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Atributos funcionais como características distintivas de comunidades: o que diferencia anuros do Cerrado e da Caatinga?
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-01) SANTOS, Mayra Caroliny de Oliveira; COSTA, Maria Cristina dos Santos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1580962389416378
Environmental conditions influence the distribution of organisms and modify functional characteristics. These characteristics may be morphological, behavioral, and physiological with a function. We evaluated the taxonomic and functional diversity of anurans in Cerrado and Caatinga environments in Piauí, Brazil. The anurans were collected in Floriano Municipality in the Cerrado area with cerradão phytophysiognomy and in Alvorada do Gurguéia municipality in the Caatinga with a arboreal caatinga phytophysiognomy. The sampling method was visual encounter and acoustic survey between January and April of 2018. We established six plots at least 500 meters distant between them in each location. The species composition was verified by PCoA and PERMANOVA analysis. For functional diversity, it was used the Rao’s quadratic entropy. The RLQ and the fourth-corner method related the traits to the environmental characteristics. The results showed separation and difference in the composition of the species according to the different areas. Cerrado and Caatinga phytophysiognomies showed differences in functional diversity values of anurans. Cerrado area had relation with the temperature and precipitation and the Caatinga area with the litter. The anuran composition was affected by environmental variables, but the influence on functional traits composition was not significant. Then, the composition was influenced by the environment and the distinctions between phytophysiognomies, such as the rainy season and quantity of microhabitats, were important for the differences in functional traits of anurans species, and consequently on functional diversity
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Diversidade de helmintos parasitos de uma população de Osteocephalus cabrerai (Anura: Hylidae) na Amazônia brasileira
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2024-10) NEVES, Jorge Kevin da Silva; MELO, Francisco Tiago de Vasconcelos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8939740618818787; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8935-2923
Amphibians are good models for studies of parasite diversity due to their wide range of life strategies, standing out as hosts for various groups of nematodes, trematodes, cestodes, monogeneans, and acanthocephalans. The structure of parasitic communities in anurans can be influenced by various biotic or abiotic factors. Despite being extensively studied, the taxa found are rarely identified to the species level. To date, no parasitological studies have been conducted on representatives of Osteocephalus cabrerai, leaving the parasitic fauna of these anurans completely unknown. This study aims to characterize the diversity of parasitic helminths of O. cabrerai from the Beija-Flor Brilho de Fogo Extractive Reserve. This thesis comprises two chapters. The first chapter consists of a published Research Article that presents the first records of parasites for O. cabrerai, analyzing the composition and characteristics of the parasitic community, patterns of parasite distribution, and the correlation between host biotic factors and the characteristics of the community. We predominantly found nematodes with a monoxenous life cycle, high prevalence, and abundant infection. Most specimens represent the first record of parasites for the genus Osteocephalus. Additionally, in our analyses, individuals with greater body mass tended to have higher susceptibility to parasitic helminth infections. The second chapter presents a Short Communication with the first molecular and phylogenetic analyses involving A. pella, concluding that the genus Aplectana is not monophyletic. We provide the first study on the helminth community structure of O. cabrerai and add the first sequence of Aplectana from the Neotropical region. Thus, we enhance the understanding of the diversity and ecology of parasitic helminths in anurans, as well as the phylogenetic relationships of species within the family Cosmocercidae.
