New genus and species of moth flies (Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from a mountainous area in the Atlantic Forest of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Maruinini is one of the most diverse tribes of moth flies in the Neotropical region. We describe two new species, Arisemus sinuosus sp. nov. and Neopericoma bela gen. nov. et sp. nov., collected in streams and waterfalls of a mountainous formation on the Brazilian Atlantic Forest of eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil. In contrast to the morphology of the type species of Australopericoma Vaillant, a new genus is proposed, Neopericoma gen. nov., to accommodate one new species and other eight species previously placed in Australopericoma: N. abnormalis (Quate & Brown) comb. nov., N. bulbula (Quate & Brown) comb. nov., N. cesticela (Quate & Brown) comb. nov., N. exilis (Quate & Brown) comb. nov., N. onofrei (Araújo & Bravo) comb. nov., N. pallidula (Tonnoir) comb. nov., N. roessleri (Wagner and Joost) comb. nov., N. xavierae (Araújo & Bravo) comb. nov. This is the first record of Arisemus in the State of Minas Gerais.

A new genus and endangered species of euptychiine butterfly from isolated mountains in southeastern Brazil (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae).

Agojie rupicola gen. et sp. nov., a new genus and species of Euptychiina from the campos rupestres and granitic inselbergs of eastern Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, is herein described using comparative morphology and ecological data. Diagnoses, photos, and illustrations are also provided, in addition to a discussion on the putative systematic placement of the new taxa and its conservation status. Considering the collecting points, the estimated value for the extent of occurrence (EOO) is 100.263 km2 and the area of occupancy (AOO) is 20 km2, which combined with the reduced number of localities in which the species is known to occur, and the observed continuing decline of the quality of the habitat, we recommend that A. rupicola gen. et sp. nov. should be formally assessed as Endangered based on criteria B1+2(a,biii) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The results presented here add to the increasing faunistic and floristic novelties that justify the priority for the conservation of these still scientifically underexplored Brazilian mountains.

A new genus of Psychodini (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the Neotropical region.

A new genus of Psychodini, Wagneromyia gen. nov. is described, based on examination of males from the State of Acre in the Brazilian Amazon. The new genus is described to accommodate a new species, Wagneromyia aquiri sp. nov., type of the genus, and six Central American species previously described in Philosepedon Eaton: Wagneromyia bicalcarata (Quate, 1996) comb. nov., Wagneromyia deceptrix (Quate, 1996) comb. nov., Wagneromyia dimorpha (Quate, 1996) comb. nov., Wagneromyia majorina (Quate, 1996) comb. nov., Wagneromyia tripetala (Quate, 1996) comb. nov., and Wagneromyia tritenacula (Quate, 1996) comb. nov. An identification key for the species of the new genus is presented.

The Psychodidae (Diptera) of Ja National Park (Amazonas, Brazil) with description of two new species of Psychodinae.

The Ja National Park, located in the Amazon, is the largest National Park of Brazil and still its insect fauna is barely known. Herein we describe two new species of Psychodinae, Alepia iy sp. nov. and Parasetomima timmirima sp. nov., and report 19 other species of Psychodidae, subfamilies Phlebotominae, Psychodinae and Trichomyiinae collected from this Conservation Unit. Micrommatos Quate Brown, represented by M. stephaniae Quate Brown, and Platyplastinx culmosus Quate Brown are recorded for the first time for Brazil. Among the collected phlebotomine sand fly species, three species have previously been implicated in transmission of Leishmania: Nyssomyia anduzei (Rozeboom), Psychodopygus ayrozai (Barretto Coutinho) and Trichophoromyia ubiquitalis (Mangabeira).

