A new species of Meriania (Melastomataceae) with remarkably small flowers from northern Peru

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 456 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-94
Author(s):  
ROBIN FERNANDEZ-HILARIO ◽  
RENATO GOLDENBERG ◽  
FABIÁN A. MICHELANGELI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Peruvian Amazon ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

Meriania microflora (Merianieae, Melastomataceae), a new species en­demic to the Amazonas-Loreto border, in the Peruvian Amazon, is described and illustrated here. The new spe­cies presents the smallest flowers recorded within the genus, and also differs from other species of Meriania by the combination of appendages on the petioles, white petals, strongly dimorphic stamens and connectives with developed ascending appendages and multilobed descending appendages.

Sedum hutchisonii a New Species from Northern Peru

2020 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Pino ◽  
Nelson Cieza Padilla
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals Salvia celendina (Lamiaceae), a new species from Peru

Kew Bulletin ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. I. Wood ◽  
Rolando Uría
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

SummaryA new species of Salvia (S. celendina J.R.I.Wood & Uría) is described from the Marañón valley hotspot in northern Peru. The new species is illustrated with photographs and its distribution is mapped. Notes on its cultivation and distinctive characteristics are provided.

A New Species of thePristimantis conspicillatusGroup from the Peruvian Amazon (Anura: Craugastoridae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
José M. Padial ◽  
Giussepe Gagliardi-Urrutia ◽  
Juan C. Chaparro ◽  
Roberto C. Gutiérrez
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Peruvian Amazon ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals An elusive new species of gymnophthalmid lizard (Cercosaurinae, Selvasaura) from the Andes of northern Peru

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-187
Author(s):  
Lourdes Y. Echevarría ◽  
Pablo J. Venegas ◽  
Luis A. García-Ayachi ◽  
Pedro M. Sales Nunes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
The Andes ◽  
New States ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Selvasaura from the montane forests of the eastern slopes of the Andes in northern Peru, based on external and hemipenial morphological characters and previous phylogenetic analyses. The new species can be differentiated from the other two Selvasaura species in having keeled dorsal scales usually flanked by longitudinal striations, in adults and juveniles; adult males with a yellow vertebral stripe bordered by broad dark brown stripes on each side and a unilobed hemipenis surrounded by the branches of the sulcus spermaticus. The description of the new species contributes information about new states of diagnostic characters of Selvasaura and natural history.

scholarly journals A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7886
Author(s):  
Gavin J. Svenson ◽  
Henrique M. Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Research Station ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
Praying Mantis ◽  
Coloration Pattern ◽  
The Status ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Genital

A wasp mimicking praying mantis (Mantodea) of the early evolving Mantoididae family was discovered in 2013 at a research station near the Amazon River in Northern Peru. This adult specimen exhibited a striking bright red/orange and black coloration pattern that was undocumented in all known praying mantis species. We tested the status of this new specimen using external morphology, male genital dissections, and geographic distribution. Our findings demonstrate the specimen to represent a new species, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov., that is closely allied with a recently described species, Mantoida toulgoeti Roy, 2010, both of which are included within the newly erected genus. To support our actions, we present high resolution images of museum preserved and living specimens, morphological illustrations, a generic-level distribution map, and recorded video of the behavior of the holotype taken in the field at the time of collection. The bright red/orange coloration contrasted with black markings, the general appearance of a hymenopteran that includes a narrowed wasp waist, and the locomotory patterns and antennal movements mark this newly discovered species as unique among all hymenopteran mimicking Mantoididae as well as all other praying mantises.

Epidendrum choccei (Orchidaceae), a new species from Northern Peru

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 394 (1) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
MARGOTH ACUÑA-TARAZONA ◽  
ERIC HAGSATER ◽  
ELIZABETH SANTIAGO AYALA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

Epidendrum choccei, new species of Orchidaceae, from Northern Peru is here described, illustrated and compared with most similar species.

A new, high-elevation glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from Manu National Park, southern Peru

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3388 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI ◽  
RUDOLF VON MAY ◽  
EDGAR LEHR ◽  
GIUSSEPE GAGLIARDI-URRUTIA ◽  
JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
Manu National Park ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of glassfrog from the cloud forest of Manu National Park, southern Peru, at elevations of 2750–2800m. The new species is similar in morphology to Centrolene lemniscatum, which occurs in northern Peru at elevations of2000–2280 m. Both species have white labial stripes, humeral spines, and lack vomerine teeth. The new species differs from C.lemniscatum by its larger size, labial stripe extending into a distinct lateral stripe instead of a discontinuous lateral stripe, snoutprofile inclined anteroventrally instead of bluntly rounded, greater depression in the internarial area, and by having stronglyprotruding nostrils. Males of the new species emit long calls with 8–14 peaked notes, instead of a short tonal note in C. lemnis-catum. Another morphologically similar species, C. buckleyi, has a short advertisement call composed of 1–5 notes, and isgenetically distinct from the new species. This new Centrolene extends the known distribution of Centrolene to the south by 600 km, and is the southernmost species of this genus.

A New Species of Solanum Section Petota (Solanaceae) from Northern Peru

Brittonia ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Whalen ◽  
Abundio Sagastegui A. ◽  
Sandra Knapp
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
Solanum Section Petota ◽  
Section Petota ◽  
A New Species

Revision of Neacomys spinosus (Thomas, 1882) (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with emphasis on Peruvian populations and the description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4242 (3) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
NATALI HURTADO ◽  
VÍCTOR PACHECO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Cloud Forests ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Candidate Species ◽  
Molecular Context ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
A New Species

The large spiny mouse Neacomys spinosus (Thomas, 1882) has been considered the widest ranging species of the genus, occurring in southern Colombia, eastern Peru, western Brazil and northern Bolivia. The morphological variation between subspecies and populations of N. spinosus has been noted; nonetheless, this variation has not been assessed in a morphological or molecular context. Here, we present a taxonomic revision of Neacomys spinosus s.l. using qualitative and quantitative morphological analyses. These analyses were complemented with molecular analysis to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships among species of Neacomys, based on sequences of the cytochrome b gene. Our results reveal that N. spinosus s.l. is a monophyletic group, and morphological and molecular evidence to differentiate three taxa: N. spinosus s.s., an endemic species from mountain cloud forests in Peru; N. amoenus s.l. from the Cerrado between Bolivia and Brazil to the Amazonia between Ecuador and northern Peru, and Neacomys sp. nov. from mountain cloud forests from southern Peru to Bolivia. Also, our molecular results indicate that Neacomys is still far from being completely known. For instance, there are three candidate species pending of taxonomic revision. Finally, we propose three species groups within Neacomys: “paracou”, “tenuipes” and “spinosus”, and discuss biogeographical scenarios of the genus within South America. 

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