New data on Miocene butterflies in Dominican amber (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae and Nymphalidae) with the description of a new nymphalid ; American Museum novitates, no. 3519

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dc.contributor.authorPenalver, Enrique.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrimaldi, David A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-08-16T20:39:09Z
dc.date.available2006-08-16T20:39:09Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.description17 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 15-17).en_US
dc.description.abstractA 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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5796
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates, no. 3519en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3519 2006en_US
dc.subject.lcshVoltinia dramba.en_US
dc.subject.lcshDynamine alexae.en_US
dc.subject.lcshAmber fossils -- Dominican Republic.en_US
dc.subject.lcshButterflies, Fossil -- Dominican Republic.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsects, Fossil -- Dominican Republic.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Miocene -- Dominican Republic.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleoecology -- Miocene -- Dominican Republic.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Dominican Republic.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleoecology -- Dominican Republic.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTaphonomy -- Dominican Republic.en_US
dc.titleNew data on Miocene butterflies in Dominican amber (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae and Nymphalidae) with the description of a new nymphalid ; American Museum novitates, no. 3519en_US
dc.title.alternativeMiocene amber butterfliesen_US
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