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The relative contribution of environmental and spatial factors on the composition of assemblages of Chironomidae (Insecta, Diptera) in Atlantic Forest springs Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Lidimara Souza da Silveira, Luiza Pedrosa Guimarães, Beatriz Figueiraujo Jabour Vescovi Rosa, Náira da Silva Campos, Rafael Arromba de Sousa, Cézar Henrique Barra Rocha, Roberto da Gama Alves
Environmental and spatial factors can affect the distribution of aquatic insect metacommunities. In tropical springs, few studies have been conducted on the subject, especially regarding the influe...
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Unraveling the biodiversity in the Brazilian wetlands: dung beetle assemblage in different vegetation types in the Araguaia Pantanal Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Ricardo José Silva, Robson do Santos Alves Silva, Taynara Souza, César Murilo de Albuquerque Correa, Fernando Zagury Vaz-de-Mello
The Araguaia Pantanal is characterized by a mosaic of vegetation with high biodiversity. However, our understanding of this biodiversity remains limited and understudied. Therefore, the objective o...
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Body condition and diet of the dyeing poison frog Dendrobates tinctorius (Cuvier 1797) (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae) from the eastern Brazilian Amazonia Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Fillipe Pedroso-Santos, Patrick Ribeiro Sanches, Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos
The present study adds new data on the natural history of Dendrobates tinctorius. We conducted our fieldwork during the rainy season of the years 2018 and 2019 in two protected areas (Parque Natura...
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Diet and bird-plant interaction networks based on citizen science data in Lima, Peru: exotic and native species are important Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Alexis Díaz, Arturo Reynoso, Juan J. Pellón, Nuria Camarena, Danae Tataje, André Quispe-Torres, Juan-Felipe Montenegro, Lewis Hein
We compiled bird feeding records in Lima City (Peru) through an in-depth review of online citizen science platforms. Additionally, we analyzed bird-plant interaction networks to assess how the orig...
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A new synonymy in the Lethaeini of the Neotropics (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae), with new country records for Petissius spinipes (Stål) Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Renan Carrenho, Cristiano F. Schwertner, Pablo M. Dellapé
Lethaeini is a diverse tribe within Rhyparochromidae, with Lethaeus Dallas being the most speciose genus. This study is focused on the poorly documented Lethaeus lepidus White, the only species in ...
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Morphological and molecular identification of Amblyomma longirostre (Ixodida: Ixodidae) from birds in a protected area of southeastern Mexico Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Loren Vázquez-May, Carolina Flota-Bañuelos, Carmen Guzmán-Cornejo, Richard G. Robbins
Birds are frequent hosts of the immature stages of many tick species, among them Amblyomma longirostre (Koch, 1844), whose larvae and nymphs have been reported from several families of Passeriforme...
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Amphibians of the Estação Ecológica de Murici, Alagoas state: a key area for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest hotspot Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Marcos Jorge Matias Dubeux, Barnagleison Silva Lisboa, Filipe Augusto Cavalcanti do Nascimento, José Vieira de Araújo-Neto, Ingrid Carolline Soares Tiburcio, Selma Torquato, Marco Antônio de Freitas, Míriam Camargo Guarnieri, Tamí Mott
Since one of the priorities of public policies and conservation projects is biodiversity safeguarding, understanding the richness and distribution of amphibian communities becomes an important tool...
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Feeding patterns of the Neotropical cichlid, Australoheros acaroides (Hensel, 1870), in southern Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Fabiano Corrêa, Lucas Pires de Oliveira, Carmino Emidio Junior, Celso De Arruda Souza, Thiago dos Santos Tuchtenhagen, Edson Fontes de Oliveira
We present detailed data on the feeding patterns of the Neotropical cichlid Australoheros acaroides (Hensel, 1870) in southern Brazil, focusing on three questions: (i) do feeding patterns vary acco...
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Lower diversity in benthic macrofaunal assemblages associated with increasing riparian deforestation in first-order lowland tropical streams Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Cristiney dos Santos, Diego Simeone, Colin Robert Beasley
In aquatic ecosystems, benthic macroinvertebrates are strongly influenced by riparian habitat quality. We investigated associations between riparian deforestation, stream habitat variables and bent...
