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(1)Re\!. Biol. Trop., 44(3)145( 1): 691-704. 1996-1997. COMUNICACION. Regeneración temprana de C/¡usquea lomen losa (Bambusoideae-Poaceae) en Talamanca, Costa Rica. (Rec. 29-V- 1995. Re\!. 22-IX-95. Acep. 20-X-95). Se estudió Chasquea tomelllosa (Widmer & Clark 1 99 1 ) en un robledal de la Cordillera de Talamanca, COSla Rica (a 2600-2900 msnm). Esta es una de las especies de bambúes que dominan el sOlobosquc de área descripta por Kappe l le el al. (1989), Y que florecieron y murieron masivamenleen 1989-90 (PohI 1 991). En enero de 1992 se censaron plánlulas v i v a s y muertas (tres repetic i o n e s ) e n a ) claros por caída de arboles, y b) bosque pri­ mario inalterado. con diez parcelas de 0 .2 5 m 2 por tipo sde ustrato: Hojarasca. Musgo y Troncos caídos. La densidad de plántulas fue mayor sobre musgos y menor sobre hojarasca y no hubo diferencias entre claro y bosque. Sobre troncos se e n c o n t ró mas p l á n t u l a s muertas p o r desecamiento. Las condiciones de menor humedad expl icarían una menor germinación sobre hojarasca y la mayor mor­ talidad sobre troncos. En noviembre de 1 992 se hizo cinco repeti­ ciones de cuatro coberturas: C laros. Bosque inalterado, Vegetación secundaria ("charrales"). y Bosques de AJllus acumillata ("jaulares") originados en deslizamientos de ladera (sin bambúes adultos en su interior). cada una con seis parcelas al azar de 4 11)2. Sobre diez plántu­ las recolectadas al azar por repetición se midió arca foliar y peso seco de la parte aérea. Dada la simultaneidad de la fruclificación y la baja longevidad de las semillas (Rivera, obs. pers.) esta muestra debe reflejar el crecimiento y demografía de la cohorte que inició su germi­ nación un año antes. La densidad fue muy infe­ rior en los jaulares. El área foliar y peso seco por p l án t uJa fueron mayores en c l aros y jaulares. La biomasa por heclárea y el l .A . F . son mayores e n claros. seguidos por charral. bosque y jau lar (Cuadro 1). Dislurbios menores como los c laros combinarían las ventajas de menor estrés hídrico que el charra\. y mas luz que el dosel cerrado dominado por robles. Dado el buen crecimiento en los jaulares, la baja densidad podría atribuírse a dificultades para la dispersión propia de los bambúes mas que a las condiciones microambientales.. CUADRO ClIrt/cterístiClH de pMmu/m de. Tipo de cobcnura Parámetro Densidad (indlha) Arca fol iar (cm2/ind.) Peso seco (g/ind.) Biomasa aérea (g/ha) I.A.F. (%). I. Chusquea tomemosa Ircu un (jño de rexeneración. Bosque. Claros. Charral. b 42083 b 3.15 bO.134 b 522 b O. 1 20. a 64083 a 10.50 a 0.570 a 3777 a 0.674. a 77416 b 3.70 b 0.218 b 2 107 a 0.305. Jaular c 833 a 14.30 a 0.920 030 c 0.006. Los numeros precedidos de igual letra dentro de la misma fila. no son significativamentc diferentes (Kruskal l·Wallisp<0.05 comparaciones individualcs por Duncnn.. y.

(2) 692. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROP ICAL. La densidad inical fue de I 1 72 000 plán­ lulas/ha. disminuyendo a 50 000 (menos del 5%) en el p ri m e r a ñ o . E n n o v i e m b re e l l . A .F. fue de menos del 1 % Y l a biomasa entre 0.5 y 3.7 kg/ha. Esto implica una pro­ ductividad inferior al 0.1 % Y un l . A.F. infe­ rior al 1 % de lo obse rvado para p l an t a s adultas d e Clwsquea en otros ecosistemas montanos (Veblen el al. 1 980. Toll & Cleef 1994). La lenla recuperación implicaría que l o s e f e c t o s e c o l ó g i c o s d e r i v a d o s de l a ausencia temporal de la especie pueden pro­ longarse por varios años. La alta mortali­ dad. poca longevidad de semillas y baja efi­ ciencia de dispersión hacen de este período del ciclo vital un momento de alta succpti­ bil idad en el que condiciones desfavorables C0l110 sequías o pastoreo pueden provocar desapariciones locales como las observadas por Pohl ( 1 99 1 ) produciendo una importante alteración por décadas en el funcionamiento de ecosistemas donde Clwsqllea es impor­ tante.. Este trabajo se hizo con el financiamiento de la Organización para Estudios Tropicales. la ayuda de Carlos Solano-Serrano y los comen­ tarios de Robert Marquis, Dcborah Clark y Alfredo Grau.. REFERENCIAS Kappclle. M.; A . M. Cle e f & A. Chavcrri. 1 9 8 9 . Phylosociology of rnonlanc CllUsquea-Qllu(:/I.f foresls. Cordillera de Talamanca. Cosla Rica. Brencsia 32: 73t05.. Pohl. R.W. 1991. Blooming hislOry of Cosla Rican bam­ boas. Rev. Biol. Trop. 39: 111-124. TolI, GJ. & A.M. Cleef. 1994. Above ground biomass SlrUClUre of Chu.fqllea '�Helf(lf(j b::lluboo paramo, Chingaza National Par\:. Cordillera Orienlal. Colombia. Vegetalio 115: 29-39. Veblen. T.T.; F. Schlegel & B. E.c;cobar. 1980. Dry-maner produclion of IwO spccies of bamboo (Q/UJqlletl (.·lIleoll and Cllu,fquell It'nui/o/ia) in soulh-cenlral Chile. J. &01. 68: 397-404.. Héctor Ricardo Grau' y David Rivera-Ospina' 1 Labor. Invesl. Ecológicas Yungas. Univ. Nae. Tucum:ID. CONICET. CC 34.4107. Yerba Buena. Tucurnán. Argentina. Dirección aClual: Dcpl. of Geogmphy. Campus Box 260. Univcrsily of Colorado. 80309. Boulder. Colomdo. USA. Fax (303)492-7501. E-mak i [email protected]>. 2 Dcpanarnenlo de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Javiemna. Apartado Acreo 56780. Bogotá. Colombia.. Microbiological quality of sorne powder spices of cornrnon use in Costa Rica. (Rcc. 28-VIII- 95. Rev. 16-1-96. Acep. 22-11-96). Kc)' words: Spiccs. microbiological qualily. Salmon�lIa.. Eschuichj(l eoli.. The microbiological contamination of spices has various sources. s u c h as i n d i ge n o u s micronora of plants. microorganisms presenl i n proccssing planLs. post-harvest contamination rrom dusI. use of conlaminated water or olher sources (Wirtanen & Sjoberg 1993). During cleaning and processsing, there is a progressive reduction in lhe number and lypes of rn icroor­ ganisrns: those rel1laining usually are acrob ic sporc-1"o rming bacteria and comrnon Illolds (Guarino 1973).. Even though few foodborne outbreaks have becn traced 10 Ihe consumption of contaminat­ ed spices. numerous isolations of palhogens. from a variety of spices. including oregano. black pepper and while pepper (whole and in powde r ) have b e e n described ( W i lson & Andrcws 1976). In Costa Rica. very little microbiological research has been done on spices. An analysis of black. white and grecn peppers showed that the lotal pi ate c o u n ts and fecal col irorms.

