Publicações

 

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 Artigos sobre Vertebrados

 

• Gross morphology of the brain and some sense organs of subterranean pencil catfishes of the genus Ituglanis Costa and Bockmann, 1993 (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae), with a discussion on sensory compensation versus preadaptation in subterranean fishes. 2024.
• Adaptive shift of active electroreception in weakly electric fish for troglobitic life. 2023.
• Transcriptomic analysis of the Brazilian blind characid, Stygichthys typhlops, reveals convergent selection with Astyanax mexicanus and other cavefishes. 2023.
• Frogs of seven granitic caves on Santa Catarina Island, Florianópolis Municipality, Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil. 2022.
• Under the surface: what we know about the threats to subterranean fishes in Brazil. 2021.
• Ecologia de peixes de riachos de cavernas e outros habitat subterrâneos. 2021.
• Monitoring brazilian cavefish: Ecology and conservation of four threatened catfish of genus Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Central Brazil. 2021.
• Spooky Interaction at a Distance in Cave and Surface Dwelling Electric Fishes. 2020.
• Quiropterofauna de cavernas areníticas da Formação Botucatu, Região Central De São Paulo, Brasil. 2019.
• Morcegos cavernícolas depositados na coleção científica do Laboratório de Estudos Subterrâneos, UFSCar. 2019.
• Territoriality and agonistic behavior of subterranean Copionodontinae catfish (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Brazil. 2019.
• An important site for conservation of bats in Brazil: Passa Três cave, São Domingos karst area, with an updated checklist for Distrito Federal (DF) and Goiás state. 2018.
• First report of armored catfishes Callichthyinae Bonaparte, 1838 (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) in the subterranean domain of northern and northeastern Brazil. 2017.
• Biology and behavior of Eigenmannia vicentespelaea, a troglobitic electric fish from Brazil (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae): a comparison to the epigean species, E. trilineata, and the consequences of cave life. 2017.
• Aspidoras mephisto, new species: The first troglobitic Callichthyidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from South America. 2017.
• The Laterosensory canal system in epigean and subterranean Ituglanis (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae), with comments about troglomorphism and the phylogeny of the genus. 2016.
• Influence of abiotic variables on the bat fauna of a granitic cave and its surroundings in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. 2016.
• Spontaneous behavior of basal Copionodontinae cave catfishes from Brazil (Teleostei, Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). 2015.
• Population density and habitat of an endangered cave fish Eigenmannia vicentespelaea Triques, 1996 (Ostariophysi: Gymnotiformes) from a karst area in central Brazil. 2015.
• Geometric morphometrics throws light on evolution of the subterranean catfish Rhamdiopsis krugi (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in eastern Brazil. 2015.
• Ituglanis boticario, a new troglomorphic catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from Mambaí karst area, central Brazil. 2014.
• A expressão do comportamento agonístico em Ituglanis ramiroi Bichuette & Trajano 2004 e sua aplicação para conservação. 2013.
• Notes on feeding and reproduction of the threatened phreatic fish Stygichthys typhlops Brittan & Böhlke, 1965 (Characiformes: Characidae) from eastern Brazil.  2013.
• Phototactic behaviour of subterranean Copionodontinae Pinna, 1992 catfishes (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from Chapada Diamantina, central Bahia, northeastern Brazil. 2013.
• A new species of cave catfish from Brazil, Trichomycterus rubbioli sp.n., from Serra do Ramalho karstic area, São Francisco River basin, Bahia State (Silurifomes: Trichomycteridae). 2012.
• Trichomycterus dali: a new highly troglomorphic catfish (Silurifomes: Trichomycteridae), from Serra da Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Central Brazil. 2011.
• Rediscovery and redescription of the unusual subterranean characiform Stygichthys typhlops, with notes on its life history. 2010.
• Population decline in a Brazilian cave catfish, Trichomycterus itacarambiensis (Siluriformes): reduced flashflood as a probable cause. 2009.
• Ituglanis mambai, a new subterranean catfish from a karst area of Central Brazil, Tocantins River basin (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). 2008.
• A new species of Glaphyropoma: the first subterranean copionodontine catfish and the first occurrence of opercular odontodes in the subfamily (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae). 2008.
• Population ecology of cave armoured catfish, Ancistrus cryptophthalmus Reis 1987, from central Brazil (Siluriformes: Loricariidae). 2007.
• Morphology and distribution of the cave knifefish Eigenmannia vicentespelaea Triques, 1996 (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from Central Brazil, with an expanded diagnosis and comments on subterranean evolution.  2006.
• A new cave species of Rhamdia Bleeker, 1858 (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) from Serra do Ramalho, northeastern Brazil, with notes on ecology and behavior. 2005.
• Pimelodella spelaea, a new cave catfish from Central Brazil, with data on ecology and evolutionary considerations (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). 2004.
• Three new subterranean species of Ituglanis from Central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). 2004.
• Epigean and subterranean ichthyofauna from the São Domingos karst area, Upper Tocantins River basin, Central Brazil. 2003.
• A new cave dwelling species of Ituglanis from the São Domingos karst, central Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae). 2002.

 

Artigos sobre Invertebrados

 

• Pseudoscorpiones (Arachnida) of the Brazilian oceanic islands. 2024.
• Iron-isopods: new records and new species of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian Amazon iron ore caves. 2024.
• First amphibious Crinocheta (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from the Neotropics with a troglobitic status: a relictual distribution. 2024
• Three new species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832 (Araneae, Sicariidae) from Brazilian caves. 2024.
• Hidden in the caves: a new troglobitic species of Spaeleoleptes and the type species redescription (Opiliones, Laniatores). 2024.
• Everything is similar, everything is different! Trichorhina Budde-Lund, 1908 (Oniscidea, Platyarthridae) from Brazilian caves, with descriptions of 11 new species. 2023.
• A new species of Metaprosekia Leistikow, 2000 (Oniscidea, Philosciidae) from caves of the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil. 2023.
• A new species of Pinelema Wang & Li, 2012, a relictual telemid spider inhabiting caves in Brazil (Araneae, Telemidae). 2023.
• The first troglobitic terrestrial isopod (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Peru. 2023.
• Contribution to the knowledge of Brazilian troglobitic Pseudoscorpiones (Arachnida): description of Pseudochthonius lubueno sp. nov. (Chthoniidae) from Serra do Ramalho karst area, state of Bahia, Brazil. 2023.
• A New Species of Spelaeometra Polhemus & Ferreira, 2018 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Hydrometridae) from a hotspot of troglobites in Brazil, Serra do Ramalho karst area. 2023.
• Shedding light into Brazilian subterranean isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea): expanding distribution data and describing new taxa. 2023.
• New records of ground beetles genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae: Clivinini) from brazilian caves. 2023.
• Taxonomic study on a collection of terrestrial and freshwater gastropods from caves in Bahia state, Brazil, with the description of a new species. 2023.
• New records of land-snail species from caves of Mato Grosso state, Midwest Brazil (Gastropoda, Neritimorpha and Stylommatophora). 2022.
• Unique and fragile diversity emerges from Brazilian caves - two new amphibious species of Xangoniscus Campos-Filho, Araujo & Taiti, 2014 (Oniscidea, Styloniscidae) from Serra do Ramalho karst area, state of Bahia, Brazil. 2022.
• Expanding the knowledge on the diversity of the cavernicolous Styloniscidae Vandel, 1952 (Oniscidea, Synocheta) from Brazil, with descriptions of two new species from the semiarid karst regions. 2022.
• Ctenus igatu sp. nov. (Araneae: Ctenidae): a new subterranean spider from Brazil with an analysis of troglomorphic traits. 2022.
• A new troglobitic Pseudochthonius (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) from Minas Gerais State, south-east Brazil. 2022.
• Two new species of the millipede family Trichopolydesmidae from Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, including a remarkable threatened troglobiont (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). 2022.
• Two new species of the millipede family Paradoxosomatidae from Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, including a remarkable presumed troglobiont (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). 2022.
• A new genus and two new species of the millipede family Chelodesmidae from Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, including a likely troglobiont (Diplopoda, Polydesmida). 2022.
• A new species of the troglobitic genus Spelaeogammarus da Silva Brum, 1975 (Amphipoda: Artesiidae) from a cave in the Brazilian semi-arid region, with new records of its congener, Spelaeogammarus spinilacertus Koenemann and Holsinger, 2000. 2022.
• Coarazuphium bambui (Carabidae: Zuphiini), a new cave-dwelling beetle from the threatened region of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil. 2022.
• Cave-dwelling gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Brazil: state of the art and conservation. 2022.
• The first troglobitic Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from the karst area of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil: a threatened species. 2021.
• Coarazuphium auleri sp. n. (Carabidae: Zuphiini), a new troglobitic ground-beetle in Central-Western Brazil. 2021.
• New records of cave-inhabiting Gerromorpha (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from Brazil. 2021.
• Under threat: Two new troglobitic species of Girardia (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) from sandstone and limestone caves in Brazil. 2021.
• A new species of cave-dwelling Neocarus (Acari: Opilioacaridae) from Minas Gerais state, Brazil with a key to species of the genus. 2021.
• Arinosaster patriciae (Porifera, Demospongiae): new genus and species and the second record of a cave freshwater sponge from Brazil. 2021.
• New records of the troglobitic Hyalella veredae Cardoso & Bueno, 2014 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from Minas Gerais caves, southeast Brazil, with notes on its natural history. 2021.
• Pseudonannolene canastra sp. nov. (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida) – a new troglobitic millipede from the southwestern state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2020.
• New species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) of the families Philosciidae and Scleropactidae from Brazilian caves. 2020.
• A new centipede Schendylops Cook from eastern Brazil: the first troglobitic geophilomorph for South America (Geophilomorpha, Schendylidae). 2019.
• A new cave-dwelling Spelaeochernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) from northeastern Brazil. 2019.
