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

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2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Eduardo Beserra Nobre ◽  
Clemens Schlindwein

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.

Author(s):  
Esdras Adriano Barbosa dos Santos ◽  
Tatijana Stosic ◽  
Ikaro Daniel de Carvalho Barreto ◽  
Laélia Campos ◽  
Antonio Samuel Alves da Silva

This work evaluated dry and rainy conditions in the subregions of the São Francisco River Basin (BHSF) using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Markov chains. Each subregion of the BHSF has specific physical and climatic characteristics. The data was obtained from the National Water Agency (ANA), collected by four pluviometric stations (representative of each subregion), covering 46 years of data, from 1970 to 2015. The SPI was calculated for the time scales of six and twelve months and transition probabilities were obtained using the Markov chain. Transition matrices showed that, at both scales, if the climate conditions were severe drought or rainy, switching to another class would be unlikely in the short term.  Correlating this information with the probabilities of the stationary distribution, it was possible to find the regions that are most likely to be under rainy or dry weather in the future. The recurrence times calculated for the stations that belong to the semi-arid region were smaller when compared to the value of the return period of the representative station of Upper São Francisco that has higher levels of precipitation, confirming the predisposition of the semi-arid region to present greater chances of future periods of drought.


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 ◽  
...  

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.


2004 ◽  
pp. 471-474
Author(s):  
S.C.C.H. Tavares ◽  
S.C. Cruz ◽  
J.G. Siqueira ◽  
M.L.C. Lima ◽  
P.C.G.C. Silva ◽  
...  

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2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 626
Author(s):  
Pierre-Alexandre Bourgeois

The hylid frog Hypsiboas exastis has recently been described and is only known from few locations along the Atlantic coast of northeastern Brazil. This work reports this species in an Atlantic rainforest fragment north of the São Francisco River, the Coimbra forest, in the state of Alagoas. The new record expands the geographical distribution of H. exastis approximately 70 km to the northeast.


2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freddy Bravo

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.


2019 ◽  
Vol 289 ◽  
pp. 558-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elenilson G. Alves Filho ◽  
Lorena Mara A. Silva ◽  
Paulo R.V. Ribeiro ◽  
Edy S. de Brito ◽  
Guilherme J. Zocolo ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dayanne Rakelly de Oliveira ◽  
Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior ◽  
Vanessa de Carvalho Nilo Bitu ◽  
Patricia Gonçalves Pinheiro ◽  
Cicero Diego Almino Menezes ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 759-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
WO Almeida ◽  
A Vasconcellos ◽  
SG Lopes ◽  
EMX Freire

This study aimed to evaluate the infection rates of snakes by pentastomids in the semi-arid region of Brazil. Fifteen snakes (four Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) and eleven Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870) were collected between January and April of 2005, in the municipality of Crato (07° 14' S and 39° 24' W), State of Ceará, Brazil. Laboratorial analysis of the respiratory tracts of the sampled snakes indicated differences in host infection rates: four individuals of P. nattereri (36.4%) were infected by Cephalobaena tetrapoda Heymons, 1922 (mean infection intensity 1.5 ± 0.28, 1-2) and three specimens (27.3%) by Raillietiella furcocerca (Diesing, 1863) (2.3 ± 1.32, 1-5). Only one individual of M. ibiboboca (25%) was infected by a non-identified species of Raillietiella sp. These are the first data on pentastomid infection in snakes in Northeastern Brazil and both snake species comprise new host records for the pentastomids. The results also indicate that the generalist parasites C. tetrapoda and R. furcocerca share their definitive hosts.


2006 ◽  
Vol 05 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-20
Author(s):  
José Carlos Oliveira SANTOS ◽  
Lionete Dantas NUNES ◽  
Sylvia Berenice NÓBREGA ◽  
Dantas José Pires PUZINSKI ◽  
Antonio Gouveia SOUZA

A thermal analysis has been applied to characterization of food and food products. Taking into account the problems of desertification and agricultural practices able to provide income to the population at the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil, this work presents the results of the chemical, thermal and kinetic characterization by thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry of the seed derivatives of favelone (cnidoscolus quercifolius), aiming at the application of these materials as an alternative of food source for animals and for the human population at this brazilian region.


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