The ladybird beetle genus Hong Ślipiński was previously known from a single female specimen from a subtropical forest in South East Queensland, Australia. Hong guerreroi sp. nov. and H. slipinskii sp. nov. from a temperate forests of Central and Southern Chile are described and illustrated. A key for the species of the genus and complementary characters, including the first description of males...

Good morning. It is a pleasure for me and for the Central Bank of Chile to be hosting the Fourth Annual Fall Conference of the International Journal of Central Banking. Since its beginnings, this conference has gathered distinguished academics, policymakers, and researchers from global universities and central banks to listen to new research and have an open discussion on topics of interest for...

Rafael Epstein • Lysette Henrı́quez • Jaime Catalán • Gabriel Y. Weintraub • Cristián Martı́nez Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, República 701, Santiago, Chile United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Presidente Masaryk 29 Piso 8, CP11570, Mexico DF, Mexico Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, República 701, Santiago, Chile Department of Industr...

Cáhuil Lagoon in central Chile harbors distinct microbial communities in various solar salterns that are arranged as interconnected ponds with increasing salt concentrations. Here, we report the metagenome of the 3.0- to 0.2-µm fraction of the microbial community present in a crystallizer pond with 34% salinity.

Thestral incognitus, new genus and species of Pentatomidae (Pentatominae: Carpocorini) is described from central Chile. The relationships among this new genus and other South American genera are discussed.  Also, similarities are noted between Thestral and the Australian genus Poecilotoma. Poecilotoma is tentatively placed in the Carpocorini. A key to aid in the recognition of the genera of Chi...

Eight novel microsatellite primer pairs are presented for Eriosoma lanigerum, representing the first microsatellite markers available for this genus. Loci were characterized for 27 individuals from one single orchard in Central Chile. All loci were polymorphic within E. lanigerum (three to 11 alleles per locus; observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.41 to 0.93), and are therefore useful for pop...

Rare species frequently occur in areas with microclimatic conditions that are atypical for their regions, but that were more common in the past, and that probably have operated as climatic refugia for a long time. Myrceugenia correifolia is a rare arboreal species that grows in deep canyons and hilltops of the Coast Range of north-central Chile between 30° and 35°S. In the northern edge of its ...

Ariel Castro-Lara, Viviana Guajardo, Rosemarie Fritsch, Ruben Alvarado, Graciela Rojas Investigations Support Office, Clinical Hospital, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile Clinical Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de L...

1Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Science, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; 2PhD Program in Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Science, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; 3Emerging and Re-emerging Zoonoses Research Network, Santiago, Chile; 4Unit of Zoonosis and Vectors, Department of Environmental Health, Ministerio de Salud, Gobierno d...

The coastal region of central Chile (36 S) is one of the most productive coastal systems, characterized by a marked seasonality in the upwelling regime, that brings subsurface waters rich in nutrient and poor in oxygen (ESSW) into the euphotic zone. This oceanographic condition depends basically on the equatorward wind strength and is modified on different time scales, with the El Niño-Southern...