Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von W

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Biologia de Glena unipennaria unipennaria (Guenée, 1857) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) em folhas de Eucalyptus grandis (Hill) Maiden

Este trabalho trata do estudo da biologia de Glena unipennaria unipennaria (Guenée, 1857) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), cujas lagartas são desfolhadoras e consideradas como praga de grande importância econômica, em povoamentos homogêneos e implantados de Eucalyptus spp. (Myrtaceae), no Brasil. Os insetos foram criados em condições de laboratório (temperatura 25±3°C; UR:70±10; fotoperíodo de 12 horas), no Laboratório de Controle Biológico, do Departamento de Entomologia, da Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"-USP, em Piracicaba, SP, em 1978. As lagartas foram alimentadas, exclusivamente, com folhas de Eucalyptus grandis (Hill) Maiden. Foram estudados os seguintes parâmetros: período e viabilidade das fases de ovo, lagarta (exceto viabilidade), pré-pupa; número e duração dos ínstares larvais e consumo foliar na fase larval; longevidade dos a dultos e proporção quanto ao sexo. Medidas lineares foram tomadas das cápsulas cefálicas das lagartas, comprimento e maior largura das pupas e envergadura das asas anteriores dos adultos. Aspectos relacionados com o comportamento e morfologia externa também foram observados.

Reptiles of Marshall Field North Arabian desert expeditions, 1927-1928, by Karl P. Schmidt.

v.17:no.6(1930)

Contribuição ao conhecimento do gênero Chordonota Gerstaecker, 1857: (Diptera, Stratiomydae)

The author studies Chordonota inermis Wied. based on adults and larvae. Male and female genitalia are figured.

Redescription of the type-material of creptotrema creptotrema travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928 (Digenea, Allocreadiidae)

Creptotrema creptotrema Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928, a digenetic trematode parasite of Leporinus elongatus, is redescribed from the type-material with additional morphological data and original figures.

La Phoronomia (1716) de Jacob Hermann (1678 -1733): entre la filosofía natural y la mecánica analítica

La "Phoronomia", primer libro de mecánica escrito tras los "Principia", es representativo del proceso de transición que transformó la dinámica a principios del XVIII y que concluye con la "Mecánica" de Euler (1736). Está escrita en estilo geométrico y algebraico, y mezcla los conceptos y métodos de Leibniz y Newton de forma idiosincrásica. En esta obra se encuentra por primera vez la segunda ley de Newton escrita en la forma en que hoy la conocemos, así como un intento de construcción de la estática y la dinámica de sólidos y fluidos basado en reglas generales diferenciales.

Redescription of Teratotrema dubium, Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928 (Callodistomidae: Digenea)

Teratotrema dubium Travassos, Artigas & Pereira, 1928, a digenetic trematode parasite of Pseudocurimata plumbea (Curimatidae: Pisces) is redescribed with additional morphological data, confirming the presence of a single testis.

Espécie nova de Mytilopsis Conrad, 1857, do rio Tocantins, Tucuruí, Pará, Brasil: (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Dreissenidae)

A new species of Mytilopsis, mollusk bivalvi from Brazilian Amazon Region (Tocantins, Pará) is described. It is different from the American other species due small dimensions and height/width relation.

Culex saltanensis Dyar, 1928: natural vector of Plasmodium juxtanucleare in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Searching for the natural vector of Plasmodium juxtanucleare in an enzootic locality: Granjas Calábria (33% of the chickens infected), Jacarepaguá, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 13 comparative captures of mosquitoes were carried out, simultaneously on man (out-doors) and on chiken (in a poultry-yard), between 6 and 9 p.m., from September to March 1989. Culex saltanensis was the most frequent species in captures on chicken, accounting for 41.7% of the mosquitoes collected on this bait, showing to be highly ornithophilic (90% captured on chicken versus 10% on man). Seven specimens of Cx. saltanensis were found naturally infected in granjas Calábria: five with mature pedunculate oocysts and two with sporozoites (on in the haemocoele and one in the salivary glands). These sporozoites porudced an infection by P. juxtanucleare in a chick, which had parasitemia on day 41 after inoculation. One Cx. coronator was found with mature pedunculate oocysts. Culex saltanensis was regarded as primary vector of P. juxtanucleare in Rio de Janeiro for being highly ornithophilic and in enough density to maintain the transmission, having been found with infective sporozoites in its salivary glands, and being susceptible to the parasite and able to transmit experimentally it by the bite.

Crithidia ricardoi sp. n. a new species of trypanosomatidae isolated from Culex saltanensis Dyar, 1928 (Diptera: Culicidae)

A flagellte trypanosomatid was isolated in culture from the digestive tract of the mosquito Culex saltanensis Dyar, 1928. It grows exuberantly in liver infusion in the form of epimastigotes and choanomastigotes typical of the genus Crithidia. The trypanosomatid was compared to C. deanei, C. fasciculata, C. luciliae, C. oncopelti and C. guilhermei. The techniques used for comparison were electron transmission microscopy, isoenzymes and kDNA restriction profiles. No endosymbionts were found at electron microscopy. Results for the biochemical methods employd indicate that the trypanosomatid isolated from C. saltanensis is a new species of Crithidia. The name C. ricardoi sp. n. is proposed for thes new species.