A Checklist of the Beetles of Cuba with Data on Distributions and ...
A Checklist of the Beetles of Cuba with Data on Distributions and ...
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In summary, <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cuba</str<strong>on</strong>g> has had a complex geological<br />
origin <strong>and</strong> history. It is partly derived from two<br />
former c<strong>on</strong>tinental margins. It has mostly been<br />
submerged. It may have had potential terrestrial<br />
(or smaller water gap) c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong>s to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Yucatan.<br />
These geological potentials, in combinati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
zoogeographic data, are c<strong>on</strong>sistent <str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> a Tertiary<br />
emergent history, <str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>tinued isolati<strong>on</strong> by water<br />
gaps, <str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> greatest source <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> over-water col<strong>on</strong>ists<br />
being Central America (directly <str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> Yucatan<br />
<strong>and</strong> via Jamaica from H<strong>on</strong>duras). The closing <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Central American (Panamanian) isthmus in<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pliocene modified oceanic circulati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> formed<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Gulf Stream, which must have altered overwater<br />
col<strong>on</strong>izati<strong>on</strong> processes. Lower glacial sea-levels<br />
exposed vastly greater areas <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> l<strong>and</strong>, <strong>and</strong> diminished<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> size <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> isolating water gaps. The Pleistocene<br />
changes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> climate in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Caribbean are<br />
poorly understood, but seemingly lower sea levels<br />
were coincident <str<strong>on</strong>g>with</str<strong>on</strong>g> increased aridity, <strong>and</strong> this<br />
decreased <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> dispersal <strong>and</strong> col<strong>on</strong>izati<strong>on</strong> potential<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> mesic terrestrial biotas.<br />
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