The nymph of Hermanellopsis arsia Savage & Peters, 1983 (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Brazilian Northeastern Region

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4768 (4) ◽  
pp. 591-595
Author(s):  
STÊNIO R. S. NASCIMENTO ◽  
ERIKCSEN A. RAIMUNDI ◽  
LUCAS R. C. LIMA ◽  
CARLOS A. S. AZEVÊDO
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Northeastern Region ◽  
Generic Description

Hermanellopsis Demoulin, 1955 is a genus of Leptophlebiidae known from adults of both sexes and is represented solely by two species, both from South America: Hermanellopsis arsia Savage & Peters, 1983, described only from male subimago; and H. incertans (Spieth, 1943) described from male imago and female subimago. Edmunds et al. (1976) provided the generic description for the supposed nymph of Hermanellopsis. However, Savage & Peters (1983) revised the genus, and study of related genera raised doubt about the identity of the proposed nymph. Thus, the nymph of Hermanellopsis has remained unknown until now. 

New species of Horistonotus Candèze from Brazil (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Cardiophorinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3139 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
SÔNIA A. CASARI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
North Central ◽  
Northeastern Region ◽  
Brazilian Species ◽  
Provisional Identification ◽  
Tropical Woodland

Eight species of Horistonotus Candèze (1860), from states of Alagoas and Sergipe, are described and illustrated and a provisional identification key for all Brazilian species of this genus is provided. The described species were collected in the Caatinga, semi-desert tropical woodland, in the Northeastern Region of Brazil. The genus Horistonotus is very numerous with more than a hundred species, distributed throughout of North, Central and South America.

The bats of northeastern Brazil: a panorama

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina L. Garcia ◽  
Edson S.B. Leal ◽  
Claudia Rohde ◽  
Francisco G. Carvalho-Neto ◽  
Martín A. Montes
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Northeastern Region ◽  
Extensive Literature Review ◽  
Scientific Meetings

Due to the lack of studies with a regional focus on the richness and distribution of the fauna of chiropterans in northeastern Brazil, this paper presents a collection of these data gathered in an extensive literature review. The data analyzed include technical reports of environment consulting agencies, abstracts presented in scientific meetings, monographs, dissertations, theses, papers, scientific notes, short communications, book chapters and books on bats of South America, Brazil and the biomes Amazon, Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. The numbers of municipalities surveyed per biome and the localities, municipalities and species richness for each state and biome in northeastern Brazil were determined. This information indicated the regions lacking more consistent Chiroptera sampling efforts, namely large areas in the Amazon, Caatinga and Cerrado. However, bat surveys in Atlantic Forest environments in most northeastern Brazilian states were considered representative. Although bat populations in some states have been poorly surveyed, the results of this review afford to conclude that a large part of the diversity of bat species known in Brazil has been reported for the northeastern region of the country. This review enlarges the knowledge on bat species richness and distribution in northeastern Brazil, and indicates areas suffering from wide survey gaps.

scholarly journals Bacterial contamination in curd cheese sold in the northeastern region of South America

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamiles Barreto de Deus ◽  
Ludmilla Santana Soares Barros ◽  
Ricardo Mendes da Silva ◽  
Wanessa Karine da Silva Lima ◽  
Danuza das Virgens Lima
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Bacterial Contamination ◽  
Northeastern Region

Piper (Piperaceae) in eastern Northeast Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 505 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
ALINE MELO ◽  
MARCCUS ALVES
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New Records ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Northeastern Region ◽  
First Time

Brazil is considered one of the richest countries in Piper species in South America, with the genus being considered one of the most representative of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. The aim of this study is to improve the knowledge about Piper in the northeastern region of Brazil, and to this end, we recorded the taxa that occur in the eastern portion of this region. Collection expeditions were conducted in the study area between August 2017 and July 2019, 21 herbaria were visited, and other internationally important collections were consulted online. Thirty tree taxa were registered, from which one was recorded for the northeastern region for the first time (P. nematanthera), besides 11 new records for at least one of the states. We present a synopsis with comments about morphology, habitat and phenology.

