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Cerion arubanum H.B. Baker, 1924
SynonymyCerion uva arubanum H. B. Baker, 1924:104-105, pl. 20. Original Description: Click to view Geographic Distribution: Aruba, Dutch West Indies. Type Locality: Baranca Alto, Aruba [12° 28.5' N, 69° 57.77' W] Baker (1924:24) station A2C. "Baranca Alto and Isla (F and G; L69° 57.77', 12° 28.50' and 69° 57.45', 12° 28.28', respectively).23 The Isla is a rather high, limestone mesa (72.5 meters), which is almost completely surrounded by canyon-like roois. Baranca Alto (about 50 meters) is the crest at the inner edge of the coral formation, along Rooi Taki (K). Both of these localities have patches of brush and larger trees, but are considerably more barren than the southern substations."Type Material: Holotype, UMMZ 31752 A type specimen is identified in the caption to Plate 20. [Plate 20, fig. C3]Additional RecordsYV-1 Baranca Alto, Aruba, Aruba, Dutch West Indies [12° 28.5' N, 69° 57.77' W]. Type locality of C. uva arubanum Y. Villacampa October 24, 2004 YV-2 Sabana Basora, Aruba, Aruba, Dutch West Indies [12° 28' N, 69° 57' W]. Y. Villacampa October 24, 2004 Additional InformationSearch for additional records in the collections of: The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution The Field Museum of Natural History GenBank® (NIH genetic sequences database) |
