Forensic Use of A Subtropical Blowfly: The First Case Indicating MinimumPostmortemInterval (mPMI) in Southern Brazil and First Record ofSarconesia Chlorogasterfrom a Human Corpse

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. S257-S260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine P. Vairo ◽  
Rodrigo C. Corrêa ◽  
Melise C. Lecheta ◽  
Maria F. Caneparo ◽  
Kleber M. Mise ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 1221-1226 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARTA J. CREMER ◽  
CAMILA M. SARTORI ◽  
BEATRIZ SCHULZE ◽  
RENAN L. PAITACH ◽  
ANNELISE C. HOLZ

On October 2011, a newborn franciscana dolphin with an anomalously coloration was sighted in Babitonga Bay, southern Brazil. The calf was totally white. Besides the potential mother and newborn, the group also had the presence of another adult, who always was swimming behind the pair. Both adults had the typical coloration of the species, with the back in grayish brown. The group, composed by the white franciscana calf, his pontential mother and one more adult, was reported in five occasions. The group was always in the same area where it was first recorded and showed the same position during swimming. Between first and last sighting of the white calf (113 days) the color has not changed. This is the first case of a white franciscana dolphin. This coloration has never been reported despite the high number of dead franciscanas recovered each year along the distribution of the species, resulting from accidental capture in fishing nets. This fact leads us to believe that this is a very rare characteristic for this species. We considered the possibility that this franciscana could be an albino dolphin.


2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Ferreira Teixeira ◽  
Maria Lúcia Góes de Araújo

This paper reports on a subadult male specimen of the smooth dogfish, Mustelus schimitti, caught in the continental shelf of Rio Grande Sul, during winter of 1993, which exhibited the characteristics of total albinism.


2020 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Jablonski ◽  
Andrej Alena ◽  
Petr Vlček ◽  
David Jandzik

Axanthism in amphibians is a relatively rare color aberration reported less often than leucism or albinism. It is caused by lack of specific types of pigment cells in the skin, namely xanthophores, erythrophores, and iridophores. Here, we present the first case of occurrence of this aberration in a widely distributed toad of the green toad (Bufotes viridis) complex and provide an extensive review of axanthism occurrence in amphibians. So far it has been reported in more than 20 species from nine families of amphibians with the highest occurrence in the family Ranidae.


Check List ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 871-877
Author(s):  
Sérgio Luiz Althoff ◽  
Bianca Tribess ◽  
Maria Júlia Reinert ◽  
Matheus A. R. Ferreira ◽  
Fernando Carvalho

1993 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Simose-Lopes ◽  
G. S. Paula ◽  
M. C. Both ◽  
F. M. Xavier ◽  
A. C. Scaramello

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4706 (3) ◽  
pp. 494-496
Author(s):  
JHOE REYES ◽  
DANIELA BINOW ◽  
ROGÉRIO T. VIANNA ◽  
SAMANTHA E. MARTINS

Within Dalyelliidae Graff, 1905, Gieysztoria Ruebush & Hayes, 1939 is the most widely distributed and speciose genus, members of which live in marine, brackish, or freshwater habitats (Van Steenkiste et al., 2012). Gieysztoria is composed by ~97 free-living species (Tyler et al. 2016), and species identification is mainly made on the male copulatory system, which has an armed penis (stylet) with different configurations of spines (Noreña et al., 2016). The stylet configuration of Gieysztoria species is traditionally split into two groups: Aequales (spines of similar shape and size) and Inaequales (spines of different shape and size) (Luther, 1955). In the neotropics, specimens of Gieysztoria belong to both the Aequales and Inaequales group   and are well represented (Damborenea et al., 2005; Noreña et al., 2003). According to Braccini et al. (2016, 2017), there are 16 species of Gieysztoria in Brazil, mainly distributed in the southern region. South Brazil harbours a mosaic of wetlands that are considered hot spots of biodiversity, including the Taim Ecological Station (ESEC Taim) protected area that was designated as a Ramsar site (Ramsar, 2017). In the present study, Gieysztoria falx Brusa, Damborenea & Noreña, 2003 is registered in the ESEC Taim, located in Rio Grande do Sul. It represents the first record of G. falx in Brazil. Illustrations and comments on stylet configuration are given.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4571 (4) ◽  
pp. 489
Author(s):  
JOÃO MIGUEL DE MATOS NOGUEIRA ◽  
WILLIAM M. G. RIBEIRO ◽  
ORLEMIR CARRERETTE ◽  
PAT HUTCHINGS

Two of the species of Pectinariidae previously reported from the Brazilian coast are herein described, together with a new species and also new record for the genus Petta Malmgren, 1866 for the southern Atlantic. Amphictene catharinensis (Grube, 1870) was described from material from off Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, but the most recent description for these animals comes from Nilsson (1928); a redescription for A. catharinensis is herein provided. Pectinaria nonatoi n. sp. was informally described as P. (Pectinaria) laelia nomen nudum in an unpublished thesis and a formal description has never been provided, although the species has been reported from several other localities off the Brazilian shoreline, mostly in ecological studies; the species is formally described herein and compared to the most similar congeners. Petta alissoni n. sp. is also described and compared to the most similar congeners and this is the first record for animals of this genus from southern Atlantic. There are also records for Pectinaria gouldii (Verrill, 1874) and P. regalis Verrill, 1901 from off the Brazilian coast, and a doubtful record for Lagis pseudokoreni (Day, 1955), but we did not find any material belonging to those taxa. 


Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1776 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
EDILSON CARON ◽  
CIBELE STRAMARE RIBEIRO-COSTA

The tribe Diglottini Eichelbaum, 1909 comprises two halophilous rove beetle genera Diglotta Champion, 1899, and Paradiglotta Ashe & Ahn, 2004. The tribe contains eight known species distributed in the Nearctic and West-Palaearctic regions, and also Fiji Islands and New Zealand. This tribe is recorded for the first time from South America with the description of a new species, Diglotta brasiliensis n. sp. from southern Brazil (Paraná). Characters of the mouthparts, aedeagus and spermatheca of the new species are illustrated and compared with other Diglotta species. Sexual dimorphism is reported for the first time in the genus.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 458 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-158
Author(s):  
GUSTAVO HASSEMER ◽  
LUÍS A. FUNEZ

We present here novelties and notes on Tradescantia from Brazil. More specifically, we describe a narrowly endemic new species from southern Brazil (T. insularis), create a new name at the species rank (T. catharinensis) for T. crassula var. gaudichaudii, discuss the taxonomy of T. schwirkowskiana and T. serrana, and lectotypify T. tenella and present the first record of this species in the Southeast Region of Brazil. Finally, we provide an identification key to Tradescantia in Brazil.


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