• Synopsis of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves, with emphasis on new records from north, midwest, northeast and southeast regions. 2019.
• O que mudou na distribuição dos diplópodes Pseudonannolene silvestri, 1895 nas cavernas do Brasil 18 anos após a sinopse de Trajano e colaboradores (2000)? 2019.
• Repertório comportamental de Charinus mysticus Giupponi & Kury 2002. 2019.
• Distribution of cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions (Arachnida) in Brazil. 2019.
• Two new species and new records of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. 2019.
• Richness and taxonomic distinctness of cave invertebrates from the northeastern state of Goiás, central Brazil: a vulnerable and singular area. 2019.
• A new species of cave dwelling Neocarus (Acari: Opilioacaridae) from Bahia state, Brazil, with remarks on taxonomic characters. 2018.
• Four new troglophilic species of Loxosceles Heinecken & Lowe, 1832: contributions to the knowledge of recluse spiders from Brazilian caves (Araneae, Sicariidae). 2018.
• Cylindroniscus platoi (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Styloniscidae), a new cave-dwelling species from Lagoa Santa Karst, Southeastern Brazil. 2018.
• Diversity of Potamolithus (Littorinimorpha, Truncatelloidea) in a high-diversity spot for troglobites in southeastern Brazil: role of habitat fragmentation in the origin of subterranean fauna, and conservation status. 2018.
• A synopsis of centipedes in Brazilian caves: hidden species diversity that needs conservation (Myriapoda, Chilopoda). 2018.
• Description of a new species of Cylindroniscus Arcangeli, 1929 (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazil, with considerations on the family placement of the genus. 2017
• Is there correlation between photophobia and troglomorphism in Neotropical cave millipedes (Spirostreptida, Pseudonannolenidae)? 2017.
• The first troglobiotic species of the family Pudeoniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea), with descriptions of a new genus and two new species. 2017.
• Light from dark: a relictual troglobite reveals a broader ancestral distribution for kimulid harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores: Kimulidae) in South America. 2017.
• Two new species of Neotroponiscus Arcangeli, 1936 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. 2017.
• On the enigmatic troglobitic scorpion Troglorhopalurus translucidus: distribution, description of adult females, life history and comments on Rhopalurus lacrau (Scorpiones: Buthidae). 2016.
• Associations between Emesinae heteropterans and spiders in limestone caves of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. 2016.
• The first record of Notocyphus tyrannicus Smith, (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) as parasitoid of Acanthoscurria Ausserer, 1871 (Teraphosidae: Teraphosinae). 2016.
• Three new species of terrestrial isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. 2016.
• Two new species of freshwater flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Continenticola) from South American caves. 2016.
• A new highly specialized cave harvestman from Brazil and the first blind species of the genus: Iandumoema smeagol sp. n. (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae). 2015.
• New records of two endemic troglobitic and threatened arachnids (Amblypygi and Opiliones) from limestone caves of Minas Gerais state, southeast Brazil. 2015.
• Endecous peruassuensis n. sp. (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from caves of Eastern Brazil: evidence of isolation in the subterranean realm and discussion about troglomorphisms. 2015.
• A new species of Scolopocryptops Newport: a troglobitic scolopocryptopine centipede from a remarkable siliciclastic area of eastern Brazil (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopocryptopidae, Scolopocryptopinae). 2015.
• First record of Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, 1922 (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) for caves in Brazil: evidence for a troglophile status of an exotic species. 2015.
• Terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Brazilian caves. 2014.
• First record of the family Pseudochiridiidae (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones) from continental South America - a Pseudochiridium from a Brazilian cave. 2014.
• Distribution of cave-dwelling Aegla spp. (Decapoda: Anomura: Aeglidae) from the Alto Ribeira karstic area in southeastern Brazil based on geomorphological evidence. 2013.
• Tmesiphantes hypogeus (Araneae, Theraphosidae), the first troglobitic tarantula from Brazil. 2013.
• Levantamento preliminar de invertebrados em três cavernas areníticas do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. 2013.
• Shape variation of Aegla schmitti (Crustacea: Decapoda: Aeglidae) associated to superficial and subterranean stream reaches. 2012.
• The first record of external abnormalities in the subterranean Aegla marginata Bond-Buckup & Buckup, 1994 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Aeglidae), from a karst area of Southeastern Brazil. 2011.
• Racekiela cavernicola (Porifera: Demospongiae) new species and the first record of cave freshwater sponge from Brazil. 2010.
• Diversity of Brazilian subterranean invertebrates, with a list of troglomorphic taxa. 2009.
• Preliminary data on locomotor activity rhythms on epigean and cave snails, genus Potamolithus (Hydrobiidae), from southeastern Brazil. 2005.
• A population study of epigean and subterranean Potamolithus snails from southeast Brazil. 2003.
• Light reaction, spontaneous and feeding behaviour in epigean and cave Potamolithus species from Upper Ribeira Valley, southeastern Brazil (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae). 1999.

