Checklist of the false scorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of Colombia, with new records and a key to the identification of the families

Colombia is a mega-biodiverse country and rich in ecosystems as different as the Amazon and the Andes. Much is known of the vertebrate fauna, however there is still an information-gap for many arthropod groups including the arachnids. Here, we compile all the information available for pseudoscorpions (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) recorded from Colombia and include several new records and distribution extensions. For each described species, we present information on taxonomic history, type localities, global and local distributions, repository of Colombian specimens, and collection numbers when available. We document 12 families, 45 genera and 65 species of pseudoscorpions for Colombia and most species belong to the families Chernetidae (27 species) and Olpiidae (8 species). We record Beierolpium venezuelense Heurtault, 1982, Geogarypus amazonicus Mahnert, 1979, Sathrochthonius venezuelanus Muchmore, 1989, and Semeiochernes armiger (Balzan, 1892) for the first time for Colombia. We further extend the known ranges of Parachernes melonopygus Beier, 1959 and Paratemnoides nidificator (Balzan, 1888). The data suggest that the Caribbean region of Colombia has the highest number of records. Total numbers are not complete and many other new pseudoscorpion species are expected.

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New records and update on the geographic distribution of the Bonyeared Assfish, Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878 (Ophidiidae, Neobythitinae), in the Caribbean region

Check List ◽

10.15560/15.5.767 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (5) ◽

pp. 767-772 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Andrea Polanco F. ◽

Luisa F. Dueñas ◽

Jorge Leon ◽

Vladimir Puentes

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

Current Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Range Extension ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Continental Coast ◽

Remote Operate Vehicle ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time

Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878 is reported for the first time in the southwestern Caribbean region, off Colombia. Remote Operate Vehicle videos and towed camera still photographs captured 13 images of A. armatus between 2215 and 2564 m. These are the first records of the species in the Caribbean continental coast of Colombia, representing a range extension to the southwestern Caribbean region, since previous records are from the northeastern Caribbean. Some photos of the specimens and the current distribution of the species in the Caribbean region are provided and reviewed.

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Two new species and new records of Psychoda Latreille (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Brazil, with comments on supraspecific classification of the genus

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1298.1.1 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1298 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

FREDDY BRAVO ◽

DANILO CORDEIRO ◽

CINTHIA CHAGAS

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

New Classification ◽

Two New Species ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time

Two new species of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille are described, and Psychoda alternata Say and P. zetoscota Quate are recorded for the first time from Brazil. Psychoda divaricata Duckhouse, already described from southern Brazil, was recorded in the northeastern part of that country, as well as in the eastern Amazon region. The supraspecific classification proposed for the species of Psychoda according to Quate (= Psychodini of Jeñek) are discussed. A new classification is suggested that considers only one genus, Psychoda, divided into 12 subgenera: subgenus Psychoda Latreille, subgenus Copropsychoda Vaillant, subgenus Falsologima Jeñek & Harten, subgenus Psychodula Jeñek, subgenus Psychomora Jeñek, subgenus Psychana Jeñek & Harten, subgenus Logima Eaton, subgenus Tinearia Schellenberg, subgenus Chodopsycha Jeñek, subgenus Ypsydocha Jeñek, subgenus Psychodocha Jeñek, and subgenus Psycha Jeñek. A list of the Psychoda species from Latin America and the Caribbean region is presented.

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Life stage descriptions, taxonomic notes, and new records for the mayfly family Leptohyphidae (Ephemeroptera)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.332.1.1 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 332 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

DAVID E. BAUMGARDNER ◽

STEVEN K. BURIAN ◽

DAVID BASS

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Central America ◽

New Records ◽

Life Stage ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Larval Stages ◽

Caribbean Islands ◽

Ecological Region ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time

The larval stages of Tricorythodes fictus Traver, T. cobbi Alba-Tercedor and Flannagan, and T. mosegus Alba-Tercedor and Flannagan are described for the first time based upon reared specimens. The rarely reported Asioplax dolani (Allen) is newly documented from the Austroriparian ecological region of Texas. Leptohyphes zalope Traver, known from the southwestern United States and much of Central America, is newly documented from the Caribbean Islands of Grenada and Tobago. This represents only the second leptohyphid mayfly known from both Continental America and the Caribbean region. Additional Caribbean records of Allenhyphes flinti (Allen) are also given.

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New records of lichenized fungi in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

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10.15560/16.6.1421 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 1421-1431

Author(s):

Kevin Ramírez-Roncallo ◽

Hugo Gómez-Ramírez ◽

María A. Negritto

Keyword(s):

At Risk ◽

Sierra Nevada ◽

New Records ◽

Lichenized Fungi ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Lichen Diversity ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time

The lichen diversity of the Caribbean region of Colombia is one of the least known in the county. In the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), whose forests are at risk of disappearing due to deforestation, 114 species of lichens have been recorded. We collected lichens at elevations from 500 to 2500 m on the northwestern slopes of the SNSM, and we report six genera and 19 species from this region for the first time. Our results highlight the importance of exploring new areas to enhance our knowledge of the lichens of SNSM and Colombia.

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REGISTROS NUEVOS DE ESPECIES DE Lutzomyia (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE CESAR, COLOMBIA

Acta Biológica Colombiana ◽

10.15446/abc.v20n3.48853 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 225-228 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Luis Gregorio ESTRADA ◽

Odethe Alejandra APONTE ◽

Eduar Elias BEJARANO

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Sand Fly ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Blue Color ◽

Sand Flies ◽

Caribbean Coast ◽

Phlebotomine Sand Flies ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time ◽

The City

El estudio de los insectos asociados a la epidemiología de la leishmaniasis, en la Costa Caribe colombiana, se ha concentrado en los departamentos de Sucre y Córdoba, por consiguiente existe un escaso conocimiento de la fauna de flebotomíneos del resto de la región. En la presente nota se presentan cuatro nuevos registros de Lutzomyia spp., para el departamento de Cesar. Los insectos fueron colectados con dos trampas de luz tipo CDC, equipadas con LED de color azul, en el Balneario Hurtado de la ciudad de Valledupar, Cesar. Se recolectaron en total 50 flebotomíneos, los cuales estuvieron representados por las especies Lutzomyia cayennensis cayennensis (38 %), L. evansi (28 %), L. trinidadensis (14 %), L. venezuelensis (10 %), L. micropyga (6 %) y L. rangeliana (2 %). Como primeros registros para el departamento sobresalen L. evansi, L. venezuelensis, L. micropyga y L. rangeliana, con lo que se eleva a ocho el número de especies reportadas hasta la fecha en el Cesar. Entre los nuevos registros se destaca el hallazgo de L. evansi, reconocido vector de Leishmania spp. en la Costa Caribe de Colombia. New Records of Species of Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) From the Department of Cesar, ColombiaStudies of the insects associated with the epidemiological cycle of leishmaniasis on the Caribbean coast of Colombia have been focused on the departments of Sucre and Córdoba. The phlebotomine sand fly fauna of the rest of the Caribbean region remains little known. In the present study four species of the genus Lutzomyia are reported from the department of Cesar for the first time. Sand flies were sampled using two CDC light traps with blue color LEDs at Balneario Hurtado, a tourist area in the city of Valledupar. A total of 50 phlebotomine sand flies were collected, of which the species Lutzomyia cayennensis cayennensis (38 % of the sample) and L. trinidadensis (14 %) were already known from the departament. Specimens of L. evansi (28 %), L. venezuelensis (10 %), L. micropyga (6 %) and L. rangeliana (2 %) represent the first records of these species for Cesar, raising the number of known occurrences from the department to eight species. Noteworthy among the new records is the sandfly L. evansi, recognized vector de Leishmania spp. in the Colombian Caribbean coast.

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The caridean shrimps of the genus Lysmata Risso, 1816 (Decapoda: Lysmatidae) from Madagascar collected during the Atimo-Vatae expedition: a new species and two new records

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2021.774.1535 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 774 ◽

pp. 155-177

Author(s):

Hossein Ashrafi ◽

J. Antonio Baeza ◽

Zdeněk Ďuriš

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Original Description ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

West Pacific ◽

Phylogenetic Studies ◽

The Caribbean ◽

De Man ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

The present study focuses on shrimps belonging to the genus Lysmata Risso, 1816, collected from Madagascar during the Atimo Vatae expedition carried out in 2010. Lysmata malagasy sp. nov. is a new species belonging to the clade named “long accessory ramous” or “cosmopolitan” in previous phylogenetic studies. The new species can be distinguished from the only two other representatives of this group in the Indo-west Pacific, L. ternatensis De Man, 1902, and L. trisetacea (Heller, 1861), by the accessory ramus of the lateral antennular flagellum consisting of four elongated articles. Lysmata lipkei Okuno & Fiedler, 2010 is reported here from Madagascar with a remarkable extension of its known range after its original description from Japan. This species has also been reported from Singapore and, as alien species, from Brazil. Lastly, L. kuekenthali De Man, 1902 known from numerous localities in the Indo-West Pacific biogeographic area, is reported for the first time from Madagascar. Results of the present morphological and molecular analyses suggest that L. hochi Baeza & Anker, 2008 from the Caribbean Sea is a synonym of the Indo-West Pacific L. kuekenthali, and thus the latter species is alien in the western Atlantic.

