scholarly journals Apostolepis christineae Lema, 2002 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae: Elapomorphini): first record for Bolivia

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2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1814 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto ◽  
Thales De Lema
Keyword(s):  
Species Distribution ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
First Record ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Santa Cruz

The fossorial snake Apostolepis christineae is an Elapomorphini species known only from a single specimen in Brazil. In this study, we report its occurrence to Bolivia, based on a male (BMNH 1907.10.31.62) from Puerto Suarez, Provincia German Busch, Departamento Santa Cruz, which was previously misidentified as Apostolepis vittata. This record extends the species distribution ca. 576 km west from its type locality. We also provide data on its morphological variation.

Bioacoustic analysis in Scinax hayii (Barbour, 1909) (Anura, Hylidae) at its type locality in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4232 (4) ◽  
pp. 582 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCAS RODRIGO DOS SANTOS ◽  
ITAMAR ALVES MARTINS
Keyword(s):  
Species Distribution ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Advertisement Calls ◽  
Call Type ◽  
Bioacoustic Analysis

Scinax hayii was described in 1909 from the municipality of Petrópolis, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Morphological variation and advertisement calls have been previously reported for other populations across the species distribution (Lutz 1973; Heyer et al. 1990; Cardoso & Andrade 1991; Pombal et al. 1995; Magrini et al. 2011; Abrunhosa et al. 2014). However, no information on calls are available from specimens recorded at the type locality, preventing the correct characterization of the species (Magrini et al. 2011). Here we describe the advertisement call and a second call type of S. hayii from Petrópolis, as a contribution towards a better understanding of the taxonomy of this species. 

scholarly journals First record and supplementary description of Leporinus amae Godoy, 1980 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from freshwaters in Argentina

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2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 820
Author(s):  
Adriana Almirón ◽  
Jorge Casciotta ◽  
María Cecilia Bruno ◽  
Lubomír Piálek ◽  
Klára Doubnerová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Intraspecific Variation ◽  
Original Description ◽  
First Record ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Misiones Province ◽  
Uruguay River

Leporinus amae is known from the Rio Apuaê (type locality), Rio Canoas and Rio Caveiras tributaries of the Uruguay River basin, in Brazil. The original description of this species was mainly based on a single specimen lacking intraspecific variation in meristic and morphometric of most characters. We expand the range of distribution and report the first occurrence of Leporinus amae in Misiones Province, Argentina. Additionally, we provide a supplementary description of the species.

scholarly journals Short Communication: First record of the Genus Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Karimunjawa Island, Indonesia: Morphology and systematic

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 912-917
Author(s):  
IRVAN SIDIK ◽  
DADANG R. SUBASLI ◽  
SUTIMAN B. SUMITRO ◽  
NASHI WIDODO ◽  
NIA KURNIAWAN
Keyword(s):  
Species Distribution ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Coastal Forest ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Central Java

Sidik I, Subasli DR, Sumitro SB, Widodo N, Kurniawan N. 2018. Short Communication: First record of the Genus Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Karimunjawa Island, Indonesia: Morphology and systematic. Biodiversitas 19: 912-917. We present the first record of the Genus Calamaria from Karimunjawa Island, Central Java, Indonesia based on an unfathomable single specimen collected in the coastal forest of Legon Moto. Morphological characters analysis revealed the specimen as Calamaria melanota. This finding unravels the extent of the species distribution which was previously thought to be restricted in Borneo, representing the southernmost record of this species. The examined specimen is described in detail and meticulously compared with other Calamaria species such as C. battersbyi, C. borneensis, C. linnaei. Our study highlights several characteristic differences between the specimen and the holotype of C. melanota.

scholarly journals Mussurana quimi (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): first records for Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil

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2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 2053
Author(s):  
Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto ◽  
Arthur Diesel Abegg ◽  
Fernando Marques Quintela ◽  
Daniel Loebmann
Keyword(s):  
Species Distribution ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Locality Record ◽  
Santa Maria ◽  
Northeastern Argentina

Mussurana quimi is a species of Pseudoboini known from central, southeastern, and southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. We report the occurrence of this species in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, based on two specimens from Santa Maria municipality. This report extends this species’ distribution about 950 km south from its type locality and 330 km south from the nearest previous locality record (Posadas, Argentina). It also represent new southernmost records for M. quimi. We also provide brief comments on coloration and morphological variation of this species as well as an updated distribution map. 

Lucernariopsis capensis Carlgren, 1938 (Cnidaria, Staurozoa) in Brazil: first record outside its type locality in South Africa

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3158 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUCÍLIA S. MIRANDA ◽  
MARIA A. HADDAD ◽  
CLAUDIA E. MILLS ◽  
ANTONIO C. MARQUES
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
First Record ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Unidentified Species ◽  
Intraspecific Morphological Variation

Staurozoa is a class of Cnidaria comprising stalked, benthic jellyfishes (Marques & Collins 2004) that encompasses about 51 species (Mills 1999; Zagal et al. 2011). Stauromedusae are distributed worldwide, but are more common in temperate and polar waters (Mills & Hirano 2007). Taxonomic knowledge of these cnidarians is inadequate, as is information on their biology and ecology, probably because of their cryptic habit and general inconspicuousness (Mills & Hirano 2007). Consequently, scarcity of material renders their taxonomy even more difficult, demanding basic knowledge of their life cycle (e.g., Miranda et al. 2010) and intraspecific morphological variation (e.g., Miranda et al. 2009). Revisions of unique records of unidentified species (e.g., Lucernariopsis from India by Panikkar 1944), and more complete studies of species known only from original descriptions, sometimes based on few individuals (e.g., Kishinouyea hawaiiensis Edmondson), are necessary and can produce interesting information.

