scholarly journals First record of Vitalius longisternalis Bertani, 2001 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) in Argentina and notes on its natural history in Misiones province

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Ferretti ◽  
Sofía Copperi ◽  
Leonela Schwerdt ◽  
Gabriel Pompozzi
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
National Park ◽  
First Record ◽  
Araucaria Forest ◽  
Misiones Province ◽  
Forest Distribution ◽  
Wildlife Reserve ◽  
Northeastern Argentina

This is the first record for the tarantula Vitalius longisternalis Bertani, 2001 in Parana and Araucaria Forests, Misiones province, northeastern Argentina. Specimens were found at Iguazú National Park and Urugua-í Wildlife Reserve. Data on its natural history is provided.Tarantula, Parana, Araucaria Forest, distribution extension

scholarly journals First record of the semi-slug Omalonyx unguis (d’Orbigny, 1837) (Gastropoda, Succineidae) in the Misiones Province, Argentina

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2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 705-712
Author(s):  
Leila B. Guzmán ◽  
Enzo N. Serniotti ◽  
Roberto E. Vogler ◽  
Ariel A. Beltramino ◽  
Alejandra Rumi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
First Record ◽  
Coi Gene ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit ◽  
Specific Identification ◽  
Molluscan Fauna ◽  
Misiones Province ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Northeastern Argentina

Omalonyx unguis (d’Orbigny, 1837) is a semi-slug inhabiting the Paraná river basin. This species belongs to Succineidae, a family comprising a few representatives in South America. In this work, we provide the first record for the species from Misiones Province, Argentina. Previous records available for Omalonyx in Misiones were identified to the genus level. We examined morphological characteristics of the reproductive system and used DNA sequences from cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene for species-specific identification. These new distributional data contribute to consolidate the knowledge of the molluscan fauna in northeastern Argentina.

scholarly journals NATURAL HISTORY NOTES ON INTERACTIONS AND ABNORMAL COLORATION IN CARNIVORES IN THE ARAUCARIA FOREST, SOUTHERN BRAZIL

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (04) ◽  
pp. 862-870
Author(s):  
Izar Aximoff ◽  
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Marcelo Hübel ◽  
Antônio Carlos de Freitas ◽  
Clarissa Rosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Threatened Species ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Interspecific Interactions ◽  
First Record ◽  
Camera Trap ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Araucaria Forest ◽  
Valuable Source ◽  
Free Ranging

Carnivores typically exhibit cryptic behavior, which makes it difficult to study the ecology of species in this group. Camera trap bycatch can be a valuable source of important opportunistic records. In this short communication, we present rare records of carnivores in southern Brazil. The first record was of a tayra (Mustelidae) with anomalous coloration known as leucism. Other records were of a possible attempted predation event by two free-ranging dogs on lowland tapir (Perissodactyla, Tapiridae), a threatened species. Our remaining notable records consisted of intra and interspecific interactions of endangered felids (puma, ocelot and southern tiger cat).

scholarly journals Range extension and first record of Euryzygomatomys spinosus (Rodentia, Echimyidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado

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2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Loss ◽  
Marco Aurélio C. Pacheco ◽  
Yuri Luiz Reis Leite ◽  
Vilacio Caldara-Junior ◽  
Leonardo G. Lessa
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
National Park ◽  
First Record ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Dry Grassland ◽  
Northeastern Argentina

We present herein the first record of Euryzygomatomys spinosus (G. Fischer, 1814) in the Brazilian Cerrado, based on two adult male specimens collected in a “campo limpo” (dry grassland) area at Sempre Vivas National Park, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, in June and August 2014. This taxon was previously known only from the Brazilian Pampas, Paraguayan Chaco Humedo and Atlantic Forest of southeastern and southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina and southern Paraguay.  Our records increased the species geographic range 250 km northward, into the Cerrado ecoregion.

Overlooked diversity in Argentine caviomorph rodents: the need to increase field efforts

Mammalia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas ◽  
Carlos A. Galliari ◽  
Ernesto R. Krauczuk ◽  
Nicolás R. Rey
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
First Record ◽  
San Juan ◽  
Misiones Province ◽  
Caviomorph Rodents

AbstractBased on a variety of evidence (photographs, feces, specimens), three previously unsuspected caviomorph rodents are reported from Argentina: (1) a spiny rat (Echimyidae) probably belonging to the genus Phyllomys, in northern Misiones Province near Iguazú National Park; (2) an undetermined octodontid (Octodontidae) in western Chacoan Córdoba Province; and (3) the octodontid Spalacopus (Octodontidae), in high-Andean ranges of San Juan Province. The latter constitutes the first record of the genus for Argentina, and all the three findings highlight the necessity to increase collecting efforts in the country.

