Luciérnagas (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) del norte-occidente  de México, con la descripción de 48 especies nuevas

Zaragoza‐Caballero, Santiago; MARTÍNEZ-LUQUE, ERICK OMAR; Vega-Badillo, Viridiana; López‐Pérez, Sara; Vega-Badillo, Viridiana; Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M.; Cifuentes-Ruiz, Paulina

doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2023.94.5028

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“… * New records for Morelia. ** New records for Michoacán, mainly based on Zaragoza-Caballero et al (2020 , 2023 ) and Pérez-Hernández, Zaragoza-Caballero & Romo-Galicia (2022) . …”

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“…Based on previous studies, a total of six genera and 16 firefly species had been reported in Michoacán state ( Pérez-Hernández, Zaragoza-Caballero & Romo-Galicia, 2022 ); later six new Photinus species were described by Zaragoza-Caballero et al (2023) . According to our findings, the species list for Michoacán now contains at least nine genera ( Cratomorphus and Pyractomena as new records) and 41 species (at least 14 new records for the state; Table S3 ).…”

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“…Based on the specimens available from collections and samplings, and photographs from Naturalista (2022) , we identified firefly genera, species, and morphospecies mainly using the works by Gorham (1885) , Green (1961) , Cicero (1988) , Zaragoza-Caballero (1995a , 1995b , 1996 , 2002 , 2012) , Lloyd (2002) , and Zaragoza-Caballero et al (2020 , 2023) . We also compared firefly specimens with type material deposited at the National Insect Collection at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.…”

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“…In addition, there are no studies on fireflies in Morelia, and only two species have been reported in the city before this work: Photuris versicolor (Fabricius, 1798) ((under Photuris trilineata (Say, 1835)) and Pyropyga minuta Gorham, 1881 ( Zaragoza-Caballero, 1993 ). Note that Zaragoza-Caballero et al (2023) also mentioned finding Photinus apahtzii Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez, 2023 in the city, but the authors have since confirmed that the record should be treated as an error (S Zaragoza-Caballero and S López-Pérez, 2023, personal communication).…”

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“…A total of 167 and more than 1,200 species have been documented from the Nearctic and Neotropical biogeographical regions respectively ( Costa, 2000 ; Silveira et al, 2020 ; Fallon et al, 2021 ). Mexico, located in the transition of both regions, is a hotspot of fireflies, as it harbors more than 10% (284 species) of all described species of fireflies in the world ( Pérez-Hernández, Zaragoza-Caballero & Romo-Galicia, 2022 ; Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023 ; Gutiérrez-Carranza, Domínguez-León & Rodríguez-Mirón, 2023 ; Gutiérrez-Carranza, Zaragoza-Caballero & Domínguez-León, 2023 ). Several studies on Mexican fireflies have been conducted in recent years, but none of them have considered urban assemblages.…”

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Living on the edge: urban fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Pérez-Hernández,

Gutiérrez Mancillas,

del-Val

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Fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) are a globally threatened group of insects due to habitat loss and fragmentation, light pollution, climate change and pesticides. However, against all odds, some firefly populations persist in urbanized environments where all four of these factors are present simultaneously. In this work, we compiled several data sources to document the diversity of fireflies in the urbanized area of Morelia, characterize their current habitats, and determine the main stressors affecting these bioluminescent insects. We found seven genera and 26 species of fireflies (19 nocturnal, seven diurnal) associated with 32 urban, peri-urban and extra-urban areas; at least, 14 are new records for Michoacán, and the list for the state now includes nine genera and 41 species. Five additional sites were documented as extinction sites. We compared the characteristics of these five sites with those of the sites with extant populations. We found that in Morelia, fireflies are mainly associated with areas that have high to moderate proportions of vegetation cover, are near water bodies, have very gentle to moderate slopes, and are exposed to low levels of light pollution. In contrast, the extinction sites showed high proportions of artificial surfaces and high levels of light pollution. Because some fireflies are considered bioindicators of ecosystem integrity as they are associated to specific habitats, are highly diverse and due to their sensitivity to environmental changes, we consider that sites from Morelia’s urban core and extinction sites show the highest levels of environmental degradation, threatening most fireflies and other insects living in the urban core with local extinction. At the same time, our results also suggest that implementing conservation strategies and sustainable planning for the urban development of Morelia in the short term could allow fireflies and other vital elements of the city’s insect communities to persist for future generations. Restoration and conservation of green areas and nighttime environments are essential for biodiversity and human health, especially in intra-urban zones.

