Discovery of Helorus brethesi Oglobin, 1928 (Hymenoptera, Heloridae) in Honduras and Guatemala [PDF]
Check 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
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The Glomeromycota in the Neotropics
Frontiers 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
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On the diversity of Neotropical Hymenoptera
Caldasia, 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
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Predicting the range expansion of invasive alien grasses under climate change in the Neotropics
Perspectives 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
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New insights on Bjerkandera (Phanerochaetaceae, Polyporales) in the Neotropics with description of Bjerkandera albocinerea based on morphological and molecular evidence [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Background and aims – Bjerkandera is one of the few poroid genera in the Phanerochaetaceae family known to date. The genus has a worldwide distribution and is characterized by effused-reflexed, pileate basidiomata with a pale cream to smoky or mouse grey
Viviana Motato-Vásquez +5 more
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Range extension of Relicina subabstrusa (Parmeliaceae, lichenized Ascomycota) in Argentina and its distribution pattern in the Neotropics [PDF]
Check List, 2017 Relicina subabstrusa is known from a few scattered records in the Neotropics. This species lacks any propagules and has a black lower surface and coronate apothecia. This paper extends the known distributional range of R.
Andrea Michlig, Michel Navarro Benatti
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Geastrum tupiense: a new earthstar fungi species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and a new insertion in the Velutina subsection (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 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
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Possible fruit protein effects on primate communities in madagascar and the neotropics. [PDF]
PLoS 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
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 The expansion and intensification of agricultural lands (i.e., croplands and pasture areas) have become increasing threats to species diversity around the world.
Chun-Jing Wang +2 more
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The Ganoderma weberianum-resinaceum lineage: multilocus phylogenetic analysis and morphology confirm G. mexicanum and G. parvulum in the Neotropics [PDF]
MycoKeys, 2019 Many species of Ganoderma exhibit a high phenotypic plasticity. Hence, particularly among them, the morphological species concept remains difficult to apply, resulting in a currently confused taxonomy; as a consequence, the geographical distribution ...
Milay Cabarroi-Hernández +4 more
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