
Fernando Cesar ZanellaFederal University for Latin American Integration | UNILA · Instituto Latino-Americano de Ciências da Vida e da Natureza
Fernando Cesar Zanella
Dr. Sc. Entomology
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Introduction
Systematics, Biogeography and Ecology mainly of bees.
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November 2012 - present
November 2012 - present
Universidade Federal da Integração Latino Americana, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
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- Professor (Associate)
March 1992 - March 2003
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Publications (64)
We present an updated, commented, and revised catalog for the Brazilian cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) and pay tribute to Adolph Ducke’s 1913 monographic work on the Brazilian fauna of these wasps titled “As Chrysididas do Brazil.” We document all 159 chrysidid species known to occur in Brazil, classified into 18 genera representing three...
The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classification. In this context, the B Brazilian meg...
The species of the cleptobiotic bee genus Lestrimelitta Friese, 1903 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) are generally known as a menace to Meliponiculture and Apiculture, that is why it is common to observe recommendations to beekeepers to avoid the proximity of their meliponaries with any Lestrimelitta hives. So, besides other anthropic pressures, the growth o...
La comunidad académica de la Universidad Federal de la Integración Latinoamericana (UNILA) ha sido bombardeada en los últimos meses con la retórica de “retomar la internacionalización”, como si la Universidad hubiera estado inmovilizada hasta la reciente llegada de los nuevos demiurgos a la gestión universitaria. Este discurso además de falaz tambi...
A comunidade acadêmica da Universidade Federal da Integração Latino Americana (UNILA) tem sido bombardeada nos últimos meses com uma retórica sobre a "retomada da internacionalização", como se a Universidade estivesse imobilizada até a recente chegada dos novos demiurgos à sua gestão. Além de ser um discurso falacioso, também é evidentemente ofensi...
Xylocopa nigrocincta Smith, 1854, and Xylocopa suspecta Moure & Camargo, 1988, are two nominal species within the subgenus Neoxylocopa and have a sympatric geographic distribution in South America. While X. nigrocincta is recognized by the presence of reddish metasomatic bands, X. suspecta is entirely black. Although morphologically distinct in ter...
We present a list of Xylocopa Latreille species that occur in Maranhão State, a region where several physiognomic formations characteristic of the Amazon, Cerrado, and Caatinga biomes overlap. The information was compiled through numerous surveys conducted in this territory, in addition to direct consultation in scientific collections, which have m...
Seridó is one of the driest regions in the Caatinga biome, Northeastern Brazil, affected by a long history of anthropogenic impact, and today it is considered a desertification region. A phytosociological survey of woody species was carried out in an area at Morada das Jandairas Farm (MJF), in Santana do Seridó, Rio Grande do Norte, which still has...
The diversity of the Elampini cuckoo wasps in northeastern Brazil is reviewed. Three new species are described: Hedychrum oxente Lucena & Zanella sp. nov., Holopyga lunae Lucena sp. nov., and Muesebeckidium clemensi Lucena & Zanella sp. nov. A lectotype is designated for Holopyga piliventris Ducke, 1907 and herein illustrated. Elampus aequinoctiali...
The patterns of the spatial distribution of insects in seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs) are strongly influenced by marked seasonal fluctuations. Tropical arthropod seasonality has been linked to multiple factors, ranging from microclimate changes to large‐scale environmental processes. The group of social wasps includes eusocial organisms th...
Os antófilos desempenham papel essencial na conservação da biodiversidade. Com isso, objetivou-se caracterizar a diversidade, a abundância e a variação sazonal de visitantes florais em uma fitofisionomia de Caatinga no semiárido paraibano. A guilda de visitantes florais foi estudada por meio de amostragem sistemática dos indivíduos, em flores ou em...
Centris xanthomelaena Moure & Castro, 2001 is a relict species, endemic to northeastern
Brazil and broadly recorded within the semiarid region of Caatinga xerophilous open vegetation. It was originally included in the subgenus Paracentris Cameron, 1903 but posteriorly interpreted as remotely related to it or to the subgenus Centris s. str. Fabriciu...