(3) 693. Communicalions/Comunicaciones. exceded the International Commission on Mierobiological S p e e i fieations for Foods (ICMSF) standards,and that eontamination was probabl y due to drying eonditions and post-har­ vest treatment (Arce 1990 ) . The aim of this work was lo evaluate the mierobiologieal quali­ ty of sorne of the powdered spiees usually used in Costa Rican homes without any further lher­ mie lreaUnenl. A total of 75 samples of tive different pow­ dered spiees (onion, garlie, oregano, pepper), rand o m l y acquired in supermarkels in lhe Metropolitan area of San José, were analyzed in the laboratory o f Food Mierob i o l og y , University o f Costa Rica, from July 1 994 to June 1995. Twenty five grams o f eaeh sample were added to flasks eontaining 225 mi of sterile peptone water 0.1%. These were homogeneized for approximately 30 s. Duplieate serial dilu­ lions were prepared with sterile pcptone water. The total viable counts of bacteria were dete rmined using Standard agar with TTC (triphenyl-tetrazolium ehloride), 0.1% after an ineubation at 37 oC for 48 hours. Mould ennumeration was done in POIato­ Dexlrose Acidified agar. ineubated for five days al room lemperalure. Moulds were identi­ fied aecording 10 Iheir macroseopieal morpho­ logy. The fecal coliforms and Escherichia coh cnnumeration were done by the MOSl Probable Number ( M P N ) teehnique, (vanderzant & Spl ittstocsser 1 992). Salmonelfa spp. wcre isolated aecording to Ihe Associalion o f Offieial Analytieal Chemists (AOAC 1975 ) , modi fying the preenriehment broth as deseribed by Wilson & Andrews ( 1 976): 25 g of eaeh spiee was diluted in 225 mi tripli­ case-soy broth with 0.5% Na,SOJ and ineubated for 1 8-24 h at 37 oC. Subsequent seleetive enrieh­ ment and plaling were done in accordanec with the oftieial AOAC methodology The ICMSF establishes a nonn of standard plate eount below 1 ()6 UFC/g, a mould eount below 1 Q4 UFC/g, E. col; MPN below 1 03/g and absence of Salmolle/la sp. Considerable variations were observed in Ihe total aerobic plate eount, ranging from <100 UFC/g to more than Ixl07 UFC/g. Garlie, probably due to the marked baeterieidal effeet of its essential oil (Frazier & Westhoff 1978), had the 'Iowest percentage of samples over. ICMSF proposed norm (26.7%), followed by white pepper (37.5%), onion (53.3%), blaek pepper (64.3%) and oregano (73.3%). The study of moulds in spiees and herbs is significant beeause of the potential produetion o f myeotox i n s . Flannigan and H u i (1976) showed moulds associated wilh spices and herbs to be predominantly A.'perg;l/us spp. of which 7 out of 24 strains produced aflatoxins in vilro.. Sorne spiees stimulate microbial aelivity, olhers such as garlic, onion and oregano exhibit antibaeterial aetion (Hitokoto el al. 1 980. L1ewe l l yn, Burkett & Eadie 1 98 2 ) . In this study, pepper and in less degree garlie, showed negative effeet over the growth of moulds, but an important percenL of lhe olher spices (onion and oregano) presented eounts over 1 Q4 UFC/g. The moul d species most isolated was also Aspergillus spp. and even though no aflatoxin determinalion was done, Ihey all are potential producers of il. Ca. 20% of oregano, blaek and white pepper samples showed levels of fecal colifonns over 10 3 NMPIg as has been reported by olher authors (Baxler & Holzapfel 1982) and Ihe presenee of CO. 7% of E. coli in pepper indi· cales fecal contamination at sorne stage of its production. Salmonel/a sp. was isolated in 6.7% (2/30) of pepper. This spiee has been i mpliealed as vehicle for the spread of Salmollella welrevre­ dis, resulting in several cases of salrnone llosis (WHO 1974). Onion and g a r l i c are inhib i tory to Salmonella growlh because of the sulfite anion Ihey eontain (Wilson & Andrews 1 976), so the addition o f 0.5% K,S0 3 o r Na,S03 to t he preenrichment media overcomes this problem. Oregano musl be examined b y d i luting it beyond its toxic level unlil a mean to neutralize its toxicity can be found (Wilson & Andrews 1976). Both recornmendations were followed, so the absence of Salmollella and E. coli in these spices is not an artifact of the toxicity of their natural oils. Even Ihough E. col; and Salmonel/a spp. were nol isolaled in big numbers from this samples, the high microbial contamination found demonstrates inadequate hygiene condi­ tions. The effect of this is nol well known in the population. since there is an enormous sub­ register in the counlry in Ihis field . Increased ,.

