Revision and phylogeny of Cylindrostethinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae)

• Grant number: 15/09491-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): August 15, 2015
• Effective date (End): February 08, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Pitágoras da Conceição Bispo
• Grantee: Carla Fernanda Burguez Floriano
• Supervisor: Thomas J. Henry
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil
• Research place: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 13/16367-0 - Review and phylogeny of Cylindrostethinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae), BP.DR

Abstract

Gerridae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae) is divided into eight subfamilies, and Cylindrostethinae is distinguished from the others mainly by the short length of the rostrum and absence of clypeal suture. This subfamily comprises the genera Cylindrostethus, Platygerris and Potamobates, and only the last has been recently revised. The available phylogeny of Cylindrostethus does not include Neotropical species, and there is no proposed phylogeny for Platygerris. Furthermore, there are several phylogenies proposed to Potamobates, however large polytomies still remain, probably due to the low number of characters studied by previous authors. Additionally, the monophyly of Cylindrostethinae was recently tested and not corroborated. In this phase, the PhD project entitled "Review and phylogeny of Cylindrostethinae (Gerridae)" will be developed in the USNM, for the purpose of studying the specimens housed in USNM, with emphasis on Polhemus' and Drake's collections, redescription of poorly known species and description of new morphological characters to be used in a phylogenetic analysis for Cylindrostethinae.

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)

BURGUEZ FLORIANO, CARLA FERNANDA; FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA, FELIPE FERRAZ; BISPO, PITAGORAS DA CONCEICAO. New records of Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Neotropical Region. TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, v. 143, n. 2, p. 103-U11, 2017. (13/16367-0, 12/21196-8, 15/09491-2)

POLHEMUS, DAN A.; MOLANO, FREDY; MORALES, IRINA; FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA, FELIPE FERRAZ; BURGUEZ FLORIANO, CARLA FERNANDA. Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa, v. 4585, n. 2, p. 295-314, APR 12 2019. (13/16367-0, 15/09491-2)

BURGUEZ FLORIANO, CARLA FERNANDA; RODRIGUES, HIGOR D. D.. A new species of Oiovelia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae) from Mesoamerica, with an identification key to the genus. Zootaxa, v. 4144, n. 4, p. 584-592, JUL 28 2016. (13/16367-0, 15/18338-3, 13/16654-0, 15/09491-2)

BURGUEZ FLORIANO, CARLA FERNANDA; FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA, FELIPE FERRAZ; BISPO, PITAGORAS DA CONCEIAO; MORALES, IRINA; MOLANO-RENDON, FREDY. A new species of Mesovelia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae) from South America, with identification key and notes on Colombian species. Zootaxa, v. 4175, n. 4, p. 345-352, OCT 17 2016. (13/16367-0, 12/21196-8, 15/09491-2)

FLORIANO, CARLA FERNANDA BURGUEZ; FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA, FELIPE FERRAZ; BISPO, PITAGORAS DA CONCEIC. SOUTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF STRIDULIVELIA (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: VELIIDAE): IDENTIFICATION KEY, DIAGNOSES, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND UPDATED DISTRIBUTION. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, v. 119, n. 1, p. 24-46, JAN 2017. (13/16367-0, 12/21196-8, 15/09491-2)

BURGUEZ FLORIANO, CARLA FERNANDA; MOLANO-RENDON, FREDY; MORALES, IRINA; FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA, FELIPE FERRAZ; BISPO, PITAGORAS DA CONCEICAO. Revision of the genus Platygerris White, 1883 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae), with descriptions of two new species from Colombia. Insect Systematics and Evolution, v. 51, n. 4, p. 672-695, JUL 2020. (13/16367-0, 12/21196-8, 15/09491-2)

FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA, FELIPE FERRAZ; BURGUEZ FLORIANO, CARLA FERNANDA; RODRIGUES, HIGOR D. D.; SITES, ROBERT W.. Revision of the American genus Steinovelia Polhemus & Polhemus, 1993 (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae). Zootaxa, v. 4729, n. 1, p. 77-91, JAN 28 2020. (13/16367-0, 15/18338-3, 13/16654-0, 15/09491-2)