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Spider crabs of the Western Atlantic with special reference to fossil and some modern Mithracidae

PeerJ ◽

10.7717/peerj.1301 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. e1301 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Adiël A. Klompmaker ◽

Roger W. Portell ◽

Aaron T. Klier ◽

Vanessa Prueter ◽

Alyssa L. Tucker

Keyword(s):

Fossil Record ◽

Early Pleistocene ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Deep Time ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

Extant Species ◽

Length Width ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Abundance And Diversity ◽

First Time

Spider crabs (Majoidea) are well-known from modern oceans and are also common in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. When spider crabs appeared in the Western Atlantic in deep time, and when they became diverse, hinges on their fossil record. By reviewing their fossil record, we show that (1) spider crabs first appeared in the Western Atlantic in the Late Cretaceous, (2) they became common since the Miocene, and (3) most species and genera are found in the Caribbean region from the Miocene onwards. Furthermore, taxonomic work on some modern and fossil Mithracidae, a family that might have originated in the Western Atlantic, was conducted. Specifically,Maguimithraxgen. nov. is erected to accommodate the extant speciesDamithrax spinosissimus, whileDamithraxcf.pleuracanthusis recognized for the first time from the fossil record (late Pliocene–early Pleistocene, Florida, USA). Furthermore, two new species are described from the lower Miocene coral-associated limestones of Jamaica (Mithrax arawakumsp. nov. andNemausa windsoraesp. nov.). Spurred by a recent revision of the subfamily, two known species from the same deposits are refigured and transferred to new genera:Mithrax donovanitoNemausa, andMithrax unguistoDamithrax. The diverse assemblage of decapods from these coral-associated limestones underlines the importance of reefs for the abundance and diversity of decapods in deep time. Finally, we quantitatively show that these crabs possess allometric growth in that length/width ratios drop as specimens grow, a factor that is not always taken into account while describing and comparing among taxa.

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A New Compilation of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1851–98*

Journal of Climate ◽

10.1175/jcli-d-13-00771.1 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 27 (23) ◽

pp. 8674-8685 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Michael Chenoweth

Keyword(s):

Tropical Cyclone ◽

Tropical Cyclones ◽

North Atlantic ◽

The United States ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

News Reports ◽

The North ◽

Hurricane Wind ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time

Abstract A comprehensive new compilation of North Atlantic tropical cyclone activity for the years 1851–98 is presented and compared with the second-generation North Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT2) for the same years. This new analysis is based on the retrieval of 9072 newspaper marine shipping news reports, 1260 original logbook records, 271 Maury abstract logs, 147 U.S. marine meteorological journals, and 34 Met Office (UKMO) logbooks. Records from throughout North America and the Caribbean region were used along with other primary and secondary references holding unique land and marine data. For the first time, North Atlantic daily weather maps for 1864/65, 1873, and 1881–98 were used in historical tropical cyclone research. Results for the years 1851–98 include the omission of 62 of the 361 HURDAT2 storms, and the further reduction resulting from the merging of storms to a total of 288 unique HURDAT2 tropical cyclones. The new compilation gave a total of 497 tropical cyclones in the 48-yr record, or an average of 10.4 storms per year compared to 6.0 per year in HURDAT2 less the author’s omissions. Of this total, 209 storms are completely new. A total of 90 hurricanes made landfall in the United States during this time. Seven new U.S. landfalling hurricanes are present in the new dataset but not in HURDAT2. Eight U.S. landfalling hurricanes in HURDAT2 are now considered to have only tropical storm impact or were actually extratropical at landfall. Across the North Atlantic, the number of category-4 hurricanes based on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, compared with HURDAT2, increased from 11 to 25, 6 of which made U.S. landfall at category-4 level.

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Notes on the distribution of Venturiella perrottetii (Bryophyta: Erpodiaceae), with new records reported from Myanmar and Thailand

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.362.3.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 362 (3) ◽

pp. 297

Author(s):

SI HE ◽

XIAO-LI YAN ◽

LIN HE ◽

PHIANGPHAK SUKKHARK

Keyword(s):

Species Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Morphological Features ◽

Taxonomic History ◽

History Of ◽

First Time

Venturiella perrottetii (Erpodiaceae) is newly reported from Myanmar and Thailand. Taxonomic history of the species in Thailand and the species distribution in China and Thailand are discussed. Photographs of key morphological features are provided for the first time.

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Noteworthy new records of squamate reptiles (Reptilia: Squamata) from various Venezuelan Caribbean islands, including a new addition to the herpetofauna of Venezuela

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10.15560/9.5.1075 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 1075 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gabriel N. Ugueto ◽

Pablo Velozo ◽

Luz Esther Sanchez ◽

Luis A. Bermúdez Villapol ◽

Oscar Lasso-Alcalá ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Caribbean Islands ◽

Squamate Reptiles ◽

The Third ◽

Present Information ◽

First Time

The occurrence of Gymnophthalmus lineatus in Venezuela is established for the first time based on a specimen collected on Las Aves Archipelago. We also document the first records of Phyllodactylus ventralis from Los Frailes Archipelago, Amphisbaena alba from Isla de Margarita, and report the occurrence of Thecadactylus cf. rapicauda on Las Aves Archipelago. Additionally we expand the distribution of the snake Leptophis ahaetulla on Isla de Margarita and report the third specimen known from that island. We also present information on the lepidosis and coloration for all species when pertinent.

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