Clerodendrum chinense (Chinese glory bower).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julissa Rojas-Sandoval ◽  
Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Exotic Plant ◽  
The West ◽  
Invasive Weed ◽  
Us Virgin Islands ◽  
Western Samoa ◽  
Ornamental Shrub ◽  
Root Suckers

Abstract C. chinense is a highly invasive weed in tropical and subtropical ecosystems. This species has the capacity to move into a habitat and reproduce aggressively by root suckers. C. chinense is classified as a "major weed" in Hawaii, Fiji, Western Samoa, and America Samoa (PIER, 2012) where it grows commonly along roadsides and as an ornamental shrub in gardens. This species rapidly invades pastures and plantations wherever it is planted forming dense thickets that exclude other species (Space and Flynn, 2002; Motooka et al., 2003). In the West Indies, C. chinense is included in lists of invasive species in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and US Virgin Islands (Acevedo-Rodríguez and Strong, 2012; González et al., 2012) and is classified as a widespread exotic plant in the Lesser Antilles (including Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent; Broome et al., 2007).

Distribution and biological notes of Strumigenys margaritae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dacetini)

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe A. MacGown ◽  
James K. Wetterer
Keyword(s):  
West Indies ◽  
New World ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
The West ◽  
Us Virgin Islands ◽  
British Virgin Islands ◽  
Us States ◽  
Southeastern Us ◽  
Dutch Caribbean

Strumigenys margaritae Forel, 1893 (Tribe Dacetini) is a tiny predatory ant native to the New World. It is known from northern South America, Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, and the southeastern US from Texas to Florida. To evaluate the geographic range of S. margaritae, we compiled and mapped specimen records from > 200 sites. We found S. margaritae records for 38 geographic areas (countries, island groups, major islands, and US states), including several locales for which we found no previously published records: Anguilla, Barbados, Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dutch Caribbean, Grenada, Honduras, Nevis, Nicaragua, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Martin, Tobago, US Virgin Islands, and Venezuela.

Review of the West Indian species of Efferia Coquillett (Diptera: Asilidae) with 13 new species and checklist: Part II. Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Lesser Antilles including Tobago and Trinidad

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1994 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
AUBREY G. SCARBROUGH ◽  
DANIEL E. PEREZ-GELABERT
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
West Indian ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Lesser Antilles ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
The West ◽  
Us Virgin Islands

The species of Efferia from Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles are reviewed. Twenty species are recognized including 12 new species from the Dominican Republic: E. alia sp. nov., E. angusta sp. nov., E. bullata sp. nov., E. clava sp. nov., E. exacta sp. nov., E. incisura sp. nov., E. picea sp. nov., E. serrula sp. nov., E. sinuosa sp. nov., E. suspiciosa sp. nov., E. spinula sp. nov., and E. woodleyi sp. nov., and 1 from Puerto Rico: E. montensis sp. nov. Seven previously described West Indian species are recognized: E. forbesi (Curran, 1931), E. fortis (Walker, 1855), E. fulvibarbis (Macquart, 1848), E. haitensis (Macquart, 1848), E. nigrimystacea (Macquart, 1847), E. portoricensis (Curran, 1919), and E. stylata (Fabricius, 1775). An unresolved species from Tobago and Trinidad is also reported. All of these belong to the aestuans species group. New synonyms include: E. pachychaetus (Bromley, 1928) = E. fulvibarbis (Macquart, 1848), syn. nov.; E. tortola (Curran, 1928) = E. stylata (Fabricius, 1775), syn. nov.; and Phoneus flavotibius Bigot, 1878, = E. fortis (Walker, 1855), syn. nov. Efferia haitensis (Macquart, 1848) is removed from synonymy with E. stylata (Fabricius, 1775). The male of E. stylata is discovered and described. Lectotypes are designated for E. haitensis and E. nigrimystacea. The species is removed from the list of species from Hispaniola. Endemism is high with most species limited to single islands. Only E. stylata and E. forbesi occurring in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and E. nigrimystacea in the Lesser Antilles are more widespread. Hispaniola has the greatest diversity with 15 species whereas Puerto Rico, the British and US Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles have 5. Keys, illustrations of the left wing of selected males, and terminalia of all known species are included. A check-list of the West Indian species of Efferia, including an unresolved species from Tobago and Trinidad, is also provided.

