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Provedor de dados: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
País: | Brazil
Título: | Rove beetles of medical importance in Brazil (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae)
Autores: | Vieira,Juliana S.; Ribeiro-Costa,Cibele S.; Caron,Edilson.
Data: | 2014-09-01
Ano: | 2014
Palavras-chave: | Insecta; Neotropical; New World; Pederin; Skin injuries.
Resumo: | Rove beetles of medical importance in Brazil (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). The rove beetles of the genus Paederus Fabricius, 1775 are the most important group within Coleoptera causing dermatitis around the world. The medical importance of Paederus depends on its toxic hemolymph released when these beetles are crushed on human skin. The effects are mainly dermatitis linearis and some sporadic cases of conjunctivitis. In Brazil seven species of Paederus are known to cause dermatitis: P. amazonicus Sharp, 1876, P. brasiliensis Erichson, 1840, P. columbinus Laporte, 1835, P. ferus Erichson, 1840, P. mutans Sharp, 1876, P. protensus Sharp, 1876 stat. rev., and Paederus rutilicornis Erichson, 1840. Paederus mutans and P. protensus are for the first time recorded as of medical importance, whereas the record of P. rutilicornis in Brazil is doubtful. All seven species are redescribed and a dichotomous key is provided. The geographic distributions of all species are documented. The results provided here include the most recent and relevant taxonomic revision of Paederus of the Neotropical region, the first identification key for Brazilian species and the increase of recorded species of medical importance in the world.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262014000300005
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0085-56262014000300005
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia  v.58 n.3 2014
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess