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First large-scale assessment of pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Brazil (2021-2024): a crucial step in informing decision-making in malaria control [PDF]
Background Malaria continues to pose a significant public health threat in northern Brazil. Current control strategies for Anopheles darlingi, the primary malaria vector in the Amazon region, depend on long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor ...
Quesia Santos Amorim +8 more
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High voltage-gated sodium channel gene diversity in Aedes albopictus across Brazil [PDF]
The invasive Aedes albopictus, commonly known as the Asian tiger mosquito, has spread globally, posing public health risks because of its role as a secondary vector for arboviruses and capacity to transmit pathogens across sylvatic and urban cycles.
Gabriel Joventino Nascimento +4 more
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Life history induces markedly divergent insect responses to habitat loss. [PDF]
This study pioneers the use of deep learning to rapidly assess over 22,000 Amazonian insects, revealing life history‐dependent winners and losers from forest loss. It shows that terrestrial insects decline while aquatic insects thrive, with body size influencing dispersal, offering key insights for biodiversity conservation in tropical fragmented ...
Colares LF, Peres CA, Dambros CS.
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Accelerating the knowledge of Peruvian Chalcididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with integrative taxonomy [PDF]
We present the first regional inventory of the fauna of Chalcididae in the Peruvian Amazon, with a nearly 6-fold increase in the number of species recorded for the country.
Bruno Cancian de Araujo +6 more
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Background The study of behavioral and physiological traits in mosquitoes has been mainly focused on females since males are not hematophagous and thus do not transfer the parasites that cause diseases in human populations.
Jéssica Rodrigues Assunção Bezerra +2 more
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O presente relato de experiência refere-se de uma atividade didática desenvolvida em uma escola do campo, através das atividades não presenciais no ano de 2020, durante a pandemia de COVID-19. Com a intenção de promover a aprendizagem de conceitos científicos que valorizem e preservem o meio ambiente, a atividade didática possui o objetivo principal de
Fernanda Gabriela Bitencourt Wommer +1 more
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The obligate mutualistic basidiomycete fungus, Leucocoprinus gongylophorus, mediates nutrition of leaf‐cutting ants with carbons from vegetal matter. In addition, diazotrophic Enterobacteriales in the fungus garden and intestinal Rhizobiales supposedly ...
Renata de Oliveira Aquino Zani +2 more
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Insetos na escola: abordagens didáticas sobre os insetos na educação básica
A classe Insecta compreende o grupo de organismos com maior diversidade sobre a Terra, possuem ampla distribuição e riqueza de espécies sendo possível encontrá-los em todas as épocas do ano. Os insetos tornaram-se elementos de extrema importância, pois participam de todos os processos biológicos.
Thayline Rodrigues de Oliveira +12 more
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Este artigo relata a experiência de uma ação de divulgação científica realizada durante o período de mitigação da pandemia de COVID-19, em que foram necessárias medidas de distanciamento social. Durante o mês de abril de 2020, foi realizada uma “maratona” com 15 filmes de diversos gêneros abordando insetos, no modelo de cine-debate virtual, tendo como ...
Maria Gabriela Alcântara Primitivo +3 more
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Copulatory courtship song in Lutzomyia migonei (Diptera: Psychodidae)
Lutzomyia migonei is a vector of leishmaniasis with a wide distribution in South America, which could favour population differentiation and speciation.
Felipe M Vigoder +2 more
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