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PLoS ONE, 2020 Intriguing latest Eocene land-faunal dispersals between South America and the Greater Antilles (northern Caribbean) has inspired the hypothesis of the GAARlandia (Greater Antilles Aves Ridge) land bridge. This landbridge, however, should have crossed the
Mélody Philippon +14 more
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Towards a synthesis of the Caribbean biogeography of terrestrial arthropods
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020 Background The immense geologic and ecological complexity of the Caribbean has created a natural laboratory for interpreting when and how organisms disperse through time and space.
Sarah C. Crews, Lauren A. Esposito
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Aegithus clavicornis (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) in the Dominican Republic [PDF]
, 2009 Establishment of fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) in new isolated countries is rare. We report Aegithus clavicornis (Linnaeus) for the first time from the Dominican Republic, representing the first true record for this genus from the Greater ...
Bastardo, Ruth H. +2 more
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A summary of the endemic beetle genera of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera); bioindicators of the evolutionary richness of this Neotropical archipelago [PDF]
, 2012 The Caribbean Islands (or the West Indies) are recognized as one of the leading global biodiversity hot spots. This is based on data on species, genus, and family diversity for vascular plants and non-marine vertebrates.
Peck, Stewart B. +1 more
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Mycobiology, 2021 The occurrence of Austroboletus subflavidus and Fistulinella gloeocarpa is documented from the Dominican Republic. The latter species is reported for the first time outside its original locality in Martinique, extending the geographic range for this ...
Matteo Gelardi +5 more
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The beetles of Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions [PDF]
, 2011 This paper summarizes the published information on the beetle fauna of the island of Martinique, in the Lesser Antilles. The fauna is known to contain 42 families, with 201 genera, and 270 species.
Peck, Stewart B.
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Novitates Caribaea, 2012 Dicrepidius ramicornis (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) is an elaterid beetle widely distributed in the Americas. Although first recorded from “Saint-Domingue” by Chevrolat in 1867, its presence in Hispaniola has been subsequently overlooked.
Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert
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Novitates Caribaea, 2020 The new genus and species of Polyancistrini katydids Tainacanthus ferox gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from specimens collected in the highest mountains of the Dominican Republic, island of Hispaniola.
Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert
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Disentangling diversity patterns in Cuban scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones)
Novitates Caribaea, 2022 The assembly of communities is often viewed as a process involving the dispersal of species from a regional pool. An oceanic island provides a unique opportunity to test such a hypothesis and many others related to the patterns and processes behind ...
André Felipe de Araújo Lira +3 more
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Fruit trait variation in a caribbean germplasm collection of aromatic hot peppers (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) [PDF]
, 2013 Aromatic hot peppers (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) are an important agricultural commodity for many small-scale farmers in the Caribbean because it is a commercially viable crop and one that is integral to the cuisines of the region.
Bharath, Sarah +2 more
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