Herpetofauna of the Northwest Amazon forest in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, with remarks on the Gurupi Biological Reserve

As vespas sociais constituem um grupo com elevada riqueza de espécies e muito comum em áreas amazônicas. Apesar disto, nenhum trabalho foi realizado na Amazônia Maranhense e apenas 58 espécies de vespas sociais são registradas para o estado do Maranhão. O presente trabalho apresenta dados faunísticos referentes às vespas sociais da Reserva Biológica do Gurupi, caracterizada por ser uma floresta ombrófila latifoliada amazônica localizada no noroeste do Maranhão. As coletas e instalação de armadilhas (Malaise do tipo Gressitt & Gressitt, armadilha suspensa, armadilha luminosa, armadilha atrativa com isca de fruta) ocorreram entre janeiro de 2010 e maio de 2011, totalizando 63 dias amostrados. Para a Reserva Biológica do Gurupi foram obtidos 384 espécimes de vespas sociais pertencentes a Epiponini e Polistini, alocados em 12 gêneros e 38 espécies. Polybia destacou-se por apresentar o maior número de espécies (14), seguido de Agelaia (seis espécies) e Apoica (quatro espécies). Quatorze espécies são registradas pela primeira vez para o estado do Maranhão, aumentando, desta forma, para 72 espécies com registros confirmados para o estado. Social Wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) in a Dense Ombrophilous Amazon Forest in the Maranhão State, Brazil Abstract. Social wasps are a high species richness group and very common in Amazonian areas. Despite this, no study have been made in the amazonian forest on the state of Maranhão and only 58 species of social wasps are registered for this state. This paper presents data about the social wasps fauna of Gurupi Biological Reserve, characterized as an ombrophylous broadleaf forest located in the northwest Amazon of Maranhão. The collect and traps installation (Malaise trap, suspended trap, light traps and fruit attractive trap) occurred between January 2010 and May 2011, with a total of 63 sample days. We collected 384 specimens in the Biological Reserve of Gurupi, were obtained social wasps belonging to Epiponini and Polistini, allocated to 12 genera and 38 species. Polybia have the largest number of species (14), followed by Agelaia (six species) and Apoica (four species). Fourteen species are first records for the state of Maranhão, increasing, thus, for 72 species with confirmed records occurrence to Maranhão.

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Synopsis of the genus Peperomia Ruiz & Pav. (Piperaceae) in Roraima State, Brazil

Hoehnea ◽

10.1590/2236-8906-75/2015 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 119-134 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Aline Melo ◽

Elsie F. Guimarães ◽

Marccus Alves

Keyword(s):

New Record ◽

New Records ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

The State ◽

Amazon Forest ◽

Guayana Shield ◽

Extreme North ◽

Várzea Forests ◽

Central South ◽

Shape And Size

ABSTRACT Peperomia is the second most diverse genus of Piperaceae, with an estimated 1,600 species and a pantropical distribution. This work aims to present a taxonomic synopsis of the genus in the State of Roraima, in the extreme north of the Brazilian Amazon forest and belonging to the central-south portion of the Guayana Shield. Based on collecting expeditions and analysis of specimens in various herbaria, 23 taxa were recognized, with two new records for the State and one of them, a new record for Brazil. The taxa are differentiated mainly by phyllotaxis, shape and size of their leaves, in addition to habit and fruits. They have been found in areas of lowland, submontane, montane, tepui and floodplain (várzea) forests and mostly show a distribution restricted to the Neotropics. Some species in the state are presently known exclusively from Mount Roraima, and restricted to a few specimens.

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Contribution to the knowledge of Camillea (Ascomycota, Graphostromataceae) in the Amazon forest in Pará, Brazil

Acta Amazonica ◽

10.1590/1809-4392201903212 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 50 (3) ◽

pp. 273-277

Author(s):

Marcos Diones Ferreira SANTANA ◽

Douglas de Moraes COUCEIRO ◽

Sheyla Regina Marques COUCEIRO

Keyword(s):

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Identification Key ◽

Amazon Rainforest ◽

Morphological Description ◽

Amazon Forest ◽

The West

ABSTRACT Three species of the Ascomycetes genus Camillea were recorded in a fragment of Amazon rainforest in the region of Santarém, Pará state, Brazil. The occurrence of C. leprieurii, C. cyclops and C. bilabiata expand the range of distribution of these species in the state. Camillea leprieurii has previous records in the regions of Marabá, Oriximiná, Itaituba and Novo Progresso, while C. cyclops had been recorded in the west of the state. This is the first record of C. bilabiata for Pará. We provide a morphological description of the specimens and an identification key for Camillea species found in Pará.

