ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 14: 477–489, 2003© The Neotropical Ornithological Society

RANGE EXTENSIONS FOR THE GRAY-BACKED TACHURI (POLYSTICTUS SUPERCILIARIS) AND THE PALE-THROATED

SERRA-FINCH (EMBERNAGRA LONGICAUDA) WITH A REVISION ON THEIR GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

Marcelo Ferreira de Vasconcelos1,4, Marcos Maldonado-Coelho2 & Dante Renato Corrêa Buzzetti3

1Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Avenida Rui Braga, s/no, 39401-089, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.

2Department of Biology and International Center for Tropical Ecology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63121-4499, USA.

3Centro de Estudos Ornitológicos, Rua Dr. Luis Augusto de Queirós Aranha, 493, Alto de Pinheiros, 05453-001, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Resumo. – Extensões geográficas do Papa-moscas-de-costas-cinzentas (Polystictus superciliaris) e doTibirro-rupestre (Embernagra longicauda) com uma revisão sobre suas distribuições geográficas. –Nós apresentamos novas localidades de ocorrência para o Papa-moscas-de-costas-cinzentas (Polystictussuperciliaris) e para o Tibirro-rupestre (Embernagra longicauda), duas espécies de aves anteriormente conside-radas como endêmicas da Cadeia do Espinhaço, leste do Brasil, e do bioma do cerrado. Nós também mos-tramos uma revisão da distribuição geográfica destas duas espécies baseada em nossos estudos de campo,consultas em museus e bibliografia. Nossos registros estendem a distribuição destas espécies para outrossistemas orográficos, especialmente nos campos de altitude dos topos de montanha da região da MataAtlântica. A ocorrência destas espécies fora da Cadeia do Espinhaço pode ser explicada por variações cli-mático-vegetacionais no passado (especialmente no caso do Papa-moscas-de-costas-cinzentas).

Abstract. – We present range extensions for the Gray-backed Tachuri (Polystictus superciliaris) and the Pale-throated Serra-finch (Embernagra longicauda), two bird species previously considered endemic to the Espin-haço Range, eastern Brazil, as well as endemic to the cerrado region. We also provide a revision on thegeographic distribution for these species based on our own fieldwork, search for specimens deposited inmuseums, and bibliographic review. Our records extend the current known distribution of these species tonew mountain ranges, especially in the “campos de altitude” of the mountain tops located in the Atlanticforest region. The occurrence of these species outside the Espinhaço Range is suggested to be related topast climatic-vegetational changes (especially for the Gray-backed Tachuri). Accepted 18 March 2003.

Key words: Polystictus superciliaris, Embernagra longicauda, geographic distribution, Espinhaço Range, Brazil.

INTRODUCTION

Until recently, the Gray-backed Tachuri (Polys-______________4Correspondence: Rua Paraíba, 740, apartamento 501,30130-140, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. E-mail:bacurau.salsa@bol.com.br

tictus superciliaris) and the Pale-throated Serra-finch (Embernagra longicauda) were consideredrestricted to the “campos rupestres” vegeta-tion of the Espinhaço Range (Silva 1995a).The Espinhaço Range is a mountain complexlocated in the southeastern Brazilian states ofMinas Gerais and Bahia (see map in Giulietti

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et al. 1997).Before Silva’s analysis, the Gray-backed

Tachuri was previously known to occur in theSerra do Mar, another mountain complex in

southeast Brazil, close to the Atlantic Ocean.This species was recorded in this range basedon a specimen collected at Serra da Bocaina,São Paulo state (between 22o40’ and 23o20’S,

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44o24’ and 44o54’W), in 1961 by J. L. Limaand deposited in the Museu de Zoologia daUniversidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZUSP43421) (Sick 1997, Vasconcelos 2001). Afterthis, the species was also recorded in Serra daCanastra (20o15’S, 46o37’W) (Silveira 1998,Vasconcelos 1999a) and at Pico do Papagaio(22o04’S, 44o37’W) (Vasconcelos 1999b), bothlocalities outside Espinhaço Range.

