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A Lubber Grasshopper, Xyleus discoideus Rosulentus (stål, 1878) (Orthoptera: Romaleidae: Romaleinae) in the Dominican Republic

open access: yesNovitates Caribaea, 2010
The grasshopper Xyleus discoideus rosulentus (Stål, 1878) is reported for the first time in the Dominican Republic. This is the first record of the family Romaleidae in the Greater Antilles.
Daniel Perez-Gelabert   +2 more
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Eocene intra-plate shortening responsible for the rise of a faunal pathway in the northeastern Caribbean realm.

open access: yesPLoS 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

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties in some Cactaceae of Greater Antilles

open access: yes, 2022
Guiggi, Alessandro, Mariotti, Mauro (2022): Taxonomic and nomenclatural novelties in some Cactaceae of Greater Antilles. Phytotaxa 573 (2): 215-230, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.573.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.573.2.
Guiggi, Alessandro   +3 more
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Outstanding Pinkish Brown-Spored Neotropical Boletes: Austroboletus subflavidus and Fistulinella gloeocarpa (Boletaceae, Boletales) from the Dominican Republic

open access: yesMycobiology, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XIV. Species of Miconia section Sagraea that occur in the Greater Antilles and additionally in the Lesser Antilles and/or continental regions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The systematics of three species of Miconia sect. Sagraea from the Greater Antilles, which also occur in the Lesser Antilles and/or continental regions, is investigated.
Ionta, Gretchen Mary   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

New records of Dicrepidius ramicornis (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae) from Dominican Republic, Hispaniola

open access: yesNovitates 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
doaj   +1 more source

Garnet peridotite found in the Greater Antilles [PDF]

open access: yesEos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 2001
Although Alpine peridotites are relatively common in collisional orogenic zones, garnet‐bearing peridotites are rare and only associated with high pressure/ultra‐high pressure or temperature (HP/UHP or T) terranes [Brueckner and Medaris, 2000; Medaris, 1999].
Richard N. Abbott   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Disentangling diversity patterns in Cuban scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones)

open access: yesNovitates 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
doaj   +1 more source

Tainacanthus ferox, a remarkable new genus and species of katydids from the high mountains of Hispaniola (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae: Polyancistrini)

open access: yesNovitates 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
doaj   +1 more source

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