Costa Rica - 2006
Guatemala - 2006
Costa Rica: 3 weeks (14
May–4 June, 2006), funded by the NSF AToL grant.
Dr. Valerio Vignoli (Dept. of Evolutionary Biology,
University of Siena) and Carlos Viquez (INBio, San
José, Costa Rica) travelled ca. 1,500 km across the
Cartago, Limón, Puntarenas and Guanacaste provinces of
Costa Rica. Collecting was conducted in rainforest and
tropical dry forest. A total of 841 specimens were
collected, including 12 scorpion species in 3 families
and 5 genera, several arachnid orders (Amblypygi,
Araneae, Opiliones, Pseudoscorpiones, Ricinulei,
Schizomida, Uropygi) and myriapods for the NSF AToL
and other related projects.
Guatemala: 3 weeks (29 June– 19 July, 2006), funded by the NSF AToL project. Jeremy Huff (AMNH and Rutgers University), Carlos Viquez (INBio, Costa Rica) and David Ortiz (University of San Carlos, Guatemala) traveled over 2,300 km through the Guatemalan departments of Sacatepéquez, Santa Rosa, Escuintla, Zacapa, Izabal, Petén, Baja Verapaz and Alta Verapaz, collecting at elevations ranging from 5–2250 m, in tropical rainforest, oak forest and scrub. Nine arachnid orders were collected including more than 200 spiders, 100 scorpions, 200 opilionids, 30 amblypygids, 14 uropygids, 12 schizomids, 20 pseudoscorpions, two solpugids and numerous Acari. Important taxa included Mayacentrum guatemalae, Mimoscorpius pugnator (including the first recorded female specimens), two Ammotrecha species, Centruroides schmidti, C. thorelli, and three species of Diplocentrus.
Guatemala: 3 weeks (29 June– 19 July, 2006), funded by the NSF AToL project. Jeremy Huff (AMNH and Rutgers University), Carlos Viquez (INBio, Costa Rica) and David Ortiz (University of San Carlos, Guatemala) traveled over 2,300 km through the Guatemalan departments of Sacatepéquez, Santa Rosa, Escuintla, Zacapa, Izabal, Petén, Baja Verapaz and Alta Verapaz, collecting at elevations ranging from 5–2250 m, in tropical rainforest, oak forest and scrub. Nine arachnid orders were collected including more than 200 spiders, 100 scorpions, 200 opilionids, 30 amblypygids, 14 uropygids, 12 schizomids, 20 pseudoscorpions, two solpugids and numerous Acari. Important taxa included Mayacentrum guatemalae, Mimoscorpius pugnator (including the first recorded female specimens), two Ammotrecha species, Centruroides schmidti, C. thorelli, and three species of Diplocentrus.