Conehead Termite Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky) (Insecta: Blattodea: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) by Reina Tong, Katherine Tenn, Rudolf H Scheffrahn

“… The conehead termite, Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky) (Figure 1), is the first record of a non-endemic establishment from the family Termitidae in the United States (Scheffrahn et al. 2002). This widespread Neotropical species is unique among Florida termites due to the soldier’s nasus (an elongated frontal projection on the soldier’s head) and conspicuous nests (Scheffrahn et al. 2002). …”
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A Review of Nesting Behavior in the Genus Entomognathus, With Notes on E. Memorialis Banks (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) by Richard C. Miller, Frank E. Kurczewski

“…The genus Entomognathus contains at least 4o species, half in the Ethiopian and in the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, and Neotropical regions (Leclercq, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1963; Nouvel and Ribaut, 1956; Krombein, 1963). …”
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Associations of Two Ecologically Significant Social Insect Taxa in the Litter of an Amazonian Rainforest: Is There a Relationship between Ant and Termite Species Richness? by Amy L. Mertl, James F. A. Traniello, Kari Ryder Wilkie, Reginaldo Constantino

“…In spite of the ecological dominance of Neotropical ants and termites, little is understood about how their interactions influence their species richness and distribution. …”
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Grass-like mantid, American grass mantid, Thesprotia graminis, (Scudder, 1878) (Insecta: Mantodea: Thespidae) by Bethany McGregor, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Andrea Lucky

“…Although this mantid may be mistaken for a stick insect (Order: Phasmatodea), especially when its forelegs are held directly in front of the body and it resembles a blade of grass, the raptorial forelimbs reveal the insect’s true identity. There are 14 Neotropical species within the genus Thesprotia, all of which occur in South America except Thesprotia graminis (Rondon et al. 2007). …”
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Grass-like mantid, American grass mantid, Thesprotia graminis, (Scudder, 1878) (Insecta: Mantodea: Thespidae) by Bethany McGregor, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Andrea Lucky

“…Although this mantid may be mistaken for a stick insect (Order: Phasmatodea), especially when its forelegs are held directly in front of the body and it resembles a blade of grass, the raptorial forelimbs reveal the insect’s true identity. There are 14 Neotropical species within the genus Thesprotia, all of which occur in South America except Thesprotia graminis (Rondon et al. 2007). …”
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Diversity of the Amoebozoa and Ciliophora Groups in Non-Human Primates Kept Ex Situ and in Their Handlers in Different Institutions in Brazil by Laís Dib, Breno da Silva, Lais Correa, Alcides Pissinatti, Silvia Moreira, Maria Clotilde Tavares, Rodrigo Teixeira, André Luíz da Costa, José Augusto Muniz, Amauri Junglos, Zelinda Maria Hirano, Aline Dada, Sidnei da Silva, Maria Regina Amendoeira, Alynne Barbosa

“…In Brazil, little is known about these infections in neotropical species. This study aimed to identify Amoebozoa and Ciliophora groups in fecal samples through in vitro isolation and molecular analysis, mapping their distribution in Brazil. …”
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Obituario: Maritza Nelly Mercado Olivares by Pablo Fierro, Stefan Woelfl, Raúl Arriagada, Carlos Jara, José Arenas, Eduardo Domínguez

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The Richness, Similarity, and Conservation Status of the Herpetofauna of the Balsas Basin Biogeographic Province of Mexico by Julio A. Lemos-Espinal, Geoffrey R. Smith

“…The Balsas Basin (BB) is a biogeographic province in south-central Mexico that straddles the Mexican Transition Zone and the Neotropical region. We provide a list of the amphibian and reptile species of the BB based on a detailed review and update of recent species lists of its constituent states. …”
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Expanding the knowledge of Brazilian Gastrotrich biodiversity: Freshwater Paucitubulatina (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) from Northeastern Brazil by Axell Kou Minowa, André Rinaldo Senna Garraffoni

“…ABSTRACT Knowledge of neotropical freshwater gastrotrichs, especially in Brazil, has gained momentum in the past decades, with new species being discovered yearly, accumulating in the last 30 years more than 10% of known species worldwide. …”
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Integration of InSAR coherence and SAR backscatter increases accuracy of LULC mapping in tropical high-mountain ecosystems by William Martínez, Ivan Lizarazo, André Große-Stoltenberg

“…Páramos, neotropical high-mountain biomes of the northern Andes, are increasingly threatened by human land use and climate change. …”
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THE COMPARATIVE MOLECULAR GENETICAL STUDY OF ASIAN POPULATIONS OF DROSOPHILA MERCATORUM (DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE) ON THE COI GENE AND ITS1-ITS2 rRNA GENES FRAGMENTS by A. V. Ivannikov, O. V. Vaulin, Yu. A. Koromyslov, I. K. Zakharov

“…The Drosophila mercatorum species of neotropical origin is composed of two subspecies: mercatorum and pararepleta. …”
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Regulación genética de la determinación sexual y diferenciación gonadal en peces teleósteos by Cruz Elena Enriquez-Valencia, Camilo Alberto Prieto-Mojica, Francy Zorayda Gómez-Balanta

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Opiliões (Arachnida: Opiliones) em remanescente florestal no município de Plácido de Castro, AC by Rodrigo Souza Santos

“…Os opiliões (Arachnida: Opiliones) são aracnídeos com ampla distribuição geográfica, sendo a maior parte das espécies registradas na região Neotropical. Esses organismos possuem baixa capacidade de dispersão, alto grau de endemismo e sensibilidade às mudanças ambientais, também participam da ciclagem da matéria orgânica do solo, visto que muitas espécies possuem o hábito alimentar detritívoro. …”
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Pervasive horizontal transmission of Wolbachia in natural populations of closely related and widespread tropical skipper butterflies by Pedro Ribeiro, Anzhelika Butenko, Daniel Linke, Hamid Reza Ghanavi, Joana Isabel Meier, Niklas Wahlberg, Pável Matos-Maraví

“…Results We used whole genome sequencing data to investigate the phylogenetics, demographic history, and infection rate dynamics of Wolbachia in four species of the Spicauda genus of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), a taxon that presents sympatric and often syntopic distribution, with drastic variability in species abundance in the Neotropical region. We show that infection is maintained by high turnover rates driven mainly by pervasive horizontal transmissions, while also presenting novel cases of double infection by distantly related supergroups of Wolbachia in S. simplicius. …”
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Shell colour luminance of Cuban painted snails, Polymita picta and Polymita muscarum (Gastropoda: Cepolidae). by Mario Juan Gordillo-Pérez, Natalie Beenaerts, Dunia L Sánchez, Karen Smeets, Yaumel Calixto Arias-Sosa, Bernardo Reyes-Tur

“…Shell colour polymorphism and its potential implication for thermoresistance constitute an unexplored field in Neotropical land snails. The variation in shell colour luminance is characterized in the threatened endemic Eastern Cuban tree snails Polymita picta and Polymita muscarum using digital tools; being able to discriminate shell luminance between colour morphs for both species, under different image-taking conditions. …”
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The Effects of the Social Hierarchy Destabilization on the Foraging Activity of Eusocial Wasp Mischocyttarus cerberus styx Richards, 1940 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) by Vanderlei Conceição Costa Filho, Sulene Noriko Shima, Ivan Cesar Desuó, André Sunao Nishiuchi Murakami

“…The genus Mischocyttarus comprises 245 species of neotropical basal eusocial wasps. They form small colonies (rarely more than few tens of individuals); castes are morphologically undifferentiated and determined behaviorally by agonistic interactions. …”
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Looks can be deceiving: the deceptive milkcaps (Lactifluus, Russulaceae) exhibit low morphological variance but harbour high genetic diversity by Lynn Delgat, Glen Dierickx, Serge De Wilde, Claudio Angelini, Eske De Crop, Ruben De Lange, Roy Halling, Cathrin Manz, Jorinde Nuytinck, Annemieke Verbeken

“…Furthermore, two new Neotropical species are described: Lactifluus hallingii and L. domingensis.…”
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Choosing the best way: how wild common marmosets travel to efficiently exploit resources by Dêverton Plácido Xavier, Filipa Abreu, Antonio Souto, Nicola Schiel

“…In summary, our findings confirm our expectations and provide important insights into the spatial cognition of these small neotropical primates.…”
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Morphological, craniodental, and molecular characterization of Platyrrhinus guianensis (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) and second record for Brazil by Amanda C. da S. Lima, Samira B. Mendes, Ana P. M. Olímpio, Fábio H. S. Cardoso, Cleison L. da S. Costa, Elmary da C. Fraga, Maria C. Barros, Iracilda Sampaio

“…ABSTRACT The genus Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860 is one of the most speciose within the Phyllostomidae family in the Neotropical region, with 19 documented species worldwide, nine of which are found in Brazil. …”
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Characterization of Seminiferous Epithelium Stages in the Wild Javan Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak muntjak) Using the Tubular Morphology Method by Sri Wahyuni, Gholib Gholib, I Ketut Mudite Adnyane, Muhammad Agil, Hamny Hamny, Srihadi Agungpriyono, Tuty Laswardi Yusuf

“…Our findings show that the stages of seminiferous epithelium in the Javan muntjac are similar to those found in neotropical cervids, small ruminants, and other domestic animals.…”
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