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Revista de Biología Tropical
On-line version ISSN 0034-7744Print version ISSN 0034-7744
Rev. biol. trop vol.51 n.1 San José Mar. 2003
Occurrence of Rhabdadenia biflora (Apocynaceae) in swamps of the Colombian coast
Ricardo Alvarez-León
First record of nine birds species from Río Magdalena, Colombian Caribbean
Ricardo Alvarez-León, Brian Labercome and Luz Myriam Moreno-Bejarano
Additions to the freshwater malacofauna of Jamaica
E. J. Hyslop
Gregariella coralliophaga, new criptofaunal bivalve mollusk for Venezuelan waters
J. Romero, H. Severeyn y R. Chavez
Geukensia demissa, new species for the Venezuelan malacological fauna
J. Romero, H. Severeyn y Y. García de Severeyn
First report of the association Loxothylacus texanus (Cirripedia: Sacculinidae) - Goniopsis cruentata (Crustacea: Grapsidae) in the Colombian Caribbean
Ricardo Alvarez-León, Robin M. Overstreet, Sofía Sepúlveda-Cárdenas and Javier E. Alvarez-Barrera
New records of crustaceans from Tayrona Natural National Park, Colombian Caribbean
Ricardo Alvarez-León
Range extension of Isopodidus janum (Tanaidacea: Colletteidae) from tropical western Atlantic
Yusbelly J. Díaz y Alberto Martín
Primer registro de Tropichelura gomezi (Amphipoda: Cheluridae) para el Caribe Sur
Yusbelly J. Díaz y Alberto Martín
Bemlos kunkelae (Amphipoda: Aoridae) en el Mar Caribe
Alberto Martín
Ampliación del ámbito de Podocerus kleidus (Amphipoda: Podoceridae) al Mar Caribe
Yellinet Ayala y Alberto Martín
New records and range extensions of shrimps (Decapoda: Penaeoidea, Caridea) from the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Costa Rica, Central America
Ingo S. Wehrtmann and Rita Vargas
Range extension of Crosslandia daedali (Nudibranchia: Scyllaeidae)
Peter Ajtai, Yolanda Camacho-García and Ingo S. Wehrtmann
First report of Caranx hippos (Pisces, Carangidae), as host of Lernaeolopus striatus (Copepoda, Lernaeolopidoidae), in the Colombian Caribbean coast
Ricardo Alvarez-León and Robin M. Overstreet
Range extension for the sea cucumber Selenkothuria lubrica (Holothurioidea) the west coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico
José R. Turrubiates M.
Primer registro de Pyrosoma atlanticum (Tunicata: Thaliacea) en las costas del Pacífico mexicano
Carlos Álvarez Silva
New records of mites (Gamasida: Spinturnicidae) on Peruvian bats (Quiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
Leonardo Mendoza-Uribe y John Chavez Chorocco
Conura (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) parasitoide de Dione juno (Lepidoptera: Heliconiinae)
Jeffrey Ortiz-Gamboa
First record of the ant genus Tatuidris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil
Heraldo L. Vasconcelos & José M.S. Vilhena
First report of Phylloxere notebilis (Hemiptera: Phylloxeridae), in the Neotropical Region
Carlos Roberto Sousa-Silva, Manya B. Stoetzel, and Edson Ortiz
First report of Melanaphis bambusee (Homoptera: Aphididae) in the Neotropical Region
Ana Lucia Benfatti Gonzalez Peronti, Carlos Roberto Sousa-Silva and Fernando Albano llharco
Macrofauna associated to fish ponds in the Oriental Plains of Colombia
Javier E. Alvarez-Barrera, Sofía Sepúlveda-Cárdenas and Ricardo Alvarez-León
First report of 24 fish from shrimp trawling, by-catch in the Colombian Caribbean coast
Ricardo Alvarez-León
First report of seven fish species from the bottom, of Colombian Caribbean waters
Adam Ben-Tuvia, Ricardo Alvarez-León and Iván Rey-Carrasco
Algansea aphanea (Pisces: Cyprinidae) in the State of Jalisco, Mexico
John Lyons
First report of the lizard Phyllodactylus ventralis (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from a mangrove in Colombian
Ricardo Alvarez-León
Liolaemus altissimus araucaniensis (Sauria: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae) en Antuco, Chile
Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
Project Mangroves of Colombia MMA / ACOFORE / OIMT. P.O. Box 101372 - Santa Fe de Bogotá D. C. - Colombia; alvarez_leon@hotmail.com
Received 31-I-2001. Accepted 27-III-2001.
The liana, Rhabdadenia biflora (Jacq.) Muell. Arg. (Apocynaceae), was found at the beach front adjacent to mangroves (Rhizophora mangle in the Caribbean, R. harrisoni, R. mangle, R. racemosa in the Pacific); in flooded areas and the intertid section. Samples were collected in the Baja Guajira, Via Parque Isla Salamanca, Cienagas Grande de Santa Marta, Mallorquín, Arroyo Hondo, and Medio y Colorados, Galerazamba coast, Canal del Dique, Caños Lequerica and Matunilla, Bay of Cartagena, Rincón-Berrugas coast, Bay of Cispatá, and Mouths of the River Atrato in the Caribbean; and in the Ensenada of Tumaco, Guinulero, San Juan de la Costa, López of Micay, Guapi, Saija, Mouths of the Rivers Naya, Yurumanguí, Raposo, and San Juan, Gulf of Tribugá and Coquí in the Pacific. They are in the cataloguing process in the Herbarium of the National University of Colombia (Palmira), and Institute of Natural Sciences of the same University (Bogotá).
Ricardo Alvarez-León, Brian Labercome and Luz Myriam Moreno-Bejarano
Project Biecology of Mangroves COLCIENCIAS / INVEMAR / OEA. P.O. Box 101372 - Santa Fe de Bogotá D. C. -Colombia;
alvarez_leon@hotmail.com
Received 31-I-2001. Accepted 27-III-2001.
Nine species of birds are reported for the first time from Río Magdalena: Procellaridae (Puffinis lherminieri Lesson, P. griseus Gmelin), Phaethonidae (Phaethon lepturus Doudin), Ardeidae (Philerodias pileatus Boddaert, Tigrissoma fasciatum Such), Threskiornithidae (Mesembrinibis cayannensis Gmelin), Rallidae (Fulica americana Gmelin), Laridae (Sterna fuscata Linnaeus, S. superciliaris Vieillot). They were associated to the mangrove swamp areas (Avicennia germinans,
Conocarpus erecta, Laguncularia racemosa, Rhizophora mangrove) in the External Delta of the Magdalena River (Department of Magdalena, Colombian Caribbean), characterized by a unique microclimate in Colombia.
E. J. Hyslop
Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica. Fax: 876-977-1075; eric.hyslop@uwimona.edu.jm
Received 23-VII-2002. Accepted 30-VII-2002.
The documented information on the fresh-water malacofauna of Jamaica is sparse (Adams 1849, 1850, 1851a, 1851b, Boon et al. 1986, Paul et al. 1993). The following species are nonindigenous to Jamaican freshwaters having been introduced to the island from else-where and in one case, Thiara gramfera, having become extremely widely distributed and abundant.
Thiara (Tarebia) granifera (Lamark 1822). Abbott (1952) records the natural distribution of this species to include India and Ceylon, east to the Philippine and Hawaiian islands, north to the small islands south of Japan and south to the Society Islands. The species was first introduced to Florida between 1940 and 1947 and has spread through the islands of the Caribbean from 1954 onwards. There is no indication of its exact date of introduction to Jamaica. The species was, however, very widespread and abundant by 1996. The few studies which have taken place on Jamaican rivers make no mention of its presence (Boon et al. 1986). Nor do Paul et al. (1993) mention its presence in the Wallywash Pond, suggesting that either the species was overlooked or its introduction occurred in the late 1980s, early 1990s.
