Baccharis magnifica (Asteraceae, Astereae): a striking new species endemic to the summits of Serra do Caparaó, southeastern Brazil

Baccharis magnifica, a new species endemic to the summits of the Serra do Caparaó along the border between Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, is described. The new species is easily recognized by its shrubby habit, showy green and slightly wine-tinged, long-petiolate leaves with ciliate margins and corymbiform capitulescences. It is morphologically most similar to the allopatric B. macrophylla, which inhabits the mountain summits of the southerly Serra da Mantiqueira range. Illustrations, a distribution map, habitat information, and a conservation assessment are also provided for the new species.

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Studies on Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) from Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.8 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4291 (3) ◽

pp. 563

Author(s):

MAÍSA DE CARVALHO GONÇALVES ◽

MARCOS CARNEIRO NOVAES ◽

FREDERICO FALCÃO SALLES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Surrounding Areas ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species ◽

State Records

Specimens of Gripopterygidae (Plecoptera) from Espírito Santo State and surrounding areas in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, were studied. A new species, Gripopteryx caparao n. sp. is described. The female of Paragripopteryx intervalensis Bispo & Lecci 2011 is described and recorded for a new site. Comments on G. garbei Navás 1936 are presented. New state records are provided for G. cancellata (Pictet 1841), G. reticulata (Brauer 1866), G. juetah Froehlich 1990, G. pilosa Froehlich 1990, P. egena Froehlich 1994, P. intervalensis Bispo & Lecci 2011, P. klapaleki Enderlein 1909, and Tupiperla gracilis (Burmeister 1839).

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Juliaca Melichar, 1926 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini): description of a new species from Southeastern Brazil and redescriptions of J. sertigerula (Jacobi, 1905) and J. xanthogramma (Signoret, 1854) comb. nov.

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4472 (1) ◽

pp. 165

Author(s):

ALANA C. DOS SANTOS ◽

RODNEY R. CAVICHIOLI ◽

DANIELA M. TAKIYA ◽

GABRIEL MEJDALANI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Coffee Plantation ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

Recent Monograph ◽

A New Species

A new species of the sharpshooter genus Juliaca Melichar, 1926, J. nigra sp. nov., from Southeastern Brazil (State of Espírito Santo) is described based on specimens collected on a coffee plantation. In addition, J. sertigerula (Jacobi, 1905), an Andean species, and Tettigonia xanthogramma Signoret, 1854, from Southeastern Brazil (states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro), are redescribed. The former species was not adequately illustrated and the latter was not treated in the most recent monograph on the Cicadellini. The identity of T. xanthogramma is elucidated and it is transferred to Juliaca (J. xanthogramma comb. nov.).

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A new species of Protandrena Cockerell from Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae)*

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1330.1.3 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1330 (1) ◽

pp. 43 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

KELLI S. RAMOS ◽

GABRIEL A.R. MELO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

First Record ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species

Protandrena avulsa new species, from Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais (southeastern Brazil) is described and illustrated. This species is unique within Protandrena for its well-developed pronotal lamella, similar to what is found in Pseudopanurgus and Parapsaenythia, and by its protuberant interantennal area. This is the first record of this bee genus in Brazil.

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Dorstenia acangatara (Moraceae), a new and threatened species from Southeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.118.2.1 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 118 (2) ◽

pp. 29 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

MARCELO D. M. VIANNA f. ◽

ALESSANDRA DOS SANTOS ◽

ANDERSON F. P. MACHADO ◽

VIDAL DE FREITAS MANSANO ◽

SERGIO ROMANIUC NETO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Threatened Species ◽

Geographic Area ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Atlantic Rainforest ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species

Dorstenia acangatara (Moraceae), a new species, endemic to the Atlantic rainforest between Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais states, in Southeastern Brazil is described and illustrated. D. acangatara is considered threatened by IUCN standards due to its restricted geographic area of occurrence.