Caribbean Commission

1960 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-216 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
West Indies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
The West ◽  
British Guiana ◽  
Netherlands Antilles ◽  
The Caribbean

A special session of the West Indian Conference convened on July 28, 1959, in St. Thomas, the Virgin Islands, to consider revision of the agreement which established the Caribbean Commission in October 1946. The delegates were welcomed by Mr. John Merwin, Governor of the Virgin Islands, who referred to the proposed revision for the transfer of control to local governments as an exciting new concept which would witness the withdrawal from active membership of the metropolitan powers and the taking over of these functions by the non-self-governing territories and possessions. Before starting deliberations on the successor body, delegates went on record in support of a continuation of regional cooperation in the area through some machinery similar to the Caribbean Commission, the good work of which was unanimously acclaimed. After several days of discussion and working in committees, the Conference accepted a Statute for a new Caribbean Organization to succeed the present Caribbean Commission, agreeing that it should be submitted to the governments concerned. The statute gave the Organization consultative and advisory powers and defined the areas of its concern as being those social, economic, and cultural matters of common interest in the Caribbean area. Eligible for membership were the Republic of France for the Departments of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique; the Netherlands Antilles; Surinam; the Bahamas; British Guiana; British Honduras; British Virgin Islands; the West Indies; Puerto Rico; and the Virgin Islands. The governing body of the new organization would be the Caribbean Council, which would hold annual meetings and to which each member would be entitled to nominate one delegate. The Organization was to come into being after an agreement with the members of the present Caribbean Commission—namely, the governments of France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States—for its establishment had been ratified. Following an offer from the government of Puerto Rico to contribute 44.3 percent of the total budget on the understanding that the new Organization would have its headquarters in that country, the Conference agreed on the following apportionment of costs to cover its proposed budget: France, $50,560; Netherlands Antilles, $24,490; Surinam, $19,750; British Guiana, $11,760; the West Indies, $44,240; Puerto Rico, $140,000; and the Virgin Islands, $25,200. As an interim step designed to facilitate the transition, the Conference recommended that the Commission appoint a working group of experts to examine the problems which would arise from the change-over, and to give its attention as well to the task of formulating guiding principles for the work of the Organization.

scholarly journals Two new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the West Indies

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1028 (1) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHARYN J. MICHELI ◽  
EUGENIO H. NEARNS
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
The West ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Curiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), Plectromerus lingafelteri from the Dominican Republic and Plectromerus ramosi from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are described. Features distinguishing the new species from their congeners are presented. Plectromerus distinctus (Cameron), previously synonymized with P. serratus (Cameron), is restored as a valid species.Dos nuevas especies de Curiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), Plectromerus lingafelteri de la República Dominicana y Plectromerus ramosi de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes se describen. Se incluyen características para diferenciar estas especies de otros miembros del género. Plectromerus distinctus (Cameron), previamente sinonimizada con P. serratus (Cameron), se reconoce como especie válida.

Revision of the Genus Reuteroscopus Kirkaldy 1905 with Descriptions of Eleven New Species (Hemiptera: Miridae)

1964 ◽  
Vol 96 (11) ◽  
pp. 1421-1433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard A. Kelton
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Central America ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
The West

AbstractThe genus Reuteroscopus is known from North America, Central America, and the West Indies. Lygus uvidus Distant considered a synonym of ornatus Reuter is a good species and the name must be revived. Psallus nicholi Knight is transferred to Reuteroscopus. Descriptions are given for the following 11 new species, making a total of 16 known species for the genus: antennatus, aztecus, chillcotti, complexus, digitatus, mexicanus, and similis from Mexico; diffusus from Mexico, Costa Rico, and Panama; femoralis from Arizona and Mexico; curacaoensis from Curacao Is.; and hamatus from Florida, Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands. Reuteroscopus sulphureus Reuter will be removed to another genus. Male genitalia of the 16 species are illustrated and a key to males is provided.

scholarly journals Potential Habitat of Acropora spp. on Reefs of Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 242-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine E. Wirt ◽  
Pamela Hallock ◽  
David Palandro ◽  
Kathleen Semon Lunz
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Us Virgin Islands ◽  
Potential Habitat ◽  
The Us

scholarly journals Early Oligocene chinchilloid caviomorphs from Puerto Rico and the initial rodent colonization of the West Indies

