Aquatic beetle diversity from Volcan Tacana, Mexico: altitudinal distribution pattern and biogeographical affinity of the fauna
Author
Luna-Luna, Alba Magali
Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas y de la Salud, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
Author
Martins, Caleb Califre
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-9865
Postdoctoral fellow, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Author
Lopez-Perez, Andres
Postdoctoral fellow, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Author
Ramirez-Ponce, Andres
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4742-7397
Laboratorio de Ecosistemas Costeros, Departamento de Hidrobiologia, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico
Author
Contreras-Ramos, Atilano
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8044-1348
Red de Biodiversidad y Sistematica, Instituto de Ecologia, A. C., Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
acontreras@ib.unam.mx
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ZooKeys
2022
2022-07-11
1111
301
338
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1111.68665
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1111.68665
1313-2970-1111-301
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Elmoparnus pandus Spangler & Perkins, 1977
Distribution.
Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama (
Spangler and Perkins 1977
;
Barr and Shepard 2017
). The known altitudinal range of this species is 200 to 1,219 m (
Spangler and Perkins 1977
;
Barr and Shepard 2017
). In this study, it was collected at level 1 (670 m).
Comments.
Collected on substrates of gravel, macrophytes, and leaf packs (June 2018, rainy season).