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Comic books are among the most popular forms of literature, and usually the reader easily assimilated them. All school levels and disciplines can didactically use it. In matters relating to Natural History and Science, its use is particularly interesting, since studies indicate that the assimilation of scientific knowledge is most effective when it uses elements of everyday student life. An analysis of Arachnophobia graphic novel (a novelization of the eponymous movie) illustrates the use of comics in the classroom. The teacher can works many biological concepts based on this magazine. Topics range from the more specific, related to Zoology (hunting strategies, reproduction and life cycle in arachnids, parental care, thanatosis) to general biological concepts (hybridization, dispersal, colonialism, population control, predation), even including such topics as Biodiversity, Taxonomy and Health Programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Three new species of the leafhopper genus Curtara DeLong &Freytag, 1972, C. mejdalanii spec. nov., C. maricaensis spec. nov., and C. restingalis spec. nov., are described from Riode Janeiro State, Brazil. They belong to the Notanda group of thesubgenus Curtara because of the presence of only two subapical processesin the aedeagal shaft. C. mejdalanii spec. nov. seems to be moreclosely related to C. rugara DeLong & Freytag, 1976 because ofthe shape of the subapical aedeagal processes but differs from it by the enlargedapical area of the aedeagus, the absence of ventral pre-apical saliency ofstyle, the rounder apex of the subgenital plate, and the longer pygofer, witha fold accompanying the whole lateral margin. C. maricaensis spec.nov. and C. restingalis spec. nov. seem to be closely related to C. esona DeLong & Freytag, 1976, as suggested by the general shapeof internal genital parts, but differ from it by the shape of the apex ofbasal processes of the aedeagus, the apex of subgenital plates and the absenceof an outer fold on the ventral margin of the pygofer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]