TABLE 1 in New records and a checklist of continental free­living Copepoda (Crustacea) from Panama

TABLE 1. Copepod crustaceans recorded from continental fresh and brackish water habitats in Panama. SpeciesLocalityReferenceOrder CalanoidaDiaptomus s.l. gatunensis Marsh, 1913Black Swamp near old Panama Railroad, and pond at Bohio, 40 samples including Gatún Lake, ponds, Miraflores Lake (brackish water), Lake BayanoMarsh (1913), Dodds (1926), Zaret (1971, 1975, 1980, 1984), Weers & Zaret (1975), Zaret & Suffern (1976), Garcés (1982, 1984), present report (USNM 288062)Diaptomus s.l. leoninicollinus Marsh, 1913Lion Hill, Canal Zone, 64 samples including Gatún Lake, small ponds, Panama CanalMarsh (1913), Dodds (1926)Prionodiaptomus colombiensis (Thiébaud, 1912)Comacho Reservoir and Rio Trinidad 7 samples from ponds between Gamboa and SummitMarsh (1913, as Diaptomus marshi Juday, 1913), Dodds (1926, as D. marshi)Pseudodiaptomus cristobalensis Marsh, 1913Old French CanalMarsh (1913), Walter (1989)Pseudodiaptomus culebrensis Marsh, 1913Rio Culebra, branch of Rio Chepo, 11 samples from Miraflores Lake (brackish water)Marsh (1913), Walter (1989), Dodds (1926)Pseudodiaptomus panamensis Walter, 1989Naos Marine Station, Panama Canal (i.e., Pacific coastline)Walter (1989)Order CyclopoidaApocyclops panamensis (Marsh, 1913)Savannas between Panama and Old Panama City, 19 samples from Miraflores Lake (brackish water)Marsh (1913, as Cyclops panamensis), Dodds (1926, as C. panamensis)Order CyclopoidaCyclops sp.6Gatún LakeGarcés (1982)Diacyclops sp.4Waterfall, Chiriquí, tributary of the Colorado RiverPresent report (USNM 288059)Ectocyclops phaleratus (Koch, 1838) 1Black Swamp, 12 samples from shore zones of lakes and pondsMarsh (1913, as Cyclops quinquepartitus Marsh, 1913), Dodds (1926, as Cyclops phaleratus)Eucyclops agilis (Koch, 1838) 1Comacho Reservoir, pond at Bohio, Black Swamp, Rio Trinidad, Miraflores, and savannas near Panama City, 39 samples from shores and bottoms of lakes and ponds, Gatún LakeMarsh (1913, as Cyclops serrulatus Fischer, 1851), Dodds (1926, as C. serrulatus), Zaret (1971, 1975, 1980, 1984)Halicyclops cf. clarkei Herbst, 1982 2Savannas and a well near Panama CityMarsh (1913, as Cyclops aequoreus Fischer, 1860), Rocha (1991)Halicyclops sp.4Freshwater seepage on Isla Grande, ColónPresent report (USNM 288060)Homocyclops ater (Herrick, 1882)2 samples from pond near Darien and Miraflores LakeDodds (1926, as Cyclops ater)Macrocyclops albidus (Jurine, 1820)Black Swamp, 13 samples from weedy ponds and marshesMarsh (1913, as Cyclops albidus) Dodds (1926, as C. albidus)Order CyclopoidaMesocyclops leuckarti (Claus, 1857) 1Reservoirs and most samples, Canal Zone 85 samples from Agua Clara Reservoir, ponds and marshes, Lake BayanoMarsh (1913, as Cyclops leuckarti) Dodds (1926, as C. leuckarti), Garcés (1984, as C. leuckarti)Mesocyclops longisetus var. curvatus Dussart, 1987 3PanamaReid (1993) from Marsh CollectionMesocyclops pseudomeridianus Defaye & Dussart, 1989 4Lake BayanoPresent report (USNM 288061)Microcyclops anceps (Richard, 1897) 1Savannas between Panama and Old Panama City, 28 samples from ponds, marshes, and weedy shores of lakes, including near FrijolesMarsh (1913, as Cyclops dentatimanus Marsh, 1913), Dodds (1926, as C. dentimanus)Microcyclops varicans (G. O. Sars, 1863) 1Black SwampMarsh (1913, as Cyclops varicans)Thermocyclops decipiens (Kiefer, 1929) 4Lake BayanoPresent report (CUAC)Thermocyclops inversus (Kiefer, 1936)Miraflores, pond near Bohio, savannas near Panama City, Gatún Lake; Rio Trinidad, Agua Clara, Calabraras, Mindi, Camacho, Cocoli, Carabali, and Gorgona Reservoirs5Marsh (1913, as Cyclops tenuis in part), Coker (1943), Reid (1989)Thermocyclops tenuis (Marsh, 1909)As for T. inversus 5, 81 samples including Gatún Lake, ponds, Ft. Lorenzo reservoirMarsh (1913, as C. tenuis in part), Coker (1943), Reid (1989), Dodds (1926, as C. tenuis)Order CyclopoidaTropocyclops prasinus (Fischer, 1860) 1Black Swamp, Gatún Lake, stream near Alhajuela caves, pond near Bohio, Miraflores Lake (brackish water)Marsh (1913, as Cyclops prasinus) Dodds (1926, as C. prasinus)Yansacyclops ferrarii Reid, 1988Fresh water pondReid & Mirabdullayev (2000)Order HarpacticoidaCanthocamptus staphylinus Jurine, 1820 1Small stream near Gold HillDodds (1926)Canthocamptus spp.1Small streamsDodds (1926) ......continued on the next page ......continued on the next page 1 Doubtful record; to be taken as some species of that genus or family. 2 Re­identification of specimens reported as Cyclops aequoreus by Marsh (1913). 3 Re­identification of specimens reported as Cyclops leuckarti by Marsh (1913). 4 New record for Panama. 5 Some records may refer to other species of Thermocyclops (see Coker, 1943; Reid, 1989). 6 Cyclops is a boreal genus; this record should be taken to refer to some species of cyclopoid.