scholarly journals Long time not seen: Expanding the records of Loxosceles amazonica (Araneae: Sicariidae) in the Amazonas state, Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-166
Author(s):  
Marlus Q. ALMEIDA ◽  
Lidianne SALVATIERRA ◽  
Thiago G. CARVALHO ◽  
Francisco J. PRESTES ◽  
Antonio D. BRESCOVIT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Hemolytic Action ◽  
Amazonas State

ABSTRACT Spiders of the genus Loxosceles, commonly known as brown recluse spiders, can cause serious accidents in humans. Their venom has a powerful proteolytic and hemolytic action. Each year these spiders are the cause of a great number of araneism in Brazil. This work presents new records of Loxosceles amazonica for the municipal districts of Manaus and Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil.

The immature stages of Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) gladiator Flint 1978 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae), with notes on distribution and bionomics

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4358 (2) ◽  
pp. 375
Author(s):  
GLEISON ROBSON DESIDÉRIO ◽  
ANA MARIA PES ◽  
NEUSA HAMADA ◽  
JORGE LUIZ NESSIMIAN
Keyword(s):  
Amazon Basin ◽  
New Records ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
First Record ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
State Information ◽  
Amazonas State

Immature stages of many Brazilian Smicridea species remains unknown, and efforts to describe all life stages are required. In this paper, the larva and pupa of Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) gladiator Flint 1978, associated with adults through the metamorphotype method, are described and illustrated. In addition, the known distribution of this species is extended in the Brazilian Amazon Basin with new records from Amazonas state and the first record in Pará state. Information about its bionomics is also provided. 

scholarly journals Sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) from Central Amazonia and four new records for the Amazonas state, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veracilda R. Alves ◽  
Rui A. de Freitas ◽  
Francisco L. Santos ◽  
Arley F. J. de Oliveira ◽  
Toby V. Barrett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Sand Flies ◽  
Central Amazonia ◽  
Amazonas State

scholarly journals Diversity and distribution of lichens from the Cerro Duida and adjacent areas, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela

2021 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. e114
Author(s):  
Vicente Marcano ◽  
Harrie J.M. Sipman
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
New Records ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
New Variety ◽  
Montane Vegetation ◽  
Guayana Shield ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
Increasing Temperature

Increasing temperature and changing land-use in the Guayana Shield and Amazonia result in an accelerated decline of sensitive lichen populations. Monitoring of these populations by biological plot inventories in particularly vulnerable sites is urgently needed. In order to know the diversity and distribution of lichen species at the Alto Orinoco, Parque Nacional Duida-Marahuaca and nearby areas from Amazonas state, Venezuela, lichens were sampled during four expeditions in more than 40 plots located from 200 m (premontane forest) to more than 1500 m elevation (altotepuyana vegetation). Additional data were obtained from literature and herbaria. Our assessment, although incomplete, revealed 205 described species, 150 undescribed species, 84 genera and 27 families. Among the described species 162 were observed in the basimontane vegetation, 38 in the montane vegetation, 24 in the altotepuyana vegetation, while 20 appear to be endemic to the study area. Sixty-nine species are new records for the Cerro Duida. A checklist with taxonomic and ecological data is presented. Five new species and one new variety are described: Cladonia duidana V.Marcano & A.Morales sp. nov. (Cladoniaceae), Pertusaria orinoquensis V.Marcano sp. nov., Sticta kunuhana V.Marcano sp. nov. (Lobariaceae), S. spruceana V.Marcano sp. nov. (Lobariaceae), Xanthoparmelia esmeraldensis V.Marcano & A.Morales sp. nov. (Parmeliaceae), and Lepraria arbuscula (Nyl.) Lendemer & Hodk. var. fumarprotocetrarica V.Marcano var. nov.

scholarly journals List of Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the state of Amazonas, Brazil, including new records

Check List ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuelle De Sousa Farias ◽  
Jéssica Feijó Almeida ◽  
Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
The State ◽  
Biting Midges ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
Pathogenic Agents ◽  
First Time ◽  
Culicoides Biting Midges

Culicoides are vectors of pathogenic agents that infect humans and other animals. Here, we provide a list of Culicoides from the state of Amazonas and also document new records from Presidente Figueiredo Municipality, Amazonas, Brazil. We provide a map of recorded species and a wing atlas for identification. The Culicoides fauna of Amazonas is now known to include 89 known species that belong to seven subgenera, 10 informal species groups, and one ungrouped species. We record nine species of Culicoides (C. aldomari, C. batesi, C. brownie, C. flavivenulus, C. franklini, C. guamai, C. paramaruim, C. pusilloides and C. tidwelli) for the first time from Amazonas state. Culicoides brownie and C. tidwelli are reported for the first time from Brazil.

