Data/hora: 06/06/2024 18:19:46

Provedor de dados: | 92
País: | Brazil
Título: | Activities of tabanids (Diptera, Tabanidae) attacking domestic duck-Cairina moschata (Linnaeus) (Aves, Anatidae), introduced in a forest area in the Central Amazon, Manaus, Brazil
Autores: | Ferreira,Ruth L. M.; Rafael,José A.
Data: | 2004-06-01
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Amazon; Domestic duck; Horseflies; Tabanidae.
Resumo: | Presented here are the feeding habits, attack behavior, daily and annual activity of adult of Phorcotabanus cinereus (Wiedeman, 1821), Chrysops laetus (Fabricius, 1805) and Phaeotabanus cajennensis (Fabricius, 1787), while biting a domestic duck, Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758). The last two species were recorded for the first time attacking birds. This study comprehended monthly observations of two consecutive days from April/97 to March/98 between 5:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. at the Army Instructional Base ((BI-2/CIGS) near Manaus. Annual occurrence of P. cinereus was from July to September, with a daily occurrence between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and highest activity at 12:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. C. laetus ocurred from June to October; with a daily occurrence between 8:00 a.m. and 3 p.m. and highest activity at 11:00 and 12:00 a.m. Occurrence of P. cajennensis with one specimen only, was in July between 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262004000200018
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0085-56262004000200018
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia  v.48 n.2 2004
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess