New data on Miocene butterflies in Dominican amber (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae and Nymphalidae) with the description of a new nymphalid ; American Museum novitates, no. 3519
dc.contributor.author | Penalver, Enrique. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Grimaldi, David A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-08-16T20:39:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-08-16T20:39:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | en_US |
dc.description | 17 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 15-17). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | A new, virtually complete and well-preserved female specimen of Voltinia dramba Hall, Robbins, and Harvey, 2004 (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) provides new data on this fossil species, and a new fossil species of the Recent genus of Nymphalidae Dynamine Hubner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) is described as Dynamine alexae n.sp., on the basis of a male specimen. The two species are preserved in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. Dynamine alexae n.sp. represents the first adult nymphalid butterfly found as a fossil in amber. The four taxa of butterflies found up to the present in Dominican amber indicate post-Miocene extinctions in Hispaniola, probably caused by insularization. The butterflies found in Dominican amber do not support a hypothesis of a Gondwanan origin for many butterfly tribes and subfamilies as previously proposed; we conclude that this hypothesis is implausible based on the age of the butterflies as inferred from the fossil record. Some palaeoecologic and taphonomic questions are discussed. | en_US |
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dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5796 | |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | American Museum novitates, no. 3519 | en_US |
dc.subject.lcc | QL1 .A436 no.3519 2006 | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Voltinia dramba. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Dynamine alexae. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Amber fossils -- Dominican Republic. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Butterflies, Fossil -- Dominican Republic. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Insects, Fossil -- Dominican Republic. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Paleontology -- Miocene -- Dominican Republic. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Paleoecology -- Miocene -- Dominican Republic. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Paleontology -- Dominican Republic. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Paleoecology -- Dominican Republic. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Taphonomy -- Dominican Republic. | en_US |
dc.title | New data on Miocene butterflies in Dominican amber (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae and Nymphalidae) with the description of a new nymphalid ; American Museum novitates, no. 3519 | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Miocene amber butterflies | en_US |
dc.type | text | en_US |
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