Ecologia e conhecimento popular sobre cigarras (hemiptera: cicadidae) na área urbana de Iporá, Estado de Goiás

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Sá, Marco Antônio Pereira de
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual de Goiás; UEG ::Coordenação de Mestrado em Recursos Naturais; Brasil; UEG; Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto sensu em Recursos Naturais do Cerrado RENAC
• Palavras-chave em Português: Cicadoidea; Ecologia urbana; Interação inseto-planta; Cerrado; Etnozoologia; Urban ecology; Insect-plant interaction; Ethnozoology; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ZOOLOGIA
• Link de acesso: http://www.bdtd.ueg.br/handle/tede/311

The study of insects in urban area are concentrated to the species of medical importance or domestic associated, being the other neglected groups. In this context are the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). The present work aimed to assessment some ecological relations of cicadas in an urban area of the municipality of Iporá, Goiás State, Brazil. In this work is shown the emergence pattern and seasonality of cicadas, record of its host plants, and, for the most abundant specie, also are shown the description and morphometric analysis of exúvias of the last instar, and some notes of acoustic behavior. In addition, aimed to develop a ethnoentomological study about cicadas in the urban perimeter of the municipality. Exuviae of the following species of cicadas were collected, Ariasa sp., Dorisiana metcalfi, Fidicina mannifera, Guyalna viridifemur, Guyalna nadae, Quesada gigas e Carineta sp.. The emergence of the majority of this species occurred at end of dry season. Cicadas have been associated with 22 host species of 11 botanical families. The most abundant species was Ariasa sp. (82%). This species showed differences metrics according to its host plant (F= 6,005; p<0,01). The sound of Ariasa sp. consists of two parts with dominant frequency 5271 Hz. For the mostly of residents, cicadas are categorized as a singer/noise insect that occurs seasonally depending on the seasons. The folk narratives about cicadas were related to meteorological variability and with the adjectives singer and lazy. Cicadas have value in environmental processes, agriculture and represent a symbolic value to humanity. Despite this, there is a lack of information for these insects in Brazil.