Primeiro registro de larvas de Chironomus inquinatus Correia, Trivinho-Strixino & Michailova (Diptera, Chironomidae) vivendo no casco do cágado Phrynops geoffroanus Schweigger (Testudines, Chelidae) na região Neotropical / First record of Chironomus inquinatus larvae Correia, Trivinho-Strixino & Michailova (Diptera, Chironomidae) living on the shell of the side-necked turtle Phrynops geoffroanus Schweigger (Testudines, Chelidae)
Biota neotrop. (Online, Ed. port.)
; 8(4): 201-203, Oct.-Dec. 2008. ilus
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BR1561.1
RESUMO
Neste estudo reportamos pela primeira vez a ocorrência de larvas de Chironomus inquinatus Correia, Trivinho-Strixino & Michailova vivendo no casco do cágado Phrynops geoffroanus Schweigger, possivelmente em função da intensa acumulação de sedimento, em um rio poluído da região Neotropical.
ABSTRACT
In this study we report for the first time the occurrence of Chironomus inquinatus larvae Correia, Trivinho-Strixino & Michailova living on the shell of the side-necked turtle, Phrynops geoffroanus Schweigger, possibly by the intense accumulation of sediment, in a polluted river of the Neotropics.
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01-internacional
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LILACS
Main subject:
Aquatic Fauna
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Chironomidae
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Fauna
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Diptera
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Host-Parasite Interactions
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Larva
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Myiasis
Language:
Pt
Journal:
Biota neotrop. (Online, Ed. port.)
Journal subject:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil