Beetles have colonized water many times during their history, with some of these events
involving extensive evolutionary radiations and multiple transitions between land and water …

In biogeography, vicariance and long‐distance dispersal are often characterised as
competing scenarios. However, they are related concepts, both relying on collective …

An updated and extensively revised checklist of the arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican
Republic and Haiti) is presented 11 years after the publication of the original in 2008. It …

The Caribbean archipelago is the largest and most species rich insular system in the
Neotropics, yet the origins of this biodiversity hotspot are poorly understood. Four main …

Casearia (Salicaceae) is a pantropical genus of circa 200 species, around half of which
dwell in the Neotropics. Despite the availability of phylogenetic studies that suggest that …

The Caribbean Archipelago is a biodiversity hotspot that plays a key role in developing our
understanding of how dispersal ability affects species formation. In island systems, species …

The enigmatic terrestrial water scavenger beetle (Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae:
Coelostomatini) of the genus Kruia Spangler & Perkins, 1981 was known by a single …

In a recent paper, the author demonstrated that, in contrast with the prevailing view of
eventual gradual regional differentiation from a hypothetical Cretaceous pantropical …

The available data on the biology of the water scavenger beetle genus Protosternum Sharp,
1890 (Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Protosternini) are summarized, indicating an obligate …

Abstract The Eocene Pelliciera mangroves were replaced by different mangrove
communities dominated by Rhizophora, the precursors of modern mangroves, during the …