Entomology definition of Carolinian faunal area: that area of the upper austral
zone comprising the larger part of the Middle States (except the
mountains), s. e. So. Dakota, east. Nebraska, Kansas and part of
Oklahoma; nearly all of Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Maryland and Delaware; more than half of West Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee and New Jersey and large areas in Alabama, Georgia, the
Carolinas, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan and South
Ontario: extends along Atlantic Coast from near mouth of
Chesapeake Bay to Southern Connecticut and sends narrow arms up
the valleys of the Hudson and Connecticut. A narrow arm follows
the east shore of Lake Michigan to Grand Traverse Bay.