Vol. 52 (1)

March / Marzo 2004

CONTENTS / CONTENIDOS

In Memoriam

Maarten Kappelle & Antoine M. Cleef
Adelaida Chaverri-Polini

Editorial

Julián Monge-Nájera, Catalina Benavides-Varela & Bernal Morera
The end of printed reprints [Spanish]

Special Article / Artículo Especial

Julián Monge-Nájera, Catalina Benavides-Varela & Bernal Morera
Which are the most influential journals, books and scientists in Latin American biology? [Spanish]

Forum / Foro

Axel P. Retana-Salazar & Said A. Retana-Salazar
Towards a simple logic in the determination of biological groups: the species and supraspecific groups [Spanish]

Microbiology / Microbiología

Ana Sittenfeld, Maribelle Vargas, Ethel Sánchez, Marielos Mora & Aurelio Serrano
A new species of Euglena (Euglenozoa: Euglenales) isolated from extreme environmental in "boiling mudflats" of Rincón de la Vieja volcano, Costa Rica [Spanish]

Ethel Sánchez, Maribel Vargas, Marielos Mora, José María Ortega, Aurelio Serrano, Enrique Freer & Ana Sittenfeld
Ultrastructural description of Euglena pailasensis (Euglenozoa) from Rincón de la Vieja volcano, Guanacaste, Costa Rica [Spanish]

Botany / Botánica

Lisette Valverde Cerdas & Laura Alvarado Guzmán
In vitro organogenesis in Dalbergia retusa (Papilonaceae) [Spanish]

Aquatic Invertebrates / Invertebrados Acuáticos

Fernando L.M. Mantelatto, Jussara M. Martinelli & Adilson Fransozo
Temporal-spatial distribution of the hermit crab Loxopagurus loxochelis (Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Ubatuba Bay, São Paulo State, Brazil

Ludwig C. A. Naegel
Laboratory spawning of the purple snail Plicopurpura pansa (Gastropoda: Muricidae)

Gerardo Toro-Farmer, Jaime R. Cantera K., Edgardo Londoño-Cruz, Carlos Orozco & Raul Neira O.
Distribution patterns and bioerosion of the sea urchin Centrostephanus coronatus (Diadematoida: Diadematidae), at the reef of Playa Blanca, Colombian Pacific [Spanish]

Terrestrial Invertebrates / Invertebrados Terrestres

R. Wills Flowers
The genera of Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Costa Rica

L. Subías, J.P. Zaballos, E. Banda, F. Fontal-Cazalla & J.L. Nieves-Aldrey
Oribatid acari (Acari: Oribatei) from Coiba Island National Park, Panamá [Spanish]

Luis S. Subías & Antonio Arillo
A new species of Carabodes (Acariformes: Carabodidae) from Venezuela

Fausto Da Costa Matos Neto, Harley Nonato De Oliveira, José Cola Zanuncio, Anderson Mathias Holtz, Isaias Oliveira & Maria Do Carmo Queiroz Fialho
Weight gain of the predator Podisus distinctus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) with combinations of the preys Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) [Spanish]

Antonio José Mayhé-Nunes & Adriana Maria Lanziotti
Description of the female and male of Mycetarotes carinatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Juan Carlos Sandino
Are there any agricultural effects on the capture rates of male euglossine bees (Apidae: Euglossini)?

Vanessa Nielsen, Priscilla Hurtado, Daniel H. Janzen, Giselle Tamayo & Ana Sittenfeld
Arthropod collection for biodiversity prospection in the Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica [Spanish]

Aquatic Vertebrates / Vertebrados Acuáticos

Lilian González-Segura & Rodolfo Cárdenas-Reygadas
The reserpine effects on the gonadotrophic cells of the male common carp Cyprinus carpio (Osteichtyes: Cyprinidae)

V.H. Cruz Escalona & L.A. Abitia Cárdenas
General characteristics of the diet of Trachinotus paitensis (Teleostei: Carangidae) from San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Iracema David Gomes & Francisco Gerson Araújo
Reproductive biology of two marine catfishes (Siluriformes: Ariidae) in the Sepetiba Bay, Brazil

Mario Urriola Hernández, Jorge Cabrera Peña & Maurizio Protti Quesada
Composition, growth and condition index for a population of Poecilia reticulata (Pisces: Poeciliidae), in a pond in Heredia, Costa Rica [Spanish]

José Rodrigo Rojas M., Erick Maravilla & Francisco Chicas B.
Feeding habits of Lutjanus guttatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) at Los Cóbanos and Puerto La Libertad, El Salvador [Spanish]

A.A. Ayoade, A.A. Sowunmi & H.I. Nwachukwu
Gill asymmetry in Labeo ogunensis from Ogun river, Southwest Nigeria

Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Agustín A. Rojas-Herrera & Maite Mascaró
Coexistence of Lutjanus peru and Lutjanus guttatus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) in the coast of Guerrero, México: association with the temporal variation of recruitment [Spanish]

Silvia Díaz-Ruiz, Enrique Cano-Quiroga, Arturo Aguirre-León & Raúl Ortega-Bernal
Diversity, abundance and icthyofaunistic groups of the Chantuto-Panzacola lagoon-estuarine system, Chiapas, México [Spanish]

Viviana Berrios C. & Mauricio Vargas F.
Trophic structure of the intertidal fish association in the rocky coast of Northern Chile [Spanish]

Terrestrial Vertebrates / Vertebrados Terrestres

Brian Kubicki & Maximillion Flores Reyes
Collection of Dermophis parviceps (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from underground mud nests in Guayacán, Costa Rica

Brian Kubicki
Rediscovery of Hyalinobatrachium chirripoi (Anura: Centrolenidae) in southeastern Costa Rica

Heinz Hoffmann
Description of the previously unknown tadpole of Hyalinobatrachium pulveratum (Anura: Centrolenidae)

Marcela Bernal Múnera, Juan Manuel Daza R. & Vivian P. Páez
Reproductive ecology and hunting of the turtle Trachemys scripta (Testudinata: Emydidae) in the “Momposine Depression”, Northern Colombia [Spanish]

Ross D. MacCulloch & Amy Lathrop
A new species of Dipsas (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guyana

Eduardo Espinoza Medinilla, Epigmenio Cruz, Iván Lira & Ignacio Sánchez
Mammals of “La Sepultura” Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, México [Spanish]

Biomedicine / Biomedicina

Miguel Angel Minero, Misael Chinchilla, Olga Marta Guerrero & Alfredo Castro
Infection of skin fibroblasts in animals with different levels of sensitivity to Leishmania infantum and Leishmania mexicana (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) [Spanish]

J.C. Fuentes, V. Castro, J. Jakupovic & R. Murillo
Diterpenes and other components of Croton hirtus (Euphorbiaceae) [Spanish]

Y. Gómez-Guiñán
Activity of acid and alkaline phosphatases (intracellular and extracellular) in rhyzosphere fungi from Arachis hypogaea (Papiloneaceae) [Spanish]

Aída Malpica Sánchez, Thalía Castro Barrera, Horacio Sandoval Trujillo, Jorge Castro Mejía, Ramón De Lara Andrade & Germán Castro Mejía
Composition of fat acids in three Mexican populations of Artemia franciscana from epicontinental waters [Spanish]