Further studies on Caribbean tenebrionid beetles
Further studies on Caribbean tenebrionid beetles
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对加勒比拟步甲虫的进一步研究
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1977
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G. Marcuzzi
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G. Marcuzzi
一些新收集的材料从西印度群岛的研究可能证明第四篇论文加勒比拟步甲科在这些“研究”。多亏了P. Wagenaar Hummelink博士的收集工作，安的列斯群岛和邻近的南美大陆海岸的拟步甲动物群可能被认为是相当有名的-至少就Melasomes而言。因此，动物地理学的结论--尽管与1962年发表的结论没有本质上的不同--似乎有相当坚实的基础。不幸的是，我们对植食性拟步甲的了解要少得多，无论如何，与喜地性拟步甲相比，它们在动物地理学上的意义相对较小。我们还有幸查阅了I.N.R.A.在瓜德罗普发现的化石（见MARCUZZI &达吉拉尔1971），大大增加了我们对该岛及邻近岛屿拟步甲动物群的了解。马亚圭斯海洋生物研究所现有的几个标本证明对更好地了解波多黎各古老沉积岛的拟步甲动物群极为有用。在少数情况下，材料来自其他来源（大英博物馆，博物馆G。Frey和作者的私人收藏）已被使用。
The study of some newly collected material from the West Indies may justify a fourth paper on Caribbean Tenebrionidae in these “Studies”. Thanks to dr. P. WAGENAAR HUMMELINCK’S collecting work, the Tenebrionid fauna of the Antilles and the adjacent South American mainland shores may be considered to be pretty well known — at least as far as the Melasomes are concerned. Thus zoogeographical conclusions — though not differing essentially from those published in 1962 — appear to have a rather solid basis. Unfortunately much less is known about planticolous Tenebrionids, which anyhow are relatively less interesting for zoogeographical purposes, than the geophilous ones. We also had the privilege of consulting the collections of the I.N.R.A. at Guadeloupe (see MARCUZZI & D’AGUILAR 1971) which considerably increased our knowledge of the Tenebrionid fauna of that and neighbouring islands. Several specimens on hand at the Institute of Marine Biology, Mayaguez, proved extremely useful for obtaining a better knowledge of the Tenebrionid fauna of the old, sedimentary island of Puerto Rico. In a few single cases material from other sources (British Museum, Museum G. Frey and the private collection of the author) has been used.