This paper provided a list of all new Brazilian Hexapoda species described in 2020. Furthermore, based on the information extracted by this list, we tackled additional questions regarding the taxa, the specialists involved in the species descriptions as well as the journals in which those papers have been published. We recorded a total of 680 new Brazilian species of Hexapoda described in 2020, classified in 24...
With a big territory and variety of biomes, Brazil is one of the most diverse countries in the World, with insects massively contributing to this diversity. Although presenting impressive numbers, many groups are poorly known concerning their diversity and distribution. Also, the knowledge of the species diversity is very heterogeneous when comparing Brazilian states and regions. With a recent review of part of...
With a big territory and variety of biomes, Brazil is one of the most diverse countries in the World, with insects massively contributing to this diversity. Although presenting impressive numbers, many groups are poorly known concerning their diversity and distribution. Also, the knowledge of the species diversity is very heterogeneous when comparing Brazilian states and regions. With a recent review of part of...
A new species of Trichomyia from the state of Bahia, Brazil, is described and illustrated, and male and female are associated using DNA barcoding. Additionally, fragments of the COI of two other species, Trichomyia cerdosa Araújo & Bravo, 2016 and Trichomyia ituberensis Araújo & Bravo, 2016, and the females of two unidentified species, are sequenced. © 2018 Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz?nia. Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Entomologia. Manaus, AM, Brazil.; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz?nia. Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Entomologia. Manaus, AM, Brazil.; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz?nia. Laborat?rio de Leishmaniose e Doen?a de Chagas. Manaus, AM, Brazil.; Minist?rio da Sa?de. Secretaria de Vigil?ncia em Sa?de. Instituto Evandro Chagas. La...
Resumo: O gênero Psychoda Latreille é o agrupamento mais antigo da família Psychodidae, e já sofreu diversas mudanças quanto a sua definição desde que foi proposto. Nos últimos 50 anos, houve uma ampla discussão entre os especialistas do grupo sobre os limites desse gênero e da tribo em que ele está alocado - Psychodini - no entanto, sem chegar a um consenso. Atualmente, as principais propostas classificatórias...