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Augusto Ferrari I am an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Biological Science (ICB), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG (Rio Grande, RS, Brasil), and a collaborator of the "Laboratório de Entomologia Sistemática" - LES (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS). Currently, I am coordinator of the "Laboratory of Entomology, Systematics and Biogeography - LESB (FURG), and curator of the Entomology collection. I am interested in phylogenetic systematics, biogeography, and morphology of Pentatomidae, having collaborated with phylogenetic studies in other taxonomic groups (Auchenorrhyncha: Cercopidae and Cicadellidae; Orthoptera: Acrididae; Crustacea: Oniscidea and Parastacidae). My studies in biogeography are focused on the definition of endemic areas for the group in the Neotropics, as well as the use of historical methods.
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Information: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG Instituto de Ciências Biológicas (ICB) Campus Carreiros, CEP: 96201-900 Prédio 6 - Sala de Permanência 8 - Tel. (53) 3293.5189 Rio Grande, RS - BRAZIL
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Current Projects:
1) Historical biogeography of Neotropical taxa of Pentatomidae.
2) Phylogeny and classification of Nezarini (with C. Schwertner and J. Grazia).
3) Phylogeny of Carpocorini based on morphological and molecular data (with C. Weirauch, J. Grazia, and K. Barão).
4) Review, cladistic analysis and, biogeography of Euschistus (with F. M. Bianchi, L. A. Campos, L. Weiler, K. Barão, and J. Grazia).
5) Phylogeny and biogeography of Dichelops (with J. Grazia and K. Barão).
6) Revision and phylogeny of Arvelius (with F. de Lima, J. Grazia, and K. Barão).
7) Biogeography of Asopinae (with T. Roel and L. A. Campos).
8) Morphology
of
the foretibial apparatus and the foretibial expansions in Asopinae (with
R. Brungnera, K. Barão and T. Roel).
Publications:
Grazia, J., C. F. Schwertner, and A. Ferrari. 2006. Description of five new species of Chinavia Orian (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatominae) from western and northwestern South America. In: Rabitsch, W. (ed.), Hug the Bug - For Love of True Bugs. Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Ernst Heiss. Denisia 19:423-434.
Ferrari, A., A. Paladini, C. F. Schwertner, and J. Grazia. 2010. Endemism analysis of Neotropical Pentatomidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Iheringia (Zool.) 100(4): 449-462.
Ferrari, A., C. F. Schwertner, and J. Grazia. 2010. Review, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Nezara Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 2424: 1-41.
Weiler, L., A. Ferrari, and J. Grazia. 2011. Contributions to the knowledge of Euschistus (Lycipta) with the description of E. (L.) riograndensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Carpocorini). Zootaxa 3067: 59-64.
Barão, K. R., A. Ferrari, and J. Grazia. 2012. Phylogeny of the South Asian Halyini? Comments on Memon et al. (2011): Towards a better practice in Pentatomidae phylogenetic analysis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105(6):751-752. [computer copy]
Simões, F. L., A. Ferrari, and J. Grazia. 2012. Is Elsiella Froeschner, 1981 a valid genus? (Hemiptera: heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 3238: 39-48.
Barão, K. R., A. Ferrari, and J. Grazia. 2013. Comparative morphology of selected characters of the Pentatomidae foreleg (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Arthropod Structure & Development 30: 1-11.
Fernández-Aldea, A. F., K. R. Barão, J. Grazia, and A. Ferrari. 2014. An integrative approach to the taxonomy of Oenopiella Bergroth (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Carpocorini) with the description of two new species from Argentina and southern Brazil. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(2): 364-381.
Barão, K. R., A. Ferrari, C. V. K. Adami, and J. Grazia. 2017. Diversity of the external thoracic scent efferent system of Carpocorini (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) with character selection for phylogenetic inference. Zoologischer Anzeiger 268: 102-111.
Bianchi, F. M., M. Deprá, A. Ferrari, J. Grazia, V. L. S. Valente, and L. A. Campos. 2017. Total evidence phylogenetic analysis and reclassification of Euschistus Dallas within Carpocorini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Systematic Entomology 42: 399-409.
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.
Barão, K. R., A. Ferrari, and J. Grazia. 2020. Phylogenetic analysis of the Euschistus group (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) suggests polyphyly of Dichelops Spinola, 1837 with the erection of Diceraeus Dallas, 1851, stat. rev. Austral Entomology [early online version]
David A. Rider
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