- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Plant and soil sciences
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
Universidade Federal do Pará
2020-2024
Amazon Research Foundation
2023
Weatherford College
2023
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
2020-2023
Dichotomius valoisae new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini) from Santa Luzia do Itanhi, Sergipe, Brazil, is described based on external differences its congeners. Diagnostic characters and a brief discussion about conservation status are provided, as well an updated identification key to the sericeus (Harold) group.
Uroxys punctatus, new species, is described from central Brazil based on taxonomic characters in the cephalic and pronotal punctations male genitalia. A comparative diagnosis with U. epipleuralis (Boucomont, 1928), a morphologically similar provided. lectotype designated for series of four syntypes. thoracalis Balthasar, 1940 newly established as junior subjective synonym epipleuralis, whereas previously proposed synonymy between latter dureti Martnez, 1947 confirmed. Both nomenclatural acts...