Title
Insect (Hexapoda) diversity in the oceanic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: updated taxonomic checklist and new records
Date Issued
01 September 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rafael J.A.
Limeira-De-Oliveira F.
Hutchings R.W.
Gonçalves Miranda G.F.
da Silva Neto A.M.
Somavilla A.
Camargo A.
Pinto Â.P.
de Moura Bello A.
Dalmorra C.
de Mello-Patiu C.A.
de Carvalho C.J.B.
Takiya D.M.
Parizotto D.R.
Almeida Marques D.W.
de Oliveira Cavalheiro D.
de Mello Mendes D.M.
Zeppelini D.
Carneiro E.
Bezerra Lima É.F.
de Lima E.C.A.
de Godoi F.S.P.
Costa Pessoa F.A.
Vaz-De-Mello F.Z.
Sosa-Duque F.J.
Flores H.F.
Fernandes I.O.
Silva-Júnior J.O.
Pereira Gomes L.R.
Monné M.L.
de Castro M.C.M.
da Silva M.P.G.
Couri M.S.
Gottschalk M.S.
Mota Soares M.M.
Monné M.A.
Rafael M.S.
Casagrande M.M.
Hendrik Mielke O.H.
Grossi P.C.
Costa Pinto P.J.
Bartholomay P.R.
Sobral R.
Heleodoro R.A.
Pires Machado R.J.
Corrêa R.C.
Gomes Hutchings R.S.
Ale-Rocha R.
dos Santos S.D.
de Lima S.P.
Mahlmann T.
Silva V.C.
Rodrigues Fernandes D.R.
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Publisher(s)
Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
Abstract
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.
Volume
64
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Conservación de la Biodiversidad
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85095940107
Source
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
ISSN of the container
00855626
Sponsor(s)
We thank the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), for research support. To the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas (FAPEAM) and Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas (CNPq), for financial support Edital 001/2015 - CNPq/MCTI/FAPs/PROTAX, CNPq (process number 440.423/2015-5) and for the student scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships. To CNPq for a research grant through edital Universal 01/2016 - MCTI/CNPq (process number 405.630/2016-6) and for research fellowships to J.A.R. (process number 300019/2017-3), C.A.M.P. (process number 308.951/2018-2), C.J.B. de C. (process number 309.873/2016–9), D.M.T. (process number 313.677/2017-4), L.R.P.G. (process number 141030/2018-6), and M.S.G. (process number 314.120/2018-1). To Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for the student scholarships and post-doctoral fellowships. To Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) for the Collecting License number 62.821. To the staff at the Parque Nacional Marinho Fernando de Noronha, Ricardo Araújo, Viviane Vilella and Carolina Fonseca for administrative help. To the Autarquia Territorial do Distrito Estadual de Fernando de Noronha (ATDEFN), for the administrative facilities. To Layane Carvalho de Castro for field support, Max Barclay and Michael Geiser helped identify specimens collected in 1954 deposited in CEMT and authorized the photographs of type and non-type specimens deposited in the NHMUK.
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