Are the São Desidério, Serra do Ramalho (southwest Bahia) and São Domingos (northeast Goiás) biodiversity hot spots karstic areas? Cave community analysis and protection criteria

• Grant number: 10/08459-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2010
• End date: October 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Maria Elina Bichuette
• Grantee: Maria Elina Bichuette
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Scientific publications

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(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)

CAMPOS-FILHO, IVANKLIN SOARES; ARAUJO, PAULA BEATRIZ; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA; TRAJANO, ELEONORA; TAITI, STEFANO. Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 172, n. 2, p. 360-425, OCT 2014. (10/08459-4, 08/05678-7)

RIZZATO, PEDRO PEREIRA; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. Ituglanis boticario, a new troglomorphic catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Mambaí karst area, central Brazil. Zoologia, v. 31, n. 6, p. 577-598, DEC 2014. (09/15030-7, 10/08459-4, 11/06736-3, 11/15429-7)

A. L. MARTINS; J. E. GALLÃO; M. E. BICHUETTE; E. F. SANTOS. The first record of Notocyphus tyrannicus Smith, (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) as parasitoid of Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871 (Teraphosidae: Teraphosinae). Brazilian Journal of Biology, v. 76, n. 3, p. 806-807, 2016-05-03. (10/08459-4)

SOUZA, STELLA; MORAIS, ANA LAURA; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA; LEAL-ZANCHET, ANA. Two new species of freshwater flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Continenticola) from South American caves. Zootaxa, v. 4092, n. 1, p. 107-121, MAR 15 2016. (10/08459-4)

CAMPOS-FILHO, IVANKLIN SOARES; FERNANDES, CAMILE SORBO; CARDOSO, GIOVANNA MONTICELLI; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA; AGUIAR, JOSE OTAVIO; TAITI, STEFANO. New species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) of the families Philosciidae and Scleropactidae from Brazilian caves. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY, v. 606, p. 1-38, FEB 20 2020. (08/05678-7, 10/08459-4)

GALLO, JESSICA SCAGLIONE; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. Is there correlation between photophobia and troglomorphism in Neotropical cave millipedes (Spirostreptida, Pseudonannolenidae)?. ZOOMORPHOLOGY, v. 137, n. 2, p. 273-289, JUN 2018. (10/08459-4, 08/05678-7)

RODRIGUES, HIGOR D. D.; FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA, FELIPE FERRAZ. Four new species of Paravelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Brazil, with notes on previously described species. CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, v. 148, n. 6, p. 642-667, DEC 2016. (10/08459-4, 13/16654-0)

RIZZATO, PEDRO PEREIRA; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. The Laterosensory Canal System in Epigean and Subterranean Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), With Comments About Troglomorphism and the Phylogeny of the Genus. Journal of Morphology, v. 278, n. 1, p. 4-28, JAN 2017. (09/15030-7, 11/15429-7, 11/06736-3, 10/08459-4)

DE ASSIS, LEONARDO; VON SCHIMONSKY, DIEGO MONTEIRO; GALLAO, JONAS EDUARDO; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. Contribution to the knowledge of Brazilian troglobitic Pseudoscorpiones (Arachnida): description of Pseudochthonius lubueno sp. nov. (Chthoniidae) from Serra do Ramalho karst area, state of Bahia, Brazil. ZOOLOGIA, v. 40, p. 11-pg., 2023-09-18. (10/08459-4)

RIZZATO, PEDRO PEREIRA; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. Ituglanis boticario, a new troglomorphic catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Mambai karst area, central Brazil. ZOOLOGIA, v. 31, n. 6, p. 22-pg., 2014-12-01. (11/06736-3, 09/15030-7, 11/15429-7, 10/08459-4)

CAMPOS-FILHO, IVANKLIN SOARES; ARAUJO, PAULA BEATRIZ; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA; TRAJANO, ELEONORA; TAITI, STEFANO. Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 172, n. 2, p. 66-pg., 2014-10-01. (08/05678-7, 10/08459-4)

SIMONE, LUIZ RICARDO L.. THREE NEW SPECIES OF KORA (PULMONATA, ORTHALICIDAE) FROM BAHIA AND MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL. JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, v. 42, p. 6-pg., 2015-04-01. (08/05678-7, 10/08459-4)

TAMIRES ZEPON; MARIA ELINA BICHUETTE. The role of turnover in structuring subterranean aquatic communities in Southeastern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 96, n. 2, 2024-05-10. (08/57949-4, 10/08459-4, 08/05678-7)

ZEPON, TAMIRES; RESENDE, LEONARDO P. A.; BUENO, ALESSANDRA A. P.; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. New records of the troglobitic Hyalella veredae Cardoso & Bueno, 2014 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from Minas Gerais caves, southeast Brazil, with notes on its natural history. Check List, v. 17, n. 1, p. 9-pg., 2021-01-01. (10/08459-4, 08/05678-7)

GALLO, JESSICA SCAGLIONE; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. Pseudonannolene canastra sp. nov. (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) - a new troglobitic millipede from the southwestern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGY, v. 35, p. 33-47, JUN 26 2020. (10/08459-4, 08/05678-7, 08/57949-4)

FERNANDES, CAMILE SORBO; BATALHA, MARCO ANTONIO; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. Does the Cave Environment Reduce Functional Diversity?. PLoS One, v. 11, n. 3, MAR 22 2016. (08/05678-7, 10/08459-4, 08/57949-4)

FERNANDES, CAMILE SORBO; CAMPOS-FILHO, IVANKLIN SOARES; ARAUJO, PAULA BEATRIZ; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. Synopsis of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves, with emphasis on new records from north, midwest, northeast and southeast regions. Journal of Natural History, v. 53, n. 17-18, p. 1095-1129, MAY 11 2019. (08/05678-7, 10/08459-4)