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Bryophyte flora in an Amazon island: structure of communities in areas of different levels of anthropization

Rodriguésia ◽

10.1590/2175-7860202172107 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 72 ◽

Author(s):

João Paulo Silva Souza ◽

Paulo Weslem Portal Gomes ◽

Rita de Cássia Pereira dos Santos ◽

Ana Cláudia Caldeira Tavares-Martins

Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

Community Structure ◽

The State ◽

Amazon Forest ◽

High Similarity ◽

Moss Species ◽

Generalist Species ◽

Structure Of Communities ◽

First Time ◽

Different Levels

Abstract The present study is aimed to evaluate the richness, composition and spatial distribution of bryophytes occurring in Mosqueiro Island, in the Amazon forest. Forty-one 100-m² plots in 37 flooded and 4 non-flooded environments were selected for data collection, all substrate found were considered. The results were compared with surveys in other islands from the state of Pará and were analyzed according to frequency of populations, colonized substrates, light tolerance guilds, and distribution in Brazilian biomes. Ninety-seven species were recorded, distributed in 36 genera and 17 families, being 57 (58.7%) liverwort and 40 (41.2%) moss species. The rare species stood out with 53 species (54.08%). High similarity was observed between corticolous and epixylic communities, and between the terricolous community and the bryophytes found growing on charcoal, which is an artificial substrate. In relation to light tolerance guilds, generalist species prevailed (52 species, 53.6%). As for phytogeographic distribution, there was a predominance of taxa with occurrence in the Amazon and Atlantic rainforest (35 species, 37.11%). Ceratolejeunea ceratantha is reported for the first time for the state of Pará. The level of anthropization in the island was showed mainly by high richness and occurrence of generalist species underscores and well-adapted species to stressed conditions, evidencing changes in the bryophyte community structure.

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New records of Niceforo’s big-eared bat, Trinycteris nicefori (Sanborn, 1949) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), from the state of Maranhão, Brazil

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.787.26538 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 787 ◽

pp. 127-134

Author(s):

Amanda Cristiny da Silva Lima ◽

Fabio Henrique Souza Cardoso ◽

Samira Brito Mendes ◽

Elmary Costa Fraga ◽

Maria Claudene Barros

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

Disjunct Distribution ◽

Coi Gene ◽

Morphological Identification ◽

Amazon Forest ◽

Gene Sequences ◽

Brazilian State

Niceforo’s big-eared bat, Trinycterisnicefori (Sanborn, 1949), is a monotypic species which has been recorded in a number of Brazilian states, but has a disjunct distribution in this country. This study presents the first record of T.nicefori in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. The specimens were collected in the municipalities of Godofredo Viana and Cândido Mendes, in fragments of the Amazon forest. One male (forearm: 38.00 mm, weight: 6 g) and one female (39.68 mm, 8 g) specimens were collected. The specimens presented chestnut-colored fur, and a chin with a pair of dermal pads arranged in a V-shape, without a central papilla. The COI gene sequences were plotted in the BOLD Systems platform, which confirmed the morphological identification of the species, with a 99.1% similarity in the male, and 99.4% in the female to existing sequences. This record extends the known distribution of T.nicefori in Brazil by approximately 310 km to the most eastern part of the Amazon Biome.

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Review article: studies of fungi in the state of Amazonas, Brazil in the last 10 years

Ciência e Natura ◽

10.5902/2179460x37758 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

pp. e38

Author(s):

Felipe Sant' Anna Cavalcante ◽

Milton César Costa Campos ◽

Janaína Paolucci Sales de Lima

Keyword(s):

Organic Matter ◽

Data Collection ◽

Brazilian Amazon ◽

Review Article ◽

The State ◽

Exclusion Criterion ◽

Amazon Forest ◽

Scientific Journals ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Publication Period

Fungi are eukaryotic beings, uni or multicellular and are present in our daily lives, both in the manufacture of food and in the proliferation of diseases. The occurrence of fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota is most frequently found in the forest, as it is in these places that fungi find the conditions that best guarantee their physiological needs, acting as the main decomposers of organic matter. The present work aims to carry out production analysis on fungi in Amazonas. The review consisted of analyzing scientific articles, dissertations and thesis in the field of mycology in the Amazon region available in the databases PubMed, Scielo, Lilacs, ScienceDirect and Google Scholar, in English and Portuguese. The data collection used the publication period between 2008 and 2018 as the inclusion criterion, the exclusion criterion was the keywords that were not in accordance with the analyzes proposed by the publication criteria. It was found that all related works on fungi are published in scientific journals in the areas of teaching (two), health (five) and the environment (four), with emphasis on the fungi Candida, Aspergillus and Penicillium. The Amazon Forest has been little investigated, mainly in relation to fungi research, which makes it urgent to know about the diversity of fungi, especially in areas of the Brazilian Amazon, where it needs to be measured.

