New records of and key to Tardigrada from Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 177 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ŁœUKASZ KACZMAREK
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
New Records ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Research Station ◽  
La Selva ◽  
Unidentified Species

Moss samples collected near the research station “La Selva” on the edge of Costa Rican tropical rain forest has yielded three species of Tardigrada: Hypsibius pallidus Thulin, Astatumen trinacriae (Arcidiacono) and Macrobiotus polyopus Marcus. Another three unidentified species from the genus Macrobiotus were also found. All identified species are new for Costa Rica. A key to the identification of all known species from Costa Rica is given.

Total species count in a Costa Rican tropical rain forest

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. Whitmore ◽  
R. Peralta ◽  
K. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Total Species

Prasmodon zlotnicki, a new Neotropical species of the genus Prasmodon Nixon (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Costa Rica, with the first host records for the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1016 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEJANDRO A. VALERIO ◽  
JOSEPHINE J. RODRIGUEZ ◽  
JAMES B. WHITFIELD ◽  
DANIEL H. JANZEN
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Leaf Rolling ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
Forest Habitats

Prasmodon zlotnicki, a new Costa Rican species of the genus Prasmodon Nixon, is described and illustrated. In addition, the first host records for the genus are included along with an updated key to differentiate Prasmodon zlotnicki from P. eminens Nixon. Prasmodon is now known to attack several species of leaf-rolling and leaf-webbing Crambidae (Lepidoptera) in rain forest habitats.

scholarly journals Rainforest and cloud forest Scolytodes (Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Hexacolini) from the Arthropods of La Selva inventory in Costa Rica: new species, new synonymy, new records

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 863 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Bjarte H. Jordal ◽  
Lawrence R. Kirkendall
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
First Record ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
La Selva ◽  
Neotropical Forest ◽  
New Synonymy

Quantitative collecting efforts over the last several decades in Costa Rica have resulted in many new species of insects. The Arthropods of La Selva projects included collecting from a typical lowland Neotropical forest and up an altitudinal transect, and has provided many valuable samples of insects, spiders and mites potentially new to science. We describe 18 new species in the bark beetle genusScolytodesFerrari, 1867, 14 of which were collected during this project:S.angulusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.sufflatusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.squamatifronsJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.comosusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.spatulatusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.seriatusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.profundusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.catinusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.fimbriatusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.sulcifronsJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.planifronsJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.porosusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.mundusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.callosusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.parvipilusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.plenusJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.,S.nigerJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov., andS.simplexJordal & Kirkendall,sp. nov.One species,ScolytodesminutissimusSchedl, 1952, is redescribed to match the holotype. We give new Costa Rica records forS.costabilisWood, 1974, which is the correct name forS.obesusWood, 1975 (syn. nov.). We report Costa Rica as a new country record for six species:ScolytodesclusiacolensWood, 1967,S.crinalisWood, 1978,S.culcitatus(Blandford, 1897),S.libidusWood, 1978,S.reticulatus(Wood, 1961), andS.spadix(Blackman, 1943). From a closely related genus, we provide the first record for Central America (and only the second collection) ofPycnarthrumfulgidumWood, 1977.

A distinctive new species of Euglyphis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) from Costa Rica, with a checklist of the Euglyphis known from Costa Rica

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3020 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSÉ JOAQUÍN MONTERO-RAMÍREZ ◽  
DANIEL H. JANZEN ◽  
WINNIE HALLWACHS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Male And Female

Euglyphis jessiehillae Montero, new species, is described from Costa Rican rain forest. Photographs of the adult, larva and cocoon, as well as male and female genitalia, are provided. In addition to its description and natural history, we include a checklist for the described members of the genus Euglyphis known from Costa Rica.

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