scholarly journals Lista dos Cerambycidae, incluindo 12 Holótipos, Presentes no Museu de Zoologia da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana e o Primeiro Registro da espécie Chrysoprasis airi Napp & Martins para o Brasil

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliomar Cruz Menezes ◽  
Alberto Moreira Silva-Neto ◽  
Francisco Eriberto Lima Nascimento ◽  
Freddy Ruben Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Arid Region ◽  
First Record ◽  
State University ◽  
Insect Fauna ◽  
Key Points ◽  
The Family ◽  
Geographic Regions ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Five Tribes ◽  
Semi Arid

O Brasil é considerado um das nações mais ricas em biodiversidade de insetos, porém possui uma grande desigualdade de estudos na área de zoologia ao longo de suas regiões geográficas, devido a desigual divisão de recursos e de mão de obra especializada. A falta de coleções zoológicas importantes na região nordeste, as dificuldades em obter os recursos necessários para arcar com os altos custos de manutenção destas coleções e a falta de divulgação de suas bases de dados são pontos chaves das causas dessa desigualdade. O objetivo deste trabalho é divulgar a lista das espécies da família Cerambicydae, incluindo 12 holótipos, presentes na coleção entomológica Professor Johann Becker do Museu de Zoologia da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (MZFS) e fazer o primeiro registro da espécie Chrysoprasis airi Napp & Martins para o Brasil. Foram contabilizados mil e sessenta e quatro espécimes de Cerambycidae distribuídas em cento e cinqüenta e quatro espécies, cento e nove gêneros, quarenta e cinco tribos e três subfamílias, depositadas no MZFS. Do total dessas espécies 83,3% foram coletadas no estado da Bahia, sendo ainda 90,4% pertencentes a municípios da região do Semi-árido, que possui sua fauna de insetos pouco estudada. Com base nos resultados pode-se concluir que as publicações dos dados armazenados nas coleções entomológicas podem contribuir em muito para um melhor entendimento da real diversidade e distribuição da entomofauna brasileira.List of Cerambycidae, Including 12 Holotypes, Present in the Museum of Zoology, State University of Feira de Santana and the First Record of the Species Chrysoprasis airi  Napp & Martins to Brazil.Abstract. Brazil is considered one of the richest nations on the biodiversity of insects, but has a great inequality in the studies of zoology throughout their geographic regions due to unequal division of resources and skilled labor. The lack of major zoological collections in the Northeast, the difficulties in obtaining the resources needed to afford the high costs of maintaining these collections and the lack of disclosure of their databases are key points of the causes of this inequality. The objective of this work is to make list of species of the family Cerambycidae, including 12 holotypes, present in the entomological collection of Prof. Johann Becker Museum of Zoology, State University of Feira de Santana (MZFS) and make the first record of the species Chrysoprasis airi Napp & Martins to Brazil. We counted one thousand and sixty-four specimens of Cerambycidae distributed in one hundred and fifty-four species, one hundred and nine genera, forty-five tribes and three subfamilies, deposited in MZUEFS. Of the total 83.3% of these species were collected in the state of Bahia, is still 90.4% owned by municipalities in the semi-arid region, which has its insect fauna of poorly studied. Based on the results we can conclude that the publications of the data stored in the entomological collections can contribute greatly to a better understanding of the actual diversity and distribution of Brazilian insect fauna.

scholarly journals Organic fertilizers as mitigating effects of water salinity on Passiflora cincinnata seedlings

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-511
Author(s):  
José Sebastião de Melo Filho ◽  
Mário Leno Martins Véras ◽  
Toshik Larley Da Silva ◽  
Lunara De Sousa Alves ◽  
Thiago Jardelino Dias
Keyword(s):  
Irrigation Water ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
State University ◽  
Electrical Conductivities ◽  
Randomized Experimental Design ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid

Maracujá-do-mato (Passiflora cincinnata) is a species adapted to the climatic conditions of the Brazilian semi-arid region and widely used as rootstock, however, studies related to the production of seedlings and their resistance to abiotic stresses are scarce in literature. The objective was to study the production of maracujá-do-mato seedlings under the effect of the electrical conductivity on the irrigation water as a function of the application of organic fertilizers. The experiment was developed at the State University of Paraíba, Catolé do Rocha-PB, in a completely randomized experimental design, in a 5 x 3 factorial scheme, with 6 replicates. The factors evaluated were five electrical conductivities of irrigation water (ECw: 1; 2; 3; 4 and 5 dS m-1) and application of three organic fertilizers (bovine urine, bovine biofertilizer and liquid earthworm humus). It was verified that the increase of ECw affected the morphology and the quality of the seedlings negatively, while the bovine biofertilizer presented better efficiency in comparison to the others. It is inferred that the use of organic fertilizers as mitigating effects of salinity may be a strategy for production of maracujá-do-mato seedlings in saline conditions.

