Check ListPub Date : 2023-10-02DOI: 10.15560/19.5.657
Estevão F. Santos, Jayrson A. Oliveira, André C. De Luca
{"title":"First record of Hauxwell’s Thrush (Turdus hauxwelli Lawrence, 1869) (Passeriformes, Turdidae) from Goiás state, Brazil","authors":"Estevão F. Santos, Jayrson A. Oliveira, André C. De Luca","doi":"10.15560/19.5.657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.657","url":null,"abstract":"We report the first record of Turdus hauxwelli Lawrence, 1869, Hauxwell’s Thrush, from the state of Goiás, central Brazil, based on photographic and vocal records obtained at Taquaral de Goiás. This new record substantially expands the species’ distribution beyond the Amazonian domain and marks its new easternmost geographical limit. The new record extends this species’ distribution by 650 km from the nearest recent record. We also discuss the importance of this record in understanding the biogeographical affinities of the seasonal forests of central-western Brazil. ","PeriodicalId":39010,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135834087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cotula australis Hook.f. (Asteraceae), a species newly introduced in Morocco","authors":"Abdelilah Jbilou, Ouafae Benkhnigue, Hind Elaidi, Lahcen Zidane, Jamila Dahmani, Nadia Belahbib","doi":"10.15560/19.5.661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.661","url":null,"abstract":"We report the discovery of Cotula australis Hook.f. for the first time in Morocco and North Africa. We found it living in the cork-oak forest of Maamora (Northwest). This species, a member of the family Asteraceae, is introduced to Morocco and has potential to be highly invasive and destructive to the native environment. We describe the distinctive taxonomic and morphological characters of this species and provide notes on its distribution, ecology, and habitat.","PeriodicalId":39010,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135833623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Check ListPub Date : 2023-09-21DOI: 10.15560/19.5.647
Viengkhone Vannachak, Peter Malzacher, Narumon Sangpradub
{"title":"First records of the genus Elatosara Malzacher, 2020 (Ephemeroptera, Caenidae) from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic","authors":"Viengkhone Vannachak, Peter Malzacher, Narumon Sangpradub","doi":"10.15560/19.5.647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.647","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Elatosara was described by Malzacher, 2020 from the Mekong River in Thailand, with E. phanomensis Malzacher, 2020 as its type species. Here, we report E. phanomensis for the first time from central and southern Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). A few morphological variations were observed in the Lao PDR population as compared to the paratypes of E. phanomensis. The discovery of E. phanomensis extends the distribution of the genus to the Lao PDR.","PeriodicalId":39010,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136154356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Check ListPub Date : 2023-09-21DOI: 10.15560/19.5.639
Trinh Thi Thu, Hoang Ngoc Thao
{"title":"New records and updated list of species in Gobiidae in the Hoi estuary of Ma River, Thanh Hoa province, Vietnam","authors":"Trinh Thi Thu, Hoang Ngoc Thao","doi":"10.15560/19.5.639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.639","url":null,"abstract":"Fieldwork in the Hoi estuary area of the Ma River has recorded nine species of Gobiidae. Three of these species are recorded for the first time in the study area, including Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes, 1837), Glossogobius olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845), and Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes, 1837). We update the list of gobiid species in the Hoi estuary; it now includes 18 species.","PeriodicalId":39010,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136155044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Check ListPub Date : 2023-09-18DOI: 10.15560/19.5.635
Angel I. Contreras-Calvario, Medardo Arreortúa, Adán Bautista-del Moral, Jorge L. Castillo-Juárez, Rene Avalos-Vela
{"title":"First records of Lepidophyma zongolicum García-Vázquez, Canseco-Márquez & Aguilar-López, 2010 (Squamata, Xantusiidae) from Veracruz, Mexico","authors":"Angel I. Contreras-Calvario, Medardo Arreortúa, Adán Bautista-del Moral, Jorge L. Castillo-Juárez, Rene Avalos-Vela","doi":"10.15560/19.5.635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.635","url":null,"abstract":"Lepidophyma Duméril, 1851 is the most diverse genus among the nocturnal lizards, with 23 species distributed from the Atlantic and Pacific slopes of Mexico southeast into Panama. Currently, the available information on the ecology and distribution of these species is limited mainly due to their saxicolous habits. Here we present five new state records of Lepidophyma zongolicum from Atoyac, a locality in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. These new data expand the geographic range of this species by 48 km from its nearest previously known occurrence.","PeriodicalId":39010,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135154411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Check ListPub Date : 2023-09-18DOI: 10.15560/19.5.611
William Bensted-Smith, Inti Keith, Jack Grove, Stuart Banks
