Acta AmazonicaPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202201361
K. B. Silva, Chryslane Barbosa da Silva, H. F. Goulart, R. Tinôco, Jose Malta de Souza, G. Chia, Carlos Henrique Garcia, R. Toma, E. C. Guzzo
{"title":"Parasitism of Automeris liberia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) by tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) in oil palm in the Brazilian Amazon","authors":"K. B. Silva, Chryslane Barbosa da Silva, H. F. Goulart, R. Tinôco, Jose Malta de Souza, G. Chia, Carlos Henrique Garcia, R. Toma, E. C. Guzzo","doi":"10.1590/1809-4392202201361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202201361","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Automeris liberia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) caterpillars are important defoliators of the African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis (Arecaceae) in Central and South America. The family Tachinidae (Diptera) comprises flies that are parasitoids of many insect pests, mainly from the order Lepidoptera. However, host records for tachinids are still relatively scarce. In the present work, we report the occurrence of Belvosia sp. aff. williamsi (Diptera: Tachinidae: Exoristinae: Goniini) and Leptostylum oligothrix (Diptera: Tachinidae: Exoristinae: Blondeliini) parasitizing caterpillars of A. liberia in E. guineensis in the municipality of Tailândia, state of Pará, Brazil. This is the first record of the parasitism of A. liberia by Leptostylum in Brazil, as well as by Belvosia in the world.","PeriodicalId":51309,"journal":{"name":"Acta Amazonica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46439404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AmazonicaPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202201541
Íkaro Luiz Ferreira Santos de Freitas, J. S. Góis, J. F. FREITAS-NETO, N. M. Assis, F. R. Barbosa, I. G. Baseia
{"title":"New records of Geastrum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota) for the Amazon","authors":"Íkaro Luiz Ferreira Santos de Freitas, J. S. Góis, J. F. FREITAS-NETO, N. M. Assis, F. R. Barbosa, I. G. Baseia","doi":"10.1590/1809-4392202201541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202201541","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Fungi of the genus Geastrum are known as earthstar fungi, due to the stelliform morphology of their basidiomes. In the Amazon domain, there are 25 catalogued species of Geastrum, with several new records in recent years. Here we report three new species records of Geastrum for the Brazilian Amazon. Geastrum calycicoriaceum and G. rubropusillum were recorded in the southwestern transition zone between Amazon forest and Cerrado savanna. Geastrum calycicoriaceum was recorded for the first time in Brazil.","PeriodicalId":51309,"journal":{"name":"Acta Amazonica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48267885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AmazonicaPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202103653
Saine Leonam Kador Fortes, J. F. C. Gonçalves, K. Costa, Jussara de Souza Lopes, M. Ferreira, R. Lima, Adamir da R. Nina Junior
{"title":"Growth and functional leaf traits of coppice regrowth of Bertholletia excelsa during an El Niño event in the central Amazon","authors":"Saine Leonam Kador Fortes, J. F. C. Gonçalves, K. Costa, Jussara de Souza Lopes, M. Ferreira, R. Lima, Adamir da R. Nina Junior","doi":"10.1590/1809-4392202103653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202103653","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The most severe drought of this century in the Amazon rainforest, which was caused by El Niño, occurred from 2015 to 2016. With a focus on the ecophysiology of the regrowth of the Brazil nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa, it was investigated how the progression of the drought of 2015-2016 affected the physiological traits of the coppice regrowth of B. excelsa. The experiment was carried out in a ten-year-old plantation of Brazil nut trees, which had been subjected to thinning and coppice regrowth two years earlier. In the sprouts grown on the stumps of cut trees, the following treatments were applied: (T1) thinning to one sprout per stump; (T2) thinning to two sprouts per stump, and (T3) maintenance of three sprouts per stump. Thinning treatments did not alter the growth and ecophysiological traits of the Brazil nut tree sprouts, though the phosphorus content of the leaves was higher in T1. However, the progression of the drought in 2015-2016 negatively affected the growth (height) and gas exchange of sprouts of all treatments. In addition, an increase of around 37% was observed in the intrinsic water-use efficiency. Concerning photochemical performance, no alterations were observed. Therefore, drought stress promoted a negative effect on sprout growth and affected traits related to the photosynthesis of the B. excelsa sprouts independently of the number of sprouts per stump.","PeriodicalId":51309,"journal":{"name":"Acta Amazonica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41550370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AmazonicaPub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202201871
Lício Mota da Rocha, Clarissa Rosa, Helio Secco, E. V. Lopes
