Bat diversity from an area of coastal Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil

We characterize the bat fauna of forested sites in the municipality of Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil, and update the list of bat species of the state. We conducted a rapid inventory using ground-level mist nets (27,000 m²·h effort) and occasional roost searching, which resulted in a list of 23 species belonging to Phyllostomidae (18 species), Vespertilionidae (3), and Molossidae (2). We report the first record of Molossops neglectus Williams & Genoways, 1980 and Myotis lavali Moratelli, Peracchi, Dias & Oliveira, 2011 from Espírito Santo, bringing the total number of confirmed species in the state to 86. The molossid Nyctinomops laticaudatus (É. Geoffroy, 1805) was exclusively recorded in its diurnal roost in rocky outcrops. Our study fills knowledge gaps in the distribution of bat species in southeastern Brazil, and more specifically in the highly diverse coastal Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo. These data reinforce the importance of continuously inventorying and documenting bats in the Neotropics.

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The bat fauna (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Carlos Botelho State Park, Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil, including new distribution records for the state of São Paulo

Zoologia (Curitiba) ◽

10.3897/zoologia.37.e36514 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 37 ◽

pp. 1-32

Author(s):

Vinícius Cardoso Cláudio ◽

Gedimar Pereira Barbosa ◽

Fabrício Braga Rassy ◽

Vlamir José Rocha ◽

Ricardo Moratelli

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

Natural History ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Ground Level ◽

First Record ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

São Paulo ◽

New Distribution

Carlos Botelho State Park (PECB) is a large remnant of Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil, with more than 37,000 ha. As its bat fauna is still unknown, we performed the first bat survey on PECB, to provide data on the distribution, natural history and taxonomy of the species. Fieldwork was conducted monthly, from October 2016 to September 2017. Captures were made using ground-level mist-nets (39600 m2.h), canopy mist-nets (2017.5 m2.h) and searches for roosts (42 hours).We captured 412 bats from 34 species of Phyllostomidae, Molossidae and Vespertilionidae. A total of 11 species were captured only in ground-level mist-nets, five in canopy mist-nets, and seven in roosts. Dermanura cinerea Gervais, 1856, Eptesicus taddeii Miranda, Bernardi & Passos, 2006, Glyphonycteris sylvestris Thomas, 1896 and Lampronycteris brachyotis (Dobson, 1879) are rare on surveys conducted in the Atlantic Forest of São Paulo and were captured in canopy mist-nets. Micronycteris schmidtorum Sanborn, 1935 and Molossus currentium Thomas, 1901 constitute the first record for the state of São Paulo, and were captured in canopy mist-nets and roosts, respectively. The species richness registered for PECB surpasses other surveys conducted in Atlantic Forest localities that use only ground-level mist-nets. Our results reinforce the importance of employing mixed capture methods, such as elevated mist-nets and searches for roosts.

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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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First record of the Crested Eagle, Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800) (Aves, Accipitridae) in the Cerrado of Minas Gerais state, Brazil

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10.15560/11.4.1670 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 1670 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Larissa Lacerda Moraes ◽

Alexander Zaidan de Souza ◽

Rômulo Ribon

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Historical Records ◽

Minas Gerais State

We present a new record of the Crested Eagle, Morphnus guianensis (Daudin, 1800), a rare forest eagle of the Neotropics on 22 May 2012 at a Cerrado area in Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. The species has only two historical records in the state, both at areas formerly covered by Atlantic Forest. The finding raises the expectations for the maintenance of the species in the state, stressing the fact that this is the first species record in a Cerrado area in Eastern Brazilian states.

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Physalaemus maximus Feio, Pombal Jr. and Caramaschi, 1999 (Anura: Leiuperidae): distribution extension and advertisement call

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10.15560/8.3.507 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 507 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Juliana Peres ◽

José Eduardo Simon

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

Carrier Frequency ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Advertisement Call ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Forest Remnant ◽

Espirito Santo

This study provides the first record of Physalaemus maximus in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. Physalaemus maximus was recorded in the Municipality of Castelo (1100 m a.s.l.), where it was observed in explosive reproduction in an Atlantic Forest remnant on 06 January 2010. The advertisement call of P. maximus consisted of a single multipulsed note, with carrier frequency emitted in 1,250 Hz and mean duration of 2.10 s. The record from Castelo extends in approximately 140 km eastward from the previous geographic distribution admitted for the species.

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Anurans of the municipality of Barão de Monte Alto, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

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10.15560/12.5.1977 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 1977 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elvis A. Pereira ◽

Matheus O. Neves ◽

Priscila S. Hote ◽

Diego J. Santana ◽

Renato N. Feio

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Forest Patches ◽

Red Lists ◽

Anuran Amphibians ◽

Anuran Species ◽

Tree Frogs

Abstract: We present a list of the anuran amphibians from municipality of Barão de Monte Alto, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. This region is part of the remaining Atlantic Forest and the studied environments are represented by forest patches and open habitats. We recorded 29 anuran species, many of these typical and/or endemic to the Atlantic Forest. None of the species registered was considered under threat of extinction in state, national or international red-lists. It is worth noting, however, the presence of the tree frogs Dendropsophus pseudomeridianus, the first record of this species in the state of Minas Gerais, and D. bipunctatus, marking its expanded distribution in various locations of Minas Gerais. The present list examines zoogeography and conservation of anurans in the Brazilian southeast and broadens the knowledge of the anuran fauna in this region.

