The genus Platesthes Waterhouse, 1845 (Pimeliinae: Praocini), distributed in the Patagonian steppes in southern Argentina and Chile, is revised. A phylogeny of its 13 species is proposed, based on 48 morphological characters. ...

Gyrasida Koch (Pimeliinac: Praocini), distributed in central Chile is elevated to generic status and transferred from Asidini to Praocini on the basis of constant tribal level characters. Prior to this study Gyrasida was ...

In this paper we describe the pattern. of creation and destruction of Chilean firms between 1999 and, 2006. In addition, we construct transition matrices among different firm sizes based on tax information. It has to be ...