scholarly journals First record of Embiratermes ignotus Constantino 1991 (Termitidae: Syntermitinae) in Colombia

Dugesiana ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-113
Author(s):  
Daniel Castro Torres ◽  
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Clara Peña-Venegas
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
First Record ◽  
Colombian Amazon ◽  
Northwest Amazon ◽  
First Time ◽  
Current Report

Embiratermes parvirostris Constantino 1992 is recorded for the first time in Colombian Amazon in soil of secondary rain forest. With current report E. parvirostris distribution is not only restricted to east and southwest Amazon, but includes northwest Amazon too. But, the distribution of this species continues being restricted to the Amazon basin.

Manipulus Guttiferarum, II. First record of Clusia ucamira (Clusiaceae) from Venezuelan Guayana

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 292 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
JOSÉ RAMÓN GRANDE ALLENDE
Keyword(s):  
Amazon Basin ◽  
First Record ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Terra Firme ◽  
Abaxial Surface ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Guayana Shield ◽  
Amazonas State ◽  
First Time

As part of a review in progress on the genus Clusia Linnaeus in Venezuela, Clusia ucamira J.E. Nascim. & Bittrich is reported for the first time for that country. Clusia ucamira is quickly distinguished from similar species of Clusia sect. Oedematopus (Planchon & Triana) Pipoly by its hemiepiphitic habit, strongly coriaceous and conspicuously revolute leaves, with a very prominent midvein in the abaxial surface. With this range extension, Clusia ucamira is known, besides from the Amazon basin, from terra firme forest in the Amazonas state of Venezuela, where it grows in oligotrophic soils derived from materials from the Guayana Shield. In Venezuela, this species is to be considered Least Concerned (LC), according to the IUCN Red List categories.

The orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of a forest remnant in northeastern Brazil, with new geographic records and an identification key to the known species of the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2656 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
The State ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Atlantic Rain Forest ◽  
Orchid Bee ◽  
Forest Remnant ◽  
First Time

The orchid bee fauna of Estação Ecológica de Murici (ESEC Murici), in the state of Alagoas, one of the largest remnants of the Atlantic Rain Forest in northeastern Brazil, was surveyed for the first time. Seven hundred and twenty-one orchid-bee males belonging to 17 species were collected from the 3rd to the 10th of September, 2009. Besides the recently described Eulaema (Apeulaema) felipei Nemésio, 2010, three other species recorded at ESEC Murici deserve further attention: Euglossa amazonica Dressler, 1982b, recorded for the first time outside the Amazon Basin; Euglossa milenae Bembé, 2007 and Euglossa analis Westwood, 1840, both recorded for the first time in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil north to São Francisco river. These results together with previous samplings in the state of Alagoas reveal that at least 22 orchid-bee species are now known to occur there. Three other species not recorded for Alagoas yet are known from the neighbor states of Sergipe, Pernambuco, and Paraíba. An identification key to all 25 species of Euglossina known to occur in the states of Alagoas, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Norte is provided.

First record of the scorpion genus Chactas Gervais, 1844, for Brazil with description of a new species from western State of Amazonas (Scorpiones: Chactidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 984 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILSON R. LOURENÇO ◽  
NAIR O. AGUIAR ◽  
ELIZABETH FRANKLIN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
First Record ◽  
Geographical Pattern ◽  
Western State ◽  
Brazilian Amazonia ◽  
Ecological Preferences ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Chactas braziliensis sp. n., is described from Brazilian Amazonia. It can be distinguished from congeners by its small size, a generally darker coloration, a higher number of pectinal teeth, a totally smooth vesicle and its ecological preferences. The genus Chactas Gervais, 1844 is recorded for the first time for Brazil and the Amazon basin. The geographical pattern of its distribution is discussed.

scholarly journals Strumigenys fairchildi Brown, 1961 (Formicidae, Myrmicinae): first record of this rarely collected ant from Brazil

Check List ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lívia P. Prado ◽  
Ricardo Eduardo Vicente ◽  
Thiago S. R. Silva ◽  
Jorge L. P. Souza
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
First Record ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
High Resolution Images ◽  
First Time

Strumigenys fairchildi Brown, 1961 is recorded for the first time in Brazil. This ant species was previously known only from a few specimens collected in Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador. The worker S. fairchildi was collected at the Parque Estadual do Cristalino, a continuous area of Amazon tropical rain forest protected for biodiversity conservation in the municipality of Novo Mundo, Mato Grosso state. In addition, we present a distribution map and high-resolution images of the worker.

