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Trichoptera
El orden Trichoptera (en inglés llamado “caddisflies”) pertenece al grupo de órdenes de insectos, en los cuales la totalidad de las especies depende del medio acuático para su desarrollo. ...
La colección de Entomología Acuática del Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Costa Rica: lista actualizada de géneros, importancia y retos futuros
The aquatic entomology collection in the Zoological Museum at the University of Costa Rica: updated checklist of genera, importance, and future challenges.
(2019)
Los macroinvertebrados acuáticos, y en especial los insectos, son el grupo de organismos más utilizado para determinar el estado de conservación de los ecosistemas acuáticos en estudios de calidad del agua y biomonitoreo ...
Marine Insects
(2008)
Although insects are one of the most diverse groups of organisms on earth, relatively few species are found associated with marine habitats. The majority of these marine species live in intertidal or coastal habitats and ...
Costa Rica
(2014)
Costa Rica is a country with abundant and diverse freshwater ecosystems, which are influenced and characterized by different orographic precipitation regimes. This variety of habitats harbors great biological diversity, ...
The neotropical damselfly genus Cora: new larval descriptions and a comparative analysis of larvae of known species (Odonata: Polythoridae)
(2011)
The final larval stadium of four species of Cora are described and compared with known species in the genus. Cora skinneri Calvert, 1907, C. semiopaca Selys, 1878 and C. lugubris Navás, 1934 are described and illustrated ...
New species of Potamocoris Hungerford (Heteroptera, Potamocoridae) from Costa Rica and a key to the species
(2014)
A new potamocorid species, Potamocoris sitesi NEW SPECIES, with its two wing morphs (coleopteroid and macropterous) are described from Costa Rica. Descriptions are supported with photographs and illustrations. Parameres ...
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 ...
New records of Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Costa Rica
(2014-02-01)
The Gerromorpha from Costa Rica are poorly studied, except the Gerridae. Aiming to fill this gap, specimens collected across the country were examined. Lipogomphus leucostictus, Hydrometra alloiona, H. australis, H. ...
Macroinvertebrates as indicators in tropical streams with different land use in southern Costa Rica
Makroinvertebraten als Indikatoren in tropischen Bächen mit unterschiedlicher Landnutzung im Süden Costa Ricas
(2019)
Costa Rica is one of the countries with the highest species richness worldwide and forms an important land bridge between North and South America. In the past, Costa Rica suffered from deforestation due to conversion of ...
Description of the final instar nymphs of seven species from Anacroneuria Klapálek (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in Costa Rica, and first record for an additional genus in Central America
(2011)
The final nymphal stages for seven species of Anacroneuria Klapálek from Costa Rica are described for the first time based upon reared specimens: A. benedettoi Stark, 1998, A. divisa (Navás, 1924), A. holzenthali Stark, ...