Notas sobre Philornis vulgaris (Couri, 1984) (Diptera: Muscidae) en nidos del sinsonte tropical Mimus gilvus (Viellot, 1808) en los Andes de Colombia Egileak: Amat, Eduardo, Olano, Juanita, Forero, Fernando, Botero, Carlos

“...The larvae collected from one of the nestlings were reared and identified as Philornis vulgaris Couri 1984, constituting the first record for this species in Colombia....”

Seven new species of neotropical Malpighiaceae Egileak: Anderson, William R.

“...Seven new species of neotropical Malpighiaceae are described: Aspicarpa steinmannii, Bunchosia breedlovei, and Bunchosia cruciana from Mexico; Bunchosia soejartoi, Lophanthera marcelae, and Mascagnia corymbosa from Colombia; and Heteropterys tiinae from Peru....”

Descripción de los estados inmaduros de Astaena valida (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini) Egileak: Pardo-Locarno, Luis Carlos, Morón, Miguel Angel, Montoya-Lerma, James

“...Larvae and adults of some species of the genus Astaena may damage the roots and leaves of cultivated plants in the temperate and cold climates in Colombia. The third instar larva as well as male and female pupae of Astaena valida Burm. are described and illustrated. ...”

Gymnopilus tuxtlensis (Basidiomycetes, Agaricales), tropical species known from Mexico and South America Egileak: Guzmán-Dávalos, Laura, de Jesús Herrera, María, Cardona, Beatriz E., Saldarriaga, Yamillé

“...These specimens document a wider distribution of the species in Mexico (Jalisco), and its first record from South America, based on collections from Colombia and Venezuela. This species grows in tropical regions and is very characteristic because of its small, mustard-yellow basidioma, with a strigose base, long and characteristic pleurocystidia and smaller cheilocystidia....”

The Gustavia clade (Lecythidaceae) in Central America: a new record of Gustavia sessilis and a key to its species Egileak: Batista Guerra, Juvenal Enrique, Ortiz, Orlando O.

“...Additionally, a key for the Central American Gustavia species is included.Conclusions: The distribution of G. sessilis now ranges from Bahía Piñas, Darién Province, Panama to the Condoto river, Chocó region, Colombia, highlighting the importance of the Chocó Panama-Colombia region for the conservation of biodiversity, since it could act as a natural corridor for species. ...”

Taxonomic revision of the genus Wurdastom (Melastomataceae, Cyphostyleae) Egileak: Mendoza Cifuentes, Humberto

“...Wurdastom is a small genus of trees and shrubs from central-west Colombia to northern Peru where it grows in Andean and humid lowland tropical forests. ...”

Panbiogeographic analysis of Vexillata (Nematoda: Ornithostrongylidae) and its hosts (Mammalia: Rodentia) Egileak: Escalante, Tania, Martínez-Salazar, Elizabeth A., Falcón-Ordaz, Jorge, Linaje, Miguel, Guerrero, Ricardo

“...It proposes the existence of two biogeographical nodes, the first is located between the northern coast of Venezuela and Central America, on the boundaries of northeast Colombia and Panama (Colombia node); and the other in Central Mexico. ...”

Registro de Euchroma gigantea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) para tres departamentos de la región Caribe Colombiana. Egileak: Alvarez García, Deivys Moises, Arroyo Pérez, Wendy Yohana, Navarrete Iriarte, Luis Eduardo

“...We present a new geographical record of the giant metallic beetle, Euchroma gigantea (Buprestidae), in Córdoba, Sucre and Bolívar in the Caribbean Region of Colombia....”

Un caso de braquipterismo y observaciones en meroleuca (meroleucoides) dargei lemaire, 1982 (lepidoptera: saturniidae: hemileucinae) Egileak: González-Montana, Luis A., Wilches-Álvarez, Winston

“...Brachypterism cases are rarely reported in the literature, though, is a typical trait of life in certain taxa within Lepidoptera, for the above, is reported by the brachypterous female of the species Meroleuca (Meroleucoides) dargei, using as a host plant grass Penissetum clandestinum, an exotic species for Colombia. Finally was described aspects of the life cycle and morphology of the larvae....”

New records and data of Rhodocollybia popayanica (Agaricales: Omphalotaceae) from Mexico Egileak: Villarruel-Ordaz, José Luis, Cifuentes, Joaquín

“...The studied specimens are congruent with descriptions from Colombia and Costa Rica. With this record, Mexico becomes the northernmost limit for this neotropically distributed species....”

Functional traits of the invasive species Thunbergia alata (Acanthaceae) and its importance in the adaptation to Andean forests Egileak: Quijano-Abril, Mario Alberto, Castaño López, Maria de los Ángeles, Marín-Henao , Daniela, Sánchez-Gómez, David Alejando, Rojas-Villa, Jose Miguel, Sierra-Escobar, Jorge

“...Background and Aims: Thunbergia alata is one of the ten most problematic invasive plant species in Colombia. Its rapid colonization and adaptation to Andean forests have affected the composition and structure of indigenous plant communities. ...”

Calceolaria dichotoma subsp. colimana (Calceolariaceae), a new subspecies from western Mexico Egileak: Padilla-Velarde, Eloy, Cuevas-Guzmán, Ramón

“...C. dichotoma belongs to subgenus Cheiloncos and section Micranthera, previously only known from the Andes, from Colombia to the north of Argentina. The finding of the taxon in Colima increases thousands of kilometers to the north the known distribution of the subgenus, section and species....”

Rediscovery of a spider monkey population (Ateles geoffroyi) in Olomega Lagoon, El Salvador Egileak: Pineda Peraza, Luis Armando, Segura Yanes, Jordi Humberto, Medina Zeledón, Kevin Enrique, Flores-Márquez, José Isidro, Ángel López, Miguel

“...Ateles geoffroyi is one of the largest monkeys of the Neotropics and its distribution is from Mexico to northern Colombia. Spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in the Olomega lagoon, Department of San Miguel (Eastern El Salvador) were last reported in 1944, more than 70 years ago. ...”

Interacción innocua entre Nephelomys gr. albigularis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) y Amblyopinus gr. sanborni (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) en el norte de la cordillera central colombian... Egileak: Delgado-V., Carlos

“...Here, I describe the relationship between the small rodent Nephelomys albigularis and its Ambliopinina beetle Amblyopinus sanborni in northern Cordillera Central de Colombia. Based on my study, a commensalism is the hypothesis that might explain the relationship between both species....”

New South American Lachesilla in the group forcepeta (Psocoptera: Lachesilidae) Egileak: García Aldrete, Alfonso Neri

“...Two of them are endemic to Trinidad, nine occur in Brazil, with three endemics; two occur in Venezuela, with one endemic to that country, two occur in French Guiana, two occur in Ecuador, with one endemic to that country, one occurs in Bolivia and one is endemic to Colombia. Four species also occur outside of the South American subcontinent, in Costa Rica, Panamá, and México. ...”

In memoriam MIGUEL ÁNGEL MORÓN RÍOS Egileak: Arce-Pérez, Roberto, Rojas Gómez, César Vicente

“...Realizó 31 estancias de investigación en instituciones de Inglaterra, Francia, Alemania, España, Holanda, Canadá, EUA, Colombia, Nicaragua y Costa Rica....”

Continental biodiversity of South American oligochaetes: The importance of inventories. Egileak: Lindsey Christoffersen, Martin

“...More than half of the South American taxa of Oligochaeta (424) occur in Brazil, being followed by Argentina (208 taxa), Ecuador (163 taxa), and Colombia (142 taxa). Present diversity counts of Oligochaeta are still substantially underscored. ...”

Distribuição geográfica e diversidade de passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) no sudeste da Mata Atlântica (Brasil). Geographic Distribution and Diversity of Passalidae (Coleop... Egileak: Mattos, Ingrid, M. Mermudes, José Ricardo

“...Passalus nasutus Percheron, 1835 have new unambiguous comemmts to elucidate Passalus (Passalus) curtus Kaup, 1869, where the former species is restricted to Brazil and the latter is restricted to Colombia....”

Codium picturatum sp. nov. (Chlorophyta), una especie extraordinaria del Pacífico tropical mexicano Egileak: Pedroche, Francisco F., Silva, Paul C.

“...A very thin crustose Codium, occurring in the southern part of the Gulf of California and along the tropical Pacific coast of Mexico southward to Panama, Colombia, and the Galapagos Islands, is described as a new species, C. picturatum F.F. ...”

Wood anatomy of three species of Mimosa (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) occurring in Mexico Egileak: Montaño-Arias, Susana Adriana, Camargo-Ricalde, Sara Lucía, Grether, Rosaura

“...The aim of this work was to carry out a comparative study of the wood anatomy of three Mimosa species: M. arenosa, M. lacerata y M. polyantha (Section Batocaulon); the first one is widely distributed along the Pacific slopes in Mexico, Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil; while the other two are endemic to Mexico. ...”