| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Autoren: | D. E. Perez-Gelabert, Edgecombe G. D. |
| Journal: | Novitates Caribaea |
| Volume: | 6 |
| Pagination: | 36-44 |
| Date Published: | 01/10/2013 |
| ISSN: | 2079-0139, 2071-9841 |
| Schlüsselwörter: | amber fossils, Caribbean, Caribe, centipedes, Chilopoda, ciempiés, Dominican Republic, fauna, fósiles en ámbar, Haiti, República Dominicana, Scutigeras, Scutigeromorpha |
| Zusammenfassung: | The fauna of scutigeromorph centipedes in the Dominican Republic is studied for the first time based on a sample of 28 individuals collected at 21 localities in 12 provinces. This sample was found to represent two species: Sphendononema guildingii (Newport, 1844) and Dendrothereua linceci (Wood, 1867), both species with a wide geographic distribution in the Caribbean and tropical America. The widely introduced and synanthropic species of Mediterranean origin Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) has never been found in Hispaniola. The scutigeromorph centipedes found as fossilized inclusions in the Dominican amber remain to be properly studied and identified. Centípedos escutigeromorfos (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha) de República Dominicana, La Hispaniola Resumen: Se estudia por primera vez la fauna de ciempiés escutigeromorfos de la República Dominicana basados en una muestra de 28 individuos colectados en 21 localidades de 12 provincias. Se encontró que esta muestra representa dos especies: Sphendononema guildingii (Newport, 1844) y Dendrothereua linceci (Wood, 1867), ambas especies con una amplia distribución en el Caribe y América tropical. La especie ampliamente introducida y sinantrópica de origen mediterráneo Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) nunca ha sido colectada en La Hispaniola. Los ciempiés escutigeromorfos encontrados como fósiles en el ámbar dominicano todavía no han sido apropiadamente estudiados e identificados. |
| URL: | https://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/105 |
| DOI: | 10.33800/nc.v0i6.105 |
| Citation Key: | 1502 |
| Refereed Designation: | Refereed |