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COLLECTING
TRIP TO
HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, AND EL SALVADOR
June, 2001
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This
was our third research/collecting trip for the project entitled
"A Faunistic Survey of the Dynastine Scarab Beetles of
Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador" (NSF/BS & I
DEB 9870202). Brett Ratcliffe (PI) and Mary Liz Jameson collaborated
with Ron Cave (co-PI in Honduras) and Roberto Cordero (Field
Assistant) to identify and curate collections at the Escuela
Agrícola Panamericana in Zamorano (Honduras) as well
as the Museo de Historia Natural in San Salvador, El Salvador
(Eunice Echeverría and Flor Urrutia) and the Museo
Entomológico in León, Nicaragua (Jean-Michel
Maes). Collecting was conducted in all three countries, and
a total of 54 scarabaeoid genera were taken.
All photos by Mary Liz Jameson except where noted. |
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Ron
Cave (left) and Brett Ratcliffe with Team Scarab decal (and
its inspiration) on Ron´s field vehicle at Zamorano,
Honduras. |
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Jean-Michel
Maes (our Nicaraguan collaborator) and Ron Cave discussing Nicaraguan
collecting localities for the project. |
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Ratcliffe identifying and curating dynastines in Jean-Michel´s
lab.
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Mary
Liz Jameson collecting from litter and logs at Selva Negra
near Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Photo by Brett Ratcliffe. |
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Dynastes
hercules, male and female, collected at lights at Selva
Negra, Nicaragua. |
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Roberto
Cordero (left) and Brett Ratcliffe collecting at Selva Negra,
Nicaragua. |
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Drying
the light trap sheets after a wet night at the headquarters
building at Parque Nacional Los Andes in El Salvador.
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From
the left, Ron Cave, Brett Ratcliffe, Flor Urrutia, and Eunice
Echeverria in the collection room at the Museo de Historia
Natural in San Salvador. |
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Co-PIs Brett Ratcliffe and Ron Cave in the collection room
at EAP in Zamorano. |
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Chrysina
cavei from Honduras, named in honor of Ron by Hawks and
Bruyea. |
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| Dr.
Jameson and doggie biscuits at the Mayan ruins of Copan, Honduras.
Photo by Brett Ratcliffe.
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If
we allow for some UV vision in scarabs, then this may be one
of the last things they see before being collected and immortalized
in a research collection. |
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Approximately
57,000 specimens of Dyscinetus dubius (Olivier) (=10
gallons!!) collected by assistants to Jean-Michel Maes in
Nicaragua. Photo by Jean-Michel Maes, June 2001. |
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