Manuel de Luna

Autonomous University of Nuevo León | UANL · Facultad de Ciencias Forestales

An updated checklist of tongue worms (Pentastomida) which parasitize wild North American amphibians and reptiles is presented: a total of 14 species grouped in 6 genera, 4 families, and 2 orders are registered; these infect a total of 58 species of reptiles and 3 amphibians in the region. An illustrated identification key for the taxa listed is pro...

We present new records of the invasive hammerhead flatworms Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878 and Bipalium vagum Jones & Sterrer, 2005 (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipaliinae) from several states in Mexico based on iNaturalist and two vouchered specimens. This represents for Mexico the first review of distribution records of this group and highlight...

This article details new records of the trapdoor spider Cyclocosmia loricata (C.L. Koch, 1842) in Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas states of north- east Mexico, and refutes previous records of C. trunca- ta (Hentz, 1841) for Nuevo Leon. Insight in the varia- tion in rib counts of the disc of the opisthosoma as well as the first description of the male pal...

Se presenta un listado actualizado de mantis (Insecta: Mantodea) de Canadá, EE. UU. y México, registrándose 76 especies agrupadas en 29 géneros y 12 familias. Además se propone una clave de identificación ilustrada para familias y géneros de la región.

An updated checklist of leeches and oligochaetes (Annelida: Clitellata) that parasitize or prey upon wild North American amphibians and reptiles is presented: A total of 25 species grouped in 6 genera, 5 families, and 2 orders, are registered; these infect a total of 39 species of reptiles and 39 species of amphibians in the region. An illustrated...

Se presentan nuevos registros de dos especies de babosas veronicélidas (Gastropoda: Veronicellidae) para Nuevo León, México: la babosa de terciopelo negro Belocaulus angustipes (Heynemann, 1885) y la babosa frijol Sarasinula plebeia (Fischer, 1868). Se actualiza el listado de babosas veronicélidas registradas para Norteamérica continental.

The stick-like mantis Angela miranda Saussure, 1871 (Mantodea, Angelidae) is newly recorded for the state of Chiapas in Mexico as well as for the department of Izabal in Guatemala, and the female is newly described. A re-examination of material from the Colección Nacional de Insectos (CNIN) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) labe...

We provide the first record of a juvenile spider from the Lycosidae family in the diet of a female San Martín Volcano frog (Craugastor loki). The finding was recorded within the evergreen montane rainforest of the Sierra de Santa Marta, part of the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Veracruz, Mexico.

The mantis Macromantis nicaraguae Saussure and Zehntner, 1894 (Mantodea: Photinaidae) is recorded for the state of Chiapas, Mexico, being the first formal record of the species, genus and family for the country. This increases the number of families of the order Mantodea in continental North America to 13.

The shield mantis Choeradodis rhombicollis (Latreille, 1833) is a neotropical species that had been recorded for Mexico in the states of Chiapas and Oaxaca. This work report for the first time its presence for the state of Veracruz via the examination of specimens deposited in scientific collections, as well as the revision of records present on th...

The firefly-mimicking cockroach Achroblatta luteola (Blanchard, 1843) (Blattodea: Blaberidae: Panchlorinae) is newly recorded for the Mexican states of Chiapas, Guanajuato, Puebla, Quintana Roo and Tabasco via the examination of specimens deposited in scientific collections and observations in a citizen science platform.

The striped earwig Labidura riparia (Pallas, 1773) is a cosmopolitan species and the sole representative of the family Labiduridae in North America. In Mexico, this species has been previously mentioned for the states of Baja California, Oaxaca, Sonora, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz. In this contribution, it is reported for the first time for the states...

The humped spider Zosis geniculata (Olivier, 1789) is a tropicopolitan spider of the venomless family Uloboridae (Araneae). This species has been recorded for Mexico without a specific locality or state being mentioned, hereby being recorded for the states of Chiapas, Coahuila, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Yucatán either via the study of vou...

Se registra al escarabajo acuático de dedos largos Postelichus musgravei (Hinton, 1935) (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Dryopidae) para el estado de Nuevo León, México, siendo, el primer registro de la familia Dryopidae para este estado, así como el registro más norteño de esta especie. Además, se presenta un listado de especies de la familia Dryopidae de...

The winged stick insect Metriophasma iphicles (Redtenbacher, 1906) (Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae) is recorded for the first time from Mexico (state of Veracruz), making this the northernmost record of both the species and genus. A checklist of species in the family Pseudophasma-tidae from Mexico and the USA is presented, and a key to the species...

