scholarly journals New species of Cyclodontina from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Odontostomidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo B. Salvador ◽  
Luiz R. L. Simone
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Land Snails ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Pulmonate Snail ◽  
Molluscan Fauna ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The City ◽  
A New Species ◽  
High Diversity ◽  
Small Forest

A new species of pulmonate snail was recently collected in a small forest fragment in the city of Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia state, Brazil. Bahia is known for a high diversity of land snails and Bom Jesus da Lapa is an interesting locality, since it is close to the interface between two major Brazilian biomes: Cerrado and Caatinga. The new species is described as Cyclodontina tapuia sp. nov. and can be easily identified by its brown shell, conical spire, convex whorls, a sculpture comprised of strong ribs, and an aperture with four barriers: a median parietal tooth, a median palatal tooth, a median basal tooth and a strong columellar lamella. This discovery is also a reminder of how little the Brazilian continental molluscan fauna is known and of the urgency in studying and preserving the rich (though usually overlooked) fauna of the Caatinga.

scholarly journals A new species of Leiostracus from Bahia, Brazil (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Orthalicidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Rodrigo B. Salvador ◽  
Daniel C. Cavallari
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Land Snails ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
Basal Region ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
The City ◽  
Axial Band ◽  
A New Species ◽  
High Diversity

A remarkable new species of pulmonate snail was recently collected in a small Atlantic Rainforest fragment near the city of Canavieiras, state of Bahia, Brazil, an area known for a high diversity of land snails. It is described herein as Leiostracus fetidus sp. nov. and can be easily identified by its color pattern of irregular brown to black axial stripes on a white to yellow background, a reddish axial band "separating" the white peristome from the rest of the shell and a broad brown spiral band surrounding the umbilical region. Other diagnostic features include a relatively small size, a proto columellar fold and two very weak folds delimiting the basal region of the aperture. This discovery is a reminder of how little this fauna is known and also an alarm for proper conservation of these forest fragments.

A new species of Stenomicra Coquillett (Diptera: Periscelididae) from the Brazilian Amazon and its life history

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4407 (4) ◽  
pp. 591
Author(s):  
ELIANE SOLAR GOMES ◽  
ROSALY ALE-ROCHA ◽  
RUTH LEILA FERREIRA KEPPLER
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Species ◽  
Urban Forest ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Neotropical Region ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The City ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Stenomicra is described for the Neotropical Region, from phytotelmata of Araceae at an urban forest fragment in the city of Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Morphological descriptions of the immatures and the adults (male and female) are provided, together with biological information on the life cycle of the species and its “host” plant. 

Anthurium narae—A new species of Araceae from a small forest fragment in southeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 351 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
MEL C. CAMELO ◽  
MARCUS A. N. COELHO ◽  
LÍVIA G. TEMPONI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Small Forest

Anthurium narae is described from the state of Minas Gerais, in southeastern Brazil. It occurs in a small forest fragment of semideciduous seasonal montane forest, a component of Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Descriptions, illustrations, photographs and comparison with other similar species of Anthurium sect. Urospadix are provided together with comments about geographical distribution, ecology, phenology, and conservation status.

Anthurium narae—A new species of Araceae from a small forest fragment in southeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 351 (1) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
MEL C. CAMELO ◽  
MARCUS A. N. COELHO ◽  
LÍVIA G. TEMPONI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Small Forest

Anthurium narae is described from the state of Minas Gerais, in southeastern Brazil. It occurs in a small forest fragment of semideciduous seasonal montane forest, a component of Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Descriptions, illustrations, photographs and comparison with other similar species of Anthurium sect. Urospadix are provided together with comments about geographical distribution, ecology, phenology, and conservation status.

Hohenbergia ituberaensis (Bromeliaceae): a new white-flowered species from Bahia, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 439 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
BRAYAN PAIVA CAVALCANTE ◽  
EVERTON HILO DE SOUZA ◽  
LEONARDO M. VERSIEUX ◽  
ADRIANA PINHEIRO MARTINELLI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rare Species ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Diagnostic Characteristic ◽  
Floral Bracts ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Small Forest

We describe a new species of Hohenbergia (Bromeliaceae) from Brazil, H. ituberaensis, a rare species, so far only known from Ituberá municipality, Bahia State, in an area of the Atlantic Forest. The species is similar to H. stellata, presenting a pinkish inflorescence, congested and non-divided branches, pinkish and large floral bracts hiding the sepals, spatulate petals with a slightly reflexed apex. However, it differs by the white petals, as a diagnostic characteristic. The type specimen was collected in a small forest fragment and here this species is categorized as Vulnerable. Additionally, we compared this new species to Hohenbergia belemii and H. capitata, which are also similar to H. stellata, due to the red/pinkish characteristics of the branches, with large flowers and well-developed floral bracts. An illustration, an occurrence map, taxonomic comments and a table comparing the main characters of these four species are provided.

A new species of Andean golden poison frog (Andinobates, Dendrobatidae) from the Eastern Andes of Colombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5047 (5) ◽  
pp. 531-546
Author(s):  
GIOVANNI A. CHAVES-PORTILLA ◽  
ERIKA NATHALIA SALAZAR ◽  
JOSÉ GIL-ACERO ◽  
ADRIANA DORADO-CORREA ◽  
ROBERTO MÁRQUEZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Unique Combination ◽  
Color Patterns ◽  
Mitochondrial Markers ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Small Forest

A new species of Andinobates (Dendrobatidae) is described from the East Andes of Colombia, just 37 km away from the Colombian capital, Bogotá. Andinobates supata sp. nov., represents the second known species of yellow Andinobates, and can be distinguished from the other, Andinobates tolimensis, by an unique combination of ventral and dorsal color patterns. Our phylogenetic analyses, based on ≈ 1120 bp from two mitochondrial markers (16S rRNA and cytochrome b) showed that this new taxon is sister to a clade formed by A. cassidyhornae, A. bombetes, A. opisthomelas, A. tolimensis and A. virolinensis. The new species appears to be restricted to a handful of small forest fragments (<10 ha) distributed in no more than 5 km2, between 1800–2000 m elevation, where the human activity is high. In addition, more than 90% of the original forest has been logged at the type locality, and its watersheds receive considerable agrochemical discharges. Altogether, the evidence suggests that this new species should be listed as Critically Endangered and should receive immediate attention regarding basic research and urgent conservation measures.  

A new species of the genus Rapturella (Gastropoda: Acteonidae) from southeast Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4521 (1) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARLO M. CUNHA ◽  
LUIZ RICARDO L. SIMONE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Shell Morphology ◽  
Southwest Pacific ◽  
Southeast Brazil ◽  
Pacific Waters ◽  
A New Species ◽  
High Diversity

Acteonidae d'Orbigny, 1843 is the largest family within the superfamily Acteonoidea (Bouchet et al. 2017) and includes small gastropods typical of infralittoral environments. Most acteonids living on the continental shelf or in deep water have been described on the basis of shell morphology alone (Simone 2006; Valdés 2008; Cunha 2011; Salvador & Cunha 2016), because little material with soft parts has been collected and examined. Consequently, little is known about the ecology of the species.  Recently, many new species of the genus Acteon Montfort, 1810 have been described from tropical Southwest Pacific waters (Valdés 2008), suggesting that a high diversity of acteonid species may await discovery in other deep water environments, including those of Brazil. 

A new species and a new combination for the subfamily Cunaxinae (Acari: Cunaxidae)

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley Borges Wurlitzer ◽  
Anderson De Azevedo Meira ◽  
Naiara Antonia Nunes Vinhas ◽  
Noeli Juarez Ferla
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Rural Forest ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest Biome ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Cunaxidae, namely Cunaxa bagualensis Wurlitzer & Ferla sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on females and males collected in soil and leaf litter in the Atlantic rainforest biome in a rural forest fragment in Mormaço county, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Additionally, Armascirus livingstoni Laniecka & Kazmierski, 2021 is transferred to Dactyloscirus based on some observations.  

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