Abstract
The presence of Tylos niveus and Porcellionides pruinosus is recorded from Colombia and the Colombian Caribbean respectively. The specimens were collected on the Baru Island, Cartagena, Bolivar department, Colombia. Illustrations of diagnostic characters, comments about habitat, morphology and distribution are included. © 2016. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Ex. Fis. Nat. All rights reserved.
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