Non‐Euglossine Bees also Function as Pollinators of Sinningia Species (Gesneriaceae) in Southeastern Brazil

Plant Biology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 506-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. SanMartin‐Gajardo ◽  
M. Sazima
2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel A. R. Melo ◽  
Luiz R. R. Faria Jr ◽  
Paola Marchi ◽  
Claudio J. B. de Carvalho

Here we report for the first time data on parasitism of two species of Euglossa, E. intersecta Latreille, 1838 and E. anodorhynchi Nemésio, 2006, by conopid flies of the genus Physocephala Schiner, 1861. A parasitized adult male of E. intersecta was collected in Acre, northwestern Brazil,while parasitized adult females of E. anodorhynchi were obtained from trap-nests in São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. For both host species, the parasite-host association was confirmed by rearing the flies from parasitized adult bees. E. anodorhynchi was attacked by Physocephala bipunctata (Macquart, 1843) and E. intersecta by an unidentified species of Physocephala Schiner, 1861. Although our current knowledge is still incipient, parasitism by conopid flies can be considered widespread in euglossine bees, judging from the cases reported so far, which involve different host genera and species distributed widely apart.


Apidologie ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guaraci Duran Cordeiro ◽  
Samuel Boff ◽  
Tiago de Almeida Caetano ◽  
Paulo César Fernandes ◽  
Isabel Alves-dos-Santos

2020 ◽  
Vol 642 ◽  
pp. 227-240
Author(s):  
L Lodi ◽  
R Tardin ◽  
G Maricato

Most studies of cetacean habitat use do not consider the influence of anthropogenic activities. We investigated the influence of environmental and anthropogenic variables on habitat use by humpback Megaptera novaeangliae and Bryde’s whales Balaenoptera brydei off the coast of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Although there are 2 marine protected areas (MPAs) in this area, few data are available on cetacean habitat use or on the overlap of different cetacean species within these MPAs. Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of the MPAs and propose a buffer zone to better protect the biodiversity of the study area. We conducted systematic surveys and developed spatial eigenvector generalized linear models to characterize habitat use by the species in the study area. Habitat use by humpback whales was influenced only by depth, whereas for Bryde’s whales there was the additional influence of anthropogenic variables. For Bryde’s whales, which use the area for feeding, sea surface temperature and the distance to anchorages had a major influence on habitat use. We also showed that neither of the MPAs in the study area adequately protects the hotspots of either whale species. Most of the humpback whale grid cells with high sighting predictions were located within 2 km of the MPAs, while areas of high sighting prediction of Bryde’s whales were located up to 5 km from the MPAs, closer to beaches. Our findings provide important insights for the delimitation of protected areas and zoning of the MPAs.


2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline B. de Mello ◽  
Julia M. B. Molina ◽  
Maja Kajin ◽  
Marcos C. de O. Santos

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 832-837
Author(s):  
Rafaela Alves Pereira-Silva ◽  
Sarah Maria Athiê-Souza ◽  
André Laurênio de Melo ◽  
W. Scott Armbruster

Abstract—A new species of Dalechampia from southeastern Brazil, belonging to Dalechampia sect. Dioscoreifoliae, is described and illustrated here. Dalechampia margarethiae is a twining vine occurring exclusively in Espírito Santo state. Its pseudanthia are similar to those of D. peckoltiana and D. pentaphylla, but D. margarethiae differs in a set of important characters, including having cylindrical, down-curved style tips, staminate flowers at anthesis having unreflexed sepals with stamens born on unelongated columns, whitish floral resin, and simple, entire, cordate leaves.


2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER CHRISTIAN HACKSPACHER ◽  
ELTON LUIZ DANTAS ◽  
ANGELO SPOLADORE ◽  
ALLEN HUTCHESON FETTER ◽  
MARCOS AURÉLIO FARIA DE OLIVEIRA

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaston Eduardo Rojas Enrich ◽  
Excelso Ruberti ◽  
Celso de Barros Gomes
Keyword(s):  

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Bernardo Anacreto Gomes de Barros ◽  
Márcia Salustiano de Castro ◽  
Ana Cristina Teixeira Bonecker

Fistulariidae contains the single genus, Fistularia, with four species. Two of these species are recorded from Brazil: Fistularia petimba and F. tabacaria. This study describes larvae of these two species of Fistularia, recording their distribution along the southeastern Brazilian coast, which is limited in the north by Real River (12° S) and in the south by São Tomé Cape (22° S). Samples were collected using a bongo net with mesh apertures of 330 and 500 µm during three oceanographic cruises conducted on spring/98 (Central III), winter/99 (Bahia 1) and autumn/00 (Central IV). The net was towed obliquely and the maximum depth was 200 m. Larvae of F. petimba were the most abundant and most widely distributed within the study area, including the seamounts of the Vitória-Trindade Ridge. Larvae of F. tabacaria were recorded only between 14° S and 21° S.


Check List ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Juventina Magrini ◽  
Paula Beatriz Araujo ◽  
Marcio Uehara-Prado

Terrestrial Isopods were sampled in four protected Atlantic Forest areas located in Serra do Mar, state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. A total of 2,217 individuals of six species (Atlantoscia sp., Benthana werneri, Pseudodiploexochus tabularis, Pudeoniscus obscurus, Styloniscus spinosus and Trichorhina sp.) were captured in pitfall traps. The exotic species S. spinosus is recorded for the first time for the Americas. Another introduced species, P. tabularis, previously recorded only from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, had its geographic distribution extended to the state of São Paulo. The most abundant isopods in this study belong to an undescribed species of Atlantoscia.


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