scholarly journals Geographic Spread ofGnamptogenys triangularis(Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae)

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Joseph A. MacGown ◽  
James K. Wetterer
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
South American ◽  
Native Range ◽  
Southeastern Usa ◽  
The North ◽  
Geographic Spread ◽  
Major Pest

Gnamptogenys triangularis(Mayr), native to the forests of South and Central America, is a predatory ant that feeds on millipedes. In its native range, this species is known from Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.1°S) in the south to Costa Rica (10.4°N) in the north, with records from eight countries in South America (all except Chile, French Guiana, and Paraguay), and the two southernmost countries of Central America (Panama and Costa Rica). The first records ofG. triangularisoutside its native range came from Florida beginning in 1985 (six sites: 25.5°–30.4°N) and Alabama in 1996 (one site: 30.4°N). Here we present the first records ofG. triangularisfrom Mississippi, dating from 2002–2010 (five sites: 30.5°–31.2°N). Based on its South American range, it appears thatG. triangularishas the potential to spread to forests throughout much of the southeastern USA. There are no documented impacts ofG. triangularis,and it seems unlikely that this species will ever become a major pest.

Rediscovery of Choroterpes atramentum in Costa Rica, type species of Tikuna new genus (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae), and its role in the "Great American Inter-change"

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 932 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HARRY M. SAVAGE ◽  
R. WILLS FLOWERS ◽  
WENDY PORRAS V.
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Genus ◽  
South American ◽  
Early Tertiary ◽  
Geological Formation

A new genus, Tikuna, is described based on recent collections of adults and nymphs of Choroterpes atramentum Traver from western Costa Rica. All recent collections are from streams on or near the Nicoya Complex, the oldest geological formation in Lower Central America. Tikuna belongs to a lineage of South American Atalophlebiinae (Leptophlebiidae: Ephemeroptera) whose origin is hypothesized to have been in the late Cretaceous–early Tertiary. Some implications of the distribution of Tikuna for theories on the origin of Costa Rica’s biota are discussed.

Mycena citricolor. [Distribution map].

1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Central America ◽  
West Indies ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Mycena citricolor (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. Hosts: Coffee (Coffea spp.) and others. Information is given on the geographical distribution in NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, USA (Florida), CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martiniq, caragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Salvador, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French, Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.

Typophorus nigritus. [Distribution map].

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Sweet Potato ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Typophorus nigritus (Fabricius) Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae. Attacks sweet-potato. Information is given on the geographical distribution in CENTRAL AMERICA and CARIBBEAN, Costa Rica, Cuba, Grenada, Grenadine Islands, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Vincent, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Equador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Paysandisia archon (South American palm borer).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Riolo ◽  
Sandro Nardi
Keyword(s):  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Invasive Pest ◽  
South American ◽  
Native Range ◽  
Plant Mortality ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
North East ◽  
Palm Trees ◽  
Council Directive ◽  
American Palm

Abstract P. archon is a Neotropical castniid species. It is not considered a pest in most of its native range, probably because it lives mainly on wild palm trees and not on crops; however, Houlbert (1918) and Bourquin (1933) reported that it had the potential to become a serious pest of palms. It was accidentally introduced to Europe from Argentina, as larvae hidden in imported palm trees, mostly Butia yatay and Trithrinax campestris. In Europe, where it is spreading rapidly, P. archon was first found in 2001 in Spain (Aguilar et al., 2001), France (Drescher and Dufay, 2001; Sarto i Monteys and Aguilar, 2001) and Italy (Espinosa et al., 2003; Riolo et al., 2004) and is considered an invasive species in these countries. It is already an invasive pest in France, Italy and Spain, where serious damage and plant mortality has been reported (1000 palm trees have been destroyed) and has become a pest in Buenos Aires, where it was introduced from north-east Argentina (Sarto i Monteys and Aguilar, 2005). The moth is currently listed in the EPPO A2 List (n. 338) of 'Pests recommended for regulation as quarantine pests' (OEPP/EPPO, 2008) and in European Phytosanitary Legislation in AnnexII/Part A/Section II (COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2009/7/EC of 10 February 2009 amending Annexes I, II, IV and V to Council Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community).

