Luci Boa Nova Coelho

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | UFRJ · Departamento de Zoologia

Stop the pigeon and don't give a hungry man a fish! The coup hatred materialized in the destruction of one of the most outstanding arts of Di Cavalcanti. January 8, 2023 went down in history as the milestone of one of the most serious attacks on Brazilian democracy and a new government, legitimately elected by the majority. Planned and executed by...

Fakemon, playful teaching and dissemination strategy – A proposal with arthropods The use of playfulness is an acclaimed teaching strategy, which distances itself from the traditional and makes classes more dynamic. For this, interactive and didactic games are usually used and various games are performed. In this way, classes are transformed, becom...

O camarão-azul (Eranthemum pulchellum) é um arbusto perene que atinge cerca de 1,8 m de altura e se desenvolve bem em clima Equatorial, Tropical e Subtropical. Tem abundantes flores azuis, conferindo à planta interessante aspecto ornamental. Na Ilha do Fundão, câmpus da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, conjuntos do...

Resumo Em janeiro de 2020, a Organização Mundial da Saúde declarou como pandemia o surto de um novo coronavírus, de origem zoonótica, iniciado na China e rapidamente disseminado pelo planeta. Como a transmissão do vírus se dá pelo contato pessoa a pessoa, na inexistência de vacina e medicamentos eficientes, a forma mais adequada de se lidar com o p...

Resumo. O cultivo da mandioca tem importância socioeconômica e de subsistência na região Norte do Brasil, sendo uma prática adotada principalmente em pequenas propriedades, por comunidades tradicionais, agricultores familiares e indígenas. Foi verificada a presença de colônias de percevejos-de-renda em plantios de mandioca localizados na terra indí...

Foi realizado o inventário dos grupos animais ilustrados em símbolos de motoclubes, grupos de motociclistas, a partir da inspeção visual dos adesivos fixados em alguns estabelecimentos comerciais nas margens da Via Dutra, dentro dos limites do município de Piraí, Estado do Rio de Janeiro. São poucos os exemplares nativos da Mata Atlântica, ou até m...

Resumo. A partir de coletas realizadas em área rural no município de Paraíso do Tocantins, TO, foram obtidos exemplares do percevejo-de-renda Gargaphia lunulata (Mayr). Os insetos estavam ocasionando danos em cultivos comerciais de feijão (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (Fabales: Fabaceae), quiabo [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench] (Malvales: Malvaceae),...

Resumo - Ao logo da história, tem-se creditado às bruxas uma sabedoria secreta, frequentemente ridicularizada e temida. De certa forma, isso causou o extermínio das bruxas ao longo do tempo. Ainda assim, a figura da bruxa é recorrente na cultura popular e está presente em diferentes mídias. O nome comum associado à bruxa traz aos animais, na maiori...

Resumo. Foi observada a ocorrência de colônias do percevejo-de-renda Gargaphia lunulata (Mayr) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) em folhas de quatro plantas hospedeiras: arruda (Ruta graveolens L.) e feijão-de-porco (Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC), em jardim residencial urbano, no Município de Rio Branco, AC e crotalária, Crotalaria spectabilis Roth, feijÃ...

Resumo. Uma alta infestação de Corythaica passiflorae (Berg) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) foi observada em plantas de jiló (Solanum aethiopicum L. - grupo gilo) e berinjela (Solanum melongena L.), em uma área de cultivo comercial no município de Paraíso do Tocantins, estado do Tocantins. Os insetos popularmente conhecidos como percevejos-de-renda foram ob...

It is a great pleasure to present the book of the I Colóquio de Zoologia Cultural. The event was conducted by the Laboratório de Entomologia Urbana e Cultural (LABEUC) of the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), on September 8th, 2016, starting from a joint initiative of researchers from this institution and the Universidade F...

Joruma abernardesi sp.nov. and Joruma phrolfsi sp.nov. (Typhlocybinae: Jorumini) are described based on specimens from Mata do Paraíso, an Atlantic Forest reserve located at Viçosa municipality. This is the first record of the genus Joruma McAtee in Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil.

Laboratory of Urban and Cultural Entomology: explaining the logo. The Laboratory of Urban and Cultural Entomology, linked to the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), develops academic activities of research and extension on two distinct areas, the urban Entomology and the cultural Zoology, looking forward to enrich the studie...

Pokémon GO: the rescue of street games and the possible benefits to the popularization of biodiversity Pokémon GO is a game of augmented reality, developed for iOS and Android platforms, where players capture and train virtual creatures, which appear on the device screen as if they were real ones. Many Pokémon are inspired in real animals, for exam...

