Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta) from Pitinga, Amazonas, Brazil

Pereira, Domingos Leonardo Vieira; Melo, Alan Lane de

doi:10.1590/s0044-59672007000400021

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“…Individuals collected in each segment were separated and identified by segment and stream. Collected material was sorted and stored in commercial ethanol (concentration of 85%) and identified until genus level with the aid of the taxonomic keys of Nieser and Melo (1997) and Pereira and Melo (2007). All specimens of fish and Heteroptera are deposited in the Zoological Collection of the Federal University of Goiás (ZUFG).…”

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Effects of Riparian Vegetation Integrity on Fish and Heteroptera Communities

2015

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Abstract. Freshwater ecosystems are essential to human societies. However, many anthropogenic activities have been constantly modifying these ecosystems. Such modifications can be detected and measured with the use of environmental bioindicators. This work aims to identify the effect of physical integrity of streams, riparian vegetation coverage and physical and physicochemical variables on fish and Heteroptera faunas of streams, identifying which group is a better indicator of environmental disturbance. Predictor variables were sorted into three matrices: (1) physical and physicochemical parameters of the streams, (2) environmental variables and (3) structural variables of riparian vegetation. We tested the effects of physical and physicochemical descriptors on species richness and abundance through multiple linear regressions. The effects of environmental and structural variables of the riparian vegetation were tested using ridge regressions. Physical and physicochemical variables had no effect on Heteroptera and fish communities. Environmental variables showed effect only on the community of Heteroptera. Ichthyic assemblages were not influenced by any environmental variables. Selected structural variables had no relation with the Heteroptera assemblages, neither with fish community. Therefore, we conclude that, in small Amazonian streams, Heteroptera is more sensitive to human impacts than fish. This sensibility is demonstrated by the negative relation between Heteroptera fauna and the canopy opening over the river and positively related to environment integrity. These associations were not found for icthyofauna.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Riparian Vegetation Integrity on Fish and Heteroptera Communities

2015

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“…North (Amazonas) (NIESER 1970, PEREIRA & MELO 2007, BARBOSA & RODRIGUES 2013, CentralWest (Mato Grosso do Sul) (FLORIANO et al 2013) and Southeast regions (Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro) (NIESER & MELO 1997, MELO & NIESER 2004, RIBEIRO et al 2010. …”

Section: Notonecta Pulchra Hungerford 1926mentioning

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New species and new records of Notonecta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from Brazil

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2013

Zoologia (Curitiba)

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“…Geographic distribution in Brazil: N -Amazonas (Drake and Harris 1935;Kuitert 1942;Nieser 1970;Pereira and Melo 2007;Moreira et al 2011d) and Pará (Nieser 1970;Moreira et al 2011d;Moreira and Campos 2012); CWMato Grosso (Mazzucconi and Bachmann 1993;Heckman 1998;Fernandes and Wanzeler 2010;Moreira et al 2011d) and Mato Grosso do Sul (Moreira and Campos 2012); SE -Espírito Santo (Nieser and Melo 1997;Moreira and Campos 2012), Minas Gerais (Nieser and Melo 1997;Melo and Nieser 2004;Souza et al 2006;Moreira et al 2011d), Rio de Janeiro (Drake and Harris 1933;Jurberg and Gomes 1983;Moreira et al 2011d;Moreira and Campos 2012) and São Paulo (Castanhole et al 2008;Moreira et al 2011d); S -Paraná (Moreira and Campos 2012) and Santa Catarina (Moreira et al 2011d Remarks: In Brazil, this species has previous records from the North, Central-West, Southeast and South regions. In this study, it is recorded for the first time from Roraima state and from the Northeast Region, extending its area of occurrence to all regions of the country.…”

Section: Limnogonus Aduncus Aduncus Drake and Harris 1933mentioning

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“…Geographic distribution: N -Amazonas (Kenaga 1942;Nieser 1970;Pereira and Melo 2007;Moreira et al 2011b) and Pará (Nieser 1970). Tachygerris adamsoni (Drake, 1942) Geographic distribution in Brazil: N -Amazonas (Nieser 1970) and Pará (Nieser 1970;Moreira et al 2011d); CW -Mato Grosso (Nieser 1970;Fernandes and Wanzeler 2010); SE -Minas Gerais (Nieser and Melo 1997) and Rio de Janeiro (Drake 1942;Moreira et al 2011d).…”

Section: Ovatametra Obesa Kenaga 1942mentioning

confidence: 99%