New coastal and insular species of the bromeligenous Scinax perpusillus group, from the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Anura, Hylidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1914 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
HELIO RICARDO DA SILVA ◽  
RICARDO ALVES- SILVA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Yellow Stripe

We describe a new bromeligenous species of Scinax from the perpusillus group from the Atlantic Forest of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new species is described from three different localities, two on the continent (Municipality of Mangaratiba), and the other on an island, Gipóia (Municipality of Angra dos Reis). The new species may be easily diagnosed from all other known species in the group by the color pattern of the tadpole, by the prominent medial process between the nostrils in adults. While in all the other species the tadpole has a uniform dark brown coloration, in the new species tadpoles is similarly dark brown, but also has a yellow stripe on the head between the nostrils and the eyes.

Kielmeyera ferruginosa (Calophyllaceae), a new species from the Atlantic Forest, southern Bahia, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 221 (3) ◽  
pp. 288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Pricilla Batista Santos ◽  
Rafaela Jorge Trad ◽  
Fabio Da Silva Do Espírito Santo ◽  
Maria do Carmo Estanislau Do Amaral ◽  
Alessandro Rapini
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Related Species ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Abaxial Surface ◽  
Southern Bahia ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Flooded Areas

Kielmeyera ferruginosa, a new species of Calophyllaceae from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, is here described and illustrated. The species is critically endangered and can be easily distinguished from other Kielmeyera species by the rusty coloration of the trunk and branches, orange-colored latex, and the occurrence in flooded areas. It differs from the other species of the section Prolifera by the leaves with secondary veins relatively more distant from each other and prominent on the abaxial surface. Diagnostic characters and the state of conservation of the new species are discussed, and an identification key for K. ferruginosa and related species from series Rupestres and Neglectae is provided.

The Neotropical sharpshooter genus Ruppeliana Young (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): four new species, key to males, and new synonyms

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4329 (5) ◽  
pp. 436
Author(s):  
RODNEY R. CAVICHIOLI ◽  
RACHEL A. CARVALHO ◽  
GABRIEL MEJDALANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The Other ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Janeiro State

Four new Brazilian species of Ruppeliana are described and illustrated: R. barbarensis sp. nov., R. grossii sp. nov., R. longiphallus sp. nov., and R. serrana sp. nov., the first from Minas Gerais State and the other three from Rio de Janeiro State. The new taxa can be easily distinguished from other Ruppeliana species by their color pattern and male genitalia morphology. Ruppeliana coronulifera (Stål, 1862) and R. taschenbergi (Berg, 1899) are synonymized with R. signiceps (Stål, 1862). Additionally, a diagnosis of the genus and a key to species are provided. 

A new species of Metavononoides from the Brazilian Atlantic  Forest (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cosmetidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1087 (1) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
CLÁUDIO P. FERREIRA ◽  
DENIS RAFAEL PEDROSO ◽  
ADRIANO B. KURY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Cosmetidae belonging to the genus Metavononoides Roewer, 1928 is herein described. Metavononoides melanacanthus sp. nov. is clearly recognized by its distinctive tarsal formula, its long legs (reaching over 60 mm), and by its characteristic color pattern. The new species is the twelfth species included in the genus. It is known only from two localities: the type locality, Barra de São João, Casimiro de Abreu and from Aldeia Velha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Three new species of Senegalia (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) from the Atlantic Forest domain, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 408 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
VANESSA TERRA ◽  
FLÁVIA CRISTINA PINTO GARCIA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
The State ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Brazilian Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Janeiro State

We describe, illustrate and compare three new Brazilian species of Senegalia from the Atlantic Forest domain: Senegalia atlantica, from Rio de Janeiro State; Senegalia rafinesqueana, from the state of Paraná; and Senegalia cupuliformis, from Bahia State. These species are morphologically most similar to S. tenuifolia and S. multipinnata, S. velutina, and S. kuhlmannii, respectively. Additionally, we provide an identification key to all Senegalia species that are morphologically similar to S. atlantica, S. rafinesqueana and S. cupuliformis and occur in the Atlantic Forest domain; we also provide comments on the geographic distribution and the flowering and fruiting period of S. atlantica, S. rafinesqueana and S. cupuliformis.

Two new species of Bredemeyera (Polygalaceae) from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 351 (2) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
M. MOTA ◽  
J.F.B. PASTORE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Floral Morphology ◽  
The State ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Sao Francisco River ◽  
Savanna Vegetation ◽  
Cerrado Savanna ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Bredemeyera (Polygalaceae) for Brazil are described and illustrated. Bredemeyera atlantica occurs in Atlantic Forest in the Brazilian states of Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, whereas B. petiolata occurs in Cerrado savanna vegetation along the São Francisco river in the Northeast, in the state of Bahia and Piauí. Photographic plates of the habit and comparative floral morphology with allied species, as well as a distribution map, are provided.

