First record of the invasive Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonn&egrave;s, 1818) (Squamata, Gekkonidae), in the dry Chaco, Argentina

The invasive Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) is one of the most widespread introduced species of reptiles, being present in the New World at least 500 years ago. In this work, we report for the first time, the presence of the invasive gecko H. mabouia in the dry Chaco, a biogeographic region included in the Gran Chaco Sudamericano. We collected 3 individuals in an urban zone at Las Lomitas, Patiño department, Formosa Province, Argentina. This new record extends the distribution range of this introduced species by nearly 300 km (in a straight line) from Formosa city, the nearest point previously reported.

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New records and an updated map of distribution of Micrurus camilae Renjifo & Lundberg, 2003 (Elapidae) for Colombia

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10.15560/15.3.465 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 465-469

Author(s):

Elson Meneses-Pelayo ◽

Diana Caballero

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

New Records ◽

Color Variation ◽

Coral Snake ◽

Distributional Range ◽

Nearest Point ◽

Straight Line ◽

First Time

Camila’s Coral Snake, Micrurus camilae Renjifo & Lundberg, 2003, is known only by 3 collected specimens. In this work, we report for the first time the presence of M. camilae in the middle Magdalena Valley, and we add data about color variation in the species. The new record extends the distributional range of M. camilae by nearly 200 km in a straight line from Vereda El Rayo, Tarazá, Antioquia, which is the nearest point previously reported.

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First record of the invasive bee Anthidium manicatum (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Chile

Journal of Melittology ◽

10.17161/jom.v0i56.4912 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jose Miguel Montalva ◽

Mauro Ríos ◽

Felipe Vivallo

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

New Record ◽

Ecological Niche ◽

First Record ◽

Ecological Niche Model ◽

Metropolitan Region ◽

Niche Model ◽

Invasive Range ◽

First Time ◽

Anthidium Manicatum

The Palearctic wool carder bee Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) is recorded for the first time in Chile based on eight specimens collected on Lavandula sp. (Lamiaceae) in San Bernardo, Metropolitan Region. This new record expands the invasive range of this species in South America, confirming previous predictions based on an ecological niche model.

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Contribution to the Knowledge of the Genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae) in the New World

Sociobiology ◽

10.13102/sociobiology.v66i4.4484 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 66 (4) ◽

pp. 551

Author(s):

Itanna Oliveira Fernandes ◽

Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie ◽

Fernando Castiblanco Fernández

Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

South America ◽

New Record ◽

New World ◽

Distribution Data ◽

Caribbean Islands ◽

The World ◽

High Resolution Images ◽

South Of Brazil ◽

First Time

The genus Proceratium Roger comprises rare ants that are irregularly distributed in tropical and temperate regions of the world. Despite this global distribution, these ants are rarely collected, likely due to their cryptobiotic lifestyle. In the New World, the genus comprises 22 known species distributed from Southern Canada to the South of Brazil, and in some Caribbean islands. The taxonomy of the genus Proceratium is here updated for South America. We describe P. amazonicum sp. nov, from Rondônia state and provide distribution data for P. brasiliense, P. convexipes, and P. silaceum. We also present, for the first time, high-resolution images of the P. colombicum type and P. ecuadoriense, and provide a new record of P. micrommatum from Peru, and comment about its morphological variation and distribution. A key for the workers of the P. micrommatum clade is also provided. The species we describe belongs to P. micrommatum clade and represents the second species recorded from Brazil after 60 years, since only P. brasiliense was known previously in the country.

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Xenohyla eugenioi Caramaschi, 1998 (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae): geographic distribution and new record from the state of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil

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10.15560/11.5.1744 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1744

Author(s):

Rony Peterson Santos Almeida ◽

Hugo Andrade ◽

Ulisses Caramaschi ◽

Eduardo José dos Reis Dias

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Central State ◽

South Central ◽

Straight Line

The genus Xenohyla is currently composed of two species, X. truncata (Izecksohn, 1959) and Xenohyla eugenioi Caramaschi, 1998. Both species are usually found inside bromeliads; X. truncata inhabits the restingas of the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, and X. eugenioi transitional areas between the Atlantic Forest and the Caatinga biomes in northeastern Brazil. We report the first record of X. eugenioi in the state of Sergipe, expanding the species geographic distribution by 423.4 km in a straight line in relation to its type locality, in the municipality of Maracás, south-central state of Bahia, Brazil.

