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

 * [[Media:Brandao et al 2010.pdf| Brandão, C. R. F.; Diniz, J. L. M.; Feitosa, R. S. M. 2010. The venom apparatus and other morphological characters of the ant Martialis heureka (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Martialinae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 50:413-423. [2010-09-24] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Brandão, C. R. F., Feitosa, R. M., Diniz, J. L. M. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical Myrmicinae ant genus Blepharidatta.pdf| Brandão, C. R. F.; Feitosa, R. M.; Diniz, J. L. M. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical Myrmicinae ant genus Blepharidatta Wheeler. Zootaxa 4012(1):33-56. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Brandão,_C.R.F.,_Feitosa,_R.M._et_al._2014._Description_of_Cephalotes_specularis.pdf|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.]]
 * [[Media:Brandao et al 2008.pdf| 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. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Feitosa & Brandao 2008.pdf| 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. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Dietz 2007.pdf|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. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Feitosa Brendao Diniz 2008.pdf|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 PDF]]
 * [[Media:Feitosa et al 2012.pdf|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]]
 * [[Media:Feitosa, R.M., Dröse, W. et al. 2015. First Record of the Dolichoderine Ant Genus Gracilidris from Southern Brazil.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).]]
 * [[Media:Feitosa et al 2008.pdf|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. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Feitosa et al 2012 Anochetus.pdf|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. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Silva et al 2009.pdf|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. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Solis et al 2011.pdf| 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] PDF]]
 * [[Media:Sousa Calvo et al 2013.pdf|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] PDF]]