Coleoptera in the Canopy of the Cloud Forest From Tlanchinol in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico

AbstractWe describe the biodiversity, seasonal variation, and the possible edge effect of Coleoptera found in the canopy of the cloud forest in Tlanchinol in the state of Hidalgo. The coleopterans were collected by means of three fogging events during the dry season and another three during the rainy season in three sites of the forest: the edge, an intermediate, and an internal site. In total, 3,487 coleopterans were collected, belonging to 325 morphospecies from 52 families. The family with the largest number of morphospecies and abundance was Staphylinidae, followed by Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae. Species richness and abundance were higher in the dry season than in the rainy season. The biodiversity analyses, however, suggest that the rainy season showed the highest biodiversity levels, mainly because of the pronounced dominance of some species in the dry season. Species composition was different between the dry and rainy seasons. The internal site showed the lowest biodiversity compared with the intermediate and edge sites. The main edge effect detected was that species composition in the edge site differed from the intermediate and internal sites. Species composition did not differ significantly between the two latter sites. These results suggest that the study zone had a considerable level of biodiversity of Coleoptera and that it was very likely in a well-preserved condition, which supports the findings of another study previously performed in the same site using flight intercept traps.

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Fishes from lakes and tributaries of the Rio Santa Bárbara, Sapucaí‑Mirim/Grande hydrographic basin, São Paulo, Brazil

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10.15560/15.4.629 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (4) ◽

pp. 629-640

Author(s):

Paulo Baltazar Diniz ◽

Hatus de Oliveira Siqueira ◽

Tâmer de Oliveira Faleiros ◽

Nycolas Levy Pereira ◽

José Augusto Senhorini ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rainy Season ◽

Dry Season ◽

The State ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

Human Intervention ◽

Santa Barbara ◽

Hydrographic Basin ◽

The Past ◽

The Family ◽

Small Tributary

Rio Santa Bárbara, a small tributary of the Rio Sapucaí-Mirim, has undergone severe human intervention over the past 80 years. We surveyed the ichthyofauna of this river, some surrounding lakes, and the Rio Potreiro, a tributary. Four campaigns were carried out, 2 in the dry season and 2 in the rainy season. We found 920 specimens at 12 sites and included 32 species belonging to 6 orders and 16 families. The order Characiformes was found to be best represented in our study, followed by the orders Cichliformes and Siluriformes. The family Characidae was the most numerous, followed by the families Cichlidae and Poeciliidae. A specimen of Brycon nattereri was collected from the Rio Santa Bárbara; this species is Critically Endangered in the state of São Paulo.

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Odonate Communities of the Sucupira Reservoir, Rio Uberabinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia ◽

10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.22 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 59 ◽

pp. e20195922 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marcela Silva Barbosa ◽

Lucas Rodrigues Borges ◽

Diogo Silva Diogo ◽

Henrique Venâncio ◽

Jean Carlos Santos

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Rainy Season ◽

New Records ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Freshwater Ecosystems ◽

Dry Season ◽

The State ◽

Anthropogenic Changes ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

Dry And Rainy Seasons

Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) are widely distributed among freshwater ecosystems of tropical and temperate environments. They are also particularly sensitive to anthropogenic changes. The objective of this study was to inventory the odonate fauna of a section of the Sucupira Reservoir on Rio Uberabinha, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and to document the species composition of the odonate fauna during the dry and rainy seasons. The study also aimed to describe the distribution of the sampled species in Brazilian states. Sampling took place in August and September of 2017 (dry season) and in February and March of 2018 (rainy season), and recorded 860 individuals of 43 species belonging to 26 genera and six families. Six new records representing the families Gomphidae, Libellulidae and Coenagrionidae were recorded for the state of Minas Gerais. Seventeen species were collected only during the rainy season and eight only during the dry season, while 18 species were found in both seasons. The rainy season had greater abundance, with four times as many individuals as the dry season. This study increases the number of records for Odonata in the Minas Gerais state, and reinforces the trend for greater predominance of this group during the rainy season in this biome.

