5 research outputs found
Redescription of the larva of Amblyomma dubitaum (Ixodidae) by light and scanning electron microscopy
RESEARCH NOTE - A note on slide-mounting technique of unfed immature stages of amblyomma cajennense (fabricius, 1787) (acari: ixodidae)
Slit cuticular structure observed by scanning electron microscopy: presence on the walking legs of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787)(Atari: lxodidae)
Dipterofauna com ênfase em Muscidae associada às massas fecais de bovinos em sistema orgânico de produção de leite, na região tropical, Brasil
Dípteros são importantes membros da coprofauna decompositora do esterco bovino e influenciam na incidência de parasitoses nos rebanhos bovinos. Neste sentido, o estudo teve como objetivo inventariar e quantificar os integrantes da dipterofauna associada a massas fecais de bovinos leiteiros orgânicos em Seropédica, Estado do -Rio de Janeiro. Massas fecais bovinas foram coletadas em um sistema de produção de leite orgânico, e as pupas foram extraídas através do método de flotação. Após a emergência, os dípteros adultos foram identificados e os resultados tabulados. As famílias de dípteros coletados foram Muscidae, Sepsidae, Sarcophagidae, Stratiomyidae e Tachinidae. Quanto aos muscideos, foram coletados Gymnodia normata, Gymnodia quadristigma, Musca domestica e Biopyrellia bipuncta
Description of larva of Amblyomma romitii (Acari: Ixodidae) by optical and scanning electron microscopy, including porotaxy and phylogenetic analysis
The description of the larva of Amblyomma romitii Tonelli-Rondelli is based on optical and scanning electron microscopy. Larvae were obtained under laboratory conditions from an engorged female collected on capybara from Rurópolis municipality, State of Pará, Northern Brazil. Several characters are presented including the chaetotaxy of idiosoma, palpi and Haller's organ. The larval porotaxy (topographical and numerical patterns of integumentary structures) was presented and compared to that of the other Amblyomma spp. larvae. The mitochondrial 16S rDNA partial sequence of A. romitii generated in the present study was aligned with sequences previously determined for other Amblyomma species available in Genbank and with some species presently sequenced. The larval morphology of A. romitii and other Neotropical Amblyomma spp. larvae is discussed as well as the DNA sequence and its phylogenetic position among other species of the genus. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht