José Luis Navarrete-Heredia

Rediscovery and New Data for Oroperipatus eisenii (Wheeler, 1898) from Mexico (Onychophora: Peripatidae)

Onychophora (velvet worms) are a small group of terrestrial invertebrates currently comprising about 200 species (Ruhberg and Hamer 2005). Onychophorans usually live in leaf litter and rotten logs in humid and relatively undisturbed habitats. Two major onychophoran subgroups are recognized: the pantropical Peripatidae (found in the Antilles, Mexico, Central America, northern South America, equatorial West Africa, and South-East Asia) and the southerly distributed Peripatopsidae (recorded from Chile, South Africa, and Australasia) (Bouvier 1905; Peck 1975; Gleeson 1996; Monge-Nájera 2000; Grimaldi and Engel 2005). This ancient pattern of distribution dates back to Gondwana (MongeNájera 1995; Reid 1996). All known onychophorans are predators feeding on snails, worms, and small arthropods, including their larvae. The prey organisms are captured by using an adhesive, which is expelled from the slime papillae. The adhesive is used for defense as well (Gleeson 1996; Monge-Nájera 2000; Grimaldi and Engel 2005). The onychophoran body is covered with a thin cuticle and dermal papillae. The locomotory appendages, or oncopods, may vary in number interspecifically or intraspecifically and are of taxonomic value. At the anterior end of the body, the limbs are modified to paired slime papillae, jaws, and antennae, which have been suggested to be modified limbs of the cephalic region (Mayer and Koch 2005). There is a paucity of information on Onychophora from Mexico (MongeNájera 2000). Three species are currently known for Mexico: (1) Oroperipatus eisenii (Wheeler, 1898), (2) O. goudoti (Bouvier, 1899), and (3) Macroperipatus perrieri (Bouvier, 1899). Some few morphological data are available for these species, but their distribution is not well documented. In particular, the type locality and distribution of O. goudoti, are unknown, whereas M. perrieri was found in the state of Veracruz, but the exact locality of this species is unknown (Monge-Nájera 2000). Oroperipatus eisenii (Fig. 1) was initially described from 87 specimens (all females) collected in November 1894 in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico (1200 m elev.). Volume 119, Number 5, November and December 2008 545

Rove beetles collected with carrion traps (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Quercus forest of Cerro de García, Jalisco and Quercus , Quercus -pine, and pine forests in other jurisdictions of Mexico

We present the species diversity of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) collected with carrion baited traps in Quercus forests of Cerro de García, Jalisco, and provide a compilation of published species records in Quercus, Quercus-pine and pine forests in other jurisdictions of Mexico. This work includes taxonomic notes, information on species phenology, distribution, and their occurrence in Cerro de García (if applicable), and other jurisdictions of Mexico. In Cerro de García, 75 species were collected in total, of which 16 are shared with other Quercus forests in different locations, and 9 species are provided with new habitat data. The remaining individuals were only determined to morphospecies. In Mexico, there are 77 known species of rove beetles collected with carrion traps (determined to species or near species) and recorded from Quercus, Quercus-pine and pine forests. These species belong to 30 genera, 11 tribes and 10 subfamilies. This study provides biological information on Mexican rove beetles captured with carrion traps and highlights the importance of rove beetles as indicator species of habitat change for conservation analysis, forestry, agronomy and forensic sciences studies.

Annotated Checklist and Biogeographical Affinities of Scarabaeinae1 Beetles from Los Altos de Jalisco Region, Mexico

Abstract. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeinae fauna from Los Altos de Jalisco region of Mexico is presented in this work. Also, a biogeographical perspective is presented to analyze distribution of the species because of the confluence of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Mexican High Plateau South in the study area. Before this study, little fieldwork was done in the region. During our survey of 3 years in the Los Altos de Jalisco region, we recorded six tribes, 10 genera, and 20 species of Scarabaeinae. This represented 7.4% of the total species diversity for Mexico and 25.3% of the diversity of the subfamily for Jalisco State. We recorded for the first time Canthon humectus hidalgoensis Bates at Jalisco.

New Records for the Family Ochodaeidae1 from Jalisco, Mexico

Abstract. We present new records of three species of the Ochodaeidae family from Jalisco State, Mexico.

Temporal Abundance of Agave Weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus1, and Two Species of Hololepta2 in Agave inaequidens

Abstract. The influence of weather variables on temporal distribution of Scyphophorus acupunctatus Gyllenhal, 1838, Hololepta sp., and Hololepta yucateca Marseul, 1853 in Agave inaequidens Koch was analyzed. We evaluated the preference of the species for decomposed A. inaequidens or decaying squid. Carrion traps were used to collect and samples directly from agave plants for 7 months. Abundance of Hololepta sp. was conspecific with abundance of agave weevil. Temperature (rho = >-0.41 and <0.15) and humidity (rho = <0.39) were not correlated with phenology of the species.

A new Mexican species of Belonuchus Nordmann (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)

A new species of Belonuchus Nordmann, 1837 is described based on 118 specimens from Cerro de Garcia, Jalisco, Mexico. Belonuchus cifuentesi Rodríguez & Navarrete-Heredia sp. nov. was primarily collected associated with Agave inaequidens, and is similar to B. arizonicus Casey, 1915 but differs mainly in the structure of the aedeagus and color pattern.

First State Records for Three Mexican Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with Comments on Their Distributional Patterns

ABSTRACT Three poorly known Mexican species of Staphylininae are recorded for the first time from four states, namely Philonthus pollens Márquez and Asiain, 2010 from Estado de México and Michoacán, Phanolinus speciosus Sharp, 1884 from Chiapas and Plochionocerus discedens (Sharp, 1885) from Jalisco. Their distribution is described based on previously detected distributional patterns for staphylinids and other beetles, as well as in relation to the Mexican biogeographic provinces and biotic components.

New Record of Germarostes (Haroldostes) viridulus (Bates, 1887) (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae) from Jalisco, Mexico

Fieldwork undertaken with carrion traps in Cerro de García, Jalisco, Mexico (as part of the Western Transverse Volcanic Belt System) has recorded one new scarab beetle species from the state. Based on specific richness, Jalisco ranks fourth in Mexico, with 336 recorded species (Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2001; Navarrete-Heredia and Deloya 2005; Morón and Márquez 2012). In this paper, we record for the first time Germarostes (Haroldostes) viridulus (Bates, 1887) from the state of Jalisco.

Robert A. Day y Barbara Gastel. 2008. Cómo escribir y publicar trabajos científicos

La elaboracion de manuscritos cientificos es una actividad estrechamente ligada a la investigacion cientifica, la que sin embargo -desafortunadamente- , no siempre culmina siendo publicada. Razones pueden existir muchas, y no es objetivo de esta nota describir sus causas sino hacer referencia a uno de los libros clasicos que existen sobre la materia: Como escribir y publicar trabajos cientificos de Robert A. Day y Barbara Gastel. Y recalco el calificativo de clasico, porque desde su aparicion en 1979 ha tenido gran impacto entre la comunidad de cientificos en activo o en formacion.