scholarly journals Hidden Diversity Behind the Zombie-Ant Fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis: Four New Species Described from Carpenter Ants in Minas Gerais, Brazil

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. e17024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry C. Evans ◽  
Simon L. Elliot ◽  
David P. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Carpenter Ants ◽  
Ant Fungus ◽  
Ophiocordyceps Unilateralis

Taxonomy of Neomuscina Townsend (Diptera, Muscidae) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3504 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALESSANDRE PEREIRA-COLAVITE ◽  
CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Distributions ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
New Distribution

Neomuscina Townsend includes 41 species distributed throughout the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions. Although the genus has a large number of species, it has been ignored and its taxonomy is confusing and has many flaws. In this work we analyzed the following species recorded for Brazil: Neomuscina atincta Snyder, N. atincticosta Snyder, N. capalta Snyder, N. currani Snyder, N. douradensis Lopes & Khouri, N. goianensis Lopes & Khouri, N. inflexa (Stein), N. instabilis Snyder, N. mediana Snyder, N. mimosa Lopes & Khouri, N. neosimilis Snyder, N. nigricosta Snyder, N. paramediana Lopes & Khouri, N. pictipennis pictipennis (Bigot), N. ponti Lopes & Khouri, N. sanespra Snyder, N. schadei Snyder, N. similata Snyder, N. stabilis (Stein), N. transporta Snyder, N. vitoriae Lopes & Khouri and N. zosteris (Shannon & Del Ponte). Neomuscina nigricosta and N. transporta are new distribution records for Brazil. Three new species are described: Neomuscina anajeensis sp. nov. from Anagé (Bahia), Neomuscina maculata sp. nov. from Botelhos (Minas Gerais) and Neomuscina snyderi sp. nov. from Mata de São João (Bahia). An identification key based on the morphological characters of both male and female is provided. Species distributions are discussed and updated, and the number of species now recorded for Brazil is 29.

Taxonomic revision of the genus Panca Evans, 1955 (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini: Moncina) with the description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4830 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-543
Author(s):  
ADALBERTO DANTAS DE MEDEIROS ◽  
DIEGO RODRIGO DOLIBAINA ◽  
EDUARDO CARNEIRO ◽  
OLAF HERMANN HENDRIK MIELKE ◽  
MIRNA MARTINS CASAGRANDE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
South American ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Distribution Maps ◽  
Natural Grasslands ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Distrito Federal ◽  
Respective Species

The South American genus Panca Evans, 1955 and its respective species are revised. Previous to this study, the genus included solely its type species, Lerodea subpunctuli Hayward, 1934, until Panca moseri Dolibaina, Carneiro & O. Mielke, 2017 was described recently. However, as a result of a broader morphological study including closely related genera, we here propose that Panca assembles 12 species, most of which inhabit open environments such as the Cerrado biome and the natural grasslands of the Atlantic Forest biome. Eight species formerly included among other genera of Moncina are here combined with Panca: Panca satyr (Evans, 1955) comb. nov., Panca tobiasi (Mielke, 1992) comb. nov., Panca trogon (Evans, 1955) comb. nov., Panca steinhauseri (Dolibaina & A. Warren, 2015) comb. nov., Panca acroleuca (Plötz, 1884) comb. nov., and Panca mirnae (O. Mielke, Dolibaina, Carneiro & A. Warren, 2015) comb. nov. (all formerly in Artines Godman, 1901), Panca paulo (Bell, 1932) comb. nov. (formerly in Eutocus Godman, 1901), and Panca mictra (Evans, 1955) comb. nov. (formerly in Vidius Evans, 1955). Additionally, two new species are described from Brazil: Panca puri Medeiros, O. Mielke & Casagrande sp. nov. (from Pará, Pernambuco, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Paraná) and Panca xavante Medeiros, O. Mielke & Dolibaina sp. nov. (from Mato Grosso, Goiás, Distrito Federal and Minas Gerais). A neotype for Apaustus acroleuca Plötz, 1884 is designated. Illustrations of the male and female genitalia and distribution maps are presented for all the species of Panca and an identification key is provided for both sexes. 

