New Records of ground beetles for Colombia (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

New records of ground beetles are given for Colombia, some of these also new for South America. The records for Colombia include the tribe Panagaeini, 33 genera (with 53 species) as follows: Adrimus, Aporesthus, Askalaphium, Aspasiola, Barysomus, Coptia, Ctenodactyla, Cylindronotum, Diploharpus, Eucaerus, Goniocellus, Hyboptera, Laemostenus, Mizotrechus, Oodinus, Otoglossa, Pleuracanthus, Pogonodaptus, Pseudaptinus, Stenocheila and Stenolophus (Harpalinae), Ozaena, Pheropsophus, Physea and Platycerozaena (Paussinae), Elaphropus, Meotachys, Micratopus, Mioptachys Paratachys, Polyderis, Tachys and (Psydrinae: Bembidiini) Stratiotes (Scaritinae: Scaritini). The genera Goniocellus and Pogonodaptus and thirteen species are new records for South America. Most of the specimens came from samples collected in the Insect Diversity of Colombia project; additional information was obtained from various entomological collections.

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Eight new species and three new records of Neotropical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from Venezuela

Journal of Insect Biodiversity ◽

10.12976/jib/2020.16.1.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 6-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ALLEN F SANBORN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South America ◽

Key Words ◽

New Records ◽

Additional Species ◽

Additional Information

Eight new species of Neotropical cicadas from Venezuela are described and illustrated along with the first records of three additional species for the country. Ariasa venezuelaensis sp. nov., Guyalna pygmaea sp. nov., Parnisa castanepronotum sp. nov., Parnisa licina sp. nov., Calyria minutopercula sp. nov., Carineta maracayensis sp. nov., Carineta seriemaculata sp. nov., and Herrera quadroacuminata sp. nov. are described as new. The first records for Guyalna bogotana (Distant, 1892), Taphura sauliensis Boulard, 1971, and Carineta socia Uhler, 1875 and the genus Herrera Distant, 1905 are provided for Venezuela. Additional information is provided to distinguish these species from related Venezuelan cicadas. Key words: Taxonomy, Ariasa, Guyalna, Taphura, Parnisa, Calyria, Carineta, Herrera, Neotropics, South America

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Additions to the Placopsis mycobiota (Trapeliaceae, Ascomycota) of southern South America, with notes on new records (including Aspiciliopsis macrophthalma), and a revised regional key to the species

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1017/s0024282910000460 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 42 (6) ◽

pp. 727-737 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

David J. GALLOWAY

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

New Records ◽

Southern South America ◽

First Time

AbstractAspiciliopsis macrophthalma, Placopsis fusciduloides, P. gelidioides and P. tararuana are reported for the first time from southern South America. New records for 13 species of Placopsis in southern South America are reported, and a revised key to 22 species of Placopsis and A. macrophthalma in the region is given.

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A review of Sharp's types of Aleochara from Latin America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/187631289x00465 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 1-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jan Klimaszewski

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

South America ◽

North American ◽

Additional Information ◽

First Time

AbstractA review of David Sharp's types of Aleochara from Mexico, and Central and South America is presented. Nineteen species are treated here, one of which is described as new (A. felixiana), seven are redescribed [A. angusticeps Sharp, A. funestior Sharp, A. mexicana Sharp, A. oxypodia Sharp, A. simulatrix Sharp, A. gracilis (Sharp), and A. duplicata (Sharp)] and one [A. miradoris Sharp] is put in synonymy under A. mexicana Sharp. The remaining ten species were treated in my 1984-revision of North American Aleochara but are here included in a checklist with references to description, redescription, and illustrations. Some additional information is provided for previously synonymized A. torquata Sharp (= A. sallaei Sharp), and for A. quadrata Sharp. Illustrations of genitalic structures of both sexes are provided for the first time for the seven redescribed species. Lectotypes are designated for A. angusticeps, A. duplicata, A. funestior, A. mexicana, and A. oxypodia.

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Faunistic inventory and zoogeographical analysis of the ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Garf Raydah Nature Reserve, Southwestern of Saudi Arabia, and description of a new species of Paussinae

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4514.3.3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4514 (3) ◽

pp. 341 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

MAHMOUD S. ABDEL-DAYEM ◽

IFTEKHAR RASOOL ◽

ALI A. ELGHARBAWY ◽

PETER NAGEL ◽

HATHAL M. ALDHAFER

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Life Form ◽

Nature Reserve ◽

Arabian Peninsula ◽

New Records ◽

Ground Beetles ◽

Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽

Form Analysis ◽

A New Species

Study of ground beetles of the Garf Raydah Nature Reserve, located in the Asir Mountains of southwestern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) resulted in one species, Paussus abditus Nagel, sp. n. described as new to science. Thirteen species (21.3%) are reported as new country records and fifteen species (24.6%) are new records for Asir Province. Adult beetles were collected from 2013 to 2017. The determination of this material yielded a total of 61 species in 40 genera and 17 tribes belonging to nine subfamilies of Carabidae. The species richness represented approximately 36.1% of carabid species previously reported from KSA. The most species rich tribes were the Lebiini (20 species), the Harpalini (10 species), and the Bembidiini (6 species). The life form analysis of adults indicated 18 life form types that are grouped into three categories, Zoophagous (77.1%), Mixophytophagous (18.0%), and Myrmecophilous (4.9%). Zoogeographical analyses indicated that the Afrotropical (19.3%) and the Saharo-Arabian (19.3%) species dominate the carabid fauna of this region of KSA. Coryza cf. maculata (Nietner, 1856) is considered the only Oriental representative. Only one cosmopolitan species, Perigona nigriceps (Dejean, 1831), was collected. Eleven endemics were identified; six species are considered KSA endemics and five are Arabian Peninsula endemics.

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Invasion of the Indo-Pacific blenny Omobranchus punctatus (Perciformes: Blenniidae) on the Atlantic Coast of Central and South America

Neotropical Ichthyology ◽

10.1590/s1679-62252011000300010 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 571-578 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Oscar Lasso-Alcalá ◽

Jorge L. S. Nunes ◽

Carlos Lasso ◽

Juan Posada ◽

Ross Robertson ◽

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Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Introduced Species ◽

Temporal Pattern ◽

Larval Dispersal ◽

New Records ◽

Atlantic Coast ◽

Museum Collections ◽

Ship Traffic ◽

Marine Habitats ◽

Petroleum Platforms

We examined 308 specimens of the Indo-Pacific blenniid Omobranchus punctatus deposited in four museum collections, and analyzed data on their collection locations to assess its invasion on the Atlantic coast of Central and South America. This species occurs in shoreline estuarine and marine habitats in the Indo-West Pacific. Previous sampling and recent records in the Tropical West Atlantic from 1930 to 2004 produced 20 records for: Panamá, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Brazil. In this work, we provide data on 17 new records for the Gulfs of Venezuela and Paria in Venezuela, as well as four records for Maranhão and Pará states in NE Brazil. The temporal pattern of collections (1930 - 2009) and the proximity of most localities to ports and zones of ship traffic indicate that O. punctatus was initially introduced to the Atlantic by ships travelling from India to Trinidad. Within Brazil the introduction is linked to shipping connected to petroleum platforms. In Maranhão and Pará the introduction may have occurred as a result of fish sheltering in fouling on hulls of ships moving between ports around the mouth of the Amazon River. Alternatively, the spread of this species along of the American coast may reflect the expansion of the range of O. puntactus through larval dispersal in northward flowing currents. We recommend monitoring of this introduced species, and studies of its ecology in West Atlantic areas.

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New records of Ganoderma multiplicatum (Mont.) Pat. (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from Colombia and its geographic distribution in South America

Check List ◽

10.15560/12.4.1948 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 1948 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ana Cristina Bolaños ◽

Vera Lúcia Ramos Bononi ◽

Adriana De Mello Gugliotta

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Tropical Regions ◽

First Time

Ganoderma is a cosmopolitan genus of fungi with species distributed in temperate and tropical regions. Species of Ganoderma in living Leguminosae were observed in Park de la Salud in Pance, Cali, Colombia and we record G. multiplicatum for the first time from Colombia. A distribution map of this genus in the Neotropical region is presented.

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New records of Xanthacrona Wulp, 1899 (Diptera, Ulidiidae) from Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/14.5.771 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (5) ◽

pp. 771-778 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Matheus M. M. Soares ◽

Aline S. Santiago ◽

Rosaly Ale-Rocha

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

New Records ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

São Paulo ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

First Time ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul

Xanthacrona Wulp, 1899 has been recorded in several countries of South America, but records in Brazil are few. Here, we record Xanthacrona tuberosa Cresson, 1908, Xanthacrona phyllochaeta Hendel, 1909, and Xanthacrona tripustulata Enderlein, 1921 for the first time from Brazil, and provide new records of Xanthacrona bipustulata Wulp, 1899 from the states Acre, Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Roraima, and São Paulo.

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The ghost of climatic change in the geographic distribution of Tillandsia aeranthos (Bromeliaceae)

Rodriguésia ◽

10.1590/2175-7860202071124 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 71 ◽

Author(s):

Elián Leandro Guerrero

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Climatic Change ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

Buenos Aires ◽

New Records ◽

Southern Limit ◽

New Findings ◽

Southward Shift ◽

Possible Cause ◽

Color Variants

Abstract The geographic distribution of Tillandsia aeranthos is updated with new records. Its southern limit is extended 200 kilometers in a zone previously studied by many botanists and naturalists, but also in poorly explored areas. For this reason, the possibility that the change in distribution is recent is postulated and discussed. The coincidence of this change with the southward shift in the isohyets and the decrease of winter frost frequency are highlighted as a possible cause of the advance to the south. In addition, two petal color variants of this species are first mentioned for Argentina. The new findings display that it is necessary to further explore some dry forests of eastern Buenos Aires and study the possible consequences of the climatic change in the biota of South America.

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