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First record of one family and two genera of pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) from Hispaniola

Carrero Jiménez, Solanlly; Santos, Gabriel de los (2023)

[English] The Family Neobisiidae, the genera Microbisium Chamberlin, 1930 and Ideoblothrus Balzan, 1891 (Family Syarinidae), as well as the species M. parvulum (Banks, 1895) and I. pygmaeus (Hoff, 1964), are recorded for ...

First record of the fireworm Hermodice carunculata preying on colonies of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora Cervicornis in the southeastern outplanting sites of the Dominican Republic

Calle-Triviño, Johanna; Cortés-Useche, Camilo; Sellares-Blasco, Rita I.; Arias-González, Jesús Ernesto (2017)

[English] Several fireworms Hermodice carunculata (Pallas, 1766) were observed feeding on coral colonies or transplanted fragments of the threatened staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816), in outplanting sites ...

First record of the genus Syritta Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the West Indies

Mengual, Ximo; Soto Molinari, Carlos de (2020)

We report the genus Syritta Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from West Indies for the first time. A female of the synanthropic species Syritta flaviventris Macquart, 1842 was photographed in the ...

First record of the Indo-Pacific red lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) for the Dominican Republic

Guerrero, Kelvin A.; Franco, Ángel Luís (2008)

A new record of the Indo-Pacific red lionfish Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Osteichthyes: Scorpaenidae) is reported for the Dominican Republic, observed in the National Submarine Park of Monte Cristi on May 24, 2008. ...

First record of the orchid bee Euglossa dilemma (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Hispaniola, the Antilles

Genaro, Julio A.; Hinojosa-Díaz, Ismael A.; McDowell Johnson, Lisa (2020)

[English] The occurrence of the orchid bee Euglossa dilemma Bembé and Eltz (Hymenoptera: Apidae) is recorded for the first time for the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles. Males were observed visiting varieties ...

First record of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, from Hispaniola

Gotzek, Dietrich; Martínez, Santiago (2021)

The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, is one of the most damaging pest species in the world. A native to the floodplains of subtropical South America, it has been spread to North America and more recently ...

First record of Tomostele musaecola (Morelet, 1860) (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Streptaxidae) from the Dominican Republic and its current distribution in the Western Hemisphere

Álvarez-Abreu, Oniel; Mateo, Sara; Espinosa-Jorge, Altagracia (2021)

The presence of alien mollusc species in an ecosystem has a negative impact on the endemic mollusc fauna and can result in economic losses. The West African land snail Tomostele musaecola (Morelet) was previously recorded ...

First record of Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) nesting on Hispaniola

Curti, Marta G.; Jorge Polanco, Hilario; Gañán Aparicio, Julio; Hayes, Thomas I.; Latta, Steven C. (2014)

[English] This paper provides the first nesting record of Turkey Vultures on Hispaniola, a description of these four nests, and general information on three other previously unreported nests.

First records of extant Hispaniolan spiders of the families Mysmenidae, Symphytognathidae, and Ochyroceratidae (Araneae), including a new species of Ochyrocera

Hormiga, Gustavo; Álvarez-Padilla, Fernando; Benjamin, Suresh P. (2007)

A new species of ochyroceratid spider, Ochyrocera cachote, n.sp., is described and its unique web architecture is documented. This is the first record of Ochyroceratidae for the extant fauna of Hispaniola. Additional new ...

First records of the pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) for the Puerto Rican Bank, with a review of the species in the Caribbean

Mignucci-Giannoni, Antonio A.; Swartz, Steven L.; Martínez, Anthony; Burks, Carolyn M.; Watkins, William A. (2003)

Pantropical spotted dolphins are the most abundant cetaceans in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with a population estimate of 91,321, but are less common in the eastern U.S. Atlantic, where estimates are 12,747. No current ...

First records of the Spotted Rail (Pardirallus Maculatus) on the Island of Hispaniola

Stockton de Dod, Annabelle (1980)

On 17 April 1978, a bird watcher from San Francisco de Macorís brought a live rail to me for identification. He had purchased the individual from some boys who had captured it in a patch of grass in the center of a freshly ...

First satellite tracks of the Endangered black-capped petrel

Jodice, Patrick G. R.; Ronconi, Robert A.; Rupp, Ernst; Wallace, George E.; Satgé, Yvan (2015)

The black-capped petrel Pterodroma hasitata is an endangered seabird with fewer than 2000 breeding pairs restricted to a few breeding sites in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. To date, use areas at sea have been determined ...

First sighting of a whale shark in Punta Cana waters!

Fundación Grupo Puntacana (2016)

First sighting of a whale shark in Punta Cana waters! An example of the improvement we’ve made in our coasts through the Partnership for Ecologically Sustainable Coastal Areas (PESCA), implementing replicable coastal ...

First skull of Antillothrix bernensis, an extinct relict monkey from the Dominican Republic

Rosenberger, Alfred L.; Cooke, Siobhán B.; Rímoli, Renato; Ni, Xijun; Cardoso, Luis (2011)

The nearly pristine remains of Antillothrix bernensis, a capuchin-sized (Cebus) extinct platyrrhine from the Dominican Republic, have been found submerged in an underwater cave. This represents the first specimen of an ...

Fisherfolk organisation in the network governance of small-scale fisheries in the CARICOM region

Tabet, Laura M. (2009)

This paper presents the network governance structures needed to support the management of dynamic and complex small-scale fishery systems. The research is based on 40 structured interviews with stakeholders from the fishing ...

Fisheries investigations and management implications in marine protected areas of the Caribbean : a case study of Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic

Chiappone, Mark (ed.) (2001)

[English] The focus of this technical report is the fishes and fisheries of Parque Nacional del Este, Dominican Republic. Despite PNE’s designation as a national park, the government of the Dominican Republic allows artisanal ...