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The genus Languidipes is currently represented by three species distributed in southeastern Asia, India, and Sri Lanka. Languidipes corporaali is the most widely distributed species, and both, male and female imagos, as well as nymphs, are known. In contrast, the other species, L. taprobanes and L. lithophagus, are only known from nymphs. Here, we describe a new species, Languidipes janae sp nov, based on male imagos collected from Borneo, Indonesia. This new species is characterized by the presence of ommation on mesonotum, and penis almost completely divided, with sub-quadrate base and a small outer projection basal to the long and slender distal arms. This constitutes the first record of the genus for Borneo. A cladistic analysis of the subfamily Asthenopodinae supports its taxonomic status.
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Ephemeroptera , Animais , Bornéu , Masculino , Feminino , Ephemeroptera/anatomia & histologia , Ephemeroptera/classificação , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/anatomia & histologiaRESUMO
Females, nymphs, and larvae of Ixodes silvanus n. sp. collected from birds and from the vegetation in northwestern Argentina (Yungas Phytogeographic Province) are described herein. The new species belongs to the subgenus Trichotoixodes (Acari: Ixodidae). The female is diagnosed by a combination of the following characters: scutum with setae moderately long and more numerous in central field, fewer and moderately long setae on lateral fields, and inconspicuous setae in anterior field; basis capituli subtriangular dorsally; porose areas large and irregular in shape, lacking distinct margins; auriculae with straight edges diverging posterolaterally and ending with small blunt processes; hypostome narrow and pointed with dental formula 4/4 in the anterior third, then 3/3 and 2/2 near the base; coxae I with two spurs, sub-equal in size, internal slightly slimmer than external. The nymph is diagnosed by notum with numerous and long setae, ventral surface covered by numerous whitish setae, scutum with short scapulae and few and shallow punctations, setae on scutum few, short and irregularly distributed, basis capituli sub-triangular dorsally with posterior margin straight, cornua large and directed postero-laterally, auriculae large and projected laterally, lateral margin of basis capituli above auriculae with a lateral and triangular projection, hypostome pointed with dental formula 3/3 in the anterior third and then 2/2, and coxa I with two short, sub-equal, triangular spurs. The diagnostic characters of the larva are: basis capituli dorsally sub-triangular with lateral angles acute and posterior margin straight, auriculae as large triangular lateral projections, hypostome with apex bluntly pointed and dental formula 3/3 in the anterior third and then 2/2, coxa I with two short, sub-equal, triangular spurs, and pattern of dorsal and ventral body setae. This new species is phylogenetically related to Ixodes brunneus, Ixodes turdus and Ixodes frontalis, and the principal hosts for all its parasitic stages are birds.
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Ixodes/anatomia & histologia , Ixodes/classificação , Animais , Argentina , DNA Espaçador Ribossômico/análise , Complexo IV da Cadeia de Transporte de Elétrons/análise , Feminino , Ixodes/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ixodes/ultraestrutura , Larva/anatomia & histologia , Larva/classificação , Larva/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Larva/ultraestrutura , Microscopia , Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ninfa/ultraestrutura , Filogenia , RNA Ribossômico 16S/análiseRESUMO
A new argasid (Argasidae) tick is herein described based on morphology and molecular data obtained from larvae parasitizing Octodon degus and from ticks collected inside burrows in northern Chile. Unfed laboratory-reared larvae were mounted in slides for morphometrical and morphological analyses. Larvae of Ornithodoros octodontus n. sp. share morphological traits with Ornithodoros quilinensis and Ornithodoros xerophylus, two species associated with rodents in the Argentinean Chaco. However, a longer hypostome with two rows of 21 and 22 denticles each one, and conspicuous leaf-shaped anal plates separate O. octodontus. While nymphal stages of O. octodontus lack cheeks and possess a micromammillated dorsal integument, adults have cheeks and exhibit markedly irregular mammillae along their dorsal surface. Phylogenetic analyses of neotropical Argasidae based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences point that O. octodontus forms a monophyletic group with O. xerophylus and an unidentified Ornithodoros sp. from Bolivia, all of them associated with burrow-dweller rodents. Ornithodoros aragaoi and Ornithodoros davisi, two rare species collected once only in the Peruvian Andean Plateau during 1955 are morphologically closely related with adults and nymphs of O. octodontus. Biological observations of O. octodontus revealed autogenic females. For the moment, subgeneric classification of this new species depends on further biological studies. The fauna of ticks occurring in Chile is now represented by 22 species, 11 belonging to the Argasidae family.
