FEITOSA LAB
Laboratório de Sistemática e Biologia de Formigas
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Departamento de Zoologia - Programa de Pós-graduação em Entomologia
Artigos
2017
FRANCO, W.; FEITOSA, R.M. First standardized inventory of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the natural grasslands of Paraná: New records for Southern Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 58, 12:19.
2018
FRANCO, W.; FEITOSA, R.M. Discovery of the termite specialist ant genus Centromyrmex, Mayr 1866 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) for the Guinana Shield. Sociobiology, 65(2), 345-347.
CASADEI FERREIRA, A. ; MARTINS, M. F. O. ; FEITOSA, R. M. Rediscovery of the morphologically remarkable social parasite Pheidole acutidens (Bruch), with the first records for Brazil. Sociobiology, 63(4), 1069-1072, 2017.
CASTRO, G. H. P. ; KAYANO, D. Y. ; SOUZA, R. F. ; HILSDORF, A. W. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; MORINI, M. S. C. Seasonal Patterns of the Foraging Ecology of Myrmelachista arthuri Forel, 1903 (Formicidae: Formicinae). Sociobiology, 64(3), 237-243, 2017.
DROSE, W. ; PODGAISKI, L. R. ; CAVALLERI, A. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; MENDONÇA JR., MILTON . Ground-Dwelling and Vegetation Ant Fauna in South Brazilian Grasslands. Sociobiology, 64, 381-392, 2017.
LASMAR, C. J. ; QUEIROZ, A. C. M. ; RABELLO, A. M. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; CANEDO-JÚNIOR, E. O. ; SCHMIDT, F. A. ;... RIBAS, C. R. Testing the effect of pitfall-trap installation on ant sampling. Insectes Sociaux, 1-7, 2017.
MARTINS SEGUNDO, G. B. ; DE BISEAU, J. C. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; CARLOS, J. E. V. ; SÁ, L. R. ; FONTENELLE, M. T. M. B. ; QUINET, Y. Crematogaster abstinens and Crematogaster pygmaea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae): from monogyny and monodomy to polygyny and polydomy. Myrmecological News, 25, 67-81, 2017.
PACHECO, R. ; CAMACHO, G. P. ; FRIZZO, T. L. ; VASCONCELOS, H. L. Effects of land‐use changes on ecosystem services: decrease in ant predation in human‐dominated landscapes in central Brazil. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 162(3), 302-308, 2017.
SANTOS, L. R. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; CARNEIRO, M. A. A. The role of Senescent Stem-Galls over Arboreal Ant Communites Structure in Eremanthus erythropappus (DC.) MacLeish (Asteraceae) Trees. Sociobiology, 64(1), 7-13, 2017.
SILVA, T. S. R. Species descriptions and digital environments: alternatives for accessibility of morphological data. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 1(4), 277-281, 2017.
SILVA, T. S. R. ; FEITOSA, R. M. Hunting for Wasps In-between: the Use of the Winkler Extractor to Sample Leaf Litter Hymenoptera. Neotropical Entomology, 1-8, 2017.
VASCONCELOS, H. L. ; MARAVALHAS, J. B. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; PACHECO, R. ; NEVES, K. C. ; ANDERSEN, A. N. Neotropical savanna ants show a reversed latitudinal gradient of species richness, with climatic drivers reflecting the forest origin of the fauna. Journal of Biogeography, 10.1111/jbi.131, 2017.
2016
AMORIM, D. S. ; SANTOS, C. M. D. ; KRELL, F. ; DUBOIS, A. ; NIHEI, S. S. ; OLIVEIRA, O. M. ; PONT, A. ; SONG, H. ; VERDADE, V. K. ; FACHIN, D. A. ; KLASSA, B. ; LAMAS, C. J. E. ; OLIVEIRA, S. S. ; CARVALHO, C. J. B. ; MELLO-PATIU, C. A. ; HAJDU, E. ; CURI, M. S. ; SILVA, V. C. ; CAPELLARI, R. S. ; FALASCHI, R. L. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; PRENDINI, L. ; POMBAL JR., J. P. ; FERNANDEZ, F. C. ; ROCHA, R. M. ; et al.; Timeless Standards for Species Delimitation: A Critique of the Use of Images as Types. Zootaxa (Auckland. Print), 2016.
BOUDINOT, B. E. ; PROBST, R. S. ; BRANDÃO, C.R.F. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; WARD, P. Out of the Neotropics: newly discovered relictual species sheds light on the biogeographical history of spider ants ( Dolichoderinae, Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, v. 41, p. 658-671, 2016.
