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Evaluating the determinants of deforestation and approaches to reforestation by cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 6, Page 1674-1683, November 2025.
Cocoa‐driven deforestation threatens tropical forests, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire, the world's largest cocoa producer. This study examines the motivations behind cocoa cultivation in classified forests, the selection of retained tree species on farms, and the economic drivers of wooded lands conservation among farmers.
Alain René Atangana, Juvenal Zahoui Gnangoh, Christophe Kouame, Peter Minang, Damase Khasa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sobre um novo gênero neotrópico da subfamília Tanypodinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) On a new neotropical genus of the subfamily Tanypodinae (Diptera, Chironomidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992
A new neotropical genus and a new species of a non-biting midge for the subfamily Tanypodinae from Brazil are described. The new genus is near Tanypus Meigen, 1803 and Procladius Skuse, 1889, but differs of both by wings and male terminalia.
Sebastião José de Oliveira, Maria da Conceição Messias, Adenildo da Silva-Vasconcelos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Genus and Species of Webspinners (Insecta: Embioptera) from the Mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar with a Catalog of Fossil Members

Insects
One new genus (Ocrognethoda gen. nov.) and three new species of webspinners (Ocrognethoda olivea gen. et sp. nov., Gnethoda lata sp. nov. and Parasorellembia hamata sp. nov.) are described from the Upper Cretaceous of Myanmar amber.
Siting Liu, Zihao Peng, Chaofan Shi, Dong Ren, Qiang Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revision of the Anastrepha benjamini species group and the A. pallidipennis complex (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]

, 2011
The shape of the facial carina in Altastreplia is discussed. Although taxonomically useful, the protrudent form probably occurs by convergence in different species groups. Two species groups in which the carina is usually produced are revised.
Norrbom, Allen L.
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A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Thyreus from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

ZooKeys, 2014
A new species of cleptoparasitic bee of the genus Thyreus Panzer (Apinae: Melectini) is described and figured from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia. Thyreus shebicus Engel, sp. n.
Abdulaziz Alqarni, Mohammed Hannan, Michael Engel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment with Terminalia chebula (retz.): possible mechanism of inhibition of spermatogenesis and fertility in albino mice

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Research
Background: There has been a continued effort to develop an effective male contraceptive of plant origin due to its ready availability, cost-effectiveness, and fewer side effects.
Prakash Chandra Gupta, Laxmi Yadav
doaj   +1 more source

A new ventrops (Diptera: Rhinophoridae) from Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2015
A new species of the Afrotropical endemic rhinophorid genus Ventrops is described, illustrated and compared with ...
CERRETTI, PIERFILIPPO, Pape, Thomas, Ziegler, Joachim   +2 more
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A new species of the genus Minthodes Brauer & Bergenstamm (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Iran [PDF]

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
Minthodes oramanatae Gilasian & Ziegler sp. nov. is described as new to science from western province of Kermanshah, Iran. This species is separated from other Minthodes species by its shiny black abdomen, narrow frons, long postpedicel, presence of ...
Ebrahim Gilasian, Joachim Ziegler, Farzad Jalilian, Somaye Allahvaisi   +3 more
doaj  

Complementary description of Neanopidium mexicanum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Anopidiina)

Iheringia: Série Zoologia, 2019
A complementary description for Neanopidium mexicanum Dajoz, 1975, type species of the genus, is provided based on specimens from the type locality Valle Nacional (Oaxaca, Mexico), including description and illustrations of male and female abdominal ...
Sergio Aloquio, Cristiano Lopes-Andrade
doaj   +1 more source

Review of Zethus Fabricius from the West Indies (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) [PDF]

, 2003
Eleven species of Zethus are reported for the West Indies including two new species. A re-evaluation of Z. albopictus Smith is accomplished based on new material from Hispaniola leading to the creation of a new species group.
Stange, Lionel A.
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