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Octodon , Ornithodoros/classificação , Doenças dos Roedores/parasitologia , Infestações por Carrapato/veterinária , Animais , Chile , Feminino , Larva/anatomia & histologia , Larva/classificação , Larva/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Larva/ultraestrutura , Masculino , Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura/veterinária , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ninfa/ultraestrutura , Ornithodoros/anatomia & histologia , Ornithodoros/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ornithodoros/ultraestrutura , Infestações por Carrapato/parasitologiaRESUMO
The discovery of a new species, Periglischrus empheresotrichus, was determined through a review of museum collections, as well as a field survey of ectoparasites of island bats. This new species parasitizes on two bat species of the genus Monophyllus Leach, the Greater Antillean Long-tongued bat Monophyllus redmani Leach and the Lesser Antillean Long-tongued bat Monophyllus plethodon Miller. The female, male, deuthonymphs, and protonymph are described and illustrated. P. empheresotrichus n. sp. has an insular distribution, we evaluated the morphological variation of the adult populations, and concluded that intra-specific variation is correlated both with host species and locality (island) in the West Indies.
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Infestações por Ácaros/veterinária , Ácaros/classificação , Animais , Quirópteros , Cuba , Dominica , República Dominicana , Feminino , Guadalupe , Haiti , Especificidade de Hospedeiro , Jamaica , Masculino , Infestações por Ácaros/parasitologia , Ácaros/anatomia & histologia , Ácaros/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimentoRESUMO
Ixodes fuscipes Koch, 1844, described from Brazil, has been considered a valid species with records from Brazil and Peru. Ixodes spinosus Neumann, 1899, also described from Brazil, has been considered a synonym of I. fuscipes. In 2014, Ixodes aragaoi Fonseca, 1935 was redescribed as a valid species for Brazil and Uruguay. Until the present study, one major difference between the females of I. fuscipes and I. aragaoi was the horn-like auriculae in the former versus the ridge-like auriculae in the later, but this morphological difference was not supported after examination of the holotype of I. fuscipes and a syntype female of I. spinosus. Surprisingly, we found the type of I. fuscipes to have ridge-like auriculae, in contrast to the horn-like auriculae of I. spinosus. Comparisons of the I. fuscipes holotype with the syntypes of I. aragaoi revealed that they correspond to the same species. Therefore, we redescribe I. fuscipes, relegate I. aragaoi to a junior synonym of I. fuscipes, and reinstate I. spinosus as a valid species. After examining all lots of I. fuscipes in four tick collections, no specimen was recognized as I. fuscipes when compared with the type specimen of this taxon. On the other hand, specimens previously identified as I. aragaoi are now confirmed as I. fuscipes, with bona fide records for Brazil and Uruguay. Some of the specimens previously reported as I. fuscipes are now confirmed as I. spinosus, with records in two Brazilian biomes, Amazon and Atlantic rainforest. We present lists of the ticks examined in this study, with their current taxonomic status.
