FAUNA PARAGUAY LATEST UPDATES

Here you will find details of the additions to FAUNA Paraguay in the last two months arranged by date so that you can keep up-to-date with what is new on our rapidly changing website! This page changes daily so check regularly if you don´t want to miss anything! Details of updates more than two months old are available on request

Week beginning 8 March 10

ANOTHER MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT ONLINE
Spix´s Round-eared Bat is the thirty-eighth mammal account in the FAUNA Paraguay Online Handbook of Paraguayan fauna. This complete online handbook will eventually provide detailed coverage of all the vertebrate species inhabiting Paraguay and complement the image galleries, where only a basic introduction to the species is to be found. The FAUNA Paraguay Online Handbook of Paraguayan fauna has the advantage that it can be updated as and when new data is published ensuring that it is constantly up to date. Instructions on how to use the mammal accounts are available on the mammal users page. Mammal accounts are accessible via the links in the species image galleries and the mammal checklist.

Week beginning 1 March 10

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new unidentified species of lightning bug in the Lampyridae gallery
º 2 new unidentified species of leafhopper in the Cicadellidae gallery

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Myotis albescens
º 2 species of bird - Elaenia spectabilis and Xanthopsar flavus (Thanks to Silvia Centrón)

CITATION CODES ADDED TO REPTILE GALLERIES
Following a suggestion by the herpetologist Dr Norman Scott about improving the usefulness of the FAUNA Paraguay page for researchers, unique citation codes have now been added to all photographs, video and sound recordings in the reptile galleries. Such codes enable material to be cited in scientific publications, eliminating confusion as to which image or sound is being referred to. These codes have been compiled into a database which is available on request. Eventually all material available in the image galleries on the FAUNA Paraguay site will be added to the same database.

COMMON ENGLISH NAMES ADDED TO REPTILE LIST
Suggested English common names for the reptiles present in Paraguay have been added to the reptile list following for the most part Tipton´s (2005) Lexicon of Snakes of the Americas with some amendments.

Week beginning 22 February 10

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of butterfly, (new total 342 species) - Camptopleura auxo, Historis odius and Polythrix octomaculatus
º 1 new unidentified species of froghopper in the Cercopidae gallery
º 1 new unidentified species of mantid in the Mantidae gallery
º 3 new unidentified species of assassin bug in the Reduviidae gallery
º 2 new unidentified species of ground beetles in the Carabidae gallery
º 2 new unidentified species of ant-lions and 1 new owl-fly in the Neuroptera gallery
º 1 new unidentified species of blister beetle in the Meloidae gallery
º 2 new unidentified species of cockroach in the Dictyoptera gallery

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of birds - Aratinga leucophthalma and Tityra semifasciata
º 2 species of reptile - Cnemidophorus ocellifer and Polychrus acutirostris
º 4 species of amphibian - Dendropsophus minutus, Dendropsophus nanus, Scinax fuscomarginatus and Scinax fuscovarius

Week beginning 15 February 10

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 73 species, 46.50% of total!) - Tropidurus guarani
º 3 new species of amphibian (new total 48 species, 56.47% of total!) - Dendropsophus jimi, Hypsiboas rubrolineatus and Physalaemus marmoratus

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of amphibian - Eupemphix nattereri and Leptodactylus chaquensis

NEW VOICE RECORDINGS
º 1 recordings of 1 species of amphibian, 1 new species, (new total 20 species) - Hypsiboas rubrolineatus

CITATION CODES ADDED TO AMPHIBIAN GALLERIES
Following a suggestion by the herpetologist Dr Norman Scott about improving the usefulness of the FAUNA Paraguay page for researchers, unique citation codes have now been added to all photographs, video and sound recordings in the amphibian galleries. Such codes enable material to be cited in scientific publications, eliminating confusion as to which image or sound is being referred to. These codes have been compiled into a database which is available on request. Eventually all material available in the image galleries on the FAUNA Paraguay site will be added to the same database.

Week beginning 28 December 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new unidentified species of cicada in the Cicadidae gallery
º 1 new species of Potter Wasp - Omicron ruficolle (Thanks to Sergio Rios and Bolivar Garcete)

Week beginning 21 December 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of amphibian (new total 45 species, 53.57% of total!) - Hypsiboas curupi (Thanks to Alberto Esquivel)

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Sporophila hypochroma (Thanks to Jonathan Newman).

