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The Role of Microhabitats in Structuring Cave Invertebrate Communities in Guatemala Gabrielle S.M
International Journal of Speleology 49 (2) 161-169 Tampa, FL (USA) May 2020 Available online at scholarcommons.usf.edu/ijs International Journal of Speleology Off icial Journal of Union Internationale de Spéléologie The role of microhabitats in structuring cave invertebrate communities in Guatemala Gabrielle S.M. Pacheco 1*, Marconi Souza Silva 1, Enio Cano 2, and Rodrigo L. Ferreira 1 1Universidade Federal de Lavras, Departamento de Ecologia e Conservação, Setor de Biodiversidade Subterrânea, Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Caixa Postal 3037, CEP 37200-900, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brasil 2Escuela de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Ciudad Universitaria, Zona 12, 01012, Guatemala City, Guatemala Abstract: Several studies have tried to elucidate the main environmental features driving invertebrate community structure in cave environments. They found that many factors influence the community structure, but rarely focused on how substrate types and heterogeneity might shape these communities. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess which substrate features and whether or not substrate heterogeneity determines the invertebrate community structure (species richness and composition) in a set of limestone caves in Guatemala. We hypothesized that the troglobitic fauna responds differently to habitat structure regarding species richness and composition than non-troglobitic fauna because they are more specialized to live in subterranean habitats. Using 30 m2 transects, the invertebrate fauna was collected and the substrate features were measured. The results showed that community responded to the presence of guano, cobbles, boulders, and substrate heterogeneity. The positive relationship between non-troglobitic species composition with the presence of guano reinforces the importance of food resources for structuring invertebrate cave communities in Guatemalan caves. -
Biodiversity of the Huautla Cave System, Oaxaca, Mexico
diversity Communication Biodiversity of the Huautla Cave System, Oaxaca, Mexico Oscar F. Francke, Rodrigo Monjaraz-Ruedas † and Jesús A. Cruz-López *,‡ Colección Nacional De Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City C. P. 04510, Mexico; [email protected] (O.F.F.); [email protected] (R.M.-R.) * Correspondence: [email protected] † Current address: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA. ‡ Current address: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas y Pecuarias del Valle de Oaxaca, Santo Domingo Barrio Bajo, Etla C. P. 68200, Mexico. Abstract: Sistema Huautla is the deepest cave system in the Americas at 1560 m and the fifth longest in Mexico at 89,000 m, and it is a mostly vertical network of interconnected passages. The surface landscape is rugged, ranging from 3500 to 2500 masl, intersected by streams and deep gorges. There are numerous dolinas, from hundreds to tens of meters in width and depth. The weather is basically temperate subhumid with summer rains. The average yearly rainfall is approximately 2500 mm, with a monthly average of 35 mm for the driest times of the year and up to 500 mm for the wettest month. All these conditions play an important role for achieving the highest terrestrial troglobite diversity in Mexico, containing a total of 35 species, of which 27 are possible troglobites (16 described), including numerous arachnids, millipedes, springtails, silverfish, and a single described species of beetles. With those numbers, Sistema Huautla is one of the richest cave systems in the world. Keywords: troglobitics; arachnids; insects; millipedes Citation: Francke, O.F.; Monjaraz-Ruedas, R.; Cruz-López, J.A. -
Catálogo De Autoridades Taxonómicas De Arachnidae
