Plecoptera from Brazilian Amazon and revision of Macrogynoplax

• Grant number: 12/23058-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: June 01, 2013
• End date: May 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Pitágoras da Conceição Bispo
• Grantee: José Moacir Ferreira Ribeiro
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The goal of this project is to contribute to the taxonomic knowledge Plecoptera. This project will continue the line of research of the candidate. The activities of the candidate will expand the scientific collection of the Laboratory of Aquatic Biology, UNESP de Assis and analyze specimens of Plecoptera mainly from Amazon region with the following objectives: 1) to describe new species of Plecoptera from Amazon region: 2) to review and propose phylogeny to Macrogynoplax (Plecoptera: Perlidae).

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)

FERREIRA RIBEIRO, JOSE MOACIR; GORAYEB, INOCENCIO DE SOUSA. Key to Plecoptera nymphs from the Brazilian Amazon (Insecta). Zootaxa, v. 4208, n. 5, p. 433-445, DEC 20 2016. (12/23058-1, 12/21196-8)

FERREIRA RIBEIRO, JOSE MOACIR; GORAYEB, INOCENCIO DE SOUSA; BISPO, PITAGORAS DA CONCEICAO. Description of the nymph of Anacroneuria singularis Righi-Cavallaro & Lecci (Plecoptera: Perlidae) and a new locality record for northern Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4057, n. 2, p. 295-300, DEC 10 2015. (12/23058-1, 12/21196-8)

FERREIRA RIBEIRO, JOSE MOACIR; GORAYEB, INOCENCIO DE SOUSA. Description of immatures and association with adults of three species of Anacroneuria Klapalek (Plecoptera: Perlidae) of the Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa, v. 3881, n. 1, p. 17-32, NOV 3 2014. (12/23058-1)

FERREIRA RIBEIRO, JOSE MOACIR; GORAYEB, INOCENCIO DE SOUSA. Description of immatures associated with adults of two species of Macrogynoplax Enderlein and one species of Enderleina Jewett (Plecoptera: Perlidae) of the Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa, v. 3948, n. 1, p. 109-124, APR 20 2015. (12/23058-1)