The geographic distribution of the Pale-throated Serra-finch was firstly studied byCarnevalli (1982) and Mattos & Sick (1985).These authors found this species not onlyalong the Espinhaço Range mountains, butalso outside it, precisely in the Itaobim andDivisópolis (Serra da Mombuca) municipali-ties. Notwithstanding these two records, itwas considered restricted to the Espinhaçocomplex by subsequent researchers (Silva1995a, Stattersfield et al. 1998). Moreover, thespecies has been recently recorded in defor-ested areas on the Rio Doce valley, outside theEspinhaço Range, and in mountains close tothe Serra da Mantiqueira complex, in south-ern Minas Gerais (Machado et al. 1998, Vas-concelos 2000). Records for this species in theRio Doce valley have been suggested to berelated to geographic expansion due to thedestruction of the Atlantic forest, providing itwith new non-natural grassland habitats(Machado et al. 1998, Vasconcelos 2000).

Since the knowledge on the avifauna fromthe southeastern Brazilian mountains is stilllimited (Vasconcelos 2001), the aim of thispaper is to provide new localities of these twoendemic species.

METHODS

We made new records and provide a revisionon the geographic distribution for these twospecies based on our own fieldwork, biblio-graphic review, and search for specimensdeposited in the following museums: Ameri-can Museum of Natural History (AMNH),

Departamento de Zoologia da UniversidadeFederal de Minas Gerais (DZUFMG), Museude História Natural de Taubaté (MHNT),Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ),Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de SãoPaulo (MZUSP), and Universidade Federal dePernambuco (UFPE). We also collected speci-mens and tape-recorded these two species inseveral localities. Specimens were deposited inDZUFMG and UFPE. Tape-records werearchived in the Arquivo Sonoro Elias PachecoCoelho (ASEC) at Universidade Federal doRio de Janeiro, Brazil.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Range extensionsGray-backed Tachuri. This species was recordedon 3 May 1996 in a natural area of “campo dealtitude” (high-altitude grassland) in theParque Estadual do Ibitipoca (21o42’S,43o53’W), Lima Duarte municipality, locatedin the Serra da Mantiqueira complex, south-ern Minas Gerais state. Two birds were seenforaging among shrubs on the trail to Janelado Céu waterfalls, c. 1500 m a.s.l. Two otherindividuals were found 100 m away from thispair, in the same kind of habitat. This pair wastape-recorded. The species was recordedagain in this park on 12 May 2001, when apair was observed singing close to a cloud for-est at 1750 m elevation, near Pico da Lom-bada. On 19 May 2001, two individuals wereobserved in the same area gleaning for insectsalong shrubs and low trees of the “campo dealtitude,” and along the edge of a cloud forest.Other species that were observed togetherwith the Gray-backed Tachuri were the ChicliSpinetail (Synallaxis spixi), the Highland Elae-nia (Elaenia obscura), the Velvety Black-tyrant(Knipolegus nigerrimus), the Diademed Tanager(Stephanophorus diadematus), and the Wedge-tailed Grass-finch (Emberizoides herbicola).Additionally, two other individuals of theGray-backed Tachuri were heard and

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observed approximately 50 m away fromthese previous two. On both occasions, thespecies was tape-recorded. Andrade (1997),who previously had made a bird checklist of

this region, did not find the species in ParqueEstadual do Ibitipoca.

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(between 22o15’ and 22o25’S, 44o35’ and44o45’W), Itatiaia municipality, Rio de Janeirostate, on 18 June 1996. One single bird wasobserved and tape-recorded in a “campo dealtitude” area close to the park entrance, c.2300 m elevation. This bird was movingamong shrubs together with a Velvety Black-tyrant and an Itatiaia Spinetail (Oreophylax mo-reirae). This is the first record of the Gray-backed Tachuri for Rio de Janeiro state, and itrepresents the third known locality for thespecies in the Serra da Mantiqueira complex,the first one being in the Pico do Papagaio,southern Minas Gerais (Vasconcelos 1999b),and the second at Parque Estadual do Ibiti-poca (present study).

Pale-throated Serra-finch. This species was foundon 15 March 2001 in a “campo de altitude” ofParque Nacional do Caparaó, in the Serra doCaparaó (between 20o19’ and 20o37’S, 41o43’and 41o53’W), Dores do Rio Preto municipal-ity, Espírito Santo state. The bird wasobserved foraging on the ground amongrocky outcrops in the right margin of JoséPedro stream, 2400 m elevation. This bird wasphotographed and tape-recorded. On thenext day, the species was observed andrecorded in the same place (possibly the sameindividual). These are the first records of thePale-throated Serra-finch for Serra doCaparaó (Peixoto Velho 1923, Ruschi 1978,Sick 1997) and for Espírito Santo (Bauer1999).

Geographic distributionOur revision showed that Gray-backedTachuris occur along the Espinhaço Rangeand at some localities in the Serra da Canastraregion (including the record for Cha-padãozinho), Serra da Mantiqueira and Serrado Mar Ranges (Fig. 1, see Appendix 1). Pale-throated Serra-finches showed a different pat-tern, occurring in more localities along theEspinhaço Range and in some isolated moun-

tains, such as the Serra da Mombuca, Divisó-polis municipality, Minas Gerais (Carnevalli1982, Mattos & Sick 1985). This locality rep-resents the easternmost record for this speciesin its geographic range. Additionally, this spe-cies was recorded in some mountains thatcould be considered transitional between theEspinhaço Range and the Serra da Man-tiqueira region, such as the Serra de São José,São João del Rei municipality, Minas Gerais.The record in Serra do Caparaó is also outsideof the Espinhaço Range (Fig. 2, see Appendix1).

In this study, geographical records forboth the Gray-backed Tachuri and the Pale-throated Serra-finch were included in two cat-egories (Appendix 1). The first category isrepresented by physical evidence (specimen,voice recording or photograph), the secondhas records based on visual observation orunknown evidence (not specified by authorsof papers consulted). Considering the locali-ties in which were made the first two kinds ofrecords for Gray-backed Tachuris, 65.2% (n =15) of them were properly documented,whereas 34.8% (n = 8) are based only onvisual clues or unspecified records. The con-verse could be observed for Pale-throatedSerra-finches for which, in a total of 47 docu-mented and observational records, only 34%(n = 16) were adequately supported (first cat-egory). The remaining 66% (n = 31) weredocumented through the second method.Furthermore, the majority of documentedrecords for Gray-backed Tachuris and Pale-throated Serra-finches were made in thesouthern portion of their geographic range,with only two localities in the northern region(Pico das Almas and Morro do Chapéu,Bahia) with specimens deposited in museums(two specimens of Gray-backed Tachuris andfive specimens of Pale-throated Serra-finches,see Appendix 1). Thus, it is extremely impor-tant to collect additional specimens in thecentral and northern portions of the Espi-

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nhaço Range, which will provide support fortaxonomic and biogeographical analyses con-sidering these species. If we consider thatthere is a physical isolation among severalmountains in southeastern Brazil (see Figs 1and 2), it is possible that geographic variationamong populations of Gray-backed Tachurisand Pale-throated Serra-finches will be foundin further studies using collected specimens.

Although a full biogeographic discussionregarding the distributional patterns of thesetwo species is beyond the scope of this study,we highlight here some relevant points. With-out phylogeographic studies based on molec-ular data (i.e., Nested Clade Analysis,Templeton et al. 1995), it is impossible toknow if these two species are autochthonousto these mountains outside Espinhaço Rangeor if their geographic distribution wasexpanded due to deforestation (see Machadoet al. 1998, Vasconcelos 2000). Even though itis possible that Pale-throated Serra-finchescould have reached the mountain tops ofCaparaó region after Atlantic forest defores-tation, since there are wide clearings betweenthe Espinhaço Range and the Serra doCaparaó and since they have been recordedbelow 1000 m in some areas (M. F. V. pers.observ.), the records for Itaobim and Serra daMombuca cannot be inferred from the avail-able information (but see next). However,based on the distributional pattern of Gray-backed Tachuris, it is more parsimonious toconsider the isolated populations in Man-tiqueira, Serra do Mar, central Brazil andEspinhaço mountains as relicts of a past gla-cial connection among these areas (e.g., thelowering of highland vegetation zones) ratherthan a recent range extension as a conse-quence of deforestation. Two circumstantialpieces of evidence support this idea. First, thelack of records for this species in areas below1000 m after an extensive fieldwork along itsgeographic range, and second, the existenceof physical barriers to a present range exten-

sion among these mountain tops (e.g., for-ested valleys down of Itatiaia and Serra doPapagaio highlands and the Paraíba do SulRiver valley, between Mantiqueira and Serrado Mar). Past glacial connections amonghighland areas in South America, and specifi-cally between central and southeastern Brazil,have been suggested based on bird and plantdistributions (Vuilleumier 1971, Sick 1985,Vasconcelos 2001). In fact, there are manyvegetal taxa that occur in the “campos rupes-tres” of the Espinhaço Range and in themountains of central Brazil (Giulietti & Pirani1988, Harley 1995, Menezes & Giulietti2000), which could present some congruencein geographic distributional patterns withthese species. One bird species that presents apattern of distribution similar to that of theGray-backed Tachuri (but restrict to higherelevations), occurring also in disjunct moun-tain tops at Espinhaço, Mantiqueira and Serrado Mar Ranges, is the Itatiaia Spinetail (seeMelo-Júnior et al. 1998).