(4) 694. REVISTA DE BIOLDGIA TROPICAL. cffons shall be dircCICd 10 irnprove Ihe micro­ hiologicill qualily of spices and lo devc)op and oplimizc paslcurizalion processcs in arder lO orfer safe spices 10 (he consurncrs.. Cuarino, P.A. & H. J. Pcpplcr. 1976. Spiccs and condi­ menls. In M.L.Spcck (cd.). Compcndiulll of MClhods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods. American Public Hcalth Associalion,Washington. O.e. Hitokolo. H .. S. Morozumi. T. Wauka. S. Sakai & H. Kurata. 1980. Inhibitory effects of spices on growlh and toxin production in loxigenic fungi. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 39: 818·822.. REFERENCES Arce, U.P. 1990. Diagnóstico de la calidad de la pimicnlu (P",pU "i�rum L.). que se produce en tres zonas de Costa Rica. Tesis de Licenciatura en Tecnología de Alimentos. Universidad de Costa Rica. San José. Costa Rica.. Llewcllyn. C.e.. M.L. Burkett & T. Eadic. 1981. POlcntial Illold growlh, aflaloxin and antimyeolic Ilcti ...ily of selectcd naluml spices and hcrbs. J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem. 64, 955-960. Vanderzant. M. & V. Splillstoesscr. 1992. Compcndiurn of methods for lhe microbiological examinalion of foods. American Public Heallh Association. Wa<;hinglon. O.e.. Associ:uion of Offieial Analylical Chcmists. 1975. Official Illclhods of analysis Assoc . Offie. Anal. Chem .. Washington, O.e.. Wilson, e. R. & W. Andrcws. 1976. Sulfite compounds as neutralizers of spice loxicilY for Safmonella. J. Milk Food Technol. 39: 464-466.. Baxter, R. & W.H. Hol7..apfel. 1982. A microbial investiga­ lion of selccled "pi ces. herbs and additi ...es in Soulh Africa. J. Food Sei. 47: 570-574.. Winancn, C. & A. Sjobcrg. 1993. Microbiological scrccn· ing melhod for indicalion of irradiation of spices and herbs: a BeR collaborati...e study. J. AOAC Intem. 76:. Flannigan, B & S.e. Hui. 1976. The OCCUITCnce of analOx­ in produeing SImios of A.f/JugiffuJ jlavuJ in the mould floras of ground spices. J. Appl. Rae!. 41: 411.. 674-681.. Fmzier. W.e. & D.e. Wcslhoff. 1978. Food Microbiology. McCraw Hill. New York. 37Op.. World Health Organization. 1974. Salmonella surveillance. Weekly epidemiological record: 42: 351-352. World Hcalth Organizalion, Ccne...a. 68 p.. María Laura Ariasl• Dagmar Utzingerl and Rafael Monge2 I Facullad de Microbiología, Uni ...ersidad de Costa Rica. Costa Rica. 2 Dcpanamemo de Control de Alimentos, Ministerio de Salud, Costa Rica.. Fine structure of the capsule of Cryptococcus neoJormans (Cryptococcales: Cryptococcaceae). (Rec. 16-VI Kc)' words: Crypwcoccus, ultrastruclure,. -. 1985.. Re ..... I 7·X-I 995. Acep. 31-1-1996). ruthenium red, capsulc.. CryplococCUS IIeojormafls is the only encap­ sulated fungi lO infcct humans. Its most promi­ nenl charactcristic is its carbohydrate capsule. which. logelher wilh Ihe capacily 10 grow al 37 oC and ilS production of melanin is considered a virulence faclor (Kwon-Chung el al. 1982, Kwon-Chung & Rhodes 1986). Infeclion occurs by inhalation of yeasl and most oC cases are asymplomatic or develop. weak pulmonary manifestations. Howevcr, normal individuals inhaling high doses of yeasl can develop systemic infections; this condition is associated with people who have contact wilh dry pigeon feces. where Ihe fungi grow abundanlly. Addilionally, Cr)'plocoCCUs lIeo­ jormalls is an opportunistic pathogen and in irnmunosuppresed paticnts, such as those with AJDS o r o l h e r d e b i l i l a l i n g c o n d i l i o n s.

(5) 695. Communicalions/Comunicaciones. (leukemia. Iymphomas. sarcoidosis); the agent may disseminate systemically and usually induces meningitis (Sugar 1 99 1 . Warren & Shadomy 1 99 1 ). There are sorne ultrastructural reports of lhis fungi ( Tsukahara 1963. Iyo 1 966 Mochisuki 1987); but in general. they describe the capsule brieny. This repor! is an ultrastructural descrip­ tion of the capsule. C. neofarmans (strain C-74, Faculty of Microbiology. UCR) was grown in Sabouraud agar at room lcmperaturc for 48 h. Yeast was harvested and sequentially fixed with 2.5 % glutaraldehyde and I % osmium tetraoxide in cacodilate buffer (0.2 M. pH 7.2), with 0.75 % ruthe nium red. A suspension of yeast was embedded in mehed 3 % agar at 50 oc. When the agar solidified, it was divided i n small blocks ( 1 01m 3 ). fixed again with osmium, dehydrated. embedded in Spurr resin, and thin seclioned (ca. 90 nrn thikcness). Sections were caught on cupper grids, stained with uranil acelale-lead citrate and analyzed under a trans­ mission electron microscopc. IntracclJular structures such as rnitochon­ dria. endoplasrnic reticulurn, vacuoles and round 10 oval nucleus includcd in a granular cytop l a s m ( F i gs . 1 -2 ) , matched previous descriptions (Tsukahara 1 9 63, Iyo 1 9 66, Mochisuki 1 987). The cytoplasmic membrane appeared wavy. separated from the cell wall by a space of 5 to 15 nm. The wall was the most electrondense structure and was g}. 1 25 nrn thick (Fig. 3). The capsule was an evident, threadlike Slructures, finer near the ceH and thicker in the distal (Figs. 1 and 4). Ultrastructural findings suggest that the cap­ sule i s a very hydrated e n velope composed mainly of polysaccharides that were not fixed with the standard fixation procedures, and for that reason collapsed during dehydratation with ethanol. Likewise. the sarne propenies explain the frequent collapse of this yeast during criti­ cal point drying.. In Ihis repon the capsule was evident due to the rcaction of polysaccharidcs with rutheniurn red. This is, to the authors knowledge, the first time that this structure has been described with transmission electron microscopy. This work was supported by the Japan Interoational Cooperation Agency (JICA) and by Vicerrectorfa de Investigación, Universidad de Costa Rica. We t h a n k Kiichiro Saito, University of Tsukuba, Japan, The staff of Electron Microscopy Unit (UCR) and Juan Diego Castro for their technical assistent. Also Christopher Robinson and Julian Monge for reviewing the manuscript. REFERENCES Iyo, S. 1966. Fine structure of CryplococcUS tleoformnrtS an eleclron microscopy study. Japanese J. Dermatol. 76: 65·85. Kwon-Chung, K.J., 1. Polachech & T.J. Popkin. 1982. Melanin- lacking mutants of Cryptococcus tleOfOrmlJtls and their viru1ence for mice. J. Bacleriol. 150: 1212t220. Kwon-Chung, K.J J.e. Rhodes. 1986. Encapsulo.lion and melanin formo.tion as indicators of virulence in CryplococcuS tleOfOrmlllu. Infect. Immun. 5 I :218-233. Mochil.uki, T., S. Tanaka Walanabe. 1987. Ultrastructure of lhe milotic apparnlus in Cryptococcus tleoformatls. J. Med. Ve!. Myco!. 25:223-233. Sugar. A.M. 1991. Overview: Cryptococosis in Ihe palien! with AIDS. MycopD.lhology 114: 153-157. Tsukahara, T. 1963. Cylological slruclIUre of Crypwcoccus tleoformntls. Japan J. Microbio!. 7: 55-60. Warren, N. G H.J. Shadomy. 1991. Yeasls of medical importance. p. 597-693 /tI A. Balows, W.J. Hausler Jr., K.L. Hemnann, H.D. Isenberg, H.J. Shadomy (eds). Manual of cllinical microbiology. American Saciety of Microbiology, Washington.. Ingrid Salas and Francisco Hernández Facultad de Microbiología. Universidad de Costa Rica. San J�. Costa Rica..