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“… * New records for Morelia. ** New records for Michoacán, mainly based on Zaragoza-Caballero et al (2020 , 2023 ) and Pérez-Hernández, Zaragoza-Caballero & Romo-Galicia (2022) . …”

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confidence: 99%

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Living on the edge: urban fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Pérez-Hernández,

Gutiérrez Mancillas,

del-Val

et al. 2023

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Influencia de los factores abióticos y del tipo de vegetación sobre la abundancia de los adultos de Photinus palaciosi (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) en Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala, México

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Las luciérnagas (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) tienen importancia turístico-cultural debido a su bioluminiscencia. En el “Santuario de las Luciérnagas” (Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala) habitan poblaciones de Photinus palaciosi. Anualmente, este sitio es visitado por una gran cantidad de turistas. Sin embargo, faltan estudios ecológicos sobre la biología de la especie y factores abióticos que afectan la abundancia de sus poblaciones. Se comparó la abundancia de adultos en 3 tipos de vegetación y se analizó la relación de factores abióticos sobre la abundancia local de esta especie, se registró talla promedio y proporción de sexos. Se hicieron muestreos en bosque de encino, pino y mixto (pino-encino), con redes aéreas. Se recolectaron 397 especímenes (386 machos y 11 hembras). La temperatura, humedad, punto de rocío y el índice de calor, afectaron la abundancia de las poblaciones de la especie. No hubo un efecto de la vegetación sobre la abundancia y el tamaño corporal. La proporción sexual mostró un sesgo hacia los machos y diferencias entre el bosque de encino (frecuencia menor a la esperada) y el mixto presentó un patrón contrario. Es necesario seguir con estudios a largo plazo para comprender el estado de las poblaciones y proponer medidas de conservación.

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La luz del ecoturismo: la producción social de las luciérnagas y las trampas de la fe neoliberal

Velasco Santos,

González Nava

2023

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El presente artículo tiene el objetivo analizar, desde la mirilla de la ecología política etnográfica, una porción de un entramado multiespecie para entender cómo se han producido mutuamente las luciérnagas y los sujetos rurales bajo ciclos de acumulación particulares y la eterna búsqueda de sobrevivencia. Con base en información etnográfica recopilada desde 2018 hasta octubre de 2022, exploramos cómo en los últimos años, las diferentes especies de luciérnaga que cohabitan en los bosques de Tlahuapan, Puebla pasaron de ser un bicho con poca importancia en las prácticas y narrativas productivas, simbólicas e identitarias de los ejidatarios a ser una figura central y la protagonista de las noches de verano. Sugerimos, que los científicos, ejidatarios, guías turísticos y empresarios emprendedores han coproducido a las luciérnagas involucrándolas como “primeras actrices” en una puesta en escena auspiciada por el turismo de conservación y al mismo tiempo se han construido a sí mismos como sujetos neoliberales.

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Luciérnagas (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) del norte-occidente de México, con la descripción de 48 especies nuevas

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

Living on the edge: urban fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Living on the edge: urban fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Influencia de los factores abióticos y del tipo de vegetación sobre la abundancia de los adultos de Photinus palaciosi (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) en Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala, México

La luz del ecoturismo: la producción social de las luciérnagas y las trampas de la fe neoliberal

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