El despertar de una ciudad: Albacete 1898-1936

El libro, resultado de la Tesis Doctoral de su autora, estudia y analiza la arquitectura y la ciudad de Albacete en el primer tercio del siglo XX, momento en el que, por diversas circunstancias, algunas de las cuales hunden sus raíces en el siglo XIX, la ciudad se metamorfosea en tal. El libro tiene dos partes: la primera trata de la ciudad, como soporte físico, jurídico, social y cultural de una arquitectura que se describe, con pormenor y cronológicamente, en la segunda parte.

Where Is My Food? Brazilian Flower Fly Steals Prey from Carnivorous Sundews in a Newly Discovered Plant-Animal Interaction

A new interaction between insects and carnivorous plants is reported from Brazil. Larvae of the predatory flower fly Toxomerus basalis (Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphinae) have been found scavenging on the sticky leaves of several carnivorous sundew species (Drosera, Droseraceae) in Minas Gerais and São Paulo states, SE Brazil. This syrphid apparently spends its whole larval stage feeding on prey trapped by Drosera leaves. The nature of this plant-animal relationship is discussed, as well as the Drosera species involved, and locations where T. basalis was observed. 180 years after the discovery of this flower fly species, its biology now has been revealed. This is (1) the first record of kleptoparasitism in the Syrphidae, (2) a new larval feeding mode for this family, and (3) the first report of a dipteran that shows a kleptoparasitic relationship with a carnivorous plant with adhesive flypaper traps. The first descriptions of the third instar larva and puparium of T. basalis based on Scanning Electron Microscope analysis are provided.