scholarly journals A new species of Macaria Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from the Andes of northern Chile

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor A. Vargas ◽  
Axel Hausmann ◽  
Luis E. Parra
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Northern Chile ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals A new species of Ypsolopha Latreille (Lepidoptera, Ypsolophidae) from the Andes of northern Chile

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor A. Vargas
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South American ◽  
Northern Chile ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

Male and female adults ofYpsolophamolteniisp. n.(Lepidoptera, Ypsolophidae) are described and illustrated from the western slopes of the Andes of northern Chile. Larvae ofY.molteniifeed on inflorescences of the native shrubAdesmiaverrucosaMeyen (Fabaceae). This finding represent the first species ofYpsolophaLatreille, 1796 described from mainland Chile and the first species of this genus with larvae feeding on the highly diverse South American genusAdesmia.

A new species of Cynomops (Chiroptera: Molossidae) from the northwestern slope of the Andes

Mammalia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Arenas-Viveros ◽  
Pamela Sánchez-Vendizú ◽  
Alan Giraldo ◽  
Jorge Salazar-Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Mtdna Sequences ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Western Side ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Lines Of Evidence

Abstract The systematics and taxonomy of the broadly distributed bats of the genus Cynomops has changed considerably in the last few years. Among the major changes, Cynomops abrasus was split into two species of large-bodied forms (Cynomops mastivus and C. abrasus) distributed east of the Andes. However, large Colombian specimens identified as C. abrasus from the western side of the Andes had yet to be included in any revisionary work. Phylogenetic analysis performed in this study, using mtDNA sequences (Cytochrome-b), revealed that these Colombian individuals are more closely related to Cynomops greenhalli. Morphological and molecular data allowed us to recognize populations from western Colombia, western Ecuador and northwestern Peru, as members of a new species of Cynomops. Characters that allow for its differentiation from C. greenhalli include a larger forearm, paler but more uniform ventral pelage, more globular braincase, and well-developed zygomatic processes of the maxilla (almost reaching the postorbital constriction). This study serves as another example of the importance of including multiple lines of evidence in the recognition of a new species. Given its rarity and the advanced transformation of its habitat, this new species is particularly important from a conservation perspective.

A new species of the enigmatic genus Oressinoma Doubleday from the Andes of central Peru (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4999 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
KLAUDIA FLORCZYK ◽  
CHRISTER FÅHRAEUS ◽  
PIERRE BOYER ◽  
ANNA ZUBEK ◽  
TOMASZ W. PYRCZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Genital Morphology ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

A new, and only the third known species of the Neotropical montane genus Oressinoma Doubleday is described—O. sorina n. sp., from the Andes of central Peru. It is distinguishable immediately from the other two congeners by the shape of the hindwing underside submarginal orange band, and by the male genitalia. The systematics of Oressinoma are reviewed. A preliminary analysis is carried out based on COI barcode confirming the separate specific status of O. sorina n. sp. in relation to other two congeners. Both barcode and genital morphology data suggest that the widespread O. typhla Doubleday may be a complex of allopatric or, locally parapatric species. The genus Oressinoma is the only neotropical member of the predominantly Australian subtribe Coenonymphina, represented in the entire Holarctic by one genus only—Coenonympha Hübner, considered as the putative sister-genus of Oressinoma. Their origins and relationships are briefly discussed.

A new species of tree frog from the Andes of southeastern Peru (Anura: Hylidae: Hyla)

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio De la Riva ◽  
Juan Carlos Chaparro
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Tree Frog ◽  
Cloud Forests ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

AbstractA new species of Hyla is described from cloud forests of the Cosñipata Valley in southern Peru. The new species lacks webbing in hands and has vestigial webbing between toes III and IV, is readily distinguished from any other species of Andean Hyla, and is not clearly assignable to any species group. The new species seems to be a secretive, bromeliad-dweller.

scholarly journals An elusive new species of gymnophthalmid lizard (Cercosaurinae, Selvasaura) from the Andes of northern Peru

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-187
Author(s):  
Lourdes Y. Echevarría ◽  
Pablo J. Venegas ◽  
Luis A. García-Ayachi ◽  
Pedro M. Sales Nunes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
The Other ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
The Andes ◽  
New States ◽  
Northern Peru ◽  
A New Species

We describe a new species of Selvasaura from the montane forests of the eastern slopes of the Andes in northern Peru, based on external and hemipenial morphological characters and previous phylogenetic analyses. The new species can be differentiated from the other two Selvasaura species in having keeled dorsal scales usually flanked by longitudinal striations, in adults and juveniles; adult males with a yellow vertebral stripe bordered by broad dark brown stripes on each side and a unilobed hemipenis surrounded by the branches of the sulcus spermaticus. The description of the new species contributes information about new states of diagnostic characters of Selvasaura and natural history.

scholarly journals A new terrestrial snail species (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae) from the Región de Antofagasta, northern Chile

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3538
Author(s):  
Juan Francisco Araya ◽  
Abraham S.H. Breure
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
First Record ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Snail Species ◽  
South American ◽  
Northern Chile ◽  
Terrestrial Snails ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Coastal Range

A new species of Scutalus Albers, 1850 (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae), Scutalus chango sp. n., is described from a coastal area of northern Chile. Empty shells of this new species were found buried in sand and under boulders and rocks in the foothills of the Chilean Coastal Range at Paposo, Región de Antofagasta. This new species is distinguished from all other Chilean terrestrial snails by its slender shell with a flared and reflected aperture, and by the presence of a columellar fold. This is the first record of Scutalus in Chile, and the southernmost record for this endemic South American bulimulid genus. The presence of this species in Paposo highlights the need for further research and for conservation guidelines in coastal areas of northern Chile, which have comparatively high levels of biodiversity and endemism.

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