Se evaluaron las condiciones ambientales en la ciénaga de Puerto Caimán, vertiente Caribe, Colombia, teniendo en cuenta las variables físico-químicas y su influencia en la taxocenosis del fitoplancton de la ciénaga. Cinco estaciones fueron establecidas, teniendo en cuenta algunas características del cuerpo de agua (entrada de arroyos y agua de mar, morfología y extensión). En cada una de las estaciones, se filtraron 24 L de agua superficial, con una malla de diámetro de poro de 24 μm para la recolección de fitoplancton. Adicionalmente, se registraron in situ variables físico-químicas y se evaluaron índices de contaminación ambiental (ICOS). El comportamiento de variables físico-químicas tales como alcalinidad, conductividad, sólidos totales suspendidos, pH, oxígeno disuelto y temperatura superficial del agua mostró variación espacio-temporal en el cuerpo de agua. La composición del fitoplancton registró cambios en la riqueza y densidad. La mayor densidad (1,045 Cél.mL-1) se observó en el tercer muestreo. Nitzschia acicularis presentó la mayor densidad en todos los muestreos (994 Cél.mL-1), seguida por Entomoneis alata (243 Cél.mL-1) y Anabaena flos-aquae (181 Cél.mL-1). Los ICOS, por su parte, evidenciaron contaminación en la ciénaga de Puerto Caimán por efectos de los sólidos totales suspendidos (ICOSUS), la mineralización (ICOMI) y efectos antrópicos tales como la ganadería, destrucción de la vegetación ribereña y vertimientos domésticos. La ciénaga de Puerto Caimán es un ambiente contaminado-eutrofizado, caracterizado por especies de fitoplancton que han sido reportadas como indicadores de aguas contaminadas.
In Colombia, the status of the Neotropical genus Pachychernes Beier, 1932 is unknown. The only available data in literature to support the presence of this genus is an adult of P. aff. subrobustus, possibly female, from copal resin without specific locality data, and a record at generic level from Northern Colombia. In this study, we extend the distribution of Pachychernes by describing a new species, P. florezi sp. n. and several reporting individuals of P. zehorum Muchmore, 1997 from Montes de María and the Caribbean coast of the country. These species are clearly differentiated from one another by the sexual dimorphism in the latter species, with a depression on the tarsus I in males. We also present an updated key for all species of the genus.
The pseudoscorpion genus Rhopalochernes Beier, 1932 is restricted to the Neotropical region and currently includes eight species. Recent field collections in the Caribbean region of Colombia have revealed the presence of two previously undescribed species, which are here described as Rhopalochernes luiscarlosi sp. nov. and Rhopalochernes catalinae sp. nov. They differ from one another by the shape of the carapace, the position of the trichobothria and the length of the nodus ramosus. They differ from other species of the genus by the absence of eye spots, and the number of the cheliceral setae. One of these features, the presence of only four setae on the cheliceral hand, is shared with R. panamensis Heurtault, 1998 and R. chamberlini Heurtault, 1998, with other species possessing a higher number. Additionally, the key for the genus proposed by Beier (1932) is updated for included all the species.
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