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Phthalates in Avicennia schaueriana, a mangrove species, in the State Biological Reserve, Guaratiba, RJ, Brazil

Environmental Advances ◽

10.1016/j.envadv.2020.100015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 100015

Author(s):

Amanda Letícia da Silva Pontes ◽

Véronique Caradec Mesquita ◽

Filipe de Oliveira Chaves ◽

Antonio Jorge Ribeiro da Silva ◽

Maria Auxiliadora Coelho Kaplan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

Mangrove Species ◽

Avicennia Schaueriana ◽

Biological Reserve

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New record, host and localities of bat mite of genusChirnyssoides (Acari, Sarcoptiformes, Sarcoptidae)

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária ◽

10.1590/s1984-29612013000200045 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 260-264 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Elizabete Captivo Lourenço ◽

Michele da Costa Pinheiro ◽

João Luis Horácio Faccini ◽

Kátia Maria Famadas

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

New Record ◽

First Record ◽

The State ◽

The South ◽

Carollia Perspicillata ◽

Actual Range ◽

Bat Wing ◽

Biological Reserve

Chirnyssoides parasitizes the anterior and posterior edges of bat wing membranes. Possibly due to a lack of studies, its distribution is believed to be restricted to a few countries of Central and South America, but its actual range is probably wider. The purpose of this paper is to report the presence of Chirnyssoides amazonae on the bat Carollia perspicillata in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and to present a checklist of hosts and localities for Chirnyssoides. Eleven females and 22 egg clusters of C. amazonae were collected from 11 individuals of C. perspicillata captured in Tinguá Biological Reserve using mist nets. Our search of the literature came up with 69 records of Chirnyssoides. There are reports ofChirnyssoides caparti, Chirnyssoides amazonae, Chirnyssoides brasiliensis andChirnyssoides phyllostomus in Brazil. This paper reports the first record of Chirnyssoides amazonae in the state of Rio de Janeiro and the second in Brazil, indicating that their known distribution extends to the south. There are records of C. amazonae andC. surinamensis parasitizing C. perspicillata, but this is the first record of C. amazonae on C. perspicillata in Brazil.

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The Neotropical Amanita crebresulcata Bas: new citation from Northeast Brazil

Hoehnea ◽

10.1590/s2236-89062007000200001 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 131-134 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Felipe Wartchow ◽

Leonor Costa Maia

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

Amazon Forest ◽

Northeast Brazil ◽

Time Out ◽

First Time

Amanita crebresulcata Bas, a species originally described from the State of Amazonas is reported for the second time out of the Amazon Forest and for the first time in northeast Brazil. Description, discussion and drawings of the species are provided.

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A new species of Hypsiboas Wagler (Anura: Hylidae) closely related to H. multifasciatus Günther from southeastern Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2521.1.3 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2521 (1) ◽

pp. 37 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

THIAGO RIBEIRO DE CARVALHO ◽

ARIOVALDO ANTONIO GIARETTA ◽

KÁTIA GOMES FACURE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Morphological Data ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Advertisement Call ◽

Amazon Forest ◽

White Stripe ◽

A New Species

We describe a new species based on two populations, from the State of Minas Gerais, using advertisement call and morphological data as diagnostic characters. Hypsiboas paranaiba sp. n. is distinguished from the large-sized species of the group by the absence of a white stripe on upper (H. lanciformis) or upper and lower lips (H. leucocheilus); from H. albopunctatus by the absence of distinct light spots on outer thighs and inguinal region; and from H. multifasciatus by reaching a smaller maximum size and presenting a head as long as wide. The new species occurs in the Cerrado biome of southeastern Brazil in the State of Minas Gerais, and central Brazil in the State of Goiás, whereas H. multifasciatus is restricted to the Amazon Forest domain, and possibly to forest domains in northeastern Brazil.

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