A new species of Chimarra Stephens 1829 (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) and new caddisfly records from Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4885 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
LARISSA L. QUEIROZ ◽  
EVERTON S. DIAS ◽  
ADOLFO R. CALOR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Dorsal Margin ◽  
General Shape ◽  
Cosmopolitan Distribution ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Trichoptera is the largest order of exclusively aquatic insects, comprising more than 16,000 described species with cosmopolitan distribution. There are about 800 species recorded from Brazil so far, mostly from the North, Southeast, and South regions. In Northeastern Brazil, the state of Rio Grande do Norte has only one Trichoptera species recorded so far (Oecetis excisa). Here, Chimarra (Chimarra) potiguar n. sp. is described and illustrated. The new species can be easily distinguished from its congeners by the following features: Segment X has its mesal lobe elongate, sub-rectangular; lateral lobes long and rounded apically, dorsal margin with subapical invagination; the apex of each inferior appendage has a pronounced apicodorsal acute projection, and the phallotremal sclerite complex is curved, with small spines dorsally. Chimarra (C.) potiguar is morphologically similar to Chimarra (Chimarra) bidens, but the new species differs from it by the length and shape of the mesal lobe and lateral lobes of segment X, and by general shape of the basal regions of inferior appendages. Five additional caddisfly species are recorded for the first time from Rio Grande do Norte state: three in Hydropsychidae (Leptonema sparsum, Macrostemum hyalinum, and Smicridea (Smicridea) palifera) and two in Polycentropodidae (Cyrnellus fraternus and Cernotina bibrachiata). 

A new species of Smicridea McLachlan 1871 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from the Caatinga biome and new distributional records from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4500 (3) ◽  
pp. 388 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ ALMEIDA ALVES ◽  
ALLAN PAULO MOREIRA SANTOS ◽  
JORGE LUIZ NESSIMIAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Caatinga Biome ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Smicridea (Smicridea) McLachlan 1871 is described and illustrated based on specimens collected from the Caatinga biome, in Sete Cidades National Park, Piauí state, and Ubajara National Park, Ceará state, northeastern Brazil. Based on phallus morphology, Smicridea (Smicridea) caatinga sp. nov. belongs to the S. nigripennis Group and can be distinguished from other species in this group due to the phallus having two ventral sclerotized projections and, when expanded, two dorsal membranous lobes and one ventrolateral membranous lobe with two spines on the apex. New distributional records of Smicridea species are provided for different Brazilian states: S. (S.) aequalis Banks 1920 for Ceará and Piauí, S. (Rhyacophylax) coronata Flint 1980 for Rio Grande do Sul and Piauí; S. (R.) jundiai Almeida & Flint 2002 for Mato Grosso; S. (R.) marlieri Flint 1978 for Roraima; S. (R.) palmar Sganga 2005 for Goiás; S. (S.) paranensis Flint 1983 for Ceará and Piauí; and S. (R.) spinulosa Flint 1972 for Rio Grande do Sul. Furthermore, S. (S.) erecta Flint 1974b is recorded for the first time for Brazil, in Amazonas state. [Zoobank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3C2892F9-D430-492B-98DA-A48569253A63] 

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.

A New Species of Justicia (Acanthaceae: Acanthoideae: Justicieae) from Northeastern Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-333
Author(s):  
Camila Alcantara ◽  
Gleison Soares ◽  
Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos ◽  
Marccus Alves
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—Justicia rubrobracteata, a new species from northeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated. The new species is morphologically similar to J. aequilabris due to its shrubby habit, and terminal and axillary spicate inflorescences with red flowers. However, J. rubrobracteata is differentiated mainly by the shape and color of its bracts and bracteoles as well as an orangish macula in the corolla, and a torulose capsule. In addition, J. rubrobracteata is only known from northeastern Brazil, from the states of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte, while J. aequilabris is widely distributed in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. A table with the main morphological characters of both species is included, as well as photographs, a key to species of Justicia for the states of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte in northeastern Brazil, a distribution map of both species, and conservation data for the new species.

New species, records, and immature stages of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from Campos Amazônicos National Park, northern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4500 (2) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
GLEISON ROBSON DESIDÉRIO ◽  
PATRIK BARCELOS-SILVA ◽  
NEUSA HAMADA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
National Park ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Male Adult ◽  
Northern Brazil ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Campos Amazônicos National Park is a federal conservation unit that contains part of the largest Cerrado refuge in the southern part of Brazilian Amazonia. Recently, during a survey of aquatic insects in the park, specimens of the caddisfly genus Chimarra were collected. The primary objective of this paper, as a result of this effort, is to describe and illustrate the male adult of a new species in Chimarra (Chimarrita), Chimarra singularis sp. nov., and the immature stages of Chimarra usitatissima Flint 1971. Additionally, the distributions of C.(Chimarrita) akantha Blahnik 1997 and C. (Curgia) jugescens Flint 1998 are extended to the southern part of Amazonas state, and C. (Chimarrita) heppneri Blahnik 1997 is recorded for the first time in northern Brazil. 

