Undergrad Biology student of the Universidade de São Paulo from 1976-1979, he has an MSc (1982) and PhD in Zoology (1987) from Universidade de São Paulo. He is a Senior Professor of the Universidade de São Paulo since 2013, formally retired in June 26, 2023. He has experience in Zoology, focusing on Morphology of the Recent Groups, acting on the following subjects: Phylogeny, Systematics, Biogeography, Diptera, and Evolution. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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This project intends to answer complex questions about the composition and spatial structure of insect biodiversity in an Amazon rainforest: (1) how many species are there of the Hexapoda fauna in a tropical rainforest location; (2) what are the vertical distribution patterns of species richness and abundance indifferent insect orders in a tropical forest; (3) what is the percentage of in…
Although has been estimated the existence of approximately 1,6 million species of Diptera, only 31,000 of a total of 160,000 are currently known in the Neotropical region (~ 20%). It is estimated that the Neotropics is one of the most diverse regions in species, which requires investment in taxonomy research for its study. In this sense, the demand for continuous training of experts worki…
The family Stratiomyidae is the most speciose in the Stratiomyiomorpha, with 367 genera and about 2,800 described species from all regions. The monophyly of Stratiomyiomorpha and Stratiomyidae is well corroborated. There are hypotheses for the relationships between the 12 subfamilies of Stratiomyidae, but this is still a largely pending issue. Relationships between genera have been propos…
Brazil has made an organized investment on the research of Diptera diversity-one of the megadiverse insect orders. The Dolichopodidae family is the fourth most speciose of Diptera, including 255 genera and about 7,600 described species in the world. The knowledge of the relationships between the subfamilies of Dolichopodidae has had important recent advances, but there are problems in the…
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The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical forest in the world, implying extensive retention of a large volume of carbon and immense biodiversity. In forests, different vegetation strata vertically form distinct ecosystems, generating resources and conditioning patterns of insect diversity and abundance distribution patterns. The Tabanidae family (Diptera: Brachycera) comprises around …
In this journalistic research project, we propose science communication to prepare a unique set of materials in the issue biodiversity and Amazon fauna associated to the Fapesp Thematic Project "Insect biodiversity in an Amazonian tropical forest", coordenated by the scientific advisor research. The Thematic Project (TP) is developed at Universidade de São Paulo and includes several Unive…
Brazil has the greatest biodiversity on the planet. Tropical forest biomes are the most biodiverse on the planet and little isknown about the number of insect species in an Amazon rainforest, in particular the composition of the canopy fauna. Theperception that insects exist and how they live in urbanized regions is often associated with something negative such as thetransmission of disea…
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The family Tabanidae (Diptera: Brachycera), composed of flies popularly known as horseflies, has about 4,500 valid described species distributed in 156 genera. The horseflies have economic and medical importance since most females are hematophagous, and many species are vectors of diseases for man and other animals. The family is a generalist and can attack cattle and cause weight loss wh…
Parasitoids feed inside or on another organism to complete their development, resulting in the host's death. Parasitoidy is present in different taxonomic groups, ranging from insects, fungi, to nematomorphs. The unique ecological and evolutionary aspects of the parasitoid habit, as well as their specialized host associations, warrant a detailed investigation of the evolution of their fe…
Milichiidae (Diptera: Schizophora) is a family of acalyptratae flies with 347 described species to the world in 18 genera. The family is present in all biogeographical regions and it is estimated that there are still a large number of species to be described. There are several aspects of the systematics of the group to be properly understood, including questions about the biology of the s…
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Parasitoids feed inside or on another organism to complete their development, resulting in the host's death. Parasitoidy is present in different taxonomic groups, ranging from insects, and fungi, to nematomorphs. The unique ecological and evolutionary aspects of the parasitoid habit, as well as their specialized host associations, warrant a detailed investigation of the evolution of their…
The tribe Cladochaetini is a particularly interesting clade of Drosophilidae from different perspectives. It presently includes two extant genera (Cladochaeta and Diathoneura) and one extinct genus (Myiomia). From an alpha-taxonomy point of view, it can be considered an "open-ended" taxon-with highly speciose "orphan taxa"-, often uncollected or unsorted, and without clear generic boundar…
One of the important unanswered phylogenetic questions in the Stratiomyidae is whether the subfamilies Hermetiinae, Chrysochlorininae and Sarginae compose a clade, and how these three groups are related to each other. Although a group with these three subfamilies has been recovered by some authors, the morphological and molecular support is weak and controversy. Preliminary results of the…
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