{"title":"Leptagrion afonsoi sp.n. from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)","authors":"A. Machado","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2006.23098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2006.23098","url":null,"abstract":"Leptagrion afonsoi sp.n. is described and illustrated from a single male (holotype; Caraça, Belo Horizonte, Santa Bárbara). It is close to L. dispar Selys, 1876 and L. elongatum Selys but differ from them by having bifid cercus. \u0000Keywords: Odonata, Coenagrionidae, Leptagrion.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124266462","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}
E. L. Neves, Hisatomo Taki, F. O. Silva, B. Viana, P. Kevan
{"title":"Flower characteristics and visitors of Merremia macrocalyx (Convolvulaceae) in the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil","authors":"E. L. Neves, Hisatomo Taki, F. O. Silva, B. Viana, P. Kevan","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2006.22239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2006.22239","url":null,"abstract":"Merremia macrocalyx (Ruiz & Pav.) O’ Donell (Convolvulaceae) is a common, native herb in open grasslands (Campos Gerais) of northeastern Brazil. At Pai Inácio Mountain, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil (12º 27´41”S, 41º 28’ 34”W), we made daily observations from 6:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. from 25 April to 29 April, 2003 and on May 31, 2005. The stereomorphic corolla of the weakly scented flowers was 4.04 mm mean diameter, tube depth was 3.12 mm, and the mean diameter of the gullet was 1.17 mm. Anthesis is diurnal, between 06:30 a.m. and 07:45 a.m. and floral longevity varied between 9-10 h. Nectar secretion occurred from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and the standing crop of nectar per flower increased from 0.67 ml (7:00 a.m.) to 2.5 ml (09:00 a.m.) then declining. The nectar sugar concentration was low (22%). Bees were the most frequent visitors, and were classified into six morpho-functional categories. Their daily foraging pattern was synchronized with nectar availability, being concentrated between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. The clumped distribution of the plants, flower size and easily accessible nectar all stimulate visitation, especially by generalist bee species. Eusocial bees (A. mellifera, Geotrigona mombuca and Bombus morio) and the solitary bee Euplusia nigrohirta (Friese, 1899) were the most frequent on the flowers and are the most likely potential pollinators, as suggested by their contact with floral reproductive structures and adhesion of pollen to their bodies. \u0000Keywords: Merremia macrocalyx, Apoidea, flower biology, pollination, bees.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116673058","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":"Registros reprodutivos do jacuaçu Penelope obscura Temminck, 1815 (Aves: Cracidae) na porção meridional da Cadeia do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brasil","authors":"M. F. Vasconcelos, Camilo Cienfuegos, Lauro Palú","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2006.23154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2006.23154","url":null,"abstract":"The dusky-legged guan, Penelope obscura Temminck, 1815, is a threatened bird species in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. In this paper, observations on the reproduction of this species in the southern Espinhaço Range are reported. We found chicks and immatures of P. obscura during the rainy season, between November and January. Based on the development of gonads of two collected specimens, and given that incubation spends 28 days, nesting should occur between October and November. These are the first observations on the breeding of the subspecies P. obscura bronzina in the wild. \u0000Keywords: Espinhaço Range, Penelope obscura, breeding, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125582599","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":"Why dark plumage of the European Blackbirds Turdus merula?","authors":"Ludwik Tomia, J. Bursell","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2006.23129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2006.23129","url":null,"abstract":"Why does the European Blackbird’s dark coloration match the ground color of the less widespread of its breeding habitats, the riparian forest, although its main European population occurs in the pale-litter woodland? It is argued that crypsis of all the age stages was more necessary in riparian stands, as this habitat is more risky for the species owing to a high ground vegetation surrounding a foraging bird. Poorer crypsis of Blackbird plumage in pale-litter habitats may be a neutral feature, being compensated by easier scanning of the surroundings over the lower and sparcer herb vegetation and by a tendency to remain in dark sites. The black plumage of the Blackbird male, perhaps reinforced by sexual selection in pristine forest conditions may also retain its cryptic function. \u0000Keywords: Dark/black plumage, crypsis, primeval habitat, European Blackbird Turdus merula.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129222451","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":"Uma nova espécie de Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1838 (Ciliophora: Trichodinidae) em Biomphalaria schrammi (Crosse, 1864) (Mollusca: Planorbidae)","authors":"H. A. Pinto, Alfredo H. Wieloch, A. L. Melo","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2006.23080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2006.23080","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of Peritrichida found in Biomphalaria schrammi (Crosse, 1864) is described. This new species is characterized by a reticular central area of the adhesive disc and a horseshoe-shaped macronucleus, a 80.0 ± 7 μm-diameter celular body and a 41.4 ± 2.9 μm adhesive disc; it shows 19-32 (27±3) 13.1 ± 1.1 μm - long denticle, and 8 ± 1 6.6 ± 1.1 μm - long radial pins per denticle, being different from other already described Trichodina. This is the first report of simbiontic interaction among trichodinid and molluscs of the genus Biomphalaria in Brazil. \u0000Keywords: Ciliophora, Peritrichidae, Gastropoda, Biomphalaria schrammi, Trichodina machadoi sp. n.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127810943","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}