NEW VOICE RECORDINGS
º 1 recordings of 1 species of amphibian, 1 new species, (new total 19 species) - Leptodactylus podicipinus

Week beginning 14 December 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of amphibian (new total 44 species, 52.38% of total!) - Physalaemus centralis (Thanks to Pier Cacciali)
º 1 new species of Darkling beetle - Epitragus sp. (Thanks to Carlos Aguilar Julio).
º 1 new species of Longhorn beetle - Megacyllene acuta (Thanks to Carlos Aguilar Julio and Leila K).
º 1 new species of Ladybird - Eriopis conexa (Thanks to Carlos Aguilar Julio and Andres Contreras).
º 1 new species of Assassin Bug - Zelurus sp.
º 2 new unidentified species of stick grasshopper in the Proscopiidae gallery.
º 3 new unidentified species of fly in the Diptera gallery
º 1 new unidentified species of stilt bug in the Berytidae gallery
º 1 new unidentified species of cockroach in the Blattaria gallery

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 11 species of bird - Athene cunicularia, Coccyzus americanus, Crotophaga ani, Cyanocorax cristatellus, Elaenia chiriquensis, Gallinula chloropus, Neothraupis fasciatus. Porzana albicollis, Rhynchotus rufescens, Scardafella squamata and Xolmis velata
º 2 species of hawkmoth - Callionima parce and Eumorpha vitis

NEW VOICE RECORDINGS
º 17 recordings of 11 species of bird, 1 new species, (new total 233 species) - Coeroba flaveola, Coryphospingus cucullatus, Elaenia chiriquensis, Elaenia flavogaster, Guira guira, Porzana albicollis, Sicalis flaveola, Sporophila coerulescens, Thraupis sayaca, Tyrannus melancholicus and Zonotrichia capensis

Week beginning 7 December 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new unidentified species of horned planthopper in the Dictyopharidae gallery.
º 1 new unidentified species of froghopper in the Cercopidae gallery.
º 1 new unidentified species of lesser waterboatman in the Corixidae gallery.

Week beginning 30 November 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new unidentified species of dobson fly in the Corydalidae gallery.
º 1 new species of lubber grasshopper in the Romaleidae gallery - Zonopoda cf omnicolor.

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 4 species of bird - Legatus leucophaius, Megarynchus pitangua, Pachyramphus polychopterus and Tolmomyias sulphurescens.
º 1 species of amphibian - Rhinella schniederi.
º 1 species of hawkmoth - Enyo lugubris (Thanks to Ian Kitching)

Week beginning 23 November 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of mammal (new total 129 species, 76.33% of total!) - Mazama nana (Thanks to Agatha Boveda).
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 73 species, 46.50% of total!) - Liophis guentheri (Thanks to Agatha Boveda).
º 1 new species of ground beetle in the Carabidae gallery - Pasimachus sp.
º 4 new unidentified species of skeletonising leaf beetles in the Galerucinae gallery.
º 2 new unidentified species of click beetles in the Elateridae gallery.
º 1 new unidentified species of soldier beetle in the Cantharidae gallery.
º 2 new unidentified species of damsel bug in the Nabidae gallery.
º 1 new unidentified species of house fly in the Diptera gallery.

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 9 species of mammal - Aotus azarae, Catagonus wagneri, Cerdocyon thous, Dasyprocta azarae, Leopardus pardalis, Mazama gouazoupira, Procyon cancrivorus, Sylvilagus brasiliensis and Tapirus terrestris (Thanks to Sjeff Ollers, Agatha Boveda and Ralphie Zotti).
º 1 species of reptile - Epicrates cenchria (Thanks to Sjeff Ollers).
º 1 species of amphibian - Leptodactylus laticeps (Thanks to Sjeff Ollers).
º 1 species of hawkmoth - Errinyis oenotrus

Week beginning 16 November 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of bird (new total 561 species, 79.04% of total!) - Coccyzus americanus and Cypseloides fumigatus (Thanks to Nelson Pérez).
º 1 new unidentified species of weevil in the Curculionidae gallery.
º 2 new unidentified species of plant bug in the Miridae gallery.
º 1 new unidentified species of damsel bug in the Nabidae gallery.

