ABSTRACT
Commercial cultivation of the fruit tree Myrciaria dubia (Myrtaceae) is being developed in Brazil but phytophagous insects, including scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea), can become pests in plantations. The coccids Ceroplastes jamaicensis White, Coccus viridis (Green), Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner), Pseudokermes vitreus (Cockerell) (Coccidae), and the diaspidid Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis (Green) were collected on M. dubia in the municipality of Belém and Tomé-Açu, state of Pará (PA), metropolitan and Northeast Pará mesoregions, Brazil. A key to species of Coccoidea recorded on M. dubia, based on adult females, is provided. Photographs for all scale insects reported on M. dubia are provided. Ceroplastes jamaicensis is recorded for the first time for Brazil and is herein reported for the first time associated with this host.
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Hemiptera , Myrtaceae , Animal Distribution , Animals , Brazil , Female , Fruit , Population Density , TreesABSTRACT
The effect of the protein-free standardized blood extract from calves Actihaemyl on the concentration of ATP, ADP, AMP, lactate, pyruvate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate and glycogen of the rat liver after a 60 min hemorrhagic shock and recovery times of 30, 60 and 120 min has been investigated. Actihaemyl lowered the shock induced increased values of lactate and beta-hydroxybutyrate within the first 30 and 60 min after termination of shock at a faster rate than did the placebo. Consequently, the ratios lactate/pyruvate and beta-hydroxybutyrate/acetoacetate were found to be decreased. The remaining parameters showed no significant differences between the placebo and the Actihaemyl group. The results suggest that Actihaemyl increases the oxydative energy metabolism after a hemorrhagic shock.
