Contribution to the knowledge of continental ostracods from Chile

CÁRDENAS, J. ; BALTANÁS, A.; FIGUEROA, R.; CUSMINSKY, G. ; LAPRIDA, C.; RAMÓN MERCAU, M.J.; ÁLVAREZ, D.; URRUTIA, R.

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Simposio; 17th International Symposia on Ostracoda; 2013

Italian Ostracodologists' Group - The International Research Group on Ostracoda

Our knowledge of continental ostracods in South America is still in its infancy with a total of only 260 species Martens & Behen (1994). Particularly in Chile, it is still scarce and scattered, with large voids in the taxonomy and distribution. In Chile, the first records were reported by Daday (1902), Brehm (1934)and Löffler (1961a,b, 1966). Later, Schwalb et al (1999) cited species of Limnocytheridae and Karanovic (2012) provided new records of Candonidae from Chile. The main objective of this work is to provide a checklist of ostracods in Chile with updated distributional records.