scholarly journals Bees of the genus Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Greater Puerto Rico, West Indies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Gibbs
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
West Indies ◽  
New Records ◽  
Greater Antilles ◽  
Nesting Biology ◽  
Mona Island

The species of Lasioglossum from Greater Puerto Rico are reviewed. Nine species are recognized, including five new species described herein: Lasioglossum (Dialictus) genaroi sp. nov., L. (D.) dispersum sp. nov., L. (D.) enatum sp. nov., L. (D.) monense sp. nov. and L. (D.) amona sp. nov. The latter two are known only from Mona Island. Keys and images are provided to assist in identification. Details of nesting biology, floral hosts and distribution are provided where available. Three species, L. (D.) parvum (Cresson, 1865), L. (D.) busckiellum (Cockerell, 1915), and L. (D.) mestrei (Baker, 1906) are removed from the list of species for Puerto Rico. Details on their revised distribution are provided. Three new records for Haiti, L. (D.) gundlachii (Baker, 1906), L. (D.) ferrerii (Baker, 1906) and L. (D.) busckiellum are documented. Notes on other species in the Greater Antilles are provided, including the synonymy of Lasioglossum bruesi (Cockerell, 1912) and L. jamaicae (Ellis, 1914) under L. gemmatum (Smith, 1853).

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.

Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the West Indies and description of a new species of Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2663 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
TERRY WHITWORTH
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
The West ◽  
Blow Flies ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Key Characters

Keys to 11 genera and 21 species of Calliphoridae found or likely to be found in the West Indies are given. Species distributions and key characters are discussed. Lucilia fayeae sp. nov. is described from numerous specimens from Dominica, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent. Calliphora maestrica Peris et al. is redescribed and the male of the species is described for the first time.

Brazilian Diplosmittia Sæther: D. trifida sp. n. and new records of D. plaumanni Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009 (Diptera: Chironomidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4885 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-142
Author(s):  
ERIKA MAYUMI SHIMABUKURO ◽  
CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS ◽  
LUIZ CARLOS PINHO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
West Indies ◽  
New Records ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
British West Indies ◽  
Mountainous Region ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Saint Lucia

Sæther (1981) erected the genus Diplosmittia based on a species from Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent in the British West Indies. The genus was revised by Pinho et al. (2009). To date, the genus comprises ten species: Diplosmittia harrisoni Sæther, 1981; D. carinata Sæther, 1985; D. recisus Sæther, 1988; D. beluina Andersen, 1996; D. forficata Andersen, 1996; D. plaumanni Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009; D. boraceia Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009; D. aragua Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009; D. cerayma Pinho, Mendes & Andersen, 2009; and D. caribensis Wiedenbrug & Silva, 2016. Diplosmittia sasai Makarchenko & Makarchenko, 2005 was placed as a synonym of Pseudosmittia mathildae Albu, 1968 by Makarchenko & Makarchenko (2008). Except for D. carinata from Michigan, U.S.A., all species are Neotropical and mostly recorded from the Caribbean and northern part of South America. During field work in a remote mountainous region in the Brazilian Amazon, a unique new species with the gonostylus split into three parts was collected and is described and figured below. In addition, new records of D. plaumanni are provided. 

scholarly journals NINE NEW RECORDS OF COLLEMBOLA (INSECTA) FROM PUERTO RICO AND THE FIRST RECORD OF THE ORDER FROM TORTOLA, BRITISH WEST INDIES

1969 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
José A. Mari Mutt
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
West Indies ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
British West Indies

NINE NEW RECORDS OF COLLEMBOLA (INSECTA) FROM PUERTO RICO AND THE FIRST RECORD OF THE ORDER FROM TORTOLA, BRITISH WEST INDIES

A review of Antillocladius S ther, 1981; Compterosmittia S ther, 1981 and Litocladius new genus (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 594 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUMBERTO F. MENDES ◽  
TROND ANDERSEN ◽  
OLE A. SÆTHER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
West Indies ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
Single Species ◽  
British West Indies ◽  
Wing Membrane ◽  
North Central ◽  
Larval Habitats

