Insect (Hexapoda) diversity in the oceanic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: updated taxonomic checklist and new records

Autor: Marcelo Cutrim Moreira de Castro, Rosa Sá Gomes Hutchings, Claudio J. B. de Carvalho, Alberto Moreira Da Silva Neto, Mirna M. Casagrande, Paschoal Coelho Grossi, Heloísa Fernandes Flores, Pedro R. Bartholomay, Daniell Rodrigo Rodrigues Fernandes, Daniele R. Parizotto, Ângelo Parise Pinto, Gil Felipe Gonçalves Miranda, Matheus Mickael Mota Soares, Renato Jose Pires Machado, Marcelo Peixoto Gomes da Silva, Ayr de Moura Bello, Daniela M. Takiya, Douglas Zeppelini, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, E F B Lima, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, Cátia Antunes de Mello-Patiu, Miguel A. Monné, Alexssandro Camargo, Márcia Souto Couri, Fabio Siqueira Pitaluga de Godoi, Camila Dalmorra, Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira, Rafael Sobral, José Albertino Rafael, Míriam Silva Rafael, Francisco José Sosa-Duque, Denis de Oliveira Cavalheiro, Sheila Lima, Lucas R. P. Gomes, Itanna Oliveira Fernandes, Roger William Hutchings, Olaf H. H. Mielke, Marcela L. Monné, Rosaly Ale-Rocha, José Osvaldo Silva-Júnior, Vera Cristina Silva, Estevam C. A. Lima, Alexandre Somavilla, Eduardo Carneiro, Paula Jéssica Costa Pinto, Raphael Aquino Heleodoro, Marco Silva Gottschalk, Sandra Duque dos Santos, Thiago Mahlmann, Angélico Asenjo, Diego Matheus De Mello Mendes, Dayse Willkenia Almeida Marques, Robson Crepes Corrêa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, Vol 64, Iss 3 (2020)
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, Volume: 64, Issue: 3, Article number: e20200052, Published: 25 SEP 2020
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia v.64 n.3 2020
Revista brasileira de entomologia
Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia (SBE)
instacron:SBE
ISSN: 1806-9665
Popis: Hexapods, commonly known as insects, are a neglected taxonomic group in the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, with unanswered questions about their species richness and the ecological processes in which they are involved (e.g., colonization, introduction, establishment, and extinction). Herein, we provide an updated Hexapod checklist with current nomenclatural combinations. The entomofauna of the Fernando de Noronha archipelago is currently composed of 453 species in 21 orders. The orders, and their respective number of species, are: Blattaria (9), Coleoptera (118), Collembola (29), Dermaptera (3), Diplura (1), Diptera (134), Embioptera (1), Hemiptera (29), Hymenoptera (59), Isoptera (2), Lepidoptera (25), Mantodea (1), Neuroptera (3), Odonata (5), Orthoptera (11), Phasmatodea (1), Phthiraptera (6), Psocoptera (3), Siphonaptera (1), Thysanoptera (10), and Zygentoma (2). The archipelago has 263 new taxon records (family + genera + species). Thirty-eight species (3.39%) were described from local specimens and most of them are likely endemic species. This study more than doubles our knowledge (from the previous 190 records) of the entomofauna in this large Brazilian archipelago. This study also provides a baseline for studies on its conservation status and for implementing future environmental management programs.
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