F. C. D. Melo, A. C. Machado, Ana Paula Garcia Oliveira, J. Cruz, A. Latini
{"title":"Ictiofauna do rio Carangola, bacia do rio Paraíba do Sul, no município de Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brasil","authors":"F. C. D. Melo, A. C. Machado, Ana Paula Garcia Oliveira, J. Cruz, A. Latini","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2006.23139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2006.23139","url":null,"abstract":"The Carangola River is one of the main components of the river Muriaé, which is the major tributary of the lower Paraíba do Sul. In the present study, sampling was carried out every three months during one year in three sites situated upstream the town of Carangola (Minas Gerais state, Brazil) and in three sites downstream. Twenty fish species, belonging to 17 genera and 12 families, were found — fifteen species upstream and 13 downstream the town. Diversity estimates (Shannon and inverse Berger-Parker indices), based on biomass and abundance, as well as physical-chemical parameters (turbidity, CO2 concentration and pH) did not differ between upstream and downstream sites. On the other hand, bacteriological parameters (fecal and total coliform counts) were significantly different between upstream and downstream sites. These differences, however, do not seem to be affecting the distribution patterns of the fish fauna, since no significant differences in faunistic composition were detected between the surveyed sites. \u0000Keywords: Carangola River, fish, ichthyofauna, species richness, conservation.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121702748","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":"Escape of the fiddler crab Uca rapax (Smith, 1870) (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil","authors":"A. Magalhães, T. M. Costa","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2007.23180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2007.23180","url":null,"abstract":"A escape of the fiddler crab Uca rapax (Smith, 1870), in the state of Minas Gerais is reported for the first time. This record was made more than 200 km away from its original habitat, a mangrove area in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The species has been introduced in ponds in the study area, located in the largest ornamental pisciculture/aquaculture center of Brazil. Male individuals of U. rapax were observed engaged in territorial and courtship displays around their burrows. Despite this, there is no well-established population of the species in the area, due to the physiological dependence of the larvae on brackish water. \u0000Keywords: Escape of exotic organisms, Brazil, fiddler crab, Minas Gerais, Uca rapax.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"21 17","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131614382","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":"A Família Myrtaceae na Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural da Serra do Caraça, Catas Altas, Minas Gerais, Brasil.","authors":"Patrícia Oliveira Morais, Julio Antonio Lombardi","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2006.22173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2006.22173","url":null,"abstract":"This is a floristic survey of Myrtaceae in the Serra do Caraça, Minas Gerais. Fifty two species were found belonging to 12 genera - Myrcia with 17 species, Eugenia with nine, Campomanesia and Myrciaria with five species each, Psidium with four, Siphoneugena with three, Blepharocalyx, Calyptranthes, Marlierea and Myrceugenia with two species each, and Accara and Plinia with one species each. Descriptions of the genera and species, identification keys, geographical distributions, illustrations and comments are provided. \u0000Keywords: Taxonomy, Myrtaceae, Serra do Caraça, Minas Gerais.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116712873","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":"Tyranniphilopterus caiolukasi sp. n. (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from the yellow-olive flycatcher (Aves: Tyrannidae), with observations on gut contents","authors":"M. P. Valim","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2006.22186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2006.22186","url":null,"abstract":"Tyranniphilopterus caiolukasi sp. n., collected from the Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens), is described and illustrated. The new species is compared with T. venezuelensis and T. minutus. The finding of leg segments of feather mites in the guts of some specimens is briefly discussed and illustrated. \u0000Key words Philopteridae, Tolmomyias sulphurescens, Tyrannidae, Tyranniphilopterus","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125662459","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":"Adições à Ictiofauna do Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brasil (Teleostei, Characidae).","authors":"Mauro L. Triques","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2006.22191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2006.22191","url":null,"abstract":"Astyanax rivularis (Lütken, 1875) and Hasemania nana (Lütken, 1875) are added to the list of fishes known to occur in the Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó. Diagnostic characters are present to help on future identification of these species. Comparison of morphological characters is done between A. rivularis and A. scabripinnis. \u0000Keywords: Astyanax rivularis, Hasemania nana, Rio São Francisco basin, conservation.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115428313","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}