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LARVAL POLYCHROMATISM IN THE NEOTROPICAL HAIRSTREAK STRYMON BUBASTUS (STOLL) (LYCAENIDAE, THECLINAE, EUMAEINI) ASSOCIATED WITH TWO NEWLY DOCUMENTED HOST PLANTS IN THE ATACAMA DESERT

ABSTRACT. Host-associated larval polychromatism is described for the first time for the Neotropical hairstreak Strymon bubastus (Stoll, 1780) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini) based on larvae collected in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile on inflorescences of Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene (Verbenaceae) and Waltheria ovata Cav. (Malvaceae) and reared to adult. This is the first record of a host plant in the family Verbenaceae for S. bubastus. Although other Malvaceae already have been recorded as its hosts, this is the first record of it feeding on W. ovata. Identical sequences (n=19) of the DNA barcode fragment (657 base pairs) of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene were obtained from larvae collected on the two plants, providing additional support for conspecificity. However, deep divergence (>2%) was found among these sequences and others from geographically distant localities of the Neotropics. Deep divergence could be associated with phenotypic differentiation of S. bubastus over its wide geographic range.

Taxonomic Notes on Ctenuchina, Euchromiina, and Phaegopterina (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini)

ABSTRACT Taxonomic notes on specific and generic names of Ctenuchina, Euchromiina, and Phaegopterina are provided. Five new synonymies are established: Cercopimorpha complexa Gaede (= Neacerea tetilla Dognin), Episcepsis scintillans Rothschild (= Heliura luctuosa Möschler), Eucereon theophanes Schaus (= Eucereon metoidesis Hampson), Delphyre leucomela Kaye (= Teucer apicalis Rothschild), and Cosmosoma albipuncta (= Cosmosoma harpalyce Schaus). We also propose the following nomenclatural changes: Ecdemus carmania (Druce) new combination, Episcepsis luctuosa (Möschler) new combination, and Pseudopharus nigra (Schaus) new combination. Additionally, lectotypes are designated for Neacerea tetilla Dognin, Pezaptera carmania Druce, Eucereon theophanes Schaus Delphyre leucomela Kaye, and Cosmosoma harpalyce Schaus.

A Method to Identify Reverberation Echoes in Multilayered Homogeneous Media

In medicine, Ultrasound (US) is generally used for diagnostic purposes through Doppler and Ultrasonography exams. The former type of exam is mainly used, for example, to detect the causes of circulatory complications, such as stenosis. The latter type of exam, based on bidimensional images of biological tissues, provides informations like size and tissue structure of some organs. In this case, the diagnostic accuracy degrades if the image becomes corrupted by some artifact, that can be caused, for instance, by US reverberation — more than one reflection on the same interface (Fish, 1990). The possibility of identifying reverberating echoes may allow image corrections with a chance for improved diagnostic accuracy.

Living among dragons: A festschrift in honor of Dr. Angelo B. M. Machado on occasion of his 80th birthday (Title page)

ÂNGELO PARISE PINTO*, MARCELA L. MONNE, DENNIS R. PAULSON, DANIELA M. TAKIYA, ADOLFO R. CALOR, MARCELO DUARTE, FREDERICO F. SALLES & SILVIO S. NIHEI (EDS.) *Special Issue Editor. Laboratorio de Biologia e Sistematica de Odonata (LABIOSIS), Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/no, Sao Cristovao 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; odonata_angelo@hotmail.com

Annotated Catalogue with Illustrations of Ménétriés' Types of Ctenuchina and Euchromiina (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) Deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

ABSTRACT. The types of Ctenuchina and Euchromiina that were described by E. Ménétriés, deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg, are catalogued. All but one of the types are of names described from Brazil and collected during the Langsdorff expedition; the only non-Brazilian type was collected in California, USA. Lectotypes are designated for the following names: Laemocharis fasciatella, Charidea fastuosa, L. fulviventris, L. metallescens, L. ornata, Glaucopis rubroscapus, G. vidua vidua and G. vidua spiracula. The following new combinations are proposed: Poecilosoma fasciatella, stat. rev., Aethria ornata, and Xanthyda metallescens. Comments on each name are provided, as well as information on their current taxonomic status, illustrations of type specimens, and information about their conservation status.