CAMACHO, G. P.; FEITOSA, R. M. First record of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Kempfidris Fernández, Feitosa & Lattke, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Peru. Check List (São Paulo. Online), v.12, article 1911, 2016.
CAMARGO, P. H. S. A. ; MARTINS, M. M. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; CHRISTIANINI, A. V. Bird and ant synergy increases the seed dispersal effectiveness of an ornithochoric shrub. Oecologia, 10.1007/s00442-016-3571-z, 2016.
CUNHA, L. ; BROWN, G. G. ; STANTON, D. W. G. ; SILVA, E. ; HANSEL, F. ; JORGE, G. ; MCKEE, D. ; VIDAL-TORRADO, P. ; MACEDO, R. ; VELASQUEZ, E. ; JAMES, S. W. ; RENARD, D. ; LAVELLE, P. ; KILLE, P. ; FERREIRA, A. C. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; Terra Preta de Indio Network . Soil animals and pedogenesis: The role of earthworms in anthropogenic soils. Soil Science, v. 181, p. 110-125, 2016.
FEITOSA, R. M. ; SILVA, R. R. ; AGUIAR, A. P. Diurnal Flight Periodicity of a Neotropical Ant Assemblage (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Atlantic Forest. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (Impresso), 2016.
OLIVEIRA, A. L.; FEITOSA, R. M.; VASCONCELOS, H. L.; MARAVALHAS, J. New distribution records of the savanna specialist fungus-farming ant Cyatta Sosa-Calvo et al. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Biodiversity Data Journal, 4: e10673, 2016.
PIE, M. R. ; FEITOSA, R. M. Relictual ant lineages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and their evolutionary implications. Myrmecological News, v. 22, p. 55-58, 2016.
PRADO, L. P. ; VICENTE, R. E. ; SILVA, T. S. R. ; SOUZA, J. L. Strumigenys fairchildi Brown, 1961 (Formicidae, Myrmicinae): first record of this rarely collected ant from Brazil. Check List, 12(4), article 1922, 2016.
SANTOS-SILVA, L. ; VICENTE, R. E. ; FEITOSA, R. M. Ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of forest fragments and urban areas in a Meridional Amazonian landscape. Check List (São Paulo. Online), v. 12, p. 1885, 2016.
STROHER, P. R. ; ZARZA, E. ; TSAI, W. L. E. ; MCCORMACK, J. E. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; PIE, M. R. The mitochondrial genome of Octostruma stenognatha and its phylogenetic implications. Insectes Sociaux (Online), p. 1-6, 2016.
2015
AZEVEDO, C. O. ; TAVARES, M. T. ; KAWADA, R. ; WAICHERT, C. ; NOLL, F. B. ; CARPENTER, J. M. ; MASNER, L. ; JOHNSON, N. F. RODRIGUEZ-VELEZ, B. ; GIBSON, G. ; OHL, M. ; SHIMBORI, E. M. ; SHARKEY, M. ; SMITH, D. ; HEYDON, S. ; COSTA, V. ; AQUINO, D. ; MACEDO, A. C. C. ; BUFFINGTON, M. L. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; KIMSEY, L. ; OLMI, M. ; WILLIAMS, K. ; MOLIN, A. D. ; SILVA, T. S. R. , et al. ; Checklist of the genera of Hymenoptera (Insecta) from Espírito Santo, Brazil. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão, v. 37, p. 313-343, 2015.
BRANDÃO, C.R.F. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; DINIZ, J. L. M. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical Myrmicinae ant genus Blepharidatta Wheeler. Zootaxa (Online), v. 4012, p. 33-56, 2015.
CAMACHO, G. P. ; VASCONCELOS, H. L. . Ants of the Panga Ecological Station, a Cerrado Reserve in Central Brazil. Sociobiology, v. 62, p. 281-295, 2015.
FEITOSA, R. M. ; DROSE, W. ; PODGAISKI, L. R. ; MENDONÇA JR., M. First Record of the Dolichoderine Ant Genus Gracilidris Wild & Cuezzo (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southern Brazil. Sociobiology, v. 62, p. 296-299, 2015.
NAKANO, M. A. ; DA SILVA, R. R. ; DE MIRANDA, V. F. O. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; MORINI, M. S. Morphological differentiation between species of Myrmelachista Roger (Formicidae: Formicinae) in Atlantic Forest areas of the Alto Tietê (São Paulo). Sociobiology, v. 62, p. 321-327, 2015.
NOGUEIRA, A. ; REY, P. J. ; ALCANTARA, J. M. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; LOHMANN, L. G. . Geographic Mosaic of Plant Evolution: Extrafloral Nectary Variation Mediated by Ant and Herbivore Assemblages. Plos One, v. 10, p. e0123806, 2015.
