a grant“Initiatives pour la reconqu^ete de la biodiversite dans les outre-mer”from the Office Français de Biodiversite(OFB)and by the DGTM Guyane and from the Office de l’Eau Guyane under the project CRIQUES;the Agence Nationale de la Recherche(CEBA:ANR-10-LABX-25-01;TULIP:ANR-10-LABX-0041)and ANR grant(DEBIT:ANR-17-CE02-0007-01).
We report for the first time the presence of self-sustaining populations of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in French Guiana.Genetic analyses of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I marker(COI)confirmed the identity of the sp...
funded by Project PICT-2015-0978 of the Agencia Nacional de Promoción de la Investigación,el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación.
Background:The analysis of bird community assembly rules is fundamental to understand which mechanisms determine the composition of bird species in urban areas.However,the long-term variation of community assembly rul...
The species within Xenarthra(sloths,anteaters,and armadillos)are quintessential South American mammals.Of the three groups,Vermilingua(anteaters)contains the fewest extant and paleontological species.Here,we sampled a...
supported by the CAPES[Process number:1591062];CNPq[Process number:304616/2015-0];Fundaqao de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento do Ensino,and Ciencia e Tecnologia do Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul(FUNDECT)for supporting[Process number:23/200.662/2014];Paraiba State Research Foundation(FAPESQ)by a doctoral scholarship from Grant 518/18 to G.L.U.J.V.-B.
Patterns of specialization and the structure of interactions between bats and ectoparasitic flies have been studied mostly on non-urban environments and at local scales.Thus,how anthropogenic disturbances influence sp...
The genus Geastrum Pers.has cosmopolitan distribution and can be found in humid,arid or semi-arid climates.Geastrum hyalinum is a new species found in the Brazilian Southern Amazon in the Rio Ronuro Ecological Station...
Tulostoma reticulatum,until this report only found occurring on the Australian mainland,was found growing in sandy soil of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest.The specimens are described and illustrated macro-and micro-...
Five new species are described in the genus Diplazium Sw. from Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Colombia, as results of studies in the Neotropical ferns. The new species are Diplazium chirripoense A. Rojas, Diplazium cornutu...
the Programa de Capacitação em Taxonomia(PROTAX/440612/2015-2);Projeto de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade do Semiarido(PPBio/457476/2012-5)for scholarships and funding the fieldwork,respectively.
Mycenastrum catimbauense is found growing in the xerophytic biome named“Caatinga”in the Catimbau National Park,Pernambuco State,Brazil.Basidiomata are found solitary in an open place and exposed to sunlight.The morp...
Basidiomata of a Phallus species were found near bamboo trees in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden.This species was described as new to science and was named as Phallus fluminensis based on morphological characteris...
the Program of Research of Biodiversity in the Brazilian Semi-arid(PPBIO Semi-arid/Ministry of Technology and Science-proc.554718/2009-0)for financial support;the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development for the Postdoctoral Research Fellowships(CNPq proc.163775/2015-0);LFPG for the grant(CNPq proc.303062/2014-2)。
Phaeoisaria triseptata and Spadicoides heterocolorata are described,illustrated and discussed.Both species represent new records for Brazil.