Contribution to the knowledge of continental ostracods from Chile

CARDENAS, J; BALTANAS, A; FIGUEROA, R; CUSMINSKY, G.; CECILIA LAPRIDA; RAMON MERCAU, J; ALVAREZ, D; URRUTIA, R

il naturalista siciliano

Organo della Societá Siciliana di Scienze Naturali

Lugar: Palermo; Año: 2013 vol. 37 p. 67 - 71

0394-0063

INTRODUCTION 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). Later, SCHWALB & BURNS (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.