The sheep ked Melophagus ovinus (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipopteninae), an ectoparasite of the domestic sheep Ovis aries (Artiodactyla: Bovidae: Caprinae), was recorded for the first time in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This dipteran has a cosmopolitan distribution, likely found wherever its preferred host is present. Records of this parasite in Mexico are...

Son proporcionados los resultados de la revisión de la Colección de Blattodea: Blattaria de la Estación de Biología Tropical “Los Tuxtlas”, San Andrés Tuxtla, Veracruz, México.

An updated checklist of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) that parasitize wild North American amphibians and reptiles is presented: A total of 58 species grouped in 15 genera, 5 families, and 3 orders, are registered: these infect a total of 90 species of reptiles and 88 species of amphibians in the region. An illustrated identification key for...

A checklist of species of terrestrial flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) recorded for Mexico is compiled, listing 11 species. Five are directly referenced in the literature: Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878, Bipalium vagum Jones & Sterrer, 2005, Diporodemus yucatani Hyman, 1938, Geoplana multipunctata Fuhrmann, 1914, and Pseudogeopl...

New state records of species of the flat-backed millipede family Paradoxosomatidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) are made for Mexico: Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert and Saussure, 1869) is recorded for the state of Nuevo Leon; Asiomorpha coarctata (Saussure, 1860) is recorded for the states of Estado de Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and Oaxaca; Chondromo...

Predation on the true toad Anaxytus mazatlanensis by the tarantula Brachypelma klaasi

An illustrated identification key to the North American termite families and genera based mainly on the soldier caste is proposed. A checklist of termites (Insecta: Blattodea: Isoptera) of Canada, continental USA and Mexico is presented, listing 89 species (and two subspecies) grouped in 26 genera and four families. Five species are added to the Me...

Record of Tropidodipsas fasciata (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) preying on Sarasinula plebeia (Mollusca: Veronicellidae)

Report on Eciton burchellii (Formicidae: Dorylinae) preying on Rhinella horribilis (Anura: Bufonidae)

An updated checklist of stick insects (Insecta: Phasmatodea) of Canada, the USA and México is presented , including 105 species grouped in 21 genera and seven families. Geographical records at state (México and the USA) and province (Canada) levels from the literature are provided for most species. New records for Diapheromera (Rhabdoceratites) cov...

La chinche asesina Zelurus spinidorsis (Gray, 1832) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), una imitadora de avispas caza-tarántulas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), es registrada por primera vez para el estado de Tamaulipas, México, siendo este el reporte más norteño de la especie. Su comportamiento mimético es descrito y, siendo ambos, el imitador y el modelo, dañino...

ABSTRACT. A synopsis of the cockroach family Corydiidae in North America (Canada, Mexico and the USA) is made. The diversity of this family in the region comprises 65 species grouped in eight genera and three subfamilies. Through the revision of type material, Myrmecoblatta hebardi Estrada-Álvarez & Guadarrama, 2013 is transferred to the genus Para...

Specimens of mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) from two Nuevo Leon entomological collections were analyzed, and coupled with recent literature records, the presence of eight species grouped in seven genera and three families was revealed. Oligonyx bicornis is recorded for the first time in the state. The record of Pseudomusonia lineativentris is questio...

Se describen dos eventos de depredación por el tendarapo Paraphrynus pococki Mullinex, 1975 sobre la cochinilla Cubaris murina Brandt, 1833 y el milpiés Chondromorpha xanthotricha (Attems, 1898), ambas especies exóticas para México. Es- tos constituyen los primeros registros de presas en el medio silvestre para este tendarapo. Two events are descr...

New record of the interaction between the monogenetic fluke Polystoma naevius (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) found in the urinary bladder of Smilisca baudinii (Anura: Hylidae) in Tamaulipas, Mexico

The woodlouse spider Dysdera crocata C. L. Koch, native to the Old World, is recorded for the Mexican state of Nuevo León via the revision of vouchered specimens; it is also recorded for the states of Baja California, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, and Zacatecas via the revision of photographic records from the citizen science platform iNatu...

The Old World ant cricket Myrmecophilus americanus Saussure, 1877 is reported for the first time from Nuevo Leon state, Mexico. The crickets were found living with their obligate host, the Old World ant, Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802). The list of known ant hosts of native New World Myrmecophilus species is updated.

Este artículo compila información sobre diferentes aspectos de la biología de la cascabel diamantada occidental (Crotalus atrox), un crótalo norteamericano que puede encontrarse en EE. UU. y México. Específicamente, este artículo trata sobre su descripción morfológica, historia taxonómica, hábitat, comportamiento, dieta, reproducción, veneno y cons...