A new species of Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 and new records of Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4763 (4) ◽  
pp. 579-586
Author(s):  
TAYNÁ ALVES ◽  
BRUNO CLARKSON ◽  
LUCAS RAMOS COSTA LIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
River Basin ◽  
New Records ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Northeast Region ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Chasmogenus cajuina sp. nov., a new species of the water scavenger beetle (Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae) is described and illustrated, based on adult males, collected in the Lower Parnaíba River Basin, north of Piauí, Northeast Region of Brazil. In addition, Helochares (Sindolus) femoratus (Brullé, 1841) and Hydrobiomorpha spatula Bachmann, 1988 are recorded from Piauí State for the first time. 

A new species of Pedicia s.str. (Diptera: Pediciidae) from the North Caucasus, Russia

Zoosymposia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIKOLAY M. PARAMONOV
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
North Caucasus ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Pedicia (Pedicia) savtshenkoi, is described from Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. This species of nominative subgenus Pedicia is discovered for the first time in the Caucasus. A key to males of West Palaearctic species of Pedicia (Pedicia) is presented.

scholarly journals A New Species of Cyphocaris Boeck, 1871 (Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Cyphocarididae): Found off the Rocas Atoll, Northeastern Brazil

Taxonomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 360-373
Author(s):  
Luiz F. Andrade ◽  
Flávio A. Alves-Júnior ◽  
Arnaud Bertrand ◽  
André R. Senna
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Length ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Cephalic Lobe ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Cyphocaris Boeck, 1871, is described. The material examined was collected during the “Acoustics along the Brazilian Coast” (Abraços 1) project, by micronektonic trawls at a targeted depth of 525 m, off the Rocas Atoll, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil. Cyphocaris boecki sp. nov. can be grouped with the eyed species in the genus but differs from them—except for C. faurei K. H. Barnard, 1916 and C. latirama, Hendrycks & Conlan, 2003—in presenting a dorsally smooth pereonite 1. However, the new species can be distinguished from both by its maxilliped inner plate with two robust apical setae, pereopod 7 basis with weakly produced posterodistal lobe, telson lobes without setae, spines or apical nails, and other characters that are individually discussed among them. The new species can be readily differentiated from C. pedroi Sorrentino, Alves, Johnsson & Senna, 2016, also described from Brazil, by presenting eyes, a rounded lateral cephalic lobe, very elongated antenna 2 almost reaching body length, and pereopod 5 basis, with apically acute spur reaching about two-thirds of the propodus. This is the second record of the genus for Brazilian waters.

A new species of Characella Sollas, 1886 (Tetractinellida; Demospongiae; Porifera) from deeper waters off the coast of Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4559 (1) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
ALAN DIAS ◽  
GEORGE GARCIA SANTOS ◽  
ULISSES PINHEIRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species

Sponges of the Family Pachastrellidae Carter, 1875 are distributed worldwide and found generally in deep water. Up to date, only four species are known for the Brazilian coast (Muricy 2018): Characella aspera Sollas, 1886, C. capitolii Mothes et al. 2007, C. pachastrelloides (Carter, 1876), and Pachastrella monilifera Schmidt, 1868. In this study, a new species of Characella is described from the mesophotic zone off Bacia Potiguar (Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeastern Brazil). The specimen was preserved in 80% ethanol and deposited in the Porifera Collection of the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPEPOR). Taxonomic comparisons were made with data tabulated for all species of Characella available in the World Porifera Database (van Soest et al. 2018). 

Eugenia caipora, a new species of Eugenia sect. Pseudeugenia (Myrtaceae) from northeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 408 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
ANA RAQUEL DE LIMA LOURENÇO ◽  
JAMES LUCAS DA COSTA-LIMA ◽  
EARL CELESTINO DE OLIVEIRA CHAGAS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Seasonal Forests

Eugenia caipora (Myrtaceae), a new species from northeastern Brazil, is here described; it occurs in restinga vegetation, Tabuleiros litorâneos (Tabuleiro savanna), and seasonal forests in Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Alagoas. The new species is morphologically similar to Eugenia azuruensis, though differing by the leaf blades abaxially glabrous to puberulent (vs. densely tomentose in E. azuruensis), non-mucronate (vs. mucronate), with flat margins (vs. revolute), calyx lobes 4–5 mm wide (vs. 6–10 mm), rounded at the apex (vs. apiculate), and petals 5–15 mm long (vs. 20–24 mm). A table of diagnostic characters for the new and related species and photographs of morphological diagnostic characters are provided.

Two new taxa and one new record of Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae) from India and Pakistan

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 439 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-118
Author(s):  
ANDREY S. ERST ◽  
COLIN A. PENDRY ◽  
TATYANA V. ERST ◽  
HIROSHI IKEDA ◽  
KUNLI XIANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
New Record ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Western Himalayas ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The North ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western ◽  
A New Species

A new species Aquilegia bashahrica and a new nothospecies Aquilegia × emodi from North-western Himalayas, are described and illustrated. In addition A. lactiflora is recorded for India and Pakistan for the first time and Aquilegia kareliniana is excluded from the flora of India. An identification key to the species of Aquilegia from the North-western Himalayas is provided and diagnostic characters are discussed.

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