scholarly journals A Late Cretaceous dinosaur and crocodyliform faunal association–based on isolate teeth and osteoderms–at Cerro Fortaleza Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) type locality, Santa Cruz, Argentina

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0256233
Author(s):  
Ariana Paulina-Carabajal ◽  
Francisco T. Barrios ◽  
Ariel H. Méndez ◽  
Ignacio A. Cerda ◽  
Yuong-Nam Lee
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Late Cretaceous ◽  
First Record ◽  
Taxonomic Composition ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
Stratigraphic Unit ◽  
Southern Patagonia ◽  
A Site

The Late Cretaceous dinosaur record in southern South America has been improved recently; particularly with findings from Chorrillo and Cerro Fortaleza formations, both bearing ankylosaur remains, a clade that was not previously recorded in the Austral Basin. The dinosaur fauna of the type locality of Cerro Fortaleza Formation is known from -and biased to- large-sized sauropod remains and a single described taxon, the titanosaur Dreadnoughtus schrani. Here, we report the taxonomic composition of a site preserving thirteen isolated teeth and several osteoderms belonging to three dinosaur clades (Abelisauridae, Titanosauria, and Nodosauridae), and at least one clade of notosuchian crocodyliforms (Peirosauridae). They come from sediments positioned at the mid-section of the Cerro Fortaleza Formation, which is Campanian-Maastrichtian in age, adding valuable information to the abundance and biodiversity of this Cretaceous ecosystem. Since non-titanosaur dinosaur bones are almost absent in the locality, the teeth presented here provide a window onto the archosaur biodiversity of the Late Cretaceous in southern Patagonia. The nodosaurid tooth and small armor ossicles represent the first record of ankylosaurs for this stratigraphic unit. The peirosaurid material also represents the most austral record of the clade in South America.

scholarly journals New records of Pristidactylus nigroiugulus Cei, Scolaro & Videla, 2001 (Squamata: Leiosauridae) with a geographic distribution map

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2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano J. Avila ◽  
Ignacio Minoli ◽  
Cristian H. F. Pérez ◽  
M. Andrea González Marín ◽  
Mariana Morando
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Museum Specimen ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Santa Cruz

We provide new geographic records for Pristidactylus nigroiugulus Cei, Scolaro & Videla, 2001 from Argentina. We present the first record for Santa Cruz province and the southernmost records of the species based on lizards collected in the austral summers of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. Based on a museum specimen, we extend the species distribution to the eastern part of the Somuncurá Plateau. An updated distributional map is included.

New details of the male terminalia of Diathoneura longipennis (Malloch, 1926) (Diptera, Drosophilidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Carlos R. Vilela ◽  
Gerhard Bächli
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
South America ◽  
Late Stage ◽  
First Record ◽  
Type Locality

The male terminalia of a non-type Diathoneura longipennis (Malloch 1926) specimen,collected in Peru, were dissected and analyzed. The aedeagus and associated sclerites were found tohave been fixed at a late stage of protrusion, resulting in a different morphology, when compared to thetwo previous publications, which were fixed at earlier stages. Consequently, additional details of certainanatomical parts were observed and a better understanding of the aedeagus protruding process was attained.Diathoneura longipennis has been previously identified in San Mateo, Alajuela, Costa Rica (type locality)and Panama, and this specimen represents the first record of this species in South America.

scholarly journals Predicting the distribution of Omalonyx (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Succineidae) species from literature review, museum databases and new sampling efforts in Brazil

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Coscarelli ◽  
Lângia C. Montresor ◽  
Philip Russo ◽  
Alan Lane de Melo ◽  
Teofânia H.D.A. Vidigal
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
South America ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
First Record ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Bioclimatic Variables ◽  
Distributional Information ◽  
Consistent Performance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Hydrographic Regions

Abstract Accurate distributional information is crucial for studies on systematics, biodiversity and conservation. To improve the knowledge regarding the geographical distribution of Omalonyx in South America, we present updated information based on data from a literature review, institutional collections and malacological surveys. All this information composed the dataset used to predict species distribution employing the Maximum Entropy Algorithm (MaxEnt). The model was run using data on species distribution, altitude and bioclimatic variables (WorldClim database). The model had consistent performance, and areas presenting similar conditions to areas where the species were recorded were considered areas of occurrence. The predicted occurrence areas included those that were already surveyed and those that are considered potential occurrence areas. The results demonstrate that the genus has widespread distribution in the Neotropical region and occurs in the tropical, temperate and arid regions of South America and Lesser Antilles. Omalonyx spp. were recorded in all South American countries and hydrographic regions. However, in some countries, there were only isolated records (ex: Colombia and Ecuador). Here, we also present the first record of Omalonyx spp. in four Brazilian States (Acre, Rondônia, Piaui, and Amapá). The genus was found in all hydrographic regions within Brazil and among 27 federative unities; it was absent from only two unities (Roraima State and Distrito Federal). This work contributes to the knowledge on Omalonyx spp. distribution and provides an important basis for the work of ecologists and taxonomists.

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