The current situation is that T. granifera is present in most Jamaican river systems, although it tends to be excluded from areas of high altitude (> 1000 m.a.s.l.) and from areas of elevated salinity (>0.5 ppt). T. granifera has also been observed to occur in lentic habitats (e.g. Moneague Lake) where specimens attain a greater than normal size. Unpublished data on the density of T. granifera in the Rio Cobre river, St. Catherine, Jamaica shows densities of up to 411 individuals m 2 regularly occur. Perera et al. (1994) observed that T. granifera played a significant role in control of Biomphalaria peregrina in Cuba and Butler et al. (1980) observed that the species displaced B. glabrata to the upper and lower reaches of streams in Puerto Rico. The effects of this widespread and abundant species on the indigenous planorbid fauna of Jamaican rivers are currently being documented but would appear to be negative.
Melanoides tuberculota (Muller 1779). This species is recorded as being native to eastern and southern Africa, south-east Asia, China and the islands of the Indo-Pacific (Dudgeon 1986). It was first noted in the Caribbean region from Puerto Rico between 1964 and 1966 and has spread to various islands in the region during the 1970s and 1980s. The spread of this species has been greatly assisted by active programmes of introduction to the Lesser Antilles to exploit its potential for biological control of the schistosome vectors, Biomphalaria spp. (Pointer and McCulloch 1989).
In Jamaica no precise data exists on the time of introduction but the time frame is likely to be similar to that of Thiara granifera for the same reasons. M. tuberculata is less common and widespread in Jamaican rivers and where this species and T. granifera occur together, the latter usually dominates. However in selected locations M tuberculata may be present in large numbers.
Planorbella duryi (Wetherby 1879). This species is known to be endemic to the Florida Peninsula (Rader 1994). It has been observed to be widely introduced around the world (Thompson pers. comm.) and Perera et al. (1990) have recorded its presence in Cuba. The species was first observed in Jamaica in 1996 in several artificial ponds in the vicinity of Kingston. This suggests that the species may have been artificially introduced from Florida, either directly or with aquatic plants or this may have occurred from elsewhere in the region as the species has been utilized as a competitor to Biomphalara schisto-some host (Andrade 1979). Subsequent specimens were collected from Fresh River, St. Catherine, Jamaica. This location is a short coastal river with largely potamic conditions. The species is nowhere abundant but is considerably larger in size than the indigenous planorbid species. Specimens of all three species are held in the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies. In addition specimens of P. duryi have been placed with the Florida Museum of Natural History.
References
Abott, R.T. 1952. A study of an intermediate host Thiara granifera of the oriental lung fluke (Paragonimus). Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 102: 71-116.
Adams, C.B. 1849. Descriptions of new species of fresh-water shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contrib. Conchol. 3: 42-44.
Adams, C.B. 1850. Descriptions of new species and varieties of shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contrib. Conchol. 8: 129-140.
Adams, C.B. 1851a. Descriptions of new freshwater shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contrib. Conchol. 9: 174-175.
Adams, C.B. 1851b. Catalogue of freshwater snails which inhabit Jamaica. Contrib. Conchol. 9: 187.
Andrade, R.M. 1979. Comparative natality of Heliosoma duryi and Biomphalaria glabrata in the laboratory (Mollusca Planorbidae). Rev. Bras. Malariol. Doencas Trop. 31: 33-58.
Boon, P.J., B.P. Jupp & D.G. Lee. 1986. The benthic ecology of rivers in the Blue Mountains (Ja.) prior to construction of a water regulation scheme. Arch. Hydrobiol. Supp. 74(3): 315-355.
Butler, J.M., F.F. Ferguson, J.R. Palmer & W.R. Jobin, 1980. Displacement of a colony of Biomphalaria glabrata by an invading population of Tarebia glabrata in a small stream in Puerto Rico. Carib. J. Sci. 16: 73-79.
Dudgeon, D. 1986. The life cycle, population dynamics and productivity of Melanoides tuberculata
(Gastropoda Prosobranchia: Thiaridae) in Hong Kong. J. Zool. Lond.(A) 208: 37-53.
Paul, C.R.C., P. Hales, R.A. Perrott & F.A. Street-Perrott. 1993. The Freshwater Mollusca of Jamaica in Wright, R.M. & E. Robinson (eds.). Biostratigraphy of Jamaica: Geological Society of America. Mem. 182: Boulder, Colorado.
Perera, 0., M.Yong, J.R. Ferrer, C. Arindar & 0. Amador. 1990. Effectiveness of three biological control agents against intermediate hosts of snail mediated diseases in Cuba. Malacol. Rev. 23 (1-2): 47-52.
Pointer, J.P. & F. McCulloch. 1989. Biological control of the snail hosts of Schistosoma mansoni in the Caribbean area using Thiara species. Acta Tropica 46: 147-155.
Rader, R.B. 1994. Macroinvertebrates of the northern Everglades: Species composition and trophic structure. Florida Scientist 57(1-2): 22-33.
Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, La Universidad de Zulia (LUZ), P.O. Box 526, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela; hsvereyn@hotmail.com
Received 26-II-2002. Corrected 20-III-2003. Accepted 20-III-2003.
350 specimens of the boring mussel G. coralliophaga (Gmelin, 1791) were extracted from milleporine rocks on El Supi beach (69º48 W, 11º55 N), Falcon State, Venezuela. Previously only reported for the Caribean Islands, this is the first finding in continental reefs. Catalog 2210- 2213, Museo de Biología de LUZ. Reference: Abbott T. 1974 American Seashells. New York, USA.
Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, La Universidad de Zulia (LUZ), P.O. Box 526, Maracaibo 4011, Venezuela. E-mail: hsvereyn@hotmail.com
Received 26-II-2002. Corrected 20-III-2003. Accepted 20-III-2003.
We collected 104 specimens of G. demissa (Dwylgin, 1817) (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in estuarine waters at La Rosita mangrove (71º48 W, 10º54 N), lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. This first record broads considerably southward its previously known biogeographical range (East Canada to Florida).
Catalog 2095-2098, Museo de Biología de LUZ. Reference: Abbott T. & P. Dance. 1990. Compendium of Seashells. American Malacologist, Florida, USA. 411 p.
P.O. Box 101372 - Santa Fe de Bogotá D. C. - Colombia; alvarez_leon@hotmail.com
Received 31-I-2001. Accepted 27-III-2001.
The association of Loxothylacus texanus Boschma (Cirripedia, Rhizocephala, Sacculinidae) and Goniopsis cruentata Latreille (Crustacea, Brachyura, Grapsidae) is reported from Ciénaga de Cocoliso (Isla Grande, Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo National Natural Park). The organisms were identified by Robin M. Overstreet, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory of Ocean Springs (USA) and Rafael Lemaitre of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C. (USA), where they are in the cataloguing process.
Project Ecology of Chengue and Nenguage Bays COLCIENCIAS / INVEMAR. P.O. Box 101372 - Santa Fe de Bogotá D. C. - Colombia; alvarez_leon@hotmail.com
Received 31-I-2001. Accepted 27-III-2001.
Fourteen new species of decapod crustaceans (12 families) are reported for the first time from the mud-sandy bottom of the prairies of algae (Cladophora crispata, Chaetomorpha brachygona, Codium isthmoclodium, Caulerpa sertularioides, Enteromorpha compressa, Halimeda opuntia) and marine seaweds (Halodule wrightii, Halophila baillonis, Thalassia testudinum), South Lagoon of Chengue (PNN Tayrona, Colombia): Penaeidae (Penaeus notialis Perez-Farfante 10-02-84, USNM-259475, USNM-265105, 15-03-84, USNM-265111), Gnathophyllidae (Gnathophylloides mineri Schmitt, 10-02-84, USNM-265103), Palaemonidae (Leader tenuicornis Say, 13-05-83, USNM-259468), Alpheidae (Alpheus nuttingi (Schmitt) 09-02-83, USNM-259474; A. viridari (Amstrong) 09-02-83, USNM-259469), Hyppolytidae (Trachycaris restricta A. Milne Edwards, 15-03-84, USNM-259467), Axiidae (Axianassa intermedia Schmitt, 10-02-84, USNM-265101), Diogenidae (Clibanarius cubensis (Sausurre) 09-02-83, USNM-265113), Paguridae (Pagurus maclaughlinae García-Gómez 15-03-84, USNM-265112), Porcellanidae (Petrolistes armatus (Gibbes) 15-03-84, USNM-265108), Majidae (Microphrys bicornutus (Latreille) 10-02-84, USNM-265115, Pitho lherminieri (Schramm) 10-02-84, USNM-265116), Portunidae (Portunus ordwayi (Stimpson) 04-02-83, USNM-265114), Xanthidae (Domecia acanthophora acanthophora (Desbonne & Schramm) 10-02-84, USNM-265104). Axianassa intermedia Schmitt, is reported from the Colombian Caribbean for the first time. The species were identified by Rafael Lemaitre, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C. (USA).
Universidad Simón Bolívar, Dpto. Estudios Ambientales, Sartenejas–Baruta, A. P. 89000, Caracas, Venezuela; yusdiaz@usb.ve , amartinz@usb.ve
Received 04-IV-2001. Accepted 18-IV-2001.
One specimen of Isopodidus janum was identified from the Atlantic Venezuelan waters (9°58.3N, 59°15 W), sampled with a boxcore from 1387 m of depth. This species was described from the Gulf of Mexico, and it is the type locality, extending its distribution to western Atlantic Ocean. Catalogue: Colección de Crustáceos Peracáridos, Universidad Simón Bolívar (TA-0255).
Reference
Larsen, K. & R.W. Heard. 2002. Two new deep-sea tanaidacean genera, Isopodidus and Cetipyge (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Gulf of Mexico. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 115: 403-411.
Universidad Simón Bolívar, Dpto. Estudios Ambientales, Sartenejas–Baruta, A. P. 89000, Caracas, Venezuela. E-mail: yus-diaz@usb.ve , amartinz@usb.ve
Recibido 04-IV-2001. Aceptado 18-IV-2001.
Se identificaron 1148 ejemplares (162 machos, 508 hembras, 99 hembras ovadas y 379 juveniles) de la especie Tropichelura gomezi. Los ejemplares provienen de Isla Larga, estado Carabobo (10°2916"N, 67°5700"W), habitando en galerías dentro de troncos flotantes, asociados a Limnoria tuberculata. Anteriormente, T. gomezi ha sido reportada para Florida (USA) por Thomas (1979) y Camp et a l. (1998), y para Cuba por Ortíz (1976), ampliándose, de esta manera su rango de distribución hacia el Caribe Sur. Catálogo: Colección de Crustáceos Peracáridos, Universidad Simón Bolívar (CA0523, CA0524, CA0525, CA0526, CA0527, CA0528, CA0529, CA0530, CA0531, CA0532, CA0533).
Referencias
Ortíz, M. 1976. Un nuevo anfípodo perforador de madera (Amphipoda, Gammaridea, Cheluridae) de aguas cubanas. Invest. Mar. Serie 8(27):21-26.
Thomas, J.D. 1979. A redescription of the wood-rasping amphipod Tropichelura gomezi Ortíz, 1976 (Cheluridae) from the Florida Keys, with notes on its distribution and ecology. Proc. Biol. Wash. 92:863- 872.
Camp, D.K., W.G. Lyons & T.H. Perkins. 1998. Checklists of selected shallow-water marine invertebrates of Florida. Florida Marine Research Institute Technical Report TR-3. 239 p.
Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Apartado Postal 89000, Sartenejas, Baruta, Venezuela; amartinz@usb.ve
Recibido 04-IV-2001. Aceptado 18-IV-2001.
Se identificaron 16 ejemplares de B. kunkelae, asociados al alga Caulerpa sertularioides, en la localidad de San Juan de los Cayos, estado Falcón, Venezuela (11º1123" N, 68º2432" W). Esta especie estaba reportada para la costa de Florida (Cayos Conch y West), Estados Unidos, asociada a comunidades incrustantes, esponjas y fondos arenosos, de esta manera se amplia su distribución hacia el Mar Caribe. Cinco machos y once hembras ovadas se encuentran depositados en la colección del Laboratorio de Crustáceos Peracáridos de la Universidad Simón Bolívar (Nº FA0676).
Referencia
Myers, A.A. 1977. Studies on the genus Lembos Bate. Boll. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona. IV: 125-154.
Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Apartado Postal 89000, Sartenejas, Baruta, Venezuela;
yelliayala@hotmail.com y/o amartinz@usb.ve
Recibido 04-VI-2001. Aceptado 18-IV-2001.
Se identificaron un total de 2 ejemplares de P. kleidus, asociados a algas en la localidad de playa El Agua, Isla de Margarita, Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela (11º0861" N, 63º4877" O). Esta especie estaba reportada para los cayos de la Florida, Estados Unidos, asociada al alga Gracilaria sp., ampliándose su rango de distribución hacia el Mar Caribe. Un macho y una hembra ovada se encuentran depositados en la colección del Laboratorio de Crustáceos Peracáridos de la Universidad Simón Bolívar (Nº NE0044).
Referencia
Thomas, J.D. & J.L. Barnard. 1992. Podocerus kleidus, new species from the Florida keys (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Dulichiidae). Bull. Mar. Sci. 51(3):309-314.
Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Biología, Museo de Zoología, 2060 San Pedro – San José. COSTARICA. Fax ++506 207 4216, ingowehrtmann@gmx.de and ritav@biologia.ucr.ac.cr
Received 21-V-2002. Accepted 20-VI-2002.
Abstract: This is the first record of a total of 22 species of penaeoid and caridean shrimps from Costa Rican waters: 16 were collected from the Caribbean coast, and six from the Pacific. Including the new records, a total of 142 shrimp species (Penaeoidea: 35; Caridea: 107) has been reported so far from Costa Rica waters.
Keywords: caridean shrimp, biodiversity, intertidal, Costa Rica.
Information on the taxonomic composition of shrimps occurring on the coasts of Central America and adjacent waters has been provided by several authors (e.g., Caribbean: Chace 1972, Williams 1984, Pacific: Wickstens 1983, Wicksten and Hendrickx 1992, Hendrickx 1995, 1996, Hendrickx and Estrade-Navarrete 1996), and Vargas and Cortés (1999a, b) reported on shrimps inhabiting waters of the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Costa Rica. Their results clearly indicate that species numbers of penaeoid and caridean shrimps so far reported for the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica represent only a fraction of the species mentioned by Chace (1972) for the Caribbean.
The information presented herein is based upon the revision of the collections deposited in the Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, as well as on the results of recent sampling efforts carried out along both coasts aimed at increasing our knowledge of the biodiversity of the decapod crustacean fauna in Costa Rica.
Here we report for the first time the presence of a total of 22 species of penaeoid and caridean shrimps from Costa Rican waters, 16 collected from the Caribbean coast, and six from the Pacific. Based upon Vargas and Cortés (1999a, b) and our present results, species numbers of caridean shrimps increase from 73 to 79 species for the Pacific and from 15 to 28 species for the Caribbean. Moreover, the species number of penaeoid shrimps inhabiting waters of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica increases from 6 to 9 species. In summary, a total of 142 shrimp species (Penaeoidea: 35; Caridea: 107) has been reported so far from Costa Rica waters. This is a contribution of the Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Costa Rica. Financial support was provided by the Vicerrectoría de Investigación, Universidad de Costa Rica (project Nº 808-A2- 40), and we are grateful for the collaboration of CIMAR and Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica. We greatly appreciate the ongoing support provided by Dr. Richard Heard (The University of Southern Mississippi, College of Marine Sciences).