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of mammal - Chaetophractus vellerosus and Tolypeutes matacus (Thanks to Sjeff Ollers)
º 14 species of bird - Alectrurus risora, Alectrurus tricolor, Anabates certhioides, Coccyzus cinereus, Culicivora caudacuta, Dryocopus schulzi, Eleothreptus candicans, Melanerpes cactorum, Nyctibius griseus, Nystalus chacuru, Nystalus maculatus, Pheucticus aureoventris, Saltatricula multicolor and Tachycineta albiventer (Thanks to Jonathan Newman, Sjeff Ollers and Nelson Pérez).
º 1 species of reptile - Hemidactylus mabouia

Week beginning 9 November 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 559 species, 78.75% of total!) - Turdus subalaris (Thanks to Sjeff Ollers).
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 72 species, 45.86% of total!) - Tupinambis duseni (Thanks to Hugo del Castillo).
º 1 new species of butterfly (new total 338 species) - Dynamine aerata (Thanks to Jonathan Newman).

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of mammal - Panthera onca and Puma concolor (Thanks to Sjeff Ollers).
º 2 species of bird - Geotrygon montana and Nyctiphrynus ocellatus (Thanks to Sjeff Ollers).
º 1 species of reptile - Tupinambis rufescens (Thanks to Sjeff Ollers).

Week beginning 2 November 09

NEW VOICE RECORDINGS
º 2 recordings of 2 species of bird, 7 new species, (new total 232 species) - Dryocopus schulzi and Poospiza pectoralis.
º 1 recordings of 1 species of amphibian, 1 new species, (new total 18 species) - Leptodactylus bufonius

Week beginning 26 October 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of birds (new total 558 species, 78.61% of total!) - Anthus correndera, Pachyramphus viridis and Strix hylophila (Thanks to Sjeff Ollers and Rob Clay).
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 71 species, 45.22% of total!) - Micrurus altirostris
º 1 new species of emperor moth (new total 64 species, 78.61% of total! - Schausiella subochreata (Thanks to Sergio Rios).
º 1 new species of longhorn beetle - Tropidion signatum
º 1 new species of false ladybird in the Nilionidae gallery - Nilo sp.
º 1 new unidentified species of assassin bug in the Reduviidae gallery.

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 3 species of mammal - Cavia aperea, Oncifelis geoffroyi and Leopardus wiedii (Thanks to Hugo del Castillo)
º 13 species of bird - Anthus nattereri, Butorides striata, Coryphaspiza melanotis, Eleothreptus anomalus, Emberizoides ypiranganus, Harpagus diodon, Neothraupis fasciata, Parula pitiayumi, Passer domesticus, Sicalis luteola, Sporophila bouvreuil, Thlypopsis sordida and Turdus leucomelas (Thanks to Rob Clay and Arne Lesterhuis).
º 1 new species of giant butterfly moths in the Castniidae gallery - Gazera heliconoides (Thanks to Sergio Rios)

NEW VOICE RECORDINGS
º 1 recording of 1 species of mammal - Alouatta caraya
º 18 recordings of 16 species of bird, 7 new species, (new total 230 species) - Chamaeza campanisona, Conopophaga lineata, Cranioleuca obsoleta, Eleothreptus anomalus, Embernagra platensis, Lathrotriccus euleri, Myiodynastes maculatus, Pachyramphus viridis, Phaetusa simplex, Saltator coerulescens, Sicalis flaveola, Sporophila caerulescens, Tapera naevia, Thlypopsis sordida, Turdus leucomelas and Vireo olivascens.

Week beginning 19 October 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of mammal (new total 128 species, 75.74% of total!) - Eptesicus diminutus
º 2 new species of birds (new total 555 species, 78.29% of total!) - Coccyzus cinereus and Sporophila lineola.
º 1 new species of amphibian (new total 43 species, 51.81% of total!) - Leptodactylus bufonius.
º 1 new species of reptile (new total 70 species, 44.59% of total!) - Cnemidophorus ocellifer.
º 5 new species of butterfly (new total 337 species) - Aricoris notialis, Erynnis funeralis, Euryades duponcheli, Vanessa carye and Zopirion evenor (Thanks to Sergio Rios and Ezequiel Nuñez Bustos).
º 4 new species of giant butterfly moths in the Castniidae gallery - Castnia invaria, Synpalamides phalaris, Synpalamides rubrophalaris and Telchin licus (Thanks to Sergio Rios).
º 1 new species of ladybird in the Coccinellidae gallery - Coleomegilla maculata (Thanks to Karina Diarte)
º 1 new unidentified species of Silphidae beetle.
º 1 new unidentified species of Meloidae beetle.

