bachelor's at Ciências Biológicas from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2000), master's at Ecology from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2002) and doctorate at Entomologia from Cornell University (2007). Has experience in Zoology, focusing on Morphology of the Recent Groups, acting on the following subjects: filogenia, sistemática, abelha, biogeografia and taxonomia. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Taxonomy is the branch of biology that names, describes, identifies and classifies living and extinct species and groups, which qualifies it as an important science that serves as the main basis for any policy aimed at avoiding the current biodiversity crisis. In contrast to the need for taxonomists, there has been a decline in the number of professionals and the availability of resources…
Bees comprise approximately 20,000 extant valid species, which are interpreted to derive from an evolutionary diversification process begun in the Cretaceous about 120 million years ago. This evolutionary radiation is reflected in a remarkable morphological as well as behavioral disparity of bees. These hymenopteran insects are a very intriguing model for comparative investigations associ…
Neopasiphaeinae comprises about 420 species, distributed in the Neotropical and Australian Regions. This subfamily is morphologically diverse and it is known for its specialization in host-plant associations, making this group of bees very attractive from the ecological-evolutionary point of view. Regrettably, limitations in our understanding of the phylogenetic relationships among its ge…
Scaptotrigona is a genus of Neotropical stingless bees that includes 48 valid species, 16 of which have been recorded in Brazil. This genus is characterized by the productivity of honey, pollen, and wax, as well as the possibilities it offers for the management of its colonies, being the object of activities for extractive purposes and pollination of agroforestry crops. However, due to th…
Vespidae is a hymenopteran family whose most popular representatives are Polistines, known as paper wasps, insects that present social behavior. However, the great majority of species lies in Eumeninae, a group typically of solitary wasps, with few groups presenting pre-social behavior. Among these groups are a few representatives of Zethini, which is only represented in Brazil by Zethus,…
Stingless bees, tribe Meliponini, are among the most ubiquitous bees in tropical regions of the world and currently comprise approximately 550 extant species. These bees are of great importance in the pollination of native plants and crops, and their historical association with modern and ancient human cultures is well known for their cultural and economic relevance. Meliponini is part of…
Bees are currently classified into seven widely recognized families and comprise altogether more than 20,000 described species. In addition to their taxonomic diversity, bees exhibit a wide range of morphological variations (e.g., body length ranging from 2 to 40 mm), as well as behavioral (mostly solitary, but with species exhibiting sophisticated behaviors related to life in society) an…
The most widespread paleobiogeographic scenario described for the Cretaceous is a distinction between the Laurasian and Gondwanic areas. Even though some groups present this dichotomous distinction, several taxa assumed to be historically associated with Gondwana also have elements associated with Laurasian territories. Among the major fossil deposits, the Burmese amber from Myanmar is th…
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Stingless bees (Meliponini) are key elements of the bee fauna in tropical regions, playing an important role in pollinating native and cultivated plants and relevant historical contact with human societies. The tribe is included within the corbiculate clade, which also includes honey bees, bumblebees, and orchid bees. Hypotheses for the phylogenetic relationships among Meliponini genera a…
Bees comprise more than 20,000 species and display disparate morphologies (e.g., body length varying from 2 to 40 mm) and variations in behaviors that include pollen harvesting, nest parasitism, and social organization. It is expected that throughout the evolutionary history of bee diversification, there have been phenotypic changes in several traits, particularly those related to the mus…
The Apoidea include bees and several groups of predatory wasps known as apoid wasps, totaling more than 30,000 living species. Inferring the phylogenetic relationships of such a diverse group has been a challenge for the past 30 years. Most results indicate that apoid wasps are paraphyletic in relation to bees. Among the living apoid taxa, Psenidae is one of the lineages indicated as a po…
Bees form a diverse group of insects that includes more than 20,000 known species, exhibiting an impressive disparity of sizes, shapes and behaviors. Bees in general and corbiculate bees in particular are an exceptional model to investigate the patterns of phenotypic evolution and lineage diversification. Among the characteristics of bees that make them an interesting model for this kind …
Systematic works with representatives of the Neotropical chrysidine wasps have been scant. Many of the recognized groups in the Neotropical region lack comprehensive taxonomic revisions, and dozens of species are known only by the original description dated from the beginning of the last century. There is an urgent demand for taxonomic research to be done with various taxa of Chrysididae.…
Epiponini (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) is a diverse group of Neotropical social wasps with around 234 described species. These insects draw attention due to their variable nest architecture, swarm reproduction, subtle morphological difference among castes and a high chromosomal diversity. The main purpose of this project is to understand the relationship between chromosomal evolution and the d…
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