scholarly journals The mid-domain effect of species diversity of mountainous plants is determined by community life form and family flora in a temperate semi-arid region of China

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Manhou ◽  
Wen Jing
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Life Form ◽  
Community Life ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Altitudinal Gradients ◽  
The Family ◽  
Plant Level ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid

The mid-domain effect (MDE) is a vital hypothesis to explain altitudinal patterns of species diversity of mountainous plants with different gradients, but it is bounded in terms of its application at the plant level. To verify the MDE hypothesis, we chose a typical mountain with obvious elevation gradients and considerable plant coverage as a study area in the east of the Loess Plateau and partitioned various elevation belts across this mountain. Through measuring the species diversity of arbor, shrub and herb communities in forest ecosystems, we explored altitudinal patterns of species diversity of mountainous plants with different gradients. We determined that the family numbers of the herb and shrub communities, as well as the species diversity of the arbor community, reached their maximums at intermediate elevations. The family numbers of the herb and shrub communities presented unimodal patterns across altitudinal gradients, and the highest values occurred at intermediate elevations. The family number of the arbor community showed a monotonic decreasing pattern, and the importance values of dominant families in the shrub and arbor communities presented unimodal patterns, but the lowest values occurred at intermediate elevations. The species diversity of the herb, shrub and arbor communities conformed to unimodal change patterns following altitudinal gradients, but the greatest diversity occurred at high, low and intermediate elevations, respectively. At higher elevations, weeds and grasses grew well, whereas sedges grew well at lower elevations. With respect to the importance values of different arbor life forms, their responses to altitudinal gradients indicated a certain variation pattern, which was greater for evergreen coniferous arbor species than for deciduous coniferous arbor species and deciduous broad-leaved arbor species. It is concluded that the MDE hypothesis of species diversity for mountainous plants is influenced greatly by the community life form and family flora at the plant level in a temperate semi-arid region of the Loess Plateau, China. This conclusion tests and modifies the MDE hypothesis and can be valuable for fueling prediction of biodiversity models and for the comparison with similar studies in different regions.

scholarly journals New record of Heraclides a. astyalus (Godart) (Lepidoptera: Papilioninae: Papilionini) on the northern São Francisco river, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Eduardo Beserra Nobre ◽  
Clemens Schlindwein
Keyword(s):  
Arid Region ◽  
New Record ◽  
National Park ◽  
First Record ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Sao Francisco River ◽  
São Francisco River ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid

A single male of Heraclides a. astyalus was collected in the Catimbau National Park, Buíque, Pernambuco, located in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil. It is the first record for the species in the Caatinga domain and the first record for the subspecies in latitudes above the São Francisco river.

scholarly journals Helminthological records of six-banded armadillos Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the Brazilian semi-arid region, Patos county, Paraíba state, including new morphological data on Trichohelix tuberculata (Parona and Stossich, 1901) Ortlepp, 1922 and proposal of Hadrostrongylus ransomi nov. comb.

2009 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 423-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
EGL. Hoppe ◽  
RC. Araújo de Lima ◽  
JH. Tebaldi ◽  
ACR. Athayde ◽  
AA. Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Arid Region ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Parasitic Helminths ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Euphractus Sexcinctus ◽  
Semi Arid

This work aimed to evaluate the gastrointestinal helminthfauna composition of six-banded armadillos from the Brazilian semi-arid region. Gastrointestinal contents of six road-killed adult animals from Patos County, Paraíba State, were analyzed. Six species of nematodes, comprising five genera and four families, were recovered from the analyzed animals. New morphological data on Trichohelix tuberculata is given, along with a new taxonomical proposal for Hadrostrongylus ransomi (Travassos, 1935) n. comb. This is the first record for parasitic helminths in this host from the Brazilian semi-arid.

scholarly journals The mid-domain effect of species diversity of mountainous plants is determined by community life form and family flora in a temperate semi-arid region of China

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Manhou ◽  
Wen Jing
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Life Form ◽  
Community Life ◽  
The Loess Plateau ◽  
Altitudinal Gradients ◽  
The Family ◽  
Plant Level ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid

The mid-domain effect (MDE) is a vital hypothesis to explain altitudinal patterns of species diversity of mountainous plants with different gradients, but it is bounded in terms of its application at the plant level. To verify the MDE hypothesis, we chose a typical mountain with obvious elevation gradients and considerable plant coverage as a study area in the east of the Loess Plateau and partitioned various elevation belts across this mountain. Through measuring the species diversity of arbor, shrub and herb communities in forest ecosystems, we explored altitudinal patterns of species diversity of mountainous plants with different gradients. We determined that the family numbers of the herb and shrub communities, as well as the species diversity of the arbor community, reached their maximums at intermediate elevations. The family numbers of the herb and shrub communities presented unimodal patterns across altitudinal gradients, and the highest values occurred at intermediate elevations. The family number of the arbor community showed a monotonic decreasing pattern, and the importance values of dominant families in the shrub and arbor communities presented unimodal patterns, but the lowest values occurred at intermediate elevations. The species diversity of the herb, shrub and arbor communities conformed to unimodal change patterns following altitudinal gradients, but the greatest diversity occurred at high, low and intermediate elevations, respectively. At higher elevations, weeds and grasses grew well, whereas sedges grew well at lower elevations. With respect to the importance values of different arbor life forms, their responses to altitudinal gradients indicated a certain variation pattern, which was greater for evergreen coniferous arbor species than for deciduous coniferous arbor species and deciduous broad-leaved arbor species. It is concluded that the MDE hypothesis of species diversity for mountainous plants is influenced greatly by the community life form and family flora at the plant level in a temperate semi-arid region of the Loess Plateau, China. This conclusion tests and modifies the MDE hypothesis and can be valuable for fueling prediction of biodiversity models and for the comparison with similar studies in different regions.

scholarly journals First occurrence of Backusella gigacellularis (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) in a fragment of an Upland Forest within the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil

Rodriguésia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Lúcia Sabino de Melo Alves ◽  
Leslie Warren Silva de Freitas ◽  
Luciana Melo Sartori Gurgel ◽  
Joana D’Arc Alves Leitão ◽  
Thalline Rafhaella Leite Cordeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arid Region ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Upland Forest ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid

Abstract In a survey mucoralean fungi in the Brejo da Serra do Benedito, a fragment of Upland Forest in the semi-arid region of Pernambuco, Brazil, a specimen of Backusella gigacellularis was isolated. So far, B. gigacellularis (holotype) had only been isolated from soil in the Cerrado domain, in São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. This is the second report of B. gigacellularis worldwide, and the first record to northeastern Brazil. A detailed description, as well as the illustration of the specimen, are presented.

scholarly journals A new species of Australopericoma Vaillant (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the Brazilian semi-arid region

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freddy Bravo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
First Record ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Semi Arid

A new species of Australopericoma Vaillant from Brazil is described and illustrated. It is the first record of Australopericoma from the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil.

The Molecular Characterization and Biological Assessment of the Leaves Extracts of Loofah Reveal their Nutraceutical Potential

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takoua Ben Hlel ◽  
Feten Belhadj ◽  
Fatih Gül ◽  
Muhammed Altun ◽  
Ayşe Şahin Yağlıoğlu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Phenolic Compounds ◽  
Hela Cell ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Biological Assessment ◽  
Omega 3 ◽  
Hela Cell Lines ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid

Background:: Luffa cylindrica is a plant that is widely distributed in Africa and Asia and it can be grown in regions with tropical or subtropical climates. Few patents dealt with Loofah biological properties, including some functional foods formulated from its leaves. Objective:: This study aimed to structurally and functionally characterize the bioactive compounds of L. cylindrica leaves grown in two different environments. Methods:: The extracts of L. cylindrica leaves collected from two Tunisian locations: Essouasi (LE), a semi-arid region and Medenine (LM) an arid region, were investigated for their phenolic compounds and fatty acids using HPLC/TOF-MS and GCMS techniques respectively. Furthermore, the antioxidant capacity was evaluated with DPPH, Chelating effect, Hydroxyl radical and Superoxide anion scavenging activities while the anticancer activity against HeLa cell lines was assessed using xCELLigence real time cell analyzer and lactate dehydrogenase cytotoxicity assay. Results:: The antiproliferative capacity of both extracts was time and dose-dependent with LE presenting the lowest HeLa cell index (CI = 0.035 ± 0.018, 250 μg/ml). LE also showed the best cytotoxic capacity (56.49 ± 0.8%) and antioxidant potential (IC50 = 54.41 ± 1.12 μg/ml for DPPH and 12.12 ± 0.07 μg/ml for chelating effet). 14 phenolic compounds were detected in LE with ferulic acid being the major compound (5128.5 ± 4.09 μg Phenols/g) while LM had only 6 phenolics. GCMS analysis showed the presence of omega-3 fatty acids in LE. Conclusions:: Our findings suggest that L. cylindrica leaves, especially when collected from semi-arid regions, are promising for formulating nutraceuticals of interest.

Space-time monitoring of soil organic carbon content across a semi-arid region of Australia

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. e00367
Author(s):  
Patrick Filippi ◽  
Stephen R. Cattle ◽  
Matthew J. Pringle ◽  
Thomas F.A. Bishop
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Content ◽  
Arid Region ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon Content ◽  
Semi Arid Region ◽  
Semi Arid
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