Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
12-11-2004
Abstract
With this study, the fauna of Hispaniolan Phyllophaga is now composed of 48 species, all of which are endemic (precinctive), including 22 new species described herein (4 attributed to Woodruff and Sanderson: approxima, bonfils, jimenezi, rex; 18 to Woodruff: aceitillar, alcoa, androw, baoruco, carnegie, davidsoni, eladio, haitiensis, jaragua, larimar, marcano, nunezi, ortizi, pedernales, rawlinsi, rustica, santachloe, toni). Additionally, allotypes are described for 7 species with previously unknown males (aliada, canoa) or females (esquinada, fossoria, imprima, kenscoffi, panicula), and 6 new country records (Dominican Republic) are provided (aliada, leptospica, minutissima, panicula, permagna, recorta). Of the 48, only 1 male remains unknown (barrosa), and 9 females are missing (aceitillar, carnegie, costura, davidsoni, espina, garrota, probaporra, rustica, toni); 32 are recorded only from the Dominican Republic, and 5 are known only from Haiti. The 727 Figures include 50 habitus illustrations for all species, as well as SEM photos of male and female genitalia, and other salient morphological characters. The discovery of “sister species,” on opposite sides of the Enriquillo basin, provides significant data to support the 2 island concept; 15 species are known only from the paleo “south island,” and 23 are restricted to the “north island”.
RESUMEN: De acuerdo con este estudio, la fauna de Phyllophaga en la isla Española, en el mar Caribe, está compuesta por 48 especies, todas endémicas (precinctivas), incluyendo a 22 nuevas especies aquí descritas (4 atribuídas a Woodruff y Sanderson: approxima, bonfils, jimenezi, rex; 18 a Woodruff: aceitillar, alcoa, androw, baoruco, carnegie, davidsoni, eladio, haitiensis, jaragua, larimar, marcano, nunezi, ortizi, pedernales, rawlinsi, rustica, santachloe, toni). Adicionalmente, se describen los alotipos de 7 especies, de las cuales no se conocían los machos (aliada, canoa) o las hembras (esquinada, fossoria, imprima, kenscoffi, panicula), y se reportan por primera vez a 6 especies para la República Dominicana (aliada, leptospica, minutissima, panicula, permagna, recorta). De las 48 especies, solo un macho no se conoce (barrosa) y 9 hembras aún no se describen (aceitillar, carnegie, costura, davidsoni, espina, garrota, probaporra, rustica, toni); 32 de estas especies se conocen solo de la República Dominicana y solo se conocen 5 de Haití. Las 727 ilustraciones incluyen a 50 figuras completas de todas las especies, al igual que microfotografías electrónicas (SEM) de las genitalias de machos y hembras. El hallazgo de “especies hermanas” en lados opuestos la cuenca Enriquillo es un indicador significativo que apoya al concepto de dos islas; 15 especies se conocen solo en la “isla sur,” y 23 estan restringidas a la “isla norte.”
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Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 18, No. 1-4, March–December, 2004. Copyright © 2004 by Robert E. Woodruff & Milton W. Sanderson. Used by permission.
Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/.