New species and records of Dissomphalus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Cerrado, Caatinga and relicts of the Atlantic Forest from northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4462 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
WESLEY D. COLOMBO ◽  
ISABEL D.C.C. ALENCAR ◽  
FRANCISCO LIMEIRA-DE-OLIVEIRA ◽  
CELSO O. AZEVEDO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil

The main goal of this paper is to study the Dissomphalus material deposited at the Coleção Zoológica do Maranhão (Maranhão, Brazil). The material was collected in six parks: Parque Nacional Chapada das Mesas, Parque Estadual do Mirador and Reserva Ecológica do Inhamum in the state of Maranhão; Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões and Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades in the state of Piauí, and Parque Nacional de Ubajara in the state of Ceará. Forty species are recognized from these six parks. Twenty-two of them are previously described species, namely: D. bifurcatus Azevedo, D. cervoides Azevedo, D. conicus Azevedo, D. curvilongus Azevedo, D. geniculatus Azevedo, D. gilvipes Evans, D. infissus Evans, D. krombeini Azevedo, D. laminaris Redighieri & Azevedo, D. latimerus Azevedo, D. linearis Azevedo, D. lobisserratus Azevedo, D. magnus Redighieri & Azevedo, D. megomphalus Evans, D. microstictus Evans, D. napo Evans, D. plaumanni Evans, D. scamatus Azevedo, D. subpilosus Azevedo, D. tubulatus Redighieri & Azevedo, D. ubracus Brito & Azevedo and D. verrucosus Redighieri & Azevedo. Eighteen species are newly described and illustrated: Dissomphalus acutipupu Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. boibumba Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. boitata Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. boiuna Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. boto Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. caipora Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. capelobo Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. cuca Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. curupira Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. iara Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. iracema Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. irupe Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. joaquinae Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. jurupari Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. mapinguari Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. matintaperera Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov., D. saci Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov. and D. torem Colombo & Azevedo sp. nov.. A key for these species is provided. The genus is newly recorded from the state of Piauí, Brazil. 

scholarly journals A new large canopy-dwelling species of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1930 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil

PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e8642
Author(s):  
Iuri R. Dias ◽  
Gabriel Novaes-e-Fagundes ◽  
Antonio Mollo Neto ◽  
Juliana Zina ◽  
Caroline Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Genetic Distance ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Field Work ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Large Species ◽  
Mitochondrial Rrna

The known diversity of treefrogs of the genus Phyllodytes has rapidly increased in recent years, currently comprising 14 species. Recent field work in the Atlantic Rainforest of the state of Bahia lead to the discovery of a new large species of Phyllodytes which is herein described based on multiple evidence including morphological, acoustical and genetic data. Phyllodytes sp. nov. is one of the largest species within the genus and presents immaculate yellowish dorsum and limbs. The advertisement call of the species is composed of 7–31 notes (half pulsed/pulsatile-half harmonic) with frequency-modulated harmonics. Phyllodytes sp. nov. has a karyotype of 2n = 22 chromosomes, as also found in other species of the genus. Genetic distance values of the 16S mitochondrial rRNA among Phyllodytes sp. nov. and its congeners range between 6.4 to 10.2%. The description of another new species for this state reinforces the need for further taxonomic work with Phyllodytes in this region that has been revealed as a priority area for research and conservation of this genus.

A new species of Gurania (Cucurbitaceae) from Northeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 252 (4) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
GÉSSICA A. GOMES-COSTA ◽  
MARIA REGINA DE V. BARBOSA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Related Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Taxonomic Review ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Herbarium Collections ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

During analysis of herbarium collections for a taxonomic review of the Brazilian species of Gurania from the Atlantic forest, one new species was discovered. The new species is known only from the state of Bahia and honors Dr. Michael H. Nee. A description, illustrations, and photos of Gurania neei are presented along with comments on its similarities and differences with related species.

Another new species of Phyllodytes (Anura: Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4407 (1) ◽  
pp. 101 ◽  
Author(s):  
VICTOR G. D. ORRICO ◽  
IURI R. DIAS ◽  
EUVALDO MARCIANO-JR.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Phyllodytes is described from the State of Bahia, in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Phyllodytes praeceptor sp. nov. can be differentiated from other species of Phyllodytes by its medium size (SVL 20.7–25.8 mm in males); odontoids moderately developed; vocal sac externally visible; eyes large and prominent; dorsum homogenously cream, except for a few scattered spots and blotches; venter areolate with two parallel, paramedial lines of larger tubercles; few tubercles in the ventral surface of thighs, the largest being the medial one; a large tubercle on the skin around the tibio-tarsal articulation; nuptial pad rounded and moderately expanded. 

Two New Species of Turnera (Passifloraceae s. l., Turneroideae) from Northeastern Brazil and Considerations on the Identity of T. pernambucensis

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 838-843
Author(s):  
James Lucas da Costa-Lima ◽  
Earl Celestino de Oliveira Chagas
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Type Material ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Status Assessment

Abstract—Two new species of Turnera (Passifloraceae s. l., Turneroideae), T. acangatinga and T. ibateguara, from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil, are described. Some specimens of T. acangatinga were originally treated as T. annularis. Turnera ibateguara was recently considered part of T. pernambucensis, a species which also occurs in the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil, and which was, until then, only known from the type material. In this study, recent collections of T. pernambucensis in the state of Alagoas revealed that both are distinct species and that have been mistakenly identified so far. We provide data on morphology, distribution, habitat, and phenophases, a preliminary conservation status assessment for the three species, and a key to the species with capitate inflorescences from Alagoas and Pernambuco.

