scholarly journals Distribution of Oecomys catherinae Thomas, 1909 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in northeastern Brazil with karyotypical and morphometrical notes

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo Henrique Asfora ◽  
Alexandre Ramlo Torre Palma ◽  
Diego Astúa ◽  
Lena Geise
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Short Review ◽  
Deciduous Forests ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Ecological Distribution ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Riverine Forest ◽  
Cranial Measurements ◽  
Taxonomic Characterization

The genus Oecomys Thomas, 1906 is currently composed of 16 species with unclear taxonomy and poorly known geographic limits. O. catherinae Thomas, 1909 is known to occur within the Brazilian Atlantic Forest from the states of Santa Catarina to Pernambuco (where the northernmost previously known specimen of Oecomys in the Atlantic forest was recorded), and along riverine forest into the Cerrado. To gain a greater understanding of its geographical and ecological distribution (mainly in Northeastern Brazil) and of its taxonomic characterization, we provide a short review of karyotypical and morphometrical data from specimens collected within the distribution range of the species. Specimens presented 2n = 60 and AN varying between 62 and 64. A table with external and cranial measurements of the analyzed specimens is provided. In this paper we also report the presence of O. catherinae in the semi-deciduous forests of the state of Paraíba, representing the northernmost records of the species in the Atlantic forest and thereby extending its known geographical limits.

A new endangered species of Psidium (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) from Bahia, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 288 (2) ◽  
pp. 161 ◽  
Author(s):  
AMÉLIA CARLOS TULER ◽  
ARIANE LUNA PEIXOTO ◽  
CAROLYN E.B. PROENÇA
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Deciduous Forests ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Small Tree ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Mature Leaves ◽  
Young Leaves

This paper describes a new, very distinctive, endangered species of Psidium (Myrtaceae, Myrteae) occurring in Bahia in Northeastern Brazil, in the Diamantina Atlantic Forest center of endemism, considered in the Atlantic Forest domain although transitional with the Caatinga domain. It is a small tree up to 5m tall. The species, that we have named Psidium rotundidiscum, is promptly recognized by the combination of petioles 4–7mm long, young leaves that are densely ferrugineous pubescent, spathulate and strongly revolute and mature leaves that are glabrescent, revolute, with an inconspicuous venation. The inflorescences are terminal precocious (auxotelic) racemes with 1–2 pairs of flowers or solitary flowers on new growth. Floral buds are nearly closed, ca. 7–10mm long and densely ferruginous pubescent; specimens with open flowers are unknown. The oblate fruits, with a rounded disk with relatively few staminal scars and rather thick, explanate calyx lobes are also distinctive. The species is known from only three late 20th/early 21st century collections from deciduous forests, semi-deciduous forests, liana forests and xerophytic forests along a North to South extension of ca. 700 km in inland Bahia. Images of collections in bud and in fruit are furnished as well as a geographic distribution map.

scholarly journals Is Myotis lavali (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) endemic to the South American dry diagonal?

2019 ◽  
Vol 100 (6) ◽  
pp. 1879-1888
Author(s):  
Marcelo M Weber ◽  
Roberto Leonan M Novaes ◽  
Mariana Delgado-Jaramillo ◽  
Eder Barbier ◽  
Vinícius C Cláudio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Deciduous Forests ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
South American ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
The South ◽  
The Core ◽  
Brazil Current ◽  
Forested Areas ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract Myotis lavali was described from the M. nigricans complex based on museum specimens from the Caatinga of northeastern Brazil. Current records of the species from about 10 localities suggest that M. lavali seems to occur throughout the South American dry corridor, with peripheral records in the Atlantic Forest. Based on new distribution records, we assess if M. lavali is endemic to the South American dry diagonal corridor through species distribution modeling using an ensemble approach. We obtained 35 occurrences for the species and built a consensus scenario based on 12 algorithms to model its distribution. Even using different thresholds to assign presence and absence of M. lavali, 95–99% of its predicted distribution is within the dry corridor, with few areas in the boundary of the Atlantic Forest, especially in deciduous forests. Therefore, our results support that M. lavali is indeed very likely restricted to the dry diagonal and, although it occupies forested areas, the core of its distribution lies in the Caatinga and in the Cerrado regions of Brazil.

The arachnid order Schizomida in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: a new species of Rowlandius and new records of Stenochrus portoricensis (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1850 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADALBERTO J. SANTOS ◽  
SIDCLAY C. DIAS ◽  
ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT ◽  
POLLYANNA P. SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New Records ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Cocoa Plantation

Two species of hubbardiid microwhipscorpions (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) are recorded from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Rowlandius linsduarteae sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens from Mata do Buraquinho forest reserve, João Pessoa, state of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. This species is apparently related to Rowlandius sul Cokendolpher & Reddell 2000, the only species of the genus known from continental South America, and represents new evidence of a biogeographic relationship between Amazonia and the northeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, a widely distributed species, is newly recorded from the states of São Paulo and Bahia, respectively, in southeastern and northeastern Brazil. The latter record refers to several female specimens associated with abandoned arboreal termite nests in a cocoa plantation.

scholarly journals First record of Selaginella conduplicata Spring (Selaginellaceae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Northeastern Brazil

Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1283-1287
Author(s):  
Luiz Armando de Araújo Góes-Neto ◽  
Alexandre Salino
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
First Record ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Brazilian Northeast ◽  
Present Description

This is the first voucher-based record of Selaginella conduplicata Spring in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and the Brazilian Northeast. This species was considered restricted to the Amazon Basin, and here we report its occurrence beyond the Amazonian limits, expanding its distribution. Illustrations of the diagnostic characters of the species, information of geographic distribution and conservation status are presented. Besides, we present description as well as taxonomic and nomenclatural comments.

