Taxonomic revision of hispaniola tiger beetles in the genus brasiella rivalier 1954 (coleoptera, carabidae, cicindelinae).

ABSTRACT: The Brasiella tiger beetle fauna on Hispaniola, the second largest island of the Greater Antilles, has more species diversity than currently recognized as all populations previously have been assigned to the insular endemic Brasiella dominicana (Mandl). A comparative study of adult morphology, particularly male genitalic and female abdominal characters, for available Brasiella specimens from populations on Hispaniola, proposes eight additional new species also endemic to this island. Except for three sympatric species in the Sierra de Baoruco in southern Dominican Republic occurring in different habitats, all the Brasiella on Hispaniola appear to be allopatric. Most species occur in the major mountainous regions of Hispaniola. Two species, however, are known only from river floodplains in

SUBMITTER: Acciavatti RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3286252 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature