Tomb number 2 of the Church of St. Michael in Mornago (Varese, Italy). Anthropological and archaeological study of medieval funeral remains

The current paper aims to present the archaeological and anthropological results of the investigation conducted on a medieval burial which presents several features that recall the Longobard culture. After the archaeological evaluations on the architectural morphology of the tomb and on the grave goods, we proceeded with the anthropological investigations on human and animal bone remains. These analyses allowed us to formulate a hypothesis related to this particular funeral ritual from ancient Longobard tradition. The tomb number 2 of St. Michael church in Mornago represents a rare evidence of inhumation with bird in Northern Italy

A CRITICAL NOTE BY ABELE DE BLASIO (1902) ON THE ARCHAEO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONJECTURES OF LUIGI PALMIERI (1872)

This paper offers a description and explanation of a criticism written by Abel De Blasio in 1902 on the archaeological and anthropological conjectures that Luigi Palmieri had made in the past. In a note presented in 1872 at the Academy of Sciences of Naples, regarding some ancient tombs discovered by chance near the Observatory on Mount Vesuvius, Palmieri presented interpreta- tive observations that were unacceptable for specialists in anthropological studies and funerary archaeology

Gastropod species found in birds' nests from Argentina

Los nidos de aves son ejemplos de hábitats ocupados por un conjunto de invertebrados, como insectos, arañas, pseudoescorpiones, etc. Por primera vez se presenta una lista de gasterópodos encontrados en nidos aviarios de la Argentina. Un total de 138 especímenes pertenecientes a 11 especies, 10 géneros y 8 familias fueron hallados en 42 nidos de 6 familias de aves en 6 provincias. Sólo Pupisoma latens, representado por 58 especímenes de diferentes tamaños, fue encontrado vivo en un nido, siendo un nuevo hábitat de la especie, previamente encontrada en partes aéreas de árboles. El resto de las especies estaban representadas por animales muertos (fragmentos o conchillas vacías), que podrían estar relacionados a la dieta de las aves. Entre estas, las especies con mayor número de representantes (mayoritariamente pre-adultos) fueron Bulimulus bonariensis bonariensis y Succinea meridionalis. Los nidos de Anumbius annumbi y Furnarius rufus de la provincia de Buenos Aires tuvieron el número más elevado de ejemplares de gasterópodos. Especímenes de gasterópodos de agua dulce (Heleobia parchappii, Biomphalaria sp. y Drepanotrema sp.) constituyeron 13 % del total.Bird's nests are specialized habitats that are inhabited by a diverse suite of invertebrates, such as insects, spiders, pseudoscorpions, and ticks. This study presents a list of gastropods found in birds' nests from Argentina for the first time. A total of 138 specimens of gastropods, belonging to 11 species, 10 genera and 8 families of snails were present in the nests of 42 birds from 6 families in 6 provinces in Argentina. Fifty eight specimens of the snail Pupisoma latens of different sizes were found alive in a nest, representing a new habitat for this species, which has been previously described from the aerial parts of trees. The remaining species were represented by dead specimens (fragments or empty shells), which can be tentatively attributed to bird diets. Among these, the most abundant species were Bulimulus bonariensis bonariensis and Succinea meridionalis, both as pre-adults. The nests Anumbius annumbi and Furnarius rufus from the province of Buenos Aires had the highest number of specimens. Freshwater snails (Heleobia parchappii, Biomphalaria sp., and Drepanotrema sp.) comprised 13% of the snail species found.Fil: Miquel, Sergio Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ; ArgentinaFil: Turienzo, Paola Noemí. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Laboratorio de Entomología; ArgentinaFil: Di Iorio, Osvaldo Rubén. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Laboratorio de Entomología; Argentin

Insects in birds’ nests from Argentina: Asthenes dorbignyi (Reichenbach, 1853) [Aves: Furnariidae]

Asthenes dorbignyi (Reichenbach, 1853) es un furnárido que se distribuye en los Andes de Perú, Bolivia, norte de Chile y noroeste de la Argentina entre los 2200 a los 4600 m sobre el nivel del mar. Los nidos son cilíndricos o globulares, verticales, con una entrada lateral cerca del techo (sin un túnel lateral), mayormente construidos en cactus columnares. Los insectos hallados en los nidos de A. dorbignyi en Campo Negro (Salta) y Cuesta de los Cardones (Tucumán) fueron adultos pertenecientes a Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera y Siphonaptera. Mientras que las especies de Coleoptera y Hemiptera utilizaron los nidos para hibernar, las Lepidoptera fueron ocasionales, utilizando el nido como refugio para la pupación, así como otros lugares disponibles, apareciendo junto con una avispa parásita Ichneumónida. Una avispa Chalcidoidea fue una especie accidental, probablemente parasitando las ootecas de las arañas utilizadas por A. dorbignyi en las camas del nido. Se discute la presencia de una especie de pulga (Siphonaptera) en los nidos de A. dorbignyi, nuevo registro de hospedador para el género Dasypsyllus. La baja diversidad de insectos en los nidos está relacionada a la baja diversidad de los biomas desérticos de altura con condiciones climáticas rigurosas.Asthenes dorbignyi (Reichenbach, 1853) is a furnarid bird distributed in the Andean mountains of Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile and northwestern Argentina between 2200 to 4600 m upon sea level. The nests are cylindrical or globular, verticals, with a lateral entrance located near the top (without a lateral tunnel), mostly build in columnar cacti. Insects were found in nests of A. dorbignyi during june of 2007 in Campo Negro (Salta province, Argentina) and during june of 2009 in Cuesta de los Cardones (Tucumán province, from the same country). Insects obtained in the nests were adults belonging to species of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Siphonaptera. While the Coleoptera and Hemiptera use the nests for hibernation, the Lepidoptera were occasional, using the nests as refuge for pupation as well as other suitable places, ocurring together with an ichneumonid parasite wasp. A chalcidoid wasp was other accidental species, probably parasitizing the spider cocoons used by A. dorbignyi in the beds of the nest. The presence of a flea (Siphonaptera) in the nests of A. dorbignyi is discussed, being a new host record for the genus Dasypsyllus. The low diversity of insects in these nests is correlated with the lower diversity in desertic bioma of high areas with rigurous climatic conditions.Fil: Turienzo, Paola Noemí. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental. Laboratorio de Entomologia; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Di Iorio, Osvaldo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental. Laboratorio de Entomologia; Argentin

On the estimation of the Lorenz curve under complex sampling designs

This paper focuses on the estimation of the concentration curve of a finite population, when data are collected according to a complex sampling design with different inclusion probabilities. A (design-based) Hajek type estimator for the Lorenz curve is proposed, and its asymptotic properties are studied. Then, a resampling scheme able to approximate the asymptotic law of the Lorenz curve estimator is constructed. Applications are given to the construction of (i) a confidence band for the Lorenz curve, (ii) confidence intervals for the Gini concentration ratio, and (iii) a test for Lorenz dominance. The merits of the proposed resampling procedure are evaluated through a simulation study

Addenda to the insects found in birds’ nests from the Neotropical Region and Neotropical immigrants in the Nearctic Region, with a discussion of the probable transmission mechanism of Ornithocoris toledoi (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

The present work adds some records to the insect fauna in birds’ nests from the Neotropical Region and Neotropical immigrants in the Nearctic Region. Unpublished records of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) prior to 2005 are included here, especially the localities of some specimens from the collection of Antonio Martínez. According to new data recently published, the probable transmission mechanism of Ornithocoris toledoi (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) is presented here and discussed.Fil: Di Iorio, Osvaldo Rubén. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Turienzo, Paola Noemí. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentin

A preliminary bibliographic survey of the insects found in poultry houses from the Neotropical Region, with remarks on selected taxa shared with native birds' nests

Species of insects associated to the habitat of Gallus gallus (Aves: Phasianidae) in the Neotropical Region belong to 144 identified species (42 Coleoptera; 14 Diptera; 17 Hymenoptera; 9 Siphonaptera; 1 Lepidoptera; 56 Hemiptera (one hybrid); 5 Dermaptera); 33 identified to genus (21 Coleoptera; 3 Diptera; 7 Hymenoptera; 1 Hemiptera; 1 Blattaria); 37 identified to family (23 Coleoptera; 9 Diptera; 2 Hymenoptera; 1 Lepidoptera; 2 Hemiptera); and 6 to order (2 Coleoptera; 1 Hymenoptera; 1 Siphonaptera; 1 Psocoptera; 1 Dermaptera). Most of the insects are haematophagous ectoparasites (Hemiptera; Siphonaptera; Diptera), detritivores (Coleoptera; Lepidoptera; Diptera; Blattaria), predators (Coleoptera; Diptera; Hemiptera; Dermaptera; Hymenoptera), and parasitoids (Hymenoptera). A total of 46 native American species and/or subspecies of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) were found in chicken houses, from which 18 were also found in birds’ nests. It was recently observed that other insects from poultry houses, generally exotic species, had colonized native American birds’ nests. Comments and remarks of selected taxa also found in birds’ nests from Argentina and other countries are provided.Fil: Di Iorio, Osvaldo Rubén. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Turienzo, Paola Noemí. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Lo sviluppo locale e la costruzione di reti transnazionali tra sistemi territoriali complessi