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Composition and diversity of anurans in the Restinga of the Conde municipality, northern coast of the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2016-0157 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Felipe Augusto Trindade Gondim-Silva ◽

Alessandra Rodrigues Santos Andrade ◽

Rafael Oliveira Abreu ◽

Jamile Santos Nascimento ◽

Geovane Paixão Corrêa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

Species Diversity ◽

Species Composition ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Dominant Species ◽

The State ◽

Northeastern Brazil ◽

Freshwater Wetland ◽

Northern Coast ◽

Anuran Species

Abstract The Conde municipality is located in the northern coast of the state of Bahia (NC), northeastern Brazil, and is part of the Atlantic Tropical domain. The anuran fauna of the northern portion of the NC is still poorly known if compared to the southern portion. The Restinga is one of the predominant environments of the coastal plains of the NC and it is characterized essentially by presenting sandy soil covered by herbaceous and shrubby vegetation. The objective of this study was to determine the anuran species composition and diversity for the Restinga of the Conde municipality. Sampling was carried out at night by active search over four periods of five consecutive days each, two over the 'main rainy season' and two in a 'lesser rainy season', using 14 sample units (SUs) and five extra sample plots (EPs). We calculated dominance and species diversity using the Berger-Parker and Shannon-Wiener H' indices, respectively. We used accumulation curves and the Jackknife 1 estimator to estimate anuran species richness, considering only the data obtained from the SUs. We recorded 713 anuran specimens distributed within 33 species, 13 genera and five families (Bufonidae, Craugastoridae, Hylidae, Leptodactylidae and Microhylidae). The Hylidae and Leptodactylidae families had the highest species richness. Considering only the SUs (Jackknife 1 estimator in brackets), we recorded 28 species in the study area (33.9 ± 2.3), 13 in Shrubby Vegetation Zones - SVZ (20.8 ± 2.9) and 25 in Freshwater Wetland Zones - FWZ (28.9 ± 1.9). The abundance and species diversity of the FWZ (n = 638 specimens; H'= 2.4) were higher than those recorded for the SVZ (n = 52 specimens; H' = 1.9). The SVZ and FWZ showed distinct dominant species, wherein Pristimantis paulodutrai was the dominant species in SVZ and Scinax fuscomarginatus in FWZ. The Restinga of the Conde municipality stands out as the one with the highest anuran species richness already recorded considering only SVZ and FWZ. Moreover, its anuran species composition represented 55% of the anuran species known for the NC and included taxa common to three different morphoclimatic domains (Tropical Atlantic, Cerrado and Caatinga).

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Anurans of the Reserva Biológica do Parazinho, Municipality of Macapá, state of Amapá, eastern Amazon

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10.15560/10.6.1414 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 1414 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ananda Silva Araújo ◽

Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos

Keyword(s):

Protected Area ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Dry Season ◽

The State ◽

Accumulation Curves

We report a list of anurans from the Reserva Biológica do Parazinho (00°52′30″ N, 49°59′15″ W), a strictly protected area, part of the Bailique archipelago, in the municipality of Macapá, state of Amapá, Brazil. The study was carried out in September–October 2010 (dry season) and May–June 2011 (rainy season). We recorded 13 species of anurans, distributed among four families: Bufonidae (1), Hylidae (8), Leptodactylidae (3) and Pipidae (1). The accumulation curves did not stabilize, suggesting that the community was not completely sampled. This study provides the first information on anurans in insular areas of the state of Amapá, and highlights the importance of these areas for the conservation of anurans.