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Revisão taxonômica do gênero Microcharacidium Buckup, 1993 (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-02) VIEIRA, Lorena Sanches; FERREIRA, André Luiz Netto; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1272360228203358; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3096-0411
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Revisão taxonômica e análise filogenética do gênero Protopolybia Ducke, 1905 com uso de caracteres morfológicos e moleculares (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2018-05-27) SANTOS JUNIOR, José Nazareno dos; SILVEIRA, Orlando Tobias; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9654506257169791; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5899-199X
Polistinae is one of the most diverse subfamilies of Vespidae with about 950 species, 25 genera and four tribes. Their representatives are recognized for presenting simple tarsal claws and lacking parategula. Ducke (1905) described two new genera for Polistinae: Protopolybia and Pseudochartergus. Bequaert (1938) reviewed Pseudochartergus recognizing only two species. Bequaert (1944a) made the first revision of Protopolybia, in which he described four new species, and considered P. minutissima and P. sedula as forms of a single species and assigned P. bella as type species of the genus. Richards (1978) performed the second revision of Protopolybia recognizing 23 species and two subspecies. Carpenter and Wenzel (1989), considering inconsistent the diagnostic characters separating Pseudochartergus and Protopolybia, proposed their synonymy, based on the synapomorphic medial posterior process on the metanotum. Carpenter (2011) proposed the synonymy of four species of the genus. Santos-Junior et al. (2015) reviewed the Protopolybia exigua species-group and using morphological characters proposed the first phylogeny for Protopolybia sensu Carpenter & Wenzel (1989). However, there is still a reasonable number of species whose identification is inaccurate. Thus, this project aims to extend the knowledge of the taxonomy and of phylogenetic relationships of the species of Protopolybia using morphological characters complemented with molecular data. For molecular analysis, fragments were isolated of the nuclear and mitochondrial genome - cytochrome subunit I (COI), 28s, 12s and 16s. Such an effort resulted on additional notes for the Protopolybia exigua species-group, with description of a new species. For the P. sedula species-group, all species are redescribed, a new identification key is presented and the genitalia of P. weyrauchi and P. sedula are described. In the P. picteti-emortualis species-group, two new species are described. In the group of species of P. chartergoides, it is proposed the synonymization of a subspecies, and the four valid species are redescribed, as well as the male genitalia of P. chartergoides, P. fuscatus and P. pallidibalteatus. As for the phylogeny of Protopolybia, the monophyly hypothesis of the group of P. chartergoides species is corroborated. Its relative position within Protopolybia is resolved, indicating a closer relationship with the group of P. sedula. On the other hand, in the present analysis the P. exigua group is paraphyletic.
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Revisão taxonômica e filogenômica de Saimiri Voigt, 1831 (Primates, Cebidae)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2019-07) MERCÊS, Michelle Pinto; LYNCH, Jessica Ward; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4735211013363847; SILVA JÚNIOR, José de Sousa e; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4998536658557008
Squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri Voigt, 1831) are small Neotropical primates (650-1200g). They are widely distributed in the Amazon Basin and have two taxa that occur in Central America. Although it is a frequentely used group in biomedical research, there is still a great divergence in the number of recognized species, ranging from 2 to 12 taxa. Recently several papers have been published using mitochondrial DNA to understand the origin and diversification of Saimiri, as well as the relationship between species. However, even after these publications, diversity and intra-generic relationship still present divergences, with no cogruence between morphological and genetic data. The present study aimed to propose a phylogenetic hypothesis for Saimiri from the double digest restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (ddRADseq), as well as to review Saimiri, defining the species that make up the genus, as well as its distribution. This thesis is divided into three chapters. In the first, “Phylogenomics of Amazon squirrel monkeys (Saimiri; Primates; Cebidae)”, we use 44 tissue samples and 6 blood samples to obtain ddRADseq molecular phylogeny through Maximum Likelihood analysis and a time-calibrated tree from BEAST. We verified the relationship between the studied populations with the Bayesian cluster analysis of STRUCTURE. Our results recovered the monophyly between the Gothic and Roman groups, our trees recovered ten lineages within Saimiri of the Amazon Basin. In addition, we confirm that intra-generic diversification is recent and has occurred in the Pleistocene epoch. In the second chapter, “How many squirrel monkey (Saimiri Voigt, 1831) species are there? A morphological diagnosis and refined mapping of geographical distribution”, we analyzed 887 specimens of all currently recognized species and 18 types, representing almost the entire geographic distribution of the group, we also included the phylogenomic data obtained in the first chapter. Our results support the existence of two morphological groups (Gothic and Roman) and the recognition of thirteen species with one new species. For each of them are presented synonymy, type material, type locality, diagnosis, variation, comparison with other species, distribution, remarks, conservation status and specimens examined. In the third chapter, “New records of Saimiri collinsi Osgood, 1916 (Cebidae, Primates), with comments on habitat use and conservation”, we indicate the expansion of geographic distribution of the Collins’ squirrel monkey (Saimiri collinsi), to a transition area between Amazon and Cerrado. We also indicated the need for monitoring of these populations due to the intense anthropic action in the region that reduced the habitat of the species in most of Maranhão and northern Tocantins.