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PLANNING AND RESEARCH TRIP TO MEXICO
September 2005
Brett Ratcliffe
In preparation for a proposal to the National Science Foundation for conducting a biotic inventory of the Dynastinae of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, Brett Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson (University of Nebraska), Ron Cave (University of Florida), and Enio Cano (Universidad del Valle de Guatemala) traveled to Xalapa, Mexico in September 2005 to consult with Miguel Morón (Instituto de Ecología). This effort to create a plan of work was worthwhile, since the proposal to NSF to conduct this new research was funded in 2007. |
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Volcan Orizaba (Veracruz state) with Xalapa in the foreground.
Photo from our hotel balcony. Photo BCR. |
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Main administrative building of the Instituto de Ecología (IEXA),
Xalapa, Mexico. Photo BCR. |
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Ron Cave, Brett Ratcliffe, Miguel Morón, and Enio Cano
at the IEXA collections. Photo MLJ. |
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Enio, Ron, Miguel, and Brett discussing specimens, localities,
and the plan of work. Photo MLJ. |
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Enio and Ron collecting on the grounds of the
Instituto de Ecología. Photo MLJ. |
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Callicore species feeding on ripe fruit on the grounds of the Institute.
Photo BCR. |
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Cuauhtemoc Deloya, scarab specialist, Instituto de Ecología.
Photo MLJ. |
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Leonardo Delgado, scarab specialist, Instituto de Ecología.
Photo MLJ. |
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Ron and Brett extracting data from the IEXA collections.
Photo MLJ. |
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Mary Liz studying specimens at IEXA. Photo BCR. |
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Paratypes of Golofa xixemexa Morón, Instituto de Ecología.
Photo MLJ. |
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Paratype of Archophileurus clarionicus Morón, Instituto de Ecología.
Photo MLJ. |
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Holotype and allotype of Strategus moralesdegadorum Delgado,
Instituto de Ecología. Photo MLJ. |
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Enio, Ron, Miguel, and Brett touring the Morón collection.
Photo MLJ. |
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Enio, Mary Liz, Ron, and Miguel with the Morón collection.
Photo BCR. |
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Miguel, Brett, Enio, and Ron, Xalapa, Mexico.
Photo MLJ. |
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Parque Nacional Perrote, about 50 km from Xalapa. Day collecting
here at about 11,000 feet yielded no scarabs. Photo MLJ. |
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Low pine forest at Parque Nacional Perrote, about 50 km from Xalapa.
The road was very unkind to our small rental car. Photo MLJ. |
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Parque Nacional Perrote. Many mushrooms colored the landscape.
Photo MLJ. |
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Parque Nacional Perrote. Photo MLJ. |
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