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The first record of occurrence of Myriastra purpurea (Ridley, 1884) for the South Atlantic Ocean at shallow areas of the Brazilian coast (State of Rio de Janeiro, Sepetiba Bay: 23º04'53"/44º00'34"W and State of Santa Catarina, Porto Belo: 27º09'12"S/48º29'30"W) widely enlarges the distribution of the species, known only from the Indo-Pacific region. Detailed descriptions and ilustrations of the specimens are offered. A table of micrometric measurements and camera lucida drawings of spicules is also offered.Resumo em Inglês:
The type series of Aeshna punctata Martin, 1908 was examined and some inconsistent points in the original description were elucidated. A lectolype was designated, redescribed and illustrated. The two females originally referred to this species actually belong to the Mexican species Aeshna jalapensis Williamson, 1908. Thus, A. punctata should be dropped from the faunistic list of Mexico.Resumo em Inglês:
A new species of termite, Orthognathotermes heberi, is described and the soldiers illustrated. It is similar in morphology and the structure of its nests to O. gibberorum from Mato Grosso. The soldiers are strongly dimorphic, 14% being minor soldiers whose heads are only 59% the length of those of the major ones. No such dimorphism has been recorded in any of the seven species already known in the genus.Resumo em Inglês:
Three main concepts of "pre-pupa" are recognized here in the Holometabola: i) pre-pupa without a distinct moult but with a short quiescent period followed or not by slight modifications of the last larval instar form of body - this type corresponds to the pharate pupa; ii) pre-pupa with a distinct moult, and a quiescent resting period followed by slight form modifications (mainly in the mandibles and color pattern) with a variable period of diapause (ex. Hymenoptera-Symphyta); iii) pre-pupa with a distinct moult, a quiescent period not related to the diapause phenomenon, and distinct morphological modifications (Coleoptera-Mycteridae).Resumo em Inglês:
Larval and pupal stages of Neoclytus curvatus (Germar) are described and compared with other immature Clytini. Notes on the biology of the species are added.Resumo em Inglês:
Larvae of Callirhipis goryi Castelnau, 1834 and C. scapularis Castelnau, 1834 were collected inside hard logs at the Estação Biológica de Boracéia and in Peruíbe, São Paulo, Brazil; reared adults were identified. Descriptions of the larva and pupa are provided with illustrations.Resumo em Inglês:
Four new species of Trupanea from Chile are described in this paper: Trupanea foliosi, Trupanea chrysanthemifolii, Trupanea footei and Trupanea thuriferae. Morphological and chromosomal characters of adults and immature stages are used in the descriptions and native host plants of the species are also reported.Resumo em Inglês:
Some artificial diets were tested and their efficiency assessed from percentage of pupation and emergence, time to emergence, pupal weight, ovary development and maintenance of generation. The best results were obtained with a yeast and starch basal diet. The other products tested were: wheat germ, soybean, fish flour, blood flour and meat flour.Resumo em Inglês:
Eustigmaeus bryonemus, sp. n., is described and figured. It was found in Campinas, SP, feeding on mosses. The karyotype, determined on embryonic tissue of squashed eggs, is 2n = 8 (n = 4).Resumo em Inglês:
A new species in the genus Ameroseius, viz. dendrovagans, is described and figured. It was collected in bark beetle (Scolytidae, Coleoptera) galleries in Pinus sp. in Minas Gerais, Brasil.Resumo em Inglês:
Results of observations on the feeding habit and biology of Ameroseius dendrovagans Flechtmann & Flechtmann are given.Resumo em Inglês:
The majid spider crab Nibilia antilocapra (Stimpson), previously known from the West Atlantic coast, between the Lesser Antilles and North Carolina, is reported as found by fishermen on the Rio Grande do Norte coast, Brazil.Resumo em Inglês:
The authors have studied the geographical distribution of 33 freshwater prawn species found in Brazil and surrounding areas, as part of a research project which views the development of a national technology for the freshwater prawn culture. The fauna comprises litoral species found in lowlands along the coast, in areas limited at the south by the 15ºC isotherm for the average air temperature of the coldest month, and continental species, which can be separated in tropical, subtropical and temperature ones, whose occurrence areas were delimited by the 20ºC and 15ºC average air temperature of the coldest month.Resumo em Inglês:
Diplosolenodes occidentalis (Guilding, 1825) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Veronicellidae) is redescribed upon the examination of types in the British Museum (Natural History). New characters of external and internal morphohgy are described. A leclotype, is selected.