scholarly journals The First Record of Gavialosuchus americanus Sellards (1915) † (Eusuchia: Crocodylidae, Tomistominae) for the Late Tertiary of Costa Rica and Central America

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
César A. Laurito ◽  
Ana L. Valerio
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
First Record ◽  
Late Tertiary

scholarly journals First record of Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida Swainson, 1832) (Aves: Emberizidae) in Costa Rica

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2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1592
Author(s):  
Steven Aguilar ◽  
Julio E. Sánchez ◽  
Daniel Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
First Record ◽  
Adult Bird ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Wintering Range

We present the first record of the Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) in Costa Rica. An adult bird was recorded ca. 900 Km south of its common wintering range. This represents the first record of the species for the country and for southern Central America.

scholarly journals Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea XXII: Two new species of Taraxippus (Phasmatodea: Cladomorphinae: Hesperophasmatini) and the first record of the genus from Central America

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-114
Author(s):  
Oskar V. Conle ◽  
Frank H. Hennemann ◽  
Pablo Valero
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
Central America ◽  
First Record ◽  
Distributional Pattern ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Two new species of Taraxippus Moxey, 1971 are described and illustrated: T. samaraesp. nov. from Costa Rica and Panama and T. perezgelabertisp. nov. from the Dominican Republic. Both sexes and the previously unknown eggs are described. The genus is recorded from Central America for the first time. A distribution map and a discussion of the distributional pattern of Taraxippus are provided.

A new species of Chrysanthrax Osten Sacken (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Costa Rica parasitic on an ant lion (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4363 (4) ◽  
pp. 583
Author(s):  
NEAL L. EVENHUIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
First Record ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Ant Lion ◽  
A New Species

A new species of bee fly of the genus Chrysanthrax Osten Sacken, C. pennyi, n. sp., is described and illustrated. It was reared from the larva of a myrmeleontid, which marks the first record of parasitism by the genus of that family. The pupal exuvium is described and illustrated and a key to species known from Central America is given. 

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.

scholarly journals First report of naturalization of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. 1783 (Piperales: Saururaceae) in South America

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2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruy José Válka Alves ◽  
Débora Medeiros ◽  
Ricardo Loyola de Moura ◽  
Luiza Carla Trindade de Gusmão ◽  
Nílber Gonçalves da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
Central America ◽  
National Park ◽  
First Record ◽  
Houttuynia Cordata ◽  
First Report ◽  
Houttuynia Cordata Thunb ◽  
Established Population

A relatively large and established population of Houttuynia cordata from Itatiaia National Park in Brazil represents the first record of naturalized Saururaceae in South America. Although the species is potentially invasive, unknown mechanisms have prevented its spread to other localities between 1940, when it was recorded in cultivation in Brazil, and the present. The nearest known naturalized population is situated 5,600 km away, in Costa Rica, Central America.

First Record of the Family Potamocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Costa Rica and of Coleopterocoris Hungerford, 1942 in Central America

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3333 (1) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
FEDERICO HERRERA ◽  
MONIKA SPRINGER
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
First Record ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
The Family

The Neotropical family Potamocoridae includes nine species in the genera Coleopterocoris Hungerford, 1942 and Potamocoris Hungerford, 1941. The biology of the family is barely known and most of the species mentioned in the literature have been collected with light-traps. Coleopterocoris has been reported only from Brazil and is represented by five described species, whereas Potamocoris has a more extensive known distribution, with one species recorded from Honduras and Mexico, and three from Suriname, Peru, and Paraguay (Hungerford 1941; La Rivers 1950; La Rivers 1969; Polhemus & Polhemus 1983; Van Doesburg 1984; Longo et al. 2005)

scholarly journals Review of Scolia (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) from Central America, including seasonal flight activity in Scolia guttata

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-209
Author(s):  
Yostin Jesús Añino Ramos ◽  
Roberto Cambra Torok ◽  
Donald Windsor ◽  
Ronald Zuñiga ◽  
Diomedes Quintero
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
First Record ◽  
Flight Activity ◽  
Barro Colorado Island ◽  
First Time

A taxonomic revision of the genus Scolia Fabricius, 1775 (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) from Central America is presented. Two species of Scolia are present in Central America: S. (Discolia) guttata Burmeister, 1853 and S. (Hesperoscolia) rufiventris Fabricius, 1804, the latter representing the first record for Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. The male of S. rufiventris is described and illustrated for the first time. Seasonal flight activity for S. guttata from two years of continuous Malaise trapping in Barro Colorado Island, Panama, is described.

Description of the final instar nymphs of seven species from Anacroneuria Klapálek (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in Costa Rica, and first record for an additional genus in Central America

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2965 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
PABLO E. GUTIÉRREZ-FONSECA ◽  
MONIKA SPRINGER
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Central Valley ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
First Time

The final nymphal stages for seven species of Anacroneuria Klapálek from Costa Rica are described for the first time based upon reared specimens: A. benedettoi Stark, 1998, A. divisa (Navás, 1924), A. holzenthali Stark, 1998, A. lineata (Navás, 1924), A. marca Stark, 1998, A. perplexa Stark, 1998 and A. varilla Stark, 1998. Illustrations are provided for all important morphological characters and distinguishing characters are discussed. Distribution maps for each species are provided and remarks on the ecology are included. Finally, an additional genus is recorded for Central America for the first time, from two nymphs collected from the Central Valley in Costa Rica, possibly belonging to the genus Perlesta.

scholarly journals First record of the myxomycete genus Colloderma in Central America

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2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Rojas Alvarado ◽  
Carlos Lado Rodríguez ◽  
Randall Valverde González
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
First Record ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Distribution And Ecology ◽  
High Elevations ◽  
First Time

The myxomycete genus Colloderma and the species Colloderma oculatum are reported for the first time in Central America. The species was recorded in the high elevations of the Talamanca Mountain Range in Costa Rica during 2014 in a location where the structure of myxomycete assemblages has been historically associated with temperate rather than tropical communities. Comments on the geographical distribution and ecology of the species are included. This record has increased the number of Costa Rican myxomycetes to 213 according to the most updated checklist.

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