A parsimony analysis of recently collected species sharing several features such as scalpellate acrostichals, often setae apically on the wing membrane and often strongly extended costa, together with 38 genera show that the collected species can be assigned to Antillocladius S ther, 1981, Compterosmittia S ther, 1981, and one new genus, Litocladius. Nine new species of Antillocladius are described and figured as male imagines: A. calakmulensis, A. herradurus and A. zempoalensis from Mexico; A. venequatoriensis from Ecuador and Venezuela; A. ubatuba from Brazil and Venezuela; and A. biota, A. folius, A. musci, and A. sooretama from Brazil. The female of A. musci, the pupae of A. antecalvus S ther, A. folius, and A. musci, and the larvae of A. folius and A. musci are also described and figured. New records of A. antecalvus S ther from Brazil and Venezuela; of A. arcuatus S ther from Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela; A. pluspilalus S ther from Ecuador and Mexico and of A. zhengi Wang and S ther from Thailand are given. The genus Antillocladius S ther, 1981, originally described from the British West Indies, now includes 15 species from North, Central and South America, Russia, China and Thailand. Keys to all known males, females, pupae and larvae are given. Four new species of Compterosmittia are described and figured as male imagines: C. aberrans from Costa Rica; C. croizati from Brazil and Venezuela; C. pittieri from Venezuela; and C. berui from Brazil. The genus Compterosmittia S ther, 1981, originally described from the British West Indies, now includes 8 to 10 species from North, Central and South America, Australia, Oceania and Southeast Asia. A key to male imagines is given. The new genus, Litocladius, includes a single species, L. mateusi, described as male, female and pupa. The immatures of all three genera are terrestrial or associated with phytotelmata, and notes on their biology and larval habitats are included.

scholarly journals The genus Sicoderus Vanin 1986 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Erodiscini) in the West Indies

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4497 (3) ◽  
pp. 301 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT S. ANDERSON
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
The West ◽  
History Information

The genus Sicoderus Vanin is revised for the West Indies. A total of 32 species are known with 18 new species described herein as follows: Sicoderus aeneus (Haiti), S. alternatus (Dominican Republic), S. bautistai (Dominican Republic, Haiti), S. beatyi (Cuba), S. bipunctiventris (Cuba), S. caladeler (Cuba), S. detonnancouri (Dominican Republic), S. franzi (Puerto Rico), S. guanyangi (Dominican Republic), S. humeralis (Dominican Republic), S. lucidus (Dominica), S. medranae (Dominican Republic, Haiti), S. perezi (Dominican Republic), S. pseudostriatolateralis (Dominican Republic, Haiti), S. striatolateralis (Dominican Republic), S. thomasi (Haiti), S. turnbowi (Dominican Republic), and S. woodruffi (Grenada). All species are described or redescribed, natural history information is summarized and a listing of locality data from all specimens examined is included. A key is provided to all West Indian species of the genus. All species distributions are mapped and all (excepting S. propinquus Vanin) are represented by habitus images and images of male genitalia. 

scholarly journals Biodiversity of Heteroptera in Puerto Rico: Part II. Annotated Checklist and Keys of Lygaeoidea (Pentatomomorpha)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-80
Author(s):  
Alejandro E. Segarra-Carmona ◽  
Rosa A. Franqui ◽  
Hariette Pérez-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
West Indies ◽  
New Records ◽  
The West ◽  
Annotated Checklist ◽  
Spilostethus Pandurus ◽  
Taxonomic Keys

Lygaeoidea fauna of Puerto Rico and its adjacent islands is presented as part of a revision of the Heteroptera of these islands. In this work, we present 73 species in nine families known from Puerto Rico: Berytidae (4); Lygaeidae (17); Cimidae (1); Ninidae (1); Blissidae (3); Geocoridae (7); Oxycarenidae (1); Pachygronthidae (2); and Rhyparochromidae (37). Of this total, nine represent new records for Puerto Rico: Gampsocoris decorus (Uhler), Spilostethus pandurus (Scopoli), Icshnodemus variegatus (Signoret), Geocoris uliginosus Say, Valtissius distinctus (Distant), Pseudopachybrachius concepcioni Zheng & Slater, Paromius dohrnii (Guérin-Méneville), Ozophora barbudensis Baranowski, and O. xancthocnemis Baranowski. Most species found here are also widely found in the West Indies. The genera with the most species represented are the rhyparochromids Ozophora Uhler and Neopamera Harrington. Taxonomic accounts presented in this work include synonymies, known distribution, lists of hosts and a listing of examined specimens. Also, we provided taxonomic keys and color plates of 52 of the species discussed.

New Records for the Bat Fauna of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, with Notes on their Natural History

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armando Rodríguez-Durán ◽  
Elizabeth Padilla-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Natural History ◽  
New Records ◽  
Mona Island

scholarly journals Bryophytes of Mona Island Natural Reserve, Puerto Rico

1998 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Carmen M. Reyes-Colón ◽  
Inés Sastre-DJ
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
New Records ◽  
Moss Species ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Natural Reserve ◽  
Mona Island

This checklist provides in addition to a list of mosses and hepatics, a key to the species. We report 17 moss species of which 9 are new to Mona Island and 3 are new records for Puerto Rico (Fissidens minutus, Plaubelia sprengelii and Brymela callicostelloides). This report represents a 35% increase to the moss flora of Mona Island. Thirteen hepatics are reported of which 8 are new records, representing an increase of 31%. Two new synonyms (Bryum microdecurrens = Bryum coronatum, Riccia brittonii = Riccia elliottii) are included. No hornworts are known for the island.

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