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- Syntax and biology: a teaching experience with the Laboratory NotebookPublication . Rebelo, H.; Aguín-Pombo, D.In the 1st Cycle of Primary Education at the University of Madeira, preservice teachers have different courses including Portuguese and Natural Sciences. Education in Portugal from primary school to university level follows a unitary pedagogy circumscribed to every discipline rather than a global approach. We believe this pedagogic approach could benefit from an entirely different organization in which, instead of having a fragmented program, would have, when possible, pedagogical proposals and knowledge together. We demonstrate the usefulness of this interdisciplinary approach, bringing together two areas of knowledge (Syntax and Biology) that generally consider themselves apart, but that have much to give each other for the benefit of students and pupils at primary schools.
- O castanheiro nos AçoresPublication . Lopes, David Horta; Macedo, N.; Figueiredo, A.; Pimentel, R.; Martins, J. T.; Ventura, L. B.; Carvalho, C.; Borges, P. A. V.; Pombo, D. Aguin; Mexi, A. M. M.A distribuição dos castanheiros e a sua produção são conhecidas nos Açores. A ilha Terceira é a mais repre- sentativa da realidade regional. Em termos de área e de produção, concentra-se mais na freguesia da Terra-Chã. Infelizmente, a produção açoriana, na ordem das 280 toneladas, não satisfaz a necessidade interna e, por isso, assiste-se, anualmente, a importações maciças deste fruto. Neste capítulo, apresentam-se os resultados preliminares sobre a caracterização das cultivares dos castanheiros, nos Açores, e, em particular, na ilha Terceira, como os dados sobre a monitorização e a quantifi- cação dos prejuízos causados pelo bichado-da-castanha. Este insecto é, actualmente, a principal praga que afecta a produção de qualidade e de quantidade de castanhas na ilha Terceira. As taxas de infestação, nesta ilha açoriana, variam consoante as localidades, atingindo, por um lado, valores máximos de infestação de 38 %, na freguesia da Terra-Chã, exposta a Sul, a uma cota de 218 m de altitude, e, por outro, a inexistência de qualquer infestação na freguesia dos Biscoitos, exposta a Norte, a semelhante altitude. O período de actividade dos adultos decorre de Julho a Outubro, sendo a sua actividade máxima no mês de Setembro.
- First report of Scaphoideus titanus for Madeira IslandPublication . Aguin-Pombo, Dora; Aguiar, A. M. F.; Cravo, D.This is the first report of Scaphoideus titanus, the main vector of flavescence dor ee, for Madeira (Portugal) and also for Macaronesia. This new record currently represents its southernmost occurrence in Europe. This leafhopper is present in most of the primary wine production regions in the north of Madeira island. There were no symptoms of flavescence dor ee disease during the monitoring period from 2010 to 2017. The ability of S. titanus to survive in regions with a subtropical climate suggests that it may also live in the most meridional areas of the Mediterranean region where, until now, it has been absent.
- The interfruta project and its contribution to the knowledge of chestnut moth (Cydia splendana Hubner)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) dispersal and infestation on Terceira Island, AzoresPublication . Lopes, D. J. H.; Macedo, N.; Figueiredo, A.; Martins, J. T.; Pimentel, R.; Ventura, L. B.; Pombo, D. A.The chestnut moth is one of the principal pests on Terceira Island affecting the quality of all chestnut production. Investigation work developed by the Interfruta II Project (a project of interregional cooperation among the three Atlantic regions: Azores, Madeira and Canaries) aims at increasing interest in fruit and the vineyard production in the three partner regions. The chestnut moth (Cydia splendana Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) is the only specie responsible for chestnut fruit damage. The monitoring of this pest using Delta traps with sex pheromone revealed the adult abundance during the season. The higher activity period was between July and October, the months when the chestnut harvest begins. A map of Terceira Island using a GPS and ArcGis 8.0 software was made showing the locality of all the chestnut production areas studied. In the evaluated orchards, fruit damage reached its maximum of 38% at Terra Chã, 218 m of altitude and a southern exposure, and a minimum of 0% damage at Biscoitos, at about the same altitude but with a northern exposure. In both cases, the percentages of infestation were achieved by analyzing a sample of 2.500 chestnuts for each parcel of land.
- A provisional checklist of the Rove Beetles of Madeira Island (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)Publication . Boieiro, Mário; Serrano, Artur R. M.; Menezes, Dília; Pombo, Dora; Capela, Rúben
- O projecto Interfruta II e os problemas fitossanitários que afectam as fruteiras na ilha TerceiraPublication . Lopes, D. J. H.; Cabrera, R.; Aguin-Pombo, D.; Borges, P.; Pimentel, R.; Zorman, M.; Macedo, N.; Carvalho, M. C. F.; Ornelas, L.; Martins, J. T.; Mumford, J. D.; Mexia, A. M. M.