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Dinidor mactabilis (Perty, 1833): first record of Dinidoridae (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

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10.15560/12.3.1900 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 1900 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bruno Celso Genevcius ◽

Renan Carrenho ◽

Cristiano F. Schwertner

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

São Paulo ◽

The Family

Species of Dinidoridae in Brazil are currently known only from five localities, which has been attributed in the literature to the lack of field collections. We report the first record of Dinidor mactabilis (Perty, 1833) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, also representing the first record of the family Dinidoridae in São Paulo. A female of Dinidor mactabilis was collected in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest close to the Billings Reservoir, in the municipality of São Bernardo do Campo, extending its known distribution in southeastern Brazil by at least 200 km.

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Ectoparasitic flies (Diptera: Streblidae) on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from a Private Natural Heritage Reserve in southeastern Brazil

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia ◽

10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.02 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 61 ◽

pp. e20216102

Author(s):

Luis Fernando Menezes Júnior ◽

Daniel Medina Corrêa Santos ◽

Ana Carolina Duarte Pinto Menezes ◽

Adriano Lúcio Peracchi

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

First Record ◽

Extensive Study ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Carollia Perspicillata ◽

Natural Heritage ◽

Bat Flies ◽

Janeiro State

Due to the small number of records of Streblidae on bats, despite extensive study on these mammals in the state of Rio de Janeiro, a survey was carried out in an area of the Atlantic Forest. The present study was carried out at Bom Retiro Farm Natural Heritage Private Reserve. We captured 401 bats of 17 species, 13 genera, and four families; bat flies infested 221 bats of only four species. Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) has the highest fly diversity, with seven fly species: Trichobius joblingi (Wenzel, 1966) (n = 23), Megistopoda proxima (Séguy, 1926) (n = 15), Strebla guajiro (García & Casal, 1965) (n = 15), Aspidoptera falcata (Wenzel, 1976) (n = 6) Paratrichobius longicrus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907) (n = 8), Paraeuctenodes similis (Wenzel 1976) (n = 3), and Trichobius anducei (Guerrero, 1998) (n = 1). Two species infested Platyrrhinus lineatus (É. Geoffroy, 1810): Aspidoptera falcata (n = 1) and Anastrebla caudiferae (Wenzel, 1996) (n = 1). Paradyschiria parvula (Falcoz, 1931) (n = 11) infested Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) and M. proxima (n = 12) and Trichobius uniformis (Curran, 1935) (n = 1) infested Sturnira lilium (É. Geoffroy, 1842). Sturnira lilium has the highest infestation rate, with ten out of 46 captured individuals parasitized, followed by Carollia perspicillata, with 33 out of 164 captured parasitized, and by P. lineatus with only two parasitized individuals out of ten. Among 97 streblid flies captured, M. proxima was the most abundant (27.83%), followed by T. joblingi (23.71%), and S. guajiro (15.46%). All remaining bat fly species represented 33%. Paradichyria parvula has the first record for Rio de Janeiro State.

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Hippeastrum angustifolium Pax (Amaryllidaceae): first record for a biodiversity hotspot in the Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

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10.15560/14.2.335 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 335-339

Author(s):

Berinaldo Bueno ◽

Suzana Neves Moreira ◽

Vali Joana Pott

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Biodiversity Hotspot ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

The Family ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul

Hippeastrum angustifolium Pax a bulbous perennial in the family Amaryllidaceae, occurs in Argentina, Paraguay, and south-southeastern Brazil in the Pampa and Atlantic Forest domains. In this work, we present the first record of this species for the Cerrado domain in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. We also comment on its biology and ecology.

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Mussurana montana (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): noteworthy records and an updated distribution map

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10.15560/11.3.1657 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 1657 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Henrique C. Costa ◽

Patrícia Silva Santos ◽

Wanderlei Pereira Laia ◽

Paulo C. A. Garcia ◽

Renato Silveira Bérnils

Keyword(s):

Sea Level ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Serra Do Mar ◽

Mountain Ranges ◽

Scientific Collections

Mussurana montana is a poorly known dipsadid snake endemic to elevated areas in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. After the examination of specimens deposited in scientific collections, we update the distribution range of M. montana with five new locality records, including its first record from the state of Rio de Janeiro, and a new northernmost and easternmost record in the state of Minas Gerais. These new data reinforce the distribution of M. montana within the mountain ranges of Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Mar, from 750–1,610 m above sea level.

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Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Vampyrodes caraccioli (Thomas, 1889): range extension and revised distribution map

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10.15560/6.1.049 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 049 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Paúl M. Velazco ◽

Caroline C. Aires ◽

Ana Paula Carmignotto ◽

Alexandra M. R. Bezerra

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Present Note ◽

First Record ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

The State ◽

Range Extension ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Adult Specimen ◽

Serra Do Mar

The present note reports the first record of the bat Vampyrodes caraccioli (Thomas, 1889) for the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, based on the collection of one adult specimen in Núcleo São Sebastião, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, at the Atlantic Forest domain.

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