Contact Information:
Laboratório de Entomologia Sistemática
Departamento de Zoologia
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Avenida Bento Gonçalves 9500
Prédio 43435, Sala 201
CEP 91501-970 Porto Alegre
Rio Grande do Sul
BRAZIL

e-mail: brugneraricardo@gmail.com

Current Projects:
1) Morphology of the foretibia of Asopinae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
2) Description of immature stages of Asopinae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
3) Phylogeny and review of Podisus Herrich-Schäffer, 1851, and related genera (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae)
4) Description of new taxa of Asopinae (Pentatomidae)
5) Catalog of the Heteroptera collection of the Zoology Department of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Publications:

Brugnera, R., K. R. Barão, T. Roell, and A. Ferrari. 2018. Comparative morphology of selected foretibial traits of Asopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 278[2019]: 14-20.

Brugnera, R. and J. Grazia. 2018. External morphology of immature of Tynacantha marginata Dallas, 1851 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 4378(1): 121-128.

Brandão, M. N., R. Brugnera, and J. Grazia. 2019. External morphology of the immature stages of Runibia perspicua (Fabricius, 1798) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 4695(1): 59-66.

Brugnera, R., L. A. Campos, and J. Grazia. 2019. Morphology of immature stages, chromatic polymorphism of adults and natural history of Oplomus catena (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae). Neotropical Entomology [early online verstion]

Brugnera, R., L. A. Campos, and J. Grazia. 2019. Revision of Tynacantha Dallas with description of two new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae). Zootaxa 4656(3): 445-458.

Costa, J., L. Torres, D. W. Pravance, Jr., R. Brugnera, and J. Grazia. 2019. First report of predation by a stink bug (Supputius cincticeps Stål) on a walking-stick insect (Cladomorphus phyllinus Gray), with reflections on evolutionary mechanisms for camouflage. Acta Biológica Paranaense 48(1-2): 5-15.

Barros, L. D. de, R. Brugnera, K. R. Barão, and J. Grazia. 2020. The genus Parahypatropis Grazia & Fernandes, with description of two new species and description of a new similar monotypic genus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of Natural History 54(15-16): 1045-1071.

Brugnera, R., M. R. Paim, T. Roell, G. Dellapé, and J. Grazia. 2020. Taxonomic modifications in Tylospilus Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae): redescription of T. nigrobinotatus (Berg), description of a new species and an updated identification key for the genus. Zootaxa 4766(1): 128-138.

Brugnera, R., T. Roell, L. A. Campos, and J. Grazia. 2020. Taxonomy of widespread Neotropical species of Podisus Herrich-Schäffer (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae): redescription of P. distinctus (Stål, 1860) and revalidation of P. fuscescens (Dallas, 1851). Zootaxa 4751(3): 546-562.

Brugnera, R., Y. Lima, J. Grazia, and C. F. Schwertner. 2021. Occurrence of the yellow-spotted stink bug Erthesina fullo (Thunberg) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Brazil, a polyphagous species from Asia. Neotropical Entomology [early online version]

Roell, T., R. Brugnera, and V. A. Lemaître. 2021. Lost and found – Discovery of the presumed lost type of Arma pallipes Dallas, new synonymy and description of two new species of Podisus Herrich-Schäffer (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae). Zootaxa 4958(1): 570-584.

Brugnera, R., J. Grazia, and M. A. Soares. 2022. Podisus sagitta (Fabricius) does not occur in Brazil: a corrigendum to Oliveira-Júnior et al. 2021. Brazilian Journal of Biology 84(255757): 3 pp.

Brugnera, R., G. M. Limberger, L. A. Campos, and J. Grazia. 2022. The eggs and nymphs of predatory stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae): what do we know? Zoology 151(125991): 19 pp.

Sampaio, V. G., M. R. Paim, G. M. Limberger, and R. Brugnera. 2023. Description of the immature of Podisus graziae Brugnera, Roell & Lemaître, 2021 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae). Zootaxa 5231(1): 93-100.

Grazia, J., D. M. Takiya, V. R. dos S. Wolff, C. F. Schwertner, G. Mejdalani, R. R. Cavichioli, A. L. B. G. Peronti, D. L. de Queiroz, D. Burckhardt, J. A. M. Fernandes, F. F. F. Moreira, H. R. Gil-Santana, P. S. F. Ferreira, R. Carrenho, R. Brugnera, and M. Guidoti. 2024. Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp. 368-456, in: Rafael, J. A., G. A. R. Melo, C. J. B. Carvalho, S. Casari, and R. Constantino (eds.), Insetos do Brasil: Diversidade e Taxonomia. 2nd edition. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, 880 pp.

David A. Rider
Professor of Entomology
North Dakota State University
202 Hultz Hall
Fargo, ND 58105
E-Mail: David.Rider@ndsu.edu

updated: 03 Jan 2024

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