A new species of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Serra do Cipó, Espinhaço Range, Southeastern Brazil, with proposition of a new species group to the genus

We describe a new species of Physalaemus assigned to the Physalaemus signifer Clade, and it is morphologically similar to P. rupestris, from the highlands of the Serra do Cipó in the southern Espinhaço Range, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. The new species is diagnosed by using the following combination of character states: presence of an arrow-shaped blotch on the dorsum of body; presence of a median longitudinal light stripe over urostyle region; belly and ventral surface of thigh marbled with dark gray irregularly shaped blotches on a bluish background; absence of reddish coloration over axillary and inguinal regions in live individuals; bright orange dots scattered over head, upper lip, and dorsum of body in live individuals; ventral surface of hand and foot red in live individuals; small size (adult male SVL=16.2–18.2 mm); presence of brown, not divided, nuptial pad in males; END/ED in males ranging from 0.85–0.93; supernumerary tubercles on foot absent; tarsal fold absent; tarsal tubercle absent; texture of posterior region of belly and ventral surface of thigh smooth; advertisement call composed of two note types (note A + B); advertisement call duration of 0.80–1.28 s; note A with ascending amplitude until mid-note then descending towards the end of the note; note B with pulses arranged in 5–7 groups; and dominant frequency of note A from 1734.4–2765.6 Hz and of note B from 1507.3–2859.4 Hz. A phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial DNA sequences recovered the new species nested within the Physalaemus deimaticus species group. Additionally, we redescribe the call of Physalaemus rupestris and provide a review of the geographic distribution and conservation status of the species belonging to the P. deimaticus species group.

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A New Species of the Scinax catharinae Species Group (Anura: Hylidae) from Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil

Herpetologica ◽

10.1655/07-088.1 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 65 (4) ◽

pp. 468-479 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Ana Carolina Calijorne Lourenço ◽

Luciana Barreto Nascimento ◽

Maria Rita Silvério Pires

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Group ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

A New Species

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Veliidae (Insecta, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) from southeastern Brazil: three new species from Rio de Janeiro State, a new species group for Neotropical Rhagovelia Mayr, and notes on distribution and synonymy

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia ◽

10.1590/s0085-56262012005000023 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 56 (2) ◽

pp. 147-158 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira ◽

Julianna Freires Barbosa ◽

José Ricardo Inacio Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Species Group ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Three New Species ◽

A New Species ◽

Janeiro State

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A new species of Leptodactylus Fitzinger (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Serra do Brigadeiro, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1861.1.4 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1861 (1) ◽

pp. 44 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

ULISSES CARAMASCHI ◽

RENATO N. FEIO ◽

VINÍCIUS A. SÃO-PEDRO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Color Pattern ◽

Dominant Frequency ◽

Species Group ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

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A New Species

A new species of Leptodactylus belonging to the L. fuscus species group, and related to the L. mystaceus complex, is described from the Lagoa das Bromélias (20 o 53’S, 42 o 31’W; 1,227 m above sea level), Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro, Municipality of Ervália, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. Leptodactylus cupreus sp. nov. is characterized by the large size for the group (SVL 50.1–55.1 mm in males) and color pattern. The new species has a non-pulsed advertisement call, with call rate about 12 calls/s and a dominant frequency between 2,800 and 3,058 Hz.

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A new species of the genus Gaucha Mello-Leitão, 1924 from Minas Gerais, Brazil (Solifugae, Mummuciidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5061.3.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5061 (3) ◽

pp. 559-572

Author(s):

MAYSA F.V.R. SOUZA ◽

RODRIGO L. FERREIRA ◽

LEONARDO S. CARVALHO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South America ◽

Species Group ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Spider Species ◽

A New Species

A new sun-spider species of the ibirapemussu species-group of the genus Gaucha is described based on males and a female collected in Southeastern Brazil. The newly described species can be readily distinguished from its congeners by the reduction of the cheliceral fixed finger, distal tooth (FD), closely positioned and smaller than the medial tooth (FM); the presence of cheliceral fixed finger profondal subproximal (PFSP) and retrofondal submedial (RFSM) teeth; and by the cheliceral movable finger, medial tooth (MM) well developed, larger than submedial tooth (MSM) and smaller than proximal tooth (MP). This is the thirteenth described species in the genus Gaucha, all known from South America.

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A new species ofCinclodesfrom the Espinhaço Range, southeastern Brazil: insights into the biogeographical history of the South American highlands

Ibis ◽

10.1111/j.1474-919x.2012.01268.x ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 154 (4) ◽

pp. 738-755 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Guilherme H. S. Freitas ◽

Anderson V. Chaves ◽

Lílian M. Costa ◽

Fabrício R. Santos ◽

Marcos Rodrigues

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

South American ◽

The South ◽

Espinhaço Range ◽

History Of ◽

History Of The South ◽

A New Species

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A new and threatened species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from Queimada Grande Island, southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1391.3 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1391 (1) ◽

pp. 47 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

CINTHIA A. BRASILEIRO ◽

CELIO F. B. HADDAD ◽

RICARDO J. SAWAYA ◽

MARCIO MARTINS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Dominant Frequency ◽

