Biology:Dryotribus mimeticus
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Dryotribus mimeticus is a species of beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is endemic to the United States , with the species also being recorded on Scorpion Reef a remote island chain in Mexico.[2] The species also occurred in Florida, it has been suggested in Biologia Centrali-Americana that it was actually introduced to Hawaii from the Florida population.[3][4] The species was said to have occurred in drift logs on Laysan Island, French Frigate Shoals, Johnston Island and Wake Island.[5] Despite being considered extinct since 1986, 2 specimen of D. mimeticus were found and collected in the Dominican Republic in 1997; 11 years after the species was said to be extinct.[6] In 2002 another specimen of the species was collected in Montserrat.[7]
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References
- ↑ Lyal, C. (2014). "Dryotribus mimeticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T6863A21424285. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T6863A21424285.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6863/21424285. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Fosberg, F.R. (December 15, 1962). "A brief survey of the cays of Arrecife Alacran, a Mexican atoll". National Academy of Sciences (National Research Council). http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/4935/1/00093.pdf. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ↑ Blatchley, W.S. (1922). "Notes on the Rhynchophora of Eastern North America". Journal of the New York Entomological Society (New York Entomological Society) 30. https://books.google.com/books?id=WnQVAAAAYAAJ&dq=Dryotribus+mimeticus+florida&pg=PA126.
- ↑ Champion, George (1909–1910). "Rhynchophora". Biologia Centrali-Americana. IV. Smithsonian Institution. pp. 10. http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_12_04_07/bca_12_04_07.cfm?start=16.
- ↑ Perkins, R. C. L., Coleoptera, Weevils, Bishop Museum, pp. 31–53, http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/bull31-53.pdf
- ↑ "List of specimens — D. mimeticus". P. W. Kovanik, C. W. O’ Brien. Harvard University (Caribbean Plants & Insects Database). Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719210443/http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/caribbean/Mantisweb/FMPro?-DB=Specimen.DRD&-Lay=web&-Format=specimen_list_DR.htm&Species_ID=390661&-Find. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ↑ Robbins, S.K.; M. A. Hamilton. "Appendix 1. The Montserrat plant species checklis". Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. http://www.durrell.org/library/Document/Durrell_Cons_Monograph_1_Appendices.pdf. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
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