scholarly journals Terrestrial invertebrates in environmental assessments: A decade of environmental impact studies in the influence area of the Atlantic Rainforest in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (14) ◽  
pp. 1039-1050
Author(s):  
Rafael Alves Esteves ◽  
Ronilson José da Paz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Animal Group ◽  
Terrestrial Invertebrates ◽  
Influence Area ◽  
Janeiro State

Invertebrates constitute a megadiverse animal group and abundant in virtually every terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem, performing functions and providing services indispensable to the environment. In this paper, we evaluated how terrestrial invertebrates were treated in the Environmental Impact Assessments submitted to the environmental agency in Rio de Janeiro, state fully inserted at Atlantic Rainforest biome. We analyzed environmental studies developed by companies with new industrial projects presenting potential environmental impact in the period of 2008 to 2018. Only ten (14%) studies considered terrestrial invertebrates in the biotic diagnostic assessments of fauna. Arthropoda was the only one Phylum considered as terrestrial invertebrates in the studies analyzed, with Class Insecta present in all of them, and Arachnida present in two studies. The insects of the Orders Diptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidopetra, Hemipetra, Orthopetra and Odonata were the most frequent in the studies. The lack of interest in the conservation of terrestrial invertebrates demonstrates the fragility of the public authorities in issues related to biodiversity conservation strategies of these animals and exposes the urgent need for investment in the formation of human resources specialized in biodiversity conservation.

scholarly journals Comparative wood anatomy of species of Psychotria L. (Rubiaceae) in Atlantic Rainforest remnants of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas B. C. Marques ◽  
Cátia H. Callado ◽  
Guilherme R. Rabelo ◽  
Sebastião J. da Silva Neto ◽  
Maura da Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Wood Anatomy ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Comparative Wood Anatomy ◽  
Janeiro State

Two new species of Dilobopterus Signoret, 1850 and the male of D. segmentalis (Signoret, 1853) from Southeastern Brazil, with taxonomic notes on the genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4281 (1) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
VICTOR QUINTAS ◽  
MÁRCIO FELIX ◽  
DOUGLAS FELIPE DOS SANTOS LIMA ◽  
GABRIEL MEJDALANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
New World ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
Janeiro State ◽  
Unknown Male

Two new species of Dilobopterus Signoret, 1850 are described from the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro State, Southeastern Brazil, based on specimens collected in Angra dos Reis (D. nelsoni sp. nov.) and Itatiaia (D. sakakibara sp. nov.). Holotypes are deposited in Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. These are the first species of the genus described after the publication in 1977 of the last comprehensive monograph on the New World Cicadellini. We also describe the previously unknown male of D. segmentalis (Signoret, 1853) based on specimens from the Atlantic Rainforest of Espírito Santo State, Southeastern Brazil (municipality of Santa Teresa). We propose a group of species within Dilobopterus (trinotatus group) based on features of the paraphyses of D. trinotatus (Signoret, 1853), D. segmentalis, and D. sakakibara sp. nov.. 

scholarly journals A new genus of railroad-worm beetles from the Atlantic Rainforest from Brazil (Coleoptera: Phengodidae, Mastinocerinae)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Silva Roza ◽  
José Ricardo Miras Mermudes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Abdominal Segment ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Radial Cell ◽  
Janeiro State

Here we describe a new genus, Cleidella gen. nov., and two new species, C. picea sp. nov. and C. silveirai sp. nov., all from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The new genus is characterized by the interantennal distance subequal to scape length, antenna with 11 antennomeres, IV to X with two long symmetrical branches; mandibles long, projected and not crossed, pointed forward obliquely from head; maxillary palpi 4‑segmented, last segment digitiform; labial palpi 2‑segmented; posterior tentorial pit consisting of a single small fossa; elytron surpassing from the fourth to fifth abdominal segment, 3.3‑3.9× longer than wide; first tarsomere of protarsus with a ventral comb as long as the tarsomere length; wing with radial cell closed and transverse, vein r4 interrupted; aedeagus with paramere symmetrical, apex unevenly round, toothed inward, with short and scarce bristles. We provide a key to Mastinocerinae genera with 11 antennomeres, as well as illustrations for the diagnostic features for this new genus and a key to its species.

scholarly journals Density and richness of leaf litter frogs (Amphibia: Anura) of an Atlantic Rainforest area in the Serra dos Órgãos, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla C. Siqueira ◽  
Davor Vrcibradic ◽  
Mauricio Almeida-Gomes ◽  
Vitor N. T. Borges-Junior ◽  
Patrícia Almeida-Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Janeiro State

scholarly journals Spatial use of rodents (Rodentia: Mammalia) host body surface by ectoparasites

2002 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. B. BITTENCOURT ◽  
C. F. D. ROCHA
Keyword(s):  
Body Surface ◽  
Small Mammal ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Host Body ◽  
Spatial Use ◽  
Small Mammal Species ◽  
Janeiro State

We studied the ectoparasite and the Amblyopinini beetle fauna associated with four small mammal species of the Atlantic Rainforest of Ilha Grande, an island located off the southern Rio de Janeiro State Coast, Southeastern Brazil, analyzing to what extent the parasites were specific to each region of the host body. During the study, a total of 90 individual rodents were captured: 61 Proechimys iheringi Thomas, 1911 (Echymyidae), 22 Sciurus aestuans (Thomas, 1901) (Sciuridae), 4 Oxymycterus sp. (Waterhouse, 1837), and 2 Nectomys squamipes (Brants, 1827) (Sigmodontinae). The data showed that the ectoparasites and Amblyopinini on some rodent hosts in Ilha Grande tend to prefer particular host body sites, and that some ectoparasite species sites may overlap owing to their inaccessibility to the host.

Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of the Brazilian subfamily Sodreaninae (Opiliones:Gonyleptidae)

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha ◽  
Cibele Bragagnolo
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Serra Do Mar ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
Janeiro State

Sodreaninae is reviewed and all ten species are combined under its type genus, Sodreana Mello-Leitão, 1922, according to a cladistic analysis of morphological characters, which revealed a pectinate pattern of clades. The subfamily is endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest from Santa Catarina state to Rio de Janeiro state. Sodreana is herein considered a senior synonym of Stygnobates Mello-Leitão, 1927, Zortalia Mello-Leitão, 1936, Gertia B. Soares & H. Soares, 1946 and Annampheres H. Soares, 1979. The following new combinations are proposed: Sodreana barbiellinii (Mello-Leitão, 1927), Sodreana hatschbachi (B. Soares & H. Soares, 1946), Sodreana inscripta (Mello-Leitão, 1939), Sodreana leprevosti (B. Soares & H. Soares, 1947b), Sodreana bicalcarata (Mello-Leitão, 1936). Sodreana granulata (Mello-Leitão, 1937) is revalidated from the synonymy of Sodreana sodreana Mello-Leitão, 1922. Three new species are described: Sodreana glaucoi from Ilhabela and Boraceia, São Paulo state; S. curupira from Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, Rio de Janeiro state, and S. caipora from Ubatuba, São Paulo state. Sodreaninae species are restricted to forested areas and most occur in the southern part of the coastal Atlantic rainforest, one species occurs in interior Atlantic rainforest. The biogeographical analysis (Brooks Parsimony Analysis) resulted in a single and fully resolved most parsimonious tree with three main: components: northern (Bahia and Serra do Espinhaço), southern (Santa Catarina, Paraná, Serra do Mar of São Paulo), and central (Espírito Santo, Serra da Bocaina, southern state of Rio de Janeiro, Serra dos Órgãos, Serra da Mantiqueira, Serra do Mar of São Paulo).

scholarly journals Amphibia, Anura, Parque Estadual do Cunhambebe, Itaguaí municipality, Rio de Janeiro state

Check List ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1047
Author(s):  
Daiane Ouvernay ◽  
Luiz Marcelo de Salles Cunha Fiuza ◽  
Thiago Rodrigues Barbosa ◽  
Ivai Gomes de Lima Cesar de Albuquerque ◽  
Alexandre Fernandes Bamberg De Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Anuran Amphibians ◽  
Janeiro State

We report a list of the amphibians from the Parque Estadual do Cunhambebe (22°54’07” S, 43°53’33” W) in Itaguaí municipality, an area of Atlantic Rainforest in Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. The work was carried out from January to November 2010. We recorded 28 species of anuran amphibians distributed in eight families: Brachycephalidae (3), Bufonidae (2), Craugastoridae (1), Cycloramphidae (2), Hylidae (13), Hylodidae (2), Leiuperidae (1) and Leptodactylidae (4). Adding the species recorded in the Parque Estadual do Cunhambebe in Mangaratiba municipality, the richness of amphibians in the park currently is now 47 species.

scholarly journals Kielmeyera aureovinosa (Calophyllaceae): a new species from the Atlantic Rainforest in highlands of Rio de Janeiro state

Rodriguésia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 1157-1163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Gomes
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Digital Images ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Metallic Luster ◽  
Riverine Forest ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Janeiro State

Kielmeyera aureovinosa M. Gomes is a tree of the Atlantic Rainforest, endemic to the highlands of Rio de Janeiro state, occurring in riverine forest. The new species is distinguished in the genus by having a wine colored stem with metallic luster, peeling, with golden bands: it differs from other species of Kielmeyera section Callodendron by having leaves with sparse resinous corpuscles and flowers with ciliate margined sepals and petals. This paper provides a description of the species, illustrations and digital images; morphological and palynological features of Kielmeyera section Callodendron species are discussed and compared.

Ecological parameters of the leaf-litter frog community of an Atlantic Rainforest area at Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Van SLUYS ◽  
D. VRCIBRADIC ◽  
M. A. S. ALVES ◽  
H. G. BERGALLO ◽  
C. F. D. ROCHA
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Ecological Parameters ◽  
Janeiro State

scholarly journals Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Scinax cardosoi (Carvalho-e-Silva & Peixoto, 1991): distribution extension and new state record for São Paulo, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 2042 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus De Toledo Moroti ◽  
Jonatas Alves Ferreira Neto ◽  
Andriele Cristina dos Santos ◽  
Cristina Pacheco Soares ◽  
Ibere Farina Machado
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
Janeiro State

Specimens of Scinax cardosoi were collected in the vicinity of temporary lentic waterbodies within the Atlantic Rainforest of the Vale do Paraíba region of São Paulo state, Brazil. These record increases the distribution of this species by 236 km from the nearest previous records in Minas Gerais state and 313 km from its type locality in Rio de Janeiro state. Here we report the first record of Scinax cardosoi for the São Paulo state.

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