Notes on morphology and distribution of Acmanthera (A. Juss.) Griseb. (Malpighiaceae), an endemic genus from Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 415 (4) ◽  
pp. 199-207
Author(s):  
FRANCISCO FARROÑAY ◽  
RICARDO DE OLIVEIRA PERDIZ ◽  
EDUARDO MAGALHÃES BORGES PRATA ◽  
ALBERTO VICENTINI
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
National Park ◽  
New Records ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Endemic Genus ◽  
Negro River ◽  
Madeira River ◽  
Amazonas State

We present the amended description of the species Acmanthera minima and A. parviflora based on specimens collected in the Lower Negro River basin and the Serra do Aracá National Park, respectively, in the Amazonas State, Brazil. We also provide photographs, a distribution map, notes on conservation status and a key to all species of the genus Acmanthera. We report new records and range extension for Acmanthera latifolia and A. minima, previously known only for the Negro and Madeira River basins, respectively.

Biodiversity of Insects in the Amazon: survey of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in Amazon rainforest areas in Amazonas state, Brazil

Sociobiology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Alexandre Somavilla ◽  
Raimundo Nonato Martins Moraes Junior ◽  
Marcio Luiz Oliveira ◽  
José Albertino Rafael
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
New Records ◽  
Brazilian Amazon ◽  
Social Wasps ◽  
Amazon Region ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
Malaise Traps

The thematic network ‘Biodiversity of Insects in the Amazon’ is the first network among researchers of the Brazilian Amazon in terms of the increase of knowledge and provision of subsidies for the conservation of Amazonian biodiversity, focusing on insects, and disseminate this knowledge to different sectors of society. In this way, expeditions to six localities in the Amazonas State were carried out and we present here the results for social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae). We used two modified Malaise traps combined with two suspended traps from July 2016 to June 2017. A total of 140 species and 20 genera were collected: 92 species and 18 genera in ZF-2-Manaus area, where the greatest diversity was recorded, followed by Tefé (73 species, 16 genera), Careiro-Castanho (72 species, 17 genera), Novo Airão (71 species, 16 genera), Presidente Figueiredo (62 species, 16 genera), and Ipixuna (58 species, 17 genera). Metapolybia rufata Richards, 1978 and Polybia diguetana du Buysson, 1905 were new records for Brazil, and other six species were first records for Amazonas state. The results indicate that further investigations should significantly increase the species diversity of wasps in the Amazon region and add more information to the knowledge of Polistinae diversity.

scholarly journals Henryana magnifica Yoshimoto (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Brazil: New Records for the Amazon Rainforest and Brazilian Dry Forest

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-243
Author(s):  
Daniell Rodrigo Rodrigues Fernandes ◽  
Karine Schoeninger ◽  
Rogéria Inês Rosa Lara ◽  
Nelson Wanderley Perioto
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Dry Forest ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
First Time

Henryana magnifica Yoshimoto (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is reported for the first time in an Amazon rainforest area of Amazonas State and in a Brazilian Dry Forest area of Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. Henryana magnifica Yoshimoto (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) no Brasil: Novos registros para a Floresta Amazônica e Caatinga Resumo. Henryana magnifica Yoshimoto (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) é relatada pela primeira vez em uma área de Floresta Amazônica do Estado do Amazonas e em uma área de Caatinga no Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil.

scholarly journals Pelidnota granulata (Gory, 1834) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae): description of the pupa and new records from Amazonas state, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. e20206044
Author(s):  
Matheus Bento ◽  
Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos da Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Preimaginal Stages ◽  
Amazonas State

The Neotropical ruteline genus Pelidnota MacLeay currently includes 194 species and subspecies with a few described preimaginal stages. Here we describe the pupa of Pelidnota granulata (Gory, 1834), provide illustrations, comparative notes on other known pupae of Rutelini and comments on its geographical distribution. The key to known pupae of Rutelini is updated.

scholarly journals Scoloplax baskini: a new spiny dwarf catfish from rio Aripuanã, Amazonas, Brazil (Loricarioidei: Scoloplacidae)

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Salles Rocha ◽  
Renildo Ribeiro de Oliveira ◽  
Lúcia H. Rapp Py-Daniel
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Ventral Midline ◽  
Anterior Process ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Rio Madeira

A new species of Scoloplax is described from small tributaries of rio Aripuanã, rio Madeira drainage, Amazonas State, Brazil. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by several morphological features, such as ventral midline plates with two longitudinal parallel rows of odontodes not covered by skin, pectoral and pelvic fins with all rays simple, unbranched, and mesethmoid with a thickened triangular anterior process. Implications of new records of S. dolicholophia from rio Japurá and other comparative features within the genus are discussed.

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