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Provedor de dados: | 92
País: | Brazil
Título: | Functionality of the plastron in adults of Neochetina eichhorniae Warner (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): aspects of the integument coating and submersion laboratory experiments
Autores: | Sousa,Wesley Oliveira de; Rosado-Neto,Germano Henrique; Marques,Marinêz Isaac.
Data: | 2012-09-01
Ano: | 2012
Palavras-chave: | Hypoxia; Pantanal; Plastron; Stenopelmini; Weevil.
Resumo: | The plastron theory was tested in adults of Neochetina eichhorniae Warner, 1970, through the analysis of the structure that coats these insects' integument and also through submersion laboratorial experiments. The tegument processes were recognized in three types: agglutinated scales with large perforations, plumose scales of varied sizes and shapes, and hairs. The experiments were carried out on 264 adult individuals which were kept submerged at different time intervals (n = 11) and in two types of treatment, natural non-aerated water and previously boiled water, with four repetitions for each treatment. The tests showed a maximum mortality after 24 hours of immersion in the previously boiled water treatment. The survival of the adults was negative and significantly correlated with the types of treatment employed and within the different time intervals. The values of oxygen dissolved in water (mg/l) differed significantly within the types of treatment employed. They were positively correlated with the survival of the adults in the two types of treatment, although more markedly in the treatment with previously boiled water. The mortality of adults after 24 hours of submersion in the treatment with previously boiled water may be associated with the physical-chemical conditions of the non-tested water in this study, such as low surface tension and concentration of solutes. These results suggest plastron functionality in the adults of this species.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000300012
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0085-56262012005000051
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia  v.56 n.3 2012
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess