Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (Available at Journal of Species Lists and Distribution
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Check List 10(3): 665–668, 2014 © 2014 Check List and Authors Chec List ISSN 1809-127X (available at www.checklist.org.br) Journal of species lists and distribution N First record of Cladocera (Crustacea: Chydoridae) from ISTRIBUTIO D ParqueFrancisco D. NacionalR. Sousa 1,2* do Itatiaia, Southeastern 2 Brazil 3 and André R. Senna 4 RAPHIC G , Lourdes M. A. Elmoor-Loureiro , Adriana Quadra EO 1 Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, Núcleo de Estudos em Biodiversidade Aquática. G N Avenida Roraima, 1000, Camobi. CEP: 97105-900. Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. O 2 Universidade Católica de Brasília, Laboratório de Biodiversidade Aquática. QS7, lote 1, Bloco M, sala 204. Taguatinga, DF, Brasil. 3 Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda (UniFOA), Curso de Ciências Biológicas. Av. Paulo Erlei Alves Abrantes, 1.325, Três Poços. CEP: 27240– OTES 560. Volta Redonda, RJ, Brasil. N *4 CorrUniversidadeesponding Federal author. da E-mail: Bahia [email protected](UFBA), Instituto de Biologia, Laboratório de Invertebrados Marinhos (LABIMAR). Rua Barão de Geremoabo, 147, Ondina. CEP 40170–290. Salvador, BA, Brasil. Abstract: Surveying the fauna in conservation Alona areas ossiani, is an importantAlona guttata, strategy Alona to iheringula, recognize Alona patterns yara of, and richness Briospylus and repensendemism and to reduce gaps related to geographical distribution. This study presents the first record of cladocerans in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Southeastern Brazil. were observed in different environments. Here, we provide the taxonomic status and geographic distribution of each species observed in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia. DOI: 10.15560/10.3.665 Faunal surveys and inventories focusing on microcrustaceans belonging to the superorder Cladocera Latreille, 1829 have produced data on occurrence patterns states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and São Paulo, in the and species diversity of this group, and they are especially Serra da Mantiqueira. importantThe Parque protected Nacional areas do for Itatiaia housing was a thelarge first part national of the park declared in Brazil, considered one of the most useful for their contributionet to al. filling 2002; in Lansac-Tôha the blanks inet al.the 2009; knowledge Elmoor-Loureiro about the and fauna Soares in 2010;various Van Brazilian Damme Mata Atlântica biome. It lies between the parallels 22°19′ andregions Dumont (Santos-Wisniewski 2010; Ghidini and Santos-Silva 2011). Also, and 22°45′ S and the meridians 44°15′ and 44°50′ W and on the border of the states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, because the populations found often become available and São Paulo, in the Serra da Mantiqueira. It is in the instudies public with or this private purpose collections, support taxonomic free to investigation,be used for southwest of the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the municipality of Itatiaia, and in the south of the state of Minas Gerais, species (e.g. comprisingFive species the ofmunicipalities Cladocera have of Itamontebeen registered (MG), Alagoain this etmorphological al. 2010; Sinev re-description and Elmoor-Loureiro and publication 2010; Elmoor-of new (MG), and Bocaina de Minas (MG) (ICMBioAlona 2012). iheringula, Loureiro et al. Kotov 2013). and Elmoor-Loureiro 2008; Bekker Alona guttata, Alona ossiani, Alona quadrangularis (= Alonastudy foryara the), Parqueand Briospilus Nacional dorepens Itatiaia:. The species have biota,For had a long been time, related one to of areas the main destined gaps forin the the knowledge protection (Frey 1980; Elmoor-Loureiro 1997). Alona iheringula, on Cladocera, as well as on most groups ofet the al. (2005).aquatic Alonabeen identified quadrangularis according (= toAlona the specialized yara), and bibliography Briospilus This has been changing due to studies promoting faunal repens are deposited in the crustacean collection of the of fauna and flora, as suggested by Agostinho et al. 2011;surveys Rocha in protected et al. areas, like some in the stateset al. of 2011). Minas respectively.Museu Nacional Alona do ossiani Rio de and Janeiro, Alona withguttata access are deposited numbers Gerais, São Paulo, and Rio Grande do Sul (Gazulha MNRJ20218/MNRJ13630, MNRJ13620, and MNRJ13624 protection have already 2011; Santos-Wisniewskibeen sampled, and the results forIn thethe Braziliansurvey of Cerrado,Cladocera at are least available six areas in thedestined literature for in the collection of Laboratório de Biodiversidade Aquática, Universidade Católica de Brasília, with access numbers Elmoor-Loureiro 2008, 2012, 2013; Sousa et al. 2013). FamilyEL02480 Chydoridae and EL02481 Stebbing, respectively. 1902 (Elmoor-Loureiro and Mendonça-Galvão 2008; Sousa and Alona ossiani Sinev, 1998 (Figure 1A-F) However, new efforts are needed in order to broaden knowledge on the fauna, since records of Cladocera in This species was collected in the Campo Belo River, in many Brazilian conservation units are still obscure. This the Itatiaia Plateau (22°24’ S - 044°41’ W), altitude 2200 study reports for the first time the occurrence of species of m. Material was collected by A.R. Senna, A. Quadra and R. Cladocera in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, located in the Figueiró, on 21/III/2013. 665 Sousa et al. | First record of Cladocera from Parque Nacional do Itatiaia Alona ossiani considered a synonym of Alona rustica Scott, 1895 by of the affinis Smirnov (1971). Sinev (2001) revalidated the status of is the only Neotropical representativeBiapertura species of Alona iheringi after its redescription based affinis (Sinev-group. 1998). TheSmirnov status (1971) of species allocated was suggestedspecies of theafter affinis the revision-group ofto Neotropicalthe genus Biapertura populations Smirnov, of 1971 a nomem novum, Alona iheringula. The records of Alona rusticaon material from Sars. Kotov andAlona Sinev iheringula(2004) created. The based mostly on the occurrence of two main connected in Brazil correspond to Alonacephalic pores. However, Frey (1987) considered that the species can be recognized by having wide labral keel, character chosenconvergent was notin enoughsome Chydoridae for the separation (Anthalona from, eachrounded other, apex, transverse with at least lateral two groupspores. ofPost-abdomen setae; three Nicsmirnovius,, a fact rectified Geoffreyia, in recent Karualona studies). The that genus consider Alona this is main cephalic pores with narrow connections between of Biapertura is being assessed (Van Damme et al. 2010). morphologytapering distally, are found post-anal in Sinev region (2001). rounded distally, 9–10 goingAlona through ossiani intense is a large taxonomic cladoceran, revision reaching and the over validity 1mm well developed marginal spines. Further details on the of Alona iheringula cephalic pores and a short rostrum. The post-abdomen Distribution: South America. In Brazil, there are records of length. On the head, there are two connected main from Pará, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo Furtheris long, anddetails the are post-anal found in region Sinev is(1998). distally rounded with and Rio Grande do Sul (hydrographic regions Tocantins/ 15–17 marginal spines. The basal spine is rather short.Alona Araguaia, Paraná, Paraguai, Atlântico Nordeste Ocidental ossiani Alonaand Sudeste; yara Sinev Source & http://cladocera.wordpress.com).Elmoor-Loureiro, 2010 Distribution: Neotropical Region. In Brazil, has been recorded from Roraima, Pará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do This species was collected on the shore of a brook on Sul, Goiás, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, a plateau near the top of Agulhas Negras (22°23′57″ S, São Paulo, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul (hydrographic 44°38’07″Alona yara W). Material was collected by J.W. Reid et al. on regions Amazônica, Tocantins/Araguaia, Paraná, populations09/VI/1998. previously named Alona quadrangularis Paraguai, São Francisco/ Atlântico Nordeste Ocidental, (Sinev and Elmoor-Loureiro has been recently 2010). described Van fromDamme Brazilian and Nordeste Oriental, Leste, Sudeste and Sul; Source http:// Dumont (2008) redescribed Alona quadrangularis and Alonacladocera.wordpress.com). guttata Sars, 1862 (Figure 1G-I) indicated its exclusiveAlona occurrenceboliviana Sinev in the and Palearctic Coronel, region, 2006 This species was collected in the Campo Belo River, on (endemicindicating to that the Andes)records and outside Alona of kotovi it are Sinev, misidentified, 2012, only the Itatiaia Plateau (22°24’ S - 044°41’ W), altitude 2200 presentlike the incase South of Vietnam (Sinev and Coronel 2006; Sinev m. MaterialAlona guttata was collected is among by the A.R. most Senna, common A. Quadra Aloninae. and R.It 2012). All the species cited belong to the quadrangularis- Figueiró, on 21/III/2013. group, representing the “true Alona”. The records of Alona quadrangularis is a cosmopolitan taxon, with records from various regionset al. Alona yara. of the world. It is currently considered a group of species Alona yara from Brazil probably refer to with cryptic morphology. According to Van Damme main cephalic pores, setae over the body of leg I not (2010), this taxon needs a comprehensive revision study arranged in groups, can be post-anal recognized region by having of the three post-abdomen connected Alonafor the guttata translocation of genus and the verification of the byvalidity the post-abdomenof the species outsidearmature the in type the regionpost-anal (Norway).