Catálogo de Autoridades Taxonómicas de Arachnidae Tomado de: Jiménez y Nieto 2005. Biodiv. del orden Araneae de las Islas del G. de Cal. (BK006); Kury y Cokendolpher (Opiliones); Lourenco y Sissom (Scorpiones). 2000. En: Llorente, et al., (eds.). Biodiv., taxon. y biog. de artróp. Méx. II. e ITIS, 2005 Araneae Opisthothelae Araneomorphae Anyphaenidae Hibana (Chamberlin, 1919) Hibana incursa (Chamberlin, 1919) Sinónimo Hibana johnstoni (Chamberlin, 1924) Hibana nigrifrons (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929) Araneidae Argiope (Fabricius, 1775) Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) Sinónimo Argiope carinata C. L. Koch, 1871 Argiope cuyunii Hingston, 1932 Argiope filiargentata Hingston, 1932 Argiope filinfracta Hingston, 1932 Argiope gracilenta (Roewer, 1942) Argiope hirta Taczanowski, 1879 Argiope indistincta Mello-Leitão, 1944 Argiope panamensis (Chamberlin, 1917) Argiope submaronica Strand, 1916 Argiope waughi Simon, 1896 Argiope trifasciata (Forskål, 1775) Sinónimo Argiope abalosi Mello-Leitão, 1942 Argiope avara Thorell, 1859 Argiope plana L. Koch, 1867 Argiope platycephala (Caporiacco, 1947) Argiope pradhani Sinha, 1952 Argiope seminola Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 Argiope stenogastra Mello-Leitão, 1945 Cyclosa (Walckenaer, 1842) Cyclosa turbinata (Walckenaer, 1842) Sinónimo Cyclosa culta O. P.-Cambridge, 1893 Cyclosa glomosa (Walckenaer, 1842) Cyclosa index O. P.-Cambridge, 1889 Cyclosa nanna Ivie & Barrows, 1935 Cyclosa tuberculifera O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 Cyclosa vanbruyseli (Becker, 1879) Cyclosa walckenaeri (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) Sinónimo Cyclosa -
Diversity and Habitat Use of Neotropical Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in a Costa Rican Rainforest
International Scholarly Research Network ISRN Zoology Volume 2012, Article ID 549765, 16 pages doi:10.5402/2012/549765 Research Article Diversity and Habitat Use of Neotropical Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in a Costa Rican Rainforest Daniel N. Proud,1 Bruce E. Felgenhauer,1 Victor R. Townsend Jr.,2 Daniel O. Osula,3 Wyman O. Gilmore III,3 Zachery L. Napier,3 and Peter A. Van Zandt3 1 Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, P.O. Box 42451, Lafayette, LA 70504-2451, USA 2 Department of Biology, Virginia Wesleyan College, 1584 Wesleyan Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502, USA 3 Department of Biology, Birmingham-Southern College, 900 Arkadelphia Road, Birmingham, AL 35254, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Daniel N. Proud, [email protected] Received 7 November 2011; Accepted 7 December 2011 Academic Editors: M. Kuntner and S. E. Walker Copyright © 2012 Daniel N. Proud et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. In tropical rain forests, harvestmen assemblages are extremely diverse, with richness often exceeding 25 species. In the neotropics, there are published accounts of harvestmen faunas in South America rainforests (especially Amazonia), but relatively little is known about the community ecology of harvestmen in tropical forests of Central America. In this paper, we provide the first insights into the diverse assemblage of harvestmen inhabiting a wet forest at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Over five field seasons, we recorded 38 species. During our 2009 field season, we examined variation in species abundance, richness, and composition between adjacent successional forests (young secondary, mature secondary, and primary forests) as well as between distinct habitats (ground/litter layer and shrub/tree layer). -
Dos Casos De Sinonimia En Opiliones Laniatores (Arachnida)
NOTA: DOS CASOS DE SINONIMIA EN OPILIONES LANIATORES (ARACHNIDA) Abel Pérez González Resumen: Se ofrecen dos nuevas sinonimias en Opiliones Laniatores neotropicales. La especie Stygnomma maya Goodnight & Goodnight, 1951 (Stygnommatidae) es considerada un sinónimo posterior de Stygnomma granulosa (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947); de igual forma, Stygnoplus dominicanus (Roewer, 1943) (Stygnidae) es un sinónimo posterior de Stygnoplus tuberculatus (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942). También se ofrecen algunos datos referentes a aspectos morfológicos y de distribución de las especies. Palabras clave: Opiliones, Taxonomía, Neotrópico, Stygnommatidae, Stygnidae. Taxonomía: Stygnomma maya Goodnight & Goodnight, 1951 = Stygnomma granulosa (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947) nueva sinonimia NOTAS: Stygnoplus dominicanus (Roewer, 1943) = Stignoplus tuberculatus (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942) nueva sinonimia Dos casos de sinonimia en Opiliones Laniatores (Arachnida) Two new synonymies in Opiliones Laniatores (Arachnida) Abel Pérez González Abstract: Two new synonymies of Neotropical laniatorid harvestmen are proposed. The species Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática, Stygnomma maya Goodnight & Goodnight, 1951 (Stygnommatidae) is considered as a junior A.P. 8029, synonym of Stygnomma granulosa (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947); likewise, Stygnoplus C.P. 10800, Habana 8, dominicanus (Roewer, 1943) (Stygnidae) is seen as a junior synonym of Stygnoplus CUBA. tuberculatus (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942). Some information is also provided on the [email protected] morphology and distribution of these species. Key words: Opiliones, Taxonomy, Neotropics, Stygnommatidae, Stygnidae. