Unveiling the real diversity of Diptera (Insecta) in Brazil: human resources training and development of new tools for the taxonomy of little known lineages

• Grant number: 21/08741-6
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
• Start date: September 01, 2021
• End date: August 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Agreement: CNPq
• Principal Investigator: Carlos José Einicker Lamas
• Grantee: Carlos José Einicker Lamas
• Host Institution: Museu de Zoologia (MZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study intends to make a valuable contribution to the knowledge of the diversity of neotropical chloropids, chironomids and micro bee flies, with an emphasis on the Brazilian fauna through the development of new tools to identify the diversity of unknown flies. One of the central scientific contributions of this project will be the substantial increase in the availability of genetic data on Chloropidae (Diptera) in public databases, including the DNA Barcode. This will allow faster and more efficient identification of chloropids using the genetic barcode. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MENDES, LUANNA L.; EVENHUIS, NEAL L.; LIMEIRA-DE-OLIVEIRA, FRANCISCO; LAMAS, CARLOS J. E.. New Amydrostylus Lamas, Falaschi & Evenhuis (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae, Psiloderoidinae) from the Brazilian semiarid region, with discussion on the unusual male terminalia of the genus. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 95, p. 9-pg., 2023-01-01. (21/08741-6)

MENDES, LUANNA L.; EVENHUIS, NEAL L.; LIMEIRA-DE-OLIVEIRA, FRANCISCO; LAMAS, CARLOS J. E.. First record of Glabellula Bezzi (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae: Glabellulinae) in South America, with description of three new species from Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 5124, n. 2, p. 11-pg., 2022-04-01. (21/08741-6)