Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Caciomorpha Thomson, 1864 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Anisocerini)

• Grant number: 19/13603-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: February 01, 2020
• End date: March 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Sonia Aparecida Casari
• Grantee: Kimberly Paola García López
• Host Institution: Museu de Zoologia (MZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Caciomorpha is a genre from the tribe Anisocerini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae), with seven described species, distributed in Central and South America. The studies for the group are poor and outdated, in fact the last taxonomic study was done by Galileo & Martins (1998), where they studied and complemented the available information, of the group, at that time. Regarding phylogenetic relationships, they are unknown, because it has been never done a phylogenetic analysis to this particular group. Updated knowledge of the taxonomy and systematics of this genre has a great importance, especially to contribute in the expansion of the biodiversity information, considering that Lamiinae has species with economic importance. Thus, the objective of this project is to execute a taxonomic revision of the genre Caciomorpha and its phylogenetic analysis, aiming to prove the monophyly of the genre and propose phylogenetic hypothesis between its species. To achieve this objective, all of the known species will be studied and redescribed, possible new species described and, from a detailed morphological study, it will be made a character matrix to the realization of the cladistics analysis. This project will be done in a maximum of two years, in which we pretend to produce a magister thesis, as well as scientific publications about the family Cerambycidae. (AU)

Scientific publications

(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)

GARCIA, KIMBERLY; MARTINEZ, NEIS JOSE; BOTERO, JUAN PABLO. Diversidade de besouros serra-pau (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) na região caribenha da Colômbia: variação temporal entre dois fragmentos de floresta seca tropical. Biota Neotropica, v. 21, n. 3, 2021. (17/17898-0, 19/13603-1)

GARCIA, KIMBERLY; SANTOS-SILVA, ANTONIO. New species and new records in Neoibidionini and Hexoplonini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae). Zootaxa, v. 5134, n. 3, p. 16-pg., 2022-05-11. (19/13603-1)

GARCIA, KIMBERLY; BOTERO, JUAN PABLO; SANTOS-SILVA, ANTONIO. A new genus of Achrysonini and new records in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera, Chrysomeloidea) from Colombia. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY, v. 735, p. 89-109, FEB 15 2021. (17/17898-0, 19/13603-1)