First record of a smalltooth sandtiger shark, Odontaspis ferox, from the Galápagos Islands

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erich K. Ritter ◽  
Leonard J.V. Compagno
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Galápagos Islands

Chirostyloidean squat lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Galapagos Islands

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4564 (2) ◽  
pp. 391 ◽  
Author(s):  
KEIJI BABA ◽  
MARY K. WICKSTEN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rift Zone ◽  
First Record ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
The Family ◽  
Galapagos Rift ◽  
Squat Lobsters

Seven species of chirostyloidean squat lobsters are reported from the Galapagos Rift zone and Galapagos platform: Eumunida subsolanus n. sp. (Eumunididae), Heteroptychus galapagos n. sp., H. nautilus n. sp. (Chirostylidae), Uroptychus bellus Faxon, 1893, U. compressus n. sp., U. occidentalis Faxon, 1893 (Chirostylidae), and Sternostylus defensus (Benedict, 1902) (Sternostylidae). All new species are described and illustrated, and the two species previously known from the Galapagos Islands, Uroptychus bellus and U. occidentalis, are re-illustrated from respective lectotypes, herein designated, since both original descriptions were only brief. Both the species of Heteroptychus and Eumunida subsolanus are the first representatives of their respective genera in the eastern Pacific and the latter is also the first record for the family Eumunididae in the region. 

scholarly journals First record of the Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Fernando Fernández ◽  
Carlos E. Sarmiento ◽  
Henri W. Herrera
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Galápagos Islands

scholarly journals Trypanosomatids Detected in the Invasive Avian Parasite Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae) in the Galapagos Islands

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 422
Author(s):  
Courtney L. Pike ◽  
María Piedad Lincango ◽  
Charlotte E. Causton ◽  
Patricia G. Parker
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Molecular Methods ◽  
Insect Species ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Suitable Host ◽  
Direct Damage ◽  
Endemic Birds ◽  
Philornis Downsi ◽  
Alien Insect

Alien insect species may present a multifaceted threat to ecosystems into which they are introduced. In addition to the direct damage they may cause, they may also bring novel diseases and parasites and/or have the capacity to vector microorganisms that are already established in the ecosystem and are causing harm. Damage caused by ectoparasitic larvae of the invasive fly, Philornis downsi (Dodge and Aitken) to nestlings of endemic birds in the Galapagos Islands is well documented, but nothing is known about whether this fly is itself associated with parasites or pathogens. In this study, diagnostic molecular methods indicated the presence of insect trypanosomatids in P. downsi; to our knowledge, this is the first record of insect trypanosomatids associated with Philornis species. Phylogenetic estimates and evolutionary distances indicate these species are most closely related to the Crithidia and Blastocrithidia genera, which are not currently reported in the Galapagos Islands. The prevalence of trypanosomatids indicates either P. downsi arrived with its own parasites or that it is a highly suitable host for trypanosomatids already found in the Galapagos Islands, or both. We recommend further studies to determine the origin of the trypanosomatid infections to better evaluate threats to endemic fauna of the Galapagos Islands.

scholarly journals Brachionus rotundiformis Tschugunoff, 1921 from the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera: Monogononta): A new record from Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. e20195921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos López ◽  
Miriam Steinitz-Kannan ◽  
Georgia Stamou ◽  
Evangelia Michaloudi ◽  
Spiros Papakostas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Complex ◽  
Brachionus Plicatilis ◽  
First Record ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
High Dispersion ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Brachionus Rotundiformis ◽  
Morphological Variations ◽  
Galapagos Archipelago ◽  
Wind Currents

The presence of the rotifer species Brachionus rotundiformis from the B. plicatilis species complex in Lake Arcturo, a saline lake in the Genovesa Island of the Galápagos Islands, is here reported. This is the first record of the species for the rotifer fauna of Ecuador as well as of the species complex to the Galápagos Islands. This finding is consistent with the idea of high dispersion capacity, and of cosmopolitan distribution of this species complex. Because Genovesa Island is uninhabited, passive transport by wind currents and zoochory by migrant birds seem to emerge as the most plausible factors in this process of colonization. Integrative studies on the morphological variations, genetic, molecular, and ecological aspects are still required to further understand the process of dispersion and the ecology of this member of the B. plicatilis species complex in this remote and isolated locality, and the exact taxonomical position of the island’s population to the other members of the complex.

scholarly journals Peterjamesia circumscripta (Leight.) D. Hawksw. (Roccellaceae: Ascomycota): First record to continental South America

Check List ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emerson Luiz Gumboski ◽  
Sionara Eliasaro
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
North Africa ◽  
First Record ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Southern Brazil

Peterjamesia circumscripta, previously known from Australia, Europe, North Africa, North and Central America, and Galapagos Islands was collected in southern Brazil. This is the first record of this species in continental South America.

scholarly journals First record of Hirsutella saussurei in the Galápagos Islands and first evidence parasitizing the invasive paper wasp, Polistes versicolor

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Óscar Mollá ◽  
Bhushan Shrestha ◽  
Christian Sevilla ◽  
Danny Rueda ◽  
Fernando Rivas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Galápagos Islands

A review of the Neuroptera of the Galápagos Islands with a new record for Sympherobius barberi (Banks) (Hemerobiidae)

1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (12) ◽  
pp. 3032-3040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Klimaszewski ◽  
D. K. McE. Kevan ◽  
Stewart B. Peck
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
New Record ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
First Record ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
First Time

A checklist of species of Neuroptera described and (or) recorded from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, is presented together with a review of existing records. Sympherobius barberi (Banks) is recorded from the Galápagos Islands for the first time. This also constitutes the first record of the genus Sympherobius from the islands. Comparisons have been made between the Galápagos specimens, the type specimen of the species, and specimens from Peru, Mexico, and the southern United States of America. Illustrations of habitus and genitalic structures, as well as a diagnosis and a discussion of the species are also given. Additional distributional data and illustrations are provided for Chrysopa wollebaeki Esben-Petersen, Megalomus darwini Banks, and Myrmeleon perpilosus Banks. A lectotype is designated for Megalomus darwini Banks. Keys for identification are given for all species known from the islands.

scholarly journals A new species of Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Coleophorinae) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1161 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Galapagos Islands ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Galápagos Islands ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Family ◽  
A New Species

Coleophora darwini sp. nov., is described from the Galápagos Islands. This is the first record of the family Coleophoridae for the Galápagos. Adults were reared from larvae found mining leaves of Amaranthus andersonii Howell (Amaranthaceae) on Pinzón Island. Adults of the species also were collected at light on the islands of Española and Pinta. Coleophora darwini is similar to C. intexta Meyrick, 1917 from Peru. Adults, and male and female genitalia of both species, as well as the larval case of C. darwini, are illustrated and morphological characters distinguishing the two species are presented. A lectotype is formally designated for C. intexta.

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