Based on distributional patterns, (espe-cially for the Gray-backed Tachuri), we sug-gest that surveys in other mountainouslocalities of central Brazil (see Figs 1 and 2),such as the “campos rupestres” in Goiás (e.g.,Serra dos Pirineus, Morro Cabeludo, andChapada dos Veadeiros) and “campos de alti-tude” in other mountains of eastern Brazil(e.g., in the Serra da Mantiqueira, Serra doCaparaó, Serra dos Órgãos, and Serra do MarRanges), would make possible the finding ofother populations of Gray-backed Tachurisand Pale-throated Serra-finches. Consideringthe historical and recent records for both spe-cies outside the Espinhaço Range, we con-clude that they must be considered as non-endemic to this mountain complex. The clas-sification of these species as endemic to“campos rupestres” of the Espinhaço Range,as well as to the cerrado region (Silva 1995a1995b, 1997; Silva & Bates 2002), could bedue to the absence of detailed studies in other

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mountains of southeastern and central Brazil(see Vasconcelos 2001 for an extensive revi-sion).

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

M. F. V. thanks Ministério da Educação(CAPES), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), andUnited States Agency for International Devel-opment (USAID) for financial support in apart of this research, and Instituto Brasileirodo Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos NaturaisRenováveis (IBAMA) for the permission tocollect bird specimens in Minas Gerais state.The Conselho Nacional de DesenvolvimentoCientífico e Tecnológico (CNPq) supportedcurrent studies of M. Maldonado-Coelho. Thestaff of Instituto Estadual de Florestas (IEF-MG) provided logistical support at ParqueEstadual do Ibitipoca. D. R. C. Buzzettithanks Tangará Consultoria e Meio AmbienteLtda for logistics during fieldwork at Serra daBocaina, and J. M. Goerck for supplyingunpublished data about the Gray-backedTachuri in Serra da Bocaina. S. D’Angelo-Neto, R. Durães, R. C. Mota and A. Nemésiohelped in the fieldwork at some localitiesstudied by authors. F. Vuilleumier, C. J. Vogel,and P. Sweet provided data on specimensdeposited in AMNH. R. Ribon helped tolocalize some specimens collected by G. T.Mattos in Minas Gerais. D. B. Trent and M. L.M. Coelho kindly revised the English versionof this manuscript. M. Â. Marini and an anon-ymous reviewer improved the manuscriptwith constructive criticisms. We also thankpeople at the visited museums, especially L. F.Silveira (MZUSP), H. M. F. Alvarenga(MHNT), J. B. Nacinovic (MNRJ), and J. M.C. Silva (UFPE).

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APPENDIX 1. Localities of records of Gray-backed Tachuris and Pale-throated Serra-finches. Localities are listed by species from north to south, andare shown on the maps (Figs 1 and 2). The types of records are indicated by superscript letters: s = sight record, p = photograph, sp = specimen, t =tape e Zoologia da Universidade Federalde M ZUSP (Museu de Zoologia da Uni-versi (Minas Gerais), RJ (Rio de Janeiro),and

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1985), Willis & Oniki (1991), Ridgelyeiro et al. (1998) Vasconcelos (1999a,

1, DZUFMG 2832, Sick (1997), Vas-los et al. (1999)Vasconcelos (1999a, 2001), Vasconce-

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, DZUFMG 1674, DZUFMG 3034,43, MZUSP 61631, MZUSP 61632,sconcelos (1999a, 2001), Vasconcelos

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recording. Abbreviations are: AMNH (American Museum of Natural History), DZUFMG (Departamento dinas Gerais), MHNT (Museu de História Natural de Taubaté), MNRJ (Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro), Mdade de São Paulo), UFPE (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), BA (Bahia), ES (Espírito Santo), MG

