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

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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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 Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) From the Western Brazilian Amazon and the Description of the Female of Pintomyia fiocruzi

Journal of Medical Entomology ◽

10.1093/jme/tjaa030 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 57 (4) ◽

pp. 1328-1333 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Glaucilene da Silva Costa ◽

Antonio Marques Pereira Júnior ◽

Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa ◽

Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro ◽

Jansen Fernandes Medeiros

Keyword(s):

Species Diversity ◽

New Records ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Sand Fly ◽

Sand Flies ◽

Phlebotomine Sand Flies ◽

Entomological Survey ◽

Collection Sites ◽

Study Species

Abstract An entomological survey was conducted in several localities of Rondônia State, and new records were obtained for seven sand fly species: Evandromyia apurinan Shimabukuro, Figueira & Silva, 2013, Evandromyia carmelinoi (Ryan, Fraiha, Lainson & Shaw, 1986), Micropygomyia echinatopharynx Andrade-Filho, Galati, Andrade & Falcão, 2004, Nyssomyia urbinattii Galati & Galvis, 2012, Pintomyia duckei Oliveira, Alencar & Freitas, 2018, Psathyromyia pradobarrientosi (Le Pont, Matias, Martinez & Dujardin, 2004), and Sciopemyia vattierae (Le Pont & Desjeux, 1992). Herein, we also describe the female of Pintomyia fiocruzi Pereira Júnior, Pessoa, Marivalva & Medeiros, 2019. The female has spermathecae with a detached apical ring similar to the spermathecae of Pintomyia serrana (Damasceno & Arouck, 1949), Pintomyia odax (Fairchild & Hertig, 1961), Pintomyia ottolinai (Ortiz & Scorza, 1963), and Pintomyia robusta (Galati, Cáceres & Le Pont, 1995). Here, we provide characters to separate Pi. fiocruzi from Pi. serrana and Pi. odax. Pintomyia ottolinai has a trans-Andean distribution and Pi. robusta has not been found in Brazil and in our studies, we associated the females found in this study with Pi. fiocruzi males found at the same collection sites. Our findings highlight the importance of entomological fauna surveys and demonstrate the need for taxonomists to study species diversity in Rondônia. This study increases the number of sand fly species recorded in Rondônia to 143.

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MOLECULAR DETECTION OF Leishmania IN PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES IN A CUTANEOUS AND VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS ENDEMIC AREA IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo ◽

10.1590/s0036-46652014000400015 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 56 (4) ◽

pp. 357-360 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Vanessa Cristina Fitipaldi Veloso Guimarães ◽

Pietra Lemos Costa ◽

Fernando José da Silva ◽

Fábio Lopes de Melo ◽

Filipe Dantas-Torres ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Molecular Detection ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Sand Fly ◽

Sand Flies ◽

Phlebotomine Sand Flies ◽

Future Studies ◽

Specific Pcr ◽

Pcr Targeting ◽

First Time ◽

Genus Leishmania

Several phlebotomine sand fly species have been regarded as putative or proven vectors of parasites of the genus Leishmania in Brazil, but data for the northeastern region remains incipient. In this study, a total of 600 phlebotomine sand flies were grouped in pools of 10 specimens each and tested by a Leishmania genus-specific PCR and by a PCR targeting Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. Fourteen out of 60 pools were positive by the genus-specific PCR, being five pools of L. migonei, seven of L. complexa, one of L. sordellii and one of L. naftalekatzi, which correspond to a minimal infection rate of 2.3% (14/600). Our results, associated with their known anthropophily and their abundance, suggest the participation of L. migonei and L. complexa as vectors of Leishmania in northeastern Brazil. Remarkably, this is the first time in this country that the detection of Leishmania DNA in L. sordellii and L. naftalekatzi has been reported, but future studies are necessary to better understand the significance of these findings.

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MACROALGAS DEL BANCO DE LAS ANIMAS Y NUEVOS REGISTROS PARA EL CARIBE COLOMBIANO

Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research ◽

10.25268/bimc.invemar.1995.24.0.383 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

Author(s):

Germán Bula Meyer ◽

Guillermo Díaz Pulido

Keyword(s):

Coral Reefs ◽

Green Alga ◽

National Park ◽

New Records ◽

Caribbean Coast ◽

Herbivorous Fishes ◽

Macroalgal Species ◽

The Caribbean ◽

The One ◽

First Time

Forty nine macroalgal species (7 Chlorophyta, 4 Phaeophyta and 38 Rhodophyta) are reported for the first time for the Banco de las Animas, at the southwest of Santa Marta City (Salamanca Gulf, Colombia). The collections were made between 20 and 30 m depth. The green alga Halimeda gracilis Harvey ex J. Agardh and the red ones Corynomorpha clavata (Harvey) J. Agardh, Cryptonemia sp., Acrothamnion butleriae (Collins) Kylin, Antithamnion ogdeniae Abbott, Antithamnionella breviramosa (Dawson) Wollaston in Womersley and Bailey, Hypoglossum simulans Wynne, Price et Ballantine and H. subsimplex Wynne, are new records for the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Thefloristiccompositionof thebankhasasimilarityof 81 % with the one present at the same depths in the Tairona Natural National Park. Due to this characteristic and to the exuberance of certain species, the Banco de las Animas is considered a refuge, in which these plants avoid the herbivorous fishes and urchins of the shallow rock-coral reefs.