(6) �. '". � ¡;;. ;; g '". o. 8 ;;. g. "O. i'i > r. Figs. 1-2. Cellular organelles: nucleus (N), endoplasmic reticulum (arrowhead), vacuoles (V). mitochondria (M). Fig. 3. Detail of lhe cell wall (Arrow). The citoplasmic membrane appears wavy (Arrowhead).. Fig. 4. Yeast showing the exlracellular moielY, such as fibers. 1ñe arrowhead indicates me altered waJl al {he place of budding. Bar=O.5¡.Jm in all figures..

(7) CommuniC3Iions/Comunieaeione.... 697. Inhibitory substance residues in unpasteurized and pasteurized milk in a tropical city. (Ree. 16·VI·95. Rcv. 29-IX-95. Acep. 28-XI·95). Key words:. Milk. anlibiolics. inhibilory subslances.. The use of antimicrobials, especia l l y jJ­ Laclams and sulfonamides. has reduced mone­ tary losses causcd by bovine mastitis (Jones & Seymour 1988). Nevertheless, the absence of appropiate clinical management of mastitis rcsults in Ihe conlamination of milk wilh thesc substances (Vautier & Postigo 1986). This con13mination rcprescnts a scrious problcm for public health and the dairy industry. The prcsence 01' anlimicrobial subslanccs has been reported lo lead lo an incrcased bacte­ rial rcsiSlance 10 <lntiobiotics (Wcmer 1986), and lo Ihe dcvclopmcnt 01' aSlhma (Jones & S e y m o u r 19 8 8 ). dermatitis ( A n o m y mous 1963). ami anaphylaxis (Froppaolo 1984). In an errort 10 reduce these public health prob­ lems. the World Health Organization (WHO) eSlablished maxium permissiblc concenlralions of penicillin G in milk for human consumplion at 0.006/1g/ml (Booth 1986) I n t he d a i ry i n d u s t r y , t he presence o f inhibilory subslances represents a serious eco­ nomic loss (Jones & Seymour 1988), because of ils negalive impaet on stal1er cultures used for diary products production (Albrigth el al. 1961 ) . Because of Iimiled effofts to investigate rhis important public health problem in Costa Rica, this study was undcnaken lO determine the incidencc 01' Inhibitory Substances Residues (ISR) in pasteurized and unpasteurized milk sold in Costa Rica. A total of 1 154 milk samples were tested for the presence of ISR form January 1992 through December 1 993. 659 (57%) of these samples carne from unpaslcurizcd milk soId by 37 milk deli verers (door to Joor vendors). 295 (26%) were samples of unpasteurized milk used by public rood scrviccs (open markel restaurants) and 200 (17%) were samples of pasteurized mil k served by lhe food services of ¡he ten largcst hospitals in Costa Rica. AH samples were ana­ Iyzed according to metodology discribed for. lhree diferenl comercial lest: Aria Micro test ®. Delvo test ® .nd Valio test 101 ®. Milk sold by l11ilk deliverers was examined using Bacill/ls sublilis (ATCC-6633) growth inhibition test (Aria Micro-test ®). The posi­ tive and uncertain samples were retested for Badilas stearothermophilus var. calidolactis (ATCC-IOI49) growth inhibition test (Delvo­ test ®). M i l k samples from hospitals and public food scrvices were also analyzed u s i ng B. stearothermophi/lIs growth inhibition test. I n this case. the positive a n d unccrtain samples were retested for SrreptococClIs rermophillls (T-IOI ) growth inhibition (Valio-test 1 01 ®). ISR were detected in 26% (30 I s.mples) of the total samples tested. 24 % (158 samples) of the milk s.mples collected from milk delievers, 39% (116 samples) from public food services and 13.5% (27 samples) from hospital food services tested positive for ISR. In countrics such as New Zealand. United States. Ireland and Sweden, the incidence of ISR is as low as 1 % (Booth 1 9 86. Carlsson & Bjork 1 9 89. Eagan & Meaney 1985), but in Costa Rica il is faund lO be as high as 26%. The Costa Rican problem is me.ningful and persistent. Meaningful since our results indi­ cate that incidcnce of IRS in unpasteurizcd milk reaches up to 55% in some arcas and in pastcurized m i l k up to 35% in sorne laclic industries. Persistent bccause even though the problem was detected in 1987 by Arias el al. . it continues, although a large number of luctic industries have bcgun the sistcmatic determina­ tion of those substances and ha ve estabilished punishment measures againsl those producers lhat sell milk with concentrations af pcnicillin G greater than 0.006 L/g/mi. The quality of milk in Costa Rica presents an important problem. a n d the situalion i s even worse when one consideres that I S R pre-.

