauna),
Coregonus suidteri (Ittiofauna),
Coregonus confusus
(Ittiofauna),
Coregonus nobilis (Ittiofauna),
and an extinct char Salvelinus
neocomensis (Ittiofauna).
Invertebrates known solely from Switzerland include a grasshopper Podismopsis (or Chrysochraon) keisti (pyrgus.de),
the bagworm moths Dahlica
goppensteinensis (Lepiforum)
and Rebelia ferruginans (BOLD),
a
picture-winged fly Herina
merzi (Diptera.info
pdf file), a sawfly Bavonia
focarilei (STSN),
a cranefly Nephrotoma
helvetica (Fauna
Europaea), the weevils Dichotrachelus
sondereggeri (Christopf
Germann pdf file) and Otiorhynchus
grischunensis (p. 4 of Pro
Natura pdf file), the ground beetles Trechus schyberosiae
(Carabidae
of the World) and Trechus pochoni (Carabidae
of the World),
the ants Formica
helvetica (SR
DRS) and Myrmica
myrmicoxena (p. 4 of Antbase
pdf file), and a copepod crustacean Gelyella monardi
(p. 10 of SCNAT
pdf file). Endemic snails include the Obwalden
Hairsnail Trichia
biconica (p. 5 of Hintermann
& Weber pdf file), Graziana quadrifoglio
(swissinfo),
Trochulus caelatus
(AnimalBase),
and Trochulus piccardi
(La
Gruyère).
Vascular plant species unique to Switzerland include a whitlow-grass Draba ladina (ZDSF/CRSF
pdf file), a wheatgrass Elymus
helveticus (Schmid-Hollinger), a wormwood Artemisia
nivalis (Botanik
im Bild), a tulip Tulipa
grengiolensis
(grengiols.ch),
and several recently described buttercups: Ranunculus fragifer,
Ranunculus moorii,
and Ranunculus
obtusidentatus (all at Bauhinia
pdf file).
An important terrestrial ecoregion is the Alps Conifer and Mixed
Forests (EoE). A list of endemic
Swiss animals is at (p. 123 of CBD
pdf file).