2014
BRANDÃO, C. R. F. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; POWELL, S. ; DEL-CLARO, K. Description of Cephalotes specularis n. sp. (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)-the mirror turtle ant. Zootaxa (Auckland. Print), v. 3796, p. 568, 2014.
CAMPOS, R. I. ; CAMACHO, G. P. Ant-plant interactions: the importance of extrafloral nectaries versus hemipteran honeydew on plant defense against herbivores. Arthropod-Plant Interactions (Print), v. 76, p. 76, 2014.
FERNANDEZ, F. C. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; LATTKE, J. E. Kempfidris, A New Genus of Myrmicinae Ants from the Neotropical Region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, v. 85, p. 1-10, 2014.
GALLEGO-ROPERO, M. C. ; FEITOSA, R. M. Evidences of Batesian Mimicry and Parabiosis in Ants of the Brazilian Savanna. Sociobiology, v. 61, p. 281-285, 2014.
NAKANO, M. A. ; MIRANDA, V. F. O. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; MORINI, M. S. C. . The genetic characterization of Myrmelachista spp. Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) specimens collected in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Sociobiology, v. 61, p. 21-27, 2014.
POWELL, S. ; DEL-CLARO, K. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; BRANDÃO, C.R.F. . Mimicry and Eavesdropping Enable a New Form of Social Parasitism in Ants. The American Naturalist, v. 184, p. 500-509, 2014.
PUKER, A. ; ROSA, C. S. ; OROZCO, J. ; SOLAR, R. R. C. ; FEITOSA, R. M. Insights on the association of American Cetoniinae beetles with ants. Entomological Science (Tokyo), v. 18, 10.1111/ens.12085, 2014.
SCHMIDT, F. A. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; REZENDE, F. M. ; JESUS, R. S. . News on the enigmatic ant genus Anillidris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae: Leptomyrmecini). Myrmecological News, v. 19, p. 25-30, 2014.
VASCONCELOS, H. L. ; FRIZZO, T. L. M. ; PACHECO, R. ; MARAVALHAS, J. B. ; CAMACHO, G. P. ; CARVALHO, K. S. ; KOCH, E. B. A. ; PUJOL-LUZ, J. R. Evaluating sampling sufficiency and the use of surrogates for assessing ant diversity in a Neotropical biodiversity hotspot. Ecological Indicators, v. 46, p. 286-292, 2014.
2013
GALLEGO-ROPERO, M. C. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; PUJOL-LUZ, J. R. . Formigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Associadas a Ninhos de Cornitermes cumulans (Kollar) (Isoptera, Termitidae) no Cerrado do Planalto Central do Brasil. EntomoBrasilis (Vassouras), v. 6, p. 97-101, 2013.
NAKANO, M. A. ; MIRANDA, V. F. O. ; SOUZA, D. R. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; MORINI, M. S. C. . Occurrence and natural history of Myrmelachista Roger (Formicidae: Formicinae) in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (Impresa), v. 86, p. 169-179, 2013.
PACHECO, R. ; VASCONCELOS, H. L. ; GROC, S. ; CAMACHO, G. P. ; FRIZZO, T. L. . The importance of remnants of natural vegetation for maintaining ant diversity in Brazilian agricultural landscapes. Biodiversity and conservation, 22(4), 983-997, 2013.
SILVA, R. R. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; BRANDÃO, C.R.F. ; FREITAS, A. V. L. . The first Leptanilloides species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanilloidinae) from Eastern South America. Journal of Natural History, v. 48, p. 10.1080/0022293, 2013.
SOSA-CALVO, J. ; SCHULTZ, T. R. ; BRANDÃO, C. R. F. ; KLINGENBERG, C. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; RABELING, C. ; BACCI, M. ; LOPES, C. T. ; VASCONCELOS, H. L. Cyatta abscondita: Taxonomy, Evolution, and Natural History of a New Fungus-Farming Ant Genus from Brazil. Plos One, v. 8, p. e80498, 2013.
2012
DÁTTILO, W. ; VICENTE, R. E. ; NUNES, R. V. ; FEITOSA, R. M. Influence of Cave Size and Presence of Bat Guano on Ant Visitation. Sociobiology, v. 59, p. 549-559, 2012.
FEITOSA, R. M. ; BRANDÃO, C.R.F. ; FERNANDEZ, F. C. ; DELABIE, J. C. H. . The Ant Genus Sphinctomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Cerapachyinae) in the Neotropical Region, with the Description of Two New Species. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology (Cambridge), v. 2012, p. 1-9, 2012.