Abbreviations: Cat UCR: catalog number of the Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica; coll.: collector(s); juv.: juvenile; ovig.: ovigerous.
Previous records: Beaufort, North Carolina; through Gulf of México and West Indies to Bahia, Brazil (Williams 1984).
New record: 1 female, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 15 February 2002, 0.5 -1.5 m; 20 m from shore over Thalassia sp.; collected with push net; coll.: I.S. Wehrtmann; Cat UCR 2368-08.
Habitat: sand and calcareous algae; shallow litoral to 83 m (Williams 1984).
New record: 6 males, 1 female, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 15 February 2002, 0.5 -1.5 m; 20 m from shore over Thalassia sp.; collected with push net; coll.: I.S. Wehrtmann; Cat UCR 2368-03.
Habitat: in waters between 4 and 137 m (Chace 1972).
Previous records: Bermudas and south-eastern Florida to Curaçao (Chace 1972).
New record: 2 males, 3 female, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 15 February 2002, 0.5 -1.5 m; 20 m from shore over Thalassia sp.; collected with push net; coll.: I.S. Wehrtmann; Cat UCR 2368-01.
Habitat: on sand and turtle-grass flats in shallow water (< 2 m) (Chace 1972).
Previous records: Beaufort, North Carolona, to Sebastian Inlet, Florida; north-western Florida to Mississippi; Puerto Rico (Williams 1984).
New record: 6 juv., sandy beach in front to Ranger Station, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 19 November 1999, kicknet, coll.: R. Heard and L. Rodríguez; Cat UCR 2310-10.
Habitat: often found on firm sandbars just offshore in waters 1-3 m deep (Williams 1984).
Previous records: Bermudas, southern Florida, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; Canary Islands; and Indo Pacific region from the Red Sea to the Tuamotu Archipelago (Chace 1972).
New record: 2 males, south side of old dock, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 18-19 November 1999; rock washing, coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2312-42.
Habitat: from grass flats and from weed covered rocks and seawall, between 1 – 50 m. (Chace 1972).
Previous records: Isla Gorgona; from Punta Alta and Los Negros and Isla Palma in Babía Malaga and Utria, Pacific north coast of Colombia (Ramos 1995)
New record: 1 male, in association with soft coral, Islas Palmitas, Bahía Culebra (10º3840 N, 85º4130 W), Guanacaste, Pacific coast of Costa Rica; 27August 1997, coll.: O. Breedy; Cat UCR 2234-01. 1 female ovig., associated with soft coral Leptogorgia, Isla del Caño (08º43N, 83º52 W), Puntarenas, Pacific coast of Costa Rica; 17 September 1996, coll.: O. Breedy Cat UCR 2242-01.
Habitat: the species is found between 1- 6 m associated with gorgonids Leptogorgia alba and Muricea robusta (Ramos 1995).
Previous records: Beaufort, North Carolina, to western Gulf of Mexico, and through West Indies to Aruba; Para to Sao Paulo, Brazil (Abele and Kim 1986).
New records: 5 males, 3 females ovig., inside of inner crest of reef, 1 m, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 19 November 1999; rock washing, coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2311-14. 11 males, 14 females (10 ovig.), 1 juv., south side of old dock, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 18-19 November 1999; rock washing, coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2312-03.
Habitat: the species lives in sponges in coastal waters associated with Synalpheus longicarpus and S. townsendi; 18-73 m (Williams 1984).
Previous records: Ubatuba and Cananéia, Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil (Chace 1972).
New record: 10 males, 6 females (2 ovig.), 4 juv., graves, rocks and sand, 0.5–1 m depth, Puerto Viejo (09º3940 N, 82º4520 W), Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 8 August 2001; kick net, coll.: R. Heard; Cat UCR 2358-02.
Habitat: among the tentacles of the medusa Mastigias sp. (Chace 1969).
Previous records: Eastern Pacific, Alaska, California, Baja California, and occasional in Gulf of California (Wicksten, 1983).
New records: 2 males; at low tide from gorgonians in main tidal channel of mangrove area; Punta Morales (10º04 N, 84º58 W); Pacific coast of Costa Rica; 01 March 2002; coll.: I.S. Wehrtmann; Cat UCR 2367-01. Habitat: among sand, algae (Zostera sp.) or rocks; shore to 10 m (Wicksten 1983).
Previous records: Beaufort and Sneads Ferry, North Carolina; West Indies from Cuba to Curacao (Williams 1984).
New records: 19 males, 26 females (10 ovig.), rocky beach with Thalassia sp., 1 m, in front to Ranger Station, Puerto Viejo (09º3940 N, 82º4520 W), Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 19 November 1999, kick net; coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2315-01. 2 males, 2 females, south side of old dock, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 18-19 November 1999, rock washing; coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2312-35. 8 males, 8 females (2 ovig.), 7 juv., in lagoon, 5 m from shore, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 24 April 1998, epibenthic sled; coll.: R. Heard and J. A. Vargas; Cat UCR 2222-03. 3 males, 3 females (1 ovig.) 12 juv., in lagoon, 50 m from shore, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 24 April 1998; epibenthic sled; coll.: R. Heard and J. A. Vargas; Cat UCR 2223-03.
Habitat: sand and mud flats; associated with sea grasses (Williams 1984)
Previous records: México, Gulf of California to central-southern Chile (Wehrtmann and Carvacho 1997).
New records: 4 males, 7 females (5 ovig.), beach shallow water area on east side of San José Island (10º51 N, 86º55 W), 1.5- 2 m, in front to Ranger Station, subtidal, rocks at southern end of beach covered with algae and hydroids; Islas Murciélago, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Pacific coast of Costa Rica; 7-8 May 1999, algal wash, coll.: R. Heard and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2295-02.
Habitat: among rocks and Sargassum spp. (Wicksten 1983)
Previous record s: western North Atlantic between 10° and 50°; Azores and Cape Verde Islands (Chace 1972, Williams 1984, Abele and Kim 1986).
New records: 1 juv., inside of inner crest of reef, 150 m from shore at 1.5 m depth, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 19 November 1999; rock washing, coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2311-13. 7 males, 2 females (1 ovig.), rocky beach with Thalassia, 1 m, in front of Ranger Station, Puerto Viejo (09º3940 N, 82º4520 W), Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; kick net, 18 November 1999; coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2315-03.
Habitat: common in floating masses of Sargassum; surface waters; also common on grass flats in tropical Atlantic (Williams 1984).
New records: 1 female, south side of old dock, 50- 60 m from shore at 1.5 m depth, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 18-19 November 1999; rock washing; coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2312-27. 13 females, inside of inner crest of reef, 150 m from shore at 1.5 m depth, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 19 November 1999; rock washing, coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2311-04.
Habitat: littoral waters from or in sponges, among shells, dead coral, hydroids, and on seagrass flats; surface to 44 m (Williams 1984).
Previous records: Puerto Rico to Grenada (Chace 1972).
New record: 4 females, Isla Uvita (09º5950 N, 82º4850 W), Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 3 October 1970; coll.: W. Bussing and R. Nishimoto; Cat UCR 631-01.
Habitat: along rocky shores and on mud bottom; in shallow waters (< 3 m) (Chace 1972).
New records: 3 males, at low tide at beach shallow in front to Ranger Station, east side of San José Island (10º51 N, 86º55 W), under single flat rock on beach; Islas Murciélago, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Pacific coast of Costa Rica; 26 April 2002, coll.: I.S. Wehrtmann; Cat UCR 2369-01.
Habitat: under rocks, in cracks or among branches of corals (Wicksten 2000).