Factors associated with dengue cases in brazilian industrial area: an ecological study / Fatores associados a casos de Dengue na área industrial brasileira: um estudo ecológico

INTRODUCTION: Dengue is an acute systemic viral infectious disease, established worldwide in epidemic and endemic transmission cycles. High levels of precipitation, adequate temperatures, proximity between urban and peri-urban centers, human movement between population centers and urban solid waste (USW) production may facilitate dengue transmission and spreadOBJECTIVE: To identify the relationship between diagnosed dengue cases and socioeconomic factors, USW mass generation and rainfall indexMETHODS: Ecological study, with secondary data collection from 2010 to 2016 for each municipality of the Greater ABC Region in São Paulo, Brazil. Total population, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, USW, number of dengue cases and rainfall index were investigated. Data were collected on the websites of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the municipalities of the Greater ABC Region, the Greater ABC Intermunicipal Consortium, the Greater ABC Economic Development Agency, the National Sanitation Information System, Surveillance Epidemiological Survey of the State of São Paulo and the Department of Water and Electric Energy of the State of São Paulo. Relationships between variables were tested by Spearman correlationRESULTS: Data analysis of all municipalities showed a positive correlation between dengue cases with total population (r=0.675, p<0.01), gross domestic product per capita (r=0.539, p<0.01) and MSW by inhabitant per year (r=0.492, p<0.01). Positive correlations were also observed between total population and gross domestic product per capita (r=0.583, p<0.01), MSW / Day (r=0.302, p<0.05) and MSW/year (r=0.961, p<0.01); gross domestic product per capita and MSW/day (r=0.849, p<0.01), MSW/year (r=0.410, p<0.05) and rainfall index (RI) (r=0.416, p<0.05); MSW / day and MSW / year (r=0.389, p<0.01) and RI (r=0.388, p<0.05CONCLUSION: The larger the total population, purchasing power or socioeconomic status (GDP per capita) and the generation of MSW, the greater the number of dengue cases. Proper packaging of MSW seems to be a way to help in dengue cases control

INTRODUÇÃO: A dengue é uma doença infecciosa viral sistêmica aguda, estabelecida mundialmente em ciclos de transmissão epidêmica e endêmica. Altos níveis de precipitação, temperaturas adequadas, proximidade entre centros urbanos e peri-urbanos, movimento humano entre centros populacionais e produção de resíduos sólidos urbanos (RSU) podem facilitar a transmissão e a disseminação da dengueOBJETIVO: Identificar a relação entre casos diagnosticados de dengue e fatores socioeconômicos, geração de massa de RSU e índice pluviométricoMÉTODO: Estudo ecológico, com coleta secundária de dados de 2010 a 2016 para cada município da Região do Grande do ABC, em São Paulo, Brasil. Foram investigados a população total, o produto interno bruto (PIB) per capita, RSU, número de casos de dengue e índice pluviométrico. Os dados foram coletados nos sites do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), os municípios da Região do Grande ABC, o Consórcio Intermunicipal do Grande ABC, a Agência de Desenvolvimento Econômico do Grande ABC, o Sistema Nacional de Informação sobre Saneamento, Centro de Vigilância Epidemiológica do Estado de São Paulo e o Departamento de Água e Energia Elétrica do Estado de São Paulo. As relações entre variáveis foram testadas pela correlação de SpearmanRESULTADOS: A análise dos dados de todos os municípios mostrou correlação positiva entre casos de dengue com população total (r = 0,675, p <0,01), produto interno bruto per capita (r = 0,539, p <0,01) e RSU por habitante por ano (r = 0,492, p <0,01). Também foram observadas correlações positivas entre população total e produto interno bruto per capita (r = 0,583, p <0,01), RSU / dia (r = 0,302, p <0,05) e RSU / ano (r = 0,961, p <0,01); produto interno bruto per capita e RSU / dia (r = 0,849, p <0,01), RSU / ano (r = 0,410, p <0,05) e índice de precipitação (IR) (r = 0,416, p <0,05); RSU / dia e RSU / ano (r = 0,389, p <0,01) e IR (r = 0,388, p <0,05CONCLUSÃO: Quanto maior a população total, poder de compra ou condição socioeconômica (PIB per capita) e a geração de RSU, maior o número de casos de dengue. O descarte adequada dos RSU parece ser uma maneira de ajudar no controle dos casos de dengue

An oviposition trap to collect immatures of coprophagous moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae).