First record of Oxytorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from South America, with description of a new species of Oxytorus Förster, 1869

Biologia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mabel Alvarado ◽  
Santiago Bordera ◽  
Alexander Rodríguez-Berrío
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
First Record ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe monotypic subfamily Oxytorinae is recorded for the first time from South America. Oxytorus peruvianus sp. n. from a Peruvian premontane rain forest is described and illustrated. Information on the habitat and phenology of the new species is reported.

Additional studies in Neobertiera (Rubiaceae, Sipaneeae): a new species from the state of Pará, Brazilian Amazon, and a new combination for a species from French Guiana

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 392 (3) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
PIERO G. DELPRETE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Taxonomic Novelties ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

In a recent revision of Neobertiera, three new species were described and the distylous condition of this genus was reported for the first time. In the present paper, a new species, N. montedouradensis, from the state of Pará, Amazon Basin, is described, which represents a significant range extension and the first record of this genus for Brazil. This new species is unique within the genus by having hypanthia and fruits with trichomes conspicuously tuberculate at base. In addition, a new combination is proposed for a species from French Guiana recently named N. glomerata. A correction regarding the corolla size of N. pakaraimensis is included. In view of these taxonomic novelties, a key to the five species of Neobertiera is provided.

scholarly journals Case Report: Evidence of Tungiasis in the Amazon Rain Forest of Ecuador

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Calvopiña ◽  
Jacob Bezemer
Keyword(s):  
Rain Forest ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Amazon Rain Forest ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
First Time ◽  
Dutch Family

Tungiasis occurs in tropical and subtropical areas in Central and South America and sub-Saharan Africa and is a Neglected Tropical Disease. We diagnosed three cases of tungiasis in a Dutch family visiting indigenous communities in the Amazon basin of Ecuador. Eight days after returning, they presented papular, pruritic, and painful lesions on the feet, with a whitish halo and a blackish central point with abundant whitish eggs upon extraction. For the first time, we demonstrate that Tunga spp. transmission is present in remote indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador. It will be important to investigate the occurrence of tungiasis and associated morbidity among local inhabitants and consider prevention measures among locals and travelers to these areas.

scholarly journals Diatoms from the Colombian Amazon: some species of the genus Eunotia (Bacillariophyceae)

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Estela SALA ◽  
Santiago R. DUQUE ◽  
Marcela NÚÑEZ-AVELLANEDA ◽  
Anabel Alejandra LAMARO
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Diatom Species ◽  
Valve Morphology ◽  
Colombian Amazon ◽  
First Time ◽  
Scanning Electron

This research was carried out in three of the most important basins of the Colombian Amazon (Upper Solimões, Iça and Japurá Rivers). The creeks and lakes that were studied contain abundant diatom species, particularly those of the genus Eunotia. Ten species are described; five of them are registered for the first time in the Amazon basin, and six in all of Colombia. All taxa were photographed with scanning electron microscopy. Fine valve morphology of E. anamargariate, E. pseudoindica, E. triodon, and E. zydodon var. compacta is described for the first time.

scholarly journals First record of Boana maculateralis (Caminer & Ron, 2014) and Boana tetete (Caminer & Ron, 2014) (Anura, Hylidae) in Colombia

Check List ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-554
Author(s):  
Andrés Rymel Acosta-Galvis ◽  
Carlos A. Lasso ◽  
Mónica A. Morales-Betancourt
Keyword(s):  
Current Distribution ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
First Report ◽  
Ecuadorian Amazon ◽  
Colombian Amazon

This is the first report demonstrating that Boana tetete and B. maculateralis occur in the Colombian Amazon Basin. These specimens were identified previously as Boana fasciata; however, morphology and current distribution records show that the specimens were misidentified. These new records extend the known distribution of the B. tetete 630 km north from nearest locality in the Ecuadorian Amazon and 420 km for B. maculateralis. An updated map of current distribution and ecoregional areas in Amazonian is provided.

First record of the superfamily Proctotrupoidea from French Polynesia (Hymenoptera)

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-406
Author(s):  
Thibault Ramage
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
First Time

A Helorid wasp, Helorus ruficornis Förster, 1856, is reported for the first time on Tahiti (Society Islands), which is also the first record of both Proctotrupoidea and family Heloridae in French Polynesia. The potential hosts of Helorus ruficornis in French Polynesia are discussed.

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