The Atlantic Forest of South America: Biodiversity Status, Threats, and Outlook. State of the Hotspots. Edited by Carlos  Galindo‐Leal and , Ibsen  de Gusmão Câmara. Washington (DC): Island Press. $70.00 (hardcover); $35.00 (paper). xxi + 488 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 1–55963–988–1 (hc); 1–55963–989–X (pb). 2003.

2004 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-325
Author(s):  
Karen B Strier
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Washington Dc

New records and two new species of Xiphocentron Brauer 1870 (Trichoptera, Xiphocentronidae) from southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4851 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-400
Author(s):  
ALBANE VILARINO ◽  
PITÁGORAS C. BISPO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Ventral Margin ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Morphological Variations ◽  
Two New Species

Xiphocentron is the most species-rich genus of the pantropical family Xiphocentronidae. Among its five subgenera, Antillotrichia is the most diverse and the only one to occur in South America and Antilles. In the present study, two new species of Xiphocentron (Antillotrichia) are described from southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Xiphocentron gwarakeraba sp. nov. is diagnosed by the very elongate inferior appendage not bearing spines and with a simple mesal sclerite; X. muelleri sp. nov. is diagnosed by the inferior appendage with its ventral margin produced posterad and distinctly truncate. New distributional records are provided for X. acqualume, X. jaguare, X. kamakan, and X. maracanan. Additional non-genital diagnostic characters are presented for X. jaguare, and intraspecific morphological variations of forewing fork II (R3 and R4) and male genitalia are described for X. maracanan. 

Areas of endemism for passerine birds in the Atlantic forest, South America

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Maria Cardoso da Silva ◽  
Marcelo Cardoso de Sousa ◽  
Carlos H. M. Castelletti
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Passerine Birds ◽  
Areas Of Endemism

A taxonomic review of the Golden-green Woodpecker, Piculus chrysochloros (Aves: Picidae) reveals the existence of six valid taxa

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3626 (4) ◽  
pp. 531-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
GLAUCIA DEL-RIO ◽  
LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA ◽  
VAGNER CAVARZERE ◽  
MARCO ANTONIO RÊGO
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Habitat Loss ◽  
Individual Variation ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Morphometric Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Species ◽  
The Status ◽  
Lowland Forests ◽  
Southern Amazonia

Piculus chrysochloros (Vieillot 1818) is a species of woodpecker that ranges from Argentina to Panama, occurring in lowland forests as well as Cerrado, Caatinga and Chaco vegetation. Currently, nine subspecies are accepted, but no study has evaluated individual variation within populations, so the status of these taxa remains uncertain. Here we review the taxonomy and distribution of this species, based on morphological and morphometric data from 267 specimens deposited in ornithological collections. Our results suggest the existence of six unambiguous taxonomic units that can be treated as phylogenetic species: Piculus xanthochloros (Sclater & Salvin 1875), from northwestern South America; Piculus capistratus (Malherbe 1862), from northern Amazonia west to the Branco River; Piculus laemostictus Todd 1937, from southern Amazonia; Piculus chrysochloros (Vieillot 1818), from the Cerrado, Caatinga and Chaco; Piculus paraensis (Snethlage 1907) from the Belém Center of Endemism; and Piculus polyzonus (Valenciennes 1826) from the Atlantic Forest. Both Brazilian endemics (P. polyzonus and P. paraensis) are threatened due to habitat loss. In addition, we found one undescribed form from the Tapajós-Tocantins interfluve, now under study, that may prove to be a valid species once more specimens and other data become available.

The arachnid order Schizomida in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: a new species of Rowlandius and new records of Stenochrus portoricensis (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1850 (1) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADALBERTO J. SANTOS ◽  
SIDCLAY C. DIAS ◽  
ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT ◽  
POLLYANNA P. SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New Records ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Cocoa Plantation

Two species of hubbardiid microwhipscorpions (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) are recorded from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Rowlandius linsduarteae sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens from Mata do Buraquinho forest reserve, João Pessoa, state of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. This species is apparently related to Rowlandius sul Cokendolpher & Reddell 2000, the only species of the genus known from continental South America, and represents new evidence of a biogeographic relationship between Amazonia and the northeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, a widely distributed species, is newly recorded from the states of São Paulo and Bahia, respectively, in southeastern and northeastern Brazil. The latter record refers to several female specimens associated with abandoned arboreal termite nests in a cocoa plantation.

Autecology of Kentropyx calcarata (Squamata: Teiidae) in a Remnant of Atlantic Forest in Eastern South America

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lissa Dellefrate Franzini ◽  
Adonias Aphoena Martins Teixeira ◽  
Leonora Tavares-Bastos ◽  
Laurie J. Vitt ◽  
Daniel Oliveira Mesquita
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest

The tadpole of Leptodactylus cupreus Caramaschi, Feio & São Pedro, 2008 (Anura, Leptodactylidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2640 (1) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANA PAULA MOTTA ◽  
EMANUEL TEIXEIRA DA SILVA ◽  
RENATO NEVES FEIO ◽  
JORGE ABDALA DERGAM
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Amazon Basin ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Gran Chaco

Leptodactylus cupreus Caramaschi, Feio & São Pedro is allocated in the L. fuscus species group, within the L. mystaceus species complex (sensu Heyer 1978 and Heyer et al. 1996; Caramaschi et al. 2008), that is formed by medium sized frogs distributed throughout the Amazon Basin, Atlantic Forest, Gran Chaco and Cerrados of South America (de Sá et al. 2005). This species complex includes L. mystaceus (Spix), L. elenae Heyer, L. notoaktites Heyer, L. spixi Heyer, and L. didymus Heyer, García-Lopez & Cardoso. The tadpoles of L. didymus and L. cupreus are still unknown. Herein we describe the tadpole of L. cupreus and compare it with other species of the L. mystaceus complex for which tadpole descriptions are available.

Phylogenetic analysis of the South American sharpshooter genus Scopogonalia Young, 1977 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), with implications for conservation

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4885 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-508
Author(s):  
AFONSO H. LEAL ◽  
ANTONIO J. CREÃO-DUARTE ◽  
GABRIEL MEJDALANI
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
South America ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Female Genitalia ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
South American ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Ecological Adaptations ◽  
The One

Scopogonalia is a leafhopper genus with 17 described species, all of them from South America. In this work, a phylogenetic analysis of the genus was conducted based on 59 morphological and colour pattern characters of head, thorax, abdomen, male and female genitalia. Analyses with equal weights resulted in 12 equally most parsimonious trees (length = 137) including a monophyletic Scopogonalia in all of them. An implied weights (k = 15) analysis recovered two trees, one of them equal to the one obtained with a single round successive weighting procedure, which was chosen for discussion. The trees support the existence of three main clades, which are here called Early Green Clade, Late Green Clade, and Yellow-Brown Clade. The origin and diversification of each clade is discussed under available biogeographical knowledge of South America. Little variation was observed in the female genitalia, but their characters were useful to reinforce the monophyly of the Yellow-Brown Clade, which we associate to ecological adaptations. This clade supports a past connection of the Cerrado biome and savannah enclaves in Amazonia and Atlantic Forest. This conclusion highlights the necessity of conserving this open vegetation environment inside the most fragmented portion of the Atlantic Forest, in northeastern Brazil. 

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