{"title":"Feeding and mating behavior of Dorcacerus barbatus (Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae)","authors":"G. Fernandes, J. C. Santos","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23817","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23817","url":null,"abstract":"In this study we describe the mating behavior of Dorcacerus barbatus (Olivier, 1790) and its predation on the reproductive parts of Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) in a restored area of Atlantic forest, in southeastern Brazil. Lantana camara is regarded as one of the world’s ten worst weeds. We found three species of longhorn beetles on this plant: Trachyderes succintus duponti Aurivillius, 1912, Andraegodius rufipes zonatus (Dalman, 1823), and D. barbatus; this last species represented more than 95% of all individuals found. This is the first record of these three cerambycid species on L. camara. We observed a sequence of mating-behavior stages: jousting, antennation, holding, mounting, fighting, licking, abdomen bending, and copulation. D. barbatus destroyed 60% of the reproductive parts during the mating process. These primary observations indicate that D. barbatus may be considered as a potential biocontrol agent for this invasive species. \u0000Keywords: Biological control, invasive species, insect behavior, herbivory, Atlantic Rain Forest.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126902263","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}
{"title":"Description of the downy chick of the slaty-breasted wood-rail Aramides saracura (Spix, 1825) (Aves: Rallidae)","authors":"M. F. Vasconcelos, Diego Hoffmann, L. Palú","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23217","url":null,"abstract":"We describe the downy chick of Aramides saracura (Spix, 1825) based on individuals captured in the states of Rio Grande do Sul (3) and Minas Gerais (2), Brazil. The downy plumage is predominantly black, with the top of the head brownish. The egg tooth was present in two specimens. The downy chick of A. saracura differs from those of Aramides cajanea (Statius Müller, 1776) especially by the absence of rusty and brownish tones in their underparts. \u0000Keywords: downy chick, Aramides saracura, Gruiformes, Atlantic Forest, Brazil.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116227461","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}
{"title":"New record of Bothriopsis bilineata (Wied, 1825) (Serpentes, Viperidae) in the Atlantic Forest of Minas Gerais, with a discussion on its conservation","authors":"L. G. Dias, R. Feio, P. S. Santos","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23218","url":null,"abstract":"This study details a new area of occurrence for Bothriopsis bilineata in the Atlantic Forest of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. This is the most inland record for the species in southeastern Brazil and increases the species’ known distribution by nearly 250 km to the West and 340 km to the South of the only other record in the state. The occurrence of this species in preserved fragments underlines the relevance for the conservation of large remnants of this habitat and to the urgency of including this snake in the state endangered-species list. \u0000Keywords: Bothriopsis bilineata, Viperidae, geographic distribution, conservation, Atlantic Forest.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122765000","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}
{"title":"Gerromorpha y Nepomorpha (Insecta: Heteroptera) del Parque Provincial Salto Encantado del Valle del Cuñá Pirú, Provincia de Misiones, Argentina","authors":"Silvia A. Mazzucconi, M. L. Ruf, A. Bachmann","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23215","url":null,"abstract":"A preliminary list of the species of semiaquatic and aquatic Heteroptera occurring in the Parque Provincial Salto Encantado del Valle del Cuñá Pirú is presented. Thirty species included in 13 genera and five families of Gerromorpha and 26 species belonging to 15 genera and six families of Nepomorpha were recorded; only 16 species had been previously cited from the park. Ten species and one genus are reported from Argentina for the first time: Microvelia argentata Nieser & Alkins-Koo, Microvelia braziliensis McKinstry, Microvelia limaiana Drake, Rhagovelia janeira Drake, Rhagovelia lucida Gould, Rhagovelia paulana Drake (Veliidae), the genus Cylindrostethus, with C. palmaris Drake & Harris (Gerridae), Curicta carinata Kuitert (Nepidae), Neotrephes lanemeloi Nieser & Chen, and Neotrephes usingeri China (Helotrephidae). Twenty-four species (18 of Gerromorpha and six of Nepomorpha) and five genera (Hebrus, Paravelia, Platyvelia, Cylindrostethus and Curicta) are reported from Misiones Province for the first time. The most diverse families included Veliidae (16 species), Gerridae (9), Naucoridae (7), Notonectidae (6) and Corixidae (5). The diversity of species inhabiting in the Parque Provincial Salto Encantado del Valle del Cuñá Pirú accounts for 83% of Gerromorpha and 39% of Nepomorpha recorded from the Misiones Province. These results emphasize the value of this protected area for the conservation of biodiversity of semiaquatic and aquatic Heteroptera occurring in the province. \u0000Keywords: Semiaquatic insects, aquatic insects, fauna. Neotropics.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128427925","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}
H. R. Luz, L. Costa, Ágata F. Prata, Débora Moraes, Ildemar Ferreira, Carlos Eduardo L. Esbérard
{"title":"Chloroceryle americana (Gmelin, 1788) (Aves: Coraciiformes) predando lagarto Gymnophtalmidae","authors":"H. R. Luz, L. Costa, Ágata F. Prata, Débora Moraes, Ildemar Ferreira, Carlos Eduardo L. Esbérard","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23219","url":null,"abstract":"During a bird survey at Ilha da Marambaia, in the municipality of Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro state, Southeastern Brazil, a female of Chloroceryle americana carrying an individual of Placosoma glabella.was captured in a mist net. Keywords: Chloroceryle americana, Alcedinidae, Gymnophtalmidae, Placosoma glabella.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130468141","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}