Previous records: Bahia Magdalena, Baja California; Gulf of California, southwestern Mexico to Acapulco; Panama; Galapagos Island (Wicksten 2000).
New records: 39 males, under rocks, between Punta Dominical and Roca Cambutal, Dominical (09º1320 N, 85º5045 W), Puntarenas, Pacific coast of Costa Rica; 16 May 1995; coll.: M. Montoya; Cat UCR 2123-03. 3 males, 1 ovig. female, Playa Ocotal (10º3243 N, 85º4330 W), Guanacaste, Pacific coast of Costa Rica; 5 May 1985; Cat UCR 1553-06.
Habitat: rocky areas and among mangroves; intertidal to 10 m (Wicksten 2000).
Previous records: Azores; central Atlantic from Ascension: western Atlantic from Bermuda and South Carolina to Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (Manning and Chace 1990).
New record: 1 male, Playa de Jacó (09º37 N, 84º38 W), Garabito, Puntarenas, Pacific coast of Costa Rica; 2 January 1967; Cat UCR 548-02. 2 males, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 15 February 2002; 0.5 -1.5 m; 20 m from shore, collected with push net over Thalassia sp.; coll.: I.S. Wehrtmann; Cat UCR 2368-05.
Habitat: sublitoral to 22 m (Manning and Chace 1990).
New records: 1 male, 1 female, Isla Uvita (09º5950 N, 82º4850 W), Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 3 October 1970; coll.: W. Bussing and R. Nishimoto; Cat UCR 613-02.
Habitat: tide pools (Manning and Chace 1990)
Previous records: Black Rock off New River, North Carolina, to Yucatan (Williams 1984, Abele and Kim 1986).
New records: 7 males, 10 females (1 ovig.), graves, rocks and sand, Puerto Viejo (09º3940 N, 82º4520 W), Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 8 August 2001; kick net, coll.: R. Heard; Cat UCR 2358-04.
Habitat: grass flats (Chace 1972).
New records: 1 male, south side of old dock, 50- 60 m from shore at 1.5 m depth, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 18-19 November 1999; rock washing; coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2312-48. 1 female, in lagoon, 5 m from shore, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 24 April 1998; epibenthic sled; coll.: R. Heard and J. A. Vargas; Cat UCR 2222-01.
Habitat: the species is not confined to any particular ecological niche (Chace 1972); common in beds of vegetation or similar habitats in shallow water (Williams 1984).
Previous records: western Atlantic, Gulf of México, southern Florida, Puerto Rico and Trinidad (Manning and Chace 1971).
New records: 2 males, 2 females (1 ovig.); Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 15 February 2002; 0.5-1.5 m; 20 m from shore over Thalassia sp.; collected with push net; coll.: I.S. Wehrtmann; Cat UCR 2368-07.
Habitat: on sand-mud grass flats; sublitoral to 6 m (Manning and Chace 1971).
Previous records: western Atlantic, North Carolina, southern Florida, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and off Brazil (Manning and Chace 1971).
New records: 5 males, 4 females (4 ovig.), 3 juv.; inside of inner crest of reef, 150 m from beach at 1 m depth, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 19 November 1999; rock washing, coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2311-08. 3 males, 7 females (6 ovig.); inside of inner crest of reef, 150 m from beach at 1 m depth, Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 19 November 1999; rock washing, coll.: R. Heard, L. Rodríguez and R. Vargas; Cat UCR 2312-02. 1 male, 2 females; Puerto Vargas (09º4416 N, 82º4845 W), Parque Nacional Cahuita, Limón, Caribbean coast of Costa Rica; 15 February 2002; 0.5-1.5 m; 20 m from shore, collected with push net over Thalassia sp.; coll.: I.S. Wehrtmann; Cat UCR 2368-06.
Habitat: shallow water to 37 m; on broken shells, corals, and in sponges (Manning and Chace 1971).
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Abele, L.G. & W. Kim. 1986. An illustrated guide to the marine decapod crustaceans of Florida. Dept. Environ. Reg. Tech. Ser. 8: 1-326.
Chace, F.A., Jr. 1969. Anew genus and five new species of shrimps (Decapoda, Palaemonidae, Pontoniinae) from the western Atlantic. Crustaceana 16: 251-272.
Chace, F.A., Jr. 1972. The shrimps of the Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions with a summary of the West Indian shallow-water species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Natantia). Smithson. Contr. Zool. 98: 1-179.
Hendrickx, M.E. 1995. Camarones, pp. 417-537. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter & V.H. Niem (eds.). Guía FAO para la identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacífico centro-oriental. Vol. I. Plantas e Invertebrados. F.A.O. Roma, Italia.
Hendrickx, M.E. 1996. Los camarones Penaeoidea bentónico (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata) del Pacífico Mexicano. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad. Inst. Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, UNAM. 148p.
Hendricks, M.E. & F.D. Estrada-Navarrete. 1996. Los camarones pelágicos (Crustacea: Dendrobranchiata y Caridea) del Pacífico Méxicano. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad. Inst. Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, UNAM. 157p.
Manning, R.B. & F. Chace, Jr. 1971. Shrimps of the family Processidae from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). Smithson. Contr. Zool. 89: 1-41.
Manning, R.B. & F. Chace Jr. 1990. Decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 503: 1-91.
Ramos, G. 1995. Neopontonides henryvonprahli, una nueva especie de camarón pontoníno del Pacífico de Colombia (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) simbionte de las gorgonias Muricea robusta y Lophogorgia alba. Rev. Biol. Trop. 43: 231-237.
Vargas, R. & J. Cortés. 1999a. Biodiversidad marina de Costa Rica: Crustacea (Penaeoidea, Sergestoidea, Caridea, Astacidea, Thalassinidea, Palionura) del Pacífico. Rev. Biol. Trop. 47: 887-911.
Vargas, R. & J. Cortés. 1999b. Biodiversidad marina de Costa Rica: Crustacea (Penaeoidea, Sergestoidea, Caridea, Astacidea, Thalassinidea, Palionura) del Caribe. Rev. Biol. Trop. 47: 877-885.
Wehrtmann, I.S. & A. Carvacho. 1997. New records and distribution ranges of shrimps (Crustacea: Penaeoidea and Caridea) in Chilean waters. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 110: 49-57.
Wicksten, M.K. 1983. Shallow water caridean shrimps of the Gulf of California, México. Allan Hancock Monogr. Mar. Biol. 13: 1-59.
Wicksten, M.K. 2000. The species of Lysmata (Caridea: Hippolytidae) from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Amphipacifica 11: 3-22.
Wicksten, M.K. & M.E. Hendrickx. 1992. Checklist of penaeoid and caridean shrimp (Decapoda: Penaeoidea, Caridea) from the Eastern Tropical Pacific). Proc. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 9: 1-11.
Williams, A. 1984. Shrimps, lobsters and crabs of the Atlantic coast of the eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithson. Inst., Washington, D.C. 550 p.
1 Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Biología, 2060 San José, Costa Rica
2 Present address: University of San Diego, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Marine and Environmental Studies, 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492, U.S.A.
3 Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Apdo. 22-3100, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica
E-Mails: peter@slugophile.org , Ycamacho-garcia@calacademy.org , ingowehrtmann@gmx.de
Received 31-V-2002. Corrected 30-VI-2002. Accepted 30-VI-2002.
Here we report four sightings of Crosslandia daedali Poorman and Mulliner, 1981 off the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, previously reported only in the vicinity of its type locality (Mexico). Two sightings (04 – 05 December 2001) were made in Bahía Culebra (10º35N; 85º40W), Guanacaste. The specimens were found on leaves of Halimeda sp. algae covered with hydroids at a depth of approximately five meters. The identity of Crosslandia daedali was confirmed by scanning electron analysis of the radula. One specimen has been deposited in the Museo de Zoología (catalog # 5310), Universidad de Costa Rica. Two additional specimens (Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica, catalog # INBOOO3118213) were collected at Playa Grande, Tamarindo Bay, Pacific Costa Rica (10º20 N, 85º51 W), 11 January 2001, at 0 m depth on Padina sp. algae. These sightings extend its known distribution approximately 2100 km to the south.