- Morphological and ecological differences between two endemic species of Asianidia Zachvatkin (A. insulana and A. madeirensis) from Madeira: species boundaries and conservation statusPublication . Silva, Natacha Marques; Aguin-Pombo, Dora; Quartau, José AlbertoA . insulana (Lindberg, 1961) and A. madeirensis (China, 1938) are two endemic and closely related species of the A sianidia perspidllata complex present in Madeira. They are relatively easy to distinguish on the basis of the aedeagus shape, body size and colour pattern, yet nymph morphology, distribution, plant associations and habitats were poorly known. The present study is a general overview of the morphology and ecology o f this pair of species. New information on intra- and inter-specific variation, together with new distributional and ecological data are presented as a result of a thorough field-work from sea level up to the mountains and involving all main vegetation zones in the island. Moreover, their eventual origin through adaptive radiation by host-plant shift together with some conservation considerations are discussed.
- Karyotypes, B-chromosomes and meiotic abnormalities in 13 populations of Alebra albostriella and A. wahlbergi (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae) from GreecePublication . Kuznetsova, Valentina; Golub, Natalia; Aguin-Pombo, DoraIn this work 13 populations of the leafhopper species Alebra albostriella (Fallén, 1826) (6 populations) and A. wahlbergi (Boheman, 1845) (7 populations) (Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Greece were studied cytogenetically. We examined chromosomal complements and meiosis in 41 males of A. albostriella sam pled from Castanea sativa, Fagus sylvatica and Quercus cerris and in 21 males of A. wahlbergi sampled from C. sativa, Acer opalus and Ulmus sp. The species were shown to share 2n = 22 + X(0) and male meiosis of the chiasmate preductional type typical for Auchenorrhyncha. In all populations of A. albostriella and in all but two populations of A. wahlbergi B chromosomes and/or different meiotic abnormalities including the end-to-end non-homologous chromosomal associations, translocation chains, univalents, anaphasic laggards besides aberrant sperms were encountered. This study represents the first chromosomal record for the genus Alebra and one of the few population-cytogenetic studies in the Auchenorrhyncha.
- Paraliochthonius cavalensis, nueva especie cavernícola de Madeira (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae)Publication . Zaragoza, Juan A.; Aguin-Pombo, Dora; Nunes, ÉlvioSe han recolectado dos especies de pseudoescorpiones durante un año de prospección en cuevas de la localidad de Machico, Isla de Madeira. Se describe el nuevo taxón Paraliochthonius cavalensis sp. n. , que representa el primer pseudoscorpión troglobio para el archipiélago de Madeira. Se discute la relación de la fauna de pseudoescorpio nes del archipiélago de Madeira con la de las islas Canarias, mucho mejor conocida, y se sugiere la presencia de algunos géneros, aún no citados, para Madeira
- Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Madeiran ArchipelagoPublication . Wetterer, James K.; Espadaler, Xavier; Wetterer, Andrea L.; Aguin-Pombo, Dora; Franquinho-Aguiar, António M.The subtropical Atlantic archipelago of Madeira is part of the Macaronesian biogeographic subregion. Absence of important mainland competitors and predators on Macaronesian islands has allowed the survival of many relicts of the subtropical biota that once inhabited the Mediterranean area. In the 19th century, however, two highly destructive exotic ant species, the big-headed ant (Pheidole megacephala) and the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile), invaded Madeira. Many authors have assumed that these invaders exterminated most or all native ants of Madeira, despite no research actually documenting such impact. In the present study, we compiled records and evaluated the native versus exotic status of all ant species collected in Madeira. We examined specimens of 27 ant species from Madeira: Cardiocondyla emeryi, Cardiocondyla mauritanica, Hypoponera eduardi, Hypoponera punc tatissima, Hypoponera sp. 1, Lasius grandis, Linepithema humile, Messor structor, Monomorium carbonarium, Monomorium pharaonis, Monomorium subopacum, Myrmecina graminicola, Paratrechina jaegerskioeldi, Paratrechina longicornis, Pheidole megacephala, Pheidole pallidula, Plagiolepis schmitzii, Pyramica membranifera, Solenopsis sp. 1, Solenopsis sp. 2, Strumigenys silvest rii, Tapinoma madeirense (new status), Technomyrmex pallipes, Temnothorax unifasciatus, Temnothorax wollastoni, Tetramorium bicarinatum, and Tetra morium caldarium. One previously reported species, Camponotus sylvaticus, we could not verify with specimens, but accept it was correctly identified, at least to genus. We determined that one ant taxon reported from Madeira is a junior synonym of another taxon present: Plagiolepis schmitzii madeirensis (= P. schmitzii, new synonymy). In addition, published records of eight ant taxa reported from Madeira appear to be misidentifications of other species present. Based on their known distribution and ecology, ten ant species (including the seven most common species) appear to be native to Madeira. Only one native ant species, T. wollastoni, has not been collected recently (1995 or later) in Madeira. Although exotic ants may have exterminated T. wollastoni, it seems likely that this species still survives.