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First record of Coronida glasselli (Stomatopoda: Coronididae) for Costa Rica (Isla del Coco National Park, Eastern Tropical Pacific)
(2016)Abstract: Stomatopods are a small group of marine and estuarine crustaceans that inhabit several marine eco-systems including deep, shallow waters, and intertidal zones. Six species from five families have been reported ... -
First record of hybridization in Caranx Lacepède, 1801 (Carangidae: Perciformes) in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean
(2020-12-02)During a recreational fishing trip on May 2017 to Isla Montuosa, Pacific coast of Panama (7.467472, -82.266556; 30 m depth), a specimen belonging to the genus Caranx was captured. The specimen showed an unusual combination ... -
First record of Lesson's Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides in Costa Rica
(2022)We report the first record of Lesson’s Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides, a South American species, in Costa Rica. It was seen at Tortuguero, in the lowlands of north-east Costa Rica in June 2022. The record is perhaps ... -
First Record of the Family Potamocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Costa Rica and of Coleopterocoris Hungerford, 1942 in Central America
(2012)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 ... -
First record of the Greenhouse frog, Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae), in Costa Rica
(2016)Introduced species can have a negative impact on native species, so that detection of new arrivals is fundamental to avoid establishment of breeding populations. Several species of frogs and lizards have been introduced ... -
First record of the sea anemone Anthopleura mariscali outside the Galápagos Archipelago
(2017-03)The sea anemone Anthopleura mariscali Daly and Fautin 2004 is described as an endemic species of the Galápagos Archipelago. Its authors suggested that it may have been overlooked elsewhere because of its small size ... -
First record of the sea anemone Bunodosoma californicum (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
(2015-05)We report the first record of the sea anemone Bunodosoma californicum on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, extending its southern distribution. Four specimens were collected from an artificial breakwater in Mata de Limón, ... -
First records of myxomycetes from El Salvador
(2013-11-02)Myxomycetes have been studied formally in most of Central America except for El Salvador. Even though this country is the last in the region to begin an official inventory for this group of organisms, the 37 new records ... -
First report of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in Costa Rica
(2005-09)The Asian psyllid was reported in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Costa Lima (1942) and by Catling (1970). In June 1998, the insect was detected in Florida and by September 2000 this pest had spread to 31 Florida counties ... -
First report of naturalization of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. 1783 (Piperales: Saururaceae) in South America
(2013)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, ... -
First Report of Tomato chlorosis virus Infecting Sweet Pepper in Costa Rica
(2011-11)In September 2008, a survey of whiteflies and whitefly-borne viruses was performed in 11 pepper-growing greenhouses in the province of Cartago, Costa Rica. During this survey, the vast majority of sweet pepper (Capsicum ... -
First Report of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in Tomato in Costa Rica
(2014)One of the most important invasive and harmful members of the genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae) is the monopartite Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), which is widespread over the world associated with tomato ... -
Flora costaricensis. Family #39 Orchidaceae: Tribe Cymbidieae: Subtribe Zygopetalinae
(2010)Although they only represent a small portion (around four percent) of the Costa Rican orchid flora, species of Zygopetalinae are frequently grown (and often avidly collected) for horticultural purposes, and their study is ... -
Flora del Sotobosque de la Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes
(Universidad de Costa Rica. Sede de Occidente, 2004, 2004)Se describe, mediante ilustraciones, las características de las hojas, tallos y flores de las plantas del Sotobosque de la Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes, ubicada en San Ramón, Alajuela. Contiene información acerca ... -
Flora introduced and naturalized in Central America
(2022)Successful control and prevention of biological invasions depend on identifying the sources, vectors, and pathways that are more likely to originate new invasions. Within this context, updated local and regional checklists ... -
Florae costaricensis subtribui Pleurothallidinis (Orchidaceae) prodromus II. Systematics of the Pleurothallis cardiothallis and P. phyllocardia Groups, and Other Related Groups of Pleurothallis with Large Vegetative Habit
(2021)We discuss a group of Pleurothallis species mostly characterized by plants relatively tall for the genus, with stems more than 20 cm long and fasciculate inflorescences produced above the leaf from a spathaceous, sometimes ... -
Florae costaricensis subtribui pleurothallidinis prodromus—Systematics of Echinosepala (Orchidaceae)
(2020-12)We provide a general introduction to the prodromi to Flora Costaricensis, and an introduction to the precursors of subtribe Pleurothallidinae. We present a systematic revision of the genus Echinosepala for the flora of ... -
Floral anatomy and evolution of pollination syndromes in Lepanthes and close relatives
(2019-07)Pleurothallidinae is the largest Neotropical orchid subtribe encompassing >5100 species that are mainly dipteran-pollinated. Various pollination syndromes, targeting hump-backed flies (Phoridae), fungal gnats (Sciaridae), ...