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Ixodes/classificação , Animais , Brasil , Feminino , Ixodes/anatomia & histologia , Ixodes/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Larva/anatomia & histologia , Larva/classificação , Larva/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Masculino , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , UruguaiRESUMO
Recent studies have reported several larvae of an unidentified Amblyomma species on passerine birds in Atlantic rainforest fragments in southeastern Brazil. These larvae yielded a unique 16S rRNA haplotype designated as Amblyomma sp. haplotype Nazaré, which showed nucleotide identity levels of 91% to Amblyomma parkeri Fonseca & Aragão, 1952 and 88% to Amblyomma longirostre (Koch, 1844). Herein, we describe Amblyomma sp. haplotype Nazaré as a new species, Amblyomma romarioi n. sp. Martins, Luz & Labruna, through a formal description of the male and female adult stages. Amblyomma romarioi is morphologically and genetically most closely related to A. parkeri, A. longirostre and Amblyomma geayi Neumann, 1899. Among males, the rectangular basis capituli and rounded coxa I spurs separates A. romarioi from A. parkeri, A. longirostre, and A. geayi, which have basis capituli triangular or slightly hexagonal, and pointed coxa I spurs. Among females, the V-shaped genital aperture and coxa I rounded spurs of A. romarioi contrasts to the U-shaped genital aperture and coxa I pointed spurs in A. parkeri, A. longirostre, and A. geayi. Larvae of A. romarioi have been collected on 24 species of passerines. The few records of nymphs and adults were on the black-fronted titi monkey Callicebus nigrifrons (Spix, 1823). The current distribution of A. romarioi is restricted to the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, southeastern Brazil, in areas with altitude between 363 and 1600â¯m, within the distribution of C. nigrifrons. We discuss ecological features of Amblyomma romarioi, comparatively to A. parkeri, A. longirostre and A. geayi. The present study increases the Brazilian tick fauna to 74 species.
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Haplorrinos/parasitologia , Ixodidae/classificação , Passeriformes/parasitologia , Animais , Brasil , Feminino , Ixodidae/anatomia & histologia , Ixodidae/fisiologia , Ixodidae/ultraestrutura , Larva/anatomia & histologia , Larva/classificação , Larva/fisiologia , Masculino , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/fisiologia , Filogenia , RNA Mitocondrial/análise , RNA Ribossômico 16S/análiseRESUMO
Ornithodoros marinkellei was described from larvae collected on Pteronotus spp. bats in Colombia and Panama. More recently, this tick was reported in the Brazilian Amazon. Because some morphometric differences were observed between O. marinkellei larvae from Colombia and Brazil, it was proposed that further investigations were needed to assess whether the differences could be attributed to intra- or inter-specific polymorphism. Herein, we collected O. marinkellei specimens in the type locality of Colombia, in Brazil, and in a new locality in Nicaragua, expanding the distribution of the species to Nicaragua. Morphometric analysis of larvae and adults, corroborated by a principal component analysis (PCA), indicated that the Brazilian specimens were larger than specimens from Colombia and Nicaragua. Phylogenetic analysis inferred from the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene showed ticks from Colombia and Nicaragua more genetically related than any of them with ticks from Brazil, although ticks from the three countries grouped in a clade sister to a major clade containing sequences of various Neotropical Ornithodoros species. We concluded that ticks identified as O. marinkellei from Colombia, Nicaragua, and Brazil represent the same taxon, and that the genetic and morphological differences between them are likely to have a geographical bias. We redescribed the nymph of O. marinkellei, which has a vestigial hypostome, probably incompatible with blood feeding. We also report human infestation by O. marinkellei adults. As all reports of O. marinkellei adults have been from hot caves (temperature > 35 °C), this abiotic condition could be a limiting factor for the occurrence of this tick species.
