Juan Urcola

Degree

Doctor degree candidate (University of Buenos Aires).

Doctoral scholarship (CONICET).

Research interests

Larval morphology, chaetotaxy, phylogeny and evolution of Noteridae (Coleoptera).

Courses taught

Digital scientific illustration (assistant).

Research articles

1 – Urcola, J. I. & Fischer, S. (2015) First record and larval habitat description of Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus from Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 31(3): 271-274.

2 – Marinone, M. C., Urcola, J. I. & Rabet, N. (2016) Review of the Eulimnadia (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata: LImnadiidae) from Argentina with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4158(3): 419-432.

3 – Urcola, J. I. & Fischer, S. (2019) Seasonal and environmental variables related to the abundance of immature mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in rain pools of a peri-urban park of Buenos Aires (Argentina). Journal of Medical Entomology 56(3): 716-724.

4 – Urcola, J. I., Alarie, Y., Benetti, C. J., Rodriguez, G. & Michat, M. C. (2019) Larval morphology and analysis of primary chaetotaxy in the genus Suphis Aubé, 1836 (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Zootaxa 4619(1): 121-138.

5 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Alarie, Y., Torres, P. L. M. & Michat, M. C. (2019) Morphology and chaetotaxy of the instars of Hydrocanthus sharpi Zimmermann, 1928 (Coleoptera: Noteridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 73(3): 611-620.

6 – Urcola, J. I., Alarie, Y., Benetti & Michat, M. C. (2019) Larval morphology of Suphisellus Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Noteridae): description of first instar of S. rufipes (Sharp, 1882) with biological notes and chaetotaxy analysis. Annales Zoologici 69(4): 817-825.

7 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Baca, S. M. & Michat, M. C. (2020) Suphisellus grossoi sp. n., a new burrowing water beetle from South America, and notes on S. flavolineatus (Régimbart, 1889) and S. grammicus (Sharp, 1882) (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Zootaxa 4786(1): 122-130.

8 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Alarie, Y., Rodriguez, G. & Michat, M. C. (2020) Characterization and mapping of sensilla on the head appendages of noterid larvae (Coleoptera: Noteridae), and development of a preliminary biometric method for taxa delimitation. Journal of Morphology 281(10): 1210-1222.

9 – Urcola, J. I., Alarie, Y., Benetti, C. J. & Michat, M. C. (2020) Description of the larval stages of Hydrocanthus socius Sahlberg, 1844 (Coleoptera: Noteridae) with chaetotaxy analysis. Annales Zoologici 70(4): 687-695.

10 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Alarie, Y. & Michat, M. C. (2021) The unknown larva of the burrowing water beetle genus Liocanthydrus Guignot, 1957 (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Journal of Natural History 54(35-36): 2285-2296.

11 – Urcola, J. I., Alarie, Y., Benetti, C. J., Torres, P. L. M. & Michat, M. C. (2022) Description and chaetotaxic analysis of the larval instars of Hydrocanthus debilis Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Zootaxa 5196(1): 135-144.

12 – Urcola, J. I. & Michat, M. C. (2023) Description of the mature larva of Suphisellus curtus (Sharp, 1882) (Coleoptera: Noteridae) with chaetotaxy analysis. Aquatic insects 44(4): 273-283.

13 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Alarie, Y., Urcola, M. R. & Michat, M. C. (2023) Description of the first- and third-instar larvae of Hydrocanthus levigatus (Brullé, 1837) (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Aquatic insects 10.1080/01650424.2023.2245802: 1-13.

14 – Urcola, J. I., Guimarães, B. A. C., Torres, P.L.M., Fery, H. & Michat, M. C. (2023) Redescription and neotype designation of Suphis fluviatilis Guignot, 1948 (Coleoptera: Dytiscoidea: Noteridae) and notes on other species of the genus. Zootaxa 5374(1): 137-147.

Book chapters

01 – Urcola, J. I. & Michat, M. C. (2023) Noteridae. In: Roig-Juñent, S. A., Claps, L. E. & Morrone, J. J. (dirs.), Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, vol. 5. Editorial INSUE – Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, pp. 190-197.