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Commonly known as “sea spiders”, pycnogonids are a group of exclusively marine arthropods. In Mexico, 62 species of Pycnogonida have been reported from almost all the coastal Mexican states. This data is the result mostly of investigations carried out by foreigners and recent studies of sporadic collections focused on meiobenthos fauna. The aim of this paper is to disclose the samples of pycnogonids contained in the National Collection of Mites (CNAC), which was part of PhD. Anita Hoffmann’s collection and which was collected from two different locations in the Mexican Pacific by PhD. Federico Bonet in the 1940s. Three species were identified from the total of 20 specimens: Achelia sawayai (Montagu, 1808), Anoplodactylus californicus Hall, 1912, and Endeis cf. spinosa Marcus, 1940. For the first species, a record is added to the already known wide distribution. E. cf. spinosa was recorded for the first time in the Mexican Pacific, and for A. sawayai, records of its distribution in the country are expanded. Furthermore, the importance of biological collections as material sites for the recognition of biodiversity is highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The academic and human legacy of Martín Leonel Zurita-García (1979-2020) is highlighted in this document. His academic career, especially in his universitarian period, is described. He devoted his research to the field of Entomology, in particular, to the Systematics, Biogeography, and Ecology of elaterid beetles, as well as Forensic Entomology. He published 17 scientific papers, and four book chapters; he also participated in five national and two international meetings. Martín Zurita is the author of seven Coleoptera taxa. He was a teacher of Systematics, Biogeography, and Forensic Entomology subjects at the Sciences School and Medicine School of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He was advisor or co-advisor of nine Bachelor's thesis in Biology, with topics such as Systematics, Faunistics, and Forensic Entomology. He also participated as a jury member in four graduate students' examinations (three Master's degrees and one Ph.D.). The second part of the document is testimonial: it includes the touching words expressed by siblings, advisor, friends, students, and colleagues, in whom Martín Zurita made a deep impression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]