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The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) from late Quaternary underwater cave deposits in the Dominican Republic
(2018)
Late Quaternary fossils representing a locally extinct population of the Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) are reported from two underwater caves in the Dominican Republic. A large fossil sample of C. rhombifer, from ...
Fossil land tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Dominican Republic, West Indies, with a description of a new species
(2018)
A new fossil tortoise, Chelonoidis dominicensis, is described from a flooded cave in La Altagracia Province in the southeastern Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola. The holotype, and only known specimen, includes ...
The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida: Megaloptera, Neuroptera)
(2007)
The neuropterid fauna of early Miocene Dominican and Oligocene-Miocene Mexican amber is treated. The fauna consists entirely of Megaloptera and Neuroptera while the snakeflies (Raphidioptera) are not presently known in ...
Diverse Rhinotermitidae and Termitidae (Isoptera) in Dominican amber
(2009)
The most diverse and best-preserved paleofauna of the higher termites heretofore known, all found in Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic, is described. The imago of Coptotermes priscus Emerson is redescribed, and the ...
Preliminary checklist of the Orthoptera (Saltatoria) of Hispaniola
(2001)
This work summarizes the preliminary taxonomic information available on the Orthoptera fauna of Hispaniola. Valid names, synonyms used in pertinent references, data on type specimens and species distributions are included. ...
Diversidad de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en el refugio de vida silvestre Laguna Cabral o Rincón, República Dominicana
(2023)
[Español] Se realizó un inventario mirmecológico en el Refugio de Vida Silvestre Laguna Cabral o Rincón, un área protegida ubicada en la región suroeste de la República Dominicana. Se establecieron veinte estaciones de ...
Primer registro de Orius flaviceps (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) en República Dominicana, depredador de thrips en aguacate
(2023)
[Español] La especie Orius flaviceps (Poppius, 1909) es un antocórido poco conocido que ha sido registrado de México, Islas Caimán y la isla Guadalupe. Los aspectos de su biología, ecología e historia natural son prácticamente ...
Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island
(2021)
[English] The annotated checklist on the extant terrestrial mollusks from Hispaniola Island based on literature from 1758 to 2020 is here presented. We report 612 taxa distributed in three subclasses, 129 genera and 39 ...
Notes on activity patterns of five species of Sphaerodactylus (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Dominican Republic
(2011)
Sphaerodactylus leucaster and S. thompsoni are poorly known xerophilic geckos from Hispaniola...
The biodiversity of Hispaniolan mollusca
(2016)
Hispaniola as the second largest Island of the Greater Antilles host a remarkable mosaic biodiversity of terrestrial mollusca as a result of its turbulent natural history: repeated joining and separation of multiple sets ...