The contribution of Andreas Mayer for the natural history of the State of Paraná, Brazil: V. Reptiles: relevant addenda and corrigenda

A study about the herpetological legacy of the German naturalist Andreas Mayer (1907-1986) (Bérnils & Moura-Leite, 1990) raised 83 specimens from 20 reptile species captured in the Brazilian states of Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul (years 40, 50, and 60) and currently housed at the Museu de História Natural Capão da Imbuia (Curitiba). Just in Mayer's birth centenary, 15 more snakes collected by him and not presented in the former publication were founded. This material is relevant because (1) came from areas currently under human-altered environments; (2) was collected in areas that were poorly sampled at that time; and (3) embraced some species hard to find in Paraná, including the first occurrence of Phimophis cf. guerini for the state. Label data for the added snakes and some important corrections to the former article, with taxonomic and geographic updates, are being presented.

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Prevalent Diagnosis of Orofacial Fissures in a Reference Service with Resident Cases in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul

Arquivos Internacionais de Otorrinolaringologia ◽

10.1590/s1809-48722011000200003 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 15 (02) ◽

pp. 133-141 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Paulo Roberto Haidamus de Oliveira Bastos ◽

Elenir Rose Jardim Cury Pontes ◽

Danielle Bogo ◽

Mirela Gardenal

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

Observation Study ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

White Ethnicity ◽

Rehabilitation Hospital ◽

History Of ◽

Reference Service ◽

The Individual ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul

Introduction: The orofacial fissures are among the most frequent congenital malformations and show a clinical diversity, causing a series of severe complications permanently observed in the individual through his/her lifetime. Objective: To estimate the prevalent types of congenital orofacial fissures diagnosed in a reference service with resident cases in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul from January 2003 to December 2007. Method: An observation study of transverse incision was performed, whose data was obtained from the records at Rehabilitation Hospital of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRAC/USP/SP). To calculate the prevalence, live-born data (SINASC) was used. Results: In brief, there were 271 diagnosed cases in the reference service, with the unilateral incisive trans-foramen fissures prevailing for the left side, which mostly attacked the male gender and white ethnicity. The mother's average age was 25 and her school education was from 9 to 11 years, with a history of pregnancy complications and without prior fissures. At SINASC, 98 cases of fissure were noticed for the same period, corresponding to a prevalence of 0.49 per 1,000 births. Conclusion: In the present study, it was possible to estimate the prevalence of fissure by the data from both the Hospital and SINASC, but future studies regarding the orofacial fissures epidemiology in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul and the Midwestern Region, using uniform terminology for classification purposes, are necessary to compare and follow up with the seasonal evolution of prevalence.

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Correspondence between Adolphe Brongniart and Robert Schomburgk: trading natural history collections for honours

Archives of Natural History ◽

10.3366/anh.2002.29.3.333 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 333-336

Author(s):

PIOTR DASZKIEWICZ ◽

MICHEL JEGU

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Natural History ◽

Dominican Republic ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

Herbarium Specimens ◽

British Guiana ◽

Natural History Collections ◽

History Of ◽

Source Of Information ◽

German Naturalist

ABSTRACT: This paper discusses some correspondence between Robert Schomburgk (1804–1865) and Adolphe Brongniart (1801–1876). Four letters survive, containing information about the history of Schomburgk's collection of fishes and plants from British Guiana, and his herbarium specimens from Dominican Republic and southeast Asia. A study of these letters has enabled us to confirm that Schomburgk supplied the collection of fishes from Guiana now in the Laboratoire d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. The letters of the German naturalist are an interesting source of information concerning the practice of sale and exchange of natural history collections in the nineteenth century in return for honours.

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A Synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) in Brazil, with the Description of Two New Species

Systematic Botany ◽

10.1600/036364420x15862837791186 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 340-348

Author(s):

James Lucas da Costa-Lima ◽

Earl Celestino de Oliveira Chagas

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South America ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

The North ◽

New Synonyms ◽

Two New Species ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽

A New Species

Abstract—A synopsis of Dicliptera (Acanthaceae) for Brazil is presented. Six species are recognized: Dicliptera ciliaris, D. sexangularis, and D. squarrosa, widely distributed in South America; D. purpurascens, which ranges from the North Region of Brazil (in the state of Acre) to eastern Bolivia; D. gracilirama, a new species from the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil; and D. granchaquenha, a new species recorded in dry and semideciduous forests in Bolivia and western Brazil, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Furthermore, we propose new synonyms and designate lectotypes for eleven names. An identification key to the six accepted Dicliptera species in Brazil is provided.

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Herpetofauna from an urban Pampa fragment in southern Brazil: composition, structure and conservation

Check List ◽

10.15560/12.5.1964 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 1964

Author(s):

Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto ◽

Tângela Denise Perleberg ◽

Marco Antonio de Freitas

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Faunal Composition ◽

Diversity Patterns ◽

Reptile Species ◽

History Of ◽

Composition Structure

Faunistic inventories regarding natural history of amphibians and reptiles are considered scarce and very little is known about their assemblages in urban areas; the Pampas morphoclimatic domain, also known as Uruguayan Savannah or Southern Grasslands, is also poorly known regarding their faunal composition. Herein, we present a checklist of 16 amphibian and 20 reptile species recorded over a course of four years in the Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciências e Tecnologia, Câmpus Pelotas-Visconde da Graça, in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. We also present data on natural history and discuss conservation efforts to be undertaken in the area, in one of the least preserved and known Brazilian morphoclimatic domains, providing insights into urban herpetofaunal diversity patterns and showing the importance of modified areas in its conservation.

