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Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert

Abstract

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. In this note, I provide the first data-backed records for this species from the Dominican Republic and the first from Hispaniola since then.

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beetles, inventory, arthropods, fauna, Caribbean, Greater Antilles

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How to Cite

Perez-Gelabert, D. E. (2012). New records of Dicrepidius ramicornis (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae) from Dominican Republic, Hispaniola. Novitates Caribaea, (5), 110–113. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i5.140

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