Larvae of Psychodidae develop in a variety of breeding sites, including vertebrate feces. As searching for the larvae can be an extremely difficult task, immatures of many species are little known, with descriptions of coprophagous moth flies all from outside the Neotropics. In an attempt to mitigate this challenge, we tested an oviposition trap using cattle dung as attractant, measured the efficiency and specificity of the traps and the most efficient period of exposition in the field. With 60 traps installed in one fragment of ombrophilous forest, 344 immatures were collected, distributed in four species of Psychoda and one of Feuerborniella. Psychodidae accounted for 75% of the collected Diptera. The high specificity of the trap to Psychodidae contrasts with other studies on coprophagous fauna where they appear in low abundance. Based on the metrics in this study, the most efficient period of trapping exposition was between five to eight days, but the difference was not significant probably due to the high number of zero observations among the traps. Many questions pertaining to coprophagous moth flies remain unanswered. Further research is needed to improve trapping efficiency, elucidate the effects of attractants and determine how environmental factors influence the attractiveness of bait.

Maruina Müller, 1895 (Diptera: Psychodidae): description of four new species from Brazil, with revised diagnoses for the genus and subgenera.

Maruina is an aquatic genus of Psychodidae with larvae and pupae adapted for life in flowing water. The genus is restricted to the Western Hemisphere, with the majority of species distributed in the Neotropical region. 39 Maruina species are described, with 11 currently known to occur in Brazil, all recorded from the eastern Biomes of Atlantic forest and Caatinga. Here we describe four new Maruina species collected from Brazil: Maruina (Aculcina) roraimensis sp. nov., Maruina (Maruina) kallyntrona sp. nov. and M. (M.) mystax sp. nov. constitute the first report of Maruina from Amazonia and M. (A.) pila sp. nov. from the southern portion of the Atlantic forest expands the distribution of the genus to Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. Type specimens of some described species were also studied. Redescriptions are completed for M. (M.) garota and M. (M.) namorada, and additional characters and figures are presented for M. (A.) duckhousei, M. (M.) barrettoi and M. (M.) jezeki. M. pilosella and M. spinosa are considered nomina dubia. Diagnostic characters for the genus and both subgenera are revised and distribution maps for Maruina species recorded in Brazil are provided.

Male and female association in Trichomyia Haliday in Curtis, 1839 using a molecular approach (Diptera, Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae), and description of new species from Brazil

ABSTRACT A new species of Trichomyia from the state of Bahia, Brazil, is described and illustrated, and male and female are associated using DNA barcoding. Additionally, fragments of the COI of two other species, Trichomyia cerdosa Araújo & Bravo, 2016 and Trichomyia ituberensis Araújo & Bravo, 2016, and the females of two unidentified species, are sequenced.

Sand fly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Serra da Mocidade Nacional Park: report of vectors and putative vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis and new records for the state of Roraima, Brazil.

Phlebotomine sand flies are insects of medical importance, as they are vectors of viruses, bacteria and trypanosomatids of the genus Leishmania Ross, the causative agent of leishmaniasis (Forattini 1973). During the past 20 years approximately 500,000 cases of leishmaniasis have been reported in Brazil. Most of these cases were reported in the North and Northeast regions. In the State of Roraima, almost 2,000 cases, including both cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and visceral leishmaniasis (VL), have been reported during the past three years (SINAN 2017). Usually the transmission by infected female sand flies occurs in wild or rural areas, but there have also been recorded cases and vector captures in urban environments. Some sand fly species are known to enter houses in search of resting places and blood meal sources; as a result of this behavior, they are remarkably adaptable to new environments (Carvalhoet al. 2010).

A new genus of Psychodinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) from phytotelmata in a Honduran cloud forest.

Larvae of a new species of Psychodinae, Moruseodina cusucoensis gen. et sp. nov., were collected during a biodiversity survey of aquatic invertebrates in plant held water bodies (phytotelmata) in Cusuco National Park, Honduras. The fourth instar larva, pupa and adult male are described based on reared material. The new species was difficult to place in an existing genus, thus a new genus name is proposed. Based on similarities in morphological characteristics, ecology and distribution, the species Moruseodina superba comb. nov. and Moruseodina conspicua comb. nov. are transferred from Telmatoscopus Eaton, 1904 to the new genus. 

A new species of viviparous moth fly (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Brazilian Amazon / Espécie nova de psicodídeo vivíparo (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) da Amazônia brasileira

A new species of Psychoda Latreille from Brazil is described and illustrated, and represents the first record of viviparous species in the genus Psychoda.

Uma nova espécie de Psychoda Latreille do Brasil é descrita. Este trabalho apresenta o primeiro registro de uma espécie vivípara no gênero Psychoda.