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 7 species of mammal - Catagonus wagneri, Chaetophractus villosus, Eptesicus furinalis, Lagostomus maximus, Noctilio albiventris, Tayassu peccari and Tayassu tajacu
º 12 species of bird - Amblyramphus holosericeus, Butorides stirata, Campephilus leucopogon, Carduelis magellanica, Geranospiza caerulescens, Herpetotheres cachinnans, Knipolegus striaticeps, Melanerpes cactorum, Nycticorax nycticorax, Paroaria capitata, Sublegatus modestus and Thamnophilus doliatus (Thanks to Karina Diarte).
º 3 species of reptile - Chelonoidis chilensis, Hydrodynastes gigas and Polychrus acutirostris
º 4 species of amphibian - Leptodactylus chaquensis, Physalaemus biligonijerus, Pseudis paradoxus and Rhinella granulosa major
º 1 species of emperor moth - Giacomellia drechseli

FANILY CHARACTERISTICS AND LIST OF THE GIANT BUTTERFLY MOTHS OF PARAGUAY
The family characteristics and an annotated list of the Castniidae of Paraguay prepared by Sergio Rios has been added to the Castniidae page. Twelve species are known to occur in Paraguay.

NEW COMPARATIVE SKULL GALLERY
A comparative skull gallery has been added to the mammal list pages for the peccaries Tayassuidae (2 species),

Week beginning 21 September 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of birds (new total 553 species, 78% of total!) - Dendrocygna bicolor and Pseudolcolopteryx dinellianus (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis).
º 1 new unidentified species of slug in the Gastropoda gallery

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 6 species of bird - Asthenes pyrrholeuca, Calidris bairdi, Calidris canutus, Myiophobus fasciatus, Polystictus pectoralis and Serpophaga nigricans (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis).

NEW VOICE RECORDINGS
º 8 recordings of 7 species of bird, 5 new species, (new total 222 species) - Asthenes pyrrholeuca, Nyctibius griseus, Pseudocolopteryx dinellianus, Serpophaga nigricans, Thalurania furcata, Thraupis bonariensis and Tyto alba.

Week beginning 14 September 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of mammals (new total 127 species, 75.15% of total!) - Lasiurus ega, Lophostoma silvicolum and Noctilio albiventris (Thanks to Silvia Centrón).

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 7 species of mammal - Artibeus lituratus, Callicebus pallescens, Cerdocyon thous, Desmodus rotundus, Myotis riparius, Pteronura brasiliensis and Tayassu pecari (Thanks to Silvia Centrón).
º 2 species of bird - Campylopterus macrourus and Pilherodius pileatus (Thanks to Silvia Centrón).

Week beginning 7 September 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of Castniid moth - Riechia acraeioides (Thanks to Sergio Rios).

Week beginning 31 August 09

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Sarcoramphus papa (Thanks to Freddy Rojas and ABC Digital).

NEW ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN AZARIANA
Azariana numbers 1.7 and 1.8 are now available for download from the Azariana home page.
1.7 Contreras 2009 - Distribución, caracterización y fenología de Dysschema sacrificia (HUBNER, 1831) (Lepidotera: Arctiidae) controlodar biológico de Senecio (Amarantaceae) en la Ecoregión del Ñeembucú
1.8 Contreras 2009 - Notas sobre Psilopygida walkeri (GROTE, 1867) (Lepidotera: Saturniidae) controlodar biológico del jukerí-estero (Mimosa pigra Fabaceae) en la Ecoregión del Ñeembucú

Week beginning 24 August 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new unidentified species of fire bug in the Pyrrhocoridae gallery.

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Alouatta caraya
º 3 species of birds - Aramides saracaura, Milvago chimachima and Procnias nudicollis.

