A new species and new records of Amblygnathus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini) from South America

2008 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-24
Author(s):  
Danny Shpeley
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
A New Species

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.

Poa (Poaceae) of Colombia: A Taxonomic Revision

2020 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven P. Sylvester ◽  
Robert J. Soreng ◽  
William J. Bravo-Pedraza ◽  
Lia E. Cuta-Alarcon ◽  
Diego Giraldo-Cañas
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Flag Leaf ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Leaf Sheath ◽  
New Variety ◽  
The Andes ◽  
A New Species

The grass genus Poa L. is widespread throughout temperate areas of the Andes, being a common constituent in the highly diverse but threatened high-elevation páramo grasslands of northwest South America. Knowledge of Poa from these páramo areas is very limited, however, with no comprehensive taxonomic treatments available for Colombia, which contains the largest area of páramo in the Neotropics and its surrounding countries. We present a taxonomic revision of Poa for Colombia accepting 15 species, including two recent combinations of Poa previously circumscribed in Aphanelytrum (Hack.) Hack. We describe a new species, P. colombiana Soreng & Sylvester, and a new variety, P. subspicata (J. Presl) Kunth var. glabrata Soreng & Sylvester, for Colombia and Ecuador. Poa colombiana is similar to P. aequatoriensis Hack. but differs in having lemmas pubescent on the keel and marginal veins, lemma apices weakly acute, flag leaf sheath margins fused 20%–38% their length, and anthers generally larger, > 1.2 mm long. Poa subspicata var. glabrata differs from P. subspicata s. str. in having glabrous lemmas. We provide two new records for Colombia of P. huancavelicae Tovar, and P. mucuchachensis Luces. Two species, P. orthophylla Pilg. and P. reclinata (Swallen) Soreng & P. M. Peterson, are considered endemic to Colombia. Poa soderstromii Negritto & Anton is placed as a subspecies of P. orthophylla, and P. leioclada Hack. is synonymized under P. mulalensis Kunth. The names P. annua L. var. exilis Tomm. ex Freyn, P. humilis Ehrh. ex Hoffm., P. infirma Kunth, P. leioclada, P. orthophylla, P. pauciflora Roem. & Schult., P. pratensis L. subsp. irrigata (Lindm.) H. Lindb., P. puberula Steud., P. pubiflora Benth., P. subcaerulea Sm., P. subspicata, and P. trachyphylla Pilg. are lectotypified, P. mulalensis is neotypified, and P. trachyphylla is epitypified. Four species are exotic and introduced from Europe: P. annua, P. infirma, P. pratensis, and P. trivialis L. We provide a key, descriptions, illustrations, distribution and habitat information, vouchers, and notes for each species.

A new synanthropic species of Charinus Simon, 1892 from Brazilian Amazonia and notes on the genus (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2980 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUSTAVO SILVA DE MIRANDA ◽  
ALESSANDRO PONCE DE LEÃO GIUPPONI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Brazilian Amazonia ◽  
Brazilian Species ◽  
Synanthropic Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Porto Velho ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the genus Charinus—C. vulgaris— is described from Porto Velho, Rondônia. This is the first record of the family Charinidae from the Brazilian Amazonia and of a synanthropic species in South America. Additionally, two new records of the genus for Brazil are made and a key to the Brazilian species of the genus is given.

A new species of Notocyrtus, a new synonym of Coilopus, and new records and notes on other Harpactorini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from South America

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2148 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
HÉLCIO R. GIL-SANTANA ◽  
DIMITRI FORERO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Color Variation ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species ◽  
New Occurrences

A new species of Notocyrtus, N. costai sp. nov. is described from Surinam. Photographs in dorsal and lateral views are provided for this new species. Notocyrtoides Carvalho, Costa & Gil-Santana, 2001, is considered to be a junior synonym of Coilopus Elkins, 1969, with N. tuberculatus Carvalho, Costa & Gil-Santana, 2001, as a junior synonym of C. vellus Elkins, 1969. New occurrences of other Harpactorini species are recorded for the first time from Brazil: Harpactor rhombeus (Erichson, 1848), Orbella exceptio Bérenger, 2007, and Orbella putshkovi Bérenger, 2007; and from Surinam Notocyrtus dorsalis (Gray, 1832). Remarks on the color variation of these species and Notocyrtus ricciae Gil-Santana & Costa, 2001, and Notocyrtus dispersus Carvalho & Costa, 1992, are given.

A new species and two new records of the ground spider genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Paraguay

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4664 (4) ◽  
pp. 594-600
Author(s):  
YOLANDA M. G. PIÑANEZ ESPEJO ◽  
JOHN A. KOCHALKA ◽  
BOLÍVAR R. GARCETE BARRETT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
External Appearance ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
Distribution Ranges ◽  
The Family ◽  
Small Genus ◽  
A New Species

The family Gnaphosidae consist of 158 genera and 2530 species worldwide. In South America there are 35 genera (World Spider Catalog 2019) considering Apopyllus Platnick & Shadab, 1984, a small genus of ground hunting spiders (Cardoso et al. 2011) that includes ten American species, of which eight have been recorded from southern South America. Their known distribution ranges from southern Mexico through Colombia, Bolivia, Perú, Chile, Brazil and Argentina (World Spider Catalog 2019). In Paraguay, the genus was first mentioned in an invertebrate checklist (see Kochalka et al. 1996). First studies on the genus and its taxonomic placement were made by Platnick & Shadab (1984), and more recently a revision of the genus was undertaken by Azevedo et al. (2016), including four new Brazilian species. Even though the external appearance of Apopyllus is similar to other gnaphosids, specifically taking into consideration the Echemus group, spiders with plain colored abdomens, sometimes presenting chevrons in the opisthosoma, and with developed scutum in males (Murphy 2007), females and males can be differentiated by the more elaborated and intricated genitalia structures (see Azevededo et al. 2016). Apopyllus is most similar to Apodrassodes Vellard, 1924 both having a similar elongate embolus (Fig. 3e) and a membranous tegular extension (Fig. 3d) (Platnick & Shadab 1984), and to the genera Nopyllus Ott, 2014, but differ from the later by the presence of a scutum (Fig. 3a) in males and by the presence of a median apophysis (Fig. 3e) on the bulb (Ott, 2014). 

A new species of Acanthococcus Signoret and new records for Uhleria araucariae (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEJANDRO CABALLERO ◽  
PATRICIA GONZÁLEZ ◽  
ANDREA AMALIA RAMOS-PORTILLA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Cryptomeria Japonica ◽  
New Records ◽  
External Morphology ◽  
Araucaria Heterophylla ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

Acanthococcus mokanae González, Ramos & Caballero sp. nov. is described from specimens associated with Hibiscus sp. (Malvaceae) and Capsicum sp. (Solanaceae), in the departments of Atlántico and Córdoba (Colombia, South America). Uhleria araucariae (Maskell) is recorded for the first time in Colombia in association with Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) (Araucariaceae) and Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. Ex L.f.) (Cupressaceae). A taxonomic key for eriococcids recorded from Colombia based on the external morphology of the adult female is provided. Key words: Araucariaceae, Cupressaceae, Felt scales, Malvaceae, Neotropics, Solanaceae

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

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.

A new species and two new records of Amanita (Amanitaceae; Basidiomycota) from South Korea

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 451 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-33
Author(s):  
JONG WON JO ◽  
YOUNG-NAM KWAG ◽  
HYUNG SO KIM ◽  
HYUN LEE ◽  
SANG-KUK HAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Korea ◽  
New Records ◽  
Monophyletic Clade ◽  
First Report ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Amanita sect. Roanokenses, A. brunneofolia, from South Korea, is described based on morphological and molecular evidences. The species is characterized by medium- to large-sized basidiomata, a greenish white pileus covered with brownish, floccose pyramidal volval remnants, an appendiculate margin, reddish brown lamellae, a long radicating stipe, and ellipsoid to elongate amyloid basidiospores. Based on both nrLSU and combined dataset (nrLSU, rpb2 and tef1-α), A. brunneofolia formed a monophyletic clade and clearly separated from other Amanita species. In addition, we describe two other Amanita species in A. sect. Roanokenses, namely, A. caojizong and A. sphaerobulbosa. This is the first report of these species for South Korea.

scholarly journals Further observations on North African and South Iberian Bathyporeia (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with the description of a new species

2005 ◽  
Vol 74 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 279-300
Author(s):  
Cédric d’Udekem d’Acoz ◽  
Hind Myrieme Chams Echchaoui ◽  
Mohamed Menioui
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North Africa ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
North African ◽  
Characteristic Species ◽  
South Portugal ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species of amphipod, Bathyporeia watkini sp. nov. from the Atlantic coasts of North Africa is described. This very characteristic species is abundant in some lagoons and estuaries near 28°N. New morphological information on B. elkaimi d’Udekem d’Acoz and Menioui, 2004 is given after specimens that were recently collected on the Atlantic coasts of southern Spain and South Portugal. The male of B. ledoyeri d’Udekem d’Acoz and Menioui, 2004 is described for the first time and new records of North African B. guilliamsoniana (Bate, 1857) and B. chevreuxi d'Udekem d'Acoz and Vader, 2005a are discussed.

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