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Heterophrynus Armiger Check List 10(2): 457–460, 2014 © 2014 Check List and Authors Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (available at www.checklist.org.br) Journal of species lists and distribution N Heterophrynus armiger ISTRIBUTIO Pocock, 1902 (Amblypygi: D Phrynidae): First record from Colombia, with notes on its 1* 2 3 RAPHIC G historic distribution records and natural history 4 EO Carlos Víquez , Daniel Chirivi , Jairo A. Moreno-González and James A. Christensen G N O 1 Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Santo Domingo, Heredia, P. O. Box 22-3100, Costa Rica. 2 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Laboratorio de Entomología, Bogotá, Colombia. OTES 3 Universidad del Valle, Departamento de Biología, Sección de Entomología, Ciudad Universitaria Meléndez Calle 13 No 100-00, Santiago de Cali, N Valle del Cauca, Colombia. cví[email protected] 4 Minden Pictures/Foto Natura, 558 Main Street Watsonville, CA, 95076, USA. * Corresponding Author. E-mail: Abstract: Heterophrynus armiger The phrynid whip spider is herein cited for the first time from a precise locality in Colombia. Additional data on its natural history are provided. This species has been found in disturbed and preserved forest areas of Isla Gorgona, an island located at the northwest coast of Colombia. In Colombia, 10 species of Amblypygids are well known: Phrynus Lamarck, Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH) (http://biocol.org/ 1801five species (Phrynus are members araya Colmenares of the subfamily & Villarreal,Phryninae Wood,2008, urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:1022), third author reviewed the Phrynus1863, including gervaisii four from the genusPhrynus panche Armas & Collection of the Entomological Museum of Universidad Phrynus pulchripes del Valle, Cali, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia. (Pocock, 1894),Paraphrynus (Paraphrynus (Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle- laevifronsAngarita, 2008 and (Pocock, 1894)), and MUSENUV). At collection of Arthropod Collection, Instituto one species is from the genus ofAlexander Phrynus vongervaisii Humboldt (IAvH), all specimens found were (Pocock,Heterophrynus 1894) Chiriví and Armas 2012); and six Heterophrynusidentified to species level. ThereH. we armiger found andone H.specimen batesii.. Heterophrynusspecies are from armiger the subfamily Heterophryninae Pocock, and seven specimens of undetermined 1902, genus Pocock, 1894, including spp., identified as Pocock, 1902, (Giupponi Heterophrynus and Kury Additionally, the collection of the Entomological Museum batesii2013, cited without localityHeterophrynus data or boterorumreferences, here we H.(MUSENUV) armiger of the Universidad del Valle, Cali, Valle del add new recordsHeterophrynus with precise localities),cervinus Cauca, Colombia was revised, and additional specimens of Heterophrynus (Butler, 1873),cheiracanthus Giupponi collected from Isla Gorgona (Gorgona Island), & Kury 2013, Pocock, 1894, Guapi municipality, Cauca department, Colombia was Heterophrynus (Gervais, silviae 1842) (Giupponi added to the research. and Kury 2013,Heterophrynus cited without a precise locality or The general terminology and morphology follow references) and Giupponi & Kury, Quintero (1981) and Weygoldt (2000); measurements 2013. The genus is restricted to the Amazon were recorded in millimeters (mm) using calipers of region and adjacent areas of South America and currently unknown brand, while images were recorded with an includes 12 described species worldwide (Giupponi and Olympus EM-5 digital camera and a Canon Powershot Kury 2013). In addition, there are recordset al. of the family A3100 IS. Charinidae from at leastH. five armiger departments within Colombia ExaminedMap images werespecimens. retrieved Heterophrynus from www.maps.google. armiger. without specific determination (Armas 2012). com/maps (Google 2013) and edited using image software. The individuals of found in the Colombian collections represent the first records of this species COLOMBIA: One adult male (IAvH without number), Cauca of amblypygid in the country for which exactH. armiger data onis department, Guapi municipality, Natural National Park collections and localities exist. Additionally, new data (N.N.P.) Gorgona, Isla Gorgona, Village 5m, March 5, 1990, on the distribution and natural history of inside a house. M. L. Baena, one adult male (IAvH 100861), presented here. in a house, April 23 of 1991, active manual search, Javier During the Workshop of Biological Collections 3.0 Portilla, two adult males (IAvH 100860, 100862), October organized by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility 20, 1991, between bricks and construction material, Manual (GBIF) and Infraestructura Iberoamericana de Informaciόn collection, Ever Solis, all specimens were