The tropical / subtropical portion of Cisandine South America, comprises extensive biomes whose limits are determined mainly by differences in rainfall levels. In a simple scheme, they can be separated into two physiognomic groups: tropical rainforests, in more rainy regions without a well-defined period of water restriction, and dry tropical fores...
Geometridae is one of the most diverse Lepidoptera families; however, little information about Geometridae species is found, even regarding their distribution and basic biology, which are in general restricted to type locality. Lists of species and their host plants are not found for the Semiarid region of the Northeast of Brazil. The present note...
The diversity of two subfamilies of cuckoo wasps in northeastern Brazil is reviewed. Four new species are described and illustrated: Amisega boyi Lucena, sp. nov., A. sertaneja Lucena, sp. nov., and Duckeia dudui Lucena, sp. nov. (Amiseginae), and Cleptidea nordestina Lucena, sp. nov. (Cleptinae). These new species of Amisega and Duckeia represent...
2020) A new species of Ceratina (Ceratinula) Moure, 1941, with notes on the taxonomy and distribution of Ceratina (Ceratinula) manni Cockerell, 1912, and an identification key for species of this subgenus known from Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Ceratinini). Abstract A new species of the small carpenter bee, genus Ceratina (Ceratinula) Moure, from t...
RESUMO Os besouros apresentam grande diversidade taxonômica e funcional, no entanto, para a Região Nordeste, especialmente para a porção com vegetação de Caatinga, o conhecimento da fauna de Coleoptera é muito restrito. Por se tratar de uma região com grande diversidade de paisagens, torna-se necessário conhecer a coleopterofauna que ocorre nas dif...
Orchid bees were surveyed at Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, the largest remnant of Seasonal Semideciduous Forest in Brazil. Seven species were collected, and Eufriesea violacea (Blanchard) was the most common species, followed by Euglossa annectans Dressler. The observed species richness and species composition agree with what is known for the local eu...
O Nordeste do Brasil apresenta uma vasta região semiárida conhecida como “Caatinga” que já foi predominantemente coberta por Florestas Tropicais Secas. As espécies animais e vegetais nessa área podem ter que suportar longos períodos de estresse hídrico, já que o período seco é bem prolongado. As duras condições climáticas associadas a práticas inad...
In the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil, populations of native bees can be jeopardized by future climate change. The present study aims to analyze the impact of climate change on a native stingless bee (Melipona subnitida Ducke). This species is a locally important pollinator of wild and crop plants, also exploited for honey production by reg...
Males of Euglossa mandibularis were consistently captured in scent traps baited with β-ionone in areas of Mixed Ombrophylous Forests or transition between this latter physiognomy and Montane Semideciduous Forest at Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, Paraná state, Brazil. Geographic records for the species and sampling effort (including or not β-ionone amon...
Este livreto é destinado aos agricultores e comunidades locais ligados ao cultivo da
aceroleira e interessados em uma maior produtividade, baseada na proteção das abelhas
polinizadoras desta cultura e do seu ambiente.
A aceroleira (Malpighia emarginata – família Malpighiaceae), planta originária da
América Central, foi introduzida no Brasil na déca...
Este livreto é destinado aos agricultores e comunidades locais ligados ao cultivo
da mangabeira e interessados em uma produtividade, baseada na proteção dos animais
polinizadores da cultura e de seu ambiente.
A mangabeira (Hancornia speciosa – Apocynaceae) é uma planta típica do cerrado
no Brasil central e do tabuleiro nordestino. Esta planta desta...
Este livreto é destinado aos agricultores e comunidades locais ligados ao cultivo
da gravioleira e interessados em uma maior produtividade, tendo como base a proteção
dos insetos polinizadores da cultura e de seu ambiente.
A gravioleira (Annona muricata – Família Annonaceae) é uma árvore de pequeno
porte, provavelmente, originária da América Centra...