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Localities Nature of evidenceY-BACKED TACHURIrro do Chapéu, BAsp

rque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, between Palmeiras and Lençóis,BAs

midouro and Paulista, between Mucugê and Ibicoara, BAs

apada do Catuni, Francisco Sá and Grão Mogol, MGsp, p

ra do Gavião, Capivari, Serro, MGs

s Barras, Serro, MGs

ra do Cipó, Jaboticatubas and Santana do Riacho, MGsp

ra da Piedade, Caeté, MGsp

ra do Curral, Belo Horizonte, MGp

ea de Proteção Especial do Barreiro, Belo Horizonte, MGsp

ea de Proteção Especial da Mutuca, Nova Lima, MGs

tiro das Pedras, Nova Lima, MGs

ra da Gandarela, Rio Acima, MGs

ra do Caraça, Catas Altas and Santa Bárbara, MGsp, t

o do Monge, Serra do Capanema, Itabirito, MGsp, t

ra do Batatal, Mariana and Ouro Preto, MGsp, p

AMNH 243792, AMNH 243793, Parrini et al. (1999)

Parrini et al. (1999)DZUFMG 3037, D'Angelo-Neto Cordeiro et al. (1998), VasconcelosM. F. Vasconcelos (pers. observ.)DZUFMG 3035, Mattos & Sick (& Tudor (1994), Sick (1997), Cord2001), Melo-Júnior et al. (2001)DZUFMG 2830, DZUFMG 283concelos (1999a, 2001), VasconceVasconcelos & Lombardi (1996), los et al. (1999)DZUFMG 2797, Vasconcelos et aVasconcelos et al. (1999)Vasconcelos et al. (1999)Sick (1997)AMNH 825216, AMNH 825217DZUFMG 3036, DZUFMG 30Carnevalli (1980), Sick (1997), Va& Melo-Júnior (2001)DZUFMG 3414, DZUFMG 3415MNRJ 13220, DZUFMG 3042, S

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SAPPENDIX 1. Continuation.

(references or specimens)ChPaPaPaPicPaFa

PALMo

Pa

MuPicSerSerChChItaChCaChCoBeCh

ItaMi

a)

or (1994), Sick (1997), Vasconcelosserv.)

, AMNH 245063, Carnevalli (1982),udor (1989), Sick (1997)

ni et al. (1999)

1985)

, Vasconcelos (2001), D'Angelo-Neto & Queiroz (2001)

Localities Nature of evidenceapadãozinho, São José do Barreiro, MGsp

rque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, São Roque de Minas, MGp

rque Estadual do Itacolomi, Ouro Preto, MGs

rque Estadual do Ibitipoca, Lima Duarte, MGt

o do Papagaio, Aiuruoca, MGp

rque Nacional do Itatiaia, Itatiaia, RJt

zenda da Posse, Rio Mambucaba, Serra da Bocaina, São José do Barreiro, SPsp, t

E-THROATED SERRA-FINCHrro do Chapéu, BAsp

rque Nacional da Chapada Diamantina, between Palmeiras and Lençóis, BAt

cugê, BAs

o das Almas, Rio de Contas, BAsp

ra do Pau D'Arco, Santo Antônio do Retiro and Espinosa, MGsp

ra da Mombuca, Divisópolis, MGs

apada de Taiobeiras, Taiobeiras, MGs

apada de Salinas, Salinas, MGs

obim, MGs

apada de Grão Mogol, Grão Mogol, MGs mpina do Bananal, Botumirim, MGsp

apada do Catuni, Francisco Sá and Grão Mogol, MGsp

ronel Murta, MGs

rilo, MGs

apada de São Domingos, Berilo, Virgem da Lapa, and Coronel Murta, MGs

cambira, MGs

nas Novas, MGs

MHNT 2119Silveira (1998), Vasconcelos (1999Andrade (1998)Present studyVasconcelos (1999b, 2001)Present studyMZUSP 43421, Ridgely & Tud(2001), D. R. C. Buzzetti (pers. ob

AMNH 245061, AMNH 245062Mattos & Sick (1985), Ridgely & TParrini et al. (1999)

Parrini et al. (1999)MNRJ 39005, MNRJ 39006, ParriDZUFMG 3073Carnevalli (1982), Mattos & Sick (Mattos & Sick (1985)Mattos & Sick (1985)Carnevalli (1982)Mattos & Sick (1985)DZUFMG 3038, DZUFMG 3326DZUFMG 3039, DZUFMG 3040Carnevalli (1982)Carnevalli (1982)Mattos & Sick (1985)

Carnevalli (1982)Carnevalli (1982)

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T AL.

