On Spinopilar from Rio de Janeiro state with description of three new species (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cryptogeobiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4984 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-181
Author(s):  
ADRIANO B. KURY ◽  
DÉBORA C. ARAUJO

The genus Spinopilar Mello-Leitão, 1940 currently has seven species distributed in eastern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Three species are hitherto known from Rio de Janeiro state (RJ), in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. In this paper, five species from Rio de Janeiro state (RJ) are studied as follows: (1) Spinopilar armatus Mello-Leitão, 1940, the type species of Spinopilar, originally described without illustrations, is herein redescribed based on additional material from the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro city. (2) Spinopilar anomalis (Sørensen, 1932) is a species never recorded again after the original description. A new diagnosis is provided for S. anomalis based on a translation of the original Latin description. (3) Spinopilar jocheni spec. nov. is described from Barra de Guaratiba, Southeast RJ. It is characterized by the unarmed mesotergal areas. (4) Spinopilar martialis spec. nov. is described from Macaé, northern RJ. It is characterized by the pars stridens of the stridulatory organ on the pedipalpal femur, the unusual armature of scutal areas (2-2-10-10) and the extremely complex lobes of the stigmatic area in males, which connect the apophyses of coxa and trochanter IV. (5) Spinopilar magistralis spec. nov. is described from Búzios. It is characterized by extreme stoutness of leg IV and an elevated campaniform ocularium. A key is provided to 9 of the 10 species of Spinopilar and a new diagnosis is given for the genus. Two novel structures so far known only in Spinopilar are described: (1) a third type of pars stridens, which is different from the Tibangara-type and the Bissulla/Pseudopachylus-type both in topology and in structure of the ridges; (2) a proximal primary trochanteral cluster (PTC) composed of modified setae situated on the main apophysis of trochanter IV of males. 

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4657 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-544
Author(s):  
PEDRO DE SOUZA CASTANHEIRA ◽  
ABEL PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ ◽  
ANDRÉ WANDERLEY DO PRADO ◽  
RENNER LUIZ CERQUEIRA BAPTISTA

Three new species of the six-eyed  haplogyne and ecribellate spiders from the genus Ochyrocera Simon, 1891 are illustrated and described based on males and females from southeastern Brazil: Ochyrocera tinocoi new species (Sooretama, Espírito Santo state), Ochyrocera garayae new species (Linhares and Sooretama, Espírito Santo state) and Ochyrocera itatinga new species (Rio de Janeiro city, Rio de Janeiro state). The new species expand the distribution range of Ochyrocera in Brazil and increase to 50 the total number of species described, from which hitherto 33 species occur in South America, acknowledging the high diversity of the genus for the region.


Author(s):  
Ana Paula Madeira Di Beneditto ◽  
Salvatore Siciliano

Along the central coast of Rio de Janeiro State (22°25′S–23°00′S), south-eastern Brazil, the marine tucuxi dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) feeds on neritic prey that are distributed through the water column and are abundant all year round. The most frequently found species were the teleost fish Trichiurus lepturus, Cynoscion guatucupa, Isopisthus parvipinnis and Porichthys porossisimus. Fish species were more important than cephalopod species in the diet of the marine tucuxi. Back calculations of prey sizes indicated that they feed mainly on young specimens. The present study provided additional information on the feeding habits of the marine tucuxi dolphin.


2020 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-90
Author(s):  
Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista ◽  
Pedro de Souza Castanheira ◽  
Gabriel Assunção Oliveira ◽  
André Wanderley do Prado

New data on the jumping-spider genus Arnoliseus are presented. Three new species from the Atlantic Forest in Rio de Janeiro state are described, based on both sexes: Arnoliseus cariocasp. nov. from the city of Rio de Janeiro, and Arnoliseus hastatussp. nov. and Arnoliseus falcatussp. nov. from the municipality of Cachoeiras de Macacu. The genus’ genital morphology is discussed in detail and new English terminology for their structures is created. An identification key for all Arnoliseus species is given.


2012 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliane Lodi ◽  
Rodrigo Hipolito Tardin Oliveira ◽  
Luciana Duarte Figueiredo ◽  
Sheila Marino Simão

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 408 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-40
Author(s):  
VANESSA TERRA ◽  
FLÁVIA CRISTINA PINTO GARCIA

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.


Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2797 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
BRUNNO HENRIQUE LANZELLOTTI SAMPAIO ◽  
MARIA INÊS DA SILVA DOS PASSOS ◽  
NELSON FERREIRA-JR.

The genus Cylloepus is found in the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions and currently represented by 52 species. Twenty species are recorded from Brazil, and three of them from Rio de Janeiro State. Here three new species of Cylloepus are described—Cylloepus quinquecarinatus sp. nov., Cylloepus nessimiani sp. nov., and Cylloepus friburguensis sp. nov. All were collected in the Rio Macaé Basin, Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil.


2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Madeira Di Beneditto ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Rezende ◽  
Plínio Barbosa Camargo ◽  
Helena Amaral Kehrig

The trophic niche of the sympatric predators Pontoporia blainvillei(franciscana dolphin) and Trichiurus lepturus (ribbonfish) was compared by stable isotope (δ15N and δ13C) ratios in hepatic and muscular tissues to understand how they co-exist in the northern Rio de Janeiro State (21°30′S-22°15′S), south-eastern Brazil. Dolphin specimens were incidentally captured through commercial gillnet fisheries, while fish specimens were the target of these fisheries. The predators had similar δ15N values in the liver (P. blainvillei: 14.6 ± 1.0‰; T. lepturus: 14.4 ± 0.6‰), which indicates similar trophic position in the recent food intake. However,P. blainvillei showed lighter δ15N values in muscle (13.8 ± 1.0‰) than T. lepturus (15.0 ± 0.4‰), revealing differences in the long term diet that could be related with the prey size ingested. The δ13C signatures showed a preferential inshore and benthic food chain for P. blainvillei (liver: −15.2 ± 0.6‰; muscle: −16.0 ± 0.5‰) and a more offshore and pelagic food chain for T. lepturus(liver: −17.2 ± 0.6‰; muscle: −16.8 ± 0.3‰). The isotopic variances of liver and muscle revealed a broader niche width to P. blainvillei in relation to T. lepturus, with a greater use of available food resources in coastal waters. In the area of study, the differences in habitat use and exploitation of food resources are favoring the predators' coexistence.


2009 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 1243-1250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin R. Tabachnick ◽  
Larisa L. Menshenina ◽  
Daniela A. Lopes ◽  
Eduardo Hajdu

Descriptions of hexactinellid sponges collected by the RV ‘Marion Dufresne’ MD55 expedition on the Vitória–Trindade seamounts chain (off Espírito Santo State, south-eastern Brazil) in 1987 and stored in the MNHN (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris) are presented. Hyalonema (Cyliconema) conqueror sp. nov. (the first finding of this subgenus in the Atlantic Ocean) and H. (Prionema) dufresnei sp. nov. (the second record of this subgenus for the Atlantic Ocean) are described as new species. The holotype of H. (C.) conqueror sp. nov. was collected with a ROV at Campos Basin (off Rio de Janeiro State, south-eastern Brazil), while the paratypes originated from Vitória–Trindade seamounts chain and off Bahía State (eastern Brazil). Other hexactinellids reported here, Farrea sp., Sarostegia aff. oculata, Aphrocallistes aff. beatrix, Dactylocalyx aff. subglobosus and Euplectella suberea were known before to be widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean. The total number of hexactinellid sponges known from Brazil has risen to 15 and from the south-western Atlantic to 23.


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