New species of the genera Lupaeus and Rubroscirus (Acari: Cunaxidae) from Southern Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 2224-2234
Author(s):  
Wesley Borges Wurlitzer ◽  
Liana Johann ◽  
Noeli Juarez Ferla ◽  
Guilherme Liberato Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Forest Biome

Two new species of Cunaxidae from Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome are described. Lupaeus stolli Wurlitzer & Ferla sp. nov. was collected from Varronia curassavica Jacq. (Boraginaceae), in Santa Catarina state, and Rubroscirus grilloi Wurlitzer & Ferla sp. nov. from Vernonanthura tweediana (Baker) H. Rob., soil and leaf litter, in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.

New species of the genera Lupaeus and Rubroscirus (Acari: Cunaxidae) from Southern Brazil 

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 2320
Author(s):  
Wesley Borges Wurlitzer ◽  
Liana Johann ◽  
Noeli Juarez Ferla ◽  
Guilherme Liberato Da Silva
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Forest Biome

Two new species of Cunaxidae from Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome are described. Lupaeus stolli Wurlitzer & Ferla sp. nov. was from Varronia curassavica Jacq. (Boraginaceae), on Santa Catarina state, and Rubroscirus grilloi Wurlitzer & Ferla sp. nov. was from Vernonanthura tweediana (Baker) H. Rob., soil and leaf litter, on Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.

Machima itatiaia sp. nov.: a new species of lichen-mimic katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4878 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-594
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ FONSECA ANTUNES ◽  
DANIELA MAEDA TAKIYA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
First Record ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Main Lobe ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
A New Species

The Brazilian genus Machima Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 includes three valid species: M. paranensis Rehn, 1950 and M. scalprum Rehn, 1950 distributed on Southern and M. phyllacantha (Burmeister, 1838) from Northeastern Brazil. Herein we analyzed eleven male specimens of Machima from Parque Nacional de Itatiaia and propose a new species. Machima itatiaia sp. nov. is characterized by its main lobe of the cercus curving abruptly on apical two-thirds and accessory lobe as long as wide. The new species is the first record of the genus from Southeastern Brazil. Finally, we also present a key to species of Machima based on males.

A new species of Erythroxylum (Erythroxylaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Lucas Costa-Lima ◽  
MARCCUS ALVES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Sympatric Species ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
A New Species

Erythroxylum umbrosum, a new species of Erythroxylum sect. Archerythroxylum (Erythroxylaceae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, which occurs in submontane forests in the states of Alagoas and Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, is described and illustrated. It is characterized by having non-striated, reduced stipules that are shortly 3–setose at the apex, a staminal cup longer than the calyx lobes, and an endocarp with cylindrical cross-section. The morphological differences of the new species with related and sympatric species are discussed.

A New Endangered Species of Tragia (Euphorbiaceae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 839-844
Author(s):  
Wesley Patrício Freire de Sá Cordeiro ◽  
Sarah Maria Athiê-Souza ◽  
André Laurênio de Melo ◽  
Margareth Ferreira de Sales
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
The State ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Entire Margin ◽  
A New Species

Abstract—A new species (Tragia hoffmanniae) found only in the Atlantic Forest in the state of Bahia (northeastern Brazil) is presented here, with descriptions of its morphology and pollen grains; illustrations, maps, and geographical and morphological comments are also provided. The species differs from other Tragia sect. Tragia taxa in having leaves with an elliptic to lanceolate blade, caudate apex, and entire margin. A comparative table is provided to distinguish the new species from other Tragia species in the Atlantic Forest.

scholarly journals Diversity of birds in the Mata do Junco State Wildlife Refuge, a remnant of the Atlantic Forest of Northeastern Brazil

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Ruiz-Esparza ◽  
Caroline Silva dos Santos ◽  
Mônica Alves da Cunha ◽  
Daniela Pinheiro Bitencurti Ruiz-Esparza ◽  
Patrício A. da Rocha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Sampling Effort ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Wildlife Refuge ◽  
Bird Fauna ◽  
Different Levels

This study presents an inventory of the bird fauna of the Mata do Junco State Wildlife Refuge in Capela, in the northeastern Brazilian state of Sergipe. Monthly samples were collected between January 2011 and May 2012. Each 3-day sample was based on mist-netting (100 m) in two areas and the compilation of MacKinnon lists of 10 species. During the 17 months of the study period, the occurrence of 129 bird species belonging to 41 families was confirmed for the study area. In the mist-nets, a total of 469 individuals representing 58 species were captured in 3400 net-hours of sampling effort. A total of 100 MacKinnon lists were compiled, resulting in an inventory of 119 bird species. Eight of the species are endemic to Brazil, of which, five are restricted to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Three of the species are included in the IUCN Red List, at different levels of concern. Overall, the results of the study indicate that the Mata do Junco represents an important area for the protection of the region’s avian fauna and the habitats they rely on.

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