geo-located to sobre Biodiversidad (I3B) in October 2012 and sponsored approximately 2°57′53″ N, -78°10′30″ W, at 13 m.a.s.l; by the “Claustro de San Agustín, Instituto Humboldt, Villa one adult female (MUSENUV- 24303), Sendero Cerro Los de Leyva, Colombia″, the first author had the opportunity Micos (Path hill Los Micos), 2°58′20.5″ N, -78°10′38.8″ W, to review several specimens of Amblypygi preserved in 162 m.a.s.l, October 21, 2010, manual collection, Equipo de alcohol deposited at the Arthropod Collection, Instituto Zoología UV; one adult male and one juvenile (MUSENUV-457 Vísquez et al. | First record of Heterophrynus armiger from Colombia 24304), Playa palmeras (Palms beach), 2°56′28.6″ N, 72157627512443268/, by © James A. Christensen shows -78°12′21.4″ W, 28 m.a.s.l., February 24, 2011, nocturnal an additional specimen from Mindo, Pichincha Province, sampling, manual search, Julian Mendivil,; one adult male Ecuador (0°03′07″N, 78°46′29″W). COLOMBIA: Cauca (MUSENUV- 24307), El Poblado (The Village), 2°57′15.8″ Department,Natural History N.N.P. Isla Gorgona (New record), (Figure N, -78°10′6.6″ W, 8 m.a.s.l., December 2, 1989, found dying, 4). Grupo de Insectos “Color Verde Pasto”; one adult female . During the periods February to April (MUSENUV- 24306), El Poblado (The Village), 2°57′15.8″ and September, October and December, 1989 through N, -78°10′6.6″ W, 8 m.a.s.l., September of 1989, M. Baena. 2011, six adult males, 2 females and one juvenile specimen Almost all material held by MUSENUV was obtained were collected in different materials and localities in “El during the investigation project: “Assessing the Current Poblado″ (The Village) on Isla Gorgona. Some specimens State of Wildlife Conservation in Gorgona Island: A Holistic were found within a house or among bricks or other Approach to Ecological Assessment of the NNP Gorgona,″ construction materials; apparently the species is well with financial support from the Fund for Environmental adapted to disturbed environments. However, some Action and Childhood, International Conservation individuals were observed on or among leaf litter at the Colombia, Universidad del Valle, and the SQUALUS base of trees inside the forest (J. Mendivil, pers. comm.). Foundation, Cali, Columbia. This project was covered by a Previously, only information concerning2 a specimen’s Heterophrynusstudy permit on batesii biological research: PIDB-DTSO-0111-10. description and morphology was known. Additionally, we reviewed specimens of the species Isla Gorgona is a small (26 km ) volcanic island located (Butler, 1873): one adult female and about 35 km off the coast of Colombia. Precipitation two adult males (IAVH without collection number), Huila averages almost 7,000 mm annually, with the most Department, S.O. Acevedo. P.N.N. Cueva de los Guácharos, intense rainfall occurring in September and October. The Cedros sector, Indio Cave, manual collection, December 5, average relative humidity is 90% and the average annual 2001; D. Campos y E. González. 1850 m.a.s.l. (1°36′59″ N, temperature is 27°C. Topography is steep as would be Heterophrynus76°06′15″ W). armiger expected of a volcanic island with elevations ranging from sea level to 338 m. The island housed a penal colony that General morphology. Pocock, 1902 was closed in 1984. Today, the island is a national park (Figures. 1 A-C, 2, 3, 4, 5 A-B, Table 1) and the tropical forest vegetation that had been highly The specimen examined at disturbed is in the process of early secondary forest the IAvH collections is congruent with Pocock (1902) succession (Rangel 1995; Giraldo 2012). and Weygoldt (2002) in terms of characteristics and The new record from Isla Gorgona could be accounted description; in particular, this specimen has reddish- for by the fact that during the Pleistocene, sea level was brown coloration and shows a granular cuticle (Figures about 120 meters lower than present, which would have 1–3), the ocular tuberclend and and3rd lateral eyes are very high, placed the island much closer to, but not connected to, the and the pedipalp femur ventrally shows a smaller spine continent (Alberico 1986). This proximity could explain (FIII) between the 2 long spines (Figure 1). Male the similarity between flora and fauna between the genitalia and female gonopods and claw-like sclerites coastal region and thee.g. island. However, any such similarity correspondSpecimen with distribution. descriptions by Weygoldt (2002) (Figure appears to be stronger between island-mainland biotae.g., 5). further to the south ( , Ecuador; and Nariño department, ECUADOR: This specimen Colombia) rather than in the northern pacific region ( was originally cited to occur in “Pambelar” (Pocock Chocó department,Heterophrynus Colombia) (Alberico 1986; Lourenço 1902). Apparently, “Pambelar” is a typographical mistake; and Flórez 1989). this citation
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