Week beginning 17 August 09

ANOTHER MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT ONLINE
Pale Spear-nosed Bat is the thirty-seventh mammal account in the FAUNA Paraguay Online Handbook of Paraguayan fauna. This complete online handbook will eventually provide detailed coverage of all the vertebrate species inhabiting Paraguay and complement the image galleries, where only a basic introduction to the species is to be found. The FAUNA Paraguay Online Handbook of Paraguayan fauna has the advantage that it can be updated as and when new data is published ensuring that it is constantly up to date. Instructions on how to use the mammal accounts are available on the mammal users page. Mammal accounts are accessible via the links in the species image galleries and the mammal checklist.

Week beginning 10 August 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 39 new species of mammal (new total 124 species, 73.81% of total!) - Akodon azarae, Akodon paranaensis, Akodon toba, Andalgalomys pearsoni, Artibeus fimbriatus, Calomys callosus, Calomys laucha, Calomys musculinus, Calomys tener, Cerradomys maracajuensis, Cerradomys subflavus, Chrotopterus auritus, Clyomys laticeps, Ctenomys pilariensis, Cynomops abrasus, Cynomops planirostris, Eumops auripendulus, Eumops bonariensis, Eumops glaucinus, Eumops patagonicus, Eumops perotis, Euryoryzomys nitidus, Glossophaga soricina, Graomys griseoflavus, Lasiurus blossevillii, Necromys lasiurus, Oecomys mamorae, Oligoryzomys nigripes, Oxymycterus misionalis, Phyllostomus hastatus, Platyrrhinus lineatus, Proechimys longicaudatus, Pseudorysomys simplex, Pygoderma bilabiatum, Scapteromys aquaticus, Sciurus urucumus, Sooretamys angouya, Thaptomys nigrita and Thrichomys aperoides (Thanks to Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay).
º 1 new species of bird (new total 551 species, 77.71% of total) - Poospiza pectoralis (Thanks to John Geale).
º 13 new species of emperor moth (new total 63 species, 63.64% of total) - Adeloneivaia schubarti, Automeris bilinea, Automeris granulosa, Eudyaria sigridae, Giacomellia bilineata, Giacomellia drechseli, Giacomellia escobari, Hyperchiria orodina, Rothschildia arethusa, Rothschildia aurota, Rothschildia erycina, Rothschildia jacobaeae and Schausiella arpi (Thanks to Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay and Sergio Rios).
º 31 new species of hawkmoth (new total 78 species, 71.82% of total) - Aellopos clavipes, Callionima nomius, Callionima parce, Cocytius duponchel, Cocytius lucifer, Enyo lugubris, Erinnyis domingonis, Eumorpha anchemolus, Eumorpha satellitia, Manduca armatipes, Manduca diffisa, Manduca hannibal, Manduca incisa, Manduca lucetius, Manduca manducoides, Madoryx bubastus, Madoryx oiclus, Neococytius cluentius, Neogene dynaeus, Nyceryx alophus, Nyceryx furtadoi, Nyceryx riscus, Perigonia lusca, Perigonia pallida, Protambulyx astygonus, Xylophanes elara, Xylophanes fosteri, Xylophanes libya, Xylophanes porcus, Xylophanes titana and Xylophanes tyndarus (Thanks to Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay).

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 18 species of mammal - Akodon montensis, Artibeus lituratus, Bibimys chacoensis, Carollia perspicillata, Desmodus rotundus, Holochilus chacarius, Hylaeamys megacephalus, Mus musculus, Molossops temminckii, Molossus molossus, Myotis albescens, Myotis nigricans, Nectomys squamipes, Oligoryzomys fornesi, Oxymycterus delator, Rattus rattus, Sturnira lilium, and Sylvilagus brasiliensis (Thanks to Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay).

NEW MAMMAL FEATURE COMPARATIVE SKULL GALLERIES
Comparative skull galleries have been added to the mammal list pages for the following mammal families Phyllostomidae (11 species), Molossidae (9 species), Vespertilionidae (4 species), Echimyidae (3 species), Caviidae (2 species), Cricetidae (27 species) and Muridae (2 species). Though the skull images also appear in the individual species galleries, the comparative skull galleries allow for quick cross reference between similar species in the same family. Skull galleries are accessible through the Mammal List Page, the individual family description pages and the Mammal Image Gallery Page.

NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN AZARIANA
Azariana number 1.4 is now available for download from the Azariana home page. Contreras - Registros de Gazera heliconioides micha (DRUCE, 1896) (Lepidotera: Castniidae) en la Ecoregión del Ñeembucú

Week beginning 3 August 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of giant butterfly moth in the Castniidae gallery - Imara satrapes and Gazera heliconioides (Thanks to Andres Contreras).

NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN AZARIANA
Azariana number 1.3 is now available for download from the Azariana home page. Contreras - Primer registro de la polilla Calodesma dioptis (FELDER, 1874) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) para el departamento de Ñeembucú, Paraguay.

Week beginning 27 July 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 3 new species of emperor moth (new total 50 species, 50.51% of total) - Adelonaevia sabulosa, Ptiloscola paraguayensis and Syssphinx amena (Thanks to Ulf Drechsel).
º 2 new species of hawkmoth (new total 48 species, 44.44% of total) - Adhemarius eurysthenes and Adhemarius gannascus (Thanks to Andres Contreras).

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of reptile - Tupinambis merianae (Thanks to Flavia Netto).

ANOTHER MAMMAL HANDBOOK ACCOUNT ONLINE
Greater Spear-nosed Bat is the thirty-sixth mammal account in the FAUNA Paraguay Online Handbook of Paraguayan fauna. This complete online handbook will eventually provide detailed coverage of all the vertebrate species inhabiting Paraguay and complement the image galleries, where only a basic introduction to the species is to be found. The FAUNA Paraguay Online Handbook of Paraguayan fauna has the advantage that it can be updated as and when new data is published ensuring that it is constantly up to date. Instructions on how to use the mammal accounts are available on the mammal users page. Mammal accounts are accessible via the links in the species image galleries and the mammal checklist.

NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN AZARIANA
Azariana number 1.2 is now available for download from the Azariana home page. Contreras - Distribución, Caracterización y Fenología de Eurota histrio (Guérin-Méneville 1843) Lepidoptera: Arctiidae en el Departamento Ñeembucú, Sudoeste del Paraguay.

Week beginning 20 July 09

NEW PARAGUAYAN JOURNAL AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD
The IBIS study group of Fundación de Azara, based at the University of Pilar have launched a new Paraguayan zoology journal Azariana. This journal will be available exclusively through FAUNA Paraguay and new numbers will be made available as they are published through the journal homepage. The first number is now available for download Contreras - Distribución, Caracterización y Fenologia de Phaloe cruenta (Hubner 1823) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) en el Departamento de Ñeembucú, Sudoestes del Paraguay Oriental.

NEW BOOK ON PARAGUAYAN LEPIDOPTERA AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD
Andres Contreras and the team at IBIS are working on atlas projects for Lepidoptera across Paraguay. The first of these has now been completed and is available for download through FAUNA Paraguay. It is an atlas and illustrated guide to the Pierids (Yellows) and Papilionids (Swallowtails) of Ñeembucú Department. Click the link below to download it.
Contreras 2009 - Lista Preliminar y Atlas Biogeografico de Especies y Subespecies de la Familia Pieridae y Papilionidae (Lepidoptera) Presentes en el Departamento de Ñeembucú, República del Paraguay: Incluye Notas Bioecológicas y Distribucionales - IBIS, Fundación de Azara, Universidad de Pilar. 4.47mb 74pages

Week beginning 13 July 09

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Polystictus pectoralis (Thanks to Arne Lesterhuis).

Week beginning 6 July 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of bird (new total 550 species, 77.57% of total!) - Nyctiphrynus ocellatus and Serpophaga nigricans (Thanks to Jerry Cooper and Arne Lesterhuis).

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 10 species of bird - Ardea cocoi, Busarellus nigricollis, Buteo albicaudatus, Ciconia maguari, Cypsnagra hirundinacea, Donacobius atricapilla, Fluvicola leucocephala, Milvago chimango, Nystalus chacuru and Polytmus guainumbi (Thanks to Jerry Cooper)
º 1 species of hawkmoth - Cocytius antaeus

Week beginning 29 June 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 548 species, 77.29% of total!) - Phaeomyias murina
º 1 new species of leaf-footed bug in the Coreidae gallery - Leptoglossus sp.

