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Discovery of Helorus brethesi Oglobin, 1928 (Hymenoptera, Heloridae) in Honduras and Guatemala [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2022
We report the first records of the family Heloridae in Honduras and Guatemala. We illustrate and report the presence of Helorus brethesi Oglobin, 1928 as the only species known from the Neotropics.
Patricia E. Corro-Chang   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The Glomeromycota in the Neotropics

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF—Glomeromycota) are a group of soil fungi with a widespread occurrence in terrestrial ecosystems where they play important roles that influence plant growth and ecosystem processes.
Sidney Luiz Stürmer, Karl Kemmelmeier
doaj   +1 more source

On the diversity of Neotropical Hymenoptera

open access: yesCaldasia, 2022
Hymenoptera is globally one of the most diverse groups of insects. There are no recent estimates nor sound data on the size of the fauna of this order in the Neotropical Region.
Fernando Fernández
doaj   +1 more source

Geastrum tupiense: a new earthstar fungi species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and a new insertion in the Velutina subsection (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) [PDF]

open access: yesRodriguésia, 2023
Geastrum tupiense is a new species belonging to subsect. Velutina (Sect. Myceliostroma). The fundamental diagnostic characteristics are reddish immature basidiomata and rhizomorphs with bipyramidal crystals.
Julimar Freire Freitas Neto   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting the range expansion of invasive alien grasses under climate change in the Neotropics

open access: yesPerspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2023
A diverse group of invasive grasses from tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia has spread throughout the Neotropics over the last decades. Despite their strong ecological impact, current and future distribution patterns of these grasses in the region ...
Aline Lopes   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Possible fruit protein effects on primate communities in madagascar and the neotropics. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2009
The ecological factors contributing to the evolution of tropical vertebrate communities are still poorly understood. Primate communities of the tropical Americas have fewer folivorous but more frugivorous genera than tropical regions of the Old World and
Jörg U Ganzhorn   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Museum-Based Research on the Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) Infestations of Hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae)—Prevalence, Genus Richness and Parasite Associations

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
We documented the presence/absence of the eggs of Trochiloecetes, Trochiliphagus, and Leremenopon lice on over 50,000 hummingbird specimens (representing 348 species plus 247 additional subspecies) in four museums in the USA.
Yoshika Oniki-Willis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scleria (Cyperaceae) in the state of Pará, Amazon, Brazil

open access: yesActa Botânica Brasílica, 2021
The present study analyzes the diversity of Scleria in the state of Pará and presents taxonomic treatments for all recorded species. The analysis was based on extensive herbarium studies (CEN, HBRA, HCJS, HSTM, IAN, IBGE, INPA, MFS, MG, RB, and UB) and ...
Layla Jamylle Costa Schneider   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The alien species Stenochrus portoricensis (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae): decreasing the Wallacean shortfall in the New World

open access: yesIheringia: Série Zoologia, 2023
The widely distributed species, Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, 1922, is recorded for the first time from Costa Rica and Venezuela, and new occurrences from Brazil and Colombia are presented. Morphology of spermathecae from 14 localities is compared
Osvaldo Villarreal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomic revision of Sobralia section Racemosae Brieger (Sobralieae, Orchidaceae)

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Sobralia Ruiz & Pav. is a large and morphologically diverse neotropical orchid genus. It can be divided into four sections and some informal groups of species based mainly on the inflorescence architecture.
Przemyslaw Baranow   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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