In questo lavoro si cerca di verificare l'esistenza di una relazione tra la costruzione di reti transnazionali tra sistemi territoriali complessi e lo sviluppo locale. Si ritiene che quanto piu' i soggetti di un territorio, portatori di differenti interessi e bisogni, procedano verso finalita' e obiettivi condivisi, tanto maggiore e' la possibilita' che il processo di internazionalizzazione (rapporto tra due o piu' sistemi territoriali complessi) possa essere una vera occasione per lo sviluppo locale. La finalita' che cercheremo quindi di perseguire e' quella di valutare se la strutturazione di un sistema territoriale possa essere funzionale alla costruzione di reti lunghe che producano lo sviluppo. In seguito ai risultati dell'analisi, l'esistenza di tale relazione ci permettera' di avanzare un'ipotesi progettuale di internazionalizzazione di un sistema territoriale. Partendo dunque dalle definizIn questo lavoro cercheremo di verificare l'esistenza di una relazione tra la costruzione di reti transnazionali tra sistemi territoriali complessi e lo sviluppo locale. Riteniamo che quanto piu' i soggetti di un territorio, portatori di differenti interessi e bisogni, procedano verso finalita' e obiettivi condivisi, tanto maggiore e' la possibilita' che il processo di internazionalizzazione (rapporto tra due o piu' sistemi territoriali complessi) possa essere una vera occasione per lo sviluppo locale. La finalita' che cercheremo quindi di perseguire e' quella di valutare se la strutturazione di un sistema territoriale possa essere funzionale alla costruzione di reti lunghe che producano lo sviluppo. In seguito ai risultati dell'analisi, l'esistenza di tale relazione ci permettera' di avanzare un'ipotesi progettuale di internazionalizzazione di un sistema territoriale

Parasitism by Botflies Philornis Sp. on European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris, an Exotic Bird in Argentina

Fil: Ibáñez, Lucía Mariel. División Zoología Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Fiorini, Vanina Dafne. Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución. Instituto IEGEBA (CONICET-UBA). Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Montalti, Diego. División Zoología Vertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Di Iorio, Osvaldo. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Instituto IBBEA (CONICET-UBA). Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Turienzo, Paola. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Instituto IBBEA (CONICET-UBA). Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad de Buenos Aires; Argentin

New family host and records of Acanthocrios furnarii (Cordero & Vogelsang, 1928) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) from Argentina, and implications in the transmission mechanism of cimicid bugs among birds’ nests

Acanthocrios furnarii (Cordero & Vogelsang, 1928) [Hemiptera: Cimicidae: Haematosiphoninae] is an ectoparasite on avian hosts from Argentina and Uruguay. It has been mostly found in mud nests of Furnarius rufus (Gmelin, 1788) [Aves: Furnariidae], but its true hosts are some of the inquiline birds that use F. rufus nests. These inquiline hosts belong to the families Emberizidae, Hirundinidae, Icteridae, Passeridae, and Troglodytidae. Outside F. rufus mud nests, A. furnarii has been found in nests of other Furnariidae, Hirundinidae, and Passeridae. The present work adds the first nonpasserine host (Falconidae) of A. furnarii, together with new records in La Pampa, Argentina. The transmission mechanism of A. furnarii, together with all other cimicid bugs from Argentina and adjacent countries, is increased considering this new host; and we also take into account the birds that nidificate in nest boxes, the cavity-nesting birds in trees and earth, and the inquiline birds in stick nests of Furnariidae and Psittacidae.Fil: Di Iorio, Osvaldo Rubén. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Laboratorio de Entomología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Turienzo, Paola Noemí. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental. Laboratorio de Entomología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Bragagnolo, Laura Araceli. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Recursos Naturales. Centro para el Estudio y Conservación de Aves Rapaces; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Santillán, Miguel Ángel. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Recursos Naturales. Centro para el Estudio y Conservación de Aves Rapaces; ArgentinaFil: Grande, Juan Manuel. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencia Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Recursos Naturales. Centro para el Estudio y Conservación de Aves Rapaces; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra y Ambientales de La Pampa; Argentin