COLECTAPP: Herramienta Aplicada al Área de la Biología

COLECTAPP fue desarrollada para facilitar y optimizar la tarea de colecta de datos a través del uso de dispositivos como Smartphone y tabletas utilizando los sensores y cámaras que vienen incluidos en estos, por medio de los servicios de ubicación basados en internet y dispositivos GPS se puede obtener la ubicación en tiempo real, la captura de información es a través de interfaces y el uso de los manejadores de bases de datos embebidos; es una aplicación creada para la plataforma de dispositivos móviles Android, bajo el lenguaje de programación java, utilizando los más recientes entornos de desarrollo para dicha plataforma, ésta incorpora el uso de las bases de datos para el almacenamiento de la información como es Sqlite, por su naturaleza se puede utilizar los servicios de ubicación basados en internet y sin ellos, gracias al diseño de su interfaz permite al usuario la captura de información, fotografías, generación de mapas, consulta de información y fotografías referentes a la colecta ya registrada, eliminar o enviar la información a un servidor web a través de un web service haciendo uso de la arquitectura cliente servidor aprovechando las características del formato JSON y las conexiones a internet

Brúquidos (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) del estado de Morelos, México

Se presenta un listado faunístico de las especies de Bruchidae y de sus plantas hospederas para el estado de Morelos. Se registraron 125 especies de brúquidos, distribuidos en 19 géneros, en donde el género Acanthoscelides presentó el mayor número de especies con 48, seguido de los géneros Merobruchus, Sennius y Amblycerus con 10 especies cada uno, y Zabrotes con 9 especies. En cuanto a las plantas hospederas se identificaron 73 especies, la familia Leguminosae presentó el mayor número con 58 plantas hospederas; la familia Convolvulaceae ocupó el segundo lugar con 8 especies. Las siguientes especies de plantas constituyeron nuevos registros de hospederos: Acacia mammifera Schltdl, Albizia adinocephala (Donn. SM.) BR. & Rose, Albizia guachapele (Kunth) Dugan, Bauhinia variegata L., Heliocarpus pallidus Rose, Galactia striata (Jacq.) Urb. Mimosa benthamii J.F. Macbr, Mimosa leptocarpa Rose, Mimosa orthocarpa Spruce ex Benth., Senna holwayana (Rose) H.S. Irwin & Barneby. En relación a la biodiversidad de este grupo, con la información generada en este trabajo, Morelos actualmente representa el segundo lugar en biodiversidad nacional de este grupo, con un 37.12%; el primer lugar lo ocupa Oaxaca con 47.30%

El daño de Chaetophloeus mexicanus (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) a tallos de Eysenhardtia polystachya (Fabaceae)

Damage caused to Eysenhardtia polystachya by the bark beetle Chaetophloeus mexicanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Scolytinae) was investigated as was host response to infestation. A general wood and bark anatomy of E. polystachya is given. Larvae and adults of C. mexicanus penetrate, settle down and consume noncollapsed phloem cells, vascular cambium, and secondary xylem. As a response to damage, there is a deposition of dark-staining contents (tannins) in the cells that limit the cavern. At xylem, this deposition occurs in the lumen of some vessels and fibers, but tissue proliferation did not appear. In the noncollapsed phloem a greater proportion of thick-walled cells and darkstaining contents were observed. However, above of this region, the differentiation of some parenchyma phloematic cells starts. Damage is mainly centered in the noncollapsed phloem, vascular cambium, and the just differentiated xylem cells clearly interrupting water and sap movement.Se describe el daño causado a la planta huésped (Eysenhardtia polystachya) por el descortezador Chaetophloeus mexicanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Scolytinae) y la respuesta de la planta huésped a la infestación. Además se presenta una descripción de la corteza y madera de E. polystachya. Larvas y adultos de C. mexicanus penetran, se establecen y consumen células de la corteza, cámbium vascular y madera. Como respuesta al daño, hay acumulación de taninos en las células que limitan la caverna. A nivel de xilema secundario esta deposición se da en los lúmenes de algunos vasos y fibras, pero no se presentó proliferación de tejido. En el floema no colapsado se observó una mayor proporción de células con paredes engrosadas y de taninos. Sin embargo, por arriba de esta zona se inicia la diferenciación en algunas células del parénquima floemático. El daño se centra principalmente en la región del floema no colapsado, el cámbium vascular y la porción recién formada de xilema, lo que probablemente interrumpe el movimiento tanto de agua como de fotosintatos

Los crisomelinos (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) del estado de Morelos

We describe some biological aspects about the Subfamily Chrysomelinae (common name catarinas) in the state of Morelos, Mexico. A total of 47 species within 8 genera and2 sub-tribes are recorded. The genus Leptinotarsa is the most species rich. Additinal information on host plants, distributions,and feeding habits is provided.En este estudio se presentan algunos aspectos sobre la biología de la subfamilia Chrysomelinae, comúnmente conocidas como catarinas. La diversidad de especies conocidas hasta el momento para el Estado de Morelos es de 47 especies incluidas en ocho géneros y dos subtribus. El género Leptinotarsa destaca por su mayor número de especies. También se incluye información adicional sobre las especies de plantas hospederas, distribución y hábitos de alimentación

Redescripción de \u3ci\u3eMegaplatypus exaratus\u3c/i\u3e (Blandford 1896) con notas sobre su distribución en México y Centroamérica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae)

New host and geographic records are given from Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica for Megaplatypus exaratus (Blandford), previously reported only from three localities in Guatemala. Like most Platypodinae it is polyphagous and breeding hosts are reported from five genera in four unrelated families. A redescription and updated diagnosis is included. Se presentan nuevos registros geográfi cos y de hospederos de México, Guatemala, y Costa Rica para Megaplatypus exaratus (Blandford), previamente reportado de tres localidades en Guatemala. Al igual que la mayoría de Platypodinae es una especie polífaga y se reporta aquí de hospederos de cinco géneros en cuatro familias no emparentadas. Se incluye una redescripción y diagnosis actualizada

Redescripción de Megaplatypus exaratus (Blandford 1896) con notas sobre su distribución en México y Centroamérica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae)

New host and geographic records are given from Mexico, Guatemala, and Costa Rica for Megaplatypus exaratus (Blandford), previously reported only from three localities in Guatemala. Like most Platypodinae it is polyphagous and breeding hosts are reported from fi ve genera in four unrelated families. A redescription and updated diagnosis is included

Description of the Female ofIschnoscelis hoepfneri(Gory and Percheron) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), Notes on the Species' Behavior, and a Key to the Species of the Genus

Hernández-López, Norberto, Delgado, Leonardo, Burgos-Solorio, Armando (2016): Description of the Female ofIschnoscelis hoepfneri(Gory and Percheron) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), Notes on the Species' Behavior, and a Key to the Species of the Genus. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (2): 387-390, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-70.2.387, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-70.2.38

Figs. 1–4 in Description of the Female ofIschnoscelis hoepfneri(Gory and Percheron) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), Notes on the Species' Behavior, and a Key to the Species of the Genus

Figs. 1–4. Ischnoscelis hoepfneri. Female: 1) Dorsal view; 2) Ventral view. Male: 3) Dorsal view; 4) Ventral view.Published as part of <i>Hernández-López, Norberto, Delgado, Leonardo & Burgos-Solorio, Armando, 2016, The Coleopterists Bulletin 70 (2)</i> on pages 387-390, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-70.2.387, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10106941">http://zenodo.org/record/10106941</a&gt

