First record of the freshwater copepod Mesocyclops paranaensis Dussart & Frutos, 1986 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Cyclopidae) from Colombia

A new species of Halicyclops (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) from a lagoon system of the Caribbean coast of Colombia

Plankton samples obtained from the lagoon system Laguna Navío Quebrado, in northern Colombia, yielded male and female specimens of an undescribed cyclopoid copepod of the genus Halicyclops. The new species belongs to the highly diverse and widely distributed thermophilus-complex. It closely resembles Halicyclopsclarkei Herbst, 1982 from Louisiana and Halicyclopsbowmani Rocha & Iliffe, 1993 from...

Setal Developmental Patterns of Thoracopods of the Cyclopidae (copepoda: Cyclopoida) and Their Use in Phylogenetic Inference

Thoracopod developmenl was analyzed for 25 species from 18 genera among the Cyclopidae. One species from each of 7 genera of presumed older cyclopoids. 5 poeciloslomaloid genera. 3 harpacticoid genera, 5 calanoid genera, and a siphonoslomatoid were studied to help establish ancestral patterns of thoracopod development. Ancestral character states were inferred from the presence of identical stat...

Diversity and distribution of the free-living freshwater Cyclopoida (Copepoda: Crustacea) in the Neotropics.

Cyclopoida species from the Neotropics are listed and their distributions are commented. The results showed 148 species in the Neotropics, where 83 species were recorded in the northern region (above upon Equator) and 110 species in the southern region (below the Equator). Species richness and endemism are related more to the number of specialists than to environmental complexity. New researche...

Occurrence of Mesocyclops ogunnus Onabamiro, 1957 (Copepoda Cyclopoida) in water bodies of São Paulo State, identified as Mesocyclops kieferi Van de Velde, 1984.

The aim of this work is clarify the identification of Mesocyclops ogunnus that occur in several reservoirs in the State of São Paulo and that was previously identified as Mesocyclops kieferi. These two species are closely related species with very similar characteristics. The differential characteristics are presented and the distribution of both species in the world is discussed.

Biological control of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in trap tyres by Mesocyclops longisetus (Copepoda: Cyclopidae) in two field trials.