Description of a new species of Aponychus and redescriprion of Tetranychus armipenis (Tetranychidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 1064-1074
Author(s):  
Júlia Jantsch Ferla ◽  
Maicon Toldi ◽  
Wesley Borges Wurlitzer ◽  
Noeli Juarez Ferla

Spider mite surveys conducted in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, allowed us to provide the redescription of Tetranychus armipenis Flechtmann & Baker (Tetranychidae) from specimens collected on native plant species from Pampa biome, Rio Grande do Sul state. A new species of spider mite, Aponychus mauritianum sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens collected from Solanum mauritianum Scop. (Solanaceae) in the municipality of Lajeado in the same state. New hosts for Atrichoproctus uncinatus Flechtmann and Schizotetranychus oryzae Rossi de Simons are also reported.

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 977-991
Author(s):  
Maicon Toldi ◽  
Noeli Juarez Ferla ◽  
Júlia Jantsch Ferla ◽  
Elisete Maria de Freitas ◽  
Enrico De Lillo

Four new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) were collected from native plant species from Pampa biome, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and are described and illustrated herein. They have been named: Aculus pampae sp. nov. on Elephantopus mollis Kunth (Asteraceae); Costarectus lanceatus sp. nov. on Sebastiania brasiliensis Spreng. (Euphorbiaceae); Dichopelmus sigfeminae sp. nov. and Rhynacus symflori sp. nov. both on Symplocos uniflora (Pohl) Benth. (Symplocaceae). All new species appeared to be vagrants and no apparent symptom was associated to them.


Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4175 (5) ◽  
pp. 487
Author(s):  
MARCOS CARNEIRO NOVAES ◽  
PITÁGORAS DA CONCEIÇÃO BISPO

Author(s):  
Wesley Borges Wurlitzer ◽  
Anderson De Azevedo Meira ◽  
Naiara Antonia Nunes Vinhas ◽  
Noeli Juarez Ferla

A new species of Cunaxidae, namely Cunaxa bagualensis Wurlitzer & Ferla sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on females and males collected in soil and leaf litter in the Atlantic rainforest biome in a rural forest fragment in Mormaço county, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Additionally, Armascirus livingstoni Laniecka & Kazmierski, 2021 is transferred to Dactyloscirus based on some observations.  


Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1447 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCOS DI-BERNARDO ◽  
MARCIO BORGES-MARTINS ◽  
NELSON JORGE DA SILVA (Jr.)

A new species of triadal coralsnake (Micrurus) is described from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The new species differs from other Micrurus species in southern Brazil by the following characters: snout mostly black, head completely black, white gular region, triads with middle black ring 1.5 to 2 times longer than the external black rings, white rings shorter than the external black rings.  The new species occurs sympatrically with M. altirostris and adds to the following known triadal species for the region: M. baliocoryphus, M. pyrrhocryptus, M. lemniscatus, and Micrurus decoratus. Its current range is restricted to Rio Grande do Sul but it may reach adjacent areas of Argentina and Paraguay.


Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2796 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
NICHOLAS A. MARTIN ◽  
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG

Nameriophyes sapidae Xue & Zhang (Acari: Eriophyidae) was found on transplanted nikau palms, Rhopalostylis sapida (H. Wendl. & Drude) in Auckland, New Zealand and described as a new species (Xue & Zhang 2008). Although R. sapida is a native plant species, it was not known if this mite species was indigenous or adventive because it was collected only from transplanted palms in unnatural gardens in Auckland. A survey was undertaken of R. sapida and the Kermadec Island palm, Rhopalostylis baueri (Hook. f.) Wendl. & Drude in the northern part of the North Island and Chatham Island.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 289 (3) ◽  
pp. 271 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHIRLEY CUNHA FEUERSTEIN ◽  
NATÁLIA MOSSMANN KOCH ◽  
FABIANE LUCHETA ◽  
VERA MARIA FERRÃO VARGAS ◽  
ROSA MARA BORGES DA SILVEIRA

(A new species of Graphis [Graphidaceae: Lichenized Ascomycota] and a revised key of the genus in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil). In this paper we describe a new species of the lichen genus Graphis, namely G. suzanae Koch & Feuerstein. This species is characterized mainly by lirellae with entire labia, a partially exposed disc with orange pigment in the epithecium, a lateral thalline margin, a laterally carbonized excipulum, a clear hymenium, and transversely septate ascospores measuring 40–44 × 8–10 μm. The chemistry of the species was assessed through TLC analysis. A complete key with G. suzanae and 56 more species of Graphis that where previously recorded to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, is included.


2000 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axel Kwet

AbstractA new species of Pseudis is described from São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is known from the southern parts of the Serra Geral where it occurs in grassland, inhabiting permanent ponds and still-water zones of slow flowing creeks. It is characterized by a paired vocal sac and a bulbous thumb, considerably widened at the base. It is distinguished from P. minutus by its different call, body coloration, rounded snout, and a more robust body with shorter hindlimbs. Advertisement call, tadpole, and life history are described. The taxonomy of the family Pseudidae in Rio Grande do Sul is discussed, supporting the synonymy of Lysapsus mantidactylus and P. meridionalis with P. minutus.


Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1126 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAULO S.F. FERREIRA ◽  
LÍVIA A. COELHO

The Resthenini genus Opistheurista has been known until now by the single species O. clandestina, which occurs in the Nearctic region. While studying mirids from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, we found a female exemplar as a new species. We provide descriptions, diagnoses, illustrations, and a key to distinguish the two species of genus Opistheurista.


2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Alves Seixas ◽  
Norton Dametto ◽  
Eduardo Périco

Abstract: A new species of the genus Temnocephala Blanchard, 1849 from southern Brazil was found on two species of anomuran crustaceans, Aegla spinipalma Bond-Buckup & Buckup, 1994 and Aegla grisella Bond-Buckup & Buckup, 1994, the latter classified as a vulnerable species by the "Lista de Referência da Fauna Ameaçada de Extinção no Rio Grande do Sul. Decreto no 41.672, de 11 junho de 2002". The crustaceans were collected from a tributary creek of the Forqueta river, Perau de Janeiro, Arvorezinha and a tributary creek of the Fão river, Pouso Novo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; both localities belong to the Sub-Basin of Forqueta River. The new species differs from seven other temnocephalans epibionts on Aegla Leach, 1820, by having the following characters: 1. a long and slightly curved cirrus, 2. two vaginal sphincters, one proximal, big and asymmetric, and one distal, smaller and symmetric, and; 3. longer than wide, elongated epidermal 'excretory' syncytial plates (EPs), with a almost horizontally central excretory pore, displaced to the anterior portion of the plate. The new species' EP is the largest in total length among epibionts temnocephalans in crustaceans already registered. Regarding the similarities with the male reproductive system of Temnocephala axenosMonticelli, 1898, the new species has important differences in the female reproductive system. It has a larger proximal vaginal sphincter, located in the middle of the vagina, while the smaller distal one is at the extreme end of the organ. Besides that, the vaginal portion between the proximal and distal sphincters is conspicuous, with a strong muscular wall. This is the first record of a species of Temnocephala in the Taquari Valley, as well in the 'Perau de Janeiro', which is an area with a rich endemic fauna.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4291 (3) ◽  
pp. 521 ◽  
Author(s):  
CAROLINE MALDANER ◽  
JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL

Decimiana gaucha sp. nov. is described from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and illustrated. New geographical records for D. tessellata (Charpentier), D. bolivari (Chopard) and D. hebardi Lombardo retrieved from Brazilian collections and a new key to species, based on male genital characters, are presented. 


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