 

Artigos sobre levantamentos faunísticos

 

• The role of turnover in structuring subterranean aquatic communities in Southeastern Brazil. 2024.
• There and back again — The Igatu hotspot siliciclastic caves: expanding the data for subterranean fauna in Brazil, Chapada Diamantina Region. 2023.
• Primeiros registros da fauna de duas cavernas da região de Bulha D’água, Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (Petar), São Paulo. 2019.
• Brazilian obligatory subterranean fauna and threats to the hypogean environment. 2018.
• Terrestrial fauna of the largest granitic cave from Southern Hemisphere, southeastern Brazil: a neglected habitat. 2017.
• Effectiveness of quadrat sampling on terrestrial cave fauna survey - a case study in a Neotropical cave. 2015.
• Aquatic biota of different karst habitats in epigean and subterranean systems of Central Brazil - visibility versus relevance of taxa. 2013.
• Ictiofauna da área cárstica de Presidente Olegário, Estado de Minas Gerais, com ênfase nas espécies subterrâneas. 2013.
• A lista de fauna ameaçada de extinção e os entraves para a Inclusão de espécies – o exemplo dos peixes troglóbios brasileiros. 2012.
• Surface and subterranean ichthyofauna in the Serra do Ramalho karst area, northeastern Brazil, with updated lists of Brazilian troglobitic and troglophilic fishes. 2008.
• Epigean and subterranean ichthyofauna from the São Domingos karst area, Upper Tocantins River basin, Central Brazil. 2003.

 

Artigos sobre ecologia e biodiversidade de cavernas

 

• Implicações do estudo espeleoclimático na gestão da visitação da Caverna do Diabo (Eldorado - SP). 2024.
• The World of Cave Microbiomes: Biodiversity, Ecological Interactions, Chemistry, and the Multi-Omics Integration. 2024.
• Spatiotemporal distribution of invertebrate fauna in a mesovoid shallow substratum in iron formations. 2024.
• Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem. 2023.
• A conservation roadmap for the subterranean biome. 2021.
• Nutrient availability in tropical caves influences the dynamics of microbial biomass. 2020.
• Taxonomic Distinctness of the subterranean fauna from Peruaçu Caves National Park, state of Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil. 2020.
• First record of Amphoromorpha/Basidiobolus fungus on centipedes (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae) from Brazilian caves. 2019.
• Dark diversity in the dark: a new approach to subterranean conservation. 2019.
• Influence of substrate on the richness and composition of Neotropical cave fauna. 2017.
• Does the cave environment reduce functional diversity? 2016.
• Sharing the space: coexistence among terrestrial predators in Neotropical caves. 2016.
• Spots of high diversity of troglobites in Brazil: The challenge of measuring subterranean diversity. 2016.
• Taxonomic distinctness and conservation of a new high biodiversity subterranean area in Brazil. 2015.
• Avaliação in situ do aporte de alimento nas diferentes zonas de uma caverna: estudo de caso e recomendações metodológicas. 2013.
• Projection of tourist scenarios onto fragility maps: Framework for determination of provisional tourist carrying capacity in a Brazilian show cave. 2013.
• Estudos ambientais em cavernas: os problemas da coleta, da identificação, da inclusão e dos índices. 2012.
• Relevância de Cavernas: porque estudos ambientais espeleobiológicos não funcionam. 2010.
• Relevância biológica e classificação de cavernas do Parque Estadual Turístico do Alto Ribeira (PETAR), São Paulo, Brasil. 2010.
• Natural history and population data of fishes in caves of the Serra do Ramalho karst area, Middle São Francisco basin, northeastern Brazil. 2009.

 

Artigos sobre paleontologia

 

• Megafauna from the Late Pleistocene-Holocene deposits of the Upper Ribeira karst area, southeast Brazil. 2011.