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Camptostoma obsoletum

Week beginning 15 June 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 547 species, 77.15% of total!) - Anas platalea

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 3 species of bird - Celeus lugubris, Lessonia rufa and Xolmis coronata

Week beginning 8 June 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 546 species, 77.01% of total!) - Pyrrhura molinae (Thanks to Silvia Centrón)
º 1 new species of butterfly (new total 331 species) - Atlides polybe
º 1 new unidentified species of weevil in the Curculionidae gallery

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of bird - Bubo virginianus (Thanks to Silvia Centrón).
º 1 species of reptile - Hemidactylus mabouia
º 1 species of butterfly - Heliconius ethilia

Week beginning 1 June 09

CHECKLIST OF THE ODONATA
A complete checklist of the 153 species of Odonata known from Paraguay according to Heckman (2006 & 2008) is now online. This is the first stage in the expansion of the Odonata pages to include more information about this fascinating group of insects.

Week beginning 25 May 09

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of butterfly - Anteos clorinde

Week beginning 18 May 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 2 new species of hawkmoth (new total 46 species, 42.59% of total!) - Aleuron neglectum and Phryxus caicus (Thanks to Andres Contreras)

Week beginning 11 May 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 545 species, 76.87% of total!) - Buteo nitidus (Thanks to Silvia Centrón)

Week beginning 4 May 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 544 species, 76.73% of total!) - Eupetomena macroura (Thanks to Nelson Pérez)
º 1 new species of butterfly (new total 330 species) - Anastrus semipternus (Thanks to Ezequiel Nuñez-Bustos).
º 2 new species of click beetle in the Elateridae gallery - Cyathodera longicollis and Fulgeochlizus germari (Thanks to Peter Cate).

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 2 species of butterfly - Hylephila phylaeus and Panoquina lucas
º 2 new species of click beetle in the Elateridae gallery - Chalcolepidius limbatus and Semiotus serraticornis (Thanks to Peter Cate).

Week beginning 25 April 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal, new total 85 species (49.42% of total!) - Cryptonanus chacoensis (Thanks to Flavia Netto).
º 1 new species of butterfly (new total 329 species) - Panoquina lucas (Thanks to Ezequiel Nuñez-Bustos).
º 1 new unidentified species of cockroach in the Blattaria gallery.

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 7 species of butterfly - Anthanassa frisia, Ascia monuste, Astraptes anaphus, Eurema elathea, Pyritisia leuce, Urbanus teleus and Xenophanes tryxus.

Week beginning 11 April 09

NEW SPECIES IN IMAGE GALLERIES
º 1 new species of bird (new total 543 species, 76.59% of total!) - Buteo brachyurus
º 1 new species of Emperor moth (new total 47 species, 48.45% of total!) - Citheronia vogleri (Thanks to Sergio Rios).

NEWLY UPDATED SPECIES GALLERIES
º 1 species of mammal - Lagostomus maximus (Thanks to Neil Poppendeck).
º 1 species of bird - Alectrurus risora (Thanks to Steve Hiyashi).

Week beginning 22 February 09

FAUNA PARAGUAY MAMMAL HANDBOOK VOLUME 1 NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Volume 1 of the FAUNA Paraguay Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay is now available for download through the mammal list page, Didelphidae Family page and Mammal image gallery pages. Alternatively click here to download the pdf file (4.8MB) directly. Volume 1 deals with the Marsupials and contains detailled descriptions of the 15 species inhabiting Paraguay. The volume is 133 pages long and contains information on taxonomy, identification, distribution and ecology of each species and a complete bibliography of more than 300 references. A users guide to the volumes in the mammal handbook is available here.

FAUNA PARAGUAY MAMMAL HANDBOOK VOLUME 2 NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Volume 2 of the FAUNA Paraguay Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay is now available for download through the mammal list page and Mammal image gallery pages. Alternatively click here to download the pdf file (14.3MB) directly. Volume 2 deals with the Xenarthra (sloths, anteaters and armadillos) and contains detailled descriptions of the 13 species inhabiting Paraguay. The volume is 120 pages long and contains information on taxonomy, identification, distribution and ecology of each species and a complete bibliography of more than 300 references. A users guide to the volumes in the mammal handbook is available here.