Opening Session

Chancellor Motley Jessica Cicchino – Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, National crash trends Jeanne Hathaway – MA DPH Injury Prevention Epidemiologist, MA context Beth Dugan – UMass Boston, Fatal Accidents in MA involving drivers age 65+; Summit aim

Revisión preliminar de las especies del género Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera, Philopteridae) parásitas de Icterinae (Aves, Passeriformes, Fringillidae)

A number of distinctive somatic features permit to divide the Brueelia-species parasitic on different taxa of Icterinae in two major informal species-groups here named picturata-group and ornatissima-group, and the latter subdivided in the cela-subgroup and amazonae-subgroup. In this paper, we deal with the characterization of these groups and subgroups along with the description or taxonomic notes of the twenty two species of both groups hitherto known to parasitize Icterinae birds: Brueelia picturata (Osborn, 1896) (ex Sturnella magna), B. pseudopicturata Cicchino, 1986 (ex Sturnella neglecta), B. boae sp. n. (ex Sturnella l. loyca), B. cela Stafford, 1943 (ex Cacicus c. cela), B. virgata (Kellogg, 1899) (ex Amblycercus h. holosericeus), B. solitaria Cicchino, 1988 (ex Cacicus solitarius), B. decumana sp. n. (ex Psarocolius decumanus maculosus), B. abrupta (Osborn, 1896) (unknown host), B. ornatissima (ex Agelaius p. phoeniceus), B. mirabile Carriker, 1963 (ex Scaphidura o. oryzivora), B. ruficapilla Cicchino, 1990 (ex Agelaius ruficapillus), B. mauroi sp. n. (ex Tangavius aeneus), B. emersoni sp. n. (ex Euphagus carolinus), B. marcoi sp. n. (ex Curaeus c. curaeus), B. trinidadensis sp. n. (ex Molothrus bonariensis minimus), B. americana sp. n. (ex Molothrus a. ater), B. bonariensis sp. n. (ex Molothrus b. bonariensis), B. badia sp. n. (ex Molothrus b. badius), B. flinti sp. n. (ex Cassidix m. mexicanus) and B. mimas sp. n. (ex Pseudoleistes virescens), discussing the taxonomic status and probable affinities of B. sallei Carriker, 1963, B. amazonae Stafford, 1943, B. latiuscula (Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) and B. xanthocephali (Osborn, 1896).Las especies del género Brueelia que parasitan distintos táxones de Icterinae presentan un conjunto de características somáticas que permiten discriminarlas en dos agrupamientos informales de especies, aquí denominados grupo picturata y grupo ornatissima, este último subdividido en dos: subgrupo cela y subgrupo amazonae. En esta aportación nos ocupamos de la caracterización morfológica de los citados agrupamientos y de la descripción o notas taxonómicas de las veintidós especies hasta hoy conocidas que incluimos en el grupo picturata y en el grupo ornatissima: Brueelia picturata (Osborn, 1896) (ex Sturnella magna), B. pseudopicturata Cicchino, 1986 (ex Sturnella neglecta), B. boae sp. n. (ex Sturnella l. loyca), B. cela Stafford, 1943 (ex Cacicus c. cela), B. virgata (Kellogg, 1899) (ex Amblycercus h. holosericeus), B. solitaria Cicchino, 1988 (ex Cacicus solitarius), B. decumana sp. n. (ex Psarocolius decumanus maculosus), B. abrupta (Osborn, 1896) (hospedador desconocido), B. ornatissima (ex Agelaius p. phoeniceus), B. mirabile Carriker, 1963 (ex Scaphidura o. oryzivora), B. ruficapilla Cicchino, 1990 (ex Agelaius ruficapillus), B. mauroi sp. n. (ex Tangavius aeneus), B. emersoni sp. n. (ex Euphagus carolinus), B. marcoi sp. n. (ex Curaeus c. curaeus), B. trinidadensis sp. n. (ex Molothrus bonariensis minimus), B. americana sp. n. (ex Molothrus a. ater), B. bonariensis sp. n. (ex Molothrus b. bonariensis), B. badia sp. n. (ex Molothrus b. badius), B. flinti sp. n. (ex Cassidix m. mexicanus), B. mimas sp. n. (ex Pseudoleistes virescens), y finalmente se discute el status taxonómico y las probables afinidades de B. sallei Carriker, 1963, B. amazonae Stafford, 1943, B. latiuscula (Kellogg & Chapman, 1899) y B. xanthocephali (Osborn, 1896)

