Digital Publications

 

Database:

Species of Costa Rica
Information about species of Costa Rica.

Atta database
Information in our collections'database.

Types in the INBio`s herbarium
Taxonomic Types stored at INBio`s herbarium.

Ecommerce:

Online Bookstore INBio

Plants:

Manual of Plants of Costa Rica.
Information about the Manual of Plants of Costa Rica, includes some draft treatments of the families of plants.

Tres nuevas especies de Celastraceae de Costa Rica, una disjunta de México
Three species of Celastraceae, are compared to near relatives and found to be new: Gymnosporia haberiana Hammel,Maytenus recondita Hammel and Crossopetalum enervium Hammel.

The genus Tetranema (Scrophulariaceae) in Costa Rica
Two new species of Tetranema (Scrophulariaceae) are described from Costa Rica: T. gamboanum Grayum & Hammel, and T. floribundum Hammel & Grayum.

New Species of Cyclanthaceae from Southern Central America and Northern South America. Barry E. Hammel
Missouri Botanical Garden.

Fungi and Lichens:

Inventory of Costa Rican Fungi
Information on the project, protocols being used, and possible products.

Macrofungi of Costa Rica.
Information about the diversity, distribution, and ecology of agarics and boletes (i.e., mushrooms) and other macrofungi associated with Neotropical oak forests.

Inventory of Costa Rican lichens:
Information about the TicoLichens proyect funded by the USA National Science Foundation. It includes a preliminary checklist of lichens from Costa Rica.

Mollusks:

Seaslugs from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
An illustrated guide of the species found in the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica and a summary of it natural history.

General Information about Insects:

Insects of Costa Rica (spanish)
This is the work of several authors and it is not a finished work; it is continuosly updated. Most of the contributions have been received in English and have then been translated and adapted by the editor.

Project Alas: Arthropods of La Selva.
The Arthropods of La Selva Project (ALAS) is a large-scale inventory of arthropod diversity in a lowland tropical rainforest.

Beetles:

Methods y techniques for collecting Scarabaeoidea (spanish)
A review is made, for a series of methods and techniques that have been used in the capture and rearing of Scarabaeoidea. The experience of the author in Costa Rica is also mentioned, with concerning the use of the majority of these methods and techniques.

Biodiversity sampling for coleotera in Costa Rica: A parataxonomist's manual for collecting, rearing and preparing beetles.
A manual for collecting, rearing and preparing beetles for scientific purposes. It includes most of the effective techniques for successful surveys and inventories in a wide variety of beetle habitats.

Dryophthoridae of Costa rica and Panama.
Document about the weevils of the Dryophthoridae Family in Costa Rica and Panamá. Is included an introduction about the Family, information of the group classification, and species lists. Also there are keys for the identification of Subfamilies, Tribes, and Genera, including many photos and natural history observations.

The golden beetles of Costa Rica (spanish)
Information about the Chrysina genus.

Acuatic beetles of Costa Rica: information about the inventory of acuatic beetles of the Hydrophilidae family in Costa Rica, including identification keys for the genera of Central America and the species and genera known for Costa Rica.

The Costa Rican Families of Coleoptera
Descriptive documents, genera lists, and illustrations of the 117
Costa Rican Families of Beetles.

Anthicidae of Costa Rica.
Taxonomic information about this particular group of ant-like flower beetles.

Leiodids of Costa Rica
General and taxonomic information about these small beetles that are frecuently found in dead or decaying matter.

Subfamilies of Chrysomelidae of Costa Rica
General information and an identification key for this large and important group of beetles.

Hispinae (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera) of Costa Rica
Information about this group of leaf beetles.

Perfil de la colección de Coleoptera del INBio. (spanish)
Curatorial information about different groups of Coleoptera.

Scarabs (Superfamily Scarabaeoidea) in Costa Rica (spanish)
Publication about the Superfamily Scarabaeoidea, popularly known in Costa Rica as scarabs.

Cerambycidae of Costa Rica
Species list of longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae) recorded in Costa Rica.

Elateridae, Throscidae, Cerophytidae, Eucnemidae and Byrrhidae of Costa Rica
Keys, checklists, classification and images of these interesting beetles.

Carabids of Costa Rica
General information on carabids with preliminary data on the carabids of Costa Rica.

Provisional key for adults of the Eumolpinae family of Central America
A genus key for the family Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Central America with a list of described species and annotation for each genus.

Wasp:

Bethylids of Costa Rica and Panama (spanish)
Information and identification keys of these parasitic and tiny wasps.

Chalcidiods of Costa Rica.
Information about the inventory of these unknown mini-wasps.

Scolebythidae of CR (spanish)
Information about this little wasp rarely collected.

Butterflies:

Geometridae in Costa Rica (spanish)
Information about moths of the Geometridae family.

Flies and Mosquitoes:

Photographic key (spanish)
A photographic key is presented that identifies the larvae of the mosquito genera (Diptera: Culicidae) present in Central America and Panama.

New Species of Cyclanthaceae from Southern Central America and Northern South America
Four new species of Asplundia and one of Dicranopygium are described and illustrated.

Description of collecting, rearing and preparation methodologies for larvae and adults of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Inventory of the Diptera in Costa Rica
Information about the Taxonomic Working Group, expected products and protocols.

Corethrellidae in Costa Rica
Information about these small flies which suck blood from calling frogs.

Ceratopogonidae in Costa Rica
Information about Ceratopogonidae, popularly known as biting midges or no-see-ums and in Costa Rica as purrujas.

 
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