First Record of Aedes aegypti (L.) Vector of Dengue Virus from Kathmandu, Nepal

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ishan Gautam ◽  
Megh Nath Dhimal ◽  
Shambhu Raj Shrestha ◽  
Anand Shova Tamrakar
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
First Record ◽  
Transmission Risk ◽  
Haemorrhagic Fever ◽  
Survey Techniques ◽  
Breeding Habitats ◽  
Larval Survey ◽  
Imported Cases ◽  
Primary Vector

Aedes aegypti is the primary vector for the transmission of Dengue Fever (DF)/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF). Entomological investigations on breeding habitats and larval prevalence of mosquitoes Aedes aegypti (L.) and Ae. albopictus (Skuse) were conducted from April to June 2009 in Kathmandu district, Nepal. Different water-filled containers were examined for the presence or absence of Aedes larvae. Larval survey techniques were used to obtain the House Index (HI), Container Index (CI) and Breteau Index (BI). The over all HI, CI and BI for Aedes aegypti were 6.25, 4.83, 9.37 and for Aedes albopictus were 6.25, 3.22 and 6.25 respectively. It was also observed that discarded tires lying outdoors were the preferred breeding habitats. No breeding was observed in other containers in April and May during this three months survey. Herewith, we report the first collection and identification of Aedes aegypti in Kathmandu during June, 2009. Indeed, this finding constitutes the first record from the capital of Nepal within the urban agglomeration of Basundhara and Gongabu-Balaju area.Therefore, DF/DHF transmission risk may occur locally if imported cases are introduced.  Key Words: Aedes aegypti; Ae. albopictus;  Kathmandu; First record; Dengue Fever.Journal of Natural History MuseumVol 24, 2009.Page:

Bionomics of Aedes aegypti subpopulations (Diptera: Culicidae) from Misiones Province, northeastern Argentina

Acta Tropica ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmundo Fabricio Tejerina ◽  
Francisco Felipe Ludueña Almeida ◽  
Walter Ricardo Almirón
Keyword(s):  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Misiones Province ◽  
Northeastern Argentina

Perrinites (Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea) in the Lower Permian of California: Paleontological Notes

1986 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1133-1133
Author(s):  
Edward C. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Los Angeles County ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Invertebrate Paleontology ◽  
Important Addition ◽  
Shasta County

A specimen of the ammonoid Perrinites Böse, 1919, was collected from the McCloud Limestone east of the summit of Tombstone Mountain, Shasta County, California. This is the first record of the genus in California, an important addition to the meager Permian cephalopod fauna of the state previously reported by Miller, Furnish, and Clark (1957) and Wilson (1984). It was found 1,100 feet (335 m) above the base of the formation in a coarse-grained limestone (Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Invertebrate Paleontology Section locality 6184) within fusulinid zone H of Skinner and Wilde (1965), considered to be late early or early middle Leonardian in age.

First record of the genus Acrodactyla Haliday (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3207 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
NHI THI PHAM ◽  
GAVIN R. BROAD ◽  
RIKIO MATSUMOTO ◽  
WOLFGANG BÖHME
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
First Record ◽  
Group A ◽  
Lao Cai

Six new Acrodactyla species are described and illustrated from Vietnam based on the Ichneumonidae collection depositedat the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity, Naturalis, Netherlands and the Osaka Museum of Natural History, Japan: A.maiphuquyi sp. nov., A. elongata sp. nov., A. shawi sp. nov and A. tami sp. nov. collected from Lao Cai Province at anelevation of 1,700–2,320 m a.s.l; A. lachryma sp. nov. collected from Chu Mom Ray NP, Kon Tum Province at an eleva-tion of 700–900 m a.s.l; and A. phuthoensis sp. nov. collected from Xuan Son NP, Phu Tho Province at an elevation of350–400 m a.s.l. Acrodactyla maiphuquyi sp. nov., A. elongata sp. nov. and A. tami sp. nov. belong to the degener group; A. lachryma sp. nov., A. phuthoensis sp. nov. and A. shawi sp. nov. belong to the quadrisculpta group.

What was the vegetation in northwest Australia during the Paleogene, 66–23million years ago?

2018 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael K. Macphail ◽  
Robert S. Hill
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
National Park ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
First Record ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Dry Conditions

Fossil pollen and spores preserved in drillcore from both the upper South Alligator River (SARV) in the Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory and the North-West Shelf, Western Australia provide the first record of plants and plant communities occupying the coast and adjacent hinterland in north-west Australia during the Paleogene 66 to 23million years ago. The palynologically-dominant woody taxon is Casuarinaceae, a family now comprising four genera of evergreen scleromorphic shrubs and trees native to Australia, New Guinea, South-east Asia and Pacific Islands. Rare taxa include genera now mostly restricted to temperate rainforest in New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand, South-East Asia and/or Tasmania, e.g. Dacrydium, Phyllocladus and the Nothofagus subgenera Brassospora and Fuscospora. These appear to have existed in moist gorges on the Arnhem Land Plateau, Kakadu National Park. No evidence for Laurasian rainforest elements was found. The few taxa that have modern tropical affinities occur in Eocene or older sediments in Australia, e.g. Lygodium, Anacolosa, Elaeagnus, Malpighiaceae and Strasburgeriaceae. We conclude the wind-pollinated Oligocene to possibly Early Miocene vegetation in the upper SARV was Casuarinaceae sclerophyll forest or woodland growing under seasonally dry conditions and related to modern Allocasuarina/Casuarina formations. There are, however, strong floristic links to coastal communities growing under warm to hot, and seasonally to uniformly wet climates in north-west Australia during the Paleocene-Eocene.

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