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Species composition and fauna distribution of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and its importance for vector-borne diseases in a rural area of Central Western - Mato Grosso, Brazil

EntomoBrasilis ◽

10.12741/ebrasilis.v10i2.687 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 94-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fábio Alexandre Leal-Santos ◽

Adaiane Catarina Marcondes Jacobina ◽

Maria Madalena de Oliveira ◽

Marinalva Brasilina Arruda Santana ◽

Otacília Pereira Serra ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Rural Area ◽

Domestic Animals ◽

The State ◽

Tropical Diseases ◽

Ecological Data ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

Vector Borne Diseases ◽

The Family ◽

Vector Borne

Abstract. This study describes ecological data obtained in a rural area in the State of Mato Grosso, including the insects belonging to the family Culicidae, especially those framed as potential vectors of tropical diseases. In 2015, we collected adult mosquitoes in fragments of forest in a rural area located in Mato Grosso Central West of Brazil. We captured 18,256 mosquitoes of the sub-families Culicinae and Anophelinae and have identified 34 species belonging to 12 genera: Aedes (1 species), Anopheles (8 species), Coquillettidia (1 species), Haemagogus (1 species), Culex (5 species), Psorophora (5 species), Ochlerotatus (4 species), Deinocerites (1 species), Mansonia (4 species), Sabethes (2 species), Limatus (1 species), Wyeomyia (1 species). The family Culicidae presented high richness and abundance, established by diversity indexes (Margalef α =3.26; Shannon H' = 2.09; Simpson D = 0.19) with dominance of the species Anopheles (Nyssorhyncus) darlingi Root (89.8%). This species has considerable epidemiological value, considered the main vector of malaria in Mato Grosso. Many species of mosquitoes are vectors of pathogens that cause disease in humans and domestic animals, transmitting pathogens including viruses (arboviruses), filaria worms (helminths) and protozoa.Composição de espécies e distribuição da fauna de mosquitos (Diptera: Culicidae) e sua importância para doenças transmitidas por vetores em uma área rural do centro-ocidental - Mato Grosso, BrasilResumo. Este estudo descreve dados ecológicos de uma área rural do Estado de Mato Grosso e dos insetos da família Culicidae especialmente aqueles enquadrados como vetores potenciais de doenças tropicais. Em 2015, coletamos mosquitos adultos em fragmentos de floresta em localidades de áreas rurais no Mato Grosso região Centro Oeste do Brasil. Foram capturados 18.256 exemplares alados de mosquitos das subfamílias Culicinae e Anophelinae e identificadas 34 espécies pertencentes a 12 gêneros: Aedes (1 espécie), Anopheles (8 espécies), Coquillettidia (1 espécie), Haemagogus (1 espécie), Culex (5 espécies), Psorophora (5 espécies), Ochlerotatus (4 espécies), Deinocerites (1 espécie), Mansonia (4 espécies), Sabethes (2 espécies), Limatus (1 espécie), Wyeomyia (1 espécie). A família Culicidae apresentou alta riqueza e abundância, estabelecida por índices de diversidade (Margalef α = 3.26, Shannon H' = 2.09, Simpson D = 0.19) com predominância da espécie Anopheles (Nyssorhyncus)darlingi Root (89.8%). Esta espécie tem considerável valor epidemiológico, sendo considerada o principal vetor de malária em Mato Grosso. Muitas espécies de mosquitos são vetores de patógenos que causam doenças em humanos e animais domésticos, transmitindo patógenos incluindo vírus (arboviroses), filárias (helmintos) e protozoários.

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Survey of orchidaceae from the State of Sergipe, Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032012000200016 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 167-174

Author(s):

