CRINT
Comissão de Relações Internacionais
Principal Investigator
Ricardo Pinto da Rocha
Project title: Phylogeny and biogeography of Gonyleptoidea.
Research interests: Phylogeny, phylogeography, biogeography, systematics and evolution of Neotropical arachnids.
Current members
Ph.D. Students
Daniel Castro Pereira
Project title: Systematics and phylogeny of Mastigoproctinae Speijer, 1933 (Arachnida: Uropygi: Thelyphonidae).
Research interests: I am interested in systematics, biogeography and evolution of arachnids, specially the order Uropygi.
Juliana Figueiredo de Lima
Project title: Caatinga phylogeography: Scorpions (Arachnida) as models for this inference.
Research interests: I am interested in phylogeography and chromosomal evolution using scorpions as study models. My research is focused on comparative phylogeography of endemic caatinga species and chromosomal patterns of different populations.
M.Sc. Students
Gabriel Seraphim
Project title: Phylogeographic analysis of the species of Micrathena Sundevall, 1833 (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
Research interests: I am interested in phylogeography, taxonomy and evolution of Araneae.
Former members
Postdoctoral fellows
André do Amaral Nogueira (2014-2017)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Alpha, beta, functional and phylogenetic diversities of Brazilian Atlantic Forest harvestmen: patterns and relation with ecological and historical factors.
José Antonio Ochoa Cámara (2010-2011)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Cladistics analysis and systematics of the family Chactidae (Arachnida: Scorpiones).
Almir Rogério Pepato (2010-2011)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times of the arachnids orders using molecular data.
Rodrigo Willemart (2008)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab: Systematic review and cladistic analysis of Sadocus Sørensen, 1886 (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Pachylinae).
– External and internal morphology of sensory structures in gonyleptid harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones): a functional and phylogenetical approach.
Alipio Benedetti
Project title: Phylogenetic analysis of K92 clade, with emphasis on Gonyleptinae, based on morphological and molecular characters.
Research interests: Phylogeny and taxonomy of Opiliones Laniatores, especially Gonyleptoidea.
Cibele Bragagnolo (2000-2009)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Diversity of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) in Parque Nacional Serra dos Órgãos.
– Diversity and faunistic similarity of the harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) of the south and souteastern Brazil.
– Systematic review and cladistic analysis of Promitobates Roewer, 1913 and phylogenetic analysis of Mitobatinae Simon, 1879 (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae).
– Phylogenetic placement of Promitobates lineages with emphasis in the phylogeographic delimitation of the P. ornatus complex (Laniatores, Gonyleotidae, Mitobatinae).
Ph.D. students
Jairo A. Moreno-González (2015-2021)
Project title: Systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Tityus (Archaeotityus) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) based on morphological and molecular evidence.
Research interests: I am interested in the evolution and systematics of arachnids. My research is focused on some arachnid groups such as Scorpiones (Tityus) and Pedipalpi (Schizomida, Uropygi and Amblypygi).
Brittany Damron (2015-2020)
Project title: Phylogeny of the family Cosmetidae (Arachnida, Opiliones), using a Total Evidence Approach.
Research interests: Broadly I am interested in general patterns of biodiversity and biogeography in the Neotropics. Currently I am focused on taxonomy and systematics of Cosmetidae since it is an important taxa in the Neotropics and is in desperate need of taxonomic review.
Daniel Chiriví (2014-2018)
Project title: Taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Phrynus Lamarck (Amblypygi, Phrynidae).
Research interests: I work with arachnids especially Amblypygi. I am mainly interested in systematics (phylogeny and taxonomy), biogeography and ecology, using arachnids as a model.
Jimmy Cabra-García (2014-2018)
Project title: Systematics and evolution of the orb-weaving spider genus Wagneriana F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 (Araneae, Araneidae).
Research interests: I am broadly interested in systematics, evolution, natural history and patterns of alpha and beta diversity. My current research project focuses on the systematics of the orb-weaving spider genus Wagneriana under the total evidence approach.
Cristiano Sampaio Costa (2012-2016)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
-Systematics of Epiperipatus Clark, 1913 (Onychophora: Peripatidae) based on molecular and morphological data.
Marcio Bernardino da Silva (2003-2010)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Biogeography of Gonyleptidae of the Atlantic Forest, with revision of the Hernandariinae (Arachnida, Opiliones).
– Historical biogeography of the Atlantic Forest based on the distribution of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones).
Marcos Ryotaro Hara (2002-2005)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Systematic review and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Eusarcus Perty, 1833 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores).
José Paulo Leite Guadanucci (2001-2007)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Systematic review of the genus Oligoxystre Vellard, 1924 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ischnocolinae).
– Phylogenetic relationships of Ischnocolinae genera (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae).
Humberto Yoji Yamaguti (2005-2011)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Phylogeny and biogeography of the subfamily Bourguyinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae).
– Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Rhopalurus (Arachnida: Scorpiones: Buthidae).
M.Sc. students
Conchita Pinzón Morales (2019-2022)
Project title: Systematic review and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Eucynortula Roewer, 1912 (Opiliones: Cosmetidae).
Research interests: I am interested in systematics, taxonomy and biogeography of Opiliones, mainly on the family Cosmetidae.
Caio Gueratto (2018-2020)
Project title: Phylogeny and biogreography of Mischonyx Berktau, 1880 (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Gonyleptinae)
Research interests: I am interested in systematics and phylogeography of Opiliones, specially Gonyleptidae family.
Guilherme Gainett (2014-2016)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab: Internal morphology of the putative olfactory receptors in the harvestman Heteromitobates discolor (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores).
Advisor: Dr. Rodrigo Willemart (LESCA-EACH/USP).
Marília Pessoa Silva (2014-2016)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Systematic review and cladistic analysis of Sadocus Sørensen, 1886 (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Pachylinae).
Amanda Coronato Ribeiro (2013-2015)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Metalibitia Roewer, 1912 (Opiliones, Cosmetidae, Cosmetinae).
Vivian Moreira Montemor (2008-2013)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Neopachylus Roewer, 1913 (Pachylinae, Gonyleptinae).
Sabrina Outeda Jorge (2005-2010)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Courtship behaviour in the Brazilian scorpion Tityus bahiensis Perty, 1833 (Arachnida, Scorpiones).
Undergraduate students
Anna Kobayashi (2013-2014)
Yago Monteiro (2012-2014)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Taxonomic revision of the genus Ferkeira Roewer, 1947 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Cosmetidae).
Bruno Mori (2012-2013)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– Systematic review of the genus Parampheres (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae).
Leonardo Resende (2011-2012)
Research projects conducted at The Arachnology Lab:
– The harvestmen fauna (Arachnida: Opiliones) of the Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho, and the Floresta Nacional de Ipanema, São Paulo, Brazil.
