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Hypersalinity drives physiological and morphological changes in Limia perugiae (Poeciliidae)
(2016)
A fundamental question in biology is how an organism's morphology and physiology are shaped by its environment. Here, we evaluate the effects of a hypersaline environment on the morphology and physiology of a population ...
Informe de fauna del Parque Nacional Montaña La Humeadora
(2014)
El Parque Nacional Montaña La Humeadora es un área protegida que cuenta con una considerable riqueza hídrica que abastece a una gran cantidad de comunidades adyacentes, así como al Distrito Nacional (República Dominicana). ...
El alacrán en la cultura de República Dominicana
(2000)
Se presenta un estudio preliminar sobre el papel del escorpión en la cultura popular de la República Dominicana.
Nueva especie de Thelyphonellus (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae) de La Española, Antillas Mayores
(2002)
Se describe una especie nueva del género Thelyphonellus Pocock, 1894, que procede de República Dominicana, isla de La Española, Antillas Mayores, la que se distingue de todos sus congéneres por la posesión de dos omatoides ...
Hispaniolan Hemilophini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
(2013)
The Tribe Hemilophini (Lamiinae) is reviewed for Hispaniola and an identification key is provided. Fifteen species are now known from the island, including one new species of Adesmus (Adesmus fortunei from Pedernales and ...
Review of the genus Urgleptes Dillon (1956) of Hispaniola (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Acanthocinini) : descriptions of five new species and one new synonymy
(2015)
The genus Urgleptes Dillon (1956) is reviewed for Hispaniola. Five new species of Urgleptes from the Dominican Republic are described herein: Urgleptes charynae Ravin & Lingafelter, sp. n. (La Vega province), Urgleptes ...
Taxonomic revision of Hispaniola tiger beetles in the genus Brasiella Rivalier, 1954 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae)
(2011)
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 ...
A taxonomic revision of the Archipini of the Caribbean (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Tortricinae)
(2020)
The Archipini fauna of the Caribbean is revised to include 33 species. Most previously described species occurring in the region are redescribed and figured, with 13 new species: Argyrotaenia brownisp. nov., A. crypticasp. ...
Venom use in eulipotyphlans : an evolutionary and ecological approach
(2021)
Venomousness is a complex functional trait that has evolved independently many times in the animal kingdom, although it is rare among mammals. Intriguingly, most venomous mammal species belong to Eulipotyphla (solenodons, ...
IV Congreso de Biodiversidad Caribeña : libro de resúmenes
(2002)
Libro de resúmenes de los trabajos presentados en el IV Congreso de Biodiversidad Caribeña, una actividad científica dedicada al profesor Sixto J. Incháustegui, destacado herpetólogo dominicano, que se llevó a cabo del 22 ...