Neuroptera of the Amazon Basin. Part 2. Dilaridae

Revision of Chinese Dilaridae (Insecta: Neuroptera) (Part I): species of the genus Dilar Rambur from northern China.

The pleasing lacewing genus Dilar Rambur is a dominant group of the family Dilaridae in Asia and is diverse in China with 18 described species. Herein we record five species of Dilar. Three species, i.e. Dilar hastatus sp.nov., Dilar spectabilis sp.nov. and Dilar taibaishanus sp.nov. are described as new to science. Dilar sinicus Nakahara and Dilar septentrionalis Navás are also redescribed. A ...

(Dilar golestani sp. N. ( Neuroptera, Dilaridae گونه جدید از ایران

Rickettsial Disease in the Peruvian Amazon Basin

Using a large, passive, clinic-based surveillance program in Iquitos, Peru, we characterized the prevalence of rickettsial infections among undifferentiated febrile cases and obtained evidence of pathogen transmission in potential domestic reservoir contacts and their ectoparasites. Blood specimens from humans and animals were assayed for spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) and typhus group ...

dilar golestani sp. n. ( neuroptera, dilaridae) from iran

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Systemic conservation, REDD, and the future of the Amazon Basin.

The environmental movement has won hundreds of critical battles, but it is losing the war. The capacity of the planet to sustain life is declining (Brown 2011). In this essay, we introduce the concept of systemic conservation as a response to this global environmental challenge. We define it as the protection and restoration of the ecological, climatic, hydrological, and biogeochemical systems ...