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Distribuição Animal , Ecossistema , Interações Hospedeiro-Parasita , Ornithodoros/anatomia & histologia , Ornithodoros/fisiologia , Infestações por Carrapato/parasitologia , Animais , Brasil , Colômbia , Feminino , Humanos , Larva/anatomia & histologia , Larva/classificação , Larva/genética , Larva/fisiologia , Masculino , Nicarágua , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/genética , Ninfa/fisiologia , Ornithodoros/classificação , Ornithodoros/genética , Filogenia , RNA Ribossômico 16S/análiseRESUMO
The Cerrado Biome is the second largest in Brazil covering roughly 2 million km2, with varying features throughout its area. The Biome is endangered but it is also source of animal species for rural, green urban and degraded rainforest areas. Ticks are among Cerrado species that establish at anthropogenic sites and although information about them is steadily increasing, several features are unknown. We herein report tick species, abundance and some ecological relationships within natural areas of the Cerrado at higher altitudes (800-1500 m) within and around Serra da Canastra National Park, in Minas Gerais State Brazil. In total of 1196 ticks were collected in the environment along 10 campaigns held in 3 years (2007-2009). Amblyomma sculptum was the most numerous species followed by Amblyomma dubitatum and Amblyomma brasiliense. Distribution of these species was very uneven and an established population of A. brasiliense in the Cerrado is reported for the first time. Other tick species (Amblyomma ovale, Amblyomma nodosum, Amblyomma parvum, Ixodes schulzei and Haemaphysalis leporispalustris) were found in lesser numbers. Domestic animals displayed tick infestations of both rural and urban origin as well as from natural areas (Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato, Rhipicephalus microplus, Dermacentor nitens, A. sculptum, A. ovale, Amblyomma tigrinum, Argas miniatus). Amblyomma sculptum had the widest domestic host spectrum among all tick species. DNA of only one Rickettsia species, R. bellii, was found in an A. dubitatum tick. Several biological and ecological features of ticks of the studied areas are discussed.
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Biodiversidade , Ixodidae/fisiologia , Rickettsia/isolamento & purificação , Animais , Brasil , DNA Bacteriano/análise , Feminino , Ixodidae/classificação , Ixodidae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ixodidae/microbiologia , Larva/classificação , Larva/fisiologia , Masculino , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/fisiologia , Parques Recreativos , Dinâmica Populacional , RNA Ribossômico 16S/análise , Rickettsia/classificação , Estações do Ano , Análise de Sequência de DNARESUMO
The tick fauna of Brazil is currently composed by 72 species. The state of Amazonas is the largest of Brazil, with an area of ≈ 19% of the Brazilian land. Besides its vast geographic area, only 19 tick species have been reported for Amazonas. Herein, lots containing ticks from the state of Amazonas were examined in three major tick collections from Brazil. A total of 5933 tick specimens were examined and recorded, comprising 2693 males, 1247 females, 1509 nymphs, and 484 larvae. These ticks were identified into the following 22 species: Amblyomma cajennense sensu lato, Amblyomma calcaratum, Amblyomma coelebs, Amblyomma dissimile, Amblyomma dubitatum, Amblyomma geayi, Amblyomma goeldii, Amblyomma humerale, Amblyomma latepunctatun, Amblyomma longirostre, Amblyomma naponense, Amblyomma oblongoguttatum, Amblyomma ovale, Amblyomma rotundatum, Amblyomma scalpturatum, Amblyomma varium, Dermacentor nitens, Haemaphysalis juxtakochi, Ixodes cf. Ixodes fuscipes, Ixodes luciae, Rhipicephalus microplus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato. Ticks were collected from 17 (27.4%) out of the 62 municipalities that currently compose the state of Amazonas. The following four species are reported for the first time in the state of Amazonas: A. coelebs, A. dubitatum, H. juxtakochi, and Ixodes cf. I. fuscipes. The only tick species previously reported for Amazonas and not found in the present study is Amblyomma parvum. This study provides a great expansion of geographical and host records of ticks for the state of Amazonas, which is now considered to have a tick fauna composed by 23 species. It is noteworthy that we report 1391 Amblyomma nymphs that were identified to 13 different species.
