“Piolho-de-cobra” (Arthropoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) na concepção dos moradores de Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Estado da Bahia, Brasil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i2.1035

Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto

doi:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i2.1035

Piolho-de-cobra (Arthropoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) as viewed by the inhabitants of Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Bahia State, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i2.1035

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Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto UEFS Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i2.1035

Keywords:

etnomiriapodologia, Chilopoda, centopéia, conhecimento tradicional

Abstract

This paper deals with the conceptions, knowledge and attitudes of the inhabitants of Pedra Branca county, State of Bahia, on the arthropod known as piolho-de-cobra (millipede) (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha). A new field within ethnozoology is here presented: ethnomyriapodology, defined as the transdisciplinary study of the relationships between human beings and the myriapods. Data were collected from February to June, 2005 by means of open-ended interviews carried out with 24 individuals whose ages ranged from 25 to 86 years old. Some traditional knowledge regarding this millipede taxonomy, biology, habitat, ecology, seazonality, and behavior were recorded. Results show that this centipede is classified as an “insect”. The way it moves was highly commented, as well as the fact that this animal is considered “poisonous”. In general, the traditional zoological knowledge of the inhabitants of Pedra Branca concerning the geophilomorph centipede is rationally coherent with the academic knowledge.

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Author Biography

Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto, UEFS

Possui graduação pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas (1994), mestrado em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas (1998) e doutorado em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (2003). Pós-doutorado na UNAM pelo Instituito de Biología (2005), onde trabalhou em etnoentomologia junto com a Dra. Julieta Ramos-Elorduy. Professor Adjunto B lotado no Departamento de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, onde desde 1995 atua na disciplina Etnobiologia. Tem experiência na área de Ecologia, com ênfase em Ecologia Aplicada, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: etnoentomologia, etnozoologia, conhecimentos tradicionais, zooterapia e medicina tradicional Currículo Lattes

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Published

2008-03-07

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 2 (2006)

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Ethnobiology

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Piolho-de-cobra (Arthropoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) as viewed by the inhabitants of Pedra Branca, Santa Terezinha, Bahia State, Brazil - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i2.1035. (2008). Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 28(2), 143-148. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i2.1035