Chrysidids are mostly cleptoparasites of solitary aculeate wasps, and parasitoids of some other insect orders. Little is known about the diversity and biology of Brazilian species, more specifically in the caatingas, present knowledge is limited to a single local fauna survey conducted in the state of Ceará in the past century, besides sporadic ane...
A gynandromorph specimen of Eulaema atleticana Nemésio, the first registered in Eulaema, is described. The E. atleticana gynandromorph was captured using an eucalyptol scent trap, in the Mata do Buraquinho Reserve, an Atlantic Forest fragment. The study site has 550 ha and is located in the urban area of the Municipality of João Pessoa, State of Pa...
The Africanized honeybee Apis mellifera (AHB) is an invasive species spread over all Brazilian biomes, which has negative impacts on native bee populations, but whose impacts on native plants are still controversial. In order to understand how its impacts extend to the pollination service at the community level, we studied the AHB and its interacti...
RESUMO Foi avaliada a dinâmica de fundação de ninhos por abelhas e vespas solitárias em ninhos-armadilhas em uma área de caatinga na Estação Ecológica do Seridó em Serra Negra do Norte, localizada ao Sul do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Para isto, foram utilizados 10 blocos de madeira com 32 orifícios cada um, instalados a 1,5 m do solo e inspecio...
Centris (Paracentris) Cameron is one of the more diverse subgenera within the bee genus Centris (Moure et al. 2007), being broadly distributed in the Neotropical Region, and showing an amphitropical distribution pattern (Michener 1979). The sixteen South American species of Centris (Paracentris) (Zanella 2002; Moure et al. 2007) occur in different...
Centris (Paracentris) Cameron is one of the subgenera with the greatest species richness of the bee tribe Centridini. In this paper, Centris nordestina, a new Brazilian species of the subgenus is described, and due to its close relationship with a clade of Andean species, a new biogeographical track is defined uniting northeastern Brazil with the A...
The caatinga vegetation has many physiognomies and in a general way is degraded by human pressure, so it is important to characterize phytosociologically its various facies. This study aimed to characterize the composition and structure of the woody component of a relatively homogeneous remnant of caatinga vegetation in semiarid region of Paraiba,...
The caatinga vegetation has many physiognomies and in a general way is degraded by human pressure, so it is important to characterize phytosociologically its various facies. This study aimed to characterize the composition and structure of the woody component of a relatively homogeneous remnant of caatinga vegetation in semiarid region of Paraiba,...
The dynamic of nest foundation by solitary bees and wasps was evaluated by means of trap-nests at Estação Ecológica do Seridó, Serra Negra do Norte municipality, Rio Grande do Norte State, in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil. Ten wooden blocks were used, each one with 32 openings, placed 1.5 m above ground. Cardboard trap-nests with 4, 6...
A aceroleira é uma importante frutífera tropical que pode produzir frutos o ano todo na região semiárida do Nordeste do Brasil, caso seja utilizada a irrigação. Como a aceroleira depende da polinização por abelhas coletoras de óleos florais para apresentar uma produção satisfatória de frutos, este trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a abundância de...
Xylocopa (Monoxylocopa) macambirae sp. nov. is described from specimens collected mainly in areas at moderately high altitude of Northeastern brazil, inside the caatinga semi-arid domain. Additionally, a complementary diagnosis for the subgenus is presented.
Aspects of floral biology of cotton commercial varieties and the possible role of flower visitors for its pollination in Northeast of Brazil were studied. Manual controlled pollination tests were undertaken to check the reproductive system; the level of fructification under free pollination was compared to that observed in isolated flowers; and the...
Embora já se conheça alguma coisa relacionada aos aspectos botânicos deste maciço, pouco, muito pouco mesmo se sabe sobre as suas abelhas. O conhecimento sobre as abelhas da caatinga em geral foi atualizado recentemente por Zanella (1999, 2000 a, b). Entretanto, este trabalho não inclui as áreas de exceção, geralmente de clima úmido, como a serra d...