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Genomics and transcriptomics to unravel sex determination pathway and its evolution in sand flies

10.1101/510586 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Valeria Petrella ◽

Serena Aceto ◽

Vincenza Colonna ◽

Giuseppe Saccone ◽

Remo Sanges ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sex Determination ◽

Control Strategies ◽

Fruit Fly ◽

Sand Fly ◽

Sand Flies ◽

Developmental Pathway ◽

Phlebotomine Sand Flies ◽

Developmental Gene Expression ◽

Molecular Bases ◽

First Time

AbstractBackgroundPhlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Nematocera) are important vectors of several pathogens, including Leishmania parasites, causing serious diseases of humans and dogs. Despite their importance as disease vectors, most aspects of sand fly biology remain unknown including the molecular bases of their reproduction and sex determination, aspects also relevant for the development of novel vector control strategies.ResultsUsing a comparative genomics/transcriptomics approach, we identified the sex determining genes in phlebotomine sand flies and proposed the first model for the sex determination cascade of these insects. For all the genes identified, we produced manually curated gene models, developmental gene expression profile and performed evolutionary molecular analysis. We identified and characterized, for the first time in a Nematocera species, the transformer (tra) homolog which exhibits both conserved and novel features. The analysis of the tra locus in sand flies and its expression pattern suggest that this gene is able to autoregulate its own splicing, as observed in the fruit fly Ceratitis capitata and several other insect species.ConclusionsOur results permit to fill the gap about sex determination in sand flies, contribute to a better understanding of this developmental pathway in Nematocera and open the way for the identification of sex determining orthologs in other species of this important Diptera sub-order. Furthermore, the sex determination genes identified in our work also provide the opportunity of future biotech applications to control natural population of sand flies, reducing their impact on public health.

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Two new species and new records in the alpheid shrimp genera Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 and Deioneus Dworschak, Anker & Abed-Navandi, 2000 in the Atlantic Ocean (Malacostraca: Decapoda)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4786.3.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4786 (3) ◽

pp. 345-368 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ARTHUR ANKER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Ocean ◽

New Records ◽

Original Description ◽

Caribbean Coast ◽

Western Atlantic ◽

Morphological Heterogeneity ◽

The Caribbean ◽

First Time ◽

Alpheid Shrimp

The present study deals with two species new to science, as well as several new records in the closely related alpheid shrimp genera Salmoneus Holthuis, 1955 and Deioneus Dworschak, Anker & Abed-Navandi, 2000, based on material collected at various localities in the tropical western and eastern Atlantic Ocean. In the western Atlantic, Salmoneus inconspicuus sp. nov. is described based on material from the Caribbean coast of Panama, Cuba, French Antilles and (with some doubts) Bermuda. The new species has been previously reported from the eastern Caribbean Sea as S. teres Manning & Chace, 1990, a closely related species so far known only from Ascension Island in the central Atlantic. Salmoneus camaroncito Anker, 2010 is reported from the Caribbean coast of Mexico, for the first time since its original description. Salmoneus carvachoi Anker, 2007 is reported from Colombia and southeastern USA, representing a new record of the species for each of these countries. Salmoneus depressus Anker, 2011 and Salmoneus setosus Manning & Chace, 1990 are reported for the first time from Cuba and Panama, respectively. In addition, these two species, as well as Salmoneus wehrtmanni Anker, 2010, are reported from new localities in Mexico. In the eastern Atlantic, Salmoneus saotomensis sp. nov. is described based on a single specimen from São Tomé Island in the Gulf of Guinea. The new species is characterised by the somewhat enlarged minor cheliped and is compared to all other Atlantic species presenting this feature. Deioneus sandizelli Dworschak, Anker & Abed-Navandi, 2000 is reported from São Tomé Island, for the first second time since its original description based on the Cape Verde type material. The characters separating Deioneus and Salmoneus are reassessed. The new evidence shows that these two genera are distinguished by only one morphological feature known to be variable in at least one non-related alpheid genus. However, in view of the increasing morphological heterogeneity in Salmoneus, it seems more appropriate to retain Deioneus as a valid genus for it may represent a distinct clade that also includes several other species currently placed in Salmoneus.

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

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4711.1.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4711 (1) ◽

pp. 107-139

Author(s):

CATALINA ROMERO-ORTIZ ◽

FABIAN GARCÍA ◽

EDUARDO VILLARREAL

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Vertebrate Fauna ◽

The Andes ◽

Information Gap ◽

Present Information ◽

Taxonomic History ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Global And Local ◽

First Time

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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Description of a new phlebotomine species (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) and new records of sand flies from the State of Acre, northern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3609.1.6 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3609 (1) ◽

pp. 85-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

CAROLINA BIONI GARCIA TELES ◽

RUI ALVES FREITAS ◽

ARLEY FARIA JOSÉ DE OLIVEIRA ◽

GUILHERME MAERSCHNER OGAWA ◽

EDICARLOS ANDRÉ CAVALCANTE DE ARAÚJO ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

The State ◽

Sand Fly ◽

Sand Flies ◽

Undescribed Species ◽

Phlebotomine Sand Flies ◽

Northern Brazil

Groundbreaking studies of phlebotomine sand fly populations in Assis Brasil, State of Acre, Brazil, resulted in the collec-tion of 13 new records of phlebotomine sand flies and one previously undescribed species. Lutzomyia naiffi sp. nov. is described here. The new species is similar to Lutzomyia columbiana (Ristorcelli & Van Ty) in measurements and other morphological characters.

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