Serra do Urubu, a biodiversity hot-spot for angiosperms in the northern Atlantic Forest (Pernambuco, Brazil)

A list of angiosperms from Serra do Urubu, a montane forest area in the state of Pernambuco, is here provided. Based on 14 botanical expeditions and material deposited in herbaria, 832 taxa belonging to 442 genera and 118 families have been recorded in this area, with about 90% of the taxa identified to species level. The richest families are Orchidaceae (86 spp.), Fabaceae (51 spp.) and Rubiaceae (42 spp.). Miconia and Solanum (14 spp. each), and Psychotria (13 spp.) are the richest genera. About 15% of the recorded species are endemic to the Atlantic Forest, and another 10% are disjunct between this area and the Amazon Rainforest. The results indicate that the Serra do Urubu is one of the richest areas in terms of number of species of the Atlantic Forest in the Northeast, and corroborates the Pernambuco Endemism Center.

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Synopsis of Orchidaceae from Serra do Urubu: an area of montane forest, Pernambuco State, Brazil

Hoehnea ◽

10.1590/2236-8906-35/2014 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 109-133 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Edlley Pessoa ◽

Marccus Alves

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

New Records ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Montane Forest ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Conservation Units ◽

Orchid Species ◽

Number Of Species ◽

The Family

This study provides a survey of Orchidaceae species in an area of montane Atlantic Forest in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. The study area comprises two conservation units (RPPN Frei Caneca and RPPN Pedra D’Anta), forming together the Serra do Urubu, which is located in the border of the Borborema plateau. Orchidaceae is represented in this study area by 81 species and 50 genera. Epidendrum L. (10 spp.) and Habenaria Willd. (four spp.) are the most representative genera. The subtribes Laeliinae (22 spp.) and Pleurothallidinae (14 spp.) together represent about half of the number of species. The high number of orchid species distinguishes Serra do Urubu as one of the richest areas for the family in the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. Our study also provides 18 new records of species to Pernambuco as well as reporting on about 40% of the species and 60% of the genera cited to the State. Campylocentrum pernambucense, Cattleya labiata, Cattleya granulosa, Phragmipedium sargentianum and Zygostates bradeiare cited as endangered, 14 species are endemic to the Atlantic Forest, and other seven have distributions restricted to northeastern Brazil. All these facts reinforce the importance of this area as well as management strategies for the conservation of Orchidaceae.

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FIRST CONFIRMED RECORD OF THE VENOMOUS CORAL SNAKE MICRURUS IBIBOBOCA (SERPENTES, ELAPIDAE) IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL

Oecologia Australis ◽

10.4257/oeco.2021.2501.18 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 (01) ◽

pp. 179-183

Author(s):

Maria Clara do Nascimento ◽

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Alexander Zaidan de Souza ◽

Anderson Oliveira ◽

Henrique Costa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Forest Area ◽

Coral Snake ◽

Venomous Snake ◽

Snake Species ◽

First Time

We report for the first time the occurrence of the venomous snake species Micrurus ibiboboca in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, based on a specimen collected in an Atlantic Forest area. This is the sixth record of a venomous coral snake in Minas Gerais and increases to 160 the number of known snake species in the state.

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New Occurrences of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Semideciduous Seasonal Montane Forest and Tropical Dry Forest in Minas Gerais and in the Atlantic Forest in the State of Rio de Janeiro

EntomoBrasilis ◽

10.12741/ebrasilis.v8i1.359 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 65-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marcos Magalhães Souza ◽

Epifânio Porfiro Pires ◽

Rafael Eugênio ◽

Reinildes Silva-Filho

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Tropical Dry Forest ◽

Montane Forest ◽

Social Wasps ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Dry Forest ◽

First Time ◽

New Occurrences

The occurrence of Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán, Mischocyttarus ignotus Zikán, Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards and Mischocyttarus paraguayensis Zikán for the state of Minas Gerais and Mischocyttarus garbei Zikán for the state of Rio de Janeiro are registered for the first time, collected through active search and attractive traps. Novos Registros de Vespas Sociais (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) em Floresta Estacional Semidecidual Montana e Mata Seca em Minas Gerais e na Mata Atlântica no Estado do Rio de Janeiro Resumo. Neste trabalho é registrado pela primeira vez a ocorrência de Mischocyttarus consimilis Zikán, Mischocyttarus ignotus Zikán, Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards e Mischocyttarus paraguayensis Zikán para o estado de Minas Gerais e Mischocyttarus garbei Zikán para o estado do Rio de Janeiro coletadas por meio de busca ativa e armadilhas atrativas.

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Vascular flora of Serra do Japi Biological Reserve, Jundiaí, southeastern Brazil

Rodriguésia ◽

10.1590/s2175-78602012000200008 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 333-340 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Julio Antonio Lombardi ◽

Carolina da Silva Carvalho ◽

Leonardo Biral ◽

Mariana Naomi Saka ◽

Sean Miki Hieda

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Montane Forest ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Floristic Diversity ◽

São Paulo ◽

Vascular Flora ◽

Number Of Species ◽

Urbanized Region ◽

Biological Reserve

Floristic sampling was carried out in Serra do Japi Biological Reserve, Jundiaí, state of São Paulo, Brazil, including physiognomies of semideciduous montane forest, a type of forest formation within the Atlantic Forest domain. Six hundred and sixty one species distributed in 129 families were recorded; the ten most diverse phanerogam families were: Asteraceae (56 species), Fabaceae (37), Rubiaceae (29), Poaceae (25), Solanaceae (24), Cyperaceae (19), Euphorbiaceae (19), Orchidaceae (19), Melastomataceae (17), and Piperaceae (17). The addition of 322 species from other floristic surveys increased the number of species of Serra do Japi to 976, distributed in 141 families. Compared to other floristic surveys carried out in the Atlantic Forest, our results highlight the floristic diversity of the study area and the importance of preserving the vegetation of this highly urbanized region.

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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Infesting Wild Birds in an Atlantic Forest Area in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, with Isolation ofRickettsiafrom the TickAmblyomma longirostre

Journal of Medical Entomology ◽

10.1093/jmedent/45.4.770 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 770-774 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Maria Ogrzewalska ◽

Richard C. Pacheco ◽

Alexandre Uezu ◽

Fernando Ferreira ◽

Marcelo B. Labruna

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

The State ◽

Wild Birds ◽

Forest Area ◽

São Paulo

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Malaria in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an Atlantic Forest area: an assessment using the health surveillance service

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ◽

10.1590/0074-0276130558 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 109 (5) ◽

pp. 634-640 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Renata Bortolasse Miguel ◽

Paulo Cesar Peiter ◽

Hermano de Albuquerque ◽

José Rodrigues Coura ◽

Patrícia Ganzenmüller Moza ◽

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Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Health Surveillance ◽

The State ◽

Forest Area

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Primates, Pitheciidae, Callicebus coimbrai Kobayashi and Langguth, 1999: new localities for an endangered titi monkey in eastern Sergipe, Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/9.3.696 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 696 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Eduardo La Noce Marques ◽

Leandro Jerusalinsky ◽

Juliana Cristina A.G. Rocha ◽

Paloma Marques Santos ◽

Raone Beltrão-Mendes ◽

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Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

New Records ◽

The State ◽

Important Advance ◽

Sao Francisco River ◽

North East ◽

Titi Monkey ◽

São Francisco River ◽

New Localities ◽

Northern Atlantic

Coimbra-Filho’s titi monkey, Callicebus coimbrai Kobayashi and Langguth, 1999, appears to be endemic to the northern Atlantic Forest, south of the lower São Francisco River in east of the state of Sergipe and north-east of the state of Bahia. This study presents 13 new records of the occurrence of the species in the São Francisco and Japaratuba basins of eastern Sergipe, extending its range in the state over a distance of some 40 km. This represents an important advance in the known range and total number of populations of this endangered primate.

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Spilotes sulphureus Wagler, 1824 (Squamata: Colubridae): review of distribution and first record in the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/13.1.2055 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 2055 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hugo Andrade ◽

Rony Peterson Santos Almeida ◽

Eduardo José dos Reis Dias

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Small Mammals ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

The Body ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Amazon Rainforest ◽

Defensive Behaviour ◽

Lateral Compression ◽

Arboreal Habit

We present the first record of Spilotes sulphureus for the state of Sergipe. In Brazil, this species is distributed Amazon Rainforest, Atlantic Forest and Caatinga biomes. This large-bodied snake has arboreal habit, is diurnal, has oviparous reproduction, feeds on birds, eggs, lizards, bats, amphibians and small mammals and presents the defensive behaviour of lateral compression of the body.

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The vocalization of Gastrotheca fissipes (Boulenger, 1888) (Anura, Hemiphractidae) from the state of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4543.2.6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4543 (2) ◽

pp. 284

Author(s):

IGOR JOVENTINO ROBERTO ◽

EDNILZA MARANHÃO DOS SANTOS ◽

THIAGO RIBEIRO DE CARVALHO

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽

Northern Atlantic ◽

Species Groups

Gastrotheca Fitzinger, 1843 (Hemiphractidae) is composed of 70 species classified into four species groups, among which Gastrotheca fissipes (Boulenger, 1882) and G. microdiscus (Andersson, 1910) species groups are distributed in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Castroviejo-Fisher et al. 2015; Duellman & Venegas 2016). The Gastrotheca fissipes group comprises six species: G. fissipes, G. flamma Juncá & Nunes, 2008, G. megacephala Izecksohn, Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 2009, G. prasina Teixeira Jr. et al. 2012, G. pulchra Caramaschi & Rodrigues, 2007, and G. recava Teixeira Jr. et al. 2012, and most of these species are distributed in the northern Atlantic Forest, the most threatened region of the Atlantic Forest Domain (Ribeiro et al. 2009).

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Lynchiatilla Casal, 1963 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): a new species from Brazil associated with Paroxystoglossa spiloptera Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Halictinae), and notes on other species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3548.1.3 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3548 (1) ◽

pp. 55 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

ANTONIO C. B. BERGAMASCHI ◽

ROBERTO A. CAMBRA ◽

DENIS J. BROTHERS ◽

GABRIEL A. R. MELO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Size Variation ◽

The State ◽

Forest Area ◽

Behavioral Data ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

Lynchiatilla parana Cambra in Bergamaschi et al., sp. nov. (female and male) from Brazil and the male of Lynchiatilla leguera Casal, 1963 are newly described and illustrated. Lynchiatilla silvai Casal, 1963 is reported for the first time for the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. A key to the males for those species where they are known is given. Specimens of L. parana sp. nov. were observed and collected during 204 hours of fieldwork in a montane Atlantic Forest area, providing behavioral data and implicating the halictine bee Paroxystoglossa spiloptera Moure, 1960 as its probable host. Adult wasps were captured and kept in individual containers for sex-association mating trials in the laboratory. Color and size variation in a population of L. leguera from Jujuy, northern Argentina, are discussed and illustrated.

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