Coletânea de artigos completos, a maioria dos quais baseados em trabalhos apresentados no III Simpósio de Entomologia do Rio de Janeiro, realizado de 01 a 03 de setembro de 2015, na Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO).

The movie "A Bug's Life" was closely watched and were noted morphological, biological and behavioral aspects addressed in the work. The use of films in school environment is becoming increasingly popular, either by eye-catching or even facilitate teaching. Today we have a large catalog of films related to science communication and pop culture. Movi...

It is reported the new occurrence of five species of insects in the city of Rio de Janeiro and Piraí, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, which compose different types of new records. The species are Xyphon reticulatum (Signoret, 1854), Acrogonia citrus Marucci & Cavichioli in Marucci, Cavichioli & Zucchi, 2002 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae), Ps...

Comic books may have details, allusions and sophisticated ideas, and these approaches must be exploited in various ways, including in the classroom, as an attempt to arouse the interest and hold the attention of students. The composition of a character in the comics often gets interesting influences from real life. Given the strong connection of in...

Em que pese a ocorrência de grupos extremamente populares, como os mosquitos e as libélulas, quando se fala em “insetos aquáticos”, a reação do público leigo – e até mesmo de alguns zoólogos não tão familiarizados com a Entomologia – geralmente é de total desconhecimento. Histórias em quadrinhos ou gibis (HQs) fazem parte da vida de todos nós. Inde...

RESUMO O ser humano sempre foi fascinado pelas outras espécies animais. E tal admiração constitui a base da chamada Zoologia Cultural, setor da Ciência que estuda a presença de elementos zoológicos nas diferentes manifestações da cultura. Temas relacionando Zoologia e cultura vêm ganhando destaque recentemente e, nesse cenário, surgiu o projeto A Z...

O Simpósio de Entomologia do Rio de Janeiro (EntomoRio) é um evento científico bianual que congrega professores, pesquisadores e estudantes de diferentes áreas do estudo dos insetos, para a divulgação de pesquisas e troca de experiências. A análise cienciométrica dos trabalhos apresentados nas três edições (2011, 2013 e 2015) já realizadas do event...

RESUMO DINÂMICA POPULACIONAL DE CICADELLIDAE E DELPHACIDAE (HEMIPTERA) EM UM AMBIENTE URBANO DA CIDADE DO RIO DE JANEIRO Com base em coletas de insetos atraídos por fonte luminosa, foi feita uma amostragem dos Auchenorrhyncha, entre maio de 2014 e abril de 2015. Foram registradas duas famílias, Delphacidae e Cicadellidae, sendo que a última foi bem...

RESUMO O presente estudo objetivou conhecer a distribuição populacional do inseto urbano introduzido Singhiella simplex (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), analisar as variações da população amostrada e correlacioná-las com variáveis climáticas. O número amostral foi obtido a partir de coletas mensais de indivíduos atraídos por iluminação doméstica em bairro...

RESUMO Foi observada a ocorrência do percevejo-de-renda Gargaphia lunulata (Mayr, 1865) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae) em duas plantas do Jardim Didático e Evolutivo da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: o maracujá Passiflora edulis Sims (Malpighiales: Passifloraceae) e o amendoim-forrageiro Arachis repens Handro (Fabales: Fa...

Singhiella simplex (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is an urban pest originating in the Oriental Region, with recent records in the Americas. In Brazil, the species is recorded for the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Norte, and Pernambuco. This study records an additional occurrence of the species in an urban area of the mu...

RESUMO A fêmea de Curtara ushima Coelho & Da-Silva, 2012 é descrita e ilustrada pela primeira vez, com ênfase nas estruturas genitais, especialmente o ovipositor. O espécime estudado é procedente de Mato Grosso, Brasil. Esta é a primeira descrição detalhada da genitália feminina de uma espécie de Curtara DeLong & Freytag, 1972. Comparações entre a...

RESUMO: A Zoologia tem um vasto conteúdo técnico que deve ser ministrado, o que tende a fazer com que as aulas sejam de difícil assimilação. A introdução de elementos da cultura pop pode ser um caminho no sentido de tornar as aulas mais agradáveis e palatáveis, mas sem abrir mão do conteúdo técnico. Visando facilitar o aprendizado do conteúdo da di...