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología Taxonomy: Rev. Iber. Aracnol. Stygnomma maya Goodnight & Goodnight, 1951 = Stygnomma granulosa (Goodnight & ISSN: 1576 - 9518. Goodnight, 1947) new synonymy Dep. Legal: Z-2656-2000. Stygnoplus dominicanus (Roewer, 1943) = Stignoplus tuberculatus (Goodnight & Goodnight, Vol.1, XII-2000 1942) new synonymy Sección: Artículos y Notas. pp: 51–52. -
Chemosystematics in the Opiliones (Arachnida): a Comment on the Evolutionary History of Alkylphenols and Benzoquinones in the Scent Gland Secretions of Laniatores
Cladistics Cladistics (2014) 1–8 10.1111/cla.12079 Chemosystematics in the Opiliones (Arachnida): a comment on the evolutionary history of alkylphenols and benzoquinones in the scent gland secretions of Laniatores Gunther€ Raspotniga,b,*, Michaela Bodnera, Sylvia Schaffer€ a, Stephan Koblmuller€ a, Axel Schonhofer€ c and Ivo Karamand aInstitute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens-University, Universitatsplatz€ 2, 8010, Graz, Austria; bResearch Unit of Osteology and Analytical Mass Spectrometry, Medical University, University Children’s Hospital, Auenbruggerplatz 30, 8036, Graz, Austria; cInstitute of Zoology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johannes-von-Muller-Weg€ 6, 55128, Mainz, Germany; dDepartment of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 2, 2100, Novi Sad, Serbia Accepted 2 April 2014 Abstract Large prosomal scent glands constitute a major synapomorphic character of the arachnid order Opiliones. These glands pro- duce a variety of chemicals very specific to opilionid taxa of different taxonomic levels, and thus represent a model system to investigate the evolutionary traits in exocrine secretion chemistry across a phylogenetically old group of animals. The chemically best-studied opilionid group is certainly Laniatores, and currently available chemical data allow first hypotheses linking the phy- logeny of this group to the evolution of major chemical classes of secretion chemistry. Such hypotheses are essential to decide upon a best-fitting explanation of the distribution of scent-gland secretion -
Opiliones: Laniatores) and Its Correct Family Placement Revista Mexicana De Biodiversidad, Vol
Revista mexicana de biodiversidad ISSN: 1870-3453 ISSN: 2007-8706 Instituto de Biología Cruz-López, Jesús A.; Francke, Oscar F. On the identity of Metaconomma femorale (Opiliones: Laniatores) and its correct family placement Revista mexicana de biodiversidad, vol. 90, 2019 Instituto de Biología DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2019.90.2881 Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42562784059 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System Redalyc More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 90 (2019): e902881 Taxonomy and systematics On the identity of Metaconomma femorale (Opiliones: Laniatores) and its correct family placement Sobre la identidad de Metaconomma femorale (Opiliones: Laniatores) y su asignación familiar correcta Jesús A. Cruz-López *, Oscar F. Francke Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70-153, 04510 México City, Mexico *Corresponding author: [email protected] (J.A. Cruz-López) Received: 4 December 2018; accepted: 29 April 2019 Abstract In this work, the holotype of Metaconomma femorale Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 was revised. As a result, the genus Metaconomma Pickard-Cambridge, 1905, a member of the infraorder Grassatores with uncertain family placement, is proposed as a junior synonym of Hoplobunus Banks, 1900 in Stygnopsidae, with the new combination Hoplobunus femoralis comb. nov. Keywords: Taxonomy; Stygnopsidae; New synonymy; New combination Resumen En el presente trabajo, el holotipo de la especie Metaconomma femorale Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 fue revisado. -