(8) 698. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL. senl a high resistance lo heat (Carlsson & Bjorek 1 987, VauJier & PosJigo 1986); so Ihal thermal lreatments such as boiling, pasteur­ ¡zation and ultrapastcurization can nOl salve Ihe problem. OUT results indicate that govermental sur­ veillanee of milk qualily needs lO be implc­ rnented sooo. This investigation was financed in part by a granl 10 Magaly Caballero b y Ihe Swedish Agency for Research Corporalion w i l h Devcloping Counlries (S.A.R.E.C.). Deepesl thanks la Dra. María Laura Arias for checking the manuscript.. nous anlibacterial factors in milk on growth of Baciflus nereothermophi/us varo colidolocli.f. Mi1chwis­ senschaft 42: 282-283. Carlsson. A. & L. Bjork. 1989. Oetection of antibiotic residues in herd and tanker milk. A study of the CharOl Test 11. Milchwissenschaft 44: 7-10. Carlsson. A. & Z. Bjorck. 1991. Charm Test 11 for con­ firmation of inhibilory substances detected by dif­ ferent microbial assays in hard milk. J. Food Prol. 54,32-36. Eagan.. J. & L. Meaney 1 9 8 5 . The persistence of. detectable residues of penicillin and cloxacillin in nor­ mal and mastitic quarters following intrammamary infusion. Vet Rec. 116: 436-438. Frappaolo. P. 1984. Current research and regualtory status. REFERENCES. on antibiotocs in animal feeds. J.Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 185,28-30.. Albrighl, V .• S. Tuckey, & G. Woods. 1961. AntibiOlic..<¡ in milk: A Review. J. Oairy Sci. 44: 770·807.. Jone... . G. & E. Seymour. 1988. Cowside antobiotic residue testing. J. Oairy Sci. 71: 1691-1699.. Anomymous. 1963. Nonnas para el examen de los produc­. lOS l á c t e o s . Organización M u n d i a l de la S a l u d .. Vautier. H. & C. Postigo. 1986. Ma..titis bovina y residuos de anlibióticos en la leche. riesgos para la salud públi·. Washington, O.e. 137p.. ca. Re\'. Mund. Zootec. 60: 111-113 Arias. M. L.. F. Anlillón & Z. Cubillo. 1988. Residuos de penicilina en leche bovina en Costa Rica. Rev. COSI.. Wemer. E. 1986. Tropical aspecIs of the use of antibiotics in canle. Monatsheftc Veterinacnncdizin 41: 685-690.. Ciene. Med. 9: 125·129. Booth. J. 1986. Intramammary anfibiotic preparations and thcir withholding times. Vet. Rec. 118: )4·35. Carlsson. A.& L Bjorck. 1987. The effect of sorne indige-. Magaly Caballero', Rafael Monge2, Jorge Calderón', Rila Coghi', Ivonne Ruiz' and Fernando M. García3 PIET. E...cuela de Medicina Veterinaria. Universidad Naciona], Aptdo 304·3(0), Heredia. Costa Rica.. Departamento de Control de Alimentos. Ministerio de Salud. San José. Costa Rica. Facultad de Microbiología. Universidad de Costa Rica. San José. Costa Rica.. Coral colony fragmentation by whitetip reef sharks at Coiba Island National Park, Panamá. (Rec. 2Q.V·95. Rev.II-X-95.Acep. I-XII-95). Key. words: Coral fragnlenlation, asexual reproduction. sharks. Pocillopora. Eastem Pacifico Costa Rica. Panamá.. Brcakage and delachmenl of branching coral s from the substrate are caused by a variety of agents that range from boring organisms 10 hurricanes. Fragmenlation can be a mean of asexual reprodUClion when the fragrrle nts are large enough lo survive and e v e n lu a l l y reproduce ( H i g hsmilh 1 9 82,. Szmanl 1 9 8 6 ) . L a r g e fragme n l s of a l l species s e l dom f a i l l o s u r v i v e afler Ihe breakage (Highsmilh e l al. 1 980). The fale of Ihe fragments i s al so associated w i l h their position o n l h e reef a n d ( h e environ­ mental condilions such as surge or currents (Kay & Liddlc 1 989)..

(9) 699. Communicalions/Comunicacione.... Four coJonies of P. eJegalls and one of P. and 15 cm maximum diame­ ler respeclively) were delached by lhe sharks. The mean Ienglh of 63 fragmenls (Fig. 1 ) was 11.24 cm (4.62 SD.; range: 3.5- 1 8.2 cm). The observed survival rale for Poc iJIopora spp. fragments. 4-7 cm i n size. aner Ihree years . of mon i loring al Caño lsland. Cosla Rica (Guzmán 1 99 1 ). was aboul 80 %. Because lhe majorily of lhe fragmenls (93 %) produced by the sharks were longer than four centimeters (Fig. 1 ). a high rale of survival and evenlual attachment lo the reef framework are expccted . These data combined with Ihe fast growth rates of P. domicomis and P. eJegalls -3.46 and 3.48 cm yr, l on average respeclivcly (Guzmán & Cortés 1989)- suggesl lhal lhe dominance of the species in parts o f the reef results from asexual reproduction by fragmentation together with atachment and growth capacity. This is also true of olher pocilloporid coral s in the EaSlern Pacific (Glynn & Wellinglon 1 983). Therefore an occasional event, such as excava­ lions by foraging fish ( G l y n n 1 9 8 2 ) or lhe shark's behavior reported here. can favor reproduction. dispersal and dominance The lalter is supported by observations made by divers al Cocos Island Nalional Park (Cosla Rica) of similar whilelip shark's behavior (M. Arroyo. pers. comm. 1 99 4 ) . The obscrved whilelip shark behavior could be consldered then. as an unusual bul potential mean ror asexual reproduction of pocilloporid coral s in the Bastern Pacifico Many lhanks lO Jean Phil!ipe Lemaire and the crew of Le Ponaflf sailing ship. for the trip lo Coiba lsland Nalional Park and assistance during the observ3tions; M . Arroyo of the Okeallos diving ship for sharing his mulliple observations of the undcrwaler natural history of Cocos Island. 1. Corlés. S. Ramírez and lwo anonymous reviewers criticized early drafts. domicomis (>20. • ... 1:1. .... 14.5. ,,,. .... ..... Fig. 1. Size dislribUlion of coral fragmenls delached by hunling whitetip sharks, Coiba lsland Nalional Park. Panamá. Coral colony fragmenlalion by fishes in lhe Eastern Pacinc Reefs is known for several coralli vorous species (see Guzmán & Cortés 1993 for review) lhal feed primarily on corals or on the burrowing organisms living within me coral skeleton, while others ovcrturn corals and rubble in the proccss of capturing crus­ laceans (Glynn 1 982). On one opportunily (111 8-95) al Coiba Island Nalional Park, Panamá, whilc snorkcling on a reef framework com­ posed by lhe branching coral s Poci{{opora damicomis ( L i nnaeus 1 75 8 ) and P. e legolls (Dana 1 846) al a particular smal! inlel known as Granito de Oro. three whitetip recf sharks Triaellodoll obeslls ( Rüppe l l 1 8 3 7 ) where observed breaking coral colonies. The sharks ( 1 . 5 0- 1 . 70 m i n lenglh) where s w i m m i n g aboye lhe framework during lhe low lide ( 2 m deplh, 10:00 hr.), and circling consislenlly al a particular spot on the reef where there were two juveniles of Ihc orangcside triggerfish SlIfflamell verres (Gilbert & Slarks 1904) hid­ den among lhe coral. The sharks pushed lheir heads inlo Ihe coral branches t w i s t i n g and shaking lheir bodies, producing lhe breakage and detachment of several colonies. As the lriggcr fish escaped lhe sharks repealed lhe maneuver. incrcasing the breakage. During Ihe observation hour the proximity of the snorkcler did not seem lo affecI the sharks. Olhcr fish such as lhe king angelfish HoJacanrhus posser (Valenciennes 1 846) were also hunted unsuccessfully. w i th the same results.. REFERENCES Glynn, P. 1982.Coral cornmunilies and Ihcir modi.fic3lions rclalive 10 pasl and prospective Central American sea­ ways. Adv. Mar. Biol. 19: 91-132. Glynn. P. & G. Wcllinglon. 1983.Comls and coral recfs of Ihe Galápagos Islands. (Wilh annolatcd lisl of Ih� scl�r­ aClinian corals of Galápagos by J.W. Wells) Umvcrsily ofCalifomia, Berkelcy. 330 p..

