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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dc.contributor.authorOpitz, Weston.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-18T15:01:19Z
dc.date.available2008-09-18T15:01:19Z
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.description19 p. : ill. (1 col.), 1 map ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 18-19).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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 suggests that extant Hispaniola was prehistorically composed of a northern and southern island. It is suggested that ancestral Decorosa split into the limatula-iviei and decorosa-neiba stocks in the more northern ancient terrain of Hispaniola. Subsequently, each of two ancestral lineages yielded at least two sister species. It is further postulated that there occurred two dispersal events that brought one species of each sister pair to more southern Hispaniola; limatula from the limatula-iviei lineage and neiba from the aladecoris-neiba lineage.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5936
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates, no. 3628en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3628 2008en_US
dc.subject.lcshDecorosaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCleridae -- Hispaniolaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBeetles -- Hispaniolaen_US
dc.subject.lcshInsects -- Hispaniolaen_US
dc.titleClassification, 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. 3628en_US
dc.title.alternativeDecorosa Opitz, a new genus of checkered beetles from Hispaniola with description of its four new speciesen_US
dc.title.alternativeEpiphloeinae.en_US
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