Phylogenetic placement and a new circumscription of Poteranthera (Microlicieae; Melastomataceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 263 (3) ◽  
pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA JOSÉ REIS DA ROCHA ◽  
PAULO JOSÉ FERNANDES GUIMARÃES ◽  
FABIÁN A. MICHELANGELI ◽  
ROSANA ROMERO
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Dna Sequence ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Glandular Hairs ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
Generic Description

Poteranthera (Melastomataceae) is a genus of small, annual herbs with narrow leaves, that inhabit humid savannas in South America and are visible only when in bloom. Due to their size and paucity of collections, the phylogenetic position of Poteranthera has been uncertain to this point. Poteranthera has been at times associated, confused, or placed in Acisanthera and/or Siphanthera. Phylogenetic analyses based on DNA sequence data place Poteranthera unequivocally within the Microlicieae and not closely related to Acisanthera or Siphantera. These results are consistent with seed and anther morphology. Putative morphological synapomorphies for this genus are the glandular hairs restricted to the leaf margins and the apically constricted hypanthium. Based on morphology, Acisanthera leptalea seems better placed in Poteranthera and the new combination Poteranthera leptalea is made. An expanded generic description is also provided.

A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Lachnomyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1890 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
RODRIGO M. FEITOSA ◽  
CARLOS ROBERTO F. BRANDÃO
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
South America ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Geographical Data ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Generic Description ◽  
Wet Forests ◽  
First Time ◽  
Morphological Patterns

The Neotropical ant genus Lachnomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 is revised for the first time. A revised generic description is provided for workers and gynes; males remain unknown. Morphological patterns combined with geographical data led to the recognition of 16 species, of which 10 are here described as new: L. amazonicus sp. n., L. fernandezi sp. n., L. grandis Fernández & Baena, L. haskinsi Smith, L. lattkei sp. n., L. longinodus Fernández & Baena, L. longinoi sp. n., L. mackayi sp. n., L. nordestinus sp. n., L. pilosus Weber, L. laticeps sp. n., L. platynodus sp. n., L. plaumanni Borgmeier, L. regularis sp. n., L. scrobiculatus Wheeler, and L. victori sp. n. The gynes of L. grandis, L. haskinsi, and L. pilosus are described for the first time. Illustrated identification keys for workers, distribution maps, and high resolution illustrations are supplied for all species. Some Lachnomyrmex species are relatively common in the leaf-litter of submontane wet forests in Central and South America; others remain known by very few individuals. The relatively small and apparently monogynic Lachnomyrmex colonies inhabit small nests in the ground, among rotten leaves and inside fallen logs. Workers generally forage alone on the ground or within the leaf litter, but have been recorded also on tree trunks, and apparently do not recruit nestmates.

New species of Simothraulopsis Demoulin, 1966 (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Northeastern Region of Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4461 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
LUCAS R. C. LIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Northeastern Region ◽  
Two New Species

Simothraulopsis Demoulin, 1966 is a Neotropical genus of Leptophlebiidae with nine species known from South America. In the present paper, based on male imagos from the northeastern region of Brazil in the states of Alagoas and Piauí, two new species of the Simothraulopsis are described: Simothraulopsis sinuosus sp. nov. and Simothraulopsis gracilianus sp. nov. 

scholarly journals Anderemaeus (Acari, Oribatida)—overview, three new species from South America and reassessment of Anderemaeidae supported by ontogeny

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4647 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-289
Author(s):  
ROY A. NORTON ◽  
SERGEY G. ERMILOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
South American ◽  
Broad Concept ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Generic Composition ◽  
Generic Description ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Species Being

Anderemaeus is a genus of Gondwanan soil-dwelling oribatid mites with seven of the eight previously known species being South American. We propose two new species from Chile— A. sidorchukae sp. nov. and A. dentatus sp. nov.—and a third from Ecuador, A. mataderoensis sp. nov. Juveniles of the former two species are described, comprising the first such data for Anderemaeidae: nymphs notably lack both exuvial scalps and centrodorsal gastronotic setae, and the opisthonotal gland opens on a distinct stalk. The generic description is revised and expanded and a key to known species of Anderemaeus is presented, including A. tridactylus comb. nov. We reject the inclusion of Anderemaeus in a broad concept of Caleremaeidae and the implied subsumption of Anderemaeidae, as there are no synapomorphies linking the taxa. Anderemaeus species possess derived traits—e.g. adult with circumpedal carina and nymphs with smooth cuticle and no scalp retention—that are absent from Caleremaeus but are shared with more derived brachypyline taxa. The higher classification of Anderemaeus is reviewed: an analysis of known traits is inconclusive regarding both the generic composition of Anderemaeidae and its superfamilial relationships. However, on the strength of juvenile morphology, we propose the transfer of Anderemaeidae to Gustavioidea. 

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