Abstract in English:

Using material collected by the Oceanographic Expedition MD04 in the Continental Shelf of Kerguelen Islands, Subantarctic Region, we focused the dominance and the density of the different zoological groups found to be present in relation to the Annelida Polychaeta.

Abstract in Portuguese:

Os autores descrevem sete espécies novas da tribo Resthenini Reuter (Hemiptera, Miridae, coligidos nas repúblicas da Argentina e do Chile, como segue: Nanniresthenia penai, sp. n, Chile; N. cordobensis, sp. it, Argentina, Platytylus saltensis, sp. n., Argentina; Prepops correntinoides, sp. n., Argentina; P. entrerianus, sp. n., Argentina; P. iguazuensis, sp. n., Argentina; P. oranensis, sp. n., Argentina. Ilustrações de corpo inteiro e genitália do macho acham-se incluídas.

Abstract in English:

The authors describe seven new species of Resthenini Reuter (Hemiptera, Miridae) as follows: Nanniresthenia penai, sp. n., Chile; N. cordobensis, sp. n., Argentina; Platytylus saltensis, sp. n., Argentina; Prepops correntinoides, sp. n., Argentina; P. entrerianus, sp. n., Argentina; P. iguazuensis, sp. n., Argentina; P. oranensis, sp. n., Argentina. Illustrations of habitus and mole genitalia are included.

Abstract in English:

The histology and morphology of the reproductive system of females of Rhagoletis conversa (Brèthes) and Rhagoletis nova (Schiner) were studied. These species parasitize wild and cultivated Solanaceae respectively. Adult females of both species were collected in natural populations in the Central Zone of Chile. In order to study the development of ovaries the females collected were sacrificed at different ages. Once obtained, ovaries were preparedfor optical microscopy by using histological and squash standard techniques. Results show that within each one of ovarioles it can be observed follicles arranged in line and showing different stages of maduration. It can be described about 6 follicle stages in the ovarioles studied. Ovaries of both species show a very similar structure. However, females of Rhagoletis nova show an ovipositor wider than R. conversa. The number of ovarioles of R. nova is also higher than in R. conversa.

Abstract in English:

In this paper larval and pupal stages of Trachyderes striatus (Fabricius) are described. Some aspects of its biology are added.

Abstract in English:

This note reports on three species of Pseudothelphusidae crabs, Microthelphusa simoni from Venezuela, Hypolobocera rathbuni from Ecuador and Epithelphusa chiapensis from Mexico, that were found in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Illustrations of the gonopods are given.

Abstract in Portuguese:

Durante o estudo da carcinofauna do litoral baiano, muitos Braquiuros Portunidae foram encontrados. Alguns destes animais foram Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 que possuia sua distribuição restrita da Califórnia ao Peru e Ilhas Galápagos, no Oceano Pacífico. Esta é a primeira ocorrência desta espécie no Oceano Atlântico e na Costa Brasileira. (Bahia, 12º50'S e 38º50'W).

Abstract in English:

During the study of the Carcinofauna of the Bahian Coast, some Brachyura Portunidae were found. Some of these animals were Callinectes arcuatus Ordway, 1863 which has its distribution restricted to the Pacific Ocean, from California to Peru and the Galapagos Islands. This is the first occurrence of this species reported from the Atlantic Ocean and the Brazilian Coast (Bahia, 38º50'Wand 12º50'S).

Abstract in English:

A new species of Meticonaxius from Brazil (Crustacea, Decapoda, Callianideidae). Meticonaxius capricorni, sp. n., is described from material collected off Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo States, in depths of 139-214 metres. The genus Meticonaxius up to now has 3 species in Brazil: M. lemoscastroi Rodrigues & Carvalho, M. minutus Coelho and this new species