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Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time,1,2 and attempts to address it require a clear un derstanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space.3,4 While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes,5–7 vast areas of the tropics remain underst...

Description of a new species of Chlorotabanus (Insecta, Diptera, Tabanidae) fro...

We described a new species of Tabanidae (Diptera), Chlorotabanus flagellatus sp. nov., distributed in the Amazon region, in the States of Amazonas and Pará. Diagnosis, discussion and illustrations of external and internal characters are provided.

Descrição de uma nova espécie de Chlorotabanus (Insecta, Diptera, Tabanidae) da...

Description of dichelacera (Dichelacera) matogrossensis sp. nov. (diptera, taba...

Dichelacera matogrossensis sp. nov. is described based on females from the Chapada dos Guimarães, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Diagnosis, discussion and illustrations are provided. © 2015, Fundacao Zoobotanica do Rio Grande do Sul. All rights reserved.

Tabanidae (Diptera) no dossel da floresta amazônica atraídos por luz e descriçã...

Foram realizadas coletas de tabanídeos a 40 metros de altura, em uma torre metálica, na Estação Experimental de Silvicultura Tropical, Amazonas, Brasil. As coletas foram realizadas de janeiro a dezembro de 2004, durante três noites de transição lunar minguante/nova de cada mês, das 18 às 6 horas. As mutucas foram capturadas em um lençol iluminado com lâmpada de luz mista de vapor de mercúrio de 250 watts e lâmp...

Corrections and additions to catalogue of Neotropical diptera (Tabanidae) of Co...

Corrections and additions to Catalogue of Neotropical Diptera (Tabanidae) of Coscarón & Papavero (2009). Some corrections and omitted taxonomic information for the "Catalogue of Neotropical Diptera. Tabanidae" are presented. Fifteen recently described species are listed for the Neotropical region. Presently, the Neotropical region has 1,205 Tabanidae species, besides 35 unrecognized species and 29 nomina nuda.

Description of the male of Chlorotabanus leucochlorus Fairchild (Diptera, Taban...

The male of Chlorotabanus leucochlorus Fairchild, 1961 is described for the first time. The species is known from northern Brazil, Suriname, Venezuela and eastern Peru. Seven males from various locations in the state of Amazonas, Brazil were examined. The material was deposited in the Invertebrate Collections of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) and Zoological Collection Paulo Bührnheim (UF...

Checklist of horseflies (Diptera, tabanidae) of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul...

It is presented a list of horseflies species from the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. It is listed 73 species and three subspecies, allocated in 21 genera, five tribes and three subfamilies, with their distribution records. © 2017, Fundacao Zoobotanica do Rio Grande do Sul. All rights reserved.

Survival and reproduction of Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Diptera, Muscidae)

The reproduction and survival of Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp, 1883) were studied between 22 and 28°C, 70% R.H. and 12h photoperiod. The raw data were analyzed based on age-class, sex life table, Weibull distribution and entropy curve (H). The intrinsic rate of increase (rm), finite rate of increase (λ), net reproduction rate (R0) and mean generation time (T) were 0.534, 1.7, 59.439 and 7.65 respectively, sugge...

Checklist of horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Taquaruçu, Tocantins, Brazil...

A list of horse fly species is presented for the district of Taquaruçu, Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil. A total of 34 species and three varieties were recorded over one year of collections. From those, 21 species and one variety were new records for the state. © 2015 Check List and Authors.