Aylin Alegre Barroso

• PhD
• Research Associate at Institute of Ecology and Systematics

Caribbiantes cubanus Šilhavý, 1973, type species of genus Caribbiantes Šilhavý, 1973, is redescribed based on abundant material from the type locality, providing new data on its morphological variability and penis morphology. Two new species of Caribbiantes are described, C. obtusus sp. nov. and C. barbai sp. nov., based on additional specimens fro...

The troglobitic harvestman Jimeneziella decui Avram, 1970 is known from four neighboring caves (Cueva de Majana, Cueva de los Golondrinos, Cueva Perla del Agua, and Cueva de Mximo) located in eastern Cuba. We present the first ecological data on a population of this endangered species in Cueva de Mximo. The sex ratio of the population estimated in...

A juvenile of Jimeneziella decui is recorded for the first time feeding on a mygalomorph spider immature (Theraphosidae). The predatory behavior was not observed; thus it is not possible to know if the prey was caught alive or was gathered dead but still fresh by the harvestman.

We redescribe the Cuban endemic monotypic skipper genus Holguinia Evans and assess its phylogenetic position. Based on a 5640 bp dataset consisting of one mitochondrial and eight nuclear genes, we recovered Holguinia as a member of the Hesperiina, one of the subtribes of the mostly Neotropical Hesperiini, the largest tribe within the subfamily Hesp...

Manahunca bielawskii Šilhavý, 1973, the type species of the genus Manahunca Šilhavý, 1973, is redescribed based on abundant material from the type locality, including new data on its morphological variability and penis morphology. A neotype for M. bielawskii is herein designated due to the unknown whereabouts of the original holotype. Manahunca sil...

La presente obra ofrece un compendio de métodos para el inventario y el monitoreo de diferentes grupos de la biota terrestre en Cuba. Realizada con la colaboración de 71 especialistas, fue escrita fundamentalmente para estudiantes, biólogos de campo, profesionales y técnicos de la conservación, que desarrollen trabajos relacionados con las ciencias...

Some of the taxonomic characters originally argued for the Cuban monotypic genus Cubacanthozomus Teruel, 2007, are unsubstantial. Others were misinterpretations of drawings given in the original description of Schizomus rowlandi Dumitresco, 1973, the only source of taxonomic information on which Teruel (2007) based the new genus. Recently a new col...

The controversial Cuban schizomid Cubacanthozomus rowlandi (Dumitresco, 1973) is recorded for the first time after its description. An adult female was collected in a cave near the locality that seems to be the real type locality of this species. New morphological and natural history data are provided for this enigmatic schizomid.

Jimeneziella decui is recorded for the first time from the Perla del Agua cave, a cavity with low tourist exploitation located in Majana, Baracoa, Guantánamo. A brief analysis is also made of the troglomorphic characters and the troglobious nature of the species. Some data about the observed capture behavior of J. decui and the biocenosis of the ca...

Se registra Pseudochiridium insulae Hoff, 1964 para Cuba, constituyendo el primer registro de la familia Pseudochiridiidae Chamberlin, 1923 para esta isla de las Antillas. Se describen los ejemplares y se ofrecen datos de su variabilidad morfométrica.

A new species of Biantidae belonging to the genus Heterolacurbs Roewer 1912 is herein described. Heterolacurbs perezassoi new species from Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles, is the second species included in the genus, and it is clearly recognized by the pair of large spiniform apophyses on area IV that does not restrain area III of the dorsal scutum,...

In rural landscapes across Latin America, local people are learning to apply firsthand scientific inquiry to answer their own questions about the ecol-ogy of place. Their investigations follow the scientific method of the ba-sic or applied inquiry cycle. In "community inquiry, " local residents such as subsistence farmers or fishermen propose their...

Jimeneziella decui Avram, 1970 is a troglobious opilion described from Majana, Baracoa, Guantánamo province, Cuba. We offer data about the geographical distribution of the species, its natural history, the conservation status of the caves that it inhabits and the possible threats. We suggest the inclusion of this arachnid in the Red List of Cuban I...

In the course of conducting a systematic review of the Cuban Stenostygninae (Biantidae), it has been deemed critical to review Heterolacurbs ovalis Roewer, 1912 from Togo. The habitus and the enlarged metatarsus III of males (as shown in Roewer 1912: 185, fig. 42 and 1923: 143, fig. 154) of this species, which is currently placed in the Lacurbsinae...