DE ASSIS, LEONARDO; VON SCHIMONSKY, DIEGO MONTEIRO; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. The first troglobitic Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from the karst area of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil: a threatened species. SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGY, v. 40, p. 109-128, NOV 23 2021. (10/08459-4, 08/57949-4, 08/05678-7)

SALVADOR, RODRIGO B.; SILVA, FERNANDA S.; BICHUETTE, MARIA E.. Phylogenetic position of the relict South American genus Idiopyrgus Pilsbry, 1911 (Gastropoda, Truncatelloidea), with the description of two new cave species. ZOOSYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, v. 98, n. 2, p. 11-pg., 2022-09-14. (10/08459-4)

ZEPON, TAMIRES; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. Influence of substrate on the richness and composition of Neotropical cave fauna. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 89, n. 3, p. 1315-1328, JUL-SEP 2017. (08/05678-7, 10/08459-4)

BERTANI, ROGERIO; VON SCHIMONSKY, DIEGO M.; GALLAO, JONAS E.; BICHUETTE, MARIA E.. Four new troglophilic species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832: contributions to the knowledge of recluse spiders from Brazilian caves (Araneae, Sicariidae). ZOOKEYS, n. 806, p. 47-72, DEC 13 2018. (10/08459-4, 12/01093-0, 15/19976-3)

SIMONE, LUIZ RICARDO L.. THREE NEW SPECIES OF KORA (PULMONATA, ORTHALICIDAE) FROM BAHIA AND MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL. JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY, v. 42, n. 1, p. 51-56, APR 2015. (08/05678-7, 10/08459-4)

GOLOVATCH, SERGEI, I; BOUZAN, RODRIGO S.; GALLO, JESSICA S.; BICHUETTE, MARIA E.. A new genus and two new species of the millipede family Chelodesmidae from Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, including a likely troglobiont (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). Zootaxa, v. 5155, n. 1, p. 18-pg., 2022-06-20. (10/08459-4)

CAMPOS-FILHO, IVANKLIN SOARES; FERNANDES, CAMILE SORBO; CARDOSO, GIOVANNA MONTICELLI; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA; AGUIAR, JOSE OTAVIO; TAITI, STEFANO. Two new species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. Zootaxa, v. 4564, n. 2, p. 422-448, MAR 6 2019. (10/08459-4, 08/05678-7)

PIRES DE PAULA, CAIO CESAR; MONTOYA, QUIMI VIDAURRE; RODRIGUES, ANDRE; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA; REGALI SELEGHIM, MIRNA HELENA. TERRESTRIAL FILAMENTOUS FUNGI FROM GRUTA DO CATAO (SAO DESIDERIO, BAHIA, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL) SHOW HIGH LEVELS OF CELLULOSE DEGRADATION. JOURNAL OF CAVE AND KARST STUDIES, v. 78, n. 3, p. 208-217, DEC 2016. (10/08459-4)

BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA; SIMOES, LUIZA BERTELLI; ZEPON, TAMIRES; VON SCHIMONSKY, DIEGO MONTEIRO; GALLAO, JONAS EDUARDO. Richness and taxonomic distinctness of cave invertebrates from the northeastern state of Goias, central Brazil: a vulnerable and singular area. SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGY, v. 29, p. 1-33, JAN 3 2019. (10/08459-4)

VON SCHIMONSKY, DIEGO MONTEIRO; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. Distribution of cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions (Arachnida) in Brazil. JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY, v. 47, n. 1, p. 110-123, APR 2019. (10/08459-4, 08/05678-7)

ROSSI, GIULLIA DE F.; GHIROTTO, VICTOR M.; GALLETI-LIMA, ARTHUR; INDICATTI, RAFAEL P.; GUADANUCCI, JOSE P. L.. ``Voando{''} ou cavando? O genero de aranhas-de-alcapao Neocteniza Pocock, 1895: redescricao de tres especies, registros novos do Brasil, notas sobre a historia natural e primeiro registro de balonismo para Idiopidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Zootaxa, v. 5023, n. 4, p. 451-485, AUG 20 2021. (12/18287-1, 03/05487-3, 17/11985-9, 99/05446-8, 15/06406-4, 10/08459-4)

MORENO-GONZALEZ, JAIRO A.; PINTO-DA-ROCHA, RICARDO; GALLAO, JONAS E.. Bringing order to a complex system: phenotypic and genotypic evidence contribute to the taxonomy of Tityus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) and support the description of a new species. ZOOKEYS, n. 1075, p. 33-75, DEC 7 2021. (15/18376-2, 10/08459-4, 13/50297-0)

GOLOVATCH, SERGEI I.; GALLO, JESSICA S.; BICHUETTE, MARIA E.. Two new species of the millipede family Paradoxosomatidae from Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, including a remarkable presumed troglobiont (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). ARTHROPODA SELECTA, v. 31, n. 2, p. 14-pg., 2022-06-01. (10/08459-4)

BERTANI, ROGERIO; VON SCHIMONSKY, DIEGO M.; GALLAO, JONAS E.; BICHUETTE, MARIA E.. Four new troglophilic species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832: contributions to the knowledge of recluse spiders from Brazilian caves (Araneae, Sicariidae). ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 806, p. 26-pg., 2018-12-13. (12/01093-0, 15/19976-3, 10/08459-4)

ZEPON, TAMIRES; BICHUETTE, MARIA ELINA. Influence of substrate on the richness and composition of Neotropical cave fauna. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 89, n. 3, p. 14-pg., 2017-07-01. (08/05678-7, 10/08459-4, 08/57949-4)