2020 ◽  
Vol 287 (1920) ◽  
pp. 20192806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Marivaux ◽  
Jorge Vélez-Juarbe ◽  
Gilles Merzeraud ◽  
François Pujos ◽  
Lázaro W. Viñola López ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
South American ◽  
The West ◽  
Early Oligocene ◽  
Biogeographic History ◽  
Phylogenetic Affinities ◽  
Dispersal Events ◽  
South American Origin

By their past and present diversity, rodents are among the richest components of Caribbean land mammals. Many of these became extinct recently. Causes of their extirpation, their phylogenetic affinities, the timing of their arrival in the West Indies and their biogeographic history are all ongoing debated issues. Here, we report the discovery of dental remains from Lower Oligocene deposits ( ca 29.5 Ma) of Puerto Rico. Their morphology attests to the presence of two distinct species of chinchilloid caviomorphs, closely related to dinomyids in a phylogenetic analysis, and thus of undisputable South American origin. These fossils represent the earliest Caribbean rodents known thus far. They could extend back to 30 Ma the lineages of some recently extinct Caribbean giant rodents ( Elasmodontomys and Amblyrhiza ), which are also retrieved here as chinchilloids. This new find has substantial biogeographic implications because it demonstrates an early dispersal of land mammals from South America to the West Indies, perhaps via the emergence of the Aves Ridge that occurred ca 35–33 Ma (GAARlandia hypothesis). Considering both this new palaeontological evidence and recent molecular divergence estimates, the natural colonization of the West Indies by rodents probably occurred through multiple and time-staggered dispersal events (chinchilloids, then echimyid octodontoids (spiny rats/hutias), caviids and lastly oryzomyin muroids (rice rats)).

scholarly journals Explosive range expansion of Eulophia graminea (Orchidaceae) in Puerto Ricio and the West Indies

Lankesteriana ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Ackerman ◽  
Normandie González-Orellana
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Range Expansion ◽  
West Indies ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
The West ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Southern Florida

Eulophia graminea Lindley (Orchidaceae), a native orchid of tropical and subtropical Asia, was first reported in the Western Hemisphere from populations in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. where it spread rapidly through the southern part of the state. Here we report the first record of this species for Puerto Rico and sightings in the Bahamas and Cuba, reflecting the rapid spread seen in southern Florida (U.S.A).

scholarly journals Biodiversity of Heteroptera in Puerto Rico: Part III. Conspectus of Pentatomomorpha: Aradoidea, Pyrrhocoroidea, Coreoidea, and Concluding Notes on Endemism and Biogeography

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-102
Author(s):  
Alejandro E. Segarra-Carmona ◽  
Rosa A. Franqui ◽  
Hariette Pérez-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Final Part ◽  
The West ◽  
Island Endemics

Superfamilies Aradoidea, Pyrrhocoroidea and Coreoidea from Puerto Rico are discussed as part of an updated account of Hemiptera: Heteroptera. In this final part, we present 48 species belonging to the three superfamilies, with six families known from Puerto Rico: Aradoidea: Aradidae (12); Pyrrhocoroidea: Largidae (1) and Pyrrhocoridae (3); and Coreoidea: Alydidae (5), Rhopalidae (7) and Coreidae (20). Taxonomic accounts presented here include synonymies, known distribution, lists of host plants and a listing of examined specimens. Taxonomical keys are also provided for the identification of all taxa included. Color plates for 43 species are included. Five species are new records for Puerto Rico: Brachyrhynchus membranaceus (F.), Leptoglossus confusus Alayo and Grillo, Eubule scutellata (Westwood), Mamurius cubanus Barber and Bruner, and Merocoris typhaeus (F.). Most species are widespread in the West Indies, with the largest number of island endemics in the Aradidae. A discussion of the origins, biodiversity, biogeography, and endemism of all Puerto Rican Pentatomomorpha is presented.

Coral-reef Geology: Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

2008 ◽  
pp. 263-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis K. Hubbard ◽  
Randolph B. Burke ◽  
Ivan P. Gill ◽  
Wilson R. Ramirez ◽  
Clark Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Us Virgin Islands ◽  
The Us
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