scholarly journals Description of two new species of Palpomyia Meigen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Brazilian Amazon

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
Jessica Feijó Almeida ◽  
Emanuelle de Sousa Farias ◽  
Ronildo Baiatone Alencar ◽  
Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa

Resumo. Duas novas espécies de insetos predadores e bioindicadores da qualidade da água do gênero Palpomyia, grupo distincta, são descritas e ilustradas baseadas em espécimes machos. Os imaturos das espécies Palpomyia amazonensis sp. nov. e Palpomyia lanceolata sp. nov. foram coletados em armadilhas ovitrampas e criados em laboratório até adultos. Ambas novas espécies são semelhantes a Palpomyia guyana Clastrier, 1992 e Palpomyia turnbowi Grogan et al., 2013 e diferem de Palpomyia versicolor Macfie, 1939, única espécie do grupo distincta descrita na Amazônia Brasileira. Com as duas descrições, foram aumentadas para três o número de espécies para a Amazônia e 32 para o Brasil.Descrição de duas novas espécies de Palpomyia Meigen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) da Amazônia brasileiraAbstract. Two new Amazonian predaceous midge of the genus Palpomyia, from the distincta group, were described based on male specimens. This genus is an important bioindicator of aquatic environments. The immatures of Palpomyia amazonensis sp. nov. and Palpomyia lanceolata sp. nov. were collected with ovitraps and reared in laboratory until adulthood. Both new species are similar with Palpomyia guyana Clastrier, 1992 and Palpomyia turnbowi Grogan et al., 2013 but differs from Palpomyia versicolor Macfie, 1939, the unique species described in Brazilian Amazon until now. With the description of these new species we increase to three the representative species of the distincta group in the Brazilian Amazon and to 32 the number of Brazilian species of Palpomyia.

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3318 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
CÍNTHIA CHAGAS-VIEIRA

Diagnoses and illustrations are given for Tonnoira bitalea Quate. This species is recorded from Brazil for the first time based on material collected from the state of Amazonas, Ipixuna, Rio Gregório. T. spina sp. nov. and T. tripenis sp. nov. are described and illustrated based on specimens collected from the same locality.


2008 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-655 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carina M. Mews ◽  
Carlos F. Sperber

We describe here two new species of the genus Phalangopsis Serville, 1831 from the Brazilian Amazon Forest. The male genitalia and the female copulatory papilla were described, and a combination of diagnostic characteristics was given to separate both new species from the other described species. The principal morphological characteristics of this genus were discussed.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4312 (2) ◽  
pp. 277 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA CAROLINE OLIVEIRA VASCONCELOS ◽  
RODRIGO LOPES FERREIRA

Two new species of the genus Charinus are described from caves of Brazil: Charinus spelaeus sp. n., the fourth described species of the genus for the state of Minas Gerais, and Charinus santanensis sp. n., the sixth described species of the genus for the state of Bahia. Charinus spelaeus sp. n. has reduced median and lateral eyes, and is the sixth troglobitic Charinus described for Brazil. We present here an updated key and a distribution map for all the Brazilian species of Charinus. 


Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 208 (4) ◽  
pp. 296
Author(s):  
GÉSSICA A. GOMES-COSTA ◽  
MICHAEL H. NEE ◽  
MARIA REGINA DE V. BARBOSA

During the analysis of European and American herbaria collections for a taxonomic review of the Brazilian species of Gurania, two new South American species were found.  Gurania jeffreyi occurs in Ecuador and Colombia and Gurania calathina is found only in Colombia. Descriptions and illustrations of the new species are presented with comments on affinities and differences between them and related species.


2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 1567
Author(s):  
Poliane S. Argolo ◽  
Jandir Cruz Santos ◽  
Anibal R. Oliveira ◽  
Gilberto J. De Moraes

Lasioseius is a genus widely distributed across the continents, found in many types of hosts. Two new species of blattisociid mites from Brazil, Lasioseius jorgeamadoi sp. nov. and Lasioseius gabrielae sp. nov., are described based on the morphology of adult females collected on buds of cocoa plants, Theobroma cacao L. (Malvaceae) and inflorescences of ornamental plants (Heliconiaceae and Musaceae) in the State of Bahia, and collected on sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum L. in the State of São Paulo. A key for the separation of females of the 14 species of Lasioseius recorded in Brazil is provided.


Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1006 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ MALLEMONT CUNHA ◽  
CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS

Two new species of Heterostylum Macquart (H. evenhuisi n.sp. and H. maculipennis n.sp.) from Brazil, are described and illustrated, and a key to Brazilian species is also included.


Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3062 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. CÂMARA ◽  
J. A. RAFAEL

Two new species of the Neotropical genus of Empidinae, Opeatocerata: O. trilobata sp. nov. and O. melanderi sp. nov., are described and illustrated from Manaus. This is the first record of the genus from Brazilian Amazonia.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 245 (2) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Fiaschi ◽  
GREGORY M. PLUNKETT

Two new species of the largely Brazilian Didymopanax clade of Schefflera (Araliaceae) are here described, illustrated, and compared to similar taxa. Both are from poorly sampled areas in the Brazilian Amazon Basin. Schefflera prancei is known only from the Serra do Divisor National Park, at the border between Brazil and Peru. It differs from the similar S. confusa by its leaflets with narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate blades, with an acuminate to cuspidate apex, and the light brown to grayish sericeous indument on the abaxial blade surface. The second new species, Schefflera pubicarpa, is found in central Amazonian forests, and differs from similar species of the clade by a combination of characters, including a large-tree habit, leaves with 8 to 10 leaflets, inflorescences with ascending secondary branches and lacking tertiary branches, flowers with trichomes along the styles, and pubescent fruits. While this species appears to have a restricted distribution in Brazil, a westward extension reaching into Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador may be likely as new collections from intermediate areas become available.


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