We describe a new Amphisbaena from the Brazilian coastal zone at the municipalities of Guamaré and Macau, state of Rio Grande do Norte. The new species, Amphisbaena littoralis sp. nov., is characterized by six precloacal pores, 252-264 body annuli, 30-34 tail annuli with autotomy on the 6th tail annuli, 20-22 dorsal and 21-24 ventral segments to the midbody annulus.

Gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of egg lipids during development of Spodoptera littoralis showed the presence of 13 fatty acids ranging in carbon chain length from caproic (C6:0) to linolenic acid (C 18:3). Palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acids composed over 90% of the total fatty acids. Palmitic acid was always the predominant fatty acid and oleic acid was the second mos...

As part of our ongoing research on phytoconstituents that can act as promising antimicrobial agents, the essential oils nine selected Apiaceae plants, cultivated in Poland, were studied. The volatiles aerial parts with fruits (herba cum fructi) Silaum silaus, Seseli devenyense, libanotis,Ferula assa-foetida, Glehnia littoralis and Heracleum dulce, addition to (fructi) Torilis japonica Orlaya gr...

Adult Lepidoptera use their antennae to probe their distant and proximate environment with sensory organs which detect volatile and contact chemicals. In this work, we have investigated the role and the sensitivity of antennal contact chemoreceptors of Spodoptera littoralis. Adults of both sexes have long and filiform antennae composed of about 70 flagellomeres. Each flagellomere bears six tast...

The furanoeremophilanes 6 beta-angeloyloxy-1,10-dehydrofuranoeremophilan-9-one (1), 6 beta-hydroxy-1,10-dehydrofuranoeremophilan-9-one (2) and 6 beta-propionyloxy-1,10-dehydrofuranoeremophilan-9-one (3) were isolated from Senecio otites, their structures elucidated by spectral analyses, and their insecticidal and phytotoxic properties evaluated. Compounds 1-3 proved to be effective aphid antife...

Abstract. Praptiwi Windadri FI, Sulistiarini D, Ersaliany NPQ. 2022. Potential bioactivity evaluation of Arytera littoralis Blume (Sapindaceae). Biodiversitas 23: 4977-4983. Bioactivity (Sapindaceae) and its chemical compounds from different parts the plants (flower, leaves, stem) using polarities solvents was carried out in this study. Phytochemical analysis performed standard method. Total ph...

the present study was conducted to find the effect of three heavy metals, ag, hg and pb on the expression level of a gene encoding plasma membrane h+-atpase in aeluropus littoralis. the experiment was laid out in a completely random design with three replications. the expression of the main gene was normalized to the expression of the housekeeping gene actin. two 259 and 187 bp fragments were a...

The entomopathogenic Autographa californica (Speyer) nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) has been genetically modified to increase its speed of kill. The potential adverse effects of a recombinant AcMNPV (AcAaIT) as well as wild type AcMNPV and wild type Spodoptera littoralis NPV (SlNPV) were studied. Cotton plants were treated with these viruses at concentrations that were adjusted to resemble the r...