Huit Sericinae nouveaux appartenant aux genres Bilga (Fairmaire, 1893) et Parautoserica (Lacroix et al., 2022) sont décrits de l’archipel de Sao Tomé et Principe : Bilga tomeensis n. sp., Parautoserica louisae n. sp., P. deffontainesi n. sp., P. monteironi n. sp., P. martinsae n. sp., P. turneri n. sp., P. barclayi n. sp & P. smithi n. sp. Un tab...
A broca-dos-frutos, Conotrachelus humeropictus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), é a mais importante praga do cupuaçuzeiro, por estar amplamente disseminada na região amazônica e causar perdas de até 100% na produção de frutos, dependendo da infestação. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a dinâmica populacional de larvas de C. humeropictus, em planti...
A new species of the genus Rhyparus Westwood, 1845 is described and illustrated: Rhyparus sulawesiensis sp. nov. from Sulawesi Island. The newly described species belongs to the group of species with modified pygidum and last abdominal ventrite in females.
Melanophilharmostes gillesi sp. nov. is described from São Tomé (São Tomé e Principe, Guinea Gulf). This is the first Melanophilharmostes Paulian, 1968 reported for São Tomé e Principe and the second for the Guinea Gulf islands.
Les brentides de l’archipel de Sao Tomé et Principe sont étudiés. Nous recensons 15 espèces, dont 4 inédites découvertes lors de prospections récentes. Pour chacune d’elles, la liste des localités, une carte de répartition et une photo sont fournies.
New information on several African Lamiinae is provided. The following synonyms are proposed: Prosopocera (Alphitopola) albosignata Breuning, 1938 and P. (A.) bicornuta Breuning, 1971 are synonymized with P. (A.) paykullii (Fåhraeus, 1872); P. (Dalterus) matillai Báguena, 1952 is synonymized with P. (A.) gahani (Aurivillius, 1925); P. (D.) holofl...
RET receptor tyrosine kinase is activated in various cancers (lung, thyroid, colon and pancreatic, among others) through oncogenic fusions or gain-of-function single-nucleotide variants. Small-molecule RET kinase inhibitors became standard-of-care therapy for advanced malignancies driven by RET. The therapeutic benefit of RET inhibitors is limited,...
People living with HIV who are seeking jobs experience unique barriers to obtaining employment at the individual, group, and community levels. Traditional employment assistance programs can provide support but may not be tailored to some people living with HIV who often experience barriers to work related to their social needs (such as housing inst...
The two new species Litargus (Litargus) annettae sp. nov. and Litargus (Litargus) jacquesi sp. nov. from Benin are described, illustrated and compared with related species.
Lepturges (Lepturges) pfanderae sp. nov. is described from Brazil (Bahia and Espírito Santo). Lepturges (Lepturges) linearis Bates, 1863 is recorded from the Brazilian state of Roraima.
