A New Species of Bokermannohyla from the Espinhaço Range, State of Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil

Solanum mellobarretoi, a new species of Solanum subg. Leptostemonum (Solanaceae), is described and illustrated. It is endemic to Brazil and restricted to the southern Espinhaço Range in the State of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Solanum mellobarretoi is morphologically related to S. leptostachys Dunal, from which it differs by its irregularly lobed lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate leaves, irregularly lobed, ovate to lanceolate calyx lobes, larger flowers, and pentagonal rotate corolla with cuspidate lobes. Although known in other groups of Solanum, the explosive seed dispersal mechanism found in this species is described here for the first time for the spiny solanums. The affinities with S. leptostachys, geographic distribution, ecology and conservation status of S. mellobarretoi are discussed.

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A new species of Calea (Neurolaeneae, Asteraceae) from the Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.432.2.9 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 432 (2) ◽

pp. 199-205

Author(s):

GENILSON ALVES DOS REIS E SILVA ◽

JIMI NAOKI NAKAJIMA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Leaf Blade ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Identification Key ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Espinhaço Range ◽

Margin Entire ◽

A New Species

A new species of Calea sect. Calea, endemic to the rocky grasslands of the municipality of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, is described. Calea diamantinensis is morphologically similar to Calea lantanoides which differs by its leaf blade elliptic (vs. ovate to widely ovate), margin entire and straight (vs. crenate and revolute), surface solely glandular-punctuated (vs. villous), receptacle paleae obtrullate (vs. narrowly elliptic), capitulescence composed by 3–4 heads (vs. 6–12 heads), cypselae glandular-punctuated ca. 2.7–3 mm long (vs. non-glandular, ca. 1.8–2.5 mm long) and pappus scales ca. 15–17 (vs. 20–25). Illustration, photos, distribution map, habitat considerations and conservation status are provided, as well as an identification key for Calea species from the municipality of Diamantina, Minas Gerais.

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A new Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from southern Espinhaço Range, southeastern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências ◽

10.1590/0001-3765201520140088 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 87 (2) ◽

pp. 891-901 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Henrique C. Costa ◽

Flávia C. Resende ◽

Mauro Teixeira Jr. ◽

Francisco Dal Vechio ◽

Cinara A. Clemente

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Deciduous Forest ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Espinhaço Range ◽

Conservation Actions ◽

A New Species

A new species of Amphisbaena is described from a semi-deciduous forest in Conceição do Mato Dentro, southern Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The following combined characters can diagnose the new species from all congeners: head round-shaped; two or three precloacal pores sequentially arranged; 190-199 body annuli; 2-3 lateral annuli; 23-25 caudal annuli; autotomy sites on caudal annuli 7-9; 12-14 dorsal segments on midbody annulus; 14-16 ventral segments on midbody annulus; three supralabials; three infralabials; postmalar row present or absent; dorsum light brown, with cream intersegmental sutures; venter cream. To date, the new species is known only from the Espinhaço Range, highlighting the importance of conservation actions for these mountains.

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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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A new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.10 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4958 (1) ◽

pp. 160-166

Author(s):

OSÉIAS MARTINS MAGALHÃES ◽

GUSTAVO LISBOA VIEIRA MACHADO ◽

MARCO ANTONIO ALVES CARNEIRO ◽

FELIPE FERRAZ FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

A New Species

Microvelia joceliae Magalhães & Moreira, sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on material from Parque Natural Municipal das Andorinhas, Minas Gerais State, in southeastern Brazil. The new species can be distinguished from congeners occurring in the region by the pronotum of the apterous form covering almost the entire thorax dorsally, proepisternum with black denticles, male abdominal segments V–VII ventrally depressed, shape of the asymmetrical parameres, and female abdominal laterotergites reflected over the mediotergites and almost touching over segments V–VII.

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A new species of Calea (Neurolaeneae, Asteraceae) from the Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.494.1.9 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 494 (1) ◽

pp. 129-136

Author(s):

GENILSON ALVES DOS REIS E SILVA ◽

JIMI NAOKI NAKAJIMA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Identification Key ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Distribution Map ◽

A New Species

A new species, Calea arachnoidea, which belongs to Calea sect. Meyeria, is hereby described and illustrated. This species occurs in the Serra Negra region, located in the southern portion of the “Zona da Mata” in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Calea arachnoidea resembles C. quadrifolia, C. heteropappa and C. semirii, and its relationships with these species are discussed and an identification key for the species of C. sect. Meyeria in the state of Minas Gerais is provided. Additionally, photographs, a distribution map, comments about habitat and conservation status are provided.

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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 ◽

Advertisement Call ◽

Large Size ◽

O 31 ◽

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 Polyplectropus Ulmer 1905 (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) from Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.9 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4072 (3) ◽

pp. 391 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

ISABELA CRISTINA ROCHA ◽

LEANDRO LOURENÇO DUMAS ◽

JORGE LUIZ NESSIMIAN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

A New Species

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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 of Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from Itatiaia National Park, Brazil: an epigean freshwater amphipod with troglobiotic traits at 2,200 meters of altitude

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4344.1.6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4344 (1) ◽

pp. 147 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

STELLA GOMES RODRIGUES ◽

ANDRÉ R. SENNA ◽

ADRIANA QUADRA ◽

ALESSANDRA ANGÉLICA DE PÁDUA BUENO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Protected Areas ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

National Park ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Small Stream ◽

Brazilian Species ◽

A New Species

A new species of the freshwater amphipod Hyalella Smith, 1874 is described for the plateau of the Itatiaia National Park, located between the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. This is the first Brazilian species of Hyalella found at more than 2,200 meters of altitude. The specimens were found in a small stream, buried under rocks, in the higher area of the Park. The main morphological characteristics that differentiate the new species are the extreme reduction of the size of the uropod 3, absence of apical setae on telson, absence of comb-scales on gnatopods 1 and 2, absence of curved seta on inner ramus of uropod 1 and sternal gills tubular on pereonites 3 to 7. The new species presents similarities with some cave species of the genus, apparently being troglophile and that is the process of adaptation to the hypogean habitat. The importance of creating new protected areas for the conservation of Hyalella in Brazil is discussed.

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