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Bullous cutaneous larva migrans: an atypical case of creeping eruption

Cutaneous larva migrans is a hookworm-related infestation caused by zoonotic nematode larvae such as the Ancylostoma braziliense. Herein a case of a 2-year-old child complaining initially of painfull blisters on her left foot is report. The correct diagnosis was delayed and only confirmed when serpiginous, erythematous tracks and bullae were developed. Patient was treated with fexofenadine oral, topical thiaben...

A new species of ami pérez-miles, 2008 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) ...

A new species of Ami Pérez-Miles, 2008 is described from the state of Amazonas in Brazil based on three males from Manaus. Ami valentinae sp. nov. is closely related to A. armihuariensis and A. caxiuana by the presence of a granular area on the embolus, but it differs from the first species by the presence of two retrolateral process on the male palpal tibia and differs by the latter by the morphology of the ma...

Parasitism of Hymenoepimecis manauara Pádua & Oliveira (Hymenoptera: Ichneumoni...

Background A parasitoid wasp Hymenoepimecis manauara Pádua & Oliveira, 2015 was recorded parasitizing, for the first time, a female spider of Leucauge henryi Mello-Leitão, 1940 in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Images, description of the cocoon and comments about this interaction were added. New information First record of Hymenoepimecis manauara parasitizing Leucauge henryi with description of cocoon and comme...

First record of Theraphosa apophysis (Tinter, 1991) (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Th...

We present the first record for Theraphosa apophysis (Tinter, 1991) for Brazil. A male of T. apophysis was collected in São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas state, Brazil. This is the third species of Theraphosa in Brazil along with T. blondi (Latreille, 1804) and T. stirmi Rudloff & Weinmann, 2010. © 2018, Pensoft Publishers. All rights reserved.

Long time not seen: Expanding the records of Loxosceles amazonica (Araneae: Sic...

As aranhas do gênero Loxosceles, conhecidas como aranhas marrons, podem causar sérios acidentes em humanos. O veneno destas aranhas possui potente ação proteolítica e hemolítica. A cada ano estas aranhas são responsáveis pelo maior número de araneísmos no Brasil. Este trabalho apresenta novos registros de Loxosceles amazonica para o estado do Amazonas, Brasil.; Spiders of the genus Loxosceles, commonly known as...

The smallest spider of Uloboridae, a new species of Conifaber opell, 1982 (Arac...

A new species, Conifaber manicoba n. sp., is described based on a female from the state of Pará, Brazil. It is characterized as being the smallest uloborid female and by having the thoracic region posteriorly depressed. © TÜBİTAK.

First Record of Pediobius pyrgo Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in South Ameri...