Primer registro de Tylos niveus y nuevo reporte de Porcellionides pruinosus (Oniscidea: Tylidae y Porcellionidae) para Colombia

Abstract

ResumenSe registra la presencia de Tylos niveus para Colombia y de Porcellionides pruinosus para la región Caribe colombiana. Los especímenes fueron recolectados en la Isla de Barú, Cartagena, departamento de Bolívar, Colombia. Se incluyen ilustraciones de los caracteres diagnósticos para ambas especies, y comentarios sobre su hábitat, morfología y distribución. © 2016. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Ex. Fis. Nat.Palabras clave: Isópodos terrestres; Neotrópico; Playa Blanca; Bolívar. First record of Tylos niveus and new report of Porcellionides pruinosus (Oniscidea: Tylidae and Porcellionidae) for Colombia AbstractThe presence of Tylos niveus and Porcellionides pruinosus is recorded from Colombia and the Colombian Caribbean respectively. The specimens were collected on the Baru Island, Cartagena, Bolivar department, Colombia. Illustrations of diagnostic characters, comments about habitat, morphology and distribution are included.

A glimpse into a remarkable unknown diversity of oniscideans along the Caribbean coasts revealed on a tiny island

“…Presently, the genus Tylos has a worldwide distribution and comprises 21 coastal species (Schmalfuss & Vergara 2000;Schmalfuss 2003). In Colombia, only T. niveus Budde-Lund, 1885 was recorded from the Caribbean region (Carpio-Díaz et al 2016). Tylos negroi sp.…”

“…San Andrés (Van Name 1936); Angelópolis, Cafetal La Camelia Antioquia Dept, and near Nevado del Ruíz, Caldas Dept (Richardson 1912); Cartagena de Indias, Barú, Bolívar Dept (Caribbean region) (Carpio-Díaz et al 2016).…”

“…López-Orozco et al (2014) recorded L. baudiniana from Cartagena de Indias, northern Bolívar. Carpio-Díaz et al (2016) recorded Tylos niveus Budde-Lund, 1885 and P. pruinosus from Barú Island, northern Bolívar. López-Orozco et al (2017) described Pulmoniscus turbanaensis López-Orozco, Carpio-Díaz & Campos-Filho, 2017 from northern Bolívar, including specimens from Tierra Bomba Island.…”

“…López-Orozco and R. Borja-Arrieta leg. ; ICN-CR-is 264.Previous recordsBolívar: Barú, Cartagena de Indias (Caribbean)(Carpio-Díaz et al 2016).DistributionWidely distributed in Atlantic coastal areas of Mexico(Kensley & Schotte 1989); Florida, Cuba (Van Name 1936); Bahamas, Tobago, Bonaire(Schultz 1974); Dominica, Curacao, Virgin Islands, Belize, Venezuela(Kensley & Schotte 1989); Puerto Rico(Hurtado et al 2014); Colombia (Carpio-Díaz et al 2016); and Brazil…”

Terrestrial Isopoda (Crustacea, Oniscidea) from the coasts of Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species

“…For a description and figures of this species see Vandel (1952) and Schultz (1970). (Schmalfuss, 2003;Carpio-Díaz, López-Orozco, Herrera-Medina, Navas-S., & Bermúdez, 2016). New record for Costa Rica.…”