A new species of Crossodactylodes (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil: first record of genus within the Espinhaço Mountain Range

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3731 (4) ◽  
pp. 552 ◽  
Author(s):  
IZABELA M. BARATA ◽  
MARCUS T.T. SANTOS ◽  
FELIPE S.F. LEITE ◽  
PAULO C.A. GARCIA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
A New Species

Description of Metopiellus painensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), first troglobitic Pselaphinae from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4269 (1) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANGÉLICO ASENJO ◽  
RODRIGO LOPES FERREIRA ◽  
ROBSON DE ALMEIDA ZAMPAULO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Diagnostic Features

Metopiellus painensis new species, of the Neotropical pselaphine tribe Metopiasini, is described from Pains region, Brasil (Minas Gerais). Major diagnostic features are illustrated and a key to the known species is given.

A New Species of the Scinax catharinae Species Group (Anura: Hylidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil

Herpetologica ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 468-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Calijorne Lourenço ◽  
Luciana Barreto Nascimento ◽  
Maria Rita Silvério Pires
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4958 (1) ◽  
pp. 160-166
Author(s):  
OSÉIAS MARTINS MAGALHÃES ◽  
GUSTAVO LISBOA VIEIRA MACHADO ◽  
MARCO ANTONIO ALVES CARNEIRO ◽  
FELIPE FERRAZ FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
A New Species

Microvelia joceliae Magalhães & Moreira, sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on material from Parque Natural Municipal das Andorinhas, Minas Gerais State, in southeastern Brazil. The new species can be distinguished from congeners occurring in the region by the pronotum of the apterous form covering almost the entire thorax dorsally, proepisternum with black denticles, male abdominal segments V–VII ventrally depressed, shape of the asymmetrical parameres, and female abdominal laterotergites reflected over the mediotergites and almost touching over segments V–VII. 

Novelties in Begonia (Begoniaceae) from the campos rupestres of Serra do Padre Ângelo, Minas Gerais, Brazil: a new species and a new record

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 510 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
LUDOVIC JEAN CHARLES KOLLMANN ◽  
PAULO MINATEL GONELLA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Campos Rupestres ◽  
Rock Outcrops ◽  
Critically Endangered Species ◽  
Minas Gerais State

Begonia piranga (Begoniaceae) is a new narrowly endemic species from the campos rupestres of Serra do Padre Ângelo, a quartzitic massif in Conselheiro Pena, eastern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Description, diagnosis, taxonomic comments, detailed illustrations, field photographs, and a provisional IUCN Red List Assessment are provided. The new species is considered Critically Endangered due to its restricted occurrence in high elevation rock outcrops, small population size, and decline in the quality of the habitat. Begonia vasconcelosiana, another Critically Endangered species, is also newly reported here for Serra do Padre Ângelo. These discoveries add to the increasing list of novelties from Serra do Padre Ângelo, reinforcing the urge for conservation actions to protect the endemic flora of this Serra and other areas of campos rupestres in eastern Minas Gerais state.

A new species of Calea (Neurolaeneae, Asteraceae) from the Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 494 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
GENILSON ALVES DOS REIS E SILVA ◽  
JIMI NAOKI NAKAJIMA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Calea arachnoidea, which belongs to Calea sect. Meyeria, is hereby described and illustrated. This species occurs in the Serra Negra region, located in the southern portion of the “Zona da Mata” in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Calea arachnoidea resembles C. quadrifolia, C. heteropappa and C. semirii, and its relationships with these species are discussed and an identification key for the species of C. sect. Meyeria in the state of Minas Gerais is provided. Additionally, photographs, a distribution map, comments about habitat and conservation status are provided.

Two new species of Aegopsis Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the central Brazilian Cerrado

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4526 (2) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
RAFAEL SOBRAL ◽  
PASCHOAL C. GROSSI ◽  
JOSÉ W. DE MORAIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Two New Species

Two new species of Aegopsis Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Agaocephalini), Aegopsis diceratops Sobral & Grossi new species and Aegopsis vazdemelloi Sobral & Grossi new species, are described and illustrated based on specimens collected in Cerrado habitat in the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso. The new species are similar to A. bolboceridus (Thomson, 1860). A redescription of A. bolboceridus is provided along with remarks comparing characters among these three species. A distribution map and a male and female key to the species in the genus are provided. 

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