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Chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) and ticks (Arachnida, Ixodida) associated with birds in highland marshes of the Brazilian semiarid Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Vanessa Campelo Souza, Jaqueline Bianque de Oliveira, Rachel Maria de Lyra-Neves, Latifa Pelage, Allan Jefferson da Silva Oliveira, Williams Oliveira-Silva, Leandro da Silva Cabral, Wallace Rodrigues Telino-Júnior
In Brazilian semiarid, highland marshes are home to a great diversity of species; still, these ecosystems suffer constant impacts due to agriculture, logging, and livestock. Here we describe a comm...
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A new species of Cocinachernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) associated with mosses in Mexico Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Gabriel A. Villegas Guzmán, Víctor M. Córdova-Tabares, Leopoldo Q. Cutz-Pool, Ramy Jhasser Martínez
Pseudoscorpions can be found in different microhabitats, one of which is moss. In this paper, we report the first records of pseudoscorpions associated with mosses in Mexico. We found three species...
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The last and endangered maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) from southern Brazil and Uruguay: new records and spatial distribution modeling Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Carlos Benhur Kasper, Manoel Ludwig da Fontoura Rodrigues, Magnus Machado Severo, Jorge José Cherem, Rodrigo Blumberg Azambuja, Diego Queirolo, Paulo de Souza Junior, Maria Eduarda Bretos Moro, Felipe Pessoa da Silva, Isabella Ribeiro Carlos, Martín Alejandro Montes, Lucas Gonçalves da Silva
The biggest canid in the neotropics, the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), is endangered in many parts of its distribution. Only eight records have been reported for Uruguay and the southern bord...
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Natural diet of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862) in the Rio Grande, southeastern Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Barbara Regina Fernandes da Cruz, Caio Santos Nogueira, Alessandra Angélica Pádua Bueno, Giuliano Buzá Jacobucci
Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862) is a freshwater prawn species subject to high commercial exploitation in northern Brazil, with wide geographic distribution and high phenotypic plasticity. T...
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Hidden diversity under stripes: three new species of land flatworms of the genus Paraba (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae) from the southern Atlantic forest Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Ilana Rossi, Ana Leal-Zanchet
The dorsal color pattern, together with the morphology of the copulatory apparatus, provide important taxonomic characteristics for the identification of land planarians. In genera such as Paraba, ...
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Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in different urban green areas: an analysis of their taxonomic and functional diversity Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-26 Tércio Silva Melo, Elmo Borges de Azevedo Koch, Alessandra Rodrigues Santos de Andrade, Bianca Caitano, Marcelo Cesar Lima Peres, Antônio Domingos Brescovit, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie
In cities, habitats classified as green areas are especially important for the conservation of species. Therefore, understanding how different biological groups are influenced by differences in the...
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Documenting birds over two centuries of deforestation in an Atlantic Forest region of Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Nathália Januário, Vinicius Tonetti, Fabio Schunck, Vagner Cavarzere
The first ornithological record from Paraná State, Southern Brazil, dates from 1820, when forests covered 83% of the area. There is a lack of studies evaluating how knowledge on species richness in...
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Fantastic beasts and where to find them: updated Elasmus polistis Burks, 1971 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) hosts list and new host genus record Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Tatiane Tagliatti Maciel, Samanta Brito, Bruno Corrêa Barbosa, Alexandre Somavilla, Fabio Prezoto
Given the important ecological role played by social wasps and the fact that parasitism is the main cause of mortality in the early stages of development of these wasps, it is of paramount importan...
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Squamate reptiles as indicators in fragments of Brazilian cerrado Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Rafaela J. R. Alexandre, Filipe M. Bergamini, Zander A. Spigoloni, Karina Dias-Silva, Raísa R. S. Vieira, Vinícius Guerra, Rogério P. Bastos, Thiago B. Vieira
The data on the reptilian fauna of the state of Goiás are one-off and reveal a lack of information about this group. The aim of the research was to know the composition of the reptile fauna within ...
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First record of Pipunculidae (Diptera) from Martinique, with a description of Eudorylas dumbardoni sp. nov. Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 José Albertino Rafael, Marc Pollet
The family Pipunculidae is being recorded from Martinique for the first time. During a dipterological expedition on the island in January – February 2018, mainly based on the pan-trap method, four ...
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Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae) of Phyllostominae and Stenodermatinae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) bats from cocoa and natural areas of Amazonia Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Júlia de Oliveira França, Rafaela Jemely Rodrigues Alexandre, Letícia Lima Correia, Loyriane Moura Souza, Gustavo Graciolli, Ludmilla Moura de Souza Aguiar, Thiago Bernardi Vieira
Streblidae and Nycteribiidae are ectoparasitic flies exclusive to bats, with an estimated diversity of over 100 species in Brazil. Its distribution and abundance may be influenced by host’s shelter...
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Exploring the acoustic diversity of Andean frogs in the Farallones de Cali National Natural Park, southwestern Colombia Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Oscar Mauricio Cuellar-Valencia, Brayan Esteban Bolaños-Molina, Wilmar Bolívar-García
The advertisement calls that frogs emit in a reproductive context are among the most conspicuous and studied acoustic signals. They play a significant role in interspecific recognition, mate select...
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Coat color in Thylamys karimii (Petter, 1968) (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in northeastern Brazil: intraspecific variation and geographic distribution Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Milena Cavalcanti, Diego Astúa
Knowledge of Didelphidae taxonomy and diversity has increased steadily over the last decades, mainly due to increasing collection efforts and revisionary works. Yet, especially for mouse opossums, ...
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Which plant traits matter? Bromelia antiacantha Bertol. (Bromeliaceae) as a hibernation site for Brachystethus geniculatus (Fabricius) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae, Edessinae) Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Luís R. Schmitz, Aline Barcellos, Cristina V. Cademartori
Diapause is a process of decreased metabolic activity in insects. In latitudes with a well-defined cold season, diapause or hibernation is a strategy to survive in periods of resource scarcity. In ...
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Historical account and current knowledge of the southernmost Chiropterofauna in the world: the Magellanic/Fuegian bats Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Fabian M. Jaksic, David R. Martínez
A depauperate Chiropterofauna consisting of essentially three bat species (the year-round residents Histiotus magellanicus and Myotis chiloensis, and the apparently migratory Lasiurus varius), exis...
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Floral preferences of carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopini: Xylocopa) from Maranhão, Northeast Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-09 Luciano André Chaves Ferreira, Tereza Cristina Giannini, Fernando César Vieira Zanella, Patrícia Maia Correia de Albuquerque
The current study aimed to recognize the floral resources used by bees of the genus Xylocopa in transition physiognomies. We compiled the information available from biological collections and analy...
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Food habits of Hylaeamys seuanezi (Weksler, Geise & Cerqueira, 1999) (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in forest formations: a comparison of methods and habitats Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Maycon F. C. dos Santos, Martín R. Alvarez, Camila R. Cassano
Food habits are traces of a species’ natural history that help us to understand how the organisms interact with the environment. Hylaeamys seuanezi is a forest-specialist rodent also recorded in di...
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Population dynamics of Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) using data of national monitoring in Mexico Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Alejandro Villegas, José Juan Flores-Martínez, Sol de Mayo Mejenes-López, Kathleen Ann Babb-Stanley
Morelet’s crocodile populations have limited distribution along the coast of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala, and have been greatly affected by human activities. Morelet’s crocodile is a species with...
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Biogeographic patterns of the freshwater fishes from the state of Espírito Santo, eastern Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Felipe Vieira-Guimarães, Luisa Maria Sarmento-Soares, Danieli Marinho Nobre, Débora Cantarin Neiva, Juliana Paulo da Silva, Ronaldo Fernando Martins-Pinheiro
Biogeographic studies offer valuable insights into the origin, distribution and extinction of biodiversity. As such, this study aims to identify patterns of diversity and distribution of freshwater...
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Trophic ecology of juvenile amphibians: relative level of myrmecophagy in two anuran species Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-18 Lucía Moreira-Demarco, Paloma Alvarez-Blanco, Juan Pablo Llopart, Elena Angulo, Raúl Maneyro
Research on trophic niche dimensions is essential to understanding the role of species in ecosystems. In the case of amphibian conservation, it is particularly important to study juveniles, given t...
