scholarly journals Easternmost record of the Cuban Broad-banded Trope, Tropidophis feicki (Squamata: Tropidophiidae)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Tomás Rodríguez-Cabrera ◽  
Javier Torres ◽  
Ernesto Savall

Tropidophis feicki Schwartz, 1957 is restricted to densely forested limestone mesic areas in western Cuba (Schwartz & Henderson 1991; Henderson & Powell 2009). This species has been reported from about 20 localities distributed from near Guane, in Pinar del Río Province, to Ciénaga de Zapata, in Matanzas Province Rivalta et al., 2013; GBIF 2020; Fig. 1). On 30 June 2009 and on 22 December 2011 we found an adult male and an adult female Tropidophis feicki (ca. 400 mm SVL; Fig. 2), respectively, at the entrance of the “Cueva de la Virgen” hot cave (22.8201, -80.1384; 30 m a.s.l.; WGS 84; point 14 in Fig. 1). The cave is located within “Mogotes de Jumagua” Ecological Reserve, Sagua La Grande Municipality, Villa Clara Province. This locality represents the first record of this species for central Cuba, particularly for Villa Clara Province. This new record is about 123 km northeast (airline distance) of the nearest previous record at Playa Máquina, Ciénaga de Zapata, Matanzas Province (Rodríguez & Rivalta 2007).

Check List ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 2115
Author(s):  
Jorge A. Bañuelos-Alamillo ◽  
Ilse Yasareth Trujillo-De la Torre ◽  
Gustavo E. Quintero-Díaz ◽  
Rubén Alonso Carbajal-Márquez

We document the first record of Imantodes gemmi­stratus for Zacatecas state, Mexico. In August 2016, one adult male was found in a dry forest and oak forest ecotone in the Municipality of Valparaiso. This new record extends known distribution of the species 166 km to the northeast  from the nearest previous record in Nayarit state.


Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 175 (5) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Moazzeni ◽  
Shahin Zarre ◽  
Mostafa Assadi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Joharchi ◽  
Dmitry A. German

Two Brassicaceae novelties are reported from Iran. Erysimum hezarense (Erysimeae) is described and illustrated as a newly discovered species. It resembles E. subulatum, E. laxiflorum and E. iraqense but can be readily distinguished by the indumentum of stem, leaves and pedicels; bicolor petals; and number of flowers on the main inflorescence. It is also separated geographically being restricted to Hezar mts. (prov. Kerman, South Iran) where none of the related species occurs. Because of the very limited distribution and high risk of its habit destruction, inclusion of E. hezarense into IUCN Red List with a status vulnerable (VU) is proposed. Besides, Rhammatophyllum gaudanense (Euclidieae) is reported from NE Iran representing the first record of the genus for the country. Contrary, the previous record of R. gaudanense from Afghanistan is considered doubtful and not confirmed. Detailed morphological description, illustration and synonymy of R. gaudanense is provided along with the key differences from the closely related taxa. Distribution maps for both E. hezarense and R. gaudanense are given.


Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4731 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZACHARY S. BALZER ◽  
ARTHUR R. DAVIS

The morphology of the adult male of Stylops nubeculae Pierce, encountered in stylopized gasters of two adult bees of Andrena peckhami, is described for the first time. This species was previously known only from the endoparasitic adult female found in Colorado, USA. We report a new locality for this species in Alberta, Canada. 


2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Isabel Navarro-Rodríguez ◽  
Guillermo Ibarra-Núñez ◽  
César Gabriel Durán-Barrón ◽  
Fabio Germán Cupul-Magaña

New records of Hibana futilis (Banks, 1898) (adult female), Marpissa pikei (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) (adult male), Metacyrba punctata (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) (juveniles) and Paraphidippus fartilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) (adult female) from Jalisco state are provided. Marpissa pikei is a new record from Mexico


Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 1343-1346
Author(s):  
Jorge Córdova-González ◽  
May Platt ◽  
Leonardo Ordóñez-Delgado

We report the second record of Puna Ibis, Plegadis ridgwayi J.A. Allen, 1876 (Aves, Threskiornithidae), from Ecuador and the first record of this species in seasonally dry tropical forests of the southwest of the country. An individual of P. ridgwayi was sighted in November in Zapotillo, Loja province, 440 km from the only previous record in Ecuador and 65 km from the northernmost Peruvian record. The new record from Ecuador, along with records from the northern coast of Peru, suggests that P. ridgwayi may be expanding its geographic distribution northward in this region.


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2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Pelayo-Martínez ◽  
Roxana De Silva-Dávila ◽  
Carmen Franco-Gordo ◽  
Aramis Olivos-Ortiz

The grass squid Pickfordiateuthis vossi Brakoniecki, 1996 is a dwarf species distributed along the northwest coast of Mexico. In the eastern Pacific, little is known about its distribution and life cycle. Two specimens, which are considered the smallest individuals of the genus collected to date, were caught in zooplankton trawls during 2 oceanographic cruises (January and March 1998) carried out in the central Mexican Pacific. The paralarval and juvenile stages are described and represent a new record in the area, with a range extension of 600 km southwest from the nearest previous record.


Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 451-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Octavio A. Saldaña Tapia ◽  
Milton Ñamendy ◽  
José G. Martínez-Fonseca

We report the first record of the Lesser long-nosed Bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae Martinez & Villa-R., 1940 in Nicaragua based on a specimen from San Nicolas, Estelí Department, north-central Nicaragua. The new record extends the known range of this large, migratory, nectar-feeding species 100 km southeast from the closest previous record in western Honduras.


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2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Mauricio Sebastián Akmentins ◽  
Marcos Vaira

We report the first record of Tomodon orestes Harvey and Muñoz, 2004 for Argentina. An adult male was collected in November 2008 in an open grassland habitat in the locality of Vallecito, Santa Victoria department, Salta province, Argentina. This new record is the southernmost locality for the species extending its distribution range ca. 95 km straight-line south from type locality.


2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Nathan da Silva Oliveira ◽  
Rone Fernando Carvalho ◽  
Marco Aurélio da Cunha Moreira Pacheco ◽  
Leonardo Guimarães Lessa

We present herein the record of the monotypic sigmodontine Calassomys apicalis Pardiñas, Lessa, Salazar-Bravo and Câmara 2014 in the Brazilian Cerrado, based on two adult male specimens collected in a rocky outcrops area (campo rupestre) in southern portion of Espinhaço Mountain Range, in May and June 2016. This taxon was previously known only from the type locality at Parque Nacional das Sempre Vivas, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The fecal analysis of the specimens collected in this study indicates a diversified diet with the consumption of arthropods and vegetative parts of plants in different proportions, being this the first record about the feeding habits of this species.


REINWARDTIA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rismita Sari ◽  
Miftahul Huda ◽  
Ratna Susandarini ◽  
Inggit Puji Astuti

SARI, R., HUDA, M., SUSANDARINI, R. & ASTUTI, I. P. 2019. Rafflesia hasseltii Suringar (Rafflesiaceae): A new record to Kalimantan, Indonesia. Reinwardtia 18(2): 65–70. –– Rafflesia hasseltii Suringar flower has been observed for the first time in Sambas District, West Kalimantan by the Flora Fauna Research Team during the Khatulistiwa Expedition organized by Special Forces Command of Indonesian Army in 2012. This finding is the first record of Rafflesia hasseltii in Kalimantan following the previous record in Sarawak. The flower has 5–6 perigone lobes. This paper presents the detail characteristic of the flowers. 


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