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New record of Cepa apeca (Diptera, Syrphidae, Eristalinae, Merodontini) in the Andean-Amazonian region of Colombia and expansion of its geographic range

Acta Amazonica ◽

10.1590/1809-4392202003841 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 51 (2) ◽

pp. 162-165

Author(s):

Henry Mauricio PARADA-MARIN ◽

Augusto L. MONTOYA ◽

Yardany RAMOS-PASTRANA

Keyword(s):

San Francisco ◽

New Record ◽

Secondary Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Geographic Range ◽

Single Female ◽

Straight Line ◽

Flower Flies ◽

Amazonian Region

ABSTRACT Flower flies of the genus Cepa are endemic to the Neotropical region and Cepa apeca is currently known only from Costa Rica. Here we report the first record of C. apeca in Colombia based on a single female collected using a canopy trap in a dense secondary forest in a mountainous ecosystem in the locality of Vereda San Francisco, municipality of Florencia-Caquetá, at an altitude of 643 m.a.s.l. This finding constitutes the first record of the genus Cepa in Colombia and expands the geographic range of Cepa apeca by approximately 1,500 km (straight line) southwards to South America. Our finding represents the southernmost occurrence of the species and contributes to the incipient knowledge on the Diptera diversity in the Colombian Andean-Amazonian region.

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First record of Schulmanela petruschewskii Shulman, 1948 (Nematoda: Capillariidae) from cultured Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Turkey

Helminthologia ◽

10.2478/s11687-010-0043-6 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 273-275

Author(s):

Z. Pekmezci ◽

S. Umur

Keyword(s):

Rainbow Trout ◽

Oncorhynchus Mykiss ◽

New Record ◽

Parasite Species ◽

Liver Parenchyma ◽

First Record ◽

Parasite Fauna ◽

Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus Mykiss ◽

First Time ◽

North Latitude

AbstractThe nematode Schulmanela petruschewskii (Shulman, 1948) was identified during the parasitological examination on the liver parenchyma in one specimens of a cultured rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) which reared in Derbent Dam Lake in Samsun, Turkey (41°25′6′’ North latitude, 35°49′52′’ East longitude) in August 2008. This parasite species was not previously reported from Turkey. With the present study we report S. petruschewskii for the first time in Turkey. This specimen which is a parasite of cultured rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a new record for the Turkish parasite fauna. Original measurements and figures are presented.

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Three new species and a new record of the genus Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Pangraptinae) from China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4590.3.5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4590 (3) ◽

pp. 393

Author(s):

YAN-QING HU ◽

MIN WANG

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

Type Species ◽

New World ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Type Series ◽

Asian Species ◽

The North ◽

Three New Species ◽

First Time

Pangrapta Hübner, 1818 was erected for the North American species P. decoralis Hübner, 1818 as its type species. The genus Pangrapta presently consists of about 100 species, and is widely distributed in China and surrounding regions, as well as in the New World (Hu & Wang, 2013). In this article, three new species, P. nanlingensis sp. n., P. jianfenglingensis sp. n. and P. hainanensis sp. n., are described from China. Each of them is superficially similar to the species, P. neorecusata (Hu & Wang, 2013), P. perturbans (Walker, 1858) and P. pannosoides (Holloway, 2005), correspondently. The known Southeast Asian species, P. shivula (Guenée, 1852), is reported for the first time from China. Adults and genitalia are illustrated. The type series of all described species (including holotypes) are deposited in Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST), Mianyang, China.

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First record of the fig wasp genus Diaziella Grandi (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae) from the Asian mainland with description of two new species from China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1337.1.2 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1337 (1) ◽

pp. 39 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

SIMON VAN NOORT ◽

YAN-QIONG PENG ◽

JEAN-Y RASPLUS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

The Philippines ◽

Fig Wasp ◽

Two New Species ◽

Host Relationships ◽

First Time ◽

Asian Mainland

Diaziella bizarrea van Noort & Rasplus sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from Ficus glaberrima and Diaziella yangi van Noort & Rasplus sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from Ficus curtipes in Xishuangbanna, China. Together with a new record of Diaziella macroptera Grandi from Thailand this is the first time the genus has been recorded from the Asian mainland. Previously the twelve described species of Diaziella were known from the islands of Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and the Philippines. Images are provided for both sexes of the two new species and for the female of D. macroptera. A key is included to all described species of Diaziella. An online key is available at: http://www.figweb.org/Fig_wasps/Pteromalidae/Sycoecinae/Key/ Diaziella.htm. Host relationships and biology are discussed.

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First record of two interesting genera of hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in South India

Journal of Insect Biodiversity ◽

10.12976/jib/2020.14.2.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 54-63

Author(s):

HARIHARAKRISHNAN SANKARARAMAN ◽

J ALFRED DANIEL ◽

SAGADAI MANICKAVASAGAM ◽

GERARD PENNARDS

Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

Key Words ◽

New Record ◽

South India ◽

First Record ◽

Range Extension ◽

Batesian Mimicry ◽

High Resolution Images ◽

First Time ◽

Hover Flies

The bee mimicking hover fly genus Volucella Geoffroy, 1762 and the potter wasp mimicking genus Monoceromyia Shannon, 1922 are reported for the first time from South India. Brief diagnosis of Volucella trifasciata Wiedemann, 1830 and Monoceromyia javana (Wiedemann, 1824), high-resolution images of the habitus and other important characters, as well as notes on their distribution, mimicry and biology are provided. Key words: Volucella, Monoceromyia, batesian mimicry, new record, range extension

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