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New host plant record for Amalactus carbonarius Faust, 1888 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Molytinae) from Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Ederson José de Oliveira Jr, Wesley Oliveira de Sousa, José Ricardo M. Mermudes
This study expands the known distributional range and records of host plants for the semiaquatic weevil Amalactus carbonarius. Previously, it was recorded on three species of Cyperaceae in four sta...
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Biogeographic regionalization of the Amazon using highly diverse horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae): insights from three decades of data Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-24 Augusto L. Henriques, Daniel D. D. Carmo, Tiago K. Krolow, Rafael de Fraga
Delimiting biogeographic regions based on occurrence data is an interesting approach to investigating processes behind biodiversity distribution patterns. Comparing spatial scales and identifying p...
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New species and taxonomical notes on Bolivian Lamiinae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Juan Pablo Botero, Antonio Santos-Silva
One new genus and three new species of Lamiinae are described from Bolivia: Leptocometes wappesi sp. nov. (Acanthocinini); Pentheochaetes pulcherrima sp. nov. (Acanthocinini); and Guarayo phantasma...
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Gastric suction in small lizards: a feasible proposal Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Francisco José M. Vasconcelos, Paulo Mateus C. Santos, Francisca Beatriz Araújo, Francisco Robson C. de Oliveira, Robério Mires de Freitas, Amaurício Lopes R. Brandão
ABSTRACT Studies on animal feeding help us understand ecological interactions that occur in the environment. Among the methods for this type of study in lizards, animal dissection stands out. As an alternative, the use of a 3 mm diameter material for gastric suction in small lizards is proposed here. This material was tested in Hemidactylus mabouia lizards collected in a mangrove area on the Northeast
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Variation in the advertisement call of the poison frog Andinobates bombetes relates to geographic distance between populations, but not to divergence in warning coloration Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Cristian González-Acosta, Adolfo Amézquita, Fernando Vargas-Salinas
ABSTRACT Studying intraspecific geographic variation in communication signals represents a good approach to understand the evolution of species diversification in animals. The poison frog Andinobates bombetes (Dendrobatidae) exhibits intraspecific geographic variation in the spectral traits of its advertisement call. However, it is still unknown whether there is concomitant variation in temporal call
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A new species of Cheiridium Menge, 1855 (Pseudoscorpiones: Cheiridiidae: Cheiridiinae) from the Brazilian Cerrado biome Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-06 Edwin Bedoya-Roqueme, Jessica Silva dos Reis, Renata de Freitas Barroso, Everton Tizo-Pedroso
During a survey on the arachnid fauna in the Central Brazilian Cerrado, Goiás State, a new species of the genus Cheiridium Menge, 1855, was found. This specimen represents the third record of this ...
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Halffterus, a new genus (Coleoptera: Phengodidae, Mastinocerinae) from Peru Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Viridiana Vega-Badillo, Andrés Ramírez-Ponce, Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero
ABSTRACT One new genus, Halffterus gen. nov., of Phengodidae from Peru is described with one new species, H. kawsay sp. nov., here designated. This is the genus number 42 assigned to the beetle family Phengodidae in the New World. The new genus is most similar to Steneuryopa Wittmer, 1986 and Cleidella, however, it also presents a unique combination of features that allow to recognize it easily, like
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Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Roncador Mountains, eastern of Mato Grosso state, Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Vanessa Deprá, Lucas Henrique De Almeida, Joana Darc Batista, Pitágoras Da Conceição Bispo
ABSTRACT In the present study, specimens of Anacroneuria from the Roncador Mountains, Mato Grosso state, were collected and studied. Eight species were sampled, of which seven represent new records for the state (Anacroneuria corae, A. debilis, A. fittkaui, A. minuta, A. pastaza, A. rondoniae, and A. singularis) and one is a new species that is illustrated and described based in male specimens (Anacroneuria
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Intraspecific behavior patterns of hoary fox (Lycalopex vetulus), a solitary canid endemic to Cerrado, Central Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Julio C. Dalponte, Edson S. Lima, Kátia G. Facure, Jader S. Marinho-Filho
ABSTRACT The hoary fox, Lycalopex vetulus, is a small insectivorous canid endemic to grasslands of Central Brazil. Herein we characterize hoary fox social behavior, based on qualitative and quantitative differences in intraspecific communication among males, females, and subadults. A family group, two reproductive pairs and three other adult individuals of unidentified social status were directly observed
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On the Cicadellini genus Oragua Melichar, 1926 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from Mexico, with description of a new species feeding on citrus orchards in the Dry Forest of Yucatán Peninsula Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Shuster Alberto Nah-Ramos, J. Adilson Pinedo-Escatel, E. Blanco-Rodríguez
A new Mexican species of Oragua Melichar, 1926 (O. balami sp. nov.) is described and illustrated from the Yucatán Peninsula based on specimens collected in Campeche (Campeche City and Castamay) and...
