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First look into the venom of Roatan Island´s critically endangered coral snake Micrurus ruatanus: proteomic characterization, toxicity, immunorecognition and neutralization by an antivenom
(2019)A proteomic and toxicological study of the venom from one specimen of Micrurus ruatanus, a critically endangered coral snake species endemic to Roatan Island, Honduras, was carried out. Immunorecognition and neutralization ... -
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 myxomycete genus Colloderma in Central America
(2015-08-21)The myxomycete genus Colloderma and the species Colloderma oculatum are reported for the first time in Central America. The species was recorded at high elevations in the Talamanca Mountain Range in Costa Rica during 2014 ... -
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 acariasis by Caparinia tripilis in African hedgehogs, (Atelerix albiventris), in Costa Rica
(2013)The African hedgehog is one of the newly imported exotic pets which have been observed with increasing regularity in veterinary clinics in Costa Rica. Despite their popularity, information about their diseases is scarce. ... -
First Report of an Aster Yellows Subgroup 16SrI-B Phytoplasma Infecting Chayote in Costa Rica
(2002-03)An outbreak of a witches' broom disease affected approximately 20% of plants in several chayote (Sechium edule (Jacq.) Schwartz) fields in the commercial production area of the Ujarrás Valley, Cartago Province, Costa Rica ... -
First Report of Citrus Blight in Costa Rica
(2005-01)Citrus blight (CB), causing a chronic decline of citrus, has been an important disease in Florida for over 100 years. CB was first reported in Brazil in the 1980s and is now responsible for the removal of nearly 10% of the ... -
First Report of Citrus variegation virus in Palestine Sweet Lime, as Coffee Shade in Costa Rica
(2011)Symptoms resembling those of Citrus variegation virus (CVV) were observed in old Palestine sweet lime trees (Citrus limettioides Tan.) used as coffee shade in the Central Valley in Costa Rica. The symptoms include leaf ... -
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 Iris yellow spot virus in Costa Rica
(2017)Iris yellow spot virus (IYSV), an emerging disease of onion crops, was identified by transmission electron microscopy, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in Costa Rica. ... -
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, ...