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Dalechampia margarethiae (Euphorbiaceae), a New Species from Southeastern Brazil

Systematic Botany ◽

10.1600/036364419x15710776741350 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 832-837

Author(s):

Rafaela Alves Pereira-Silva ◽

Sarah Maria Athiê-Souza ◽

André Laurênio de Melo ◽

W. Scott Armbruster

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Floral Resin ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species

Abstract—A new species of Dalechampia from southeastern Brazil, belonging to Dalechampia sect. Dioscoreifoliae, is described and illustrated here. Dalechampia margarethiae is a twining vine occurring exclusively in Espírito Santo state. Its pseudanthia are similar to those of D. peckoltiana and D. pentaphylla, but D. margarethiae differs in a set of important characters, including having cylindrical, down-curved style tips, staminate flowers at anthesis having unreflexed sepals with stamens born on unelongated columns, whitish floral resin, and simple, entire, cordate leaves.

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New species of flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5068.4.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5068 (4) ◽

pp. 517-532

Author(s):

DIEGO ALMEIDA-SILVA ◽

THIAGO SILVA-SOARES ◽

MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES ◽

VANESSA KRUTH VERDADE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Protected Area ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

The Third ◽

Skin Smooth ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species of dull-colored flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus, from the Atlantic Forest of Caparaó mountains in southeastern Brazil. The new species is characterized by its diminutive size, “leptodactyliform” body, brownish color with an inverted V-shaped dark mark on dorsum, skin smooth, hyperossification and dorsal shield absent, linea masculinea absent, Fingers I and IV vestigial, Toe I externally absent, Toe II reduced but functional, Toes III and IV with pointed tips, Toe V vestigial, and ventral color uniformly brown. It is a leaf litter dweller, known only from type locality in the humid forests on the eastern slopes of Parque Nacional do Caparaó mountains, a protected area in the states of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is the third flea-toad occurring in the state of Espírito Santo recovered as sister to all other Brachycephalus distributed from the state of São Paulo northward in the Atlantic Forest.

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A new species of Calea (Neurolaeneae, Asteraceae) from the Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 494 (1) ◽

pp. 129-136

Author(s):

GENILSON ALVES DOS REIS E SILVA ◽

JIMI NAOKI NAKAJIMA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Identification Key ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Distribution Map ◽

A New Species

A new species, Calea arachnoidea, which belongs to Calea sect. Meyeria, is hereby described and illustrated. This species occurs in the Serra Negra region, located in the southern portion of the “Zona da Mata” in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Calea arachnoidea resembles C. quadrifolia, C. heteropappa and C. semirii, and its relationships with these species are discussed and an identification key for the species of C. sect. Meyeria in the state of Minas Gerais is provided. Additionally, photographs, a distribution map, comments about habitat and conservation status are provided.

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Selaginella salinoi (Selaginellaceae), a new species from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.224.3.8 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 224 (3) ◽

pp. 291 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Luiz Armando De Araújo Góes-Neto ◽

Gustavo Heringer ◽

Alexandre Salino

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Electron Micrographs ◽

Atlantic Rainforest ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species ◽

Scanning Electron

A species of Selaginella from Parque Nacional do Caparaó, in Espírito Santo State, southeastern Brazil, is described as new to the science: Selaginella salinoi grows on rocks in Atlantic Rainforest vegetation at ca. 1200 m. The description includes photos of live plants and, scanning electron micrographs.

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A new species of Leptodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil, with remarks on the systematics of associated populations

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1334.1.1 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1334 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

ANTONIO DE PADUA ALMEIDA ◽

ARIADNE ANGULO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Leaf Litter ◽

Coastal Region ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Advertisement Call ◽

Advertisement Calls ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

A New Species

Adults and tadpoles of a new species of the genus Leptodactylus are described from southeastern Brazil. Leptodactylus thomei sp.nov. can be found amidst the leaf litter within cocoa plantations along the northern coastal region of the state of Espírito Santo. It can be distinguished from other species of the Leptodactylus marmoratus group by its advertisement call, which is described, together with agonistic calls, and compared to advertisement calls of other species of the group that occur in southern and southeastern Brazil. The systematics of associated populations is discussed.

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