The guava (Psidium guajava L.), which has unique and quince-banana like flavor, is an economically important subtropical fruit in many tropical countries on all seasons. Volatile constituents from three Colombian varieties of guava fruits: Coronilla (commonly named guayaba común), Palmira ICA-1 (commonly named guayaba pera) and Glum Sali (commonly named guayaba manzana) were isolated by headspa...

We dedicate this article to the memory of Sergio de Freitas, FCAV-UNESP, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil (deceased, 2012). He was an active and enthusiastic Neuropterist and the cherished mentor and friend of Francisco Sosa. Leucochrysa McLachlan is the largest genus in the Chrysopidae, yet it has received relatively little taxonomic attention. We treat two problematic and common Leucochrysa spe...

Polonium-210 (210Po) has been analysed in the soft parts of two bivalves species, the scallop Chlamys varia and the common mussel Mytilus edulis, from the Bay of La Rochelle and Ré Island, on the French Atlantic coast. Between those sites, the highest 210Po concentrations have been found in whole scallop soft parts from La Rochelle, reaching 1,181 +/- 29 Bq kg(-1) dry weight (dwt), a size effec...

Nine species of the Parapolybia indica species-group in eastern parts of Asia are reviewed. Four new species are described: P. flava sp. nov. (Vietnam), P. crocea sp. nov. (Japan), P. nana sp. nov. (Vietnam), and P. albida sp. nov. (Vietnam). Parapolybia indica (de Saussure, 1854), P. bioculata van der Vecht, 1966 and P. tinctipennis (Cameron, 1900) are redescribed. The status is reinstanted fo...

the variegated scallop (chlamys varia l.) is an important economic resource in the aquaculture sector in spain. the aim of the present study was to determine the oxidative status of c. varia, exposed to anthropogenic activities in waters of the mallorca island (western mediterranean). specimens were collected from two locations attending to a different degree of human impact. the first station ...