The study of plant-insect interactions and how cultural groups perceive and manage them constitutes one of theinterests of ethnoentomology. This work describes the association between host plants and longhorn beetles (Order:Coleoptera; Family: Cerambycidae), an important food among the Guaraní peoples of the province of Misiones, Argentina.Different management methods of host tree species are analyzed in order to promote the rearing of larvae for edible use.We also discuss a story about the mythical origin of cerambicids relayed by the Ava Chiripa Guaraní community. We reflecton the importance of the local worldview in the maintenance of ancestral practices, such as the cultural tasks involved inslash-and-burn agriculture and the intimate k...
The beetle family Cerambycidae is one of the largest groups of insects. Commonly referred to as lon...
Numerous studies highlight the importance of phytotherapy for indigenous and non-indigenous people i...
European conquerors introduced peaches (Prunus persica) into northwestern Argentina early in the col...
This work is a brief outline of the consumption and use of several insect taxa and products taking i...
This work is a brief outline of the consumption and use of several insect taxa and products taking i...
Abstract Background Insects are known to be able to provide valuable nutrients to indigenous populat...
Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) is one of the most economically, socioculturally and environmentally impo...
Rearing of coleopteran larvae on palm tree stems as a food source is extended among Amerindian group...
Migratory locusts are among the most damaging agricultural plagues in the world. However, the role o...
Araucaria trees as host plants of the longhorned beetle Huequenia livida (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) ...
Inhabitants of rural communities in Argentine-Chilean Patagonia are mainly of Mapuche-Tehuelche orig...
We investigated gathering and cultivating practices and how they complement each other in a rural po...
Background: This study was conducted in three rural communities of small farmers of Paraguayan origi...
Since the dawn of modern agriculture, humans have selected a few several species from the immense di...
The Kaxinawá indigenous people (auto-identified as the Huni Ku?) are native to the western Amazon, o...
The beetle family Cerambycidae is one of the largest groups of insects. Commonly referred to as lon...
Numerous studies highlight the importance of phytotherapy for indigenous and non-indigenous people i...
European conquerors introduced peaches (Prunus persica) into northwestern Argentina early in the col...
This work is a brief outline of the consumption and use of several insect taxa and products taking i...
This work is a brief outline of the consumption and use of several insect taxa and products taking i...
Abstract Background Insects are known to be able to provide valuable nutrients to indigenous populat...
Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) is one of the most economically, socioculturally and environmentally impo...
Rearing of coleopteran larvae on palm tree stems as a food source is extended among Amerindian group...
Migratory locusts are among the most damaging agricultural plagues in the world. However, the role o...
Araucaria trees as host plants of the longhorned beetle Huequenia livida (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) ...
Inhabitants of rural communities in Argentine-Chilean Patagonia are mainly of Mapuche-Tehuelche orig...
We investigated gathering and cultivating practices and how they complement each other in a rural po...
Background: This study was conducted in three rural communities of small farmers of Paraguayan origi...
Since the dawn of modern agriculture, humans have selected a few several species from the immense di...
The Kaxinawá indigenous people (auto-identified as the Huni Ku?) are native to the western Amazon, o...
The beetle family Cerambycidae is one of the largest groups of insects. Commonly referred to as lon...
Numerous studies highlight the importance of phytotherapy for indigenous and non-indigenous people i...
European conquerors introduced peaches (Prunus persica) into northwestern Argentina early in the col...