APPENDIX 1. Continuation.

(references or specimens)CoDiDaSerChSerSer

SerPaSer

ÁrSerÁrReAnNoBeEs

FaSerSer

1985)1985)

01), Mattos & Sick (1985)

6, Carnevalli (1982), Mattos & SickWillis & Oniki (1991), Cordeiro et al.elo-Júnior et al. (2001), Vasconcelos

9), Vasconcelos (2001)

Vasconcelos (1999a), Vasconcelos et

do et al. (1998)

998)

sconcelos (2000)

0, DZUFMG 2451, DZUFMG 2452,7, DZUFMG 3048, DZUFMG 3049,

HNT 4361, Carnevalli (1980, 1982),, Machado et al. (1998), Melo-Júnior etsconcelos & Melo-Júnior (2001)

Localities Nature of evidenceuto de Magalhães, MGs

amantina, MGs

tas, MGs

ra do Gavião, Serro, MGsp

apadas de Serro, Milho Verde, Pedro Lessa, Trinta-Réis, MGsp

ra do Intendente, Conceição do Mato Dentro, MGs

ra do Cipó, Jaboticatubas and Santana do Riacho, MGsp, t

ra da Piedade, Caeté, MGs

rque das Mangabeiras, Belo Horizonte, MGs

ra do Curral, Belo Horizonte, MGs

ea de Proteção Especial do Barreiro, Belo Horizonte, MGs

ra Santa, Belo Horizonte, MGsp

ea de Proteção Especial da Mutuca, Nova Lima, MGs

tiro das Pedras, Nova Lima, MGs

tônio Dias, MGs

va Era, MGs

la Vista de Minas, MGs

tação de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Ambiental de Peti, Santa Bárbara, MGsp

zenda Bocaina, Santa Bárbara, MGsp, t

ra da Gandarela, Rio Acima, MGs

ra do Caraça, Catas Altas and Santa Bárbara, MGsp, t

Carnevalli (1982), Mattos & Sick (Carnevalli (1982), Mattos & Sick (Carnevalli (1982)DZUFMG 3041, Vasconcelos (20DZUFMG 2453, DZUFMG 2454Cordeiro et al. (1998)DZUFMG 2455, DZUFMG 245(1985), Ridgely & Tudor (1989), (1998), Machado et al. (1998), M(2001)Sick (1997), Vasconcelos et al. (199Machado et al. (1998)Vasconcelos & Lombardi (1996),al. (1999), Vasconcelos (2001)Vasconcelos et al. (1999)MZUSP 61718Vasconcelos et al. (1999)Vasconcelos et al. (1999)Machado & Lamas (1996), MachaMachado et al. (1998)Machado et al. (1998)DZUFMG 2457, Machado et al. (1

DZUFMG 3225, UFPE 1192, VaMattos & Sick (1985), Sick (1997)DZUFMG 2449, DZUFMG 245DZUFMG 2953, DZUFMG 304DZUFMG 3050, MHNT 4360, MMattos & Sick (1985), Sick (1997)al. (1998), Vasconcelos (2001), Va

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O BRA

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SAPPENDIX 1. Continuation.

(references or specimens)PicSerPaSerFaPaSerSer

Ser

s (2001)998), Vasconcelos et al. (1999), Vasconcelos et al. (1999) (1985), Sick (1997)

98)

Localities Nature of evidenceo do Monge, Serra do Capanema, Itabirito, MGsp

ra do Batatal, Mariana and Ouro Preto, MGs

rque Estadual do Itacolomi, Ouro Preto, MGs

ra da Moeda, Moeda, MGs

zenda Taveira, Mariana, MGsp

rque Nacional do Caparaó, Dores do Rio Preto, ESp, t

ra de Ouro Branco, Ouro Branco, MGs

ra de São José, Tiradentes, Santa Cruz de Minas, Prados, Coronel Xavier, and São João del Rei, MGs

ra do Lenheiro, São João del Rei, MGs

DZUFMG 3419, DZUFMG 3420Mattos & Sick (1985), VasconceloMattos & Sick (1985), Andrade (1Mattos & Sick (1985), Sick (1997)MNRJ no number, Mattos & SickPresent studyMattos & Sick (1985)Rigueira (1994), Machado et al. (19

Machado et al. (1998)