Gómez-Zurita, Jesús Maes, Jean-Michel
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Neotropical entomology
In this work, we have examined a large sample of Eumolpinae leaf beetles from Nicaragua and found 18 species reported for the first time in this country, including the new species Caryonoda funebris n. sp., which also represents a new genus record for Central America, and two genera of Typophorini not reported from Nicaragua so far: Paria LeConte, ...
Jiménez-Ferbans, Larry Reyes-Castillo, Pedro Bevilaqua, Marcus
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Neotropical Entomology
Brachypterism is a common condition cited in passalid beetles, mainly associated to species with strictly montane distributions. In the New World Passalids, brachypterism has been reported especially in the tribe Proculini, for which almost all genera have brachypterous species; meanwhile, in Passalini, the other Netropical tribe, it has been cited...
Morimoto, Juliano Barcellos, Renan Schoborg, Todd A. Nogueira, Liebert Parreiras Colaço, Marcos Vinicius
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Neotropical Entomology
Ecological conditions shape (adaptive) responses at the molecular, anatomical, and behavioral levels. Understanding these responses is key to predict the outcomes of intra- and inter-specific competitions and the evolutionary trajectory of populations. Recent technological advances have enabled large-scale molecular (e.g., RNAseq) and behavioral (e...
Żyła, Dagmara Bogri, Amalia Hansen, Aslak Kappel Jenkins Shaw, Josh Kypke, Janina Solodovnikov, Alexey
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Neotropical Entomology
We describe a new genus and species of Paederinae rove beetles, Ruptor cordatus gen. et sp. nov., which lives in the arboreal nests of the termite Labiotermes labralis (Holmgren, 1906) in the Amazon lowlands of Peru. The morphology of Ruptor gen. nov. is highly derived, apparently due to its close association with the termite host, and thus, morpho...
Hipólito, Juliana Shirai, Leila Teruko Halinski, Rosana Guidolin, Aline Sartori da Silva Dias Pini, Nivia Soares Pires, Carmen Sílvia Querino, Ranyse Barbosa Quintela, Eliane Dias Gouveia Fontes, Eliana Maria
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Neotropical Entomology
Although women are about half of world’s population, they are underrepresented in many sectors including academia and the research scenario in general. Gender gap in Entomology has been pointed out in other publications; however, data for Brazil has never been demonstrated. Here we provide a diagnosis for the Brazilian Entomology scenario in order ...
Constantino, Luis Miguel Gil, Zulma Nancy Montoya, Esther Cecilia Benavides, Pablo
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Neotropical Entomology
During coffee harvest, picked berries fall to the ground where they serve as a reservoir for the coffee berry borer (CBB) which then infest coffee berries on the trees. This study tested the effect of fallen CBB-infested coffee berries on the infestation of coffee trees ( Coffea arabica ). Three-year-old trees were treated with either 0, 1, 5, 10, ...
Sasa, Archbold Gosik, Rafał Witkowski, Ed T F Byrne, Marcus J Mazur, Miłosz A
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Neotropical entomology
There is evident variation in body size amongst Anthonomus santacruzi Hustache, 1924, weevils. The aims of this study were to assess if the variation in body size in A. santacruzi weevils is a result of sexual dimorphism and what features can be used to distinguish males from females. The weevils were collected from field sites in Mpumalanga, South...
Dollet, M Fidelis, E G Dos Passos, E Da Silva, F Aberlenc, H P Schurt, D A Bahder, B Diniz, L C Bartlett, C R
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Neotropical Entomology
We present surveys of derbid planthoppers associated with coconut ( Cocos nucifera L.) and oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) collected in Northeastern (Sergipe) and North (Pará and Roraima) Brazil. The surveys were intended to contribute to our knowledge of possible vectors of phytoplasmas or other phloem-restricted plant pathogens. Eight derbid ...
Borges, R C Brito, R M Imperatriz-Fonseca, V L Giannini, T C
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Neotropical entomology
Nature safeguards living organisms and the ecosystem functions and services delivered by them. Animal pollination is an important Ecosystem Service since it plays a key role for achieving the sustainable development goals by safeguarding worldwide food production. Thus, conservation of pollination services is a major priority for guaranteeing globa...
Pyrcz, T W Zubek, A Boyer, P Nakamura, I Wacławik, B Florczyk, K
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Neotropical Entomology
So far, six species of Oxeoschistus Butler, including its junior synonym Dioriste Thieme, were listed from Central America, with five of them from Costa Rica alone, which appears to represent the highest regional diversity of this Neotropical montane butterfly genus. Our research based on field work, morphological studies and barcode analysis prove...
