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AND BODY of CICADA": IMPRESSIONS of the LANTERN-FLY (HEMIPTERA: FULGORIDAE) in the VILLAGE of Penna BRANCA" BAHIA STATE, BRAZIL
Journal of Ethnobiology 23-46 SpringiSummer 2003 UHEAD OF SNAKE, WINGS OF BUTTERFL~ AND BODY OF CICADA": IMPRESSIONS OF THE LANTERN-FLY (HEMIPTERA: FULGORIDAE) IN THE VILLAGE OF PEnnA BRANCA" BAHIA STATE, BRAZIL ERALDO MEDEIROS COSTA-NElO" and JOSUE MARQUES PACHECO" a Departtll'rtl?nto de Cit?t1Cias BioMgicasr Unh:rersidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Km 3, BR 116, Campus Unirl£rsitario, eEP 44031-460, Ferra de Santana, Bahia, Brazil [email protected],br b DepartmHemo de Biowgifl Evolutim e Ecologia, Unit:rersidade Federal de Rod. Washington Luis, Km 235, Caixa Postal 676, CEP 13565~905, Sao Silo Paulo, Brazil r:~mail: [email protected] To the memory of Darrell Addison Posey (1947-2001) ABSTRACT.-Four aspects of the ethnoentomology of the lantern-fly (Fulgora la temari" L., 1767) were studied in Pedra Branca, Brazil. A total of 45 men and 41 women were consulted through open-ended interviews and their actions were observed in order to document the wisdom, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors related to the lantern-fly. People/s perceptions of the ex.temal shape of the insect influence its ethnotaxonomy, and they may categorize it into five different ethnosemantic domains, VilJagers a.re familiar with the habitat and food habits of the lantern- fly; they it lives on the trunk of Simarouba sp. (Simaroubaceae} by feeding on sap with aid of its 'sting: The culturally constructed attil:tldes toward this insect are that it is a fearsome organism that should be extlimninated .vhenever it is found because it makes 'deadly attacks.' on plants and human beings. -
The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation
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At Harvard College
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology AT HARVARD COLLEGE Vol. LXXXII, No. 5 THE FULGORINA OF BARRO COLORADO AND OTHER PARTS OF PANAMA By Z. P. Metcalf College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina With Twenty-thhee Plates CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S.A. PRINTED FOR THE MUSEUM October, 1938 No. 5.— The Fulgorina of Barro Colorado and Other Parts of Panama By Z. P. Metcalf In the summer of 1924 Mr. Nathan Banks, Curator of Insects of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard University spent some time collecting insects on Barro Colorado Island, Gatun Lake, Canal Zone. Among these was a large number of Fulgorids. These he turned over to me for study. At about the same time Mr. C. H. Curran, Assistant Curator of Insect Life of the American Museum of Natural History called my attention to a number of Fulgorids in their collec- tions from Barro Colorado. Still later Mr. Paul Oman, Curator of Homoptera of the United States National Museum, separated the material in their collections from Barro Colorado and sent it to me for study. These three collections together with a considerable collection which I have from Central and South America formed the nucleus for a report which would supplement the reports of Distant and Fowler in the Biologia. I suggested this to Mr. Banks and he agreed to its publication. CLASSIFICATION USED In the present report I have used the general classification developed recently by Muir (1930c) and have supplemented this general classi- fication with special works in more restricted groups especially the work of Melichar, Muir, Schmidt and Jacobi. -
Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) Julie M Urban1* and Jason R Cryan2
