Juan Urcola

Degree

Doctor in Biological Sciences (University of Buenos Aires).

Post-doctoral scholarship (CONICET).

Research interests

Morphology, chaetotaxy, biodiversity, ecology and conservation of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae).

Larval morphology, chaetotaxy, phylogeny and evolution of water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae).

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., 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.

14 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Alarie, Y., Urcola, M. R. & Michat, M. C. (2024) Description of the first- and third-instar larvae of Hydrocanthus levigatus (Brullé, 1837) (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Aquatic insects 10.1080/01650424.2023.2245802: 1-13.

15 – Urcola, J. I., Baca, S. M., Rodriguez, G. & Michat, M. C. (2024) Prionohydrus cambyreta sp. n. from Iberá wetlands—the first species of the genus from northern Argentina (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Zootaxa 5523(4): 483-493.

16 – Rubio, L. E., Roig-Juñent, S., Michat, M. C. & Urcola, J. I. (2025) First record of the flotsam tiger beetle genus Cheiloxya Guérin-Méneville, 1855 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) from Yungas Forest of Argentina. Zootaxa 5590(3): 440-446.

17 – Urcola, J. I., Toledo, M. E., Baca, S. M. & Michat, M. C. (2025) The genus Liocanthydrus Guignot, 1957 (Coleoptera, Noteridae) in Argentina: new records and larval morphology. ZooKeys 1231: 371-384.

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.