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Distribuição Animal , Biota , Ixodidae/classificação , Ixodidae/fisiologia , Animais , Brasil , Feminino , Ixodidae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Larva/classificação , Larva/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Larva/fisiologia , Masculino , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ninfa/fisiologiaRESUMO
Hepatozoon species are vector-borne pathogens that infect domestic and wild animals. Marsupials of the species Didelphis albiventris are adapted to urban and peri-urban areas and act as reservoir hosts for several parasites. The present study evaluated the occurrence of infection by Hepatozoon species in synantropic D. albiventris from Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil. Blood samples and ectoparasites from 19 D. albiventris were collected from urban and peri-urban areas. Hepatozoon spp. detection was performed by microscopy and molecular analysis. One opossum was positive for Hepatozoon spp. in microscopy analysis and PCR, while another animal was positive only in PCR. The obtained sequences were 100% identical to Hepatozoon canis. Six species of ticks and two species of fleas were detected on D. albiventris. This is the first report of H. canis in synantropic D. albiventris. In Brazil, H. canis transmission among dog populations is not well established, which highlights the importance of investigating the role that opossums might play in the epidemiology of this protozoan.
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Coccidiose/veterinária , Didelphis , Eucoccidiida/isolamento & purificação , Infestações por Pulgas/veterinária , Infestações por Carrapato/veterinária , Animais , Brasil/epidemiologia , Coccidiose/epidemiologia , Coccidiose/parasitologia , Ctenocephalides/classificação , Eucoccidiida/classificação , Eucoccidiida/genética , Infestações por Pulgas/epidemiologia , Infestações por Pulgas/parasitologia , Ixodidae/classificação , Ixodidae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Larva/classificação , Larva/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ornithodoros/classificação , Ornithodoros/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Filogenia , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Sifonápteros/classificação , Infestações por Carrapato/epidemiologia , Infestações por Carrapato/parasitologiaRESUMO
In this study, we present a morphological description of immature and adult specimens of Ornithodoros saraivai n. sp., a tick associated with the frog Cycloramphus boraceiensis (Cycloramphidae) at São Sebastião island, located in the São Paulo state seaboard, Brazil. While larvae of O. saraivai are ecologically related to Ornithodoros faccinii, another soft tick associated with cycloramphids, the combination of 7 sternal pairs, 16 dorsal pairs, a pyriform dorsal plate and a partially toothed hypostome constitute unique characters of the O. saraivai larvae. One undetermined nymphal instar and adults of O. saraivai are similar to mature specimens of the Ornithodoros talaje species group; however, the O. saraivai specimens can be recognized by the presence of a robust bean-shaped spiracle with a large spiracular plate and more than two long seta in palpal article I. Identical partial sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene confirmed the identity for all collected stages and for two cohorts of laboratory-reared larvae of O. saraivai. A Bayesian and Maximum Parsimony inferred phylogenetic trees support the position of O. saraivai in a clade with O. faccinii, suggesting the existence of an Ornithodoros lineage that evolved in association with amphibians.
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Anuros/parasitologia , Ornithodoros/classificação , Ornithodoros/fisiologia , Animais , Brasil , Feminino , Larva/anatomia & histologia , Larva/classificação , Larva/fisiologia , Masculino , Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/fisiologia , Ornithodoros/anatomia & histologia , Filogenia , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Análise de Sequência de DNA/veterinária , Especificidade da EspécieRESUMO
The presence of ticks inside human constructions was evaluated in two localities from Colon province (Charco La Piedra and Espinar) and one from Panama province (Ancon, City of Panama). In two of houses, eight people from Charco La Piedra and one from Ancón reported "insect bites," which produced blisters for several weeks. The investigation resulted in the collection of argasid ticks, which were identified by morphology and sequencing the 16s ribosomal RNA gene, and later evaluated for the presence of relapsing fever Borrelia DNA. All ticks were identified as Ornithodoros puertoricensis. While spirochetal DNA was not detected by PCR in the ticks, our report highlights the potential for relapsing fever borreliosis in rural and urban localities in Panama.