(10) 70Q. REVISTA DE BIOLDGIA TROPICAL. Guzmán, H. 1991. ReSl0r:llion o( coral reefs. in Pacific. Highsmith, R.. A. Riggs, C. O' Antonio. 1980. Survival of hurricane-gener.ued coral fragmenls and a disturbance. C osla Rica. Conservo Biol. 5: 189-195. Guzmán. H.. & J.. spccies of sclcraclinean corals in Ihe Easlem Pacific (Cosla Rica). Bull. Mar. Sei. 44: 1186-1194. Guzmán.. model of ree f calcific3tionlgrowlh mies. Oecología 46: 322-329.. CO r lé s . 1989. Growlh rates of eight. H. & J. Carié!>.. Kay. A.. & M. Liddle.. 1989. Impacl of Human lrampling in. diffcrenl Iones o( a coral reef nat. Environm. Manag. 13:509-520.. 1993. Arrecifes coralinos del. !)acífico Oricntal tropicaJ: revisión y perspectivas. Rev.. Biol. Trop. 41 :523-557.. Szmant, A. 1986, Reproductive ecology of Caribbcan reef corals. Coral Ree(s 5:43-54.. Highsrnith. R. 1982. Rcproduclion by fragmenl8tion in corals. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 7: 207-226.. Carlos Jiménez Centro de Investigación en Ciencia... del Mar y Limnologfa (CIMAR). Universid3d de Costa Rica, San Pedro. Costa Rica.. Nest density of Trigona spinipes (Hyrnenoptera Apidae) in cerrado vegetation of central Brazil (Rec. 1-IX-95. Rev. 30-XI-95. Acep. 28-VI-96). Ab�traCI:. TriROIIlJ JI,;nip�J nest densilY was recorded in a. arca. of cerrado (neotropical savanna) in Central Brazil and. ranged froln 0.2 - 0.3 nests/ha. Natural history data are presented on nesl persistence alld plant suppon 10 nes!. The. richness and abundance of Trigona species in Cerrado are lower than in tropical rain (orests. Is suggesled tha! the absence of larger trecs could limit the richness and abundance o( TrigO/Ul spccies in cerrado Key words: stingless bees, cotony density. savanna. Trigona almath�a. Trigona brannni.. Several studies ha ve show that species of stingless bces of lhe genus TrigoIJa are abun­ dant in the forests of tropical and subtropical regions (Michener 1946, Wille and Michener 197 3 , Hubbell and Johnson 1977 ). In contrast there is a lacking of studies in the tropical savannas (Darchen 1972 ). The following noles presents 1he results of sorne observations on Trigollll nest density and natural history, which were recorded during a vegetation survey for plant ecology study in the cerrado (neotropical savanna) of Central Brazil. The study areas are located in Reserva Ecologica do IBGE (RECOR) at 15° 57'S and 47° 5 3'WGr, 16 km SW of BrasOia (D.F.) and Fazenda Água Limpa (FAL) the field station of Ihe Universidade de BrasOia at 15° 56'S and 47°56'WGr., 18 km SW from BrasOia (D.F.). The cJimate and vegetation of the areas are typ­ ical of� the cerrado region. There is a marked. dry season lhe average annual rainfall is 1456 mm falling from November 10 February. Thc mean annual temperature is 21 . 3° C. The sam­ pled area of' 300 ha in Reserva Ecológica do ffiGE is covercd by cerrado vegetation an open Iree-scrub woodland averaging 6 m lall and with40-60% cover. This area has been prolect­ ed from fire since 1974. Two suveys (July 199 1 and May 199 3 ) were conducted in 4 par­ allel transecl 150 m apart (two of 20 m x 250 m, one of20 m x 110 m, and a fourth of20 m x 140 m). The surfaces of all plants in Ihe sam­ plcd transects were carefully examined in order to record the presence of conspicous neSlS of Trigolla bees. Holes in termite nests and tree trunks were also investigated. This detailed examination ensured the discovery of all the nests. Additional observations were made ou1side transects in the cerrado of RECOR and FAL.

(11) 701. Cornrnunications/Cornunicaciones. The only neSIS of Trigo"a spi"ipes (F.) wcrc registercd inside and oUlside lransects. Three nests were recorded inside and ten out­ side lhe lIanseC1S. The number of actives ncsts al Ihe same lime of sampling in 1991 was two and one in 1993. Colony densilies compuled from lhese dala wcre 0.3 nesls/ha ( 1 991 ) and 0.2 neslslha (1 993 ). The aClive nesls of 199 1 were inactive in 1 993 , indicating a colony pre­ sistence of < 2 2 1110nths. The nests delccted were observcd on the following Iree species (number of nesls): Eriotheca puhescens (3). Didymopanax macrocarpum ( 1 ), Qualea parviflora (3 ), Vochysia thyrsoidea (1), Symplocos lanceolata varo ramflJ!o!ia (2). Two nests were observed upon the same Iree of E. pubescells. The nests were observed from • 1 to • 4 m aboye Ihe ground in (ree wilh > 10 cm diameter on the ground. Ahhough Ihree species of Trigolla have becn recorded in Brasnia region (A Raw, persollal conmllmication) only one species (T. spinipes) were observed nesting in cerrado vegetation during this study. The densities esti­ matcd for T. spillipes in cerrado are lower Ihan 2 .5 nests/ha recorded for Lamto savanna (Darchen 1 972 ), and 1.4 neslslha for 5 species pooled (range per species 0.1 -0.4 neslslha) cal­ culated for dry forcsts in Guanacaste in Costa Rica (Hubbell and Johnson 1 977). There is evidence that nesting in larger bodied forests Trigolla specics is limitcd by size of trces for large colony size (Hubbell and Johnson 1 977). In cerrado Trigofla spillipes have body lenglh (X = 6 .9mm; N = 10), wich is of similar size of T. br"'lfIeri (X = 6 .8 ; N = 10) bOlh smaller Ihan T. almathea (X=9,9mm; N = 10). Thesc last two species build larger nests recorded only in galery foresl (A. Raw, pers. comm.) In Darchen's (1 972) sludy Ihe species of Trigo"a. recorded in the Lamto savanna are smaller lhan Ihe foresl species (Hubbell and Johnson 1 977). 1 suggesl Ihal Ihe low abundance of larger trees in cerrado precludcs the colonization of cerrado ve gela lion by gallery f o r e s l specics o f Trigolla. In Costa Rica the mini­ mum diameter size for five Trigollo species 10 nesl in Irees was 20 cm dbh (Hubbell and Jonhson 1 977). In Ihe four cerrado IranseclS of Ihis sludy only 6 Irees had a diameler > 20 cm diameler, in a 10lal of 3 7 10 planls recorded.. I Ihanks Anlhony Raw for help in idenlifing the species and suggestions on the manuscript, and also Ivone R. D. Rocha, John D. Hay and Helena C. Castanhcira for suggestions lo improve the manuscripl and for correcting the English.. REFERENCES Darchen, R. 1972. Ecologie de quelques trigone (TrigolUl sp) de la savanne de LamlO (Cale d'lvorc). Apidologie 3: 341-367. Henriques. R. P. B.. Rocha. l. R. D. & Kilayama. K. 1992. Nesl densilY of sorne social wasps species in cerrado vegetation of Central Brazil (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Entoml. Gener. 17: 265-268. Hubbell. S. P. & Johnson. L. K. 1977. competition and nest spacing in a tropical sting1ess bee community. Ecology 58: 949-%3. Michener. C. D. 1946. Notes on Ihe habitals of some Panamaniam slingless bees (Hyrnnoptera. Apidae). J. N. Y. EntomoL Soc.54: 179-197. Wille. A. & Michener. C. D. 1973. The nest architecture oc .. bees with special refercnce 10 lhose of Costa Rica stingles. (Hymcnoptera. Apidae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 21: 1- 278.. Raimundo Paulo Barros Henriques Depanamento de Ecologia. Universidade de Brasma. c.P. 04631. CEP 7(1)19-900. Brasnia D.F.. Brazil..

