New Insect Records for Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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New records of Bodotriidae (Crustacea: Cumacea) from Puerto Rico with descriptions of three new species.

In a continuing effort to describe the cumacean fauna of Puerto Rico we describe three new species of Bodotriidae, a family that has never been reported from Puerto Rico before.  While finding and describing new microcrustacean species may not be an impossible task, if there is available taxonomic expertise, the currently described species were found in large numbers within a short distance fro...

New records of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from Mona Island, Puerto Rico

An inventory of the weevil fauna of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, is provided. Sixteen new records and 5-9 new species are reported, yielding a total of 28 species of Curculionoidea for the island. The distribution and natural history of each species are briefly reviewed. As many as nine species are endemics, whereas 15 species are shared with Puerto Rico which was the primary source region for Pli...

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