Abstract This study aimed to inventory the herbivore insects associated with Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae) fruits and seeds and their primary and secondary parasitoids. Six samples collected between May and October 2013 yielded 210 fruits, from which 326 insects of six orders e...
Brasil,
Escarabajos/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Escarabajos/parasitología,
Escarabajos/fisiología,
Dípteros/fisiología,
Fabaceae/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Cadena Alimentaria,
Frutas/fisiología,
Herbivoria,
Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos,
Insectos/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Insectos/parasitología,
Insectos/fisiología,
Larva/crecimiento & desarrollo
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 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...
Abstract Clinodiplosis agerati, a new galling species that induces stem galls on Ageratum conyzoides (Asteraceae) is described and illustrated (larva, pupa, male, female and gall) based on material collected in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The new species is compared with the other Neotropical species. This is ...
Abstract Thirty-one morphotypes of insect galls and two flower damages were found on 16 families, 22 genera and 24 plant species in Restinga de Marambaia (Barra de Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, RJ). Fabaceae and Myrtaceae were the plant families with the greatest richness of insect galls (4 and 6 morphotype...
Brasil,
Dípteros/clasificación,
Dípteros/fisiología,
Fabaceae/parasitología,
Hemípteros/clasificación,
Hemípteros/fisiología,
Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos/fisiología,
Insectos/clasificación,
Insectos/fisiología,
Lepidópteros/clasificación,
Lepidópteros/fisiología,
Myrtaceae/parasitología,
Hojas de la Planta/parasitología,
Tallos de la Planta/parasitología,
Tumores de Planta/clasificación,
Tumores de Planta/parasitología,
Plantas/parasitología
Abstract Mass production of predatory stinkbugs in the laboratory is prioritized to release them into the field as part of IPM programs. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify the best prey for rearing the predator Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas, 1851) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) among five differen...
Foram realizadas coletas de tabanídeos a 40 metros de altura, em uma torre metálica, na Estação Experimental de Silvicultura Tropical, Amazonas, Brasil. As coletas foram realizadas de janeiro a dezembro de 2004, durante três noites de transição lunar minguante/nova de cada mês, das 18 às 6 horas...
