Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira

Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Brazilian speleobiologist.

• CEBS: Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Setor de Zoologia Geral, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG. CEP: 37200-000, Brazil.

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• 58 taxon names authored by Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira

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• Álvares, E.S.S. & 2002. Coarazuphium pains, a new species of troglobitic beetle from Brazil (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Zuphiini). Lundiana 3: 41–43. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Brescovit, A.D., Álvares, E.S.S. & 2004. Two new species of Symphytognatha Hickman (Araneae, Symphytognathidae) from Brazil. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 10: 75-80. Reference page. 

• Souza, M.F.V.R. & 2010. Eukoenenia (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae) in Brazilian caves with the first troglobiotic palpigrade from South America. Journal of Arachnology 38: 415–424. Reference page. 

• Machado, E.O., & Brescovit, A.D. 2011. A new troglomorphic Metagