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| Classification, natural history and evolution of the Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Part 5, Decorosa Opitz, a new genus of checkered beetles from Hispaniola with description of its four new species ; American Museum novitates, no. 3628 |
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| Title: | Classification, natural history and evolution of the Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Part 5, Decorosa Opitz, a new genus of checkered beetles from Hispaniola with description of its four new species ; American Museum novitates, no. 3628 |
| Other Titles: | Decorosa Opitz, a new genus of checkered beetles from Hispaniola with description of its four new species Epiphloeinae. |
| Authors: | Opitz, Weston. |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | American Museum novitates, no. 3628 |
| Abstract: | The new genus Decorosa Opitz, known only from the Dominican Republic, and its four new species are described: D. aladecoris, D. iviei, D. limatula, and D. neiba. Reduction of the seventh row of elytral punctations and filiform funicular antennomeres distinguish Decorosa specimens from other epiphloeines with antennae composed of 10 antennomeres. Aside from the conventional components of generic revisions this treatise also includes a review of Greater Antillean and Hispaniolan paleogeography, and comments about phylogenetics and zoogeographic considerations. Distributional records, in conjunction with analysis of intrageneric relationships suggest that Decorosa evolved in northern Hispaniola. Available specimens of Decorosa were collected from mountain forests of the Cordillera Central (1160-2885 m), Sierra de Neiba, (1856-1874 m), and from eastern terrain prehistorically considered part of the northern element of ancient Hispaniola. Compelling evidence from geology and biology suggest... |
| Description: | 19 p. : ill. (1 col.), 1 map ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-19). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5936 |
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