Silvana Helena Nascimento Monteiro ◽

Tamires Carregosa ◽

Luiz Aquino Silva Santos ◽

José Elvino do Nascimento Júnior ◽

Ana Paula do Nascimento Prata

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

New Records ◽

Secondary Growth ◽

The State ◽

Northeast Region ◽

The Family

The state of Sergipe, located in the Northeast Region of Brazil, covers an area of 21,994 km² and is the smallest state in the country. The vegetation of this region is predominantly caatinga, but there are also mangroves, dunes, restinga, fragments of original Atlantic Forest (which are intermingled with pastures, secondary growth, and agricultural land) and cerrado. During intensive fieldwork in Sergipe, we observed various Orchidaceae species that had not been recorded for the state, which made it necessary to update the list of species for this region. Within the state, the family is represented by 63 species and 34 genera, of which Habenaria (10 spp.) Epidendrum (4 spp.) and Encyclia (4 spp.) are highlights. Orchidaceae species from this region are generally terrestrial and occur in grasslands (59%, 37 of 63 spp.). The remaining species are epiphytes (21 spp.) and hemiepiphytes (3 spp.). The majority of the species flower at the beginning of the rainy season. Of the 61 species that were recorded during this study, 34 species are new records for the state of Sergipe. This work includes a list of the species of Orchidaceae from Sergipe, and provides data about the phenology and habitat for each taxon.

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Temporal variation in the phytoplankton community of Acapulco Bay, Mexico

Microbiology Research ◽

10.4081/mr.2012.e4 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 4 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Agustín A. Rojas-Herrera ◽

Juan Violante Gonzalez ◽

Sergio García-Ibáñez ◽

Víctor M.G. Sevilla-Torres ◽

Jaime S. Gil-Guerrero ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Temporal Variation ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Phytoplankton Community ◽

Species Abundance ◽

Sampling Period ◽

Dry Season ◽

Nutrient Concentrations ◽

Diatom Species ◽

Oceanic Environments

<p>Species composition and abundance of the phytoplankton community in Acapulco Bay, Mexico, were studied from May to December 2009. Samples were collected at 5 stations (4 coastal and 1 oceanic) at 3 depths (1, 5 and 10 m). Eighty-seven species were identified: 54 dinoflagellates, 32 diatoms and 1 silicoflagellate. The community was structured mainly by adiaphoric species, that is, species adapted to both neritic and oceanic environments. Species abundance and composition varied significantly during the sampling period due to increased nutrient concentrations in the rainy season. Dinoflagellate species were more abundant during the dry season, and diatom species dominated numerically during the rainy season.</p>

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Species composition and risk of transmission of Aedes-borne arboviruses around some Yellow hotspot areas in Northern Ghana

10.1101/2020.06.02.129460 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Joannitta Joannides ◽

Mawuli Dzodzomenyo ◽

Faustus Azerigyik ◽

Eudocia Esinam Agbosu ◽

Deborah Pratt ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Aedes Aegypti ◽

Species Composition ◽

Yellow Fever ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Dry Season ◽

Northern Ghana ◽

African Countries ◽

Breeding Sites ◽

Subspecies Level ◽

Game Reserve

AbstractAedes-borne viral diseases mainly Yellow Fever (YF), Dengue (DEN), Zika (ZIK) and Chikungunya (CHK) have contributed to many deaths’ in the world especially in Africa. There have been major outbreaks of these diseases in West Africa. YF outbreaks have occurred in Ghana. Although Ghana has not recorded any outbreak of DEN, ZIK and CHK, the risk is high due to its proximity to West African countries where outbreaks have been recently been recorded. This study assessed the risk of transmission of Yellow fever (YFV), Dengue (DENV), Chikungunya (CHKV) and Zika (ZIKV) viruses in Larabanga and Mole Game Reserve areas in Northern Ghana. The immature and adult stages of Aedes mosquitoes were collected from Larabanga and Mole Game Reserve area. There was a significant (P>0.001) number of mosquitoes collected during the rainy season than the dry season. A total of 1,930 Aedes mosquitoes were collected during the rainy season and morphologically identified. Of these, 1,915 (99.22%) were Aedes aegypti and 15 (0.22%) were Aedes vittatus. During the dry season, 27 Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were collected. A total of 415 Ae. aegypti mosquitoes were molecularly identified to subspecies level of which Aedes (Ae) aegypti aegypti was the predominant subspecies. Both Ae. aegypti aegypti and Ae aegypti formosus exist in sympatry in the area. All Aedes pools (75) were negative for DENV, ZIKV and CHKV when examined by RT-PCR. Three Larval indices namely House Index, HI (percentage of houses positive for Aedes larvae or pupae), Container Index, CI (the percentage of containers positive for Aedes larvae or pupae) and Breteau Index, BI (the number of positive containers (with larvae and/or pupae per 100 inspected houses) were assessed as a measure for risk of transmission. The HI, CI and BI for both sites were as follows; Mole game reserve (HI, 42.1%, CI, 23.5% and BI, 100 for rainy season and 0 for all indices for dry season) and Larabanga (39%, 15.5% and 61 for rainy season and 2.3%, 1.3% and 2.3 for dry season). The spatial distribution of Aedes breeding sites in both areas indicated that Aedes larvae were breeding in areas with close proximity to humans. Lorry tires were the main source of Aedes larvae in all the study areas. Information about the species composition and the potential role of Aedes mosquitoes in future outbreaks of the diseases that they transmit is needed to design efficient surveillance and vector control tools.

