Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida

 

Date of this Version

2015

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Insecta Mundi 0426: 1–27

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Published in 2015 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/. Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License

Abstract

En el Parque Natural Topes de Collantes, Alturas de Trinidad, macizo montañoso de Guamuhaya, provincia de Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, se identifi caron 30 especies de insectos escama (= cocoideos) agrupadas en 21 géneros, cuatro familias y una especie endémica. Los ejemplares fueron depositados en Colecciones Zoológicas del Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática (CZACC), Cuba. Se revisaron las publicaciones y ScaleNet (base de datos de los insectos escama del mundo). Se registraron 12 especies por primera vez para el macizo montañoso de Guamuhaya y 10 para alguna de las localidades. El 82% de las especies fueron polífagas, el 11% oligófagas y el 7% monófagas. El 57% correspondió a especies introducidas, el 43% a nativas; el 79% a cosmopolitas o de amplia distribución. Se determinaron 30 especies y 21 familias de plantas hospedantes, de las cuales 23 especies constituyeron nuevos hospedantes para 19 especies y 11 familias botánicas para 10 insectos escama. Se encontraron diferencias signifi - cativas en el reparto de cocoideos entre los portes de las plantas, las familias botánicas y las formaciones vegetales. Se realizó una representación cartográfi ca de la distribución de las especies en las localidades de recolección sobre un mapa a escala de 1:250000, utilizando el programa MapInfo Professional Versión 4.5.

At Topes de Collantes Natural Park, Alturas de Trinidad, in the mountains of Guamuhaya province of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, 30 species of scale insects belonging to 21 genera, four families and an endemic species were identifi ed. Specimens were deposited at the insect zoological collection of the Ecology and Systematics Institute (CZACC), Cuba. A literature review was carried out and the world data base on scale insects, ScaleNet was consulted. A cartographic map indicating the collecting sites at the scale of 1: 250,000 was created using MapInfo Professional Version 4.5 program. Twelve species are recorded for the first time for the mountains of Guamuhaya and further 10 species are recorded for other locations. 82% of the species were polyphagous, 11% were oligophagous and 7% were monophagous. 57% were introduced species, 43% were native and 79% are cosmopolitan or widely distributed species. 30 species and 21 families of host plants were identified, of which 23 plant species were new host plant records for 19 scale insect species, and 11 botanical families are for the first time recorded as hosts for 10 scale insect species. There were significant differences in the distribution of scale insects and their host plant species, botanical families and vegetation type.

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