Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of Diptera in the Atlantic Forest: analysis of form, time and space emphasizing the infraorder Tabanomorpha (Diptera, Brachycera)

• Grant number: 17/11768-8
• Support type: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
• Duration: March 01, 2018 - August 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal researcher: Charles Morphy Dias dos Santos
• Grantee: Charles Morphy Dias dos Santos
• Home Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Assoc. researchers: Daubian Santos ; Stephanie Sampronha
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/18699-4 - Sorting, identification and preparation of Diptera insects from the Atlantic Forest, BP.TT

Abstract

The focus of the proposal is the infraorder Tabanomorpha (Diptera, Brachycera). Systematics and biogeographical aspects related to groups of Tabanomorpha distributed in the Atlantic Forest, a biodiversity hotspot with high levels of plant and animal endemisms, will be investigated. The taxonomic surveys will emphasize remaining Atlantic Forest fragments in the State of São Paulo in which the dipterological fauna is still poorly known. The aim is to discuss taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of dipteran insects based on surveys of species of Tabanomorpha and other phylogenetically related groups distributed in the Parque Nacional Municipal Nascentes de Paranapiacaba, in the Reserva Ecológica da Serra do Japi, and in other Atlantic Forest areas in which there is available material already. The methodological basis for solving the evolutionary relationships among species will be phylogenetic systematics, based on defining primary homology hypotheses after morphological analysis followed by congruence tests. This is a pivotal step towards comprehending biogeographical issues such as the definition of areas of endemism and the recognition of false congruence that blurs the reconstruction of the spatial history of organisms. The distribution of species of Tabanomorpha in the Atlantic Forest will be source of evidences for biogeographical homology hypotheses, definition of endemicity, richness and diversification patterns, as well as phylogeographical patterns and area relationships obtained through cladistics biogeography tools. The results obtained could be used as background knowledge for actions concerning scientific literacy and science teaching. (AU)

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)

BUENO, GABRIEL M.; KEHLMAIER, CHRISTIAN; SANTOS, CHARLES MORPHY D. A worldwide catalog of the Vermileonidae (Diptera: Brachycera). Zootaxa, v. 5060, n. 4, p. 489-514, NOV 2 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

SANTOS, CHARLES MORPHY D.; CARBAYO, FERNANDO. Taxonomy as a political statement: the Brazilian case. Zootaxa, v. 5047, n. 1, p. 92-94, SEP 28 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

RAMOS, SAULO; SANTOS, CHARLES MORPHY D.; SOUSA, MARIO COSTA; GOIS, JOAO PAULO. A sketch-based system for modeling 3D objects: Applications to taxonomy. Zootaxa, v. 5039, n. 4, p. 537-550, SEP 17 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

SANTOS, CHARLES MORPHY D.; SANTOS, DAUBIAN; GOIS, JOAO PAULO; HAMMOUD, MUHSEN. BuM 2.0: Software for online generation of matrices for Brooks Parsimony Analysis. Zootaxa, v. 5005, n. 2, p. 241-245, JUL 26 2021. Web of Science Citations: 0.

DE LIMA, CAMILA BRUNA; DOS SANTOS, ERIKA CRISTINA; ISPADA, JESSICA; FONTES, PATRICIA KUBO; GOUVEIA NOGUEIRA, MARCELO FABIO; DIAS DOS SANTOS, CHARLES MORPHY; MILAZZOTTO, MARCELLA PECORA. The dynamics between in vitro culture and metabolism: embryonic adaptation to environmental changes. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, n. 1 SEP 24 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

FACHIN, DIEGO AGUILAR; SANTOS, CHARLES MORPHY D.; AMORIM, DALTON DE SOUZA. Endemism within endemism: a new species of Austroleptis Hardy, 1920 (Diptera: Austroleptidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest highlands. Zootaxa, v. 4803, n. 3, p. 483-494, JUN 29 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BARCELOS, LUCAS A.; ALMEIDA-SILVA, DIEGO; SANTOS, CHARLES M. D.; VERDADE, VANESSA K. Description of a new species of fossilCeratophrys(Anura: Ceratophryidae) from Versalles Cave, Sao Paulo, Brazil. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, v. 40, n. 3 MAY 3 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

BIANCA MELO CEGOLIN; GABRIEL MARANGÃO BUENO; GABRIEL LOPES PEREIRA; DAUBIAN SANTOS; CHARLES MORPHY DIAS DOS SANTOS. Description and molecular characterization of Chrysopilus kafkai sp. nov. (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from Serra da Bodoquena (Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 60, p. -, 2020.

HAMMOUD, MUHSEN; SANTOS, CHARLES MORPHY D.; GOIS, JOAO PAULO. iTUPA: an online automated application to perform Topographic-Unit Parsimony Analysis. Bioinformatics, v. 35, n. 22, p. 4818-4820, NOV 15 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

HAMMOUD, MUHSEN; GOIS, JOAO PAULO; SANTOS, DAUBIAN; SAMPRONHA, STEPHANIE; SANTOS, CHARLES MORPHY D. Building combined MRP-matrices with BuM, an automated web-tool. Zootaxa, v. 4567, n. 2, p. 387-394, MAR 15 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

PATRÍCIA DA SILVA SANTOS; ADRIANA PUGLIESE; CHARLES MORPHY D. SANTOS. A ICONOGRAFIA LINEAR DA EVOLUÇÃO NA PERSPECTIVA DE DOCENTES QUE ATUAM NA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA. Ens. Pesqui. Educ. Ciênc. (Belo Horizonte), v. 21, p. -, 2019.