RESUMO O ser humano costuma transferir o fascínio que tem pelos elementos naturais às criações de suas manifestações culturais. Na cultura pop é comum a existência de personagens originários a partir de animais, caso de ícones como o Batman e o Homem-Aranha. Objetivando contribuir para a avaliação da importância dos animais como fontes de inspiraçã...

RESUMO Didaticamente falando, os filmes podem ser utilizados em todos os níveis e disciplinas acadêmicos. Em matérias ligadas à História Natural e à Ciência, seu uso é particularmente interessante, posto que estudos indicam que a assimilação do conhecimento científico é mais efetiva quando se usa elementos da vida cotidiana do aluno. Visando exempl...

Polana amapaensis Coelho, 1991 has its ovipositor described and illustrated, based on the examination of the female paratype, from Amapá State, Brazil. This is the first detailed description of the female genitalia of a Polana DeLong, 1942 species. We compared the female genitalia of P. amapaensis with those of other Gyponini genera. Our results co...

Gypona reversa DeLong & Martinson, 1972 has its ovipositor described and illustrated based on the examination of specimens from its type locality. This is the first species of Gypona Germar, 1821 to have the female genitalia detailed description published.

Considering only the two major American publishers of comics, DC Comics and Marvel Comics, we hold an inventory of the characters in some way inspired in the subphylum Crustacea. They had their features compared with the morphology of real animals, and were classified according to the publisher, the social role (hero or villain), the taxonomic clas...

This article compares arachnid-based Marvel and DC comics characters. The composition of a comic book character often has interesting ‘real-life’ influences. Given the strong connection between arachnids (especially spiders, scorpions and mites, all belonging to the zoological class Arachnida) and human beings it is not surprising that they have in...

http://www.insectbiodiversity.org Abstract: A new species of Kunzeana Oman, 1949 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), Kunzeana zantedeschia sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens from Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. The new species differs from its congeners by a membranous sheath surrounding the aedeagal stem and a pair o...

The composition of a comic book character often has interesting real-life influences. Given the strong connection between insects and human beings, it is not surprising that they have inspired many fictional characters. We conduct an inventory of the characters that somehow have been inspired by insects, considering only the two major American comi...

RESUMO Histórias em quadrinhos (HQs) representam um meio de comunicação em massa de grande penetração popular, podendo ser aproveitadas na sala de aula, como uma forma de despertar o interesse e prender a atenção dos alunos. Dada a forte ligação dos animais com o ser humano, não é surpreendente que eles sejam usados como inspiração para muitos pers...

Recently, disease in broccoli plants (Brassica oleracea var. italica) was associated with three distinct phytoplasmas in Brazil. The disease named broccoli stunt (BS) has caused significant economic losses in São Paulo State. Group 16SrIII phytoplasmas is the most common group that have been associated with BS. The BS disease is still poorly unders...

www.insectbiodiversity.org Abstract: A new species of the Neotropical leafhopper genus Beamerana Young, 1952 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) is described and illustrated based on the specimens from Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Beamerana boomerang sp. nov. differs from its congeners by the fore wing venation and the male genitalia. A...

A new species of Dikrella is described and figured based on specimens from Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil. The new species is diagnosed by the process of pygofer and the general form of aedeagus. Adult males, females, and also nymphs were found on pequi ree, sugesting that Dikrella caryocar n. sp. has its full life cyle in this plant

Balera fiuzai sp.nov. is described based on male speciemens obtained from light trap collections at Mata do Paraíso, Municipality of Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. An identification key to the species de Balera is given. Additionally Habralebra gillettei Yound is redescribed from the same locality. These speciemens of H. gilletei difer somewha...

The Neotropical genus Curtara DeLong & Freytag (Cicadellidae: Iassinae: Scarinae) includes more than 160 described species, with 40 of them recorded from Brazil (Coelho & Da-Silva 1996; 2002). DeLong & Triplehorn (1978) erected the subgenus Curtara (Labata) for C. basala DeLong & Triplehorn from Paraguay. Later, DeLong (1980) included in this subge...

The leptophlebiid mayflies from Rio de Janeiro State are still poorly known from faunistic, taxonomic and biological points of view. In this paper were compiled biological data about 14 genera (Askola, Farrodes, Hagenulopsis, Hermanella, Hylister, Leentvaaria, Massartella, Miroculis, Needhamella, Perissophlebiodes, Thraulodes, Traverella, Ulmeritoi...

Dikrella aculeata sp. nov., D. reticulata sp. nov. and D. spinifera sp. nov. are described and figured based on male specimens obtained from light trap collections at Mata do Paraíso, Municipality of Viçosa, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The genus Dikrella is recorded from Minas Gerais for the first time.

