DIPTERA: State of the Art of the Chironomidae Family (Insecta: Diptera) from Cuba (In Spanish)
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https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v20i2.4120Keywords:
Chironomidae, Neotrópico, compilación, listado, diversidad, taxonomíaAbstract
El conocimiento de la fauna de quironómidos en la región Neotrópica es relativamente pobre, especialmente en vista de la diversidad biológica total conocida de la región. Esto es particularmente cierto en Cuba donde la escasa información está muy dispersa. Como punto de partida para continuar el estudio de los Chironomidae en la isla, el presente trabajo compila y revisa la literatura pertinente ya existente, ofrece un listado actualizado de taxones y comenta algunos aspectos del hábitat y distribución en el archipiélago cubano. Listamos 21 géneros y al menos 29 especies pertenecientes a las subfamilias Chironominae, Tanypodinae y Orthocladiinae. Cuatro de estas especies han sido descritas partiendo total o parcialmente de material colectado en Cuba. Los géneros con mayor número de especies conocidas de la isla actualmente son: Chironomus, Coelotanypus y Goeldichironomus. Más de la mitad de las especies se han encontrado en el bentos, perifiton y tracto digestivo de peces de embalses aunque en otros hábitats aparecen registros aislados. Pueden observarse vastas zonas del archipiélago cubano sin registros y con gran potencial de albergar una elevada riqueza de quironómidos. Son necesarios estudios que caractericen la composición taxonómica del grupo y esclarezcan aspectos básicos de su importancia en los ecosistemas cubanos. Deben crearse colecciones con ejemplares correctamente identificados, preferentemente relacionados los diferentes estadíos del ciclo de vida, y que puedan servir de base para la creación de claves y como referencia para futuras identificaciones y estudios ecológicos.
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2015-10-01
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