Faunistic analysis of Saturniidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) in a fragment of Atlantic Forest of São Paulo, Brazil

• Grant number: 12/02441-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: May 01, 2012
• End date: April 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Applied Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Duarte da Silva
• Grantee: Fabiano Fabian Albertoni
• Host Institution: Museu de Zoologia (MZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to analyze the composition and community structure of the saturnids from the Biological Station of Boracéia, comparing with the assemblage of Lepidoptera sampled in 1948 and 1949, as part of the environmental monitoring on the rapid urbanization in the vicinity of the reserve. The expansion of human activities, especially in the last century, has exerted strong pressure on the natural conservation areas, with severe reduction of biological diversity. Some case studies have shown that the weak link that causes loss of insect diversity is the destruction of their habitats, and even intensive collecting should not cause a risk to the well-established populations of insects. In light of this finding, there is currently a need to monitor these environments so that timely intervention is possible, where human activities endanger the balance that is observed here. Some authors point out that the choice of organism groups to act in environmental monitoring can be focused taxonomically or functionally. In the first case, one monitors the presence / absence or the relative abundance of all members of a particular taxonomic group, being Saturniidae a suitable group for this evaluation. The study proposed here should also aid the development of a possible guide to the species of Saturniidae of the state of Sao Paulo and in making a catalog for them.

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)

ALBERTONI, FABIANO F.; STEINER, JOSEFINA; ZILLIKENS, ANNE. The associated beetle fauna of Hohenbergia augusta and Vriesea friburgensis (Bromeliaceae) in southern Brazil. Journal of Natural History, v. 50, n. 47-48, p. 2917-2939, DEC 2016. (12/02441-1)

ALBERTONI, FABIANO F.; CASARI, SONIA A.. The natural history and morphology of two bromeliad associated hispines from Brazil: Acentroptera basilica Thomson, 1856 and A. cf. tessellata Baly, 1958 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Sceloenoplini). Zootaxa, v. 4243, n. 3, p. 521-543, MAR 16 2017. (12/02441-1)

ALBERTONI, FABIANO F.. Morphology and natural history of two species of bromeliad leaf beetles in the genus Calliaspis Dejean, 1836 from Southern Brazil, with a summary of the current knowledge of Imatidiini immatures (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa, v. 4312, n. 1, p. 113-142, AUG 28 2017. (12/02441-1)

MORAES, SIMEAO S.; ALBERTONI, FABIANO F.; MARCONATO, GLAUCIA; DUARTE, MARCELO. Comparative morphology of the last instar and pupa of Scolecocampa medara (Schaus) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), with redescription of the adult. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 260, p. 45-56, 2016. (12/02441-1, 12/18311-0, 11/50225-3)

ALBERTONI, FABIANO F.; LEOCADIO, MICHELE. The bromeliad leaf-scraper tortoise beetle Spaethiella intricata (Boheman, 1850) from Brazil (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae), description of immatures and biology. Zootaxa, v. 4531, n. 3, p. 395-418, DEC 13 2018. (12/02441-1)

ALBERTONI, FABIANO FABIAN; FIKACEK, MARTIN. A new bromeliad-inhabiting species of Omicrus Sharp from South Brazil (Coleoptera, Hydrophylidae, Sphaeridiinae). SPIXIANA, v. 37, n. 1, p. 111-122, AUG 2014. (12/02441-1)

SÔNIA A. CASARI; FABIANO F. ALBERTONI. First instar larva of Atractocerus brasiliensis (Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825) (Lymexylidae, Atractocerinae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 53, n. 27, p. 359-372, 2013-00-00. (12/02441-1)

ROSA, SIMONE POLICENA; ALBERTONI, FABIANO F.; BENA, DANIELA DE CASSIA. Description of the immature stages of Platycrepidius dewynteri Chassain (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Agrypninae, Platycrepidiini) from Brazil with a synopsis of the larval characters of Agrypninae tribes. Zootaxa, v. 3914, n. 3, JAN 28 2015. (12/02441-1)

ALBERTONI, FABIANO F.; MIELKE, CARLOS G. C.; DUARTE, MARCELO. Saturniid moths (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) from an Atlantic Rain Forest fragment in southeastern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 90, n. 3, p. 2827-2844, JUL-SEP 2018. (12/02441-1)

MÔNICA ANTUNES ULYSSÉA; FABIANO FABIAN ALBERTONI. Morphology and biological notes of Macrosiagon octomaculata (Gerstaecker) triungulinid and a summary of the knowledge on immature stages of the genus (Ripiphoridae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 60, 2020-07-13. (12/21309-7, 15/06485-1, 18/11453-0, 12/02441-1)

FALASCHI, RAFAELA LOPES; ALBERTONI, FABIANO FABIAN; FUSARI, LIVIA MARIA. A new species of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) Meigen (Insecta: Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Neotropical region. Zootaxa, v. 3878, n. 4, p. 379-389, OCT 28 2014. (13/16524-9, 12/02441-1)

FABIANO F. ALBERTONI; JUARES FUHRMANN; SERGIO IDE. Lagochile emarginata (Gyllenhal): morphology of immature and imago, and biological records (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 58, n. 1, p. 32-46, 2014-03-00. (11/20001-6, 12/02441-1)

CLARKSON, BRUNO; ALBERTONI, FABIANO FABIAN; FIKACEK, MARTIN. Taxonomy and biology of the bromeliad-inhabiting genus Lachnodacnum (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae). ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE, v. 54, n. 1, p. 157-194, 2014. (12/02441-1)

ALBERTONI, FABIANO F.; STEINER, JOSEFINA; ZILLIKENS, ANNE. The associated beetle fauna of Hohenbergia augusta and Vriesea friburgensis (Bromeliaceae) in southern Brazil. Journal of Natural History, v. 50, n. 47-48, p. 23-pg., 2016-12-01. (12/02441-1)