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Trichoptera

Springer Springer, Monika

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. ...

The management of Typha domingensis (Typhaceae) affects macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Palo Verde Wetland, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Trama, Florencia A.; Rizo Patron Viale, Federico L. S.; Kumar, Anjali S.; Stynoski, Jennifer Lynn; McCoy Colton, Michael B.; Springer Springer, Monika (2017)

The Palo Verde wetland, one of the most important places for aquatic organisms in Costa Rica, is currently recovering from an invasive expansion of Typha domingensis (cattail). A monitoring program was designed to understand ...

Marine Insects

Springer Springer, Monika (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

Springer Springer, Monika; Echeverría Sáenz, Silvia; Gutiérrez Fonseca, Pablo E. (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, ...

Aquatic insect diversity of Costa Rica: state of knowledge

Springer Springer, Monika (2008)

Costa Rica hosts an extraordinarily high biodiversity and is among the best studied neotropical countries. Insects represent the most diverse group of organisms, not only in terrestrial but also in aquatic, especially ...

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

Gutiérrez Fonseca, Pablo E.; Springer Springer, Monika (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, ...

The water striders (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Costa Rica: new species, checklist, and new records

Pacheco Chaves, Bernald; Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva; Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo; Springer Springer, Monika (2018)

Brachymetra bernaldi Cordeiro, sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from Heredia, Costa Rica, is herein described, illustrated, and compared with congeners. The new species resembles B. albinervus (Amyot & Serville, ...

The larva of Perissolestes remotus (Williamson & Williamson, 1924) (Zygoptera: Perilestidae)

Román Heracleo, Jareth; Springer Springer, Monika; Ramírez Ulate, Luis Alonso (2018)

The larva of Perissolestes remotus is described for the first time based on Costa Rican specimens collected in forested streams with abundant organic matter. It is characterized by a slender, elongated body, with lateral ...

Two new species of Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Costa Rica, with a key and new records from the country

Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo; Pacheco Chaves, Bernald; Springer Springer, Monika; Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva (2015)

Rhagovelia danpolhemi sp. nov., from the Caribbean Slope of Costa Rica and R. springerae sp. nov., from the northern portion of the country, are described, illustrated, compared with similar species, and included in a key ...

The neotropical damselfly genus Cora: new larval descriptions and a comparative analysis of larvae of known species (Odonata: Polythoridae)

Ramírez Ulate, Luis Alonso; Altamira Saavedra, Mariano; Gutiérrez Fonseca, Pablo E.; Springer Springer, Monika (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 ...