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Provedor de dados: | 103
País: | Brazil
Título: | Phoretic association between larvae of Rheotanytarsus (Diptera: Chironomidae) and genera of Odonata in a first-order stream in an area of Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil
Autores: | Rosa,Beatriz F. J. Vescovi; Martins,Renato T.; Oliveira,Vívian C. de; Alves,Roberto da G.
Data: | 2009-12-01
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Calopterygidae; Heteragrion; Mesohabitats.
Resumo: | In this note, the occurrence of phoresy between larvae of Rheotanitarsus sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae) and larvae of Heteragrion sp. (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae) and of unidentified genera of Calopterygidae (Odonata) collected in a first-order stream in an area of Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil is reported. During the dry season of 2007 and the rainy season of 2008, with the aid of a Surber sampler, 15 samples of each of the following mesohabitats were collected: litter from riffle areas, litter from pool areas and sediment in pool areas. Eighty-five Odonata larvae were obtained, 10 (11.76%) with cases of phoresy by Rheotanytarsus sp.. These chironomids were associated with only one specimen of Megapodagrionidae, whereas the other larvae were recorded in association with Calopterygidae. Most of the Odonata with cases of phoresy by Rheotanytarsus sp. were recorded in the dry season. In the present study, the absence of the phoretic association with other potential hosts for Rheotanytarsus sp. found in the samples indicates a possible preference of these larvae for Odonata, which accounted for only 2.42% of the collected macroinvertebrates in litter and sediment.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702009000400025
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S1984-46702009000400025
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Zoologia (Curitiba)  v.26 n.4 2009
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess