New records of Bryocyclops from the continental USA, Puerto Rico, and Brazil (Copepoda : Cyclopoida : Cyclopidae)

Collections from Brazil, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.A. yielded new records of 3 species of Bryocyclops. Both sexes of Bryocyclops muscicola are describe d from a probably introduced population found in a plant nursery in Florida , U.S.A., and compared to material of B. muscicola from Java. This is the f irst record of the genus in North America. The known distribution of Bryocy clops campaneri in Brazil is considerably expanded, and new information pro vided on its morphology. Bryocyclops caroli, previously known only from Bra zil, is recorded for the first time from Puerto Rico.