Evolutionary History and Molecular Species Delimitation of A…
ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny Jahr/Year: 2019 Band/Volume: 77 Autor(en)/Author(s): Cruz-Lopez Jesus A., Monjaraz-Ruedas Rodrigo, Francke Oscar F. Artikel/Article: Turning to the dark side: Evolutionary history and molecular species delimitation of a troglomorphic lineage of armoured harvestman (Opiliones: Stygnopsidae) 285-302 77 (2): 285 – 302 2019 © Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2019. Turning to the dark side: Evolutionary history and mole cular species delimitation of a troglomorphic lineage of armoured harvestman (Opiliones: Stygnopsidae) , 1, 2 1, 2 2 Jesús A. CruzLópez* , Rodrigo MonjarazRuedas & Oscar F. Francke 1 Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, C.P. 04510, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico; Jesús A. Cruz-López [[email protected]] — 2 Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 3er circuito exterior s/n. Apartado postal 70-153. C.P. 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico — * Corresponding author Accepted on April 18, 2019. Published online at www.senckenberg.de/arthropod-systematics on September 17, 2019. Published in print on September 27, 2019. Editors in charge: Lorenzo Prendini & Klaus-Dieter Klass. Abstract. From a biological point of view, caves are one of the most exciting environments on Earth, considered as evolutionary laborato- ries due to the adaptive traits (troglomorphisms) usually exhibited by the fauna that inhabit them. Among Opiliones, the family Stygnopsi- dae contains cave-inhabiting members who exhibit some degree of troglomorphic characters, such as Minisge gen.n., a lineage formed by two new troglomorphic species from the Huautla Cave System, Oaxaca, Mexico, one of the deepest and most complex cave systems in the World. -
Opiliones: Nemastomatidae), the Second Species of the Genus from the Dinaric Karst
European Journal of Taxonomy 717: 90–107 ISSN 2118-9773 https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.717.1103 www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu 2020 · Kozel P. et al.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). Research article urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:69DF8A05-F8E2-4EEC-9A52-4018F22E81ED Nemaspela borkoae sp. nov. (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae), the second species of the genus from the Dinaric Karst Peter KOZEL 1,*, Teo DELIĆ 2 & Tone NOVAK 3 1,3 Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Koroška 160, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia. 1 Karst Research Institute ZRC IZRK SAZU, Titov trg 2, SI-6230 Postojna, Slovenia. 2 SubBio Lab, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva ulica 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. * Corresponding author: [email protected] 2 Email: [email protected] 3 Email: [email protected] 1 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:8C33627F-2D3D-4723-A059-B87462535460 2 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:D38183EA-6034-4634-8DD1-45FF9C73D2B4 3 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:F6B51342-4296-473E-A3E8-AB87B0655F49 Abstract. Nemaspela Šilhavý, 1966 (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae) is a genus of exclusively troglobiotic harvestmen species inhabiting caves in the Crimea, Caucasus and Balkan Peninsula. In this paper, Nemaspela borkoae sp. nov., recently found in four caves in Montenegro, is described. The new species is characterized by its small body, 1.5–2.1 mm long, and very long, thin appendages, with legs II about 15 times as long as the body. Although very similar, Nemaspela ladae Karaman, 2013 and N. -
The Opiliones Tree of Life: Shedding Light on Harvestmen Relationships
