New Species, Host Record, and Male Discovery for Three Messatoporus Cushman (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) from Brazil.

Messatoporus bisignatus Aguiar & Supeleto, sp. nov. is described and illustrated.

Two new Dismodix Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) with an exceptionally broad occipital carina.

Dismodix colai sp. nov., from a reforested legal reserve of Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, and D.

A new and unusual Digonocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae,Cryptinae), with notes on two other rare species.

Digonocryptus magnus sp. nov., from French Guyana, is described and illustrated, and new records, morphological and morphometric data are presented for two other rare species, D.

Revision of Fortipalpa Kasparyan & Ruíz-Cancino, (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae).

Fortipalpa Kasparyan & Ruíz-Cancino, 2007 originally accommodates only its type species, F. yucatanica Kasparyan & Ruíz-Cancino, 2007. The genus can be distinguished from all other Neotropical Cryptini by having mandible with ventral tooth subequal to slightly longer than dorsal tooth; propodeum anteriorly smooth, posteriorly with transverse striation; T1 long and slender, without anterolateral tooth; and ovipositor moderately long and straight, with ventral valve without a lobe covering dorsal valve.

One hundred new records, a new species, and the first pictures of Agonocryptus Cushman (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae).

Updated distribution maps are provided for all known species of Agonocryptus, with 115 new distribution records for 16 species, an expansion from 166 to 281 unique coordinates, or nearly 70%, in relation to what was previously published. A new species is proposed, A. glaphyrus sp.

A new species, key and further redefinition of Nesolinoceras Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae).

A new species of Nesolinoceras Ashmead from the Dominican Republic is described and illustrated. A key to the species and a revised and expanded distribution map is presented. This is the third species recognized for the genus, and the first one confirmed to occur in high altitude (1100 m).

A new species and southernmost record of Cestrus Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae).

Cestrus itatiensis sp. nov., from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, is described and illustrated.

Species delimitation, environmental cline and phylogeny for a new Neotropical genus of Cryptinae (Ichneumonidae).

A morphologically unusual Cryptini, Cryptoxenodon gen. nov. Supeleto, Santos & Aguiar, is described and illustrated, with a single species, C.

Long-term seasonal dominance of the wasp Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Background: The temporal dynamics of insect populations in tropical environments is highly complex and poorly known. Long-term seasonality studies are scarce, and particularly so for ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae). This study represents an effort to elucidate aspects of seasonality and forest succession in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Phylogeny and revision of Toechorychus Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with descriptions of thirty-five new species.

The Neotropical Toechorychus Townes is revised, cladistically defined, and diagnosed. A total of 40 species are recognized, 35 of which are described as new: T. amapaeus Tedesco, sp.

Phylogeny and revision of Messatoporus Cushman (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with descriptions of sixty five new species.

The large New World genus Messatoporus Cushman is diagnosed, redefined, described, and its species revised. A total of 89 valid species are recognized, of which 65 are described as new. All previously known species are redescribed and illustrated.

Nomenclatural issues in ornithology: the incredible controversy on the identity of a long overlooked Brazilian bird.

The identity of Scytalopus speluncae (Ménétriés, 1835) (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae), a tapaculo from southeastern Brazil, has been the matter of debate during the last eight years. A group of ornithologists considers that the nomen Scytalopus speluncae should be attributed to a species endemic to coastal mountains of southeastern Brazil, whereas another group considers it a species from the drier environments of another mountain belt in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Both research groups disagree on the identity of the still extant but damaged alleged holotype, deposited at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St.

Publishing large DNA sequence data in reduced spaces and lasting formats, in paper or PDF.

Scientific publications carry a practical moral duty: they must last. Along that line of thinking, some methods are proposed to allow economically and structurally viable publication of DNA sequence data of any size in printed matter and PDFs. The proposal is primarily aimed at contributing for preserving information for the future, while allowing authors to avoid information splitting and complement storage ex situ, that is, in server machines, outside the publication proper.

Swallowing disorders after ischemic stroke.

Objective: To investigate occurrences of swallowing disorders after ischemic stroke.

Method: This was a retrospective study on 596 medical files. The inclusion criterion was that the patients needed to have been hospitalized with a diagnosis of ischemic stroke; the exclusion criteria were the presence of associated cardiac problems and hospital stay already more than 14 days.

Long-term complications in totally implantable venous access devices: randomized study comparing subclavian and internal jugular vein puncture.

Background: This prospective randomized study evaluated complications related to long-term totally implantable catheters in oncologic children and adolescents by comparing venopunction performed either in the jugular or subclavian vein.

Methods: A total of 83 catheters were implanted from January 2004 to April 2006 and followed-up until March 2008. Patients were randomly allocated to the subclavian or jugular vein group.

[Needs and specialization for pediatric surgeons in Brazil].

Objective: To define the distribution of Pediatric Surgeons in Brazil and the distribution of job offered for specialists in the country. To compare the professional profile of Brazilian Pediatric Surgeons with other countries.

Methods: Statistical data derived from Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Brazilian Medical Council (CFM) and Brazilian Society of Pediatric Surgery (CIPE) were used to define the professional profile of pediatric surgeons in Brazil.

Predictive factors for spasticity among ischemic stroke patients.

Unlabelled: Spasticity is a determining for functional loss following ischemic stroke.

Objective: To detect possible predictive factors for its occurrence.

Method: Demographic, clinical and tomographic data on 146 stroke patients were analyzed.

Knowledge of insect diversity in Brazil: challenges and advances.

Insects will soon reach one million known species worldwide. Brazil, with about 9% of this total, and possibly another 400 thousand species yet to be discovered, harbors the highest insect diversity in the world. The country has a complement of about 140 active taxonomists, which means a quota of 3,600 insect species per professional.

Verbal language spontaneous recovery after ischemic stroke.

Objective: To analyze the spontaneous recovery of the verbal language on patients who have had an ischemic stroke.

Method: Retrospective analysis of 513 medical records. We characterize referring aspects for data identification, language deficit, spontaneous recovery and speech therapy.

Variations in growth, survival and carbon isotope composition (delta(13)C) among Pinus pinaster populations of different geographic origins.

To evaluate differences in growth and adaptability of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.), we studied growth, polycyclism, needle tissue carbon isotope composition (delta(13)C) as an estimate of water-use efficiency (WUE) and survival of seven populations at 10 years of age growing in a performance trial at a provenance test site in Escaroupim, Portugal. Six populations were from relatively high rainfall sites in Portugal and southwestern France (Atlantic group), and one population was from a more arid Mediterranean site in Spain.

Transesophageal echocardiography discloses unexpected cardiac sources of embolus in stroke patients aged more than 45 years.

Unlabelled: Cerebral embolism from cardiac source is an important cause of stroke, specially in patients younger than 45 years old.

Objective: To describe the transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) findings in young and non-young stroke patients without any prior evidence of cardiac source for cerebral embolism.

Method: Transversal study: 523 patients (267 men and 256 women) with ischemic stroke, without any evidence of cardiac abnormality, underwent to TEE.