Abstract (taken from the origianl project proposal)
In order to complete the taxonomic revision of the
American genus Eurycotis Stål (Blattaria: Blattidae:
Polyzosteriinae), and an inventory of Neotropical cockroaches species, as
outputs of a 3 years on-going project "Taxonomic study of some groups of the
Caribbean biota, its exhibition and divulgation" of the Cuban Museum of Natural
History, I require 60 days for studying specimens at the RBINS collections in
Brussels. Collection studies in the United States of America have been
developed in the past by myself, but 17 type specimens of European authors are
deposited at different institutions and loans of type material are almost
impossible from Cuba. Study of this old type material is essential to define
the real taxonomic status of many of these types, as well as, of several
possible new taxa, still undescribed, deposited in different collections. RBINS
collection contains additional unstudied specimens which will yield much new
distribution data and probably, undescribed species relevant to my
studies. Exposure to these
research collections will allow me a fuller perspective on the species and
their systematic relationships, by allowing me to study a wide variety of
species and groups from the Neotropics, material not available in the museum
collections in Cuba.
Gained personal capacity: type material from various European museums was sent to Brussels for Dr GUTIERREZ to investigate. Dr. GUTIERREZ was also financed for a short (12-15.II.2006) reserach visit to the Geneva Museum of Natural History where he studied types that could not be sent to Brussels.
Gained institutional capacity: Through conferences, Dr. GUTTIEREZ passes his gained skills to his fellow researchers in the National Museum of Natural History in Havana.Read more in this paper
Remarks: in 2006, Dr GUTTIEREZ acted as assistant tutor in a GTI training course organized in Havana.
(Left). Dr GUTTIEREZ (second from right) flanked by GTI student T. SIMOTI and GTI tutor Y. Samyn; (right). Dr GUTTIEREZ teaching during a training course in Havana.
GUTIERREZ Esteban, Cuba