Urban and Cryan BMC Evolutionary Biology 2012, 12:87 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/87 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Two ancient bacterial endosymbionts have coevolved with the planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) Julie M Urban1* and Jason R Cryan2 Abstract Background: Members of the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha (commonly known as planthoppers, tree- and leafhoppers, spittlebugs, and cicadas) are unusual among insects known to harbor endosymbiotic bacteria in that they are associated with diverse assemblages of bacterial endosymbionts. Early light microscopic surveys of species representing the two major lineages of Auchenorrhyncha (the planthopper superfamily Fulgoroidea; and Cicadomorpha, comprising Membracoidea [tree- and leafhoppers], Cercopoidea [spittlebugs], and Cicadoidea [cicadas]), found that most examined species harbored at least two morphologically distinct bacterial endosymbionts, and some harbored as many as six. Recent investigations using molecular techniques have identified multiple obligate bacterial endosymbionts in Cicadomorpha; however, much less is known about endosymbionts of Fulgoroidea. In this study, we present the initial findings of an ongoing PCR-based survey (sequencing 16S rDNA) of planthopper-associated bacteria to document endosymbionts with a long-term history of codiversification with their fulgoroid hosts. Results: Results of PCR surveys and phylogenetic analyses of 16S rDNA recovered a monophyletic clade of Betaproteobacteria associated with planthoppers; this clade included Vidania fulgoroideae, a recently described bacterium identified in exemplars of the planthopper family Cixiidae. We surveyed 77 planthopper species representing 18 fulgoroid families, and detected Vidania in 40 species (representing 13 families). Further, we detected the Sulcia endosymbiont (identified as an obligate endosymbiont of Auchenorrhyncha in previous studies) in 30 of the 40 species harboring Vidania. -
Predatory and Parasitic Lepidoptera: Carnivores Living on Plants
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 49(4), 1995, 412-453 PREDATORY AND PARASITIC LEPIDOPTERA: CARNIVORES LIVING ON PLANTS NAOMI E. PIERCE Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA ABSTRACT. Moths and butterflies whose larvae do not feed on plants represent a decided minority slice of lepidopteran diversity, yet offer insights into the ecology and evolution of feeding habits. This paper summarizes the life histories of the known pred atory and parasitic lepidopteran taxa, focusing in detail on current research in the butterfly family Lycaenidae, a group disproportionately rich in aphytophagous feeders and myr mecophilous habits. More than 99 percent of the 160,000 species of Lepidoptera eat plants (Strong et al. 1984, Common 1990). Plant feeding is generally associated with high rates of evolutionary diversification-while only 9 of the 30 extant orders of insects (Kristensen 1991) feed on plants, these orders contain more than half of the total number of insect species (Ehrlich & Raven 1964, Southwood 1973, Mitter et al. 1988, cf. Labandiera & Sepkoski 1993). Phytophagous species are characterized by specialized diets, with fewer than 10 percent having host ranges of more than three plant families (Bernays 1988, 1989), and butterflies being particularly host plant-specific (e.g., Remington & Pease 1955, Remington 1963, Ehrlich & Raven 1964). This kind of life history specialization and its effects on population structure may have contributed to the diversification of phytophages by promoting population subdivision and isolation (Futuyma & Moreno 1988, Thompson 1994). Many studies have identified selective forces giving rise to differences in niche breadth (Berenbaum 1981, Scriber 1983, Rausher 1983, Denno & McClure 1983, Strong et al. -
Scope: Munis Entomology & Zoology Publishes a Wide Variety of Papers
_____________Mun. Ent. Zool. Vol. 15, No. 2, June 2020__________ 412 ISSN 1306-3022 CARTOGRAPHY AND DISTRUBUTION OF INSECTS SPECIES ACCORDING TO HABITATS DIVERSITY IN ZIBAN BISKRA-ALGERIA Nacima Deghiche-Diab*,**, Mohamed Belhamra*,**, Lahcen Deghiche** and Meriem Boultif* * CRSTRA. Center for Scientific and Technical Rechearch on Arid Regions. PoBox. 1682. Biskra, ALGERIA. ** Departement of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Ecosystem Diversity and Dynamics of Agricultural Production Systems in Arid Region, University Mohamed Khider. Biskra, ALGERIA. [Deghiche-Diab, N., Belhamra, M., Deghiche, L. & Boultif, M. 2020. Cartography and distrubution of insects species according to habitats diversity in Ziban Biskra-Algeria. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 15 (2): 412-421] ABSTRACT: Obtained results during study carried out at three different habitats; wetland, steppe and palm grove in Biskra region, were treated using ecological analyses abundance, Jacquard index and illustrated in card established using GIS mapping. From 205 total collected species in Biskra region, 148 species were from palm grove, 127 from wetland habitat and only 95 from steppe one. The similarity index shows 72% similarity between Site A and Site B and 70% (10 species) similarity between Site B and Site C, whereas minimal similarity obtained between Site A and Site C 69 % (7 species). KEY WORDS: Wetland habitat, Ziban palm grove, insects’ cartography, distribution, steppe With their presence on the Earth for more than 400 million years, insects constitute an unprecedented biological success and an essential component for life on our planet (Gilles, 2019). They occupy a broad thermal spectrum from the coldest to desert areas (Daly et al., 1998; Kergoat, 2004). Considering the climate change effect at all levels of organization of living animal or plant, arid areas suffer irreversible losses in biodiversity (Belhamra et al., 2014; Deghiche-Diab, 2015). -
Journal of Natural Science Collections
http://www.natsca.org Journal of Natural Science Collections Title: Recuration of the Fulgoridae collection at the Manchester Museum Author(s): Allnatt, G. Source: Allnatt, G. (2013). Recuration of the Fulgoridae collection at the Manchester Museum. Journal of Natural Science Collections, Volume 1, 44 ‐ 47. URL: http://www.natsca.org/article/87 NatSCA supports open access publication as part of its mission is to promote and support natural science collections. NatSCA uses the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCAL) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ for all works we publish. Under CCAL authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy articles in NatSCA publications, so long as the original authors and source are cited. Journal of Natural Science Collections 2013: Volume 1 Recuration of the Fulgoridae collection at the Manchester Museum Gina Allnatt Department of Entomology, Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL Received: 29th Mar 2013 Accepted: 25th Sept 2013 email: [email protected] Abstract This article is a brief summary of a project which recatalogued the Fulgoridae collection at Manchester Museum. The collection of over 150 specimens of Fulgoridae (Lantern Bugs) were accessioned, photographed and databased. The project updated species information for several specimens as well as adding previously unknown information about the collector. Keywords: Fulgoridae; Lantern Bug; Manchester Museum Introduction The Manchester Museum’s Entomology depart- It is estimated that less than 40% of the existing ment houses some two and a half million speci- species remain to be discovered (see Poiron and mens and is considered the third or fourth largest in Nagai, 1996: 9). -
Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) by Optimizing Field Work Surveys with Citizen Science Involvement Through Facebook Networking and Data Access in FLOW Website
Belgian Journal of Entomology 37 : 1-16 (2016) ISSN : 2295-0214 www.srbe-kbve.be urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CA852E68-BCE4-4735-BF5D-A63F5D33B5F3 Belgian Journal of Entomology Updating lanternflies biodiversity knowledge in Cambodia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) by optimizing field work surveys with citizen science involvement through Facebook networking and data access in FLOW website 1 2 3 Jérôme CONSTANT , Sophany PHAUK & ThierryBOURGOIN 1 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O.D. Phylogeny and Taxonomy, Entomology, Vautier street 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium (corresponding author: e-mail: [email protected]) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:6E6072A1-9415-4C8D-8E60-2504444DB290 2 Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodian Entomology Initiatives, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Cambodia (e-mail: [email protected]) 3 Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Institut Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR 7205 MNHN-CNRS-UPMC-EPHE, CP50, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231, Paris cedex 5, France (e-mail: [email protected]) Published : Brussels, January 20, 2016 Constant J., Phauk S. & Bourgoin T. Cambodian lanternflies and Facebook (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) Updating lanternflies biodiversity knowledge in Cambodia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) by optimizing field work surveys with citizen science involvement through Facebook networking and data access in FLOW website Jérôme CONSTANT, Sophany PHAUK & Thierry BOURGOIN ISSN : 1374-5514 (Print Edition) ISSN : 2295-0214 (Online Edition) Le Belgian Journal of Entomolgy est édité par la Société royale belge d'Entomologie, association sans but lucratif, fondée le 9 avril 1855. Siège social : rue Vautier 29, B-1000 Bruxelles De Belgian Journal of Entomology is uitgegeven door de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie, vereniging zonder winstoogmerk, opgericht op 9 april 1855. -
Taxonomia De Fulgoroidea No Brasil (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha), Com Ênfase Em Dictyopharidae
MARCELO DA SILVA BAPTISTA TAXONOMIA DE FULGOROIDEA NO BRASIL (INSECTA: HEMIPTERA: AUCHENORRHYNCHA), COM ÊNFASE EM DICTYOPHARIDAE Tese apresentada à Universidade Federal de Viçosa, como parte das exigências do Programa de Pós- Graduação em Entomologia, para obtenção do título de Doctor Scientiae. VIÇOSA MINAS GERAIS – BRASIL 2006 Ficha catalográfica preparada pela Seção de Catalogação e Classificação da Biblioteca Central da UFV T Baptista, Marcelo da Silva, 1971- B222t Taxonomia de Fulgoroidea no Brasil ( Insecta: 2006 Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha ), com ênfase em Dictyopharidae / Marcelo da Silva Baptista. – Viçosa : UFV, 2006. x, 274f. : il. (algumas col.) ; 29cm. Texto em português e inglês. Orientador: Paulo Sérgio Fiuza Ferreira. Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Inclui bibliografia. 1. Fulgoroidea - Identificação. 2. Fulgoroidea - Catálogos e coleções. 3. Fulgoroidea - Distribuição geográfica. 4. Hemíptera. I. Universidade Federal de Viçosa. II.Título. CDD 22.ed. 595.754 MARCELO DA SILVA BAPTISTA TAXONOMIA DE FULGOROIDEA NO BRASIL (INSECTA: HEMIPTERA: AUCHENORRHYNCHA), COM ÊNFASE EM DICTYOPHARIDAE Tese apresentada à Universidade Federal de Viçosa, como parte das exigências do Programa de Pós- Graduação em Entomologia, para obtenção do título de Doctor Scientiae. APROVADA: 16 de setembro de 2006 Prof. Elidiomar Ribeiro da Silva Prof. José Eduardo Serrão (Co-Orientador) (Co-Orientador) Prof. Lucio Antonio de Oliveira Campos Profa. Milene Faria Vieira Prof. Paulo Sérgio Fiuza Ferreira (Orientador) Aos meus pais, Aldo Baptista e Sidnéa da Silva Baptista, que sempre fizeram de tudo para que eu alcançasse e conquistasse mais essa etapa na vida. À minha filha Victoria Nolding Barros Baptista, que sonho estar sempre ao meu lado. Amo vocês. ii AGRADECIMENTOS Em primeiro lugar gostaria de agradecer a cinco pessoas, que me concederem o privilégio de desenvolver a este trabalho no Laboratório de Insetos Aquáticos na Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. -
Revsita De Ciências Hambientais 2.P65
FULGORA LATERNARIA LINNAEUS, 1758 (HEMIPTERA: FULGORIDAE) NA CONCEPÇÃO DOS MORADORES DO POVOADO DE PEDRA BRANCA, SANTA TEREZINHA, BAHIA, BRASIL Eraldo Medeiros Costa-Neto1 RESUMO Este artigo trata da construção cultural de Fulgora laternaria Linnaeus, 1758 por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas realizadas com 45 homens e 41 mulheres moradores do povoado de Pedra Branca, Brasil, no período de fevereiro a maio de 2001. Os resultados mostram que F. laternaria é uma espécie de inseto importante porque ela é boa para pensar. A morfologia do inseto influencia no modo como os moradores fazem sua identificação etnotaxonômica. Este inseto é considerado um organismo terrível que deve ser exterminado sempre que encontrado, devido ao seu ataque fatal em plantas, animais e seres humanos. Foram registradas as concepções locais sobre a origem do inseto, o hábito alimentar, processo de metamorfose, assim como sua transformação em outro organismo. Os sentimentos de medo e aversão criam obstáculos para desenvolver estratégias eficientes de conservação desse inseto. Dessa maneira, a educação ambiental pode desempenhar um papel importante na mudança de atitudes negativas com relação às espécies de Fulgora. Palavras-chave: Etnozoologia, Etnoentomologia, Jequitiranabóia, Fulgorida. ABSTRACT The perception of Fulgora laternaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) by the inhabitants of the county of Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Bahia, Brazil. Fulgora laternaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) as conceived by the inhabitants of Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Bahia, Brazil. This article deals with the cultural construction of Fulgora laternaria Linnaeus, 1758 by performing open-ended interviews with 45 men and 41 women who live in the county of Pedra Branca, Brazil from February to May 2001. -
Les Insectes Phosphorescents : Notes Complémentaires Et Bibliographie
i ^t^^'^"' .'t' LIBRARY OF 1885- IQ56 LES INSECTES PHOSPHORESCENTS NOTES COMPLÉMENTAIRES ET BIBLIOGRAPHIE GÉNÉRALE (ANATOMIE, PHYSIOLOGIE ET BIOLOGIE) LES INSECTES PHOSPHORESCENTS NOTES COMPLÉMENTAIRES ET BIBLIOGRAPHIE GÉNÉRALE (ANATOMIE, PHYSIOLOGIE ET BIOLOGIE) PAR Henri GADEAU de KERVILLE -m-^- ROUEN IMPRIMERIE JULIEN LECERF ^ 88 V PRINCIPAUX TRAVAUX DU MEME AUTEUR. Les Insectes phosphorescents, avec 4 pi. chromolilhographiées. Rouen, Léon Deshays, 1881. Comptes rendus des 19% 20% 21", 22% 23' et 24« réunions des Délégués des Sociétés savantes à la Sorbonne (Sciences naturelles), 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1883 <?rl88G, in Bull, delà Soc. des Amis des Scienc. nalur. de Rouen, 1" sem. des années 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885 et 188G. (L'avant-dernier avec 3 pi. eu héliogravure et 1 pi. en couleui-). Recherclies j^hysiologiques et hi.Holorjique.-^ sur l'organe de l'odorat des Insectes, par Gustave Hauser, d'Erlangen (Bavière), traduit de l'allemand, avec 1 pi. lithographiée, in Bull, de la Soc. des Amis des Scienc. natur. de Rouen, 1" sem, 1881. Liste générale des Mammifères sujets à l'albinisme, par Elvezio Can- toni, traduction de l'italien et additions, in Bull, de la Soc. des Amis des Scienc. natur. de Rouen, l'^'' sem. 1882. Les œufs des Coléoptères, par Malhias Hupertsberger, traduit de l'alle- mand, in Revue d'iintomologie, ann. 1882. De l'action du mouron rouge sur les Oiseaux, in Compt. rend, heb- dom. des séanc. de la Soc. de Biologie (séance du 8 juillet 1882). De l'action du persil sur les Psittacidés, in Compt. rend, hebdom. des séanc. de la Soc. de Biologie (séance du 20 janvier 1883). -
Evolutionary Patterns of Host Plant Use by Delphacid Planthoppers
population dynamics. Plant de specificity are considered with 1 crop varieties resistant to del- plant architecture on the abun n Chapter 3 (Denno). Species Evolutionary Patterns of Host Plant ' geographic and plant patch Use by Delphacid Planthoppers and density and plant diversity on l. The causal mechanisms for Their Relatives 1 and persistence are discussed its such as dispersal ability and ization and persistence. Stephen W. Wilson, Charles Mitter, Robert F. Denno and Michael R. Wilson Introduction Planthoppers (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea) are found on every continent ex cept Antarctica and in all major biomes, including tropical rainforests, deserts, grasslands, and the arctic tundra (O'Brien and Wilson 1985). The more than 9000 described species are divided into 19 families (O'Brien and Wilson 1985; Wheeler and Wilson 1987). All species of Fulgoroidea are phytophagous, sucking fluids from leaves, stems, roots, or fungal hyphae. There are species which feed on woody plants (both angiosperms and gymnosperms), herbs, ferns, and even fungi (O'Brien and Wilson 1985). The largest and most studied family of planthoppers is the Delphacidae which includes more than 2000 species in approximately 300 genera and 6 subfamilies (Asche 1985, 1990). Most continental delphacids are associated with monocots, particularly grasses and sedges (Wilson and O'Brien 1987; Denno and Roderick 1990 ), whereas some species, especially those on oceanic archipelagos, have radiated on dicots as well (Giffard 1922; Zim merman 1948). Their predilection for monocots, phloem-feeding habit, oviposition behavior and ability to transmit pathogens have contributed to the severe pest status of several delphacid species on rice, corn, sugarcane, and several cereal crops (Wilson and O'Brien 1987).