This is a contribution of the Museo de Zoología, UCR. Financial support was provided by FUNDEVI, Costa Rica. Eva Salas (UCR) sighted and collected the specimens in Bahía Culebra.
References
Bertsch, H., O. Angulo Campillo & J. L. Arreola 2000. New distributional records of opisthobranchs from the Punta Eugenia region of the Baja California Peninsula: a report based on 1997-1998 CONABIO-sponsored expeditions. Festivus 32(7): 99-104.
Poorman, L. H. & D. K. Mulliner 1981. A new species of Crosslandia (Nudibranchia: Dendronotacea) from the Gulf of California. Nautilus 95(2): 96-99.
P.O. Box 101372 - Santa Fe de Bogotá D. C. - Colombia; alvarez_leon@hotmail.com
Received 31-I-2001. Accepted 27-III-2001.
The association of Lernaeolopus striatus Wilson, 1913 (Copepoda, Lernaeolopidoidae) and the fish Caranx hippos Latreille (Pisces, Carangidae) 355 mm long individues, is reported for the first time. The fish was captured in the night tasks of artisanal fishing with "transmallo" net, in front of Cartagena de Indias (Department of Bolivar, Colombia). The copepod was inside the fish buccal cavity, in the right part of the inferior jaw (intercanine dental space, strongly anchored to the gum). The copepod is in cataloguing process in the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory of Ocean Springs (USA).
Instituto Nacional de Ia Pesca, Centro Regional de Investigación Pesquera La Paz, Carretera a Pichilingue km. 1, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México; jrturrubiates@yahoo.com
Received 07-III-2002. Accepted 21-III-2002.
Selenkothuria lubrica (Selenka, 1867). The present work records S. lubrica (=Holothuria lubrica) along the west coast of Baja California Sur to Puerto Cortés: (24º2515.2" N and 111º5119.9" W), San Juanico: (26º1435.9" N and 112º2827.9" W) at Bahía Tortugas, (27º3709.3" N and 114º5055.8" W). The local fishermen know them as "miones". In San Juanico, organisms are observed with body lengths from 150 to 170 mm and densities that range from 15 to 18 ind/m2 . They occur in the bay La Paz, with 13 to 35 ind/m2 and body lengths from 12 to 170 mm. Acknowledgments: I am grateful to Dr. Philip Lambert, M.Sc., Invertebrate Curator, from Royal British Columbia Museum, for revisions to mansucript; to M. en C.M. Dinorah Herrero Perezrul for taxonomic species identification.
References
Brusca, R.C. 1980. Common intertidal invertebrates of the Gulf of California. The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. 513 pp.
Clark, H.L. 1923. Supplementary report on Echinoderms from Lower California. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 48:147-163.
Deichmann, E. 1958. The Holothunoidea collected by the Velero III and IV during the years 1932 to 1954. Part II, Aspidochirota. Allan Hancock Pac. Exped. II(2): 314-318.
Hendrickson, J.R. & R.C. Brusca. 1975. Biological studies in the Gulf of California. X [a collection of student research papers]. Univ. Arizona, Tucson.
Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa. A.P. 55-535 C.P. 09340, México, D.F.
Tel: 52(55)58046478; danae@xanum.uam.mx
Recibido 07-III-2002. Aceptado 21-III-2002.
Pyrosoma atlanticum Péron, 1804 según la literatura se encuentra distribuido en todos los océanos y todas las latitudes, pero hasta esta contribución no se conocía ningún registro para México. En este estudio se le reconoce por primera frente a las costas de Papanoa, Guerrero, México (17º15.65 N; 101º05.22 W). Cinco colonias fueron capturadas el siete de mayo de 2003 y quedaron depositadas en la colección de invertebrados del Departamento de Hidrobiología de la UAM-Iztapalapa, bajo las claves Papagro-2003.
Referencia
Bone, Q. 1998. The Biology of Pelagic Tunicates. Oxford Univ. 354 p.
1 División de Entomología, Centro Nacional de Laboratorios en Saud Pública. Instituto Nacional de Salud. Capac Yupanqui 1400. Jesus María, Lima-Perú; lemuricas@terra.com
2 Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Apartado 14- 0434, Lima-14, Perú.
Received 19-II-2002. Accepted 21-III-2002.
Periglischrus caligus Kolenati 1857, Acarina; Gamasida; Spinturnicidae; Host: Glossophaga soricina (Pallas). Site of infection: wing membrane. New geographic range: District of Los Aquijes (75 o 4110" O 13 o 57l0" S.), Peru. Former range: Brazil, Surinam, Venezuela, Panama (Herrin y Tipton 1975) Catalogue: N o 425-431 MUSM.
Periglischrus iheringi Oudemans, 1902, Acarina; Gamasida; Spinturnicidae; Host: Artibeus fraterculus (Anthony). Site of infection: wing membrane. New geographic range: District San Juan Bautista (75 o 4528" O, 13 o 5950" S), Province of Ica, Peru. Former range: Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Trinidad, Cuba, Virgin Island, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia (Rudnick 1960), Panama (Furman 1966). Catalogue: N o 432-437 MUSM.
Periglischrus herrerai Machado-Allison, 1965, Acarina; Gamasida; Spinturnicidae; Host. Desmodus rotundus (Geoffroy). Site of infection: wing membrane. New geographic range: District San Jose de los Molinos (75 o 4033" O, 14 o 653" S), Province of Ica, Peru. Former range: Trinidad, Venezuela, Panama, Brasil (Furman 1966, Gettinger y Gribel 1989). Catalogue: N o 438-439 MUSM.
Acknowledgement: the authors wish to express their gratitude to following persons, Maria T. Quintero for providing special and important literature and we indebted to Gerardo Lamas for critical reading and revision of the manuscript.
References
Furman, D.P. 1966. The spinturnicidae mites of Panama, p.125-166. In R.L. Wenzel & V.J. Tipton (Eds.) Ectoparasites of Panama. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
Gettinger, D. & R. Gribel. 1989. Spinturnicid mites (Gamasida: Spinturnicidae) associated with bats in Central Brazil. J. Med. Entomol. 26: 491-493.
Herrin, C.S. & V.J. Tipton. 1975. Spinturnicidae mites of Venezuela (Acarina: Spinturnicidae). Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. (Biol. Ser.) 27:1-58.
Rudnick, A. 1960. A revision of the mites of the family Spinturnicidae (Acarina). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 17:157-284.
Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José 2060, Costa Rica. Telefax: (506) 207- 4043; jortiz@biologia.ucr.ac.cr
Received 08-IV-2002. Corrected 10-V-2002. Accepted 10-V-2002.
Se informa de una especie de avispa (Conura sp, Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) parasitoide de la mariposa Dione juno (Lepidioptera: Heliconiinae) en Pérez Zeledón (09º34 N, 83º34 O), San José, Costa Rica. Se colectaron tres avispas hembras que se encontraron ovipositando en pupas de la mariposa. Diez pupas se mantuvieron en el laboratorio y tras un período de 21 a 24 días emergieron los parasitoides.
Los especímenes están depositados en el Museo de Insectos de la Universidad de Costa Rica, clasificados en el subgénero Conura y el grupo de especies Xanthostigma. El autor agradece a Paul Hanson por la clasificación de los parasitoides. Referencia: Delvare, G. Chalcididae, p. 289- 300. In P. E. Hanson & L. D. Gauld (eds.). 1995. The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. Oxford Science Publications, New York.
