Ectoparasitic flies (Diptera: Streblidae) on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from a Private Natural Heritage Reserve in southeastern Brazil

Due to the small number of records of Streblidae on bats, despite extensive study on these mammals in the state of Rio de Janeiro, a survey was carried out in an area of the Atlantic Forest. The present study was carried out at Bom Retiro Farm Natural Heritage Private Reserve. We captured 401 bats of 17 species, 13 genera, and four families; bat flies infested 221 bats of only four species. Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) has the highest fly diversity, with seven fly species: Trichobius joblingi (Wenzel, 1966) (n = 23), Megistopoda proxima (Séguy, 1926) (n = 15), Strebla guajiro (García & Casal, 1965) (n = 15), Aspidoptera falcata (Wenzel, 1976) (n = 6) Paratrichobius longicrus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907) (n = 8), Paraeuctenodes similis (Wenzel 1976) (n = 3), and Trichobius anducei (Guerrero, 1998) (n = 1). Two species infested Platyrrhinus lineatus (É. Geoffroy, 1810): Aspidoptera falcata (n = 1) and Anastrebla caudiferae (Wenzel, 1996) (n = 1). Paradyschiria parvula (Falcoz, 1931) (n = 11) infested Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) and M. proxima (n = 12) and Trichobius uniformis (Curran, 1935) (n = 1) infested Sturnira lilium (É. Geoffroy, 1842). Sturnira lilium has the highest infestation rate, with ten out of 46 captured individuals parasitized, followed by Carollia perspicillata, with 33 out of 164 captured parasitized, and by P. lineatus with only two parasitized individuals out of ten. Among 97 streblid flies captured, M. proxima was the most abundant (27.83%), followed by T. joblingi (23.71%), and S. guajiro (15.46%). All remaining bat fly species represented 33%. Paradichyria parvula has the first record for Rio de Janeiro State.

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Bats of the Serra da Bocaina National Park, southeastern Brazil: an updated species list and a distribution extension for Trinycteris nicefori (Sanborn, 1949)

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0537 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ana Cláudia Delciellos ◽

Adarene Motta ◽

Daniela Dias ◽

Brunna Almeida ◽

Oscar Rocha-Barbosa

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

National Park ◽

First Record ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Species List ◽

Environmental Suitability ◽

Forest Sites ◽

Ecological Importance ◽

Janeiro State

Abstract: The Serra da Bocaina National Park (SBNP) is a large remnant of Atlantic Forest located within an endangered biodiversity hotspot, which contributes to the connectivity among protected areas in the region. Despite the ecological importance of the SBNP, its bat fauna is poorly-known, and no comprehensive inventory is available. The present study provides an updated list of the bat species found in the SBNP. The four-year study was based on a capture-mark-recapture approach at four sites within the park, in the municipality of Paraty, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. A total of 22 bat species were recorded, representing two families, Phyllostomidae (n = 19 species) and Vespertillionidae (n = 3). This added 14 species to the known bat fauna of the SBNP, which is hereby updated to 24 species, including Dermanura cinerea Gervais, 1856, Platyrrhinus recifinus (Thomas, 1901), and Myotis ruber (É. Geoffroy, 1806), which are listed as endangered in Rio de Janeiro state. The specimen of Trinycteris nicefori (Sanborn, 1949) captured in the present study is the first record of the occurrence of this species in Rio de Janeiro state. This record extends the geographic range of the species by approximately 650 km to the southeast. Additional inventories, in particular at poorly-studied Atlantic Forest sites, combined with environmental suitability analyses, and taxonomic and biogeographic data, are urgently required to elucidate the distribution of many Brazilian bat species, such as T. nicefori.

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Mussurana montana (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): noteworthy records and an updated distribution map

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10.15560/11.3.1657 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 1657 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Henrique C. Costa ◽

Patrícia Silva Santos ◽

Wanderlei Pereira Laia ◽

Paulo C. A. Garcia ◽

Renato Silveira Bérnils

Keyword(s):

Sea Level ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Serra Do Mar ◽

Mountain Ranges ◽

Scientific Collections

Mussurana montana is a poorly known dipsadid snake endemic to elevated areas in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. After the examination of specimens deposited in scientific collections, we update the distribution range of M. montana with five new locality records, including its first record from the state of Rio de Janeiro, and a new northernmost and easternmost record in the state of Minas Gerais. These new data reinforce the distribution of M. montana within the mountain ranges of Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Mar, from 750–1,610 m above sea level.

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First record of the bat Mimon crenulatum (E. Geoffroy, 1801) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology ◽

10.1590/s1519-69842006000200011 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 66 (1b) ◽

pp. 295-299 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

M. A. R. Mello ◽

A. Pol

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

First Record ◽

Geographic Range ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Conservation Units

The present study reports an extension of the geographic range of the phyllostomid bat Mimon crenulatum. This is the first record of this species in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil. Bats were captured in two conservation units of the Atlantic Forest. Data on the ecology and morphometry of the individuals are presented and compared with data recorded for other localities. The occurrence of this bat species in the region, though new, is consistent with information on its natural history found in the literature.

