Diversity and endemism of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Hispaniola, Greater Antilles
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Quantitative parameters on the diversity of beetles in Hispaniola were analyzed and this diversity was compared to the coleopterofauna of other Caribbean islands. It was found that 1,973 recent species of beetles in 75 families and 184 fossil species in 29 families have been recorded for Hispaniola. The three families with the largest numbers of species are Curculionidae (253), Chrysomelidae (211) and Staphylinidae (206). More than half of the species (1,045 or 53.0%) and 28 genera are endemic to the island. Fifty-six species were identified as introduced. Despite important advances in the characterization of this fauna made during the last 40 years, it can be affirmed that knowledge on Hispaniolan beetles is still preliminary. It is estimated that the total fauna of beetles in Hispaniola would contain between 3,200 – 4,000 species. All this biological diversity is threatened by the rapid transformation and destruction of the natural habitats in the island. Thus this reinforces the designation of the Caribbean islands as one of the world’s “hotspots” of biodiversity.
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insects, Coleptera, fauna, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Hispaniola, Antilles
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Hedges, S. B. 1996. Historical biogeography of West Indian vertebrates. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 27: 163-196.
Hopp, K. J. y M. A. Ivie. 2009. A revision of the West Indian genus Nesocyrtosoma Marcuzzi (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). The Coleopterists’ Society Monographs, Supplement to The Coleopterists’ Bulletin, 63 (4): 1-138.
Ivie, M. A., K. A. Marske, I. A. Foley, K. A. Guerrero, y L. L. Ivie. 2008. Invertebrates of the Centre Hills and Montserrat, with emphasis on beetles. 56-89 pp. In: Young, R. P. (ed.), A biodiversity assessment of the Centre Hills, Montserrat. Durrell Conservation Monograph No. 1. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Kazantsev, S. V. y D. E. Perez-Gelabert. 2008. Fireflies of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Russian Entomological Journal, 17: 367-402.
Lazell, J. 2005. Island: Fact and Theory in Nature. University of California Press, Berkeley, 382 pp. Maldonado Capriles, J. 1996. The status of insect alpha taxonomy in Puerto Rico after the scientific survey. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 776: 201-216.
Mejía, M. y R. García. 2007. La flora y vegetación de La Hispaniola. 30-33 pp. En: Fernández, E., Hispaniola: Biodiversidad a través de un recorrido fotográfico. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
Peck, S. B. 2005. A checklist of the beetles of Cuba with data on distributions and bionomics (Insecta: Coleoptera). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas, 18: vi + 241 pp.
Peck, S. B. 2006. The beetle fauna of Dominica, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distribution. Insecta Mundi, 20: 165-209.
Peck, S. B. 2009a. The beetles of Barbados, West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity, distribution and faunal structure. Insecta Mundi, 0073: 1-51.
Peck, S. B. 2009b. The beetles of St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distributions. Insecta Mundi, 0106: 1-34.
Peck, S. B. 2010. The beetles of the island of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions. Insecta Mundi, 0144: 1-77.
Peck, S. B. 2011. The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts and St. Martin-St. Maarten. Insecta Mundi, 0159: 1-54.
Peck, S. B., J. Cook y J. D. Hardy, Jr. 2002. Beetle fauna of the island of Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Insecta Mundi, 16: 9-23.
Perez-Gelabert, D. E. 1999. Catálogo sistemático y bibliografía de la biota fósil del ámbar dominicano. Hispaniolana (n. s.), 1: 1-65.
Perez-Gelabert, D. E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa, 1831: 1-530.
Pindell, J. L. y S. F. Barrett. 1990. Geological evolution of the Caribbean region: a plate-tectonic perspective. 405-432 pp. In: Dengo, G. & J. E. Case (eds.), The Geology of North America, vol. H, The Caribbean Region, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Co.
Rosen, D. E. 1976. A vicariance model of Caribbean biogeography. Systematic Zoology, 24: 431-464.
Turnbow, R. H., Jr. y M. C. Thomas. 2008. An annotated checklist of the Coleoptera (Insecta) of the Bahamas. Insecta Mundi, 0034: 1-64.
Wetherbee, D. K. 1985. The Two-century Search for Beetles (Coleoptera) in Hispaniola. Printed by the author. Shelburne, Massachussetts, 56 pp.
Wolcott, G. N. 1936. “Insectae Borinquenses”: a revised annotated check-list of the insects of Puerto Rico. Journal of the Department of Agriculture University of Puerto Rico, 20: 1-600.
Wolcott, G. N. 1941. A supplement to “Insectae Borinquenses”. Journal of the Department of Agriculture University of Puerto Rico, 25: 33-158.
Woodruff, R. E., B. M. Beck, P. E. Skelley, C. y. L. Schotman y M. C. Thomas. 1998. Checklist and Bibliography of the Insects of Grenada and The Grenadines. Memoir no. 2, Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida, 286 pp.
Woodruff, R. E. y M. W. Sanderson. 2004. Revision of the Phyllophaga of Hispaniola (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Insecta Mundi, 18: 1-154.
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Perez-Gelabert, D. (2011). Diversity and endemism of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Hispaniola, Greater Antilles. Novitates Caribaea, (4), 65–79. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.v0i4.154
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