Azana atlantica, n.sp., with reduced mouthparts and two ocelli: first record of Azana for the Neotropical region (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae)

A new Sciophilinae—Azana atlantica, sp.n.—is described from the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. The species has a number of distinctive apomorphic features, including loss of the mid ocellus, reduced mouthparts, Sc short and incomplete, first section of Rs missing, r-m elongated, longitudinal in position, aligned with the second section of Rs (R 5 ), unforked medial and cubital veins, R 4 missing, M 4 entirely absent, gonostyle triangular, with an inner row of elongated spines and a basal, digitiform inner projection. Some of these features are shared with other genera of the Azana- group of Sciophilinae. The shape of the scutum and the strong spines on the gonostyle make it clear that the species belongs in Azana, despite the features that are distinctive from the remaining species in the genus. There are ten species described in Azana to date, from United States, Europe, Sri Lanka, Canary Islands, tropical Africa and Baltic amber. This is the first Neotropical species belonging to the genus. The complete loss of M 4 and the separated gonocoxites suggest that Azana atlantica, sp.n. forms a monophyletic group with the Afrotropical species of the genus. Azana, Morganiella, Neoaphelomera, Neotrizygia, and Trizygia are shown to compose a small clade within the Azana-group of genera. The division of the genus into two subgenera—A. (Azana) and A. (Jugazana)—most probably renders A. (Azana) paraphyletic and it is suggested that this should be for the time being abandoned.

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Additions to the knowledge of Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Neotropical region, with description of four new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4938.1.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4938 (1) ◽

pp. 85-100

Author(s):

OLAVI KURINA ◽

HEIKKI HIPPA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

French Guiana ◽

New Records ◽

First Record ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Caribbean Island ◽

Additional Species ◽

Neotropical Species ◽

Southern Caribbean

The Neotropical species of the genus Manota Williston are studied, based on material of 146 specimens from French Guiana, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Dominica and the Dominican Republic. Four new species are described, viz. M. corniculata sp. n. (French Guiana), M. pseudocavata sp. n. (French Guiana), M. truuverki sp. n. (French Guiana) and M. vladi sp. n. (Dominican Republic). Manota defecta Williston, 1896, the type species of the genus, is listed from Dominica, representing the first record since its description more than a century ago from a Southern Caribbean Island, St. Vincent. New records of 13 additional species are provided: M. acutistylus Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Dominica), M. aligera Hippa, Kurina & Sääksjärvi, 2017 (French Guiana), M. digitata Hippa, Kurina & Sääksjärvi, 2017 (French Guiana), M. iota Hippa & Kurina, 2013 (French Guiana), M. micula Hippa & Kurina, 2013 (French Guiana), M. nordestina Kurina, Hippa & Amorim, 2018 (French Guiana), M. parva Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Nicaragua), M. pauloides Hippa, Kurina & Sääksjärvi, 2017 (Ecuador), M. perplexa Kurina, Hippa & Amorim, 2017 (Nicaragua), M. rotundistylus Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (Ecuador), M. serrulata Hippa, Kurina & Sääksjärvi, 2017 (French Guiana), M. spinosa Jaschhof & Hippa, 2005 (French Guiana), M. subaristata Kurina, Hippa & Amorim, 2017 (Ecuador). The number of Neotropical Manota species has risen to 96.

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First Record of Scirtidae (Coleoptera) Associated With Decaying Carcasses in the Neotropical Region

EntomoBrasilis ◽

10.12741/ebrasilis.v6i2.311 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 171-172

Author(s):

Rodrigo Cesar Azevedo Pereira Farias ◽

Daniel Dal-Bó ◽

Wellington Emanuel dos Santos ◽

Antonio José Creão-Duarte ◽

Patricia Jacqueline Thyssen

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Insect Fauna ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Forest Remnant ◽

The Family ◽

Mata Atlantica ◽

Pig Carcasses

During a two-year study on the insect fauna associated with pig carcasses in an Atlantic forest remnant in João Pessoa, state of Paraíba, Brazil, 127 adult Scirtes sp. were collected. This is the first record of specimens of the family Scirtidae associated with carcasses in the Neotropical region. Primeiro Registro de Scirtidae (Coleoptera) Associado a Carcaças em Decomposição na Região Neotropical Resumo. Durante um estudo de dois anos da entomofauna associada a carcaças de suínos em um remanescente de Mata Atlântica em João Pessoa, PB, Brasil, foram coletados 127 indivíduos de Scirtes sp. Este é o primeiro registro de exemplares da família Scirtidae associados a carcaças na região Neotropical.

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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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Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespoidea, Pompilidae, Epipompilus aztecus (Cresson, 1869): first record in South America

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10.15560/6.4.483 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 483 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Rogério Silvestre ◽

Tiago Henrique Auko ◽

Vander Carbonari

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New Zealand ◽

South America ◽

Central America ◽

First Record ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

South American

The genus Epipompilus occurs throughout the Neotropical region, United States, Australia and New Zealand. South American members of this genus appear to have evolved separately from the others Pompilidae for a considerably time. E. aztecus was initially recorded only for Mexico and Central America. Our record expands the distribution of E. aztecus to South America, bringing new perspectives to the biogeography of spider wasps.

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The surprising "B-side": description of a new foraging tactic for the pearl cichlid, Geophagus brasiliensis, in a coastal stream of the Atlantic Forest

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0702 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gabriel Raposo Silva de Souza ◽

José Sabino ◽

Domingos Garrone-Neto

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Tree Bark ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Freshwater Species ◽

Geophagus Brasiliensis ◽

Present Description ◽

Foraging Tactic

Abstract: A new foraging tactic for the pearl cichlid, Geophagus brasiliensis, is described from underwater observations performed in a coastal stream of the Atlantic Forest, Southeastern Brazil. Named "shift picking", the foraging tactic involved the manoeuvering of leaves, wood twigs and tree bark present in the substrate, with fish using its mouth to turn objects and uncover macroinvertebrates adhered to the underside of the object being picked ("B-side"). The object-shifting behaviour is rarely reported for fish and the present description seems to be the first record for a freshwater species of South America.

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Machima itatiaia sp. nov.: a new species of lichen-mimic katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4878.3.10 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4878 (3) ◽

pp. 589-594

Author(s):

ANDRÉ FONSECA ANTUNES ◽

DANIELA MAEDA TAKIYA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Main Lobe ◽

Valid Species ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽

Key To Species ◽

A New Species

The Brazilian genus Machima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 includes three valid species: M. paranensis Rehn, 1950 and M. scalprum Rehn, 1950 distributed on Southern and M. phyllacantha (Burmeister, 1838) from Northeastern Brazil. Herein we analyzed eleven male specimens of Machima from Parque Nacional de Itatiaia and propose a new species. Machima itatiaia sp. nov. is characterized by its main lobe of the cercus curving abruptly on apical two-thirds and accessory lobe as long as wide. The new species is the first record of the genus from Southeastern Brazil. Finally, we also present a key to species of Machima based on males.

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First record of Itapotihyla langsdorffii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) (Amphibia: Hylidae) from a Cerrado region in Minas Gerais state, Brazil

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10.15560/8.3.510 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 510 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Heliomar Cazelli ◽

Mario Ribeiro Moura

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Minas Gerais State

Itapotihyla langsdorffii is widely distributed along the Brazlian Atlantic Forest, however, it presence in Minas Gerais state was restricted to five localities, all of them located within the Atlantic Forest domain. Herein, we present the first record of this species from a Cerrado region in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil.

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