Larval stages of Stenocionops furcatus (Olivier, 1791) (Decapoda : Brachyura : Majoidea) and a reappraisal of larval morphological characters for Mithracidae

Stenocionops furcatus is a spider crab found in the western Atlantic, from Georgia, USA to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on sand, coral, rocks or mud bottoms from the intertidal zone to 180 m. We describe all laboratory-reared larval stages of S. furcatus obtained from the northern coast of São Paulo State, Brazil, and compare our data with existing larval descriptions for the genus and other mithracids. The larval development of S. furcatus consists of two zoeal stages and one megalopa. The durations of the first and second zoeal stage were similar to4 and 5 days respectively, the megalopa appearing 10-18 days after hatching. Our results show that the zoeae of S. furcatus differ from those of other Mithracidae by possessing four setae on the proximal lobe of the coxal endite of the maxilla, instead of five, and by the presence of mid-dorsal setae on the third abdominal somite in the second zoeal stage, which are lacking in other mithracids. Larval descriptions for Stenocionops in two previous publications were attributed to the subspecies S. furcatus coelatus from the Caribbean. Larvae from Brazilian waters closely resemble one of these accounts, suggesting that this taxon extends beyond the West Indies and that the other description represents larvae of S. furcatus furcatus. Additional morphological details, not available previously, are provided.

Produtividade em colônias de Polistes (Ap hanilopterus) vers icolor Olivier, 1791 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polis tinae)

From August 2000 to December 2003, 185 colonies of Polistes versicolor were observed at the Bioterio of the Instituto de Biociencias, UNESP, Campus de Rio Claro, SP. In 144 colonies (77,84%) didn't emerge wasps, and of others 41 (22,16%), in 16 it was not possible to obtain the number of meconia, because they were attacked in several degrees of injury by natural enemies such as, ants, birds and parasitic wasps. The colonies productivity was measured through the meconia count in the cells of 25 colonies, which ranged from 1 to 6 meconia by cell.

Seasonal testicular changes in Dendropsophus minutus Peters, 1872 (Anura, Hylidae)

The reproductive cycle in anurans may be either continuous or discontinuous. These differences may be connected to seasonal climate changes and/or to anthropic activity. Forty adult male individuals of the Dendropsophus minutus species were collected during one year, in the municipality of Chapada dos Guimaraes (Mato Grosso, Brazil). The testicles were studied under light and transmission electron microscopy. No variations were observed when the diameter of the seminiferous tubules and the thickness of the interstitial tissue were studied. However, changes in spermatogenesis were conspicuous and indicated that the reproductive cycle of D. minutus in Chapada dos Guimaraes is discontinuous and seems related to variations in air temperature and rainfall.

Caracterização histoquímica e determinação do ciclo secretor da glândula salivar do tórax de Polistes versicolor (Olivier, 1791) (Hymenoptera: vespidae)

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Política com café no oeste do Estado de São Paulo: Bento de Abreu Sampaio Vidal (1872-1948)

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As edições não póstumas de Inocência (1872/1884), de Visconde de Taunay: análise do primeiro capítulo

Pós-graduação em Letras - FCLAS

A evocação de sonoridades instrumentais na escrita para piano no ciclo Winterreise de Franz Schubert

Pós-graduação em Música - IA

O estranho perfeito: a música orquestral de Franz Zappa. -

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Estudo da dieta do Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758) e Ocyrus chrysurus (Bloch, 1791), teleostei :perciformes: lutjanidae, no banco dos abrolhos, Bahia, Brasil e pesca das principais espécies de lutjanídeos e serranídeos na região

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) - IBRC

A recepção de Franz Kafka em periódicos cariocas e paulistas: 1941-1983

Pós-graduação em Letras - FCLAS

A contemporaneidade da produção do Circo Chiarini no Brasil de 1869-1872

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A família escrava nos plantéis dos conjurados mineiros da comarca do Rio das Mortes (Minas Gerais, 1789-1791)

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