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Cyatta Abscondita
''Cyatta'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the monotypic taxon, single species ''Cyatta abscondita''. It is considered the most recent ancestor of all fungus-farming ants and a living fossil. Etymology ''Cyatta'' is a neologism constructed in part from the Brazilian Tupi language word ''Cy'', meaning "sister," referring to its status, along with the genus ''Kalathomyrmex'', as the sister clade to the remaining genera of the informal clade Neoattini, to which the genus ''Atta (genus), Atta'', the most conspicuous member of the Neoattini, belongs. The Specific name (zoology), specific name ''abscondita'' refers to the exceedingly secretive nature of this species, which, after being recognized from a few rare specimens, proved frustratingly elusive during multiple attempts to locate it in the field. Discovery history In 2003, a single stray worker of ''C. abscondita'' was taken in a pitfall trap as part of an ant survey conducted at the Reserva Particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceará
Ceará (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It is the List of Brazilian states by population, eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the List of Brazilian states by area, 17th by area. It is also one of the main tourist destinations in Brazil. The List of capitals in Brazil, state capital is the city of Fortaleza, the country's fourth most populous city. The state has 4.3% of the Brazilian population and produces 2.1% of the Brazilian GDP. It is divided into 184 municipalities. Literally, the name ''Ceará'' means "sings the Aratinga, jandaia". According to José de Alencar, one of the most important writers of Brazil and an authority in Tupi Guaraní, ''Ceará'' means turquoise or green waters. The state is best known for its extensive coastline, with of sand. There are also mountains and valleys producing tropical fruits. To the south, on the border o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Semi-deciduous Forests
The Atlantic semi-deciduous forests, also known as the Atlantic interior forests, are a belt of tropical moist broadleaf forests that are part of the Atlantic Forests complex of eastern Brazil. The semi-deciduous forests form a transitional zone between the humid Atlantic moist forests which lie near the Atlantic coast, and the drier Caatinga shrublands, Atlantic dry forests, and Cerrado savannas of the interior. The World Wildlife Fund divides the semi-deciduous forests into three distinct ecoregions. The Pernambuco interior forests lie west of the Pernambuco coastal forests in Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, and Sergipe states. The Bahia interior forests lie west of the Bahia coastal forests in Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo states. The Alto Paraná Atlantic forests lie inland from the Serra do Mar coastal forests, extending inland across the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region of the country, it is bordered to south and southwest by São Paulo (state), São Paulo; Mato Grosso do Sul to the west; Goiás and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District to the northwest; Bahia to the north and northeast; Espírito Santo to the east; and Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro to the southeast. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte, is a major urban and finance center in Brazil, being the List of largest cities in Brazil#Top 115 most populous cities and state capitals, sixth most populous municipality in the country while its Greater Belo Horizonte, metropolitan area ranks as the List of metropolitan areas in Brazil, third largest in Brazil with just ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paineiras
Paineiras is a Brazilian municipality in the midwest of the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020, the population was 4,462 in a total area of 638 km2. It became a municipality in 1962. Geography Paineiras belongs to the statistical micro-region of Três Marias. It is located at an elevation of 637 meters between the Indaiá River and the southern reaches of the Três Marias reservoir, which dams up the São Francisco River. Neighboring municipalities are: *North: Biquinhas *West: Tiros *South: Abaeté, Cedro do Abaeté *East: Felixlândia Distances * Morada Nova de Minas: 42 kilometres away * Biquinhas: 17 kilometres away *Belo Horizonte: 242 kilometres away *Brasília: 513 kilometres away Connections to the north and south are made on road MG-415. Economic activities The most important economic activities are cattle raising, commerce, and agriculture. The GDP in 2005 was 27 million Brazilian Real, of which, 14 million came from services and 10 million came from agricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaf-litter
Plant litter (also leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, litterfall, or duff) is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that has fallen to the ground. This detritus or dead organic material and its constituent nutrients are added to the top layer of soil, commonly known as the litter layer or O-horizon ("O" for "organic"). Litter is an important factor in ecosystem dynamics, as it is indicative of ecological productivity and may be useful in predicting regional nutrient cycling and soil fertility. Characteristics and variability Litterfall is characterized as fresh, undecomposed, and easily recognizable (by species and type) plant debris. This can be anything from leaves, cones, needles, twigs, bark, seeds/nuts, logs, or reproductive organs (e.g. the stamen of flowering plants). Items larger than 2 cm diameter are referred to as coarse litter, while anything smaller is referred to as fine litter or litter. The type of litterfall is most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo (state)
