EntomoBrasilisPub Date : 2024-02-08DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1064
Julner Pachoute, D. J. Souza
{"title":"Effects of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. on the growth of Vigna unguiculata (Linnaeus) Walpers under laboratory and field conditions, and the resistance of the plant to insect attack","authors":"Julner Pachoute, D. J. Souza","doi":"10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1064","url":null,"abstract":"Beauveria bassiana (Bals.-Criv.) Vuill. is an established biocontrol agent in laboratory, but studies have shown negative effects of temperature and Ultraviolet radiation on its potential in vitro. Nevertheless, there is a lack of studies about its endophytic colonization in vivo, especially in field conditions in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.]. In this sense, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of B. bassiana applied to cowpea seed on the growth of the plants under laboratory and field conditions, and on their resistance to insect attack. Cowpea seeds were treated with suspension of 5 x 108 conidia/mL of B. bassiana. The plants were cultivated in two independent conditions (laboratory and field). The resistance to attack of the pest in field conditions was assessed by monitoring weekly the plants three times a week during 12 weeks, from the initial vegetative to the reproductive stage. According to the results, in laboratory conditions, there were significant differences among the inoculated and control plants for the variables of height of the plants (31.17 cm for treatment and 23.00 cm for control plants) and dry mass of the root (2.38 g for treatment and 0.97 g for control plants). In field conditions, the observed pest insects were miner fly [Liriomyza sp.] (Diptera: Agromyzidae), Cerotoma arcuata Olivier, 1791 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), aphid (Aphis craccivora Koch, 1854) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and the polyphagous hemipteran [Crinocerus sanctus (Fabricius, 1775)] (Hemiptera: Coreidae). The treated plants were less affected than control plants by these pests, especially at the beginning of the vegetative phase.","PeriodicalId":11746,"journal":{"name":"EntomoBrasilis","volume":"24 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139850838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EntomoBrasilisPub Date : 2024-01-30DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1065
Douglas de Campos, Juciane Conceição da Silva-Lima, G. A. Carvalho-Zilse
{"title":"Amazonian stingless bees: lethal concentration and mortality after exposure to insecticide in Melipona interrupta Latreire, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae)","authors":"Douglas de Campos, Juciane Conceição da Silva-Lima, G. A. Carvalho-Zilse","doi":"10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1065","url":null,"abstract":"Neonicotinoid insecticides can cause a reduction in feeding rate, locomotion, and behavioral changes such as a reduction in flight speed and distance traveled by adult bees. Chronic exposure to sublethal concentrations can result in behavioral disorders and memory loss. This study investigated the effects of insecticides on Amazonian stingless bees, evaluated whether Melipona interrupta Latreire, 1811, is sensitive and does not reject food contaminated with Thiamethoxam, and compared the effects on native stingless bees from the northern region to Apis mellifera. Mortality was evaluated in these bees when exposed to Tiamethoxam (absolute standard AS and Actara 250 WG - commercial product) and Dimethoate AS as a positive control, thus verifying the lethal concentration 50 (LC50) for the species M. interrupta, popularly known as jupará. The mortality of forager workers exposed to active ingredient formulations indicated an LC50 of 24.77 ng/μL for Dimethoate, validating the tests, and 1.28 ng/μL for Tiamethoxam AS and 1.22 ng/μL for Actara 250 WG, values much lower than those found for A. mellifera bees, which were 4.28 ng i.a./µL of Tiamethoxam. Therefore, we concluded that formulations with the active ingredients Dimethoate and Tiamethoxam are highly toxic to Amazonian bees of the species M. interrupta.\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":11746,"journal":{"name":"EntomoBrasilis","volume":"78 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140481871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EntomoBrasilisPub Date : 2023-12-15DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1059
Daniel de Castro Schelesky-Prado, R. Falaschi
{"title":"Notes on presumed Neotropical records and species of Hesperinus Walker, 1848 (Diptera: Bibionidae)","authors":"Daniel de Castro Schelesky-Prado, R. Falaschi","doi":"10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1059","url":null,"abstract":"Hesperinus Walker, 1848, a member of Bibionidae (Diptera), is a Holarctic and Oriental genus. The genus has been reported from the Neotropical Region twice: i) Hesperinus conjungens Schiner, 1868, transferred to Plecia Wiedemann, 1828 by Hardy in 1967, and ii) additional specimens identified as Hesperinus sp. by Messias Carrera in 1944. In this study, we revisited the Carrera’s specimens, identifying them as Plecia sp. Additionally, we discussed the taxonomy of Plecia conjungens and compiled a list of articles that consider the species as Hesperinus.","PeriodicalId":11746,"journal":{"name":"EntomoBrasilis","volume":"103 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138999695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EntomoBrasilisPub Date : 2023-12-14DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1054