Six new species of Agalliopsis Kirkaldy, 1907 are described from the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais State): A. variegata sp. nov., A. dutrai sp. nov., A. chaelata sp. nov., A. pentaspinata sp. nov., A. mutabilis sp. nov., and A. felixi sp. nov. Illustrations of external features and male and female genitalic characters that di...

Six new species of Agalliopsis Kirkaldy, 1907 are described from the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais State): A. variegata sp. nov., A. dutrai sp. nov., A. chaelata sp. nov., A. pentaspinata sp. nov., A. mutabilis sp. nov., and A. felixi sp. nov. Illustrations of external features and male and female genitalic characters that di...

FIGURES 20 – 30. Agalliopsis chaelata sp. nov. (20 – 29) Male holotype: (20) crown, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; (21) face; (22) genital capsule, lateral view; (23) pygofer process, lateral view; (24) valve and subgenital plates, ventral view; (25) apical portion of subgenital plates, lateral view; (26) style, dorsal view; (27) connective,...

FIGURES 31 – 38. Agalliopsis pentaspinata sp. nov. (31 – 37) Male holotype: (31) crown, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; (32) face; (33) genital capsule, lateral view; (34) valve fused to subgenital plates, ventral view; (35) aedeagus, connective and style, lateral view; (36) apex of aedeagus, dorsal view; (37) anal tube process, lateral view....

FIGURES 39 – 47. Agalliopsis felixi sp. nov. (39 – 40) Male paratype: (39) crown, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; (40) face. (41 – 47) Male holotype: (41) genital capsule, lateral view; (42) posterior margin of pygofer showing distribution of setae, lateral view; (43) pygofer process, lateral view; (44) valve and subgenital plates, ventral vie...

FIGURES 48 – 50. Agalliopsis sp., female. (48) Crown, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; (49) face; (50) apical portion of abdomen, ventral view.

FIGURES 65 – 74. Second valvulae of the ovipositor; left column: general lateral view, right column: apical portion in a higher magnification. (65 – 66) Agalliopsis dutrai sp. nov. (67 – 68) A. chaelata sp. nov. (69 – 70) A. pentaspinata sp. nov. (71 – 72) Agalliopsis sp. (73 – 74) A. mutabilis sp. nov. DP: dorsal prominence, DHA: dorsal hyaline ar...

FIGURES 75 – 76. Two views of the type locality (secondary Atlantic Forest) of the Agalliopsis species herein described (Mata do Paraíso, Municipality of Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Brazil). (75) Aspect of the forest canopy. (76) Area of understory near the spot where the light trap was mounted. Photographs: Elidiomar Da-Silva.

FIGURES 13 – 19. Agalliopsis dutrai sp. nov. (13 – 18) Male holotype: (13) crown, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; (14) face; (15) genital capsule, lateral view; (16) valve fused to subgenital plates, ventral view; (17) aedeagus, connective and style, lateral view; (18) apex of aedeagus, dorsal view. (19) Female paratype: abdomen, ventral view.

FIGURES 1 – 3. Body in laterodorsal view: (1) Agalliopsis variegata sp. nov., male holotype; (2) Agalliopsis sp., female; (3) A. mutabilis sp. nov., male paratype.

FIGURES 4 – 12. Agalliopsis variegata sp. nov., male holotype. (4) Crown, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; (5) face; (6) genital capsule, lateral view; (7) pygofer process, dorsal view; (8) valve fused to subgenital plates, ventral view; (9) style, dorsal view; (10) aedeagus, connective and style, lateral view; (11) apex of ventral aedeagal pro...

FIGURES 51 – 64. Agalliopsis mutabilis sp. nov. (51 – 60) Male holotype: (51) crown, pronotum and mesonotum, dorsal view; (52) face; (53) genital capsule, lateral view; (54) posterior margin of pygofer showing distribution of setae, lateral view; (55) pygofer process, lateral view; (56) valve and subgenital plates, ventral view; (57) style, dorsal...

A new species of Agallia Curtis is described and illustrated from Southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais State). Agallia catiae sp. n. can be distinguished by its male pygofer, which presents on posterior margin a dorsally directed triangular lobe and on ventral margin a conspicuous elongate process with apex expanded and directed inwards. The taxonomic...

A new species of the Neotropical genus Agalliota Oman is described and illustrated from southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais State). Agalliota maculata sp. nov. can be distinguished by its longitudinal pronotal stripes, anal tube processes, and aedeagus shape. With the addition of the new taxon, the number of Agalliota species is increased to eight, s...

