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| Provedor de dados: |
Rev. Bras. entomol.
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| País: |
Brazil
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| 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
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| Autores: |
Ferreira,Ruth L. M.
Rafael,José A.
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| Data: |
2004-06-01
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
Amazon
Domestic duck
Horseflies
Tabanidae
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| 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.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262004000200018
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| Editor: |
Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S0085-56262004000200018
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia v.48 n.2 2004
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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