The male of Parahiranetis
salgadoi Gil-Santana, 2015 is described for the first time, with a redescription of the female of this species based on additional specimens. Comments on possible mimicry and crypsis exhibited by adults and nymphs of this species, respectively, are provided.
ABSTRACT. Description of immature stages and notes on the biology of Phloea subquadrata (Heteroptera, Phloeidae). The eggs and five nymphal instars of Phloea subquadrata Spinola, 1837 are described and illustrated. Three new host plants are registered, and data on the development and biology of the insect are provided and discussed.
KEYWORDS.Immatures, external morphology, biology, neotropics, Phloeidae.
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RESUMO.Os ovos e os cinco estádios ninfais de Phloea subquadrata Spinola, 1837 são descritos e ilustrados. Três novas plantas hospedeiras são registradas, e dados sobre o desenvolvimento e a biologia do inseto são apresentados e discutidos.
Mites and leaf domatia: no evidence of mutualism in Coffea arabica plants. Biota Neotrop. 11(1): http://www. biotaneotropica.org.br/v11n1/en/abstract?article+bn00311012011.
Abstract:We conducted experiments by blocking off pit-like domatia from old and new leaves of Coffea arabica L., using tiny resin drops, to investigate the role of domatia on i) mite abundance at the community level and on ii) leaf damages. More than 77% of the mites collected were predators, whereas 19 and 3.3% were omnivores and phytophages, respectively. Domatia blockage treatment had no influence either on mite abundances or leaf damages. However, predatory and omnivorous mites were more abundant on new than on the old leaves; phytophagous mites occurred at very low density and occupied only plants having open domatia. The absence of mutualism between mites and C. arabica probably occurred because the entrances of domatia were too small and did not enable the entry of fitoseid predators in these structures. Resumo: Domácias são pequenas estruturas presentes na junção entre as nervuras principal e secundárias das folhas de muitas espécies de plantas, que podem mediar interações mutualísticas entre ácaros e plantas. Em experimento, nós bloqueamos as domácias em formato de covas de folhas novas e velhas de Coffea arabica L. com gotas de resina, a fim de investigar o seu papel i) na abundância de ácaros na comunidade e ii) nos danos foliares. Mais de 77% dos ácaros coletados são predadores, enquanto 19 e 3,3% são onívoros e fitófagos, respectivamente. Não houve influência do bloqueio das domácias tanto na abundância quanto nos danos foliares. Entretanto, os ácaros predadores e micófagos foram mais abundantes nas folhas novas do que nas velhas; os ácaros fitófagos ocorreram em pequena densidade e ocuparam somente as plantas com domácias abertas. A ausência de mutualismo entre os ácaros e plantas de C. arabica pode ter ocorrido porque as entradas das domácias analisadas eram muito pequenas, não permitindo a entrada dos predadores fitoseídeos nessas estruturas. Palavras-chave: interações entre ácaros e plantas, comunidade de ácaros, limitação de espaço, Mata Atlântica, ruptura de mutualismo.
The effects of patch size and floral herbivory on reproductive success of Trichogoniopsis adenantha (Asteraceae) were studied in a semideciduous forest in southeastern Brazil. Plants in large patches and capitula not attacked by endophagous insects had higher seed set. The consequences of living in large or small patches for plant reproductive success are discussed.
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