FEITOSA, R. M. ; LACAU, S. ; DA ROCHA, W. D. ; OLIVEIRA, A. R. ; DELABIE, J. C. H. . A giant new arboreal species of the ant genus Anochetus from Brazil (Formicidae: Ponerinae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, v. 48, p. 253-259, 2012.
FOX, E. G. P. ; SOLIS, D. R. ; ROSSI, M. L. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; BRESCOVIT, A. . The larval morphology and nest habits of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) rogenhoferi Kohl 1884 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Zootaxa (Online), v. 3251, p. 47-56, 2012.
NAKANO, M. A. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; MORAES, C. O. ; ADRIADO, L. D. C. ; HENGLES, E. P. ; LONGUI, E.L. ; MORINI, M. S. C. . Assembly of Myrmelachista Roger (Formicidae: Formicinae) in twigs fallen on the leaf litter of Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Journal of Natural History, v. 46, p. 2103-2115, 2012.
ROSADO, J. L. O. ; GONCALVES, M. G. ; DROSE, W. ; SILVA, E. J. E. ; KRUGER, R. F. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; LOECK, A. E. Epigeic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in vineyards and grassland areas in the Campanha region, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Check List (São Paulo. Online), v. 8, p. 1184-1189, 2012.
2011
BRANDÃO, C.R.F. ; SILVA, R. R. ; FEITOSA, R. M. Cerrado ground-dwelling ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as indicators of edge effects. ZOOLOGIA-CURITIBA, v. 28, p. 379-387, 2011.
SOLIS, D. R. ; NAKANO, M. A. ; FOX, E. G. P. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; BUENO, O. C. ; MORINI, M. S. C. . Description of the Immatures of Myrmelachista catharinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Insect Science, v. 11, p. 1-9, 2011.
2010
BRANDÃO, C.R.F. ; DINIZ, J. L. M. ; FEITOSA, R. M. The venom apparatus and other morphological characters of the ant Martialis heureka (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Martialinae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (USP.Museu de Zoologia. Impresso), v. 50, p. 413-423, 2010.
DELABIE, J. C. H. ; DA ROCHA, W. D. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; DEVIENNE, P. ; FRESNEAU, D. Gnamptogenys concinna (F. Smith, 1858) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae): nouvelles données sur sa distribution et commentaires sur ce cas de gigantisme dans le genre Gnamptogenys. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, v. 115, p. 269-277, 2010.
2009
SILVA, R. R. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; BRANDÃO, C.R.F. ; DINIZ, J. L. M. Tropidomyrmex elianae, a new myrmicine ant genus and species from Brazil, tentatively assigned to Solenopsidini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa (Online), v. 2025, p. 32-38, 2009.
2008
BRANDÃO, C. R. F. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; SCHMIDT, F. A. ; SOLAR, R. R. C. . Rediscovery of the putatively extinct ant species Simopelta minima (Brandão 1989) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with a discussion on rarity and conservation status of ant species. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 52, p. 480-483, 2008.
FEITOSA, R. M. ; BRANDÃO, C. R. F. A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Lachnomyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa (Online), v. 1890, p. 1-49, 2008.
FEITOSA, R. M. ; BRANDÃO, C.R.F. ; DINIZ, J. L. M. 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, v. 17, p. 64-82, 2008.
FEITOSA, R. M. ; HORA, R. R. ; DELABIE, J. C. H. ; VALENZUELA, J. ; FRESNEAU, D. . A New Social Parasite in the Ant Genus Ectatomma F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ectatomminae). Zootaxa (Online), v. 1713, p. 47-52, 2008.
2007
FEITOSA, R. M. Aggregation and adult transportation in disturbed colonies of Wasmannia auropunctata Roger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux, v. 54, p. 200-201, 2007.
FEITOSA, R. M. ; BRANDÃO, C.R.F. ; DIETZ, B. H. Basiceros scambognathus (Brown, 1949) n. comb., with the first worker and male descriptions, and a revised generic diagnosis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), v. 47, p. 15-26, 2007.
SILVA, R. R. ; FEITOSA, R. M. ; EBERHARDT, F. Reduced ant diversity along a habitat regeneration gradient in the southern Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Forest Ecology and Management, v. 240, p. 61-69, 2007.
2005
FEITOSA, R. M. ; RIBEIRO, A. S. Mirmecofauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) de serapilheira de uma área de Floresta Atlântica no Parque Estadual da Cantareira - São Paulo, Brasil. Biotemas (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, v. 18, n.2, p. 51-71, 2005.