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New troglobitic species of Pectenoniscus Andersson, 1960 (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Styloniscidae) from Bahia state, Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Giovanna Monticelli Cardoso, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira
Five new species of Pectenoniscus are described from Bahia state: Pectenoniscus monsviridis n. sp. and Pectenoniscus revelatus n. sp. from Serra do Ramalho Karst area; Pectenoniscus archaeos n. sp....
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The ichthyofauna of streams and lakes of Lagoa Santa Karst, Minas Gerais state, Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Fernando Marques Quintela, Tulio Franco Teixeira, Paulo Dos Santos Pompeu
ABSTRACT Karsts are physiognomies with unique reliefs formed mainly by the dissolution of carbonate rocks. Much of the water used for human consumption on the planet comes from karst regions. Herein we present data obtained from an ichthyological survey conducted in lakes and streams of Lagoa Santa Karst, located at the São Francisco river basin in southeastern Brazil. From December 2019 to March 2022
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Revision of the Neotropical genera Sumichrastia Townsend, 1916 and Myioscotiptera Giglio-Tos, 1893, with a new junior synonym proposal (Tachinidae: Dexiinae: Dexiini) Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Marcelo Domingos de Santis, Márcia Souto Couri
ABSTRACT Sumichrastia Townsend, 1916, and Myioscotiptera Giglio-Tos, 1893, monotypic genera of Dexiini restricted to the Neotropical Region, are revised. A redescription and photographs of the female holotype of Sumichrastia aurea (Giglio-Tos, 1893), in addition to the first recognition, description and photographs of the male are given. This genus belongs to the group of Dexiini with spine-like setae
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A new foraging habitat for Chironius vine snakes and a new prey for Chironius brazili in open rocky Cerrado habitats in Central Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Isabella Parreira, Pedro Caldas Kimura, Luis Felipe Carvalho Lima, Marco Antônio de Freitas, Reuber Albuquerque Brandão
ABSTRACT Chironius snakes are typically arboreal or scansorial, usually foraging in trees or forest ground. Herein we report the foraging behavior of the vine snake Chironius brazili while hunting on the large hylid frog Bokermannohyla pseudopseudis on rocky surfaces in open habitats at the Chapada dos Veadeiros, Central Brazil. Snakes were able to locate frogs when they were basking over rock surfaces
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Integrative taxonomy and revision of the Neotropical Biomphalaria tenagophila (Mollusca: Planorbidae) complex taxa Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Fernanda P. Ohlweiler, Thays J. Rossignoli, Tatiane E. S. Tavares, Taís Madeira-Ott, Demetrius S. Martins, Patricia J. Thyssen
ABSTRACT Morphological and molecular studies of the taxa of the Biomphalaria tenagophila complex were conducted on specimens from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The morphological analysis included aspects of the shell, mantle, excretory organs and reproductive system. DNA barcode, ABGD and mPTP were used to group specimens into Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) and in attempt
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Structure of reef-building corals in tidal pools of a Marine Protected Area on the coastal zone of Royal Charlotte Bank, Eastern Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Erik C. Tedesco, Cristiano M. Pereira, Emiliano N. Calderon, Leones S. Lopes, Nadson R. Simões, Alexandre Schiavetti
ABSTRACT Brazilian coral reefs are the largest and richest reefs in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Despite their historical and tourist importance, coral reefs on the east coast of Brazil remained unknown until recently. This study evaluated the structure of the reef-building coral community in three tidal pools along a gradient of anthropogenic disturbance. The pool known as Dolphin Pool is the
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Historical ecology and current status of the European hare Lepus europaeus in South America: a new species in new countries Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Fabian M. Jaksic
ABSTRACT With a historical perspective, I reviewed the peer-reviewed scientific literature (and some gray literature, as needed) on European hare (Lepus europaeus) in the six countries already invaded by it: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. I covered the following topics: (a) Introduction, spread, and current distribution; (b) Life history, reproduction, and population dynamics;
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Nesting biology of the Small-billed Elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris) in a forest with high conservation value in east-central Argentina Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Exequiel Gonzalez, Adrian Jauregui, Luciano N. Segura
ABSTRACT Habitat loss and fragmentation significantly affect avian breeding success. East-central Argentina’s few native forests have become increasingly degraded by humans over time. Understanding the relationship between forest health and nesting success is critical since this information will be valuable as a point of comparison with future research if management actions are not taken. The study
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Interactions between mammals and fruit of an endemic tree (Amphitecna montana, Bignoniaceae) with megafauna traits Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Josué Israel Puc-Sánchez, Ma. Guadalupe Pérez-Escobar, Eduardo Mendoza
ABSTRACT Several features in the fruit of some neotropical trees likely evolved in response to the interaction with the mammalian megafauna extinct in the late Pleistocene. However, few studies have assessed the interactions between these plants and mammals in the absence of megafauna. We conducted a camera-trapping study in the Reserve of El Triunfo, Chiapas, Southern Mexico, to record the fauna consuming
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Feeding habits of the lesser anteater Tamandua tetradactyla (Pilosa: Myrmecophagidae) in the Brazilian Pampa Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-04-30 Andressa Xavier Rodrigues Deloss, William Dröse, Mauricio M. Rocha, Felipe Bortolotto Peters, Carlos Benhur Kasper
ABSTRACT The lesser anteater Tamandua tetradactyla is possibly the most common member of the order Pilosa and occurs in almost all tropical environments in South America. Although commonly recorded in mammal inventories, this species is not abundant, and little is known about its ecology. The food habits of the species are mainly based on ants, but the type and contribution of other arthropods to the
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A new species of Metaprosekia Leistikow, 2000 (Oniscidea, Philosciidae) from caves of the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-26 Ivanklin Soares Campos-Filho, Amazonas Chagas Jr, Spyros Sfenthourakis, Maria Elina Bichuette
The present work aims to describe a new species of Metaprosekia from siliciclastic caves from Caverna Nova and Caverna Ponte de Pedra, Utiariti Formation, Municipality of Diamantino, State of Mato ...
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Large sampling effort is not related to richness and geographic distribution of Cladocera (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) in the Brazilian Savannah Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Geisa Bruna Maia Martins, Eduardo Guimarães Santos, Lourdes Maria Abdu Elmoor-Loureiro, Francisco Diogo R Sousa
ABSTRACT The Cerrado is home of the headwaters of some important Brazilian basins. Such biome has a high diversity of animal and plant species with a high degree of endemism. This premise is well documented for microcrustaceans of the Superorder Cladocera, although many areas still need sampling. In this context, the objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the geographic distribution
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Forest amount determines the occupancy of the arboreal rodent Oecomys cleberi (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Atlantic Forest fragmented landscapes Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Viviane Brito Dias, Felipe Martello, André Luis Regolin, Walfrido Moraes Tomas, Milton Cezar Ribeiro
ABSTRACT Oecomys cleberi is an arboreal rodent little known reagarding its natural history, distribution, and ecology. In this paper, we present new records of O. cleberi within a region of the Atlantic Forest, in a transition zone with Cerrado, in the northwestern state of São Paulo. We investigated the effects of the structure of fragmented landscapes on its occurrence at 40 sites in this region
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Diversity profiles of medium and large-size mammals in an Atlantic Forest remnant: seasonal and spatial patterns Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Luana Burg Mayer, Breno Mellado, Carlos Ramon Ruiz-Miranda, Marcelo R. Nogueira, Leandro R. Monteiro
ABSTRACT Mammal populations are declining due to habitat fragmentation and loss, but protected areas can maintain these populations at viable numbers and reduce their risk of extinction. This study assessed the mammal community composition, diversity profiles, seasonal variation, and habitat use in a protected area in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. With an effort of 5,023 camera trap days, we registered
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The genus Austrotinodes Schmid, 1955 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Ecnomidae) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, including the description of a new species Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-02-05 Leandro Lourenço Dumas, Jorge Luiz Nessimian
The genus Austrotinodes Schmid, 1955 has about 70 species described, being largely distributed in the Neotropics and with a few species from the southern USA and Australia. In Brazil, 27 species ha...
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Effects of secondary forest succession on the richness and composition of frog species in humid tropical forest Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-22 Michel Varajão Garey, Matheus Cezar Zanetti, Paulo Afonso Hartmann, Marilia Teresinha Hartmann
ABSTRACT Our aim was to evaluate whether the richness and composition of anurans responded to the time of forest regeneration via secondary succession. We sampled the anuran community in a mosaic of areas at three different stages of secondary succession in the Atlantic Forest, southern Brazil. The anurans were collected from nine lentic ponds and from their margins up to a 50 m radius. The late secondary
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Assemblage of oligochaetes in mesohabitats of streams with different land uses in Minas Gerais, Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Luiza Pedrosa Guimarães, Luciana Falci Theza Rodrigues, Roberto da Gama Alves
ABSTRACT The different environmental conditions resulting from the mesohabitats and land uses around streams can interfere in the structure and composition of the oligochaete fauna, widely used as indicators of aquatic ecosystems. The objective of the present study was to evaluate and compare the oligochaete fauna found in mesohabitats of pools and riffles in streams with different land uses in their
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The importance of legal reserve for predator social wasp diversity in an agroecosystem in the Brazilian Cerrado Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Nayane S de Oliveira, José V A Ferreira, Ricardo J da Silva, Alexandre Somavilla, Camila E P Volff, Mônica J B Pereira, Dionei J da Silva, Alessandra R Butnariu, Danielle Storck-Tonon
ABSTRACT Social wasps play an important role in controlling agricultural pests. The present study aimed to investigate the differences in abundance, species richness and composition of social wasps (Vespidae: Polistinae) between a Cerrado legal reserve, edge and agricultural matrix in an agricultural farm in Mato Grosso, Brazil. We delimited three transects and used Malaise traps which remained active
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Larval morphology and phylogenetic placement of Boana exastis (Anura, Hylidae): a comparison with B. pardalis and B. lundii Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2022-12-12 Filipe Augusto C. Do Nascimento, Larissa Lima Correia, Tiago Pezzuti, Marcos J. Matias Dubeux, Barnagleison S. Lisboa, Tamí Mott
ABSTRACT The treefrog Boana exastis was tentatively included in B. faber group based on its morphological similarity to B. lundii and B. pardalis. This species was only recently included in a molecular phylogeny, confirming its placement in this group; however, its phylogenetic relationships have been poorly explored. Herein, we describe the larval external morphology, buccopharyngeal cavity, and skeleton
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The overlooked underground diversity: physical and chemical edaphic structure predict morphological variation in South American amphisbaenians (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-20 Rafael de Fraga, Alfredo P. Santos-Jr, Fernanda P. Werneck, Henrique C. Costa, Jéssica T. Guimarães, Renata Perez, Roberta Graboski Mendes, Tamí Mott, Wilian Vaz-Silva, Síria Ribeiro
ABSTRACT Morphological patterns may vary spatially in response to adaptations to regional environmental conditions. In fossorial animals, edaphic gradients potentially predict intra and interspecific morphological variation because they can limit dispersal and select morphotypes. We measured morphological traits of South American worm lizards, including three Amphisbaena and two Leposternon species
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Nest density and Nest Predation of sea turtle (Testudines, Chelonidae) by canids in Southern Bahia, Brazil Stud. Neotropical Fauna Environ. (IF 0.9) Pub Date : 2022-11-16 B. Nayelli Rangel Aguilar, Maurivan V. Ribeiro, Maurício Oliveira Arantes, Martín R. V. Alvarez, Manuela R. Miranda, Alexandre Schiavetti
ABSTRACT The presence of domestic animals in the wilderness has a negative effect on wildlife populationsor; for instance, in addition to habitat loss, urbanization, and coastal light pollution, sea turtles also suffer from another threat: the predation of their eggs, hatchlings, and even female nesters by domestic, feral, and/or wild animals. Domestic dogs are a considerable concern for turtles in