Arthropods in Monk Parakeet nests (Aves: Psittacidae)

The objective of this work is to communicate a list of artropodofauna which is in Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus monachus) nests at several localities in Buenos Aires province. One nest and 43 beds of fresh green material that the Monk Parakeets deposited in the breeding chamber were collected. Arthropods were extracted, identified under binocular microscope, and characterized by their diets. Species were found whitin class Arachnida (Acarina, Pseudoescorpionida and Araneae), mainly predators and hematophagous. Within class Insecta, were found blood-sucking species, predators, detritivores, phytophagous, nectarivorous, and xilophagous, among others. The orders most represented were Diptera (8 families) and Coleoptera (12 families). The rest of the species belonged to the orders Collembola, Psocoptera, Hymenoptera, Phthiraptera, Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.El objetivo de este trabajo es comunicar una lista de la artropodofauna que se encuentra en los nidos de cotorra (Myiopsitta monachus monachus) en distintas localidades de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Se colectó un nido y 43 camas de material vegetal fresco que las cotorras depositan en las cámaras de cría. Se extrajeron los artrópodos, que se identificaron bajo lupa binocular y se caracterizaron por su nicho trófico. Se encontraron especies de la clase Arachnida (Acariña, Pseudoescorpionida y Araneae), principalmente depredadoras y hematófagas; mientras que dentro de la clase Insecta se encontraron especies hematófagas, depredadoras, detritívoras, fitófagas, nectarívoras, y xilófagas. Los órdenes más representados fueron Díptera (8 familias) y Coleóptera (12 familias). El resto de las especies pertenecieron a los órdenes Collembola, Psocoptera, Hymenoptera, Phthiraptera, Hemiptera y Lepidoptera.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

Arthropods in Monk Parakeet nests (Aves: Psittacidae)

The objective of this work is to communicate a list of artropodofauna which is in Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus monachus) nests at several localities in Buenos Aires province. One nest and 43 beds of fresh green material that the Monk Parakeets deposited in the breeding chamber were collected. Arthropods were extracted, identified under binocular microscope, and characterized by their diets. Species were found whitin class Arachnida (Acarina, Pseudoescorpionida and Araneae), mainly predators and hematophagous. Within class Insecta, were found blood-sucking species, predators, detritivores, phytophagous, nectarivorous, and xilophagous, among others. The orders most represented were Diptera (8 families) and Coleoptera (12 families). The rest of the species belonged to the orders Collembola, Psocoptera, Hymenoptera, Phthiraptera, Hemiptera and Lepidoptera.El objetivo de este trabajo es comunicar una lista de la artropodofauna que se encuentra en los nidos de cotorra (Myiopsitta monachus monachus) en distintas localidades de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Se colectó un nido y 43 camas de material vegetal fresco que las cotorras depositan en las cámaras de cría. Se extrajeron los artrópodos, que se identificaron bajo lupa binocular y se caracterizaron por su nicho trófico. Se encontraron especies de la clase Arachnida (Acariña, Pseudoescorpionida y Araneae), principalmente depredadoras y hematófagas; mientras que dentro de la clase Insecta se encontraron especies hematófagas, depredadoras, detritívoras, fitófagas, nectarívoras, y xilófagas. Los órdenes más representados fueron Díptera (8 familias) y Coleóptera (12 familias). El resto de las especies pertenecieron a los órdenes Collembola, Psocoptera, Hymenoptera, Phthiraptera, Hemiptera y Lepidoptera.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

The Faces in Infant-Perspective Scenes Change over the First Year of Life

Mature face perception has its origins in the face experiences of infants. However, little is known about the basic statistics of faces in early visual environments. We used head cameras to capture and analyze over 72,000 infant-perspective scenes from 22 infants aged 1-11 months as they engaged in daily activities. The frequency of faces in these scenes declined markedly with age: for the youngest infants, faces were present 15 minutes in every waking hour but only 5 minutes for the oldest infants. In general, the available faces were well characterized by three properties: (1) they belonged to relatively few individuals; (2) they were close and visually large; and (3) they presented views showing both eyes. These three properties most strongly characterized the face corpora of our youngest infants and constitute environmental constraints on the early development of the visual system