Abstract Introduction: The Aedes vittatus mosquito is an important vector of yellow fever in Africa, with vectorial competence for dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Its presence has been reported in some places in Africa, Asia, Europe, and -recently- America. However, information on its distribution is fra...
Abstract Introduction: Vector-borne diseases are prevalent in the Amazon and Coastal regions of Ecuador. However, there is a scarcity of mosquito ecology studies in these areas. The most recent list of species reported for the country comprises 8 tribes, 22 genera, and 200 species. Objectives: To doc...
Resumen Introducción: Los Tephritoidea, como grupo, tienen un impacto ecológico porque se alimentan de hongos, insectos, flores, frutas en descomposición, excrementos, sudor, nódulos de raíces, carroña (incluidos cadáveres humanos) y otros materiales en descomposición. Las moscas de la fruta son ...
Lopesia pleromatis sp. nov. (Lopesiini, Cecidomyiidi) is described based on material collected in Atlantic Forest areas of Bertioga (São Paulo State, Brazil). Specimens were obtained from globoid leaf galls on Pleroma raddianum (DC.) Gardner (Melastomataceae), an endemic plant to Brazil. Lopesia pleroma...
Introducción: La Isla del Coco es una isla oceánica que, a pesar de su reconocida biodiversidad, ha sido poco estudiada en cuanto a su entomofauna, particularmente del Orden Diptera. Objetivo: Presentar la diversidad de "moscas" que alberga la Colección de Artrópodos del Museo Nacional de Costa Rica ...
Abstract Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel, 1858), the New World screwworm, causes primary myiasis in wild and domestic animals in tropical and subtropical regions of Brazil. Although this species is considered to occur throughout the country, organized information about its recorded distribution has not...
Moreira, Renata Fagundes;
Farezin, Laura de Campos;
Souza, Ugo Araújo;
Silva, Bruna Zafalon da;
Amorim, Derek Blaese;
Girotto-Soares, Aline;
Surita, Lívia Eichenberg;
Alievi, Marcelo Meller;
Graciolli, Gustavo;
Soares, João Fabio.
Abstract The hippoboscids are cosmopolitan permanent obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of birds, domestic and wild mammals and, occasionally, humans. Some species may act as vectors or hosts of etiological pathogenic agents. The aims of this study were to report on the first cases of Hippoboscidae in ...
Abstract Twenty-six newborn lambs were evaluated for 21 weeks, from birth to slaughter, to assess their plasma anti-Oestrus ovis immunoglobulin (IgG) using the ELISA technique. On the last day of sampling, all the lambs were slaughtered and O. ovis larvae were recovered, quantified and identified accord...
Animales Recién Nacidos,
Dípteros/clasificación,
Dípteros/fisiología,
Infestaciones Ectoparasitarias/inmunología,
Infestaciones Ectoparasitarias/veterinaria,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática,
Inmunidad Humoral/inmunología,
Inmunoglobulina G/inmunología,
Larva,
Ovinos/parasitología,
Enfermedades de las Ovejas/inmunología,
Enfermedades de las Ovejas/parasitología
Abstract Lopesia davillae, a new species of gall midge associated with the reproductive structures of Davilla rugosa (Dilleniaceae), is described and illustrated (larva, pupa, male, female, and damage) based on material collected in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This new species is compared with its congeneric...
Brasil,
Dilleniaceae/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Dípteros/anatomía & histología,
Dípteros/clasificación,
Dípteros/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Cadena Alimentaria,
Herbivoria,
Larva/anatomía & histología,
Larva/clasificación,
Larva/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Pupa/anatomía & histología,
Pupa/clasificación,
Pupa/crecimiento & desarrollo
Abstract A new species of gall midge that induces stem galls on Aeschynomene denticulata (Fabaceae) is described based on material collected in Pantanal (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). This species is unique among the Brazilian congeners in having spatula with three convex teeth, cruciate, with defined ant...