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An albino armored catfish Schizolecis guntheri (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from an Atlantic Forest coastal basin

Neotropical Ichthyology ◽

10.1590/s1679-62252005000100009 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 123-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Marcelo F. G. de Brito ◽

Érica P. Caramaschi

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Janeiro State ◽

Coastal Basin

We report here on an albino specimen of Schizolecis guntheri caught in the rio Bonito in the rio Macaé basin, Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. The hypothesis that albinism is more common in fishes with cryptobiotic and/or nocturnal habits is strengthened by additional records of this chromatic anomaly.

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Filling gaps and a new state record of Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)

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10.15560/11.5.146 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1746 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Breno Hamdan ◽

Claudio Machado ◽

Nathalie Kaladinsky Citeli

Keyword(s):

Geographical Distribution ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

General Distribution ◽

Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽

Distribution Map

We present the first record of the Dipsadidae snakes Xenopholis scalaris for the state of Rio de Janeiro and a general distribution map for this species. This record for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest expands the known geographical distribution of X. scalaris and reveals that its populations might not be isolated or disjunctive, but rather rare in this biome. We also provide some recommendations for future conservation of X. scalaris.

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Xenohyla eugenioi Caramaschi, 1998 (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae): geographic distribution and new record from the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil

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10.15560/11.5.1744 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1744

Author(s):

Rony Peterson Santos Almeida ◽

Hugo Andrade ◽

Ulisses Caramaschi ◽

Eduardo José dos Reis Dias

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Central State ◽

South Central ◽

Straight Line

The genus Xenohyla is currently composed of two species, X. truncata (Izecksohn, 1959) and Xenohyla eugenioi Caramaschi, 1998. Both species are usually found inside bromeliads; X. truncata inhabits the restingas of the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, and X. eugenioi transitional areas between the Atlantic Forest and the Caatinga biomes in northeastern Brazil. We report the first record of X. eugenioi in the state of Sergipe, expanding the species geographic distribution by 423.4 km in a straight line in relation to its type locality, in the municipality of Maracás, south-central state of Bahia, Brazil.

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First record of the Crested Eagle, Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800) (Aves, Accipitridae) in the Cerrado of Minas Gerais state, Brazil

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10.15560/11.4.1670 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 1670 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Larissa Lacerda Moraes ◽

Alexander Zaidan de Souza ◽

Rômulo Ribon

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Historical Records ◽

Minas Gerais State

We present a new record of the Crested Eagle, Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800), a rare forest eagle of the Neotropics on 22 May 2012 at a Cerrado area in Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. The species has only two historical records in the state, both at areas formerly covered by Atlantic Forest. The finding raises the expectations for the maintenance of the species in the state, stressing the fact that this is the first species record in a Cerrado area in Eastern Brazilian states.

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Physalaemus maximus Feio, Pombal Jr. and Caramaschi, 1999 (Anura: Leiuperidae): distribution extension and advertisement call

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10.15560/8.3.507 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 507 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Juliana Peres ◽

José Eduardo Simon

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

Carrier Frequency ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Advertisement Call ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Forest Remnant ◽

Espirito Santo

This study provides the first record of Physalaemus maximus in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. Physalaemus maximus was recorded in the Municipality of Castelo (1100 m a.s.l.), where it was observed in explosive reproduction in an Atlantic Forest remnant on 06 January 2010. The advertisement call of P. maximus consisted of a single multipulsed note, with carrier frequency emitted in 1,250 Hz and mean duration of 2.10 s. The record from Castelo extends in approximately 140 km eastward from the previous geographic distribution admitted for the species.

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Bat diversity from an area of coastal Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil

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10.15560/17.6.1731 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 1731-1743

Author(s):

Marcella De Assis Araújo Abreu ◽

Valeria Da Cunha Tavares ◽

Ligiane Martins Moras

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Ground Level ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Knowledge Gaps ◽

Rocky Outcrops ◽

Bat Diversity

We characterize the bat fauna of forested sites in the municipality of Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil, and update the list of bat species of the state. We conducted a rapid inventory using ground-level mist nets (27,000 m²·h effort) and occasional roost searching, which resulted in a list of 23 species belonging to Phyllostomidae (18 species), Vespertilionidae (3), and Molossidae (2). We report the first record of Molossops neglectus Williams & Genoways, 1980 and Myotis lavali Moratelli, Peracchi, Dias & Oliveira, 2011 from Espírito Santo, bringing the total number of confirmed species in the state to 86. The molossid Nyctinomops laticaudatus (É. Geoffroy, 1805) was exclusively recorded in its diurnal roost in rocky outcrops. Our study fills knowledge gaps in the distribution of bat species in southeastern Brazil, and more specifically in the highly diverse coastal Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo. These data reinforce the importance of continuously inventorying and documenting bats in the Neotropics.

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