We describe and illustrate herein one new genus and eighteen new eriophyoid mite species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) collected in northeast China. They are: Shevtchenkella huzhongiensis sp. nov. on Ulmus davidiana Planch. var. japonica (Sarg. ex Rehder) Nakai (Ulmaceae), Shevtchenkella jingboicus sp. nov. on Acer sp. (Aceraceae), Calepitrimerus flexuosus sp. nov. on Spiraea flexuosa Fisch. ex Cambess...

Jute is a bastfibre and is obtained from the stems of the two cultivated species of the genus Corchorus, viz., C. capsularis and C. olitorius, of the Tiliaceae family. C. capsularis is commonly called white jute and C. olitorius is commonly called tossa jute, though the two species from which the jute fibre is obtained are similar in general appearance. Jute ranks next to cotton as the most imp...

Historically, compounds containing novel structure from natural origin represent a major alternative source for the discovery and development of new drugs for several diseases. This study was undertaken in order to compose detailed documentation on wild medicinal flora used against malaria, existing knowledge, attitudes and practices related to malaria recognition, control and treatment; ethnod...

Lepidopterism by Hylesia nigricans (Berg) moth is recorded for the first time in southern Brazil. Preventive strategies of control are proposed based on information on the biology and ecology of this moth. kEy wORDS: Dermatitis, host-plant, southern Brazil, urticating moth The genus Hylesia hübner is exclusively Neotropical and comprises approximately 100 species of moths (Lamy et al. 1984). at...

Madagascar’s highly diverse forests are critically threatened because of increasing deforestation, and those that remain are facing declines of vertebrate frugivores that disperse their seeds. Thus, understanding plant frugivore interactions is of critical importance for the conservation and maintenance of plant diversity in Madagascar. This paper reviews observational and experimental studies ...