Chrysobothris tessellata Westcott, new species

Chrysobothris tessellata Westcott, new species (Figs. 9, 10) Holotype female: Length 10.15 mm, width 3.79 mm, moderately strongly shining above and below, head and antennae dark brownish-copper, clypeus reddish-copper; pronotum gray-black with slight coppery reflections laterally; elytra bluish gray-black with discal quadrate fovea-like areas brownish copper and with slight brownish-copper reflections elsewhere, notable at sides along apical fourth; beneath gray-black with light to moderate gray-blue or coppery reflections, the latter most notable on thorax; legs black with light coppery reflections; vestiture white. Head slightly, evenly convex, densely punctured, the punctures moderate in size above, becoming coarse and reticulate below, then much finer on clypeus; vertex with a fine bold black carina which extends barely onto frons where it branches slightly to either side; vestiture short, moderately dense, subrecumbent; front margin of clypeus broadly triangularly emarginate, broadly and shallowly rounded on either side; antennae similar to C. analis LeConte, the distal antennomeres quadrate and compact. Pronotum shallowly evenly convex, without depressions; surface with punctures moderate and dense on disc becoming slightly larger, more dense and reticulate laterally; setae indistinct except apicolaterally, where they are short and recumbent; front margin broadly shallowly lobed at middle; hind margin strongly bisinuate, truncate at middle; sides parallel from base to abrupt, slight expansion at about apical fifth, then strongly converging to narrowly triangular front angles; lateral margins bold, especially on basal 4 / 5, entire; hind angles broadly triangular. Scutellum with normally visible portion equilaterally triangular, black, smoothly microreticulate, the portion usually hidden by pronotum finely rugose and with greenish tints. Elytra shallowly, evenly convex, each elytron with a bold, strongly elevated subsutural carina extending from just anterior of median fovea to apex, a much smaller median carina extending from front margin of antemedian fovea, becoming sinuate at postmedian fovea and ending well before apex, and a feeble, partially developed third carina extending from the antemedian fovea through the postmedian fovea; basal margin broadly rounded, moderately angulate in front of basal pit; lateral margins serrate from just anterior to antemedian fovea, weakly at first, becoming coarsely serrate apically; suture distinctly yet finely elevated from before middle, terminating in a small spine; surface densely and distinctly punctured throughout, the punctures fine along suture, becoming moderately coarse and reticulate, somewhat rugose-punctate laterally, glabrate, a few tiny setae visible under high magnification at base and along sides. Eighth tergite black, broadly rounded apically, moderately and densely, somewhat rugosely punctate, without a trace of depressions or median carina. Underside: prosternum moderately depressed at middle behind front margin that bears a very well developed broadly rounded median lobe set with a line of tiny juxtaposed punctures, surface rather finely sparsely punctate, the punctures becoming more densely placed anteriorly, with short sparse pubescence on middle, the setae longer and much more densely placed laterally; propleurae very densely covered with long appressed setae; abdomen with lateral callosities large and well developed on ventrites 2–4, much smaller on ventrite 1, vaguely indicated on ventrite 5, median punctures fine and sparse on ventrite 1, becoming larger and apically elongated from middle of ventrite 2, on lateral ventrites fine and dense fine and dense except becoming larger and elongated from apical portion of ventrite 5; setae on middle short, sparse, subrecumbent, and on sides long, dense, mostly appressed; fourth ventrite shallowly sulcate on middle; last ventrite broadly, moderately deeply sulcate on middle, lateral margins entire, with a coarsely serrate subapical ridge, and apical margin bisinuate, lobed at middle, with a large spine on each side. Foreleg with femur very finely denticulate on inner margin, with a large stout, broadly triangular tooth that is denticulate on outer margin; tibia slightly arcuate. Allotype male: Length 9.00 mm long, 3.60 mm wide, also differing from holotype in the following sexual characters: front margin of clypeus distinctly green laterally; foretibia with indistinct, elongate-rounded dilation just before apex; mesotibia with a small blunt tooth just before apex; abdomen beneath vaguely depressed along middle, more notably on ventrites 1 and 2, last ventrite broadly, moderately deeply semicircularly emarginate, with a short strongly and irregularly serrate ridge on either side laterally behind apical spine. Genitalia as in Fig. 10. Type specimens: Holotype (UNAM) labeled “ MEXICO: Morelos, 2.5 km N, 4 km O Huautla, Estación CEAMISH, 11 -VI- 1996, Alt. 940 m, 18 ° 27.671 ’N, 99 °02.475’ O, Col. F.A. Noguera, s/troncos/ HOLOTYPE Chrysobothris tessellata Westcott. ” Allotype (RLWE) from MICHOACAN, km 167.5, hwy. 37, 32 km S Cuatro Caminos, 230 m, 18 ° 47.643 ’, 102 °04.782’, 24 -VII- 2003, R. L. Westcott. One male paratype from PUE- BLA, 7 km SSE Acatlán, 1280 m, 15 -VII- 92, S. Bílÿ, RLWE. Variation: The male paratype is 9.13 mm long. The only variation of note is that front margin of clypeus in this specimen is entirely bright green. Comparison: This species superficially resembles the unrelated species C. exesa LeConte, but the latter has the elytra much more coarsely sculptured and with clearly defined, depressed punctured areas, and in Mexico is known only from Baja California and Sonora. It appears that C. tessellata may be most closely related to C. analis; however, it bears little resemblance to that species, immediately differing by the patterned elytral sculpturing. Etymology: The name is from the Latin tessellatus, referring to the vaguely mosaic pattern on the elytral surface.Published as part of Westcott, Richard L., Hespenheide, Henry A., N, Jesús Romero, Solorio, Armando Burgos & M, Armando Equihua, 2008, The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Morelos, Mexico, with description of six new species, and a partially annotated checklist, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 1830 on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27440

