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Guapira leucophylla (Nyctaginaceae, Caryophyllales), a new species from the northern Espinhaço Range of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 8, August 2026.
Guapira Aubl. (Nyctaginaceae, Pisonieae) comprises dioecious shrubs and trees widely distributed in the Neotropics and occupying diverse habitats. In the Brazilian Cerrado, the genus occurs in several phytophysiognomies, including Campos Rupestres, a montane rock ecosystem with high levels of endemism but still marked by significant gaps in botanical ...
Danilo Alvarenga Zavatin, Luísa Azevedo, Renato Ramos, Jefferson Prado, Elson Felipe Sandoli Rossetto   +4 more
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Social wasp community (Vespidae: Polistinae) from Campo Rupestre associated with Atlantic Forest in a Conservation Unit in southeastern Brazil

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences
Social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) play important ecological roles, such as pollination and biological control; however, certain Brazilian biomes, such as the Campo Rupestre, remain under-sampled.
Jeicilene Barros Carvalho, Andressa Negri Palandi, Francesca Victorino Zabatiero, Thainara Brito Gonçalves, Orlando Tobias Silveira, Gabriel de Castro Jacques, Marcos Magalhães de Souza   +6 more
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A new Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from southern Espinhaço Range, southeastern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2015
A new species of Amphisbaena is described from a semi-deciduous forest in Conceição do Mato Dentro, southern Espinhaço Range, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The following combined characters can diagnose the new species from all congeners: head round-shaped; two ...
Henrique C. Costa, Flávia C. Resende, Mauro Teixeira Jr., Francisco Dal Vechio, Cinara A. Clemente   +4 more
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Eriope barrinhae (Lamiaceae, Hyptidinae), a new montane species from northern Minas Gerais, Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 8, August 2026.
In northern Minas Gerais, in the Monte Azul region, the Pico da Formosa mountain remains poorly explored botanically despite recent discoveries of new taxa. During fieldwork at the summit of this mountain, we discovered a distinctive population of Eriope that differs from all known species by a unique combination of morphological characters.
Danilo Alvarenga Zavatin, Luísa Azevedo, Renato Ramos, Jefferson Prado, Arthur de Souza Soares   +4 more
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A Survey of Eyeless Pseudosinella Schäffer, 1897 (Collembola: Entomobryidae) From Brazil Reveals a New Cave‐Dwelling Species From Minas Gerais State

Austral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 3, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Herein, a new species of Pseudosinella is described from Minas Gerais State, Brazil. This was possible after reanalysing six species similar to the new species: Pseudosinella alfanjeunguiculata Bellini, Cipola & Souza; Pseudosinella aphelabiata Bellini, Cipola & Souza; Pseudosinella diamantinensis Bellini, Cipola & Souza, 2020; Pseudosinella ...
Nikolas G. Cipola, Maria F. Cordova‐Hernandez, José W. de Morais, Stéphanie dos S. Viana   +3 more
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Rethinking areas of endemism and barriers: perspectives for a causal historical biogeography and a critique of Schultz and Cracraft (2024)

Cladistics, Volume 42, Issue 4, Page 401-412, August 2026.
Abstract Historical biogeography faces a persistent conceptual and methodological dilemma concerning the nature of its central analytical units. Using the recent proposal by Schultz and Cracraft (Cladistics 40, 653) as a catalyst, this article critiques the argument that causal inference necessitates the replacement of areas of endemism with barriers ...
Augusto Ferrari
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Positive inversion of extensional footwalls in the southern Serra do Espinhaço, Brazil - insights from sandbox laboratory experiments

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2006
Analogue experiments were carried out to get insights into the processes governing positive inversion during the foreland propagating thrust tectonics in the southern Serra do Espinhaço, a Brasiliano/Panafrican foldthrust belt in southeast Brazil.
Caroline J.S. Gomes, Marcelo A. Martins-Neto, Valéria E. Ribeiro   +2 more
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Ecological and functional effects of habitat conversion and seasons on fruit‐feeding butterfly assemblages in tropical dry forests Efeitos ecológicos e funcionais da conversão do habitat e da sazonalidade sobre assembleias de borboletas frugívoras em florestas tropicais secas

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 760-773, August 2026.
Land‐use change and seasonality shape the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of fruit‐feeding butterflies in tropical dry forests. Pastures reduce phylogenetic diversity and increase wing fluctuating asymmetry, while taxonomic and functional diversity is greater in the wet season than in the dry season.
João Rafael S. Macêdo, Gabriela A. Silva, Lourival S. Santos‐Jr, Marina V. Beirão, Geraldo B. Freire‐Jr, Bianca S. D. Nascimento, Uriel J. A. Pinto, Vini Gbami Silva Ferreira, Jhonathan O. Silva   +8 more
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Diversity and conservation status of bromeliads from Serra da Piedade, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rodriguésia
The Espinhaço Mountain Range in Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil is a center of endemism of the Bromeliaceae, mainly in campo rupestre montane vegetation that grows under rigorous edapho-climatic conditions.
Andréa Rodrigues Marques, José Pires de Lemos Filho, Rubens Custódio da Mota   +2 more
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Assessing the evolutionary distinctiveness of a highly threatened plant group: The urgency to preserve a unique lineage of evolution in Brazil

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1223-1237, July 2026.
Brazil's diverse flora is under several threats, with many unique lineages facing extinction, particularly in biodiverse regions like the Cerrado and campo rupestre. This study sheds light on the conservation needs of Cambessedesia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus with 95% of its species endangered, using an approach to rank and prioritise species ...
Najla Bastos Scheidegger, Raquel C. Pizzardo, Bruno Vilela, Thuane Bochorny, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +4 more
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