G. C. Jacques, S. C. C. Francisco, L. G. T. Rubim, M. M. Souza
{"title":"Occupation of Synoeca surinama (L.) (Vespidae, Polistinae) nests by Nasutitermes obscurus (Holmgren) (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) in the Cerrado","authors":"G. C. Jacques, S. C. C. Francisco, L. G. T. Rubim, M. M. Souza","doi":"10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1054","url":null,"abstract":"The study of relationships between living beings is essential for understanding the functioning of the ecosystem for the management and conservation of biota, especially in rich and threatened biomes such as the Brazilian Cerrado. Therefore, this study aims to report the occupation of abandoned social wasp’s nests by termites in this biome. In this study, the occupation of two abandoned nests of Synoeca surinama (L.) by the termite Nasutitermes obscurus (Holmgren), recorded by chance, in April 2023 in a gallery forest with the same vegetation type of the Cerrado, located in the Grande Sertão Veredas National Park in southeastern Brazil. Both social wasp nests had their cells occupied by termites, which may have been used as a satellite nest for N. obscurus. This is the first record of a termite species occupying a social wasp’s nests; however, further studies are needed to better elucidate this relationship.","PeriodicalId":11746,"journal":{"name":"EntomoBrasilis","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139001446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EntomoBrasilisPub Date : 2023-12-12DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1063
Freddy Bravo, M. X. Araújo
{"title":"Description of the second species of Polletomyia Curler, 2020 (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Brazilian Amazon","authors":"Freddy Bravo, M. X. Araújo","doi":"10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1063","url":null,"abstract":"Polletomyia Curler, 2020 is a Neotropical genus of Psychodidae that was established based on Polletomyia subulata Curler, 2020 from French Guiana. In this paper, we describe a second species of the genus from the Brazilian Amazon. The specimens were collected by the late Larry Quate, a psychodid expert, and are deposited at the Museu de Zoologia of Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. We provide illustrations and descriptions of both males and females of the new species.","PeriodicalId":11746,"journal":{"name":"EntomoBrasilis","volume":"21 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139007259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EntomoBrasilisPub Date : 2023-12-08DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1070
M. M. Soares, F. Carvalho-Filho, Y. Ramos‐Pastrana
{"title":"Chrysotus capellarii sp. nov., the first species of longipalpus group from Colombia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)","authors":"M. M. Soares, F. Carvalho-Filho, Y. Ramos‐Pastrana","doi":"10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1070","url":null,"abstract":"Chrysotus capellarii Soares & Carvalho-Filho sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on a single specimen collected in the department of Córdoba, Colombia, representing the first record of the longipalpus species group from the country (a photographic record is known from Costa Rica). The new species is easily recognized by the long palpus (about 2x longer than eye height) with a wide and oval apical lamella.","PeriodicalId":11746,"journal":{"name":"EntomoBrasilis","volume":"31 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138588981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EntomoBrasilisPub Date : 2023-11-04DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1057
Lucas Roberto Pereira Gomes, Leandro Delalibera Geremias, Maria Aparecida Cassilha Zawadneak, Juracy Caldeira Lins-Junior, Paulo Antônio De Souza Gonçalves, Claudio José Barros de Carvalho
{"title":"New records, host, and plant symptoms description of the recently reported Delia sanctijacobi (Bigot) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) in Brazil","authors":"Lucas Roberto Pereira Gomes, Leandro Delalibera Geremias, Maria Aparecida Cassilha Zawadneak, Juracy Caldeira Lins-Junior, Paulo Antônio De Souza Gonçalves, Claudio José Barros de Carvalho","doi":"10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1057","url":null,"abstract":"Delia Robineau-Desvoidy, composed of flies popularly known as root maggot flies, is a diverse genus with unclear delimitation. It comprises polyphagous species and some important agricultural pests. Delia sanctijacobi (Bigot) is native to South America, occurring in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay; the larvae are commonly known as “potato worms” and have been misidentified as Delia platura (Meigen) in Brazil. Delia sanctijacobi attacks the seeds and seedlings of several plants of commercial importance. We present new geographic records of D. sanctijacobi in Brazil and describe the damage caused by their larvae on commercial bean and onion in Paraná and Santa Catarina between 