Leucocintractia scleriae. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Disease Development ◽  
British Guiana

Abstract A description is provided for Leucocintractia scleriae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Development of spikelets is prevented in infected plants. HOSTS: Rhynchospora corymbosa, R. gigantea and R. triflora (Cyperaceae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Congo, Zaire. NORTH AMERICA: Mexico. CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Puerto Rico. SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana [as British Guiana], Paraguay, Venezuela. ASIA: China (Taipei), India, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan. AUSTRALASIA: Australia (Queensland). TRANSMISSION: Not studied; probably by teliospores dispersed by wind and water.

Revision of the Neotropical genus Domodon Reemer (Diptera: Syrphidae), with description of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4648 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-536
Author(s):  
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO-FILHO ◽  
MARLÚCIA BONIFÁCIO MARTINS ◽  
MATHEUS TAVARES DE SOUZA ◽  
MENNO REEMER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Northern South America ◽  
Three New Species

The Syrphidae genus Domodon Reemer, 2013 so far included two species, D. zodiacus Reemer, 2013 and D. peperpotensis Reemer, 2014, both recorded only from Suriname. Additional specimens belonging to this genus have been collected in many other localities in South and Central America. In this paper, the genus is revised and three new species are described: D. caxiuana sp. nov. (northern South America), D. inaculeatus sp. nov. (northern South America), and D. sensibilis sp. nov. (Costa Rica). The distribution of D. peperpotensis is extended to include French Guiana. Photographs of the type material of the new species and illustrations of male genitalia of all species are provided, as well as a key to species. 

Quaternary Glaciers and Climate on Cerro Chirripó, Costa Rica

2000 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth H. Orvis ◽  
Sally P. Horn
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Central America ◽  
Younger Dryas ◽  
Glacial Geomorphology ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Tropical Glaciers ◽  
The North ◽  
Organic Sediments ◽  
Lower Limits

Glacial lake sediments and glacial geomorphology in Valle de las Morrenas, a glacial trough on the north face of Cerro Chirripó, Costa Rica, provide evidence on high-altitude Pleistocene conditions in Central America. The most recent glacier in the valley (Chirripó stage I) receded very rapidly near the end of the Younger Dryas chronozone. Radiocarbon dates on basal organic sediments from lakes beneath upper, middle, and lower limits of that glacier fall close together, and two-sigma calibrated ages overlap for the period 9700–9600 cal yr B.P. Earliest datable transition sediments from the central lake date to 12,360–11,230 cal yr B.P. Larger, older moraines, and associated trimlines, allowed reconstruction of three paleoglaciers (Chirripó stages II, III, and IV). Computer analysis of hypsometry using published tropical-glacier vertical mass balance profiles yields ELAs of 3506–3523, 3515–3537, and 3418–3509 m, respectively; Chirripó II ELA-estimate positions applied to Chirripó I yield an ELA of 3538–3546 m. We infer minimal temperature depressions of 7.4–8.0°C for the Chirripó I–IV stages. Modeling the behavior of modern tropical glaciers yields basinwide net accumulation estimates of 440–620, 550–830, and 960–1760 mm yr−1 for the Chirripó II, III, and IV stages.

Meloidogyne hispanica. [Distribution map].

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Central America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Distribution In Europe

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Meloidogyne hispanica Hirschmann. Secernentea: Tylenchida: Meloidogynidae. Hosts: polyphagous. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Greece, Portugal, Spain), Asia (China, Hainan, Iran), Africa (Burkina Faso, Malawi, South Africa), Central America & Caribbean (Costa Rica, Guadeloupe, Martinique), South America (Brazil, Bahia, Pernambuco, French Guiana), Oceania (Australia).

Microcyclus ulei. [Distribution map].

1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
Hevea Brasiliensis ◽  
West Indies ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Microcyclus Ulei ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Microcyclus ulei (Smith) (P. Henn.) von Arx & E. Muller. Hosts: rubber (Hevea brasiliensis). Information is given on the geographical distribution in North America, Mexico, Central America & West Indies, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Salvador, Trinidad, South America, Bolivia, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Bahia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.

Diatraea lineolata. [Distribution map].

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
North America ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
Corn Stalk ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Corn Stalk Borer ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Diatraea lineolata (Walker) Lepidoptera: Pyralidae Neotropical corn stalk-borer. Attacks maize, sugarcane, rice, teosinte, sorghum. Information is given on the geographical distribution in NORTH AMERICA, USA, Texas, CENTRAL AMERICA and CARIBBEAN, Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba El, Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Tobago, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela.

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