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Ornithodoros/fisiologia , Infestações por Carrapato/parasitologia , Distribuição Animal , Animais , Feminino , Humanos , Larva/classificação , Larva/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Larva/microbiologia , Larva/fisiologia , Masculino , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ninfa/microbiologia , Ninfa/fisiologia , Ornithodoros/classificação , Ornithodoros/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ornithodoros/microbiologia , PanamáRESUMO
Information about tick fauna and monitoring of pathogen prevalences in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in various habitat types can enhance knowledge about the epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens in Brazil. This work shows the results of a study of tick parasitism of wild rodents and marsupials collected in seven localities in the southern part of Brazil, within Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes. A total of 61 ticks were collected from small mammals, and after identification to the species level, the ticks were individually tested for the presence of bacteria of the genera Rickettsia, Borrelia, family Anaplasmataceae, and protozoa of the genus Babesia. The following species of ticks were found: Amblyomma ovale Koch, 1844, Amblyomma dubitatum Neumann, 1899, Amblyomma fuscum Neumann, 1907, Ixodes aragaoi Fonseca, 1935, Ixodes fuscipes Koch, 1844, Ixodes loricatus Neumann, 1899, and Ixodes schulzei Aragão and Fonseca, 1951. Among tested ticks, no DNA of Borrelia, Babesia or Anaplasmataceae was detected. Two nymphs of A. ovale were found infected with Rickettsia bellii and four nymphs of I. aragaoi with Rickettsia sp., genetically close to Rickettsia monacensis, Rickettsia tamurae and the endosymbiont Rickettsia spp., previously found in various Ixodidae. In one nymph of A. fuscum, DNA of a novel Hepatozoon sp. was found. Additionally we provide novel tick-host associations.
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Babesia/isolamento & purificação , Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Ixodidae/microbiologia , Marsupiais/parasitologia , Roedores/parasitologia , Infestações por Carrapato/veterinária , Animais , Babesia/genética , Babesiose/epidemiologia , Babesiose/parasitologia , Bactérias/genética , Brasil/epidemiologia , Ixodidae/classificação , Ninfa/classificação , Filogenia , Infestações por Carrapato/epidemiologia , Infestações por Carrapato/parasitologiaRESUMO
Nymphs of 22 species of Plecoptera from the Brazilian Amazon are keyed and illustrated to enhance their usefulness as water quality indicator taxa. Four described species of Anacroneuria, two species of Macrogynoplax, and two species of Enderleina have been associated with adults: Anacroneuria marlieri, A. manauensis, A. minuta, A. singularis, M. delicata, M. pulchra, E. froehlichi, and E. flinti. Nymphs of 14 additional morphospecies not yet associated with adults are included. Characters of the head, pronotum, mesonotum, and metanotum are used to distinguish late instar nymphs.
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Insetos/anatomia & histologia , Insetos/classificação , Animais , Brasil , Insetos/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Rios , Qualidade da ÁguaRESUMO
Deois (Deois) mourei Cavichioli & Sakakibara (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) is recorded for the first time from Argentina and Paraguay. The eggs and immature stages of the species are described and illustrated; the main characters that distinguish instars are body size, color, number of flagellomeres, and number of tibial and metatarsomere spines. A key for identification of nymphs of D. (D.) mourei and a key to differentiate nymphs of the sympatric species D. (D.) mourei and Notozulia entreriana Berg are provided. In addition, a list of host plants of D. (D.) mourei in Argentina is given.
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Hemípteros/anatomia & histologia , Hemípteros/classificação , Poaceae/parasitologia , Distribuição Animal/fisiologia , Animais , Argentina , Feminino , Hemípteros/fisiologia , Masculino , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/fisiologia , Óvulo/classificação , Paraguai , Especificidade da EspécieRESUMO
We present taxonomic contributions and new records for Neotropical Brachycercinae based on material from Brazil. We performed a phylogenetic analysis in order to test the relationship between Alloretochus Sun & McCafferty, 2008 and Latineosus Sun & Mc- Cafferty, 2008, and Alloretochus sigillatus was recovered in the Latineosus clade. Therefore, we propose a new combination, Latineosus sigillatus comb. n. The nymph of Latineosus sigillatus is described and is associated with imago through molecular tools. Moreover, Alloretochus peruanicus (Soldán, 1986) is reported for the first time from Brazil.
