Perlidae (Plecoptera) from Serra de Paranapiacaba, São Paulo State: integrating morphological and molecular information to identify species

• Grant number: 15/22008-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: April 01, 2016
• End date: February 28, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Pitágoras da Conceição Bispo
• Grantee: Lucas Henrique de Almeida
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this project, specimens of Perlidae (Plecoptera) will be collected in Paranapiacaba Mountains in the Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR), Parque Estadual Intervales (PEI) and Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho (PECB), São Paulo State, with the following objectives: 1) to identify species of Perlidae from Paranapiacaba Mountains using morphology and then obtaining sequences of mitochondrial gene COI for each of them; 2) to obtain adult-nymph association using sequences of mitochondrial gene COI; 3) to describe the nymphs of associated species; 4) to build an interactive guide to species of Perlidae from region; 5) training the student in aquatic entomology and morphological and molecular tools in biodiversity studies. The nymphs will be collected in streams using D net and the adults using nets and light traps. All material will be preserved in absolute ethanol and stored in a freezer (-20 oC). The morphological species identification will be based on adult males and, subsequently, each species will be characterized based on mitochondrial COI gene. The nymphs will separated in morphotypes and also will be characterized with respect to this gene. Later, the sequences will be compared in order to associate nymphs and adults. The associated nymphs will be described. (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)

DE ALMEIDA, LUCAS HENRIQUE; DUARTE, TACIO. A new species and records of Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from the Ecological Station, Wenceslau Guimaraes, State of Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4247, n. 4, p. 480-486, MAR 29 2017. (15/11580-3, 15/22008-9)

DE ALMEIDA, LUCAS HENRIQUE; BISPO, PITAGORAS CONCEICAO. Perlidae (Plecoptera) from the Paranapiacaba Mountains, Atlantic Forest, Brazil: Diversity and implications of the integrative approach and teneral specimens on taxonomy. PLoS One, v. 15, n. 12, DEC 10 2020. (15/22008-9, 12/21196-8)

DE ALMEIDA, LUCAS HENRIQUE; GONCALVES, MAISA DE CARVALHO; NOVAES, MARCOS CARNEIRO; PARESQUI, RAYNER CONSTANTINO; BISPO, PITAGORAS DA CONCEICAO. Anacroneuria flintorum Froehlich 2002 (Plecoptera: Perlidae): Notes, distribution, and life stages association using molecular tools. Zootaxa, v. 4370, n. 4, p. 409-420, JAN 12 2018. (15/22008-9, 12/21196-8)

DE ALMEIDA, LUCAS HENRIQUE; CARDOSO-LEITE, RICARDO; BOA DEODATO, MARIANA FONTE; BISPO, PITAGORAS DA CONCEICAO. Anacroneuria iporanga (Plecoptera: Perlidae): description of the nymph and biological notes. Zootaxa, v. 4550, n. 1, p. 141-145, JAN 23 2019. (14/25476-0, 12/21196-8, 17/16501-0, 15/22008-9)

Academic Publications

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

ALMEIDA, Lucas Henrique de. Perlidae (Plecoptera) da Serra de Paranapiacaba, Estado de São Paulo: integrando informações morfológicas e moleculares na identificação de espécies. 2018. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Letras. Assis Assis.