Analysis of the planetary distribution in the F – M_p plane and the flux cumulative distribution function. Left panel: distribution of the 609 planets of the S₂ set in the F – M_p plane. The yellow triangles represent planets that would be referred to as hot Neptunes according to the limits obtained by Mazeh et al. (2016). The grey triangle is a qualitative representation of the sub-Jovian and Neptune desert. Right panel: cumulative distribution function of incident flux values F of planets with 10 M_⊕ ≤ M_p ≤ 200 M_⊕ . The vertical dashed line represents the threshold value of 550 F_⊕ in both panels below which 75% of the planets with 10M_⊕ ≤ M_p ≤ 200 M_⊕ lie.