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Ephemeroptera/anatomia & histologia , Ephemeroptera/classificação , Distribuição Animal , Estruturas Animais/anatomia & histologia , Estruturas Animais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Animais , Tamanho Corporal , Brasil , Ecossistema , Ephemeroptera/genética , Ephemeroptera/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Masculino , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/genética , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Tamanho do Órgão , FilogeniaRESUMO
This paper describes the development of the waxy test and the microscopic characters of the three female nymphal instars of Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock, C. diospyros Hempel, C. floridensis Comstock, C. flosculoides Matile-Ferrero, C. formicarius Hempel, C. formosus Hempel, C. grandis Hempel, C. iheringi Cockerell, C. lucidus Hempel, and C. stellifer (Westwood). The discussion compares their morphology and divides the species into three groups according to the pattern of their dermal and wax characters.
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Hemípteros/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Distribuição Animal , Estruturas Animais/anatomia & histologia , Estruturas Animais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Animais , Tamanho Corporal , Brasil , Ecossistema , Feminino , Hemípteros/anatomia & histologia , Hemípteros/classificação , Masculino , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Tamanho do ÓrgãoRESUMO
The 5th instar nymph of Oenopiella punctaria (Stål, 1859) is described and illustrated for the first time, together with new distributional records from Patagonia. The new records are from Santa Cruz Province (Argentina), and the Magallanes Region (Chile). The latter is the southernmost record for this species and also for the Carpocorini in South America. In light of the new data, the biogeography of Oenopiella is discussed, and it is concluded that an Andean origin may be possible.
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Distribuição Animal , Heterópteros/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Estruturas Animais/anatomia & histologia , Estruturas Animais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Animais , Argentina , Tamanho Corporal , Chile , Feminino , Heterópteros/anatomia & histologia , Heterópteros/classificação , Masculino , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Tamanho do ÓrgãoRESUMO
Hermanella angeli sp. nov. (Holotype male deposited in MZUSP: Itacaré municipality, Cachoeira Bom Sossego, 14°20'05.2"S, 39°01'27.4"W, 31.VII.2012, Mariano, R, Almeida, E & Costa, S. leg.) is described based on imagos and nymphs from the State of Bahia, Brazil. The new species can be distinguished by the following combination of characteristics, in male imagos: (1) costal and subcostal area of forewing brown (Fig. 5b); (2) thorax and abdominal terga predominantly brown (Fig. 2-3); (3) penes divided in apical 1/8 (Fig. 8); (4) penis lobe with ventral, long, curved spine (Fig. 7); (5) prosternum narrow (Fig. 1). In nymphs: (1) tarsal claws with 2-3 accessory denticles (Fig. 19); (2) mandible without setae near basal articulation (Fig. 13a); (3) prostheca of left mandible with spines on inner margin (Fig. 13b); (4) plate-like gills terminated in a finger-like process (Fig. 11).
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Ephemeroptera/classificação , Estruturas Animais/anatomia & histologia , Estruturas Animais/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Animais , Tamanho Corporal , Brasil , Ephemeroptera/anatomia & histologia , Ephemeroptera/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Feminino , Masculino , Ninfa/anatomia & histologia , Ninfa/classificação , Ninfa/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Tamanho do ÓrgãoRESUMO
Kempnyia couriae sp. nov. is described from specimens (male, female, and nymphs) collected in Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the male penial armature, having an elongate gonopore, surpassing the hooks, hooks with penial apex forming a globular membranous structure, and by ventrally curved hooks. Females and a nymph were associated with males using DNA barcoding.