Five species of Hydrometra are known to occur in Colombia: H. argentina, H. caraiba, H. comata, H. guianana and H. exalla. An illustrated key to these species and distribution records by department are given. In addition, the previously unknown macropterous female of Hydrometra exalla Drake and Lauck, 1959 is described, based on material from western Pacific Colombia.

1Corporación Comfenalco-Universidad Libre, Servicio de Hospitalización Geriátrica Programa Siéntete Como en Casa, Cali, Colombia 2Departamento de Medicina Familiar, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia 3Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX 4Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University of Texas Med...

Determining the distribution of disease prevalence among heterogeneous populations at the national scale is fundamental for epidemiology and public health. Here, we use a combination of methods (spatial scan statistic, topological data analysis, epidemic profile) to study measurable differences in malaria intensity by regions and populations of Colombia. This study explores three main questions...

1 Center for Autoimmune Diseases Research (CREA), School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, 11001000 Bogota, Colombia 2Méderi Hospital Universitario Mayor, 11001000 Bogota, Colombia 3 Zabludowitcz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 52621 Tel-Hashomer, Israel 4Department of Autoimmune Diseas...

1 Programa de Biología, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia, 2 Tropical Diversity Section, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK, 3 Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA, 4 United States Department of Agriculture—ARS—SHRS, National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Miami, FL, USA, 5 Laboratorio de Botánica y Sistemática, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, ...

1University of Sydney, Sydney Medical School, Westmead Hospital, Molecular Mycology Research Laboratory, Sydney, Australia 2Universidad de Pamplona, Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz, Internal Medicine Department, Cúcuta, Colombia 3Tropical Medicine Institute Pedro Kourí, Bacteriology-Mycology Department Research, Diagnosis and Reference Centre, Havana, Cuba 4Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogot...

A synopsis of the species of Centris subgenus Xanthemisia Moure in Colombia is presented. The species identified are Centris ferruginea Lepeletier, C. lutea Friese and C. aureiventris, a new species from the Colombian Andes. Morphological characters of both sexes, distribution records and an identification key for the three species of the subgenus that occur in Colombia are provided.

A new tortoise beetle species, Cyrtonota abrili, is described from the Antioquia and Caldas departments in Colombia. New faunistic data are provided for 87 species, including 16 new additions to the country's fauna. A checklist of the known 238 species of tortoise beetles recorded from Colombia is given.

Two new species of Elaphopsocoides n. gen. from Valle del Cauca, Colombia, are here described and illustrated. The new genus is related to Elaphopsocus Roesler, but differs from it mostly in the hypandrial projections and in phallosome structure. The female subgenital plate has a distinct, median, posterior projection. The types are deposited in the Entomology Museum, Universidad del Valle (MUS...

S. J. Mitchell, M. A. Novotny, José D. Muñoz Center for Materials Research and Technology and Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4351, USA Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4130, USA Institute for Computer Applications 1, University of Stuttgart, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany Permanent addres...