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Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research
Carvalho, Raquel L.; Resende, Angelica F.; Barlow, Jos; França, Filipe M.; Moura, Mario R.; Maciel, Rafaella; Alves-Martins, Fernanda; Shutt, JackBiodiversity 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...
Half Friend, Half Enemy? Comparative Phytophagy between Two Dicyphini Species (...
Souto, Paula; Abraços-Duarte, Gonçalo; Borges da Silva, Elsa; Figueiredo, ElisabeteDespite their importance as biological control agents, zoophytophagous dicyphine mirids can produce economically important damage. We evaluated the phytophagy and potential impact on tomato plants of Dicyphus cerastii and Nesidiocoris tenuis. We developed a study in three parts: (i) a semi-field trial to characterize the type of plant damage produced by these species on caged tomato plants; (ii) a laboratory ex...
Insect Sensory System
Souto, Paula; Antunes, André Fonseca; Nunes, Viviane
On the Natural History of the Black Winged Firefly, Phosphaenopterus metzneri S...
Nunes, Viviane; Figueira, Gonçalo; Lopes, Luís Filipe; Souto, PaulaThe genus Phosphaenopterus Schaufuss, 1870 encompasses two species restricted to Europe, both underrepresented in the literature and entomological collections. Phosphaenopterus metzneri Schaufuss, 1870 is the most widely distributed within the genus, being recorded in France, Portugal, and Spain. Since its century-old original description based only on the male, the biology of this species was not further inves...
Cryptic diversity in the mayfly Leptohyphodes inanis (Pictet) (Ephemeroptera: L...
Souto, Paula; Silveira, Luís Felipe; Takiya, Daniela; Salles, FredericoLeptohyphodes inanis (Pictet) is an enigmatic species with a rare trait among leptohyphid males – large and divided compound eyes. In addition, the color of its upper portion is variable across – but not within – populations. However, the geographic variation of this trait and its relation to gene flow across populations remain unknown. Here, we analyzed individuals across Southeastern Brazil (19 to 24 S and 40...
Fluctuating asymmetry
Nunes, Viviane; Souto, Paula