(12) 702. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL. Hábitos alimentarios de. Bllfo marílllls (Anura Bufonidae) en Costa Rica. (Ree. 19-V-94. Rcv. 29-VI-95. Acep. 1 3-X-95). Key words: Bufo marillllJ. feeding habilS. dieto Costa Rica.. El sapo gigante, sapo de la caña o sapo de América Central (Bufo marinus), se distribuye de los 2 7° N, noroeste de México a los 10° S, zona central de Brasil (Zug 1 991 ). Esta especie ha ampliado su ámbito geográfico, ya que fue i ntroducida como control biológico de plagas agrícolas en e l Caribe, sur de E.U.A .. Asia y Oceanfa (Easteal 1 98 1 ), pues es un voraz depredador (Honnegger 1970). En Costa Rica B. marinus se encuentra en la mayoría de los hábitats abiertos y semi abiertos hasta una altitud de 2000 msnm; sin embargo nunca se le encuentra en bosques de dosel cerra­ do (Zug 1991). Los adultos alcanzan tallas que nuctúan entre 90 y 200 mm de longitud total y un peso entre 80 a 1200 g. Es una especie carnívora oportunista indiscriminada que con­ sume i nvertebrados y pequeños vertebrados (Striissman et al. 1984 y Freeland y Kerin 1 988). Se trabajó con 2 3 machos y 32 hembras, recolectados en el Refugio Nacional de Vida S i l vestre de G o l fito. Puntarenas. Costa Rica (83 ° 10' N Y 8° 3 7 ' W) de mayo de 1 986 a junio de 1 987. Se midió longitud total (Lt) con una precisión de 0,0 I mm. Los organismos se agruparon en tres ámbitos de tallas (4 4.66 a 77.39; 77.4 0 a 108.1 9 y 108.2 0 a 138.99 mm de Lt) para el estudio de los hábitos alimenti­ cios (Strüssman et al. 1 984 ). El análisis del contenido estomacal, siguió la metodología sugerida por Freeland et al. ( 1986 ) Y la clasificación de los organismos se hizo a nivel de órdenes (Valerio 1 970) No hubo d i ferencias significativas en los porcentajes promedios de itemes ingeridos por sexo (t-student, p > 0.05 ), por lo que este dato se agrupó (Fig. 1 ). Los porcentajes promedio de los i temes i ngeridos variaron según la talla. El análisis del contenido estomacal muestra que sus principales alimentos son h imenópte­ ros, coleópteros. m i riápodos. hemípteros y otros (gastrópodos, isópodos, homópteros y neurópteros); lo que confinna su característica. 00. ••. Ql HIM_•• r. oCoM.".. �L_""�I..... . Ol,••ro.. UDH_"'''''..... O MIII.,o.to.. 1I00ro,. 48. ..·77.31. n.40·10'.1'. LONGITUD TOTAL. t 08.20·1 3•.••. (mm). Fig. l . Frecuencia (%) de los diferentes items encontrados en el contenido estomacal de Bufo mllrinuJ por ámbito de lallas para la población 10lal. de especie carnívora oportunista. El alto con­ sumo de himenópteros coincide con lo que señalan para la misma especie Strüssman el al. ( 1 984 ) en Brasil, Freeland y Kerin (1 988) en Australia y Toft ( 1 981 ) en Panamá, sin embar­ go. su dieta cambia con la talla de los ejem­ plares, c o i n c i d i endo con S trüssman el al. ( 1 984 ). Durante el estudio se capturó un macho de 132 .5 mm de Lt que presentaba el estómago l leno de trozos de p l ástico: se reporta por primera vez ese contenido estomacal en B. mariflus, lo que indica que esta especie puede ser dañada por la contaminación humana. Se agradece a la Vicerrectoría de V i d a Estudiantil y a l a Dirección d e la Escuela d e Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Nacional por las faci lidades brindadas.. REFERENCIAS Easteal. S. 1 9 8 1 . The h istory of inlroductions of Bufo marinu.� (Amphibia:Anura) a nalural experiment in evolution. Biol. J. Linn Soco 16: 93·1 15. ..

