scholarly journals Review of chelid and emydid turtle distributions in southern South America with emphasis on extralimital populations and new records for Argentina

2019 ◽  
pp. 219-229
Author(s):  
Rocio Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Natural Occurrence ◽  
Freshwater Turtles ◽  
Natural Areas ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
Turtle Species ◽  
Anthropogenic Action

There are many cases of animals reported in localities away from natural areas of distribution for the species. With respect to native freshwater turtles of Argentina and bordering countries, several populations (and single specimens) were reported for areas that cast doubts about their origin, due to not only the long distance from other known localities but also the geographical barriers that are in between. The present work provides a review of localities of the native turtle species Hydromedusa tectifera, Phrynops hilarii, Acanthochelys pallidipectoris, A. spixii and Trachemys dorbigni in Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and adds new records for some of these species for Argentina. We also employ an analysis to recognise core and extralimital populations, and a methodology based on five criteria that must be taken into account to elucidate if one extralimital turtle record is the result of anthropogenic action or a case of natural occurrence. Finally, we discuss about the origin of extralimital reports of turtles of the mentioned species.

Additions to the Placopsis mycobiota (Trapeliaceae, Ascomycota) of southern South America, with notes on new records (including Aspiciliopsis macrophthalma), and a revised regional key to the species

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 727-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. GALLOWAY
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
First Time

AbstractAspiciliopsis macrophthalma, Placopsis fusciduloides, P. gelidioides and P. tararuana are reported for the first time from southern South America. New records for 13 species of Placopsis in southern South America are reported, and a revised key to 22 species of Placopsis and A. macrophthalma in the region is given.

scholarly journals New records, and the first description of a female, for Psychoda simillima (Diptera, Psychodidae) in southern South America

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo Cordeiro ◽  
Guillermo Omad ◽  
Freddy Bravo ◽  
Claudio J. B. de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southern South America

Based onmale and female, Psychoda simillima Tonnoir, 1929 is redescribed, with a discussion of generic and subgeneric classifications. This is the first record for Chile as well as the first description of a female for this species.

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). 

scholarly journals New records, distribution and status of six seabird species in Brazil

2010 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Antunes Dias ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Agne ◽  
Dimas Gianuca ◽  
Andros Gianuca ◽  
André Barcellos-Silveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Seabird Species ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
Eastern Brazil ◽  
Trindade Island ◽  
Chlidonias Niger

Distribution records of poorly-known species are currently the most explored theme in the Brazilian seabird literature. If properly evaluated, this kind of information can improve our knowledge on distribution, migration and status of occurrence of these species. In this note we present new records for six species of poorly-known seabirds in the Brazilian coast, reviewing distribution records and defining their status of occurrence in the country. We consider Chionis albus (Gmelin, 1789) a pseudo-vagrant in Brazil and define its status as a scarce seasonal visitor from southern South America. We present the first records of Leucophaeus atricilla (Linnaeus, 1758) for Trindade Island, and of Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler, 1831) for the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and determined that the former is a vagrant in eastern Brazil and the latter a vagrant across the country. Anous stolidus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a vagrant in southernmost Brazil. We were unable to determine if records of Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) for Brazil and southern South America refer to vagrancy or pseudo-vagrancy. Additionally, we verified the occurrence of breeding individuals of Anous minutus Boie, 1844 on Martin Vaz Island and confirmed that there is no evidence of breeding on neighboring Trindade Island.

The Blechnum occidentale (Blechnaceae, Polypodiopsida) species group in southern and southeastern Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 231 (3) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinicius Antonio de Oliveira Dittrich ◽  
Alexandre Salino ◽  
Reinaldo Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Species Group ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Taxonomic Study ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
Taxonomic Descriptions ◽  
Tropical America

A taxonomic study of the Blechnum occidentale species group in southern and southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul) was carried out and eleven taxa were accepted (nine species, two hybrids). Four taxa are widely distributed in tropical America, three are widely distributed in South America, three are exclusive to southern South America, and one is restricted to Brazil. New records are presented for several taxa in states from southeastern Brazil, in other regions of the country, as well as in other countries. Taxonomic descriptions are presented for the whole genus and for all infrageneric taxa occurring in the study area as well as synonymies, lectotypifications, a new combination (Blechnum × leopoldense), a key for the identification of infrageneric taxa, comments and geographical distribution for each taxon.

scholarly journals New records of helminths in Chelidae freshwater turtles (Testudines) in South America

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Bruna Medeiros Chaviel ◽  
Carolina Silveira Mascarenhas ◽  
Fabiana Fedatto Bernardon ◽  
Marco Antonio Afonso Coimbra ◽  
Gertrud Müller
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Southern Region ◽  
Helminth Parasites ◽  
Freshwater Turtles ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
New Host ◽  
Gastrointestinal Helminth

Helminthological studies with Chelidae freshwater turtles in South America were conducted in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, where nematodes, digeneans and monogeneans were reported. In this context, the study aims to report new cases of gastrointestinal helminth parasites of Acanthochelys spixii, Hydromedusa tectifera, and Phrynops hilarii. A total of 65 hosts from the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, were examined. Seven taxa belonging to Nematoda, Digenea, and Monogenoidea have new cases on hosts Chelidae in South America, as well as a Nematoda and two Digenea have new host cases for Brazil. Thus, the study expands the knowledge about the diversity of helminths and the geographic distribution of taxa associated with Chelidae turtles.

scholarly journals New records of three species of Pompilocalus Roig-Alsina (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in Brazil and Chile

Check List ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1619
Author(s):  
Larissa Emanoela Da Silva ◽  
Eduardo Fernando dos Santos ◽  
Elisângela Novais Lopes Ferreira ◽  
Fernando Barbosa Noll
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Distribution Range ◽  
Southern South America ◽  
The Andes

Pompilocalus includes 55 species, which occur in the southern South America and its range extends up to Ecuador along the Andes. This paper presents new records for three species of Pompilocalus: P. guayamallen Roig-Alsina, P. parvulus Roig-Alsina, and P. tupi Roig-Alsina. These records represent new limits of the distribution range of those species.

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