Título: Towards a dynamic checklist of lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of Ecuador–using the Consortium of Lichen Herbaria to manage fungal biodiversity in a megadiverse …

Autor(es): OÑA ROCHA TANIA ELIZABETH, GABRIELA CEVALLOS, PIETER VAN DEN BOOM, YADIRA GONZÁLEZ, ALBA YÁNEZ-AYABACA, ANA ROSA BURGAZ, BIBIANA MONCADA18, BRITTON MCNERLIN, DOMENICA NARANJO, EDWARD ERIK GILBERT, ERIKA CAICEDO, FRANK BUNGARTZ, FREDY NUGRA, GREGORIO ARAGÓN, ISABEL MARTÍNEZ, JAVIER ETAYO, JESÚS HERNÁNDEZ, JORGE DÉLEG, JUSTINE VILLALBAALEMÁN, KLARA SCHARNAGL9, MARLON VEGA, MARÍA PRIETO, NICOLAS MAGAIN1, NOELIA FERNÁNDEZ-PRADO, PATRICIA JARAMILLO DÍAZ, ROSA BATALLAS MOLINA, SANTIAGO SWANSON, ÁNGEL BENÍTEZ

Fecha de publicación: 23-sep-2023

Resumen: A checklist of Lichen-forming, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of Ecuador is presented with a total of 2599 species, of which 39 are reported for the first time from the country. The names of three species, Hypotrachyna montufariensis, H. subpartita and Sticta hypoglabra, previously not validly published, are validated. Pertusaria oahuensis, originally introduced by Magnusson as ‘ad interim’, is validated as Lepra oahuensis. The form Leucodermia leucomelos f. albociliata is validated. Two new combinations, Fissurina tectigera and F. timida, are made, and Physcia mobergii is introduced as a replacement name for the illegitimate P. lobulata Moberg non (Flörke) Arnold. In an initial step, the checklist was compiled by reviewing literature records of Ecuadorian lichen biota spanning from the late 19th century to the present day. Subsequently, records were added based on vouchers from 56 collections participating in the Consortium of Lichen Herbaria, a Symbiotabased biodiversity platform with particular focus on, but not exclusive to, North and South America. Symbiota provides sophisticated tools to manage biodiversity data, such as occurrence records, a taxonomic thesaurus, and checklists. The thesaurus keeps track of frequently changing names, distinguishing taxa currently accepted from ones considered synonyms. The software also provides tools to create and manage checklists, with an emphasis on selecting vouchers based on occurrence records that can be verified for identification accuracy. Advantages and limitations of creating checklists in Symbiota versus traditional ways of compiling these lists are discussed. Traditional checklists are well suited to document current knowledge as a ‘snapshot in time’. They are important baselines, frequently used by ecologists and conservation scientists as an established naming convention for citing species reported from a country. Compiling these lists, however, requires an immense effort, only to inadequately address the dynamic nature of scientific discovery. Traditional checklists are thus quickly

Palabras clave: biodiversity inventories; Galapagos; new combinations; new names; new species; species lists; Symbiota

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0024282923000476

ISSN: 1096-1135

Tipo publicación: Artículo