Does forest fragmentation affect the composition and distribution of mite fauna (Arachnida, Acari) associated with the vegetation?

• Grant number: 06/55725-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2007
• End date: February 28, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Theoretical Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Reinaldo José Fazzio Feres
• Grantee: Peterson Rodrigo Demite
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 04/04820-3 - Fauna and flora from forest fragments in the northwest region of São Paulo State: the basis to biodiversity conservational studies, AP.BTA.TEM

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)

DEMITE, PETERSON R.; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. Phytoseiidae (Acari) in forest fragments in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Zootaxa, n. 3086, p. 31-56, NOV 1 2011. (06/55725-6, 04/04820-3)

LOFEGO, ANTONIO CARLOS; REZENDE, JOSE MARCOS; DEMITE, PETERSON RODRIGO; FAZZIO FERES, REINALDO JOSE. Mite fauna associated with Cecropia pachystachya Trec. (Urticaceae)-the importance of the plant as reservoir and dissemination means for predatory mites. SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY, v. 22, n. 10, p. 1780-1794, OCT 2017. (06/55725-6, 16/16779-5, 15/19867-0, 04/04820-3)

DE CASTRO, ELIZEU B.; RAMOS, FELIPE A. M.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.; OCHOA, RONALD. A new species of Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil, with ontogeny of chaetotaxy. SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY, v. 20, n. 3, p. 339-356, APR 17 2015. (06/55725-6)

LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; DEMITE, PETERSON R.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. Two new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Journal of Natural History, v. 45, n. 37-38, p. 2347-2354, 2011. (06/55725-6)

DEMITE, PETERSON R.; FLECHTMANN, CARLOS H. W.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. Tetranychidae (Acari) in forest fragments in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. ACAROLOGIA, v. 56, n. 4, p. 435-449, DEC 2016. (06/55725-6, 04/04820-3)

CASTRO, ELIZEU B.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.; MESA, NORA C.; DE MORAES, GILBERTO J.. A new flat mite of the genus Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil. SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY, v. 27, n. 2, p. 13-pg., 2022-02-01. (04/04820-3, 06/55725-6)

DEMITE, PETERSON R.; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. Phytoseiidae (Acari) in forest fragments in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. N/A, n. 3086, p. 26-pg., 2011-11-01. (06/55725-6, 04/04820-3)

DEMITE, PETERSON R.; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. Three new species of Phytoseius Ribaga (Acari: Phytoseiidae), and a new record from Brazil. Zootaxa, n. 1909, p. 16-26, OCT 20 2008. (06/55725-6, 04/04820-3)

DEMITE, P. R.; FERES, R. J. F.; LOFEGO, A. C.. Influência do ambiente agrícola vizinho na comunidade de ácaros plantícolas em fragmentos florestais. Brazilian Journal of Biology, v. 75, n. 2, p. 396-404, MAY 2015. (04/04820-3, 06/55725-6)

PITTON, THAFAREL; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; REZENDE, JOSE M.. Three new species of Xenotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from the northwestern region of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4138, n. 3, p. 534-548, JUL 18 2016. (04/04820-3, 06/55725-6)

CAVALCANTE, ANA C. C.; DEMITE, PETERSON R.; AMARAL, FELIPE S. R.; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; DE MORAES, GILBERTO J.. Complementary description of Neoseiulus tunus (De Leon) (Acari: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) and observation on its reproductive strategy. ACAROLOGIA, v. 57, n. 3, p. 591-599, 2017. (06/55725-6, 11/08941-3, 04/04820-3)

DE CASTRO, ELIZEU B.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. New species of Tenuipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Semidecidual Forest remnants in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 3716, n. 3, p. 475-493, SEP 24 2013. (06/55725-6)

LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; DEMITE, PETERSON R.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. Two new species of Typhlodromips (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY, v. 37, n. 2, p. 110-115, 2011. (06/55725-6, 04/04820-3)

DEMITE, PETERSON R.; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. Mite (Acari; Arachnida) diversity of two native plants in fragments of a semideciduous seasonal forest in Brazil. SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY, v. 11, n. 2, p. 141-148, JUN 1 2013. (06/55725-6, 04/04820-3)

DEMITE, PETERSON R.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.; GUANILO, ALBERTO D.; DE MORAES, GILBERTO J.. Rediscovery and redescription of Silvaseius Barretoae (Yoshida-Shaul and Chant) (Acari : Phytoseiidae). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY, v. 34, n. 3, p. 273-276, SEP 2008. (06/55725-6)

DEMITE, PETERSON R.; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. A new species of Galendromus (Acari : Phytoseiidae): A case of intraspecific variation and redefinition of carinulatus species group. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, v. 101, n. 5, p. 804-807, SEP 2008. (06/55725-6)

NUVOLONI, FELIPE M.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.; DEMITE, PETERSON R.. Mites associated to Xylopia aromatica (Lam.) Mart. (Annonaceae) in urban and rural fragments of semidecidual forest. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 55, n. 4, p. 571-577, OCT-DEC 2011. (06/55725-6)

CASTRO, ELIZEU B.; BEARD, JENNIFER J.; OCHOA, RONALD; BAUCHAN, GARY R.; OTERO-COLINA, GABRIEL; DOWLING, ASHLEY P. G.; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. A New Species of Ultratenuipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil and Re-Description of Ultratenuipalpus meekeri (De Leon), the Type Species of the Genus, with DNA Barcodes. ANIMALS, v. 13, n. 11, p. 30-pg., 2023-06-01. (04/04820-3, 16/01193-5, 06/55725-6, 17/00458-8)

DEMITE, PETERSON R.; LOFEGO, ANTONIO C.; FERES, REINALDO J. F.. Three new species of Phytoseius Ribaga (Acari: Phytoseiidae), and a new record from Brazil. Zootaxa, v. N/A, n. 1909, p. 11-pg., 2008-10-20. (06/55725-6, 04/04820-3)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

DEMITE, Peterson Rodrigo. Fragmentação florestal afeta a distribuição e ocorrência da acarofauna (Arachnida ; Acari) associada a vegetação. 2010. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas. São José do Rio Preto São José do Rio Preto.