Se presentan nuevos registros de tres especies de cucarachas (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattidae) exóticas para los estados mexicanos de Nuevo León y Tamaulipas.

Se describe un evento en el que la babosa frijol Sasasinula plebeia (Fischer, 1868), una especie exótica en México, fue depredada por el vinagrillo Mastigoproctus cinteotl Barrales-Alcalá, Francke & Prendini, 2018. Este constituye el primer registro de una presa en el medio silvestre para este vinagrillo y el primer reporte de S. plebeia para el es...

Scolopendra polymorpha is found as a prey item in a DOR Tantilla wilcoxi from Galeana, Nuevo León, México.

New records of the tongue work Kiricephalus coarctatus from the lungs of Drymarchon melanurus erebennus from Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, are presented.

Predation event involving Tidarren sisyphoides (Walckenaer, 1841) consuming Ninia diademata Baird & Girard, 1853 in Veracruz, Mexico

An English translation of the key of mantis (Insecta: Mantodea) families and genera of North American (including Mexico) from Luna & Hernández-Baltazar (2020).

This article compiles information on different aspects of the biology of the Taylor's cantil (Agkistrodon taylori), a pit viper endemic to Mexico which can be found in the states of Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas and Veracruz, where it inhabits thornforest and deciduous tropical forest. Specifically, this article deals with its mo...

We report a predation event of the small-eared treefrog Rheohyla miotympanum being predated by the white nosed coati Nasua narica.

Predation event involving two invasive species: the brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus takes an Asian house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus as prey.

Resumen: Se dan a conocer los primeros datos ecológicos de la araña tela de bolso Sphodros paisano Gertsch & Platnick, 1980. Se presenta información sobre el anclado de su madriguera en la base de troncos de árboles de pino (Pinus sp.), encino (Quercus sp.) y trueno (Ligustrum sp.); se aportan mediciones de las madrigueras recolectadas y se reporta...

The diet of the glossy snake is expanded with two new prey items: the western banded gecko Coleonyx variegatus, which a snake was found to be scavenging, and the black throated sparrow Amphispiza bilineata, which the snake hunted.

En este artículo conoceremos sobre la biología, diversidad y distribución de las arañas tela de bolso de la familia Atypidae Thorell, 1870 del continente americano. Estas mígalas con tres garras en sus patas se caracterizan por presentar una placa dura en la parte anterior del dorso del opistosoma, enditos largos y curvos y quelíceros muy desarroll...

During the course of a survey conducted in the municipality of Aguililla in the state of Michoacan, Mexico, we observed a Mexican leaf frog (Agalychnis dacnicolor) prey upon a tarantula (Bonnetina sp.). Predator-prey interactions between various spider and frog species have been documented many times-a phenomenon that day by day grows as more resea...

Resumen: Se reporta una nueva localidad de la especie Hyptiotes puebla Muma & Gertsch, 1964 en el estado de Coahuila, noreste de México. Este registro es el primero de México de la especie y del género y constituye el registro mas sureño del género Hyptiotes en América. Palabras clave: Araneae, Uloboridae, Hyptiotes, México.

Resumen: Se registran por primera vez Phrynus jalisco Armas, Guzmán & Francke, 2014 de los estados de Nayarit y Sinaloa, y Phrynus purepechas Armas, Quijano-Ravell & Ponce-Saavedra, 2017 del estado de Nayarit.

Resumen: Se aportan nuevas localidades de Sphodros paisano Gertsch & Platnick, 1980 en base a material colectado en México; la especie se reporta por primera vez de Nuevo León, y una nueva localidad de Tamaulipas corresponde al punto más sureño de la distribución conocida de la familia Atypidae en América.

Resumen: Se amplia el ámbito de distribución conocida de Paraphrynus pococki Mullinex, 1975, incluidos los primeros registros para los estado de Nuevo León y Coahuila. Además se presentan algunos datos sobre la historia natural de la especie. Palabras clave: Amblypygi, Phryninae, Nuevo León, Coahuila, México. Abstract: Extension of the known rang...

This is a natural history note on the small-eared treefrog. It details the act of predation on Rheohyla miotympanum by a Dolomedes holti, a species of large nursery web spider.

This is a natural history note on the texas spiny lizard. It details the act of predation on Sceloporus olivaceus by a Scolopendra heros, a species of large scolopendromorph centipede. See Comments to clarify an error within the article.