2019-2022. Delia Robineau-Desvoidy, composed of flies popularly known as root maggot flies, is a diverse genus with unclear delimitation. It comprises polyphagous species and some important agricultural pests. Delia sanctijacobi (Bigot) is native to South America, occurring in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay; the larvae are commonly known as “potato worms” and have been misidentified as Delia platura (Meigen) in Brazil. Delia sanctijacobi attacks the seeds and seedlings of several plants of commercial importance. We present new geographic records of D. sanctijacobi in Brazil and describe the damage caused by their larvae on commercial bean and onion in Paraná and Santa Catarina between 2019-2022.","PeriodicalId":11746,"journal":{"name":"EntomoBrasilis","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135773364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EntomoBrasilisPub Date : 2023-11-03DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1062
Thiago Mahlmann, Favízia Freitas de Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de Oliveira
{"title":"Taxonomy of South American species of Ceratina (Calloceratina) Cockerell, 1924 with comments on new species-groups proposed for this subgenus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae)","authors":"Thiago Mahlmann, Favízia Freitas de Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de Oliveira","doi":"10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1062","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species of the small carpenter bee genus Ceratina (Calloceratina) Cockerell, 1924 are described and illustrated. Ceratina (Calloceratina) mourei new species, and Ceratina (Calloceratina) silveirai new species, form the silveirai species-group, a very distinct set within the subgenus C. (Calloceratina). The taxonomy of South American species was approached, being redescribed and illustrated the species Ceratina (Calloceratina) chloris (Fabricius, 1804) and Ceratina (Calloceratina) triangulifera Cockerell, 1914, proposing the chloris species-group for them. The diagnosis for the subgenus Calloceratina is presented and an identification key for the South American species is also proposed.","PeriodicalId":11746,"journal":{"name":"EntomoBrasilis","volume":"27 32","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135819145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EntomoBrasilisPub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1042
Antonio Leal Silva das Neves, Lucas Cardoso Marinho, David Barros Muniz
{"title":"Symmachia basilissa basilissa Bates, 1868 (Riodinidae: Symmachiini) has been photographed while alive for the first time, uncovering a new record and shedding light on its conservation aspects","authors":"Antonio Leal Silva das Neves, Lucas Cardoso Marinho, David Barros Muniz","doi":"10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1042","url":null,"abstract":"This work reports the first photographic record of the Symmachia basilissa basilissa Bates, 1868 subspecies, a butterfly originally described by Henry Walter Bates in 1868. This subspecies had only been recorded three before but had never been photographed alive in Brazil. The photograph was taken in the Chapada das Mesas National Park, located in the southern part of the state of Maranhão. This record was uploaded and georeferenced on the iNaturalist app/website. The taxon Symmachia basilissa comprises four subspecies, and the article provides information on the morphological differences between them. We also discuss the use of iNaturalist and similar tools to integrate academic and citizen science for a better understanding of biodiversity, especially in tropical regions and areas that are difficult to access. Overall, our work makes a valuable contribution to the knowledge of this data deficient butterfly species and highlights the importance of utilizing new technologies and collaborative approaches to advance scientific research.","PeriodicalId":11746,"journal":{"name":"EntomoBrasilis","volume":"18 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135221183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EntomoBrasilisPub Date : 2023-10-25DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1058
Danilo Pacheco Cordeiro, Freddy Bravo, Claudio Jos´é Barros de Carvalho
{"title":"New species of Psychoda Latreille (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Brazilian Amazon with sexual association using molecular data","authors":"Danilo Pacheco Cordeiro, Freddy Bravo, Claudio Jos´é Barros de Carvalho","doi":"10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1058","url":null,"abstract":"Psychoda Latreille is one of the largest genera of Psychodidae, with around 450 species, from which more than 130 are known from only one of the sexes. This is a result of the high diversity, sympatry of close related species and scarcity of diagnostic characters to accurately associate males and females in this genus. Here we describe a new species, Psychoda dactyla sp. n., from Brazil, Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira with morphological description of male and female specimens associated by DNA-barcoding.","PeriodicalId":11746,"journal":{"name":"EntomoBrasilis","volume":"57 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135217663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}