Species Group ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

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Small Range ◽

Habitat Disturbances ◽

Patchy Habitat ◽

Anthropogenic Habitat ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species of hylid frog, Scinax peixotoi, from Queimada Grande Island, southeastern Brazil. The new species belongs to the Scinax perpusillus species group, in which all known forms inhabit bromeliads, and is diagnosed by the following set of characters: moderate-size (males 18.8–20.7 mm SVL, females 22.4–25.1 mm SVL); canthus rostralis distinct; dorsal skin slightly rugose; and a distinct advertisement call with relatively low dominant frequency. The new species is known from a single population on Queimada Grande, an island of 43 ha, approximately 33 km distant from the coast of São Paulo State, where it inhabits scattered patches of bromeliads. The highly specialized and patchy habitat of S. peixotoi, associated with its small range size, make this species highly susceptible to stochastic or anthropogenic habitat disturbances, which could lead it to extinction.

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A new species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro (Leiuperinae: Leptodactylidae: Anura) from the Cerrado of southeastern Brazil with a distinctive advertisement call pattern

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3328.1.4 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3328 (1) ◽

pp. 47 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

THIAGO RIBEIRO DE CARVALHO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Group ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

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New Taxon ◽

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A New Species

A new species of Pseudopaludicola is described from the Cerrado of southeastern Brazil. The new taxon is diagnosedfrom the P. pusilla species group by the absence of either T-shaped terminal phalanges or toe tips expanded, and promptlydistinguished from all (13) recognized taxa currently assigned to Pseudopaludicola by possessing isolated (instead of regular call series), long (117–187 ms) and non-pulsed advertisement calls.

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A new species of Amblyseius Berlese (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1445.1.6 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1445 (1) ◽

pp. 65-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

PETERSON R. DEMITE ◽

ANTONIO C. LOFEGO ◽

REINALDO J.F. FERES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Deciduous Forest ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Species Group ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Width Ratio ◽

Phytoseiid Mites ◽

Protected Natural Area ◽

Length Width ◽

A New Species

Phytoseiid mites have received considerable world wide attention because of their potential as natural enemies of phytophagous mites (McMurtry, 1984). The Amblyseius obtusus group Chant is the largest species group in the genus Amblyseius. Chant & McMurtry (2004) divided the group into seven subgroups based on spermathecal morphology. The andersoni subgroup of Chant & McMurtry, 2004 is characterized by a spermatheca with the calyx dish-, cup-, bell-, or V-shaped, with the length/width ratio at the mid-point of the calyx < 3:1. A total of 24 species of the andersoni subgroup are known from the Neotropical region, 13 of these from Brazil (Moraes et al., 2004). A new species of this subgroup, Amblyseius paulofariensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated in this paper, from specimens collected in the semi-deciduous forest area of “Estação Ecológica de Paulo de Faria”, a protected natural area in the State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, on three species of Euphorbiaceae: Acalypha diversifolia Jacq., Actinostemon communis (Müll. Arg.) and Alchornea glandulosa Poepp. & Endl.. In the region where this mites was found, the climate is of the type Cwa-Aw of Köppen, with two distinct seasons: one wet, from October to March, and the other dry, from April to September. The annual mean temperature is 25°C, with a maximum mean of 30°C and a minimum mean of 20°C (Barcha & Arid, 1971; Arid & Barcha, 1973).

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A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from coastal basins in the Atlantic Rainforest of eastern Brazil, with phylogenetic and phylogeographic insights into the Characidium alipioi species group

Neotropical Ichthyology ◽

10.1590/1982-0224-20180121 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Evandro Malanski ◽

Luisa Maria Sarmento-Soares ◽

Ana Cecilia Gomes Silva-Malanski ◽

Maridiesse Morais Lopes ◽

Leonardo Ferreira da Silva Ingenito ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Group ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Molecular Evidence ◽

Caudal Peduncle ◽

Body Depth ◽

Eastern Brazil ◽

Coastal Basins ◽

A New Species ◽

Pelvic Fin

ABSTRACT A new species of Characidium from southeastern Brazil is described based on morphological and molecular evidence from specimens collected between the rio Jucuruçu and rio Doce basins. The new species belongs to a group of species within Characidium with an unscaled area in the isthmus and is distinguished from these species, except C. alipioi, C. fasciatum, C. hasemani, and C. kamakan, by the greater distance (greater than 10% SL) and presence of 5-7 scales between the anus and the anal fin, and presence of 14 series of scales around the caudal peduncle. The species is distinguished from C. alipioi by having 4 series of scales above the lateral line (vs. 5 series) and greater distance between the anus and the anal fin; from C. fasciatum and C. kamakan, by the smaller body depth at the dorsal-fin origin, at the anal-fin origin, and at the caudal peduncle; from C. hasemani, by the short distances between the tip of the snout and the pelvic fin, the tip of the snout and the anal fin, and the tip of the snout and the tip of anal fin. The new species forms a presumably monophyletic group with C. alipioi and C. kamakan.

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