Acmaeodera noguerai Westcott, new species

Acmaeodera noguerai, Westcott, new species (Fig. 1) Holotype male: Length 9.13 mm, width 2.83 mm, widest across base of elytra, but almost equally wide across middle of pronotum; head, pronotum and ventral surface black with slightly coppery reflections that are more pronounced on head, pronotum with a small lateral sub-basal spot on each side, elytra black with purple and, to a lesser extent, blue reflections, and with yellow markings as in Fig. 1, submarginal interval yellow between and slightly beyond each median spot that reaches it; appendages black; setae white. Head flattened, very shallowly depressed along middle, surface coarsely reticulate-punctate; clypeus deeply depressed at base, front margin broadly, arcuately emarginate; antennae abruptly and widely serrate from antennomere 5, reaching to about hind margin of pronotum. Pronotum broadly, rather steeply evenly convex, with a well-define narrow median depression extending from base to shortly before apex; punctures coarse, reticulate and well-defined medially, becoming larger and more closely reticulate laterally; anterior margin deeply emarginate, with a distinct narrow lobe at middle; posterior margin truncate; lateral margins well-defined, broadly and evenly arcuate, scarcely visible from above; front angles distinctly pronounced, subquadrate, hind angles quadrate; setae rather long and suberect on disc, distinctly thicker and subrecumbent on sides. Elytra weakly convex on disc, rather steep-sided, with very prominent shining black finely and sparsely punctured umbones; humeral angles blunt-triangular, projecting to apex of hind angles; lateral margins becoming weakly serrate past middle, then distinctly and more strongly so apically; sutural area flattened basally but becoming elevated from just in front of middle and more distinctly so apically; strial punctures coarse dense deep and well-defined except somewhat confused basally, and becoming smaller and placed in grooves apically on disc, interstrial punctures tiny to indistinct; intervals 4–8 very narrow, ninth most prominent, especially before apex, sixth and eighth ending well before apex; setae shorter and thicker than on pronotal disc, suberect, becoming subrecumbent to recumbent laterally, some of them becoming narrowly and shortly bifurcate along margin. Underside with setae mostly recumbent, squamiform, finely and deeply dissected, moderately dense on thorax, very dense on abdominal ventrites 1–4, except those of ventrite 5 unmodified, thin, erect, more sparsely placed; prosternum with front margin broadly evenly shallowly emarginate, not attaining front angles of pronotum; ventrite 5 with apical margin rather narrowly subtruncate and a welldeveloped thickened subapical plate. Type specimens: Holotype (UNAM) labeled “ MEXICO, Morelos, 2.5 km N, 4 km O Huautla, Estación CEAMISH, 13 -VI- 1996, Alt. 940 m, 18 ° 27.671 ’ N, 99 °02.475’ O, Col. F.A. Noguera, 120 RA. One male paratype (EBCC) with exact same data. Variation: The single male paratype is a close match to the holotype, the only significant difference being that it lacks pronotal spots. Comparison: This species seems most closely related to the recently described A. rodriguezae Westcott (2005), based primarily on arrangement and type of ventral abdominal setae, which are digitate except on the fifth ventrite, where they are long, hair-like and suberect. Also, A. rodriguezae is distinctly smaller, more robust, and the elytral markings are fewer and more regularly placed. Etymology: I take pleasure in dedicating this species to my friend and fellow Coleopterist, Felipe Noguera, who has collected many specimens of Buprestidae in Mexico and has extended to me numerous courtesies during my years of study in his country.Published as part of Westcott, Richard L., Hespenheide, Henry A., N, Jesús Romero, Solorio, Armando Burgos & M, Armando Equihua, 2008, The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Morelos, Mexico, with description of six new species, and a partially annotated checklist, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 1830 on pages 2-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27440