São Paulo (, ) is one of the Federative units of Brazil, 26 states of the Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. It is located in the Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region and is bordered by the states of Minas Gerais to the north and northeast, Paraná (state), Paraná to the south, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro to the east and Mato Grosso do Sul to the west, in addition to the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is divided into List of municipalities in São Paulo, 645 municipalities. The total area is km2, which is equivalent to 2.9% of Brazil's surface, being slightly larger than the United Kingdom. Its capital is the São Paulo, municipality of São Paulo. With more than 44 million inhabitants in 2022, São Paulo is the Federative units of Brazil#List, most populous Brazilian state (around 22% of the Brazilian population), the List of first-level administrative divisions by population, world's 28th-mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itirapina
Itirapina is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 18,387 (2020 est.) in an area of 565 km2. The elevation is 770 m. The municipality contains 56% of the Itirapina Ecological Station, created in 1984. Media In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia Telefônica Brasileira Companhia Telefônica Brasileira (CTB) was a Brazilian fixed-line telephone company that provided services to the states of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (state), São Paulo, as well as Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo thr ... until 1973, when it began to be served by Telecomunicações de São Paulo. In July 1998, this company was acquired by Telefónica, which adopted the Vivo brand in 2012. The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable). References Municipalities in São Paulo (state) {{MesoregionAraraquara-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal District (Brazil)
The Federal District ( ) is one of 27 States of Brazil, federative units of Brazil. Located in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Center-West Region, it is the List of Brazilian states by area, smallest Brazilian federal unit and the only one that has no List of municipalities of Brazil, municipalities, being divided into 35 administrative regions of the Federal District (Brazil), administrative regions. The federal Capital city, capital of Brazil, Brasília, which is also the capital city, seat of government of the Federal District, is located in its territory. The Federal District is almost completely surrounded by the state of Goiás, but it shares a small border with Minas Gerais. History From the first republican constitution there was already a device that foresaw the move of the federal capital from Rio de Janeiro, at that time in the former Federal District of Brazil (1891–1960), Federal District (1889–1960), to the interior of the country. In 1891 the Exploration Commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brasília
Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino Kubitschek on 21 April 1960, to replace Rio de Janeiro as the national capital. Brasília is Brazil's List of cities in Brazil by population, third-most populous city after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, with a population of 2.8 million. Among major Latin American cities, it has the highest GDP per capita. Brasília is a Planned community, planned city developed by Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and Joaquim Cardozo in 1956 in a scheme to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a more central location. The landscape architect was Roberto Burle Marx. The city's design divides it into numbered blocks as well as sectors for specified activities, such as the Hotel Sector, the Banking Sector, and the Embassy Sector. Brasília was inscribed as a UN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Institute Of Geography And Statistics
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency responsible for official collection of statistical, geographic, cartographic, geodetic and environmental information in Brazil. IBGE performs a decennial national census; questionnaires account for information such as age, household income, literacy, education, occupation and hygiene levels. IBGE is a public institute created in 1936 under the name ''National Institute of Statistics''. Its founder and chief proponent was statistician Mário Augusto Teixeira de Freitas. The current name dates from 1938. Its headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro, and its current president is Marcio Pochmann, replacing Eduardo Rios Neto. It was made a federal agency by Decree-Law No. 161 on February 13, 1967, and is linked to the Ministry of the Economy, inside the Secretariat of Planning, Budget and Management. Structure IBGE has a network of national research and dissemination components, comprising: * 27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serra Das Almas
Serra (Latin for "saw") may refer to: People and fictional characters * Serra (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Serra (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Serra (footballer), Portuguese footballer José Carvalho Gonçalves (born 1961) Cities, towns, municipalities Brazil * Serra, Espírito Santo, a city in the Greater Vitória area * Serra Azul, in São Paulo * Serra do Navio, in Amapá * Serra do Navio, in Amapá * Serra Negra, in São Paulo * Serra Talhada, in Pernambuco Italy * La Serra, San Miniato, in Tuscany * Serra (Rocca Santa Maria), in Abruzzo * Serra d'Aiello, in Calabria * Serra de' Conti, in Marche * Serra Pedace, in Calabria * Serra Riccò, in Liguria *Serra San Bruno, in Calabria * Serra San Quirico, in Marche * Serra Sant'Abbondio, in Marche Portugal *Serra (Tomar), in Santarém * Serra de Água, in the Madeira Islands * Serra do Bouro, in Caldas da Rainha San Marino * La Serra, in Acquaviva Spain *Serra, Cape Verde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