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/077594; this version posted September 26, 2016. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 1 The Opiliones Tree of Life: shedding light on harvestmen 2 relationships through transcriptomics 3 4 Rosa Fernándeza,*, Prashant Sharmab, Ana L. M. Tourinhoa,c, Gonzalo Giribeta,* 5 6 a Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, 7 Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; b Department of Zoology, 8 University of Wisconsin-Madison, 352 Birge Hall, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA; c 9 Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade (CBIO), Avenida 10 André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil 11 12 * [email protected] 13 ** [email protected] 14 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/077594; this version posted September 26, 2016. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 15 Abstract 16 17 Opiliones are iconic arachnids with a Paleozoic origin and a diversity that reflects 18 ancient biogeographical patterns dating back at least to the times of Pangea. Due to interest 19 in harvestman diversity, evolution and biogeography, their relationships have been 20 thoroughly studied using morphology and PCR-based Sanger approaches to systematics. -
The Opiliones Tree of Life: Shedding Light on Harvestmen Relationships Through Transcriptomics
The Opiliones tree of life: shedding light on harvestmen relationships through transcriptomics The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Fernández, Rosa, Prashant P. Sharma, Ana Lúcia Tourinho, and Gonzalo Giribet. 2017. “The Opiliones tree of life: shedding light on harvestmen relationships through transcriptomics.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284 (1849): 20162340. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.2340. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/ rspb.2016.2340. Published Version doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.2340 Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:32072171 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA The Opiliones tree of life: shedding light rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org on harvestmen relationships through transcriptomics Rosa Ferna´ndez1, Prashant P. Sharma2, Ana Lu´cia Tourinho1,3 Research and Gonzalo Giribet1 Cite this article: Ferna´ndez R, Sharma PP, 1Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Tourinho AL, Giribet G. 2017 The Opiliones tree 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA of life: shedding light on harvestmen 2Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 352 Birge Hall, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA relationships through transcriptomics. 3Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazoˆnia, Coordenac¸a˜o de Biodiversidade (CBIO), Avenida Andre´ Arau´jo, Proc. R. Soc. B 284: 20162340. 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69011-970, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2340 RF, 0000-0002-4719-6640; GG, 0000-0002-5467-8429 Opiliones are iconic arachnids with a Palaeozoic origin and a diversity that reflects ancient biogeographic patterns dating back at least to the times of Received: 25 October 2016 Pangea. -
Three New Harvestman Species of the Genus Philora (Opiliones: Gonyleptoidea: Stygnopsidae) with Comments on Troglomorphisms
Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87 (2016) 328–336 www.ib.unam.mx/revista/ Taxonomy and systematics Three new harvestman species of the genus Philora (Opiliones: Gonyleptoidea: Stygnopsidae) with comments on troglomorphisms Tres especies nuevas del género Philora (Opiliones: Gonyleptoidea: Stygnopsidae) con comentarios sobre troglomorfismos a,b,∗ a Jesús A. Cruz-López , Oscar F. Francke a Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 70-153, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico b Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Copilco, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico Received 20 October 2015; accepted 19 February 2016 Available online 24 May 2016 Abstract Three new species of the genus Philora are described: Philora izel sp. nov., Philora mazateca sp. nov. and Philora nympha sp. nov. Two of these, P. izel and P. nympha exhibit remarkable troglomorphisms (adaptations to life in caves), such as depigmentation, absence of eyes and elongation of appendages. These conditions are discussed and their ocurrence is compared with the other 3 species of the genus that do not exhibit troglomorphisms. A dichotomic key to identify the 5 known species of the genus is provided. All Rights Reserved © 2016 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología. This is an open access item distributed under the Creative Commons CC License BY-NC-ND 4.0. Keywords: Laniatores; Diversity; Taxonomy; Troglomorphisms Resumen Se describen 3 especies nuevas del género Philora: Philora izel sp. nov., Philora mazateca sp. nov. y Philora nympha sp.