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The crystalline waters of the Bodoquena Plateau revealed Hypostomus froehlichi (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new armored catfish from the rio Paraguay basin in Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4933.1.4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4933 (1) ◽

pp. 98-112

Author(s):

CLÁUDIO H. ZAWADZKI ◽

GABRIELA NARDI ◽

LUIZ FERNANDO CASERTA TENCATT

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

The State ◽

Flagship Species ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Large Size ◽

Numerical Variation ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽

Continuous Range

The menaced and poorly-known waters of the Bodoquena Plateau revealed a new resident, the stunning Hypostomus froehlichi sp. n., a large-sized armored catfish, which is finally described after more than twenty years since its discovery. The Bodoquena Plateau is drained by the rio Paraguay basin, and is located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The new species differs from its congeners on the Bodoquena crystalline waters by having teeth with morphological and numerical variation in adult specimens. There is a continuous range of specimens having about 20 thick and worn teeth to specimens having about 50 thin teeth with intact crowns and lanceolate main cusps. Additional diagnostic characters are: dentaries angled more than 90 degrees, dark blotches, one plate bordering supraoccipital, moderate keel along dorsal series of plates, usually two rows of blotches per interradial membrane on dorsal, pectoral and ventral fins, and by attaining comparatively large size. Hypostomus froehlichi seems to be endemic to the area of the Bodoquena Plateau, in rivers draining to the rio Miranda. The description of the new species reveals a potential conservation flagship species as it is one of the most seen and documented fish by visitors and divers in the clear waters from the touristic, though menaced, Bonito region in Brazil.

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Infracommunities of Streblidae and Nycteribiidae (Diptera) on bats in an ecotone area between Cerrado and Atlantic Forest in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul

Iheringia Série Zoologia ◽

10.1590/1678-4766e2017044 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 107 (0) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Guilherme D. P. Dornelles ◽

Gustavo Graciolli ◽

Anderson Odon ◽

Marcelo O. Bordignon

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Single Species ◽

The State ◽

Infestation Rate ◽

Carollia Perspicillata ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Mean Intensity ◽

Glossophaga Soricina ◽

Phyllostomus Hastatus ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul

ABSTRACT We described infracommunities, prevalence and mean intensity of infestation of ecotoparasite flies (Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) on bats in an ecotone area of Cerrado as predominant vegetation, with influence of Atlantic Forest, in the southeast of Mato Grosso do Sul. In 36 sampling nights between April 2015 and August 2016 (23,328 m².h), we captured 17 bat species, of which ten were infested, and 14 species of fly. The most abundant bats were the phyllostomids Artibeus planirostris (Spix, 1823), Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1776) and Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) and the most abundant flies were the streblids Trichobius longipes (Rudow, 1871), T. joblingi Wenzel, 1966 and Megistopoda aranea (Coquillett, 1899). Phyllostomus hastatus (Pallas, 1767) was the bat species that presented the highest infestation rate. Platyrrhinus lineatus (É. Geoffroy, 1810) and Desmodus rotundus (É. Geoffroy, 1810) were not infested. Besides that, the frequency of bats that were infested by a single species of fly was higher than the frequency of bats infested for two or more, and it may be a pattern.

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Candida bloodstream infection: data from a teaching hospital in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo ◽

10.1590/s0036-46652008000500003 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 50 (5) ◽

pp. 265-268 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Marilene Rodrigues Chang ◽

Flávia Patussi Correia ◽

Leonora Correa Costa ◽

Paula Cristhina Niz Xavier ◽

Durval Batista Palhares ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Bloodstream Infection ◽

Teaching Hospital ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Laboratory Data ◽

The State ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Patients Âgés ◽

Hospitalization Period ◽

Candida Bloodstream Infection ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul

The incidence of Candida bloodstream infection has increased over the past years. In the Center-West region of Brazil, data on candidemia are scarce. This paper reports a retrospective analysis of 96 cases of Candida bloodstream infection at a Brazilian tertiary-care teaching hospital in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, from January 1998 to December 2006. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected from medical records and from the hospital's laboratory database. Patients' ages ranged from three days to 92 years, with 53 (55.2%) adults and 43 (44.8%) children. Of the latter, 25 (58.1%) were newborns. The risk conditions most often found were: long period of hospitalization, utilization of venous central catheter, and previous use of antibiotics. Fifty-eight (60.4%) patients died during the hospitalization period and eight (13.7%) of them died 30 days after the diagnosis of candidemia. Candida albicans (45.8%) was the most prevalent species, followed by C. parapsilosis (34.4%), C. tropicalis (14.6%) and C. glabrata (5.2%). This is the first report of Candida bloodstream infection in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and it highlights the importance of considering the possibility of invasive Candida infection in patients exposed to risk factors, particularly among neonates and the elderly.

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