1 Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, C.P. 593, 38400-902 Uberlândia, MG, Brazil; heraldo@umuarama.ufu.br
2 Coordenação de Pesquisas em Ecologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), C.P. 478, 69011-970, Manaus, AM, Brazil; vilhena@inpa.gov.br .
Received 07-III-2002. Corrected 06-IV-2002. Accepted 06-IV-2002.
Two workers of Tatuaidris tatusia (Brown & Kempf, 1967) have been collected in a fragment of upland (terra-fime) forest within the campus of the Federal University of Amazonas, in Manaus, Brazil (3º536" S; 59º5752" W), in a single pitfall trap (collec-tor: Evenlyn Pereira Franken; 16-VIII-2001).
T. tatusia is the only known living species of the ant tribe Agroecomyrmecini, a very old group of ants which, according to Brown & Kempf (1967), was probably widespread during the early Tertiary in the south and north American hemispheres. The species was described from two worker specimens collected in El Salvador (Brown and Kempf 1967). After that few more specimens have been found, four at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica (Longino et al. 2002) and one in South America, at Parque Nacional Chiribiquete in Colombia (Anonymous 2000).
Our findings extends the known range of this species 1500 km east. Specimens were depositated in the Invertebrate Collection of the Instituto de Pesquisas da Amazônia in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
References
Anonymous 2000. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAVH). Boletín del Proyecto Insectos de Colombia IAVH-UK-UAESPNN. No. 1: mayo 2000 (Downloaded: February 2, 2003. http://www.Humboldt.org.co/insectos/logros.html ).
Brown, W.L. & W.W. Kempf. 1967. Tatuidris, a remarkable new genus of Formicidae (Hymenopter). Psyche 74: 183-190.
Longino, JT., J Coddington & K Colwell. 2002. Inventory of species occurrences at La Selva Biological Station. Ecological Achives (Suppl. 1): E083-011-S1.
1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, C. P.676, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, BRAZIL. FAX (16) 260-22; dcrs@power.ufscar.br
2 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Bldg 005, BARC-W, ARS, USDA, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA; mstoetze@sel.barc.usda.gov
3 Rua Marcílio Dias, 1511-CEP: 96803-341. Cachoeira do Sul, RS, Brazil. FAX: (51) 3723-003; edson@divinut.com.br
Received 19-II-2002. Accepted 21-III-2002.
Phylloxere notabilis Pergandé, 1903, commonly known as the pecan leaf phylloxera, is a pest in the pecan-growing areas of the Southern and Eastern United States and Eastern Europe. Of the four species of Phylloxera known to occur on pecan, P. notebills is the only species which has more than one generation of galls per year. The collection of this species in Brazil at Cachoeira do Sul city (30 o 34S, 52 o 30W), Rio Grande do Sul State, on Carya illinoensis, by Dr. Edson Ortiz, on 2000/01/14 represents the first occurrence of this species in the Neotropical Region. The material was identified by one of us (MBS). Phylloxera notabilis has been reported previously from the pecan-growing areas of the Eastern and Southern United States and Eastern Europe (Blackman and Eastop 1994). The specimens are deposited in the Aphid Collection of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of the Federal University of São Carlos (Coleafis/DEBE/UFSCar) at São Carlos city, São Paulo State, Brazil (sample number 911).
References
Blackman, R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 1994: Aphids on the Worlds Trees: An identification guide. Cab International, 1002 pp.
1 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Carlos, C. P.676, 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil. Fax: (16) 2608322; dcrs@power.ufscar.br
2 Department of Entomology, National Agronomic Station, 2780, Oeiras, Portugal.
Received 19-II-2002. Accepted 21-III-2002.
Melanaphis bambusee (Fallaway, 1910) was collected in Belo Horizonte city (19 o 5557" S; 43 o 5632" W), Minas Gerais State, Brazil, on 2001/08/02, by Ana Lucia B.G. Peronti, on Bambusa cf. metake Sieb. Ex Miq. (Poaceae). This collection represents the first occurrence of this species in the Neotropical Region. The material was identified by one of us (FAI). M. bambusee, east Asian origin, has been reported previously from the Pourthiaea villosa (Rosaceae) as primary host in Japan and Arundinaria, Bambusa, Phyllostachys, Plejoblastus (Bamboos) as secondary hosts in Japan, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, India, Egypt, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hawaii and U.S.A (Blackman and Eastop 1994, llharco 1995). The specimens are deposited in the Aphid Collection of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of the Federal University of São Carlos (Coleafis/DEBE/UFSCar) at São Carlos city, São Paulo State, Brazil (sample number 925), and also in the Aphids Collection of the National Agronomic Station (CAEAN) at Oeiras city, Portugal (sample number 6460a).
References
Blackman, R.L. & V.F. Eastop. 1994. Aphids on the Wodds Crops. An identification guide. Wiley, New York. 466 p.
Ilharco. F.A. 1995. 2ª adiantamento ao catálogo dos afídeos de Portugal Continental (Homoptera: Aphidoidea). Agron. Lusitana 45(1-3): 5-56.
P.O. Box 101372 - Santa Fe de Bogotá D. C. - Colombia; alvarez_leon@hotmail.com
Received 31-I-2001. Accepted 27-III-2001.
Aquaculture in Restrepo (Department of Meta, Colombia) is based in nine fish species basically: (Brycon siebenthale, Callophysus macropterus, Cyprinus carpio, C. carpio specularis, Oreochromis spp., Piaractus brachypomum, Prochilodus magdalenae, Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum, Tilapia nilotica), but periodically suffer from natural predators that are introduced into the ponds or arrive with water as eggs and larvae. A list of these predators is reported for the first time: insects (Aeshnidae, Baethidae, Belostomatidae, Coenagrionidae, Chironomidae, Dytiscidae, Gomphidae, Libellulidae, Notonectidae, Veliidae), river shrimps (Forsteria venezuelensis Rathbun, Macrobrachium amazonicum Heller, M. brasiliense Heller), fish (Ancistrus triradiatus, Electrophorus electricus, Farlowella acutirostris, Hypostomus plecostomus, Loricariichthys typus), birds (Ardea cocoi, Elamus lecurus lecurus, Diaptrius ater, Sterna simplex), turtle (Podocnemis expansa), caiman (Caiman crocodilus), snakes (Amphybaena alba, Atractus sp., Boa constrictor, Erythrolampus aescapularii) and an aquatic mammal (Pteronura brasiliensis Gmelin). The insects were confirmed by Ramón Mena and Eduardo Flórez, the crustaceans by Martha Campos-Rocha, the fish by Germán Galvis-Vergara and the snakes by Olga Castaño, all Institute of Natural Sciences, National University of Colombia (Bogotá), where the organisms are in the cataloguing process.
Received 31-I-2001. Accepted 27-III-2001.