{"title":"Associação de Eremanthus erythropappus (DC.) McLeish (Asteraceae) com formigas e sua relação com a mirmecofauna do solo em floresta de altitude, região central de Minas Gerais","authors":"F. B. Rosumek","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23212","url":null,"abstract":"Ants occuring on Eremanthus erythropappus (“candeia”) and the ground were studied at an altitude forest. Forty-eight individuals of E. erythropappus were sampled, with manual sampling on the plants and baits on the adjacent soil. The ground fauna presented highest richness, diversity and equitability than plants. Two Camponotus species were dominant on plants. The association between ants and E. erythropappus is facultative, apparently with opportunistic use of exudates, and with the most common species co-occuring on plants and ground. The benefits of this association for the plants still need to be studied. E. erythropappus is a plant of economical interest, and the knowledge of the association with ants could be useful for its management. \u0000Keywords: Eremanthus erythropappus; plant ants; ground-dwelling ants; altitudinal forest.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122692223","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}
{"title":"Espécies e registros novos de Nyctibora Burmeister, 1838 do Brasil e considerações sobre o gênero (Blattaria: Blattellidae)","authors":"S. M. Lopes, E. H. D. Oliveira","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23213","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species of Nyctibora (Ny. inedita sp. nov. e Ny. minuta sp. nov.) are described from Brazil and their male genital pieces are illustrated. New records of four species known to occur in Brazil are also presented. \u0000Keywords: Nyctiborinae, taxonomy, Neotropics, description.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134534971","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}
{"title":"Studies on Neotropical Protoneuridae. 21. The status of Amazoneura Machado, 2004 (Odonata: Protoneuridae)","authors":"A. Machado","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23214","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Amazoneura Machado, 2004, regarded by Lencioni (2005) as a junior synonym of Forcepsioneura Lencioni, 1999, is revalidated based on morphological and zoogeographic evidence. \u0000Keywords: Zygoptera, Forcepsioneura, zoogeography, Atlantic Forest, Amazonian Forest, taxonomy, revalidation.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127896657","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}
L. K. Adang, S. Oniye, A. Ezealor, P. Abdu, J. Ajanusi
{"title":"Ectoparasites of the Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (Aves: Columbidae) in Zaria, Nigeria","authors":"L. K. Adang, S. Oniye, A. Ezealor, P. Abdu, J. Ajanusi","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23216","url":null,"abstract":"A survey of ectoparasites of the Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis Linnaeus, 1766) was carried out in Zaria, Nigeria, to determine the prevalence, intensity and mean intensity of infestation. A total of 382 (231 males and 151 females) doves trapped from different locations in Zaria, Nigeria, were examined through plumage brushing. Eighty-eight (23.0%) of the birds were infested by the following six species of ectoparasites: lice – 32 (8.4%) Menopon gallinae Linnaeus, 1758, 37 (9.7%) Columbicola columbae Linnaeus, 1758, and 18(4.7%) Goniodes sp.; flies – 19 (5.0%) Pseudolynchia canariensis Macquart, 1840; ticks – 12 (3.1%) Argas persicus Oken, 1818; and mite: 1 (0.23%) Dermanyssus gallinae (Degeer, 1778). The frequency of single infestations (59 – 15.4%), was higher than that of double (27 – 7.1%) and triple (2 – 0.52%) infestations, though the difference was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). The males had a higher prevalence (55 – 23.8%) than the females (33 – 21.9%). However, this difference was also not significant (p > 0.05). Ectoparasites were collected from the birds through out the year, with highest prevalence (60.0%) in November. The difference between the prevalence of ectoparasites in the wet (23.5%) and the dry seasons (22.6%) was also not significant (p > 0.05). The implications and significance of the results are discussed. Keywords: lice, flies, ticks, mites, prevalence","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128106101","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}
{"title":"Dryopteridaceae (Polypodiopsida) no estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil","authors":"Priscila Aparecida Garcia, Alexandre Salino","doi":"10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35699/2675-5327.2008.23210","url":null,"abstract":"A taxonomic survey of Dryopteridaceae Herter (Polypodiopsida) was carried out in the state of Minas Gerais as a contribution to the knowledge of the state fern flora. This study was based on personal collections, field observations and material deposited in the Brazilian herbaria. Based on morphology, nine genera and 20 species were recognized: Arachniodes denticulata (Sw.) Ching, Cyclodium heterodon (Schrad.) T. Moore, C. meniscioides (Willd.) C. Presl, Didymochlaena truncatula (Sw.) J. Sm., Dryopteris patula (Sw.) Underw., D. wallichiana (Spreng.) Hyl., Olfersia cervina (L.) Kunze, Polybotrya cylindrica Kaulf., P. goyazensis Brade, P. speciosa Schott, P. sorbifolia Kuhn , Polystichum bradei Rosenst., P. montevidense (Spreng.) Rosenst., P. platyphyllum (Willd.) C. Presl, P. rochaleanum Glaz. ex Fée, Rumohra adiantiformis (G. Forst.) Ching, Stigmatopteris brevinervis (Fée) R.C. Moran, S. caudata (Raddi) C. Chr., S. prionites (Kunze) C. Chr. e S. tyucana (Raddi) C. Chr. Descriptions of the family, genera and species, as well as identification keys, illustrations, geographical distribution, and comments on genera and species are provided. \u0000Keywords: Ferns, taxonomy, Dryopteridaceae, Minas Gerais, Neotropics.","PeriodicalId":445542,"journal":{"name":"Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128199369","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}