Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography

Abstract

This work is a first attempt to integrate into one list and quantify all the known species of Hispaniolan arthropods. It includes all the terrestrial and surrounding marine arthropod species (plus those of Tardigrada and Onychophora) known to me to be reported for the island of Hispaniola until the end of 2007, as well as 158 species that are reported here as new records for the Dominican Republic and the island. A total of 8,237 valid species (6,833 extant and 1,404 fossils) are listed, of which the largest component are the insects (5,676 extant and 824 fossil species). Preliminarily, 2,521 arthropod species (36.9%) are considered to be endemic or unique to Hispaniola. Also 84 species are recognized as introduced. The bibliography complements the taxonomic information and includes over 4,000 titles. Brief annotations are also given on the history of entomology in Hispaniola.

Catalog of the Neotropical Trichoptera (Caddisflies)

“…Argentina (Angrisano and Sganga 2007, Angrisano 1995c, Brand 2009, Flint, 1982c, Isa Miranda and Rueda Martín 2014, Mangeaud 1996, Manzo et al, 2014, Muzón et al, 2005); Brazil (Almeida and Marinoni 2000, Barcelos-Silva et al 2012, Blahnik et al 2004, Calor 2011, Costa et al 2014, Dumas and Nessimian 2012, Dumas et al, 2009, Dumas et al, 2010, Flint 1992d, Marinoni and Almeida 2000, Moretto and Bispo 2015, Nogueira and Cabette 2011, Oliveira and Froehlich 1997, Paprocki and França 2014, Paprocki et al 2004, Quinteiro et al 2014, Speis and Forehlich 2009, Souza et al, 2013a); Caribbean Islands (Botosaneanu 2002); Chile (Flint 1974e, Rojas 2006, Schmid 1952); Colombia (Flint 1991, Medellín et al, 2004, Muñoz-Quesada 2000, Rincón-Hernández 1999); Costa Rica (Holzenthal 1988c, Muñoz-Quesada 1999, Springer 2010); Cuba (Botosaneanu 1977, 1979, 1980, Flint 1996c, González Lazo et al 2005, Kumanski 1987, López del Castillo et al, 2004, 2007, Naranjo López and González Lazo 2005); Curaçao (Flint 1992a); Dominican Republic (Botosaneanu 1995, 1996, Flint and Sykora 2004, Wichard 1987, 2007a, b); Grenada (Flint and Sykora 1993); Guadaloupe (Botosaneanu 1994a, 2000); Haiti (Botosaneanu 1991a); Hispaniola (Flint and Pérez-Gelabert 1999, Pérez-Gelabert 2008); Jamaica (Botosaneanu and Hyslop 1998, 1999, Botosaneanu and Thomas 2004, Flint 1968a, Malicky 1999); Lesser Antilles (Flint 1968b, Malicky 1983); Martinique (Botosaneanu and Thomas 2005, Botosaneanu 1988, 1989a); Mexico (Banks 1901, Bueno-Soria and B...…”

Minyscapheus dominicanusn. gen., n. sp. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), a fossil cicada in Dominican amber

“…There are 5 genera and 11 species of Cicadidae in Hispaniola (Ramos 1983;Perez-Gelabert 2008;Sanborn 2009a). However, the small size of M. dominicanus distinguishes it from all other West Indian cicadas.…”

New Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in Dominican amber

“…sedis. A systematic update of the extant representatives in Hispaniola listed by Perez-Gelabert (2007) is provided in Table 1. The present study describes new species of the genera Toxorhynchus, Apionion and Stenapion (Apioninae) in Dominican amber.…”