Twenty four species of fish are reported for the first time from Colombian shrimp by-catch: Carcharhinidae (Carcharhinus obscurus Lesueur 1818), Triakidae (Mustelus canis Mitchill, 1815, 2900 mm l. tl.), Dasyatidae (Urolopus jamaiciensis Cuvier, 1817, 295 mm l. tl.), Muraenidae (Gymnothorax ocellatus Agassiz 1831, 356mm l. tl.), Ariidae (Arius grandiscasis Valenciennes, 1840, 255-300 mm l. tl.), Ophidiidae (Brotula barbata Schneider, 1801, 252 mm l. tl.; Lephophidium pheromystax Robins,1960, 205 mm l. tl.), Ogcocephalidae (Ogcocephalus radiatus Mitchill 1818, 125 mm l. tl.), Exocoetidae (Cypselurus melanurus Valenciennes, 1846, 119 mm l. tl.; Hemirhampus unifasciatus Ranzani, 100 mm l. tl.; Hirundichthys affinis Gunther 1866, 488 l.tl.), Belonidae (Strongylura notata Poey 1860, 339 mm l. tl.), Fistularidae (Fistularia tabacaria Linnaeus 1758, 255 l. tl.), Scorpaenidae (Scorpaena calcarata Goode & Bean 1882, 195 mm l. tl.), Triglidae (Prionotus evolans Linnaeus, 1758, 195 mm l. tl.; P. rubio Jordan 1886, 190-225 mm l. tl.), Carangidae (Oligoplites palometa Cuvier 1831, 225 mm l.tl.; Seriola fasciata Bloch 1793, 235 mm l. tl.) Lutjanidae (Lutjanus bucanella Cuvier 1828, 230 mm l. tl.), Haemulidae (Haemulon macrostomun Gunther 1859, 170 mm l. tl.; H. parrai Desmarest 1823, mm l. tl.) Labridae (Halichoeres radiatus Linnaeus 1758, 194 mm l. tl.), and Bothidae (Ancyclopsetta quadriocellata Gill 1864, 235 mm l. tl.; Cyclopseta fimbriata Goode & Bean 1885, 205 mm l. tl.). They were associated to the shrimp trawling between 25 and 80 m deep off Guajira, Magdalena, Córdoba, Antioquia, and Chocó Departments, Colombian Caribbean. The species were confirmed by the author of Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Sea Museum in Bogota), Faculty of Marine Biology (Cartagena de Indias) and, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Punta Betín in Santa Marta (Colombia).
Ricardo Alvarez-León
Project Collection of Fish of Colombian Caribbean UBJTL / MM / VIKINGOS. P.O. Box 101372 - Santa Fe de Bogotá D. C. - Colombia; alvarez_leon@hotmail.com
Fish of Colombian Caribbean Project UBJTL / MdM. P.O. Box 101372-Santa Fe de Bogotá D. C.-Colombia; alvarez_leon@hotmail.com
Received 31-I-2001. Accepted 27-III-2001.
Seven fish species are reported for the first time from associated bottom samples between 120 and 630 m deep, from Guajira and Magdalena Departments, Colombian Caribbean: Holosauridae (Holosaurus ovenii Johnson, 1863), Congridae (Xenomystas austrinus Smith & Kanasawa, 1989; 430 mm st.l., 150-180 m depth), Chloropthalmidae (Bathypterois viridensis Roule, 1916; 150 mm st.l., 250-288 m depth), Macrouridae (Nezumia sullai Marshall & Iwamoto, 1973; 230 mm st.l., 300-344 m depth), Ogcocephalidae (Dibranchus atlanticus Peters; 71-89 mm st. l., 300-582 m depth), Scorpaenidae (Setarches guentheri Johnson, 1862; 102 mm st.l., 300-630 m depth) and, Triglidae (Peristeiodon truncatum Gunther, 1880; 135-145 mm st.l., 280-344 m depth). The species were confirmed by the senior author in the Natural History Museum of London where they were deposited and are in cataloguing process.
John Lyons
University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. 1350 Femrite Drive, Monona, WI 53716-3736 USA; lyonsj@dnr.state.wi.us
Received 19-II-2002. Accepted 21-III-2002.
Algansea aphanea Barbour and Miller 1974, a threatened fish, is endemic to the Coahuayana and Armería (extirpated) river basins in Jalisco, Mexico. My recent status survey indicates that it may have disappeared from the two published localities in the Coahuayana basin, Río Terrero 16 km N of the town Pihuamo and an unnamed stream 8 km N of Pihuamo, but revealed two additional populations, Río San Jeronimo (19º44 N 103º21 W) 54 km N of Pihuamo (UMMZ 202619, N=16, 1978; UWZM 11141, N=5, 1999) and an unnamed stream (19º25 N 103º22 W) 23 km Pihuamo (UMMZ 202609, N=5, 1978; UWZM 11136, N=51, 1999), extending the range 38 km north.
References
Barbour, C.D., & R.R. Miller. 1978. A revision of the Mexican cyprinid fish genus Algansea. Misc. Pub. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan 155:1-71.
Lyons, J., O. Gonzalez-Hemandez, E. Soto-Galera & M. Guzmán-Arroyo. 1998. Decline of freshwater fishes and fisheries in selected drainages of west-central Mexico. Fisheries 23(4): 10-18.
Ricardo Alvarez-León
Project Ecology of Chengue and Nenguage Bays COLCIENCIAS / INVEMAR. P.O Box 101372-Santa Fe de Bogotá D.C., Colombia; alvarez_leon@hotmail.com
Received 31-I-2001. Accepted 27-III-2001.
A study of macrobenthos at South Chengue Lagoon, Tayrona National Nature Park (Colombian Caribbean) revealed a young specimen of Phyllodactylus ventralis with samples taken on 3 March 1982 with a Steech - Kasten (1/60 cm_) dredge. This young specimen from the site (11° 18 52" - 11° 19 28" N; 74° 07 30" - 74° 08 30" W) was preserved in 5% formalin, it is uniform light brown (head, trunk, tail and legs), and beige under legs and tail. It was deposited in the INDERENA Federico Medem Investigation Unit, in Santa Fe de Bogotá D.C. Colombia (IND - R -3678; Col. R. Alvarez-León).
Phyllodactylus ventralis is a small lizard that lives in forest and, mangrove trees; it often is observed on house walls, at nigth or at dusk. During the day it hides in crevices, door chinks or attics. P. ventralis, was described by OShaughessy (1875. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 16(4):263), from Jamaica, and some authors report it from the dry thorn forest and savannahs of northern Colombia and Venezuela (Peter & Orejas-Miranda 1970. Catalogue of Neotropical Reptilia, Part II Squamata, 297 p.; Dixon and Huey 1970. Los Angeles County Mus. Contr. Sci., 192: 1-78). It was known from earlier work at Bonda (Mercher 1968, Rev. Suisse Zool., 75: 305-371) and on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Ruthven 1922 Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool., Misc. Publ., 8: 1-169). The discovery confirms its presence in the mangroves of the Colombian Caribbean coast. This individual possibly fell by accident into the shallow waters of Laguna Sur de Chengue, where it was incorporated into the bottom organic material. It was dead but complete and in good condition excep for the tail, which was found 10-16 mm from the rest of the body.
The authors thank José Vicente Rueda-Almonacid, ICN-UNC, who confirmed the identification of the specimen, and offered valuable comments; and INVEMAR - COLCIENCIAS Project - 3003 - 1 - 43 - 82, for its generous financial support.
Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile; dpinchei@udec.cl
Recibido 21-III-2002. Aceptado 22-III-2002.
Donoso-Barros (1974) documenta a la lagartija Liolaemus bibronii (Bell, 1843) para Laguna del Laja, Antuco, Octava Región de Chile (37º21 S, 71º19 W). Un examen del material estudiado por este autor permite identificarlo en parte como L. altissimus araucaniensis Müller y Hellmich, 1932 (Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Concepción, MZUC números 23658, 23660 y 23661, recolectados en Antuco, Coicon (37º29 S, 71º20 W); Febrero de 1970), hallazgo que permite registrar por primera vez a L. a. araucaniensis para la Octava Región de Chile, forma conocida hasta ahora únicamente de Villarrica (37º25 S, 71º57 W), al sur de la Novena Región Administrativa (Veloso y Navarro 1988), extendiendo así su rango distribucional considerablemente más al norte. Los ejemplares restantes de la serie estudiada corresponden a L. bibronii. Gracias a Herman Núñez y Jorge N. Artigas, por permitir la revisión de especímenes.
Referencias
Donoso-Barros, R. 1974. Notas Herpetológicas. Bol. Soc. Biol. Concepción 47: 285-287.
Veloso, A. & J. Navarro. 1988. Lista sistemática y distribución geográfica de anfibios y reptilesde Chile. Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Natur. Torino 6: 481-539.
