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Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo
Laboratório de Entomologia - Hymenoptera
Avenida Nazaré, 481 - Ipiranga
CEP 04263-000
São Paulo-SP, Brasil
Tel: +55 (11) 2060-0222
E-mail: rfeitosa@usp.br begin_of_the_skype_highlightingend_of_the_skype_highlighting
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ANT TAXONOMY
Systematics, natural history, and evolution of ants. Current projects include taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of heteroponerine ants; systematic revision of the genera Blepharidatta (Myrmicinae) and taxonomic studies on the Neotropical species of Probolomyrmex (Proceratiinae) and Sphinctomyrmex (Cerapachyinae). Additional interests include the use of ants as bioindicators and the preparation of a general guide for the ants of Brazil.
TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS
- Baccaro, F.; Feitosa, R. F.; Fernando, F.; Fernandes, I. O.; Izzo, T. J.; de Souza, J. L. P.; Solar, R. Guia para os gêneros de formigas do Brasil. Editora Inpa. Manaus, 2015. 388 pp.
- Brandão, C.R.F., Feitosa, R.M., Powell, S. & Del-Claro, K. 2014. Description of Cephalotes specularis n. sp. (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)—the mirror turtle ant. Zootaxa 3796(3):568-578 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3796.3.9).
- Brandão, C. R. F., R. M. Feitosa, F. A. Schmidt and R. R. de Castro Solar. 2008. Rediscovery of the putatively extinct ant species Simopelta minima (Brandão) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with a discussion on rarity and conservation status of ant species. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 52(3): 480-483.
- Feitosa, R. M. and C. R. F. Brandão,. 2008. A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Lachnomyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa 1890: 1-49.
- Feitosa, R. M., C. R. F. Brandão and B. H. Dietz. 2007. Basiceros scambognathus (Brown, 1949) n.comb., with the worker and male descriptions, and a revised generic diagnosis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Papeis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia 47(2): 15-26.
- Feitosa, R. M., C. R. F. Brandão and J. L. M. Diniz. 2008. Revisionary studies on the enigmatic Neotropical ant genus Stegomyrmex Emery, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of two new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 17(1): 64-82.
- Feitosa, R.M., C.R.F. Brandão, F. Fernandez and J.C.H. Delabie. 2012. The Ant Genus Sphinctomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Cerapachyinae) in the Neotropical Region, with the Description of Two New Species. Psyche Volume 2012, Article ID 342623, 9 pages PDF
- Feitosa, R.M., Dröse, W., Podgaiski, L.R. & Mendonça, M.S.Jr. 2015. First Record of the Dolichoderine Ant Genus Gracilidris Wild & Cuezzo (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southern Brazil. Sociobiology 62, 296-299 (DOI:10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.296-299).
- Feitosa, R.M., Hora, R.R., Delabie, J.H.C., Valenzuela, J. & Fresnau, D. 2008. A new social parasite in the ant genus Ectatomma F. Smith. Zootaxa 1713: 47-52.
- Feitosa, R.M., Lacau, S., Da Rocha, W.D., Oliveira, A.R. & Delabie, J.H.C. 2012. A giant new arboreal species of the ant genus Anochetus from Brazil (Formicidae: Ponerinae). Ann. Soc. Entomol. France (n.s.)48, 253-259.
- Ferreira, A.C., M.F.O. Martins, and R.M. Feitosa 2016. Rediscovery of the morphologically remarkable social parasite Pheidole acutidens (Santschi, 1922), with the first records for Brazil. Sociobiology 63(4):1069-1072.
- Silva, R.R., Feitosa, R.M., Brandão, C.R.F. & Diniz, J.L.M. 2009. Tropidomyrmex elianae, a new myrmicine ant genus and species from Brazil, tentatively assigned to Solenopsidini. Zootaxa 2052: 32-48.
- Solis, D. R.; Nakano, M. A.; Fox, E. G. P.; Rossi, M. L.; Feitosa, R. M.; Bueno, O. C.; Morini, M. S. de C. 2011. Description of the immatures of the ant, Myrmelachista catharinae. Journal of Insect Science 11: Article 24 (available online: insectscience.org/11.24). [2011-02-25]
- Sosa-Calvo, J.; Schultz, T. R.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Klingenberg, C.; Feitosa, R. M.; Rabeling, C.; Bacci, M., Jr.; Lopes, C. T.; Vasconcelos, H. L. 2013. Cyatta abscondita: Taxonomy, evolution, and natural history of a new fungus-farming ant genus from Brazil. PLoS ONE 8:e80498. [2013-11-15]