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A History Manuscript in Hausa Ajami from Wurno, Nigeria by Malam Haliru Mahammad Wurno

History in Africa ◽

10.2307/3171795 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 16 ◽

pp. 389-396

Author(s):

John Edward Philips

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

West Africa ◽

Dry Season ◽

The State ◽

Historical Documents ◽

The Family ◽

History Of ◽

Sokoto Caliphate ◽

The Town ◽

Local Languages

This manuscript is a history of the family of Muhammad Buji, who led a migration from the town of Bunkari in Argungu (Sokoto State, Nigeria) to Wurno, sometime capital of the Sokoto Caliphate. It is important as an illustration of the ongoing historiographical tradition of Islamic west Africa in local languages, and as evidence of the strong historical sense and continuing production of historical documents by certain of the scholars of the area.Wurno was constructed ca. 1830 by Muhammad Bello, Sultan of Sokoto and successor of Usuman dan Fodio, founder of the Sokoto Caliphate. Its primary purpose was to defend Sokoto from the northeast, and it replaced Magarya as the principal ribat (frontier fortification) and residence of Bello in that area. It also became the staging point for the annual dry season campaigns against the Gobirawa and other enemies of the Caliphate. When the Caliph himself was resident there, it became the capital of the state. Barth referred to it as such in his account of his travels. Wurno was the capital with more and more frequency as the nineteenth century wore on.

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Cambios en composición y abundancia de califóridos de interés forense en Bogotá

Universitas Scientiarum ◽

10.11144/javeriana.sc20-1.ccac ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 17 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Misael López-Cepeda ◽

Giovanny Fagua

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Rainy Season ◽

Dry Season ◽

Lucilia Sericata ◽

Calliphora Vicina ◽

Post Mortem ◽

Trapping Method ◽

Sweep Net

Calliphorids are the first arthropods to colonize cadavers, their composition and abundance vary according to location. They are used to estimate post-mortem intervals and surmise the relocation of corpses; making the identification of these local variations are key in detecting the relocation of a body. We assessed these blowfly variations in 11 sites in Bogotá. A pre-sampling (dry season) was conducted to select a trapping method and sampling sites; the formal sampling (rainy season) was conducted using a directed sweep net. We identified the following species: Lucilia sericata, Roraimomusca roraima, Compsomyiops verena, Calliphora nigribasis, Calliphora vicina and Sarconesiopsis magellanica </em>and compared their richness, diversity, dominance and composition for each site. The highest richness was found in Chico-Lago (Chico) while the lowest was Alcazares (Barrios Unidos). Bolivia (Engativá) was the most diverse and 20 de Julio (San Cristobal) the least; dominance was higher in 20 de Julio and lower in Apogeo (Bosa). Species’ composition and abundance varied between sites; this may be used as evidence to support cases in Bogotá in which cadavers have been relocated.

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