{"title":"Hotspots and hotmoments of wildlife roadkills along a main highway in a high biodiversity area in Brazilian Amazonia","authors":"Lício Mota da Rocha, Clarissa Rosa, Helio Secco, E. V. Lopes","doi":"10.1590/1809-4392202201871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202201871","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Wildlife roadkills have become a concern in the Amazon biome due to the opening of major roads in recent decades. In this study, we aimed to describe wildlife roadkills in a 100-km stretch of the BR-163 highway, in western Pará state, determining which vertebrate groups are most affected and whether there are spatial (hotspots) and temporal (hotmoments) aggregations of roadkills. From July 2019 to June 2020, we carried out 25 surveys at 15-day intervals, from a vehicle at a maximum speed of 40 km h-1. We recorded 351 individuals at an observed rate of 0.14 ind km-1 day-1. Despite their lower detectability and faster carcass removal rate from the road due to small size, most recorded roadkills were amphibians (0.066 ind km-1 day-1). We mapped several hotspots along the study stretch considering the total number of animals recorded, and separately for amphibians and reptiles. Multiple linear regression analyses indicated that the number of roadkills of all vertebrates, amphibians and reptiles recorded are influenced by temperature and precipitation. Information on places with the highest incidence of roadkills can support actions such as the installation of underpasses and fences, aimed at reducing the impacts on wild vertebrates of this Amazonian highway.","PeriodicalId":51309,"journal":{"name":"Acta Amazonica","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46212877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AmazonicaPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202300741
Ivan Fernandes GOLFETTI, Fernando Barbosa NOLL
{"title":"Stygocampsomeris manauara (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae: Scoliinae), a new scoliid from the Amazon forest","authors":"Ivan Fernandes GOLFETTI, Fernando Barbosa NOLL","doi":"10.1590/1809-4392202300741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202300741","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A new species of Amazonian ectoparasitoid wasp, Stygocampsomeris manauara sp. nov., is described almost 50 years after being collected in the region of Manaus, in the central Brazilian Amazon, and stored in the invertebrate collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (Brazil). We provide a detailed morphological description and illustrations of the female, a diagnostic comparison of the new species with Stygocampsomeris servillei Lepeletier, and a key for the identification of females of Stygocampsomeris.","PeriodicalId":51309,"journal":{"name":"Acta Amazonica","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135658956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AmazonicaPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202300472
Diego Nunes da SILVA, João Marcelo Alvarenga BRAGA, Edgar Augusto Lobato AFONSO, Sandra REINALES, Patrick de Castro CANTUÁRIA, Maria José Reis da ROCHA, Elsie Franklin GUIMARÃES, Paulo José Fernandes GUIMARÃES
{"title":"New records for different lineages of Melastomataceae in the Brazilian Amazon","authors":"Diego Nunes da SILVA, João Marcelo Alvarenga BRAGA, Edgar Augusto Lobato AFONSO, Sandra REINALES, Patrick de Castro CANTUÁRIA, Maria José Reis da ROCHA, Elsie Franklin GUIMARÃES, Paulo José Fernandes GUIMARÃES","doi":"10.1590/1809-4392202300472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202300472","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We present novelties on the occurrence of species belonging to the tribes Marcetieae, Melastomateae and Pyxidantheae (Melastomataceae) derived from revision of herbarium material and recent collections in the Brazilian Amazon. We report the rediscovery of the type species of Comolia, known only from the original material, the first records of Appendicularia, Dicrananthera and Blakea in the states of Pará, Roraima and Rondônia, respectively, and the first record of Pterogastra in Brazil. We provide maps with the updated geographical distribution for each species based on the revision of herbarium collections available in online databases followed by manual data cleaning. Geographic location coordinates were obtained after reviewing the identities and locality information of all herbarium specimens. Most distribution records result from recent botanical expeditions within protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon. The first records of Pterogastra in Brazil expand the diversity of Melastomataceae in Brazilian flora to 59 genera. These novelties reinforce the importance of botanical expeditions throughout the Brazilian Amazon to cover the extensive spatial gaps in taxonomic knowledge in the region which should be prioritized as the focus of botanical fieldwork.","PeriodicalId":51309,"journal":{"name":"Acta Amazonica","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135660553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AmazonicaPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202300201
Camila TOCHETTO, Guilherme Augusto MARIETTO GONÇALVES, Diogo Souza ZANONI, Renato Lemos PEREIRA, Gisele Torres Clímaco de ARAÚJO, Renan Mori ROCHA, Bruna Carolina ULSENHEIMER, Alexandre Alberto TONIN
{"title":"Anaplastic mammary carcinoma in a captive jaguar (Panthera onca)","authors":"Camila TOCHETTO, Guilherme Augusto MARIETTO GONÇALVES, Diogo Souza ZANONI, Renato Lemos PEREIRA, Gisele Torres Clímaco de ARAÚJO, Renan Mori ROCHA, Bruna Carolina ULSENHEIMER, Alexandre Alberto TONIN","doi":"10.1590/1809-4392202300201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202300201","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A captive female of jaguar (Panthera onca), 12 years old, presenting an 8-day history of anorexia and lethargy, died in its enclosure in Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil). The necropsy revealed an abdominal multinodular ventral plaque into the mammary region. Additionally, in several locations of the subcutaneous tissue, there were multiple metastatic nodules of firm texture. Metastases were also observed in the lymph nodes, heart and lungs. The immunohistochemistry results revealed the cytoplasmic staining for cytokeratin on neoplastic cells, mild staining (+) for E-cadherin, moderate staining (++) for estrogen and progesterone receptors, and about 50 to 70% of staining for Ki-67. The neoplastic cells were negative for vimentin staining. Therefore, the histopathological examination led to a diagnosis of metastatic anaplastic mammary carcinoma, which is an unusual condition in wild felines.","PeriodicalId":51309,"journal":{"name":"Acta Amazonica","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135658975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AmazonicaPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202202992