(13) Communicalions/Comunicaciones. Freeland. W. L., B. L. Delvinquer & B. Bonnin. 1986. Food and pamsilism of lhe cane load Bufo marinu.�, in rclation 10 time since colonizalion. Ausl. Wildl. Res. 13, 489·499.. Frecland, W. J. & S. H. Kerin. 1988. Wilhin·habilal rela­ tionships bctwecn invading /Jufo mar;nu.f and australian spccies of frog during the tropical dry season. Ausl. Wildl. Res. 15: 293·305. 1970. Eine Muscurn. 100: 447-453,. Honneggcr, R. E.. Krote crobcn die Wctt. N:llur,. Strtissmann. c.. M. B. Ribciro do Vale, M.H. Mencghini & W. E. Magnusson. 1984. Diet and foraging made of. Bufo nwr;nus. 703. and. Leptodactylu.f aalla/us.. J. Herpelol.. , 8 , ,38· , 46.. Tof!. C. A. 1981. Feeding ecology of Panamanian litter anurans: pallerns in d ie l and forag ing mode. J . Herpetol. 15: 139-144. Valerio. C. E. 1 970. Una clave artificial paro cla.<iificar insec­ tos. O' BlOS Revista de Ciencia.<i Naturnles. Univer.;;idad de Costa Rica. San José. Costa Rica 1 1 : 53- 54. Zug. G. 1991. /Jufo ;'/(jr;nuJ (Sapo Grande. Giant load. Marine load). ,,, D. Hanzen (ed). Hisloria NalUral de Costa Rica. Univer.;;idad de Costa Rica. San José. Cosla Rica. 390·392.. Jorge Cabrera Peña, Rosibcl Barrames Barranles y Daniel Rodríguez Ugalde Escuela de Ciencia.<i Biológica�. Universidad Nacional. Hercdia 86·3000. Costa Rica.. A case or lapsus ca/ami in Costa Rican scorpion nomenclature. (Rec.. I·V-I 996.. Rev. 30·v-1996. Accep. 13·VI I1- I 996). Kcy words: Cllm'/a,f, Chaclidae, Costa Rica, LlIp.fuJ calam;. nomenclmurc, scorpions.. In the. COl/speClUs Gellericus Scorpiollorum. Francke ( 1 985) defined lapslls calami (signilicant error) as the case in which an original publication has clcar evidcncc of unadvcrted mistakc. This is supponcd more generally in the Code of ZoologicaJ l n lcrnational Nommenclalurc IVII, An. 32 a (ii)]. The case of lapsus cala",i prcscnted here is rclaled with the only species of Chaclidae Pocock ( 1 893) known from Costa Rica and can be verified in the rccent monograph by Francke & Slockwcll ( 1 987). Onc species was originally described by Wcrner ( 1 939) as lomael",,, exsuf (Ischnuridae) hascd on a si ngle maJe specimen from Las Mercedes. Limón, Cosla Rica (Iype 10caliIY). 1 1 was designed a s I h e hololype i n t h e Zoolo­ gischcs l nstillll lInd Zoologisches Museum 01' Hambllrg. Germi.lny, whcrc it was destroyed during World War 1 1 . Francke & Slockwell ( 1 987) rcdescribed Ihis species and designed as 1 758· 1982. neolype a female from El Valle, Panamá. col· lecled in January 1 947 by N.L.H Kraus and deposiled i n I h e U n i le d S l ales N a l i o n a l Muscum, Smithsonian Institution. Washington. D.e. They also proposed a new combinalion ( c o m b i narío n ova) for the species n a m e : Chacras ( Ch a c ra s ) exsul ( W e r n e r , 1 9 3 9 ) Francke & Slockwell, 1 987. T h i s lapsus ca/ami was made w h e n Lourcn�o ( 1 996) published lhe firsl descriplion of t h e male o f t he s p e c i e s m e n t i on e d a s Chacras bOl/ira Francke & Slockwell, 1987 Ihal accordi ng to t he a u t h o r was p r e v i o u s l y dcscribed from Costa R i c a 011 the basis o f female specimens. Louren�o ( 1 996) describcd the maJe from an specimen collected in Santa R i la. Río L l a n o S u c i o . C o l o n pro v i n c c . Panama, M ay 1 9 7 1 b y D . Q u i n l e ro a n d deposited i n Ihe Muséum National d' Historie NalUrelle. Paris (MNHN·RS-7928)..

(14) 704. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPIC AL. I conclude that Chaclas bOllilO Francke & SlOekwell, 1 987 as rnenlioned by. Lourenr;o ( 1 996) is a 110men nOll publicafllm. The name does nol meet ¡he rcquircmcnts for publication ( I nlernalional Code of Zoologieal Nomen­ clalure IV, Art. I I a). This name can not be uscd or appl icd 10 any laxon. The dcscriptions of maJe Chacras bonito by Lourenr;o ( 1 99 6 ) and of female Chaelas ( Chaelas) exsuf by F raneke & Stoekwell ( 1 987) are similar and probably represenl Ihe sarnc spccies. T he lapsus calami is herc dcfined as follows: Chactas bonito Francke and Stoekwell 1 9 8 7 , fapsus cafami [ Chaelas ( Chaclas) exsuf (Werner, 1939)1 in the eontext of Lourenr;o ( 1 996). REFERENCES. Alvarado. R .. Calogne. F.O. & J. lzeo (cds.) 1 976. Nomenclatura Biológica. Código Internacional de Nomcnclalura Botánica. Código Internacional de Norn:nclatura :z.oo¡ógica. Madrid. BIUlne Ediciones, 353 p. Ff3ncke. O.F. 1 983. Conspectus genericus scorpionorum 1 785· 1982 (Arachnida: Scorpioncs). Oceas.1 Pap, Texas Tech Univ. 98: 1 ·32. Franckc. O.F. & S.A. Stockwcll. 1 98 7 . Scorpions (Arachnida) from Costa Rica. Special Public3lion. Thc Muscum Texas Tech University 25: 1 :64. Lourcnr;o. W.R. 1 996. Additions to the scorpion fauna of Panama and Costa Rica. Revista de Biologfa Tropical 44( 1 ): 177·181. Werner. F. 1 939. Neu·Eingangc von Skorioncn ¡m Zoologischcn Muscum in Hamburg. Teil 11 Feitschrift Prof. Embrick Stmnd. Riga 5: 351·360.. Michcl Montoya Ccntro de capacitación para el Desarrollo (C ECADE). Apartado Postal 6327 1000. San José.Costa Rica.. Reply to Montoya about the use of the na me Chaclas bonito. (Accep. 30·VIII·I996). Monloya's commenls are correcl. 1 used a proof version of Francke & Stockwell's paper for my bibliography, and in Ihe final printed version they changed thcir decision about the descripLion of Chaclas bonilo new species, and rathcr dccidcd to accept the o l d Wcrncr's species lomacJws exsul, in principie also dcseribed frol11 Cosla Rica. So, for what is of nomencJature Dr. Montoya is right; however, for what is of the validity of Werner's species I am not so sure, In fact the description given by Werner for lomachus exsul is poor and the sin­ gle illustration bad. Bcsides. thc types were. destroyed in Ihe war. In my opinion. Werner probably associated s o rn e juveniles of Opisfhacamhus to his lomaclzus spccies (which only exisl in India a n d parls of Afriea). However, young Opisllzacallllzus may look Iike lomaclzus. He also cited one specimen of Opislhacaflt/ws elallls (one fcmale) i n his paper, but this was an adult. In conclusion. my mistake had to be eorreeted, however, I do think that the Chaclas present in Costa Rica and Panama should be namcd as a new species, as was originally inlended by Franeke & Stockwell.. Wilson Lourenr;o Museum National d'Hisloire Naturellc. Laboratoire de Zoologie (Arthropodcs) 6 1 . rue dc Buffon 75005, Paris. Fruncc. Fax +33 1 40 79 38 63: e·mail [email protected].

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Fig. 3. Detail of lhe cell wall (Arrow).  The  citoplasmic  membrane appears wavy (Arrowhead)
Fig.  1.  Size  dislribUlion of coral  fragmenls  delached  by  hunling  whitetip  sharks, Coiba lsland  Nalional  Park
Fig.  l .  Frecuencia (%) de  los diferentes items encontrados  en el contenido estomacal de  Bufo  mllrinuJ  por ámbito de  lallas para  la  población 10lal

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