Two new species of Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) from the Caatinga, Northwest Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2787 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
FEDERICO ARIAS ◽  
CELSO MORATO DE CARVALHO ◽  
MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES ◽  
HUSSAM ZAHER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Temporal Region ◽  
Dorsal Region ◽  
Bluish Green ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Distinct Color

Two syntopic species of Cnemidophorus are described from the Caatingas of the Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões (PNSC), located in the Southwestern region of the state of Piauí in Brazil. Both species are assigned to the ocellifer group, differing from all other members of the group by their distinct color pattern and lepidosis. Besides these differences, both new species share a number of particular features with other members of the group. One of them, C. venetacaudus, shares with C. abaetensis and C. littoralis the presence of spurs in the heels of males, six supraciliar scales, a high number of femoral pores (from 21–45), a row of enlarged scales in the dorsal region of the arm, 8–10 rows of ventral scales, and a bright bluish-green tail, while the other species, C. confusionibus, shares with C. ocellifer, C. mumbuca, and C. jalapensis a low number of femoral pores, enlarged scales in the temporal region (posterior to third subocular), 5 supraciliar scales, and 6–8 rows of ventral scales. Based on these comparisons, we suggest that the ocellifer group is more complex than previously admitted, being composed by at least two morphologically recognizable species subgroups.

scholarly journals Three new species of Ocotea (Lauraceae) from Brazilian Atlantic forest

Rodriguésia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leandro C. S. Assis ◽  
Renato de Mello-Silva
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Espirito Santo

ABSTRACT Three new species of Ocotea - O. calliscypha L. C. S. Assis & Mello-Silva, from the state of Minas Gerais, O. ciliata L. C. S. Assis & Mello-Silva, from the state of Espírito Santo, and O. marcescens L. C. S. Assis & Mello-Silva, from the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro - are described. The species are illustrated, and comments on their relationships to other species of Ocotea, distribution, habitat, and phenology are provided.

Taxonomic review of catsharks of the Scyliorhinus haeckelii group, with the description of a new species (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4066 (5) ◽  
pp. 501 ◽  
Author(s):  
KARLA D. A. SOARES ◽  
ULISSES L. GOMES ◽  
MARCELO R. DE CARVALHO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
The State ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Identification Problems ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Internal Morphology ◽  
A New Species

Sharks of the genus Scyliorhinus from the southwestern Atlantic are reviewed; identification problems and taxonomic misinformation given in the literature are rectified. After extensive examination of the external and internal morphology of specimens collected mostly off southeastern and southern Brazil, Scyliorhinus besnardi Springer & Sadowsky, 1970 is placed in the synonymy of S. haeckelii (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907), which is thoroughly redescribed. Additionally, a new species, Scyliorhinus cabofriensis, sp. nov., is described from the state of Rio de Janeiro, distinguished from all southwestern Atlantic congeners by its color pattern, clasper and neurocranial morphology, and proportional measurements. A key to Scyliorhinus species occurring in the southwestern Atlantic is also provided. 

Behuria lumiarensis (Melastomataceae), a new species on a mountaintop of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 305 (2) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
THUANE BOCHORNY ◽  
FABIAN A. MICHELANGELI ◽  
RENATO GOLDENBERG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
The State ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Calyx Tube ◽  
Abaxial Surface ◽  
Adaxial Surface ◽  
Montane Vegetation ◽  
A New Species

We describe and illustrate Behuria lumiarensis, a new species from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has been collected only once in montane vegetation in the Municipality of Nova Friburgo. The new species can be recognized by the combination of leaf blades with adaxial surface covered with sessile glands and abaxial surface moderately covered with stalked glands only on the veins, hypanthium sparsely covered with stalked glands, a large calyx tube with narrow sepals that are not apiculate in the apex, small petals, and glabrous ovary apex.

Taxonomic notes in Meriania (Melastomataceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, including a new species, a resurrected one and a new synonym

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 453 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-232
Author(s):  
RENATO GOLDENBERG ◽  
FABRÍCIO S. MEYER ◽  
FABIÁN A. MICHELANGELI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
The State ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
A New Species

We present a new species, a new synonym, the resurrection of a species that has been synonymized before, updates on the distribution of three species, and lectotypifications for two species of Meriania from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Meriania baumgratziana is a new species apparently restricted to montane areas in the western portion of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It can be recognized by the sessile to subsessile leaves, these lanceolate, elliptic lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, with cordate to cordulate, amplexicaul bases (seldom narrowly round), the abaxial surface in young leaves with the union of the primary and the inner pair of secondary veins with a membrane forming pocket domatia, these with trichomes emerging from the inside, then in older leaves the membranes frequently enlarged, globular, these hypertrophied structures sometimes caducous, or easily removed by friction, and by the pendulous inflorescences with 4-merous flowers. Meriania paratyensis Chiavegatto & Baumgratz is synonymized under M. sanchezii R.Goldenb., which in turn is resurrected from what we understand as a mistaken synonymy under M. paniculata DC. We present a discussion and illustrations of leaves and fruits, in order to explain these changes and compare all these three species, plus a fourth similar species, M. glabra (DC.) Naudin. The distributions of Meriania calyptrata (Naudin) Triana and M. sanchezii are updated, the former with the inclusion of specimens collected in the western tip of the state of Rio de Janeiro (it was previously recorded only for eastern São Paulo), and the latter in the exactly opposite way, with new records from Rio de Janeiro added to the previously known specimens from São Paulo. Finally, lectotypes are designated for Meriania calyptrata and M. glabra (DC.) Naudin (this superseding a previous, unnecessary designation of a neotype).

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