Shirlene Cristina Brito da SILVA, Gleiciane Rodrigues dos SANTOS, Telma Fátima Vieira BATISTA, Gracialda Costa FERREIRA, Alessandra Jackeline Guedes de MORAES, Jéssy Anni Vilhena SENADO, Victor Fernando Galvão BEZERRA, Dênmora Gomes de ARAÚJO, Selma Toyoko OHASHI, Anderson Gonçalves da SILVA
{"title":"Botanical validation of Ecclinusa (Chrysophylloideae: Sapotaceae) from forest remnants using molecular analysis as a complementary method to morphological identification","authors":"Shirlene Cristina Brito da SILVA, Gleiciane Rodrigues dos SANTOS, Telma Fátima Vieira BATISTA, Gracialda Costa FERREIRA, Alessandra Jackeline Guedes de MORAES, Jéssy Anni Vilhena SENADO, Victor Fernando Galvão BEZERRA, Dênmora Gomes de ARAÚJO, Selma Toyoko OHASHI, Anderson Gonçalves da SILVA","doi":"10.1590/1809-4392202202992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202202992","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In the context of a forest restoration program in a mining area in the eastern Brazilian Amazon, the objective of this study was to identify the species of trees of abiu-seringarana (Ecclinusa sp.) in forest remnants adjacent to the mine. As the identification of Ecclinusa based on external morphology alone is difficult, it was corroborated by molecular analysis. Leaf samples of three trees were compared with Ecclinusa in the Embrapa herbarium collection. DNA was extracted with a CTAB modified protocol for sequencing with ITS markers. Both the morphological identification and the alignment of the obtained sequences with material in GenBank indicated that the individuals belong to Ecclinusa guianensis, which is confirmed as the species occurring in the mining area.","PeriodicalId":51309,"journal":{"name":"Acta Amazonica","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135613430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AmazonicaPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202300181
André S. FERNANDES, Maria L.S. ALMEIDA, Rafael BOLDRINI
{"title":"A new species with high sexual dimorphism of Xenelmis Hinton (Coleoptera: Elmidae) from Mount Roraima National Park, Brazil","authors":"André S. FERNANDES, Maria L.S. ALMEIDA, Rafael BOLDRINI","doi":"10.1590/1809-4392202300181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202300181","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Xenelmis is one of the 51 Neotropical genera of the aquatic beetle family Elmidae and is currently represented by 15 species distributed throughout the Neotropics. This genus of tiny beetles is especially well represented in South America, where all but one species can be found, and Brazil has the greatest richness, with ten species recorded so far. Here we describe and illustrate Xenelmis tuchaua sp. nov., a new Elmidae species with remarkable sexual dimorphism and unique diagnostic characteristics. The new species was found in an Amazonian stream located in Mount Roraima National Park, Roraima state, Brazil. We provide an updated species list for Xenelmis with comments on the occurrence of sexual dimorphism in the genus.","PeriodicalId":51309,"journal":{"name":"Acta Amazonica","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135659042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Acta AmazonicaPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392202202951
Carlos Henrique Saraiva DIAS, Izildinha Souza MIRANDA, Igor DO VALE, Graciliano Galdino Alves SANTOS, Salustiano Vilar COSTA NETO, Luiz Gonzaga Silva COSTA
{"title":"Differentiating diversity among different land cover types in the eastern Amazon","authors":"Carlos Henrique Saraiva DIAS, Izildinha Souza MIRANDA, Igor DO VALE, Graciliano Galdino Alves SANTOS, Salustiano Vilar COSTA NETO, Luiz Gonzaga Silva COSTA","doi":"10.1590/1809-4392202202951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202202951","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Measurements of biodiversity can be used to assess the scale of anthropogenic impact and predict species loss. A great number of diversity measures exist involving species richness and relative abundance that differ in how they are calculated. The choice of the adequate biodiversity measure to compare biological communities poses a challenge. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of 26 diversity measures to differentiate land cover types in the eastern Brazilian Amazon. Diversity was inventoried and quantified in three vertical strata in six locally dominant land cover types: primary and secondary forests, agroforestry systems, oil palm plantations, annual croplands and pastures. No diversity measure was able to differentiate all land cover types in every stratum. Fisher’s alpha was able to differentiate cover types in the middle and upper strata, while Smith-Wilson and Jentsch’s mixture quotient were able to differentiate in the lower and upper strata, and heterogeneity indices only differentiated in the upper stratum. The distinction and ranking of plant diversity among land covers depended on the diversity measure chosen. The number and types of land cover and vertical strata were a key factor in the ability of the diversity measure to differentiate among them.","PeriodicalId":51309,"journal":{"name":"Acta Amazonica","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135659234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}