| Distribution | Family |
| Worldwide (but most in Australia + islands of western Pacific, Asia & Africa) | |
| S Asia, Africa, the East Indies & Australia | |
| SW US; Mexico to Guatemala | |
| Europe, Asia, Africa | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Mexico, SE Asia, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea | |
| South Central US to N Mexico | |
| SE Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Guinea archipelago, absent from Fiji | |
| Madagascar endemics | |
| Mexico & Guatemala, China | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa & Madagascar | |
| Central Mexico to NW South America | |
| | Distribution | Family |
| S. Mexico to Argentina | |
| SW US, Mexico, C. America, Cuba | |
| SE US thru C. & S. America, West Indies | |
| N., C. & S. America, West Indies, S. Europe, Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand & many Pacific islands | |
| Borneo | |
| Restricted to S. & C. America, except 1 genus found in N. America | |
| SW US thru tropical S. America, West Indies, Galapagos, Fiji | |
| Panama & tropical S. America | |
| N. & S. America, West Indies, Europe, Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, N. Africa | |
| S. America, West Indies, Galapagos | |
| Africa, Madagascar, S Spain, Crete, S Arabian Peninsula, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | |
| N. & C. America (from S Canada to Panama) | |
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