Abstract
The knowledge of present species in protected areas has a great interest in order to estimate their biodiversity. In this work, we collected samples of the tribe Lamiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes, San Ramón, Costa Rica. Eleven species of Lamiini were identif ied:Plagiohammus albatus, Plagiohammus elatus, Plagiohammus emanon, Plagiohammus rubefactus, Plagiohammus spinipennis, Deliathis nivea, Deliathis quadritaeniator, Neoptychodes cretatus, Ptychodes politus lecontei, Taeniotes praeclarus, Taeniotes scalatus and Taeniotes xanthostictus. Two of these (P. albatus and P. elatus) are new for the studied area. Figures, descriptions, collection dates and their abundance level are provided from each identified species.
Highlights
The Tribe Lamiini (Monné, 2005; Monné and Hovore, 2006) consists of more than 106 species that have been described all over the world and is of great taxonomic importance due to the economic effect that some of these species may have on forest areas, as well as for its origins in South East Asia and Polynesia and its development and distribution in the Western Hemisphere.All of these characteristics make it one of the most enigmatic tribes of the subfamily Lamiinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Between March and December 2003, a series of entomological studies were carried in Costa Rica, supported by the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), the Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) of Spain, the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), and the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI)
The diversity of species of the Tribe Lamiini found in the Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes, some 60% of those found in the entire country, confirms the park’s rich biodiversity
Summary
The Tribe Lamiini (Monné, 2005; Monné and Hovore, 2006) consists of more than 106 species that have been described all over the world and is of great taxonomic importance due to the economic effect that some of these species may have on forest areas, as well as for its origins in South East Asia and Polynesia and its development and distribution in the Western Hemisphere. All of these characteristics make it one of the most enigmatic tribes of the subfamily Lamiinae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Just recently budgetary support from the INIA for a project covering all of 2007, 2008, and 2009 has been confirmed
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