scholarly journals Gastrointestinal helminths in Amietia sp. (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) from the Albertine Rift of Central Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-332
Author(s):  
S. R. Goldberg ◽  
C. R. Bursey ◽  
F. M. Mali ◽  
C. Kusamba ◽  
A. J. Robbins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Gastrointestinal Helminths ◽  
New Host ◽  
Albertine Rift ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
New Host Records

Summary Fourteen Amietia sp. (Pyxicephalidae), from the Albertine Rift of Democratic Republic of the Congo were examined for helminths. Five species of Nematoda were found: Amphibiophilus chabaudi, Aplectana praeputialis, Falcaustra congoensis, Foleyellides duboisi and Orneoascaris chrysanthemoides. Amphibiophilus chabaudi was the most numerous nematode (n = 40) with the highest prevalence (57 %). Five new host records are reported.

Two new species of the net-winged beetle genus Flagrax from the Albertine Rift Mountains, Central Africa (Coleoptera: Lycidae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-160
Author(s):  
S.V. Kazantsev
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
General View ◽  
Albertine Rift ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Republic Of The Congo

Two new species of net-winged beetles, Flagrax ziminae sp. nov. and F. vanschuytbroecki sp. nov., are described from the Albertine Rift (Rwanda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo). General view and aedeagi of these new species and of F. grandis (Kleine, 1942) as well as the aedeagus of F. auberti (Bourgeois, 1881) are illustrated. A key to the Flagrax species with uniformly testaceous elytra is provided.

scholarly journals Repenser Le Rôle Des Institutions De Conservation De La Nature À L’ère De La Globalisation En Afrique: À Propos Du Parc National De La Salonga (RDC)

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Mampeta Wabasa Salomon
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
National Park ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
The Other ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Contemporary Management

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the protectionist conservatism influenced by colonialism, which exploited African countries for the prosperity of the colonizing countries, still has a high visibility in the Salonga National Park (PNS). If, in theory, the Central Africans seem to free themselves from the colonial powers on their land, in practice they are still there. The hostility of settlers who have become neo-colonists to the development of Central Africa remains intact, he adds (Ndinga, 2003). This reflects a "logic from above" that has disregarded local values. Yet, in the era of sustainable development and globalization, African protected areas appear to be essential tools for States to reposition themselves in a complex set of actors with the aim of capturing and using the new environmental rent (Giraut, Guyot, & Houssay-Holzschuch, 2003). This is a "bottom-up logic", placing people at the heart of all activities and aiming to reorganize their long-term relationships with the environment. From these two logics, a third "logic from the other side" emerges, reflecting a collective awareness of the fragility of the planet. The restoration of the rights of Africans in the various national frameworks constitutes a major challenge for the contemporary management of African protected areas. Because the protected areas inherited from the different colonial systems must accompany the change in management methods and the redefinition of their functions in order to better serve the local community in the long-term.

Lurking in the Shadows: A New Species of Drypetes (Putranjivaceae) from Central Africa Hiding in Forest Plots and Herbaria

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 14-23
Author(s):  
Alejandro Quintanar ◽  
Patricia Barberá ◽  
Diosdado Nguema ◽  
Vicent Medjibe ◽  
Zoë A. Goodwin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Herbarium Collections ◽  
A New Species

Here we publish a new species of forest tree of the genus Drypetes Vahl (Putranjivaceae), D. umbricola D. J. Harris & Quintanar, which has a wide distribution in Central Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo). It is known from 70 herbarium collections and additional sterile plot vouchers. A differential diagnosis, detailed morphological description, photographs, an illustration, and information about its habitat, distribution, and conservation status are provided.

Lung function in children with sickle cell disease from Central Africa

Thorax ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 604-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Arigliani ◽  
Robert Kitenge ◽  
Luigi Castriotta ◽  
Pathy Ndjule ◽  
Vincenzo Barbato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Function ◽  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Sickle Cell Anaemia ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Restrictive Pattern

Lung function in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) living in sub-Saharan Africa is largely unknown. Anthropometry and spirometry were cross-sectionally evaluated in patients with SCA (HbSS) aged 6–18 years and in schoolchildren from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Global Lung Initiative 2012 spirometry reference values were used. A total of 112 patients and 377 controls were included. Twenty-six per cent of patients with SCA had spirometry findings suggestive of a restrictive pattern and 41% had a FEV1 z-score <5th percentile. Wasting, increasing age and female sex were independently associated with increased risk of restrictive spirometry pattern in patients with SCA. Longitudinal studies could clarify the prognostic meaning of these findings.

scholarly journals A new species of Kosteletzkya (Hibisceae, Malvoideae, Malvaceae) and notes on a second species, both from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Phytotaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
ORLAND J. BLANCHARD, JR. BLANCHARD, JR.
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Albertine Rift ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Kosteletzkya rotundalata, is described from northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. A second species, K. borkouana, originally characterized as endemic to northern Chad, is here documented from several localities in the Albertine Rift of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Three new species of Graphidaceae from tropical Africa

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 325 ◽  
Author(s):  
DRIES VAN DEN BROECK ◽  
ROBERT LÜCKING ◽  
DAMIEN ERTZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Tropical Africa ◽  
Republic Of The Congo ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of Graphidaceae are described as new to science from tropical Africa: Graphis aptrootiana Van den Broeck, Lücking & Ertz and Redingeria desseiniana Van den Broeck, Lücking & Ertz from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and G. vandenboomiana Ertz, Lücking & Van den Broeck from Reunion. A key is presented to all known species of Redingeria. The lichenicolous fungus Etayoa trypethelii is mentioned as new to Central Africa.

New species of Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3008 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
VIRGINIJUS SRUOGA ◽  
JURATE DE PRINS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Republic Of The Congo

No Elachistinae have ever been recorded from Cameroon and only one species (Eretmograptis coniodoxa) was described by Meyrick in 1938 from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Here, we present ten new species of the subfamily Elachistinae from Central Africa: Elachista cordata sp. n., Urodeta absidata sp. n., U. aculeata sp. n., U. crenata sp. n., U. cuspidis sp. n. U. faro sp. n., U. tortuosa sp. n. from Cameroon and U. acerba sp. n., U. bucera sp. n., U. talea sp. n. from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The new species are diagnosed and illustrated with photographs of the adults and genitalia.

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