Empusa

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Empusa

a genus of fungi of the order Entomophthorales. The fungi are parasites of insects. The spores, or conidia, sprout upon landing on the insect; they form a mycelium, which penetrates the insect’s body and proliferates. Toxins secreted by the fungus destroy all the insect’s internal organs.

There are about 20 species. The most widespread are E. aulicae and E. grylli. The former causes mass destruction of the pine beauty moth, the gold-tail moth, and the lackey moth—all dangerous pests of timber crops. E. grylli parasitizes grasshoppers (Acrididae). Some mycologists include the Empusa in the genus Entomophthora.

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% sBG ciliate Species or environmental matrix N positive Callinectes similis (lesser blue crab) 19 21.1 Libinia emarginata (common spider crab) 10 10.0 Squilla empusa (mantis shrimp) 7 28.6 Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (seabob shrimp) 5 40.0 Palaemonetes spp.

PATHOLOGY, EFFECTS, AND TRANSMISSION OF BLACK GILL IN COMMERCIAL PENAEID SHRIMP FROM THE SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT

empusa y Squilla rugosa) y Penaeidae (Farfantepenaeus spp.), contrario a los resultados obtenidos por De Nogales (1974), quien encontro que las principales presas correspondieron a peces: Ophidiidae (Lepophidium), Haemulidae (Haemulon), Clupeidae (Harengula), Engraulidae (Anchoa) y algunos crustaceos: Squillidae (Squilla y Alima) y Portunidae (Portunus y Callinectes).

Food habits of the lane snapper, Lutjanus synagris (Perciformes: Lutjanidae), in the north zone of the Colombian Caribbean/Habitos alimenticios del pargo rayado, Lutjanus synagris (Perciformes: Lutjanidae), en la zona norte del Caribe colombiano

In the present study, we examined the morphological and biochemical changes that occur in ovaries of the mantis shrimps Squilla empusa and Squila chydaea; these species co-occur in several regions of the Gulf of Mexico.

Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

For example, it was not detected in the only stomatopod that has been tested, Squilla empusa (Wilkens and Larimer, 1976).

Opsin Expression in the Central Nervous System of the Mantis Shrimp Neogonodactylus oerstedii

Las especies mas abundantes fueron Colias dimera con 7,46%, Pedaliodes polusca con 4,98%, Pedaliodes empusa con 3,98%, Eretris apuleja y Lasiophila circe con 3,48%, Manerebia apiculatay Pedaliodes polla con 2,99%.

Aporte al conocimiento para la conservacion de las mariposas (Hesperioidea y Papilionoidea) en el Paramo del Tablazo, Cundinamarca (Colombia)

Con el fin de confirmar su identificacion, algunos ejemplares fueron comparados con tipos Pedaliodes empusa (Felder, 1867): EN002646R, P.

Diversidad y distribucion de mariposas Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) en la cuenca del rio Coello, Colombia

Felder, 1867) Junea doraete (Hewitson, [1858]) Lasiophila prosymna prosymna (Hewitson, 1857) Lasiophila zapatoza elusiva Pyrcz & Viloria, 2007 Lymanopoda albocincta albocincta Hewitson, 1861 Lymanopoda obsoleta (Westwood, 1851) Lymanopoda samius samius Westwood, 1851 Lymanopoda ionius ionius Westwood, [1851] Mygona irmina (Doubleday, [1849]) Panyapedaliodes jephtha (Thieme, 1905) Panyapedaliodes panyasis (Hewitson, 1862) Panyapedaliodes phila phila (Hewitson, 1862) Pedaliodes antigua Adams & Bernard, 1981 Pedaliodes bacarra bacarra Thieme, 1905 Pedaliodes empusa empusa (C.

Listado de especies de las mariposas diurnas (Hesperioidea y Papilionoidea) de arcabuco (Boyaca, Colombia)

Category Representative species Teleostei Atlantic menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) Mollusca Squids (Loligo spp.) Crustacea Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) Mantis shrimp (Squilla empusa) Elasmobranchii primarily skates (Raja spp.) Category Ages 0-1 Ages 2-3 Ages 4-5 Energy density (J/g) Teleostei 0.146 0.292 0.463 5050 Mollusca 0.007 0.004 0.023 4390 Crustacea 0.847 0.672 0.421 4810 Elasmobranchii -- 0.031 0.094 5400 Table 3 Cohort sizes and estimated mean seasonal prey consumption in the lower Chesapeake Bay for each age class in the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) bioenergetics model.

Estimating consumption rates of juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, using a bioenergetics model *

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