A New Species of Apostolepis (Serpentes, Colubridae, Elapomorphini), Belonging to Assimilis Group, Found in Brazilian Cerrado

Abstract—Turnera macrosperma, a new species from the Brazilian Cerrado, is described and illustrated. The new species belongs to the series Turnera and can be characterized by the white petals with dark blue/violet basal spot and large seeds with papillose aril. SEM images, distribution map, and comments on taxonomy and morphology are presented.

Download Full-text

A new species of Hylesia Hübner (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, Hemileucinae) from Brazilian Cerrado

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia ◽

10.1590/s0101-81752007000100025 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 199-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Amabílio J. A. de Camargo

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Similarity ◽

Brazilian Cerrado ◽

Neotropical Species ◽

A New Species

The genus Hylesia Hübner, [1820] has about 110 exclusively neotropical species, widely distributed from Mexico to Argentina. Here a new species (Hylesia pseudomoronensis sp. nov.) from Brazil is described. The specific name is allusive to the morphological similarity with H. moronensis Lemaire, 1976.

Download Full-text

A New Species ofEnyalius(Squamata, Leiosauridae) Endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado

Herpetologica ◽

10.1655/herpetologica-d-17-00041.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 74 (4) ◽

pp. 355-369

Author(s):

M. Florencia Breitman ◽

Fabricius M.C.B. Domingos ◽

Justin C. Bagley ◽

Helga C. Wiederhecker ◽

Tayná B. Ferrari ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Brazilian Cerrado ◽

A New Species

Download Full-text

Eriocaulon albosetaceum: a new species of Eriocaulaceae from the Brazilian Cerrado

Webbia ◽

10.1080/00837792.2019.1572964 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 74 (1) ◽

pp. 15-21

Author(s):

Adriana Luiza Ribeiro de Oliveira ◽

Claudia Petean Bove

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Brazilian Cerrado ◽

A New Species

Download Full-text

On a new species of the spider genus Attacobius Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Corinnidae) from Brazilian Cerrado

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4508.3.10 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4508 (3) ◽

pp. 446

Author(s):

ALEXANDRE B. BONALDO ◽

MARCOS A. PESQUERO ◽

ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The State ◽

Fire Ants ◽

Valid Species ◽

Median Lobe ◽

Brazilian Cerrado ◽

Additional Species ◽

A New Species

At the time the genus Attacobius Mello-Leitão, 1925 was first acknowledged as a member of the subfamily Corinninae, Corinnidae, by Platnick & Baptista (1995), only three species were recognized. Since then, that number has increased to 15 currently valid species (Bonaldo & Brescovit 1998; 2005; Pereira-Filho et al. 2018). Recently we had the opportunity to discover an additional species of Attacobius, collected in association with fire ants of the genus Solenopsis Westwood in the State of Goiás, Midwest Brazil, a region that harbors a large portion of the Brazilian Cerrado, one of the most threatened savannas in the planet. Attacobius lavape n. sp., described below, appears to belong to the same group of species as A. verhaaghi Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1998 and A. lamellatus Bonaldo & Brescovit, 2005, since these three species share, in the male palp, the presence of an unsclerotized median lobe on the retrolateral tibial apophysis (Figs 9, 11).

Download Full-text

Morphological and genetic description of Moniliformis necromysi sp. n. (Archiacanthocephala) from the wild rodent Necromys lasiurus (Cricetidae: Sigmondontinae) in Brazil

Journal of Helminthology ◽

10.1017/s0022149x20000188 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 94 ◽

Author(s):

A.P.N. Gomes ◽

N.A. Costa ◽

R. Gentile ◽

R.V. Vilela ◽

A. Maldonado

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Ribosomal Rna ◽

Large Subunit ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Genetic Distances ◽

Brazilian Cerrado ◽

Wild Rodent ◽

The Family ◽

Molecular Phylogenies ◽

A New Species

Abstract A new species of Moniliformis Travassos, 1915 (Acanthocephala: Moniliformidae) is described from the hairy-tailed bolo mouse, Necromys lasiurus Lund, 1840 (Cricetidae: Sigmondontinae), captured in the Brazilian Cerrado, in Uberlândia, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The specimens were studied by light and scanning electron microscopy. Molecular phylogenies were inferred from partial nuclear large subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences and partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene. The new species is distinguished from other moniliformid species by the number of rows and number of hooks per row, size of the proboscis, size of the eggs, host species and geographical distribution. Molecular phylogenies and genetic distances analyses demonstrated that Moniliformis necromysi sp. n. forms a well-supported monophyletic group with sequences of other species of Moniliformis and is distinguished from them, which agrees with the morphological characteristics, allocating the new species to this genus and to the family Moniliformidae Van Cleave, 1924. This is the first moniliformid acanthocephalan described from a wild rodent in Brazil.

Download Full-text

A new species of Amphisbaena Linnaeus (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from the state of Maranhão, northern Brazilian Cerrado

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3572.1.6 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3572 (1) ◽

pp. 43 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

JERRIANE O. GOMES ◽

ADRIANO O. MACIEL

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The State ◽

Single Specimen ◽

Brazilian Cerrado ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species of Amphisbaena based on a single specimen collected in the northern Brazilian Cerrado,municipality of Loreto, state of Maranhão, Brazil. The new species is characterized by presenting a unique combinationof characters including: absence of precloacal pores, body annuli 306, caudal annuli 21, autotomic site in the eighth postcloacal annulus, dorsal sulci absent, 10 dorsal segments and 14 ventral segments in a midbody annulus.

Download Full-text