A new species of the Neotropical genus Agalliota Oman is described and illustrated from southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais State). Agalliota maculata sp. nov. can be distinguished by its longitudinal pronotal stripes, anal tube processes, and aedeagus shape. With the addition of the new taxon, the number of Agalliota species is increased to eight, s...

Population fluctuation of Agallia incongrua Oman, 1938 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Based on light-trap collections from 1986 to 1988 at Mata do Paraíso, Viçosa county, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, annual fluctuations of the leafhopper Agallia incongrua Oman, 1938 were studied. Fluctuations in the population were positi...

A new leafhopper species, Scaris angrensis sp.nov., is described and illustrated based on an adult male from Angra dos Reis, State of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. The holotype is deposited in the entomological collection of Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new species seems to be more closely related to S....

A new leafhopper species, Scaris angrensis sp.nov., is described and illustrated based on an adult male from Angra dos Reis, State of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. The holotype is deposited in the entomological collection of Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new species seems to be more closely related to S....

Three new species of the leafhopper genus Curtara DeLong & Freytag, 1972, C. mejdalanii spec. nov., C. maricaensis spec. nov., and C. restingalis spec. nov., are described from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. They belong to the Notanda group of the subgenus Curtara because of the presence of only two subapical processes in the aedeagal shaft. C. mejd...

A total of 296 species of Miridae belonging to 17 tribes were recorded from State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. New host plant records include 141 species of 43 orders and 69 families. Of this total, 98.5% of plants have some agricultural, pharmacological or ornamental importance; 29 orders and families of host plants have two or more mirid species.

Coelho LBN, Da-Silva ER, Ferreira PSF. 2001. Redescription of the male and description of the female of Gypona reversa DeLong and Martinson 1972 (Homoptera, Cicadellidae, Gyponinae). Entomotropica 16(2):127-129. The redescription of the male and the first description of the female of Gypona reversa DeLong and Martinson 1972 are presented, based on...

Coelho LBN, Da-Silva ER, Ferreira PSF. 2001. New and additional records of Agalliinae, Gyponinae e Nirvaniinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) from State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Entomotropica 16(2):131-135. Agallia alvarengai , A. configurata, A. cucata, Agalliopsis ornaticollis (Agalliinae), Curtara antica , C. atomaria, Gypona validana , Hecalapona fe...

The adult male of Nancyana curva is described and illustrated for the first time, based on four specimens from the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. Male diagnostic characters include the presence of a pair of inner projections on the dorsal lobe of the pygofer, and a dorsal pair of short subapical processes on the aedeagus. The female col...

A new leafhopper, Pachyopsis vicosensis n.sp., is described from state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The new species is more closely related to P. foratus Kramer.

Curtara tupy n.sp. is described and figured based on three adult males from Bocaina, São Paulo State. Curtara surinamensis n.sp. is described and figured based on adult male from Marowijne, Surinam. Both species are included in the nigrina group of the subgenus Curtara due to the presence of four process in the aedeagal shaft.

New species of Curtara DeLong & Freytag from Central Brazil (Homoptera, Cicadellidae, Gyponinae). Curtaa (Curtara) formosa, sp.n. (Gyponinae) is described from Goiás, Brazil. It is related to many species of the notanda group.

Scaris bahiensis, sp.n. is described based on an adult male from Bahia. It is not closely related to any species of its genus. Scaris nessimiani, sp.n., related to S. defecta DeLong & Freytag, 1969, is described based on an adult male from Mato Grosso.

Description of a new species of Agallia Curtis, 1833 (Homoptera, Cicadellidae, Agalliinae). Agallia copiosa, sp. n., from Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, is described.

On the identification of the families of Ephemeroptera (Insecta) from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil: pictorial key to the nymphs. A pictorial identification key for nymphs of the mayfly families occurring in Rio de Janeiro State is herein presented. The families Baetidae, Caenidae, Ephemeridae, Euthyplociidae, Leptohyphidae, Leptophlebiidae, Polymit...

Com base em coletas de armadilha luminosa, realizadas de 1981 a 1993, na Mata do Paraíso (2046-2048S; 4550-4552W), reserva de Mata Atlântica situada no município de Viçosa, Estado de Minas Gerais, foi obtido o total de 10.809 espécimes de cigarrinhas da família Cicadellidae (Homoptera), distribuídos em 11 subfamílias: Agalliinae, Cicadellinae, Coel...