Two New Species of the Spittlebug Genus Ocoaxo Fennah (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from Mexico, and Keys for the Groups, Group Three, and First Subgroup.

Insects of the family Cercopidae are known as spittlebugs or froghoppers and are represented by 62 genera in the Neotropical region. One of these genera is Ocoaxo Fennah, 1968 with 30 species. The most recent species to be accepted into this genus, Ocoaxo costaricanus, was described by Nast (Ann Zool 33:93-101, 1975). Herein, two new species of Ocoaxo from Mexico are described. One of these new species forms a complex together with Ocoaxo assimilis (Walker) and Ocoaxo varians (Stål). The complex has economic importance in the mountainous areas of the states of Puebla and Oaxaca because it attacks Pinus spp. and causes a disorder called "pine decline." Additionally, dichotomous keys were designed to identify the Ocoaxo Fennah groups and also the species of the subgroup bivittus.

Valoración de impacto ambiental en el Puerto Moa-Holguín / Environmental impact assessment in Moa-Holguín Port

Las operaciones de descarga de los buques-tanques, la recepción y distribución de productos derivados del crudo de petróleo en el área de almacenamiento, el movimiento de insumos como el carbón antracita, amoniaco y azufre, la carga de lotes de minerales así como el mantenimiento de los tanques, conducen al vertimiento directo de hidrocarburos que afectan los diferentes ecosistemas en los cuales se encuentra situada la fuente contaminante. Se presenta la caracterización de los ecosistemas afectados por esta contaminación, atendiendo a los impactos ambientales identificados y la previa caracterización del área, utilizando herramientas de evaluación de criterios de expertos mediante la metodología Delphi. El estudio de impacto ambiental se realizó de forma cualitativa a través de las matrices causa-efecto, valoración e importancia del impacto. Los factores del medio más afectado fueron las aguas superficiales y subterráneas y la salud e higiene; las acciones más agresivas fueron la emisión de contaminantes (vertimiento al medio suelo de hidrocarburos/ liberación al medio aire de gases, ruidos y materiales particulados/ vertimiento y contaminación del acuatorio por arrastres de sedimentos, hidrocarburos y sustancias químicas) y la acumulación de residuos (creación de vertederos industriales).

The operations of unloading ships the reception and distribution of products derivate of oil crude in the storage area, the movement of raw materials like coal anthracite, ammonia and sulphur, the load of lots of minerals as well as the maintenance of ships, direct leads to the appearance of hydrocarbons that affects the different ecosystems which he meets in once the contaminating source in the municipal Moa. It is present the characterization of ecosystems affected with oil's hydrocarbons, attending to environmental impacts identified by the expert group and the prior characterization of the area using assessment tools expert judgment using Delphi methodology. The environmental impact study was realized of qualitative form through matrix of cause-effect, valuation and importance of impact. The environmental factors of resulting surface/groundwater and health and hygiene the most attacked while impacts were more aggressive emissions (throwing to the ground hydrocarbons/ liberation to the midway air of gases, noises and materials in particles, throwing and contamination of the source for dragging of sediments, hydrocarbons and chemical substances) and accumulation waste (creation of drains industrials).

Role of two Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) species in the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) to man in the west coast of Mexico.

From August 1997 to August 1998, 334 specimens of Triatoma longipennis and 62 of T. picturata were collected in four groups of localities placed in the zone from Guadalajara, Jalisco to Tepic, Nayarit, in the West Coast of Mexico. Most T. longipennis were collected outdoors (69.2%) while most T. picturata (58.1%) were collected indoors. All collected specimens were examined for Trypanosoma cruzi infection, which was detected on 98 (29.3%) T. longipennis and 17 (27.4%) T. picturata. This study confirms the role of T. longipennis and T. picturata as some of the main T. cruzi vectors to humans in Mexico. Habitation Infestation Rate with T. longipennis was of 0.09 and with T. picturata was of 0.03 and the predominating ecotopes were pile of blocks, chicken coops, pigsties, wall crawls and beds.