A New Endangered Species of Tragia (Euphorbiaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 839-844
Author(s):  
Wesley Patrício Freire de Sá Cordeiro ◽  
Sarah Maria Athiê-Souza ◽  
André Laurênio de Melo ◽  
Margareth Ferreira de Sales
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Entire Margin ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—A new species (Tragia hoffmanniae) found only in the Atlantic Forest in the state of Bahia (northeastern Brazil) is presented here, with descriptions of its morphology and pollen grains; illustrations, maps, and geographical and morphological comments are also provided. The species differs from other Tragia sect. Tragia taxa in having leaves with an elliptic to lanceolate blade, caudate apex, and entire margin. A comparative table is provided to distinguish the new species from other Tragia species in the Atlantic Forest.

Two new species of Lantana (Verbenaceae) from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 299 (1) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
TÂNIA REGINA DOS SANTOS SILVA ◽  
FÁTIMA REGINA GONÇALVES SALIMENA ◽  
CARLA TEIXEIRA LIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Campos Rupestres ◽  
Espinhaço Range ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Lantana are here described and illustrated. Lantana speciosa is endemic to the campos rupestres of the Espinhaço Range in Bahia and Minas Gerais, whilst Lantana restingensis is endemic to the restingas of the Atlantic forest in the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. Comparative tables of morphologically similar and sympatric Lantana species are provided.

Eufriesea zhangi sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina), a new orchid bee from Brazil revealed by molecular and morphological characters

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3609 (6) ◽  
pp. 568-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO ◽  
JOSÉ E. SANTOS JÚNIOR ◽  
FABRÍCIO R. SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Environmental Disturbances ◽  
Orchid Bee ◽  
Unknown Species

Eufriesea zhangi Nemésio & Santos Júnior sp. n. is described from the ‘Parque Nacional de Ubajara’, state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil. This orchid-bee species is superficially similar to the blackish species belonging to the Eufriesea mussitans (Fabricius, 1787) species-group. Molecular and morphological (both external and genital) characters were used to demonstrate that Eufriesea zhangi sp. n. is distinct from morphologically similar Eufriesea nordestina (Moure, 1999) and Eufriesea auriceps (Friese, 1899). Molecular data vaguely suggested that its closest relative is Eufriesea nigrohirta (Friese, 1899). This new species, as well as the recently described Eulaema quadragintanovem Nemésio & Ferrari, 2012, seems to be geographically restricted to ‘brejos de altitude’—Atlantic Forest physiognomies at the top of mountains in northeastern Brazil—in the state of Ceará. Due to their conspicuous isolation, these areas appear to be a rich source of unknown species that may rapidly vanish due to environmental disturbances.

A Synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) in Brazil, with the Description of Two New Species

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 340-348
Author(s):  
James Lucas da Costa-Lima ◽  
Earl Celestino de Oliveira Chagas
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
The North ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—A synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) for Brazil is presented. Six species are recognized: Dicliptera ciliaris, D. sexangularis, and D. squarrosa, widely distributed in South America; D. purpurascens, which ranges from the North Region of Brazil (in the state of Acre) to eastern Bolivia; D. gracilirama, a new species from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil; and D. granchaquenha, a new species recorded in dry and semideciduous forests in Bolivia and western Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Furthermore, we propose new synonyms and designate lectotypes for eleven names. An identification key to the six accepted Dicliptera species in Brazil is provided.

The centipede genus Otostigmus Porat in Brazil: Description of three new species from the Atlantic Forest; a summary and an identification key to the Brazilian species of this genus (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae, Otostigminae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3280 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMAZONAS CHAGAS-JÚNIOR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
The State ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Distribution

Three new species of Otostigmus Porat, 1876 from Brazilian Atlantic Forest are described. Otostigmus beckeri sp. n. andO. lanceolatus sp. n. are described from the state of Bahia and O. giupponii sp. n. from the state of Espírito Santo. InBrazil, the otostigmine scolopendrid genus Otostigmus comprises 22 species. A summary of Brazilian Otostigmus speciesis presented with new distribution records, taxonomic remarks when appropriate and an identification key. Otostigmus sul-catus Meinert, 1886 is recorded for the first time from Brazil; the Andean Otostigmus silvestrii Kraepelin 1903, previouslyrecorded from Brazil, is here considered not to be present in this country. Eight nominal species are regarded here as newsynonyms. Five of them—Otostigmus pradoi Bücherl, 1939, O. longistigma Bücherl, 1939, O. longipes Bücherl, 1939,O. langei Bücherl, 1946 and O. dentifusus Bücherl, 1946—are based on females of O. tibialis Brölemann, 1902. O. latipesBücherl, 1954 is conspecific with and is considered a junior synonym of O. sulcatus Meinert, 1886; O. limbatus diminutusBücherl, 1946 is a junior synonym of O. limbatus Meinert, 1886 and O. fossulatus Attems, 1928 is a junior synonym of O. goeldii Brölemann, 1898. A lectotype is designated for O. goeldii.

A new species of porcupine, genus Coendou (Rodentia: Erethizontidae) from the Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3636 (3) ◽  
pp. 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTONIO ROSSANO MENDES PONTES ◽  
JOSÉ RAMON GADELHA ◽  
ÉVERTON R. A. MELO ◽  
FABRÍCIO BEZERRA DE SÁ ◽  
ANA CAROLINA LOSS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
A New Species
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