Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (Sep 2020)

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

  • José Albertino Rafael,
  • Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira,
  • Roger William Hutchings,
  • Gil Felipe Gonçalves Miranda,
  • Alberto Moreira da Silva Neto,
  • Alexandre Somavilla,
  • Alexssandro Camargo,
  • Angélico Asenjo,
  • Ângelo Parise Pinto,
  • Ayr de Moura Bello,
  • Camila Dalmorra,
  • Cátia Antunes de Mello-Patiu,
  • Claudio José Barros de Carvalho,
  • Daniela Maeda Takiya,
  • Daniele Regina Parizotto,
  • Dayse Willkenia Almeida Marques,
  • Denis de Oliveira Cavalheiro,
  • Diego Matheus de Mello Mendes,
  • Douglas Zeppelini,
  • Eduardo Carneiro,
  • Élison Fabrício Bezerra Lima,
  • Estevam Cipriano Araújo de Lima,
  • Fabio Siqueira Pitaluga de Godoi,
  • Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa,
  • Fernando Zagury Vaz-de-Mello,
  • Francisco José Sosa-Duque,
  • Heloísa Fernandes Flores,
  • Itanna Oliveira Fernandes,
  • José Osvaldo Silva-Júnior,
  • Lucas Roberto Pereira Gomes,
  • Marcela Laura Monné,
  • Marcelo Cutrim Moreira de Castro,
  • Marcelo Peixoto Gomes da Silva,
  • Márcia Souto Couri,
  • Marco Silva Gottschalk,
  • Matheus Mickael Mota Soares,
  • Miguel Angel Monné,
  • Miriam Silva Rafael,
  • Mirna Martins Casagrande,
  • Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke,
  • Paschoal Coelho Grossi,
  • Paula Jéssica Costa Pinto,
  • Pedro Reck Bartholomay,
  • Rafael Sobral,
  • Raphael Aquino Heleodoro,
  • Renato José Pires Machado,
  • Robson Crepes Corrêa,
  • Rosa Sá Gomes Hutchings,
  • Rosaly Ale-Rocha,
  • Sandra Duque dos Santos,
  • Sheila Pereira de Lima,
  • Thiago Mahlmann,
  • Vera Cristina Silva,
  • Daniell Rodrigo Rodrigues Fernandes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2020-0052
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 3

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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.

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