Diversidade, abundância relativa e fenologia em Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) na Serra do Mar (Quatro Barras, PR) Sul do Brasil
Ninho de Austromegachile habilis e notas sobre a diversidade de Megachile (Apoidea, Megachilidae) em biótopos neotropicais
It is recorded the emergence of specimens of the cleptoparasitic bee Austrostelis catamarcencis (Schrottky) from nests of Epanthidium tigrinum (Schrottky) in the central area of the Caatinga, the semi-arid region from Northeastern Brazil.
Several standardized surveys of bee communities undertaken in Brazil in the last few decades have allowed a comparative approach to the search for generalized patterns of community structure. In this paper the results of a standardized year-round bee survey undertaken in Itatim, Northeastern Brazil, in the semi-arid caatinga domain (12º 42'S; 39º 4...
Several standardized surveys of bee communities undertaken in Brazil in the last few decades have allowed a comparative approach to the search for generalized patterns of community structure. In this paper the results of a standardized year-round bee survey undertaken in Itatim, Northeastern Brazil, in the semi-arid caatinga domain (12º 42'S; 39º 4...
The species in the genus Osirinus Roig-Alsina are revised. Seven species are recognized, including O. ruficrus, new species, from south-eastern Brazil and O. tarsalis, new species, from western Brazil and Peru. Osiris parvicollis Ducke and O. santiagoi Almeida are transferred for the first time to Osirinus. An identification key based mainly on fem...
A revision of flower visitation records by bees of the genus Centris in the Caatinga, the xerophylous vegetation predominant in the semi-arid Northeastern Brazil, is presented. This revision includes, besides literature data, results from six annual surveys of the bee fauna and visited flowers, undertaken in limited areas of the States of Paraíba,...
É apresentada uma revisão dos registros de plantas visitadas por espécies de abelhas do gênero Centris em áreas de caatinga, vegetação xerófila predominante na região semi-árida do nordeste do Brasil, incluindo dados de literatura e resultados originais de seis levantamentos anuais da fauna de abelhas e flora melitófila de áreas restritas, realizad...
The tropical semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil has a high spatial variability of vegetation physiognomies, ranging from open scrublands to low arboreal woodlands, mainly as a result of the differences on local water availability. Bee community structure must also be highly variable from site to site. In order to evaluate the spatial differenc...
The species of Caenonomada , a bee genus characteristic of the xeric habitats of eastern South America, are revised. Three species are recognized, including a new one, C. labrata sp. nov., from central Brazil. A lectotype is designated for C. tertia Cockerell, 1912, which is considered a synonym of C. unicalcarata (Ducke, 1908). This species has it...
Systematics, phylogeny and geographical distribution of the South American species of Centris (Paracentris) Cameron, 1903, and Centris (Penthemisia) Moure, 1950, including a phylogenetic analysis of the "Centris group" sensu Ayala, 1998 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Centridini). A cladistic analysis with the objective of testing the hypothesis of monophil...
A list of bee species recorded in the Caatinga region is presented, including literature and new data. Caatinga is a xerophilous vegetation characteristic of the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil. The species richness of its bee fauna is comparatively low with about 187 species and 77 genera (114 species and 45 genera of Apidae, 35 and 9 of M...
In this study we examine the diversity and abundance patterns of three bee communities of Paraná state coast, Southern Brazil, one on mainland and two on islands. Year round samples were made following a standardized method in areas of secondary growth habitat that join tropical wet forested areas. In the island areas there was also some influence...
Tese (Doutorado)--Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo.
Neste tabalho é apresentada a primeira lista das espécies de abelhas que ocorrem na caatinga, incluindo uma análise dos seus padrões de distribuição geográfica. Foi estimado que cerca de um terço das espécies são endêmicas, isto é, exclusivas daregião. No estudo com as espécies de Caenonomada e Centris (Paracentris) são descritas novas espécies e s...