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. 

The invasive speciesCylindrodesmus hirsutusPocock (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae) spreads to the northern Caribbean, with a compilation of published localities

2018 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-302
Author(s):  
Ernesto Recuero
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
First Record ◽  
Quintana Roo ◽  
Commercial Activity ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
New Mexican ◽  
Cozumel Island ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Mexican Species

AbstractMillipede diversity in tropical regions, and in Mexico in particular, is still mostly unknown. A modest but recurrent source of new Mexican species is the colonization of exotic species, due to human activity. The invasive speciesCylindrodesmus hirsutusPocock, 1889 has spread from its area of origin in Indonesia or Melanesia and become a virtually pantropical species. Although long known from South and Central America, reports from the Caribbean are sparse and limited to some eastern islands and southern Central America. On 9 March 2016, two adult specimens were found on Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, in an area of medium semideciduous tropical forest. This paper comprises the first record of this species from Mexico and the northern Caribbean. Given the intense commercial activity in the region, the presence of more populations both in Cozumel Island and in the mainland coast is highly probable.

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.

scholarly journals A Trionychidae (Reptilia: Testudines, Cryptodira) from the Pliocene of Costa Rica, Southern Central America

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
César Laurito ◽  
Ana Lucía Valerio Z. ◽  
Luis Diego Gómez P. ◽  
Jim I. Mead ◽  
Eduardo Antonio Pérez G. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Southern Central

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)

Conspicuous Consumption in Ancient Costa Rica and Panama

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Palumbo
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Central America ◽  
Conspicuous Consumption ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Political Consolidation ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Mortuary Art

This chapter considers the mechanisms by which sumptuary art was deposited in mortuary contexts across southern Central America. Rather than indicating elite dominance, it is argued that the production and procurement of mortuary art promoted a factionalized political landscape. The burial of staggering quantities of goods may be interpreted as deflationary attempts to limit the capital available to rivals. Such practices may have promoted a zeitgeist of conspicuous consumption that frustrated attempts at further political consolidation in the Isthmus.

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