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The Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo (MZSP) houses one of the most important Coleoptera collections of Brazil and Neotropical Region with nearly 900,000 adult mounted material and about 1,500,000 specimens to be mounted. The superfamily Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (including Cantharoidea) comprises about 24,077 described species in 17 families. The MZSP owns type material of Brachypsectridae LeConte & Horn, 1883, Cantharidae, 1856 (1815), Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834, Elateridae Leach 1815, Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829, Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815, Lycidae Laporte, 1836, Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 and Rhinorhipidae Lawrence, 1988. This catalogue includes type material of 166 species distributed in 69 genera. Among 1,223 type specimens, are 86 holotypes, 1,133 paratypes, 2 allotypes, 1 lectotype and 1 paralectotype.
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Coleoptera/classification , Animal Distribution , Animals , Brazil , Female , Male , Museums , Zoology/organization & administrationABSTRACT
The last instar larva of Metapteron xanthomelas (Lucas, 1857) is described. This is the first description of a larva for the genus. Two live larvae collected in the Brazilian Atlantic coast Restinga Forest of Itanhaém, São Paulo, were reared, one to adult and one was fixed in the last instar. This larva differs from the known Calopterini larvae by the absence of urogomphi, the dorsal abdominal segments undivided and strongly alveolate ornamentation on the head.
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Coleoptera/growth & development , Larva/growth & development , Animal Structures/anatomy & histology , Animal Structures/growth & development , Animals , Body Size , Brazil , Coleoptera/anatomy & histology , Coleoptera/classification , Ecosystem , Female , Forests , Larva/anatomy & histology , Larva/classification , Male , Organ SizeABSTRACT
O objetivo deste estudo foi comparar o efeito agudo dos exercícios de alongamento estático e do alongamento dinâmico na impulsão vertical e amplitude do movimento de 22 jogadores de futebol profissional do sexo masculino. Observou-se que após a intervenção do alongamento dinâmico, o grupo experimental (n=13) apresentou um aumento significativo na impulsão vertical (p=0,002), enquanto que após o alongamento estático, não houve alteração significativa (p=0,343), assim como na condição sem alongamento (p>0,05). Com relação aos níveis de amplitude de movimento (n=13), não houve diferenças significativas no sentar e alcançar (p=0,263) nas três condições analisadas: alongamento estático, dinâmico e controle. Os resultados sugerem que o alongamento dinâmico é o mais indicado para ser realizado antes de atividades que exijam potência muscular, entretanto as intervenções propostas neste estudo não evidenciaram aumento na amplitude de movimento.
This study aimed to compare the acute effects of static and dynamic stretching exercises on the vertical jump performance and range of motion of 22 male professional soccer players. After the dynamic stretching intervention, the experimental group (n=13) showed a significant increase in vertical jump performance (p=0,002), but no significant changes were observed after static stretching (p=0,343) as well as after tests without stretching intervention (p>0,05). Regarding range of motion (n=13), there were no significant differences in the sit and reach (p=0,263) under the three conditions examined: static stretching, dynamic stretching, and control (no stretching). These results suggest that dynamic stretching is the most suitable type of stretching to perform before warm-up routines that require muscle power. However, none of the interventions proposed in this study resulted in an increase in range of motion.