{"title":"New record of Azurina intercrusma (Evermann & Radcliffe, 1917) (Ovalentaria incertae sedis, Pomacentridae) and confirmation of Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson, 1828) (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) in the Galápagos Islands","authors":"William Bensted-Smith, Inti Keith, Jack Grove, Stuart Banks","doi":"10.15560/19.5.611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.611","url":null,"abstract":"Herein we provide the first published records for Azurina intercrusma and a correction of previous Scuticaria tigrina records within the Galápagos Marine Reserve. The former had not previously been reported north of the southern Ecuadorian coastline and represents a significant step outside of its known distribution for this cold-water species. Scuticaria tigrina had been mentioned in previous literature as present, but its inclusion appears to have been in error; we confirm its presence as a vagrant and provide evidence of live observations in different parts of the archipelago.","PeriodicalId":39010,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135202370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Check ListPub Date : 2023-09-18DOI: 10.15560/19.5.621
Jun Souma, Tadashi Ishikawa
{"title":"The damsel bug genus Alloeorhynchus Fieber, 1860 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nabidae) in Japan","authors":"Jun Souma, Tadashi Ishikawa","doi":"10.15560/19.5.621","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.621","url":null,"abstract":"The damsel bug genus Alloeorhynchus Fieber, 1860 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nabidae, Prostemmatinae, Prostemmatini) comprises at least 50 species worldwide, and seven species have been recorded from East Asia. In Japan, two species, A. ( Alloeorhynchus ) reinhardi Kerzhner & Günther, 1999 and A. ( A. ) vinulus Stål, 1864, are currently known. In this study, A. ( A. ) notatus Distant, 1919 is reported in Japan for the first time. A geographical color variation of A. ( A. ) vinulus is reported based on specimens collected from Kume Island in the Ryukyu Islands.","PeriodicalId":39010,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135153930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Check ListPub Date : 2023-09-13DOI: 10.15560/19.5.605
Maria Augusta Paes Agostini, Ewerthon O. Batista, Wilson Rufino Dias Junior, Richard C. Vogt, Thiago Costa Gonçalves Portelinha
{"title":"New record of Spot-Legged Turtle, Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801) (Reptilia, Testudines, Geoemydidae), from an Amazon ecotonal zone in the Tocantins–Araguaia river basin, Brazil","authors":"Maria Augusta Paes Agostini, Ewerthon O. Batista, Wilson Rufino Dias Junior, Richard C. Vogt, Thiago Costa Gonçalves Portelinha","doi":"10.15560/19.5.605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/19.5.605","url":null,"abstract":"We report a new record of Rhinoclemmys punctularia (Daudin, 1801), extending the geographic dis-tribution of this species by 450 km towards the south to the Araguaia River in the state of Pará, Brazil. The new record comes from an ecotonal area of the Cerrado and Amazon biomes, which indicates a possible adaptability of this species in fragmented environments and in agricultural areas. These new findings help enable future investi-gations better understand the distribution of R. punctularia in the southern Amazon Basin and in ecotones.","PeriodicalId":39010,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135740774","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Check ListPub Date : 2023-08-31DOI: 10.15560/19.4.599
Natsuki Hirakizawa, Hijiri Noda, Ryotaro Wakimura, K. Tojo, T. Yamauchi
{"title":"Distribution of Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1862) (Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) in Hokkaido, Japan","authors":"Natsuki Hirakizawa, Hijiri Noda, Ryotaro Wakimura, K. Tojo, T. Yamauchi","doi":"10.15560/19.4.599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/19.4.599","url":null,"abstract":"Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1862), a centipede, is distributed mainly in Asia. In Japan, T. tuberculata is found throughout Honshu Island and southwards, although less commonly to the north on Hokkaido. Our survey additionally showed that this species occurs commonly at altitudes of 0–540 m on Hokkaido. The northern limit of this species in Japan seems to be Nakagawa Town, Hokkaido. Thereuonema tuberculata was also collected on isolated islands off southwestern Hokkaido. Although previous studies have suggested distribution of T. tuberculata in Hokkaido is anthropogenic, it may be natural.","PeriodicalId":39010,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48597141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Check ListPub Date : 2023-08-30DOI: 10.15560/19.4.581
Wilson Gómez-Corea, Leonel Marineros, Hermes Leonel Vega, Tania Paola López-Aguilar
{"title":"Geographic distribution of pocket gophers (Rodentia, Geomyidae) of Honduras","authors":"Wilson Gómez-Corea, Leonel Marineros, Hermes Leonel Vega, Tania Paola López-Aguilar","doi":"10.15560/19.4.581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15560/19.4.581","url":null,"abstract":"Three species of pocket gophers, family Geomyidae, have been reported from Honduras. We summarize and update the distribution of these species based on burrow observations, sightings, photographs, and a voucher specimen, most of which were obtained during surveys conducted between 2011 and 2022. We report one new, eastern most locality for Heterogeomys hispidus from the Department of Atlántida, a specimen of Orthogeomys grandis from the Department of La Paz, and 17 additional localities for geomyids. These include records located on the Caribbean versant of the Sierra Madre along the Río Ulúa and between the documented distributions of H. hispidus and O. grandis, and records between the known distributions of H. hispidus and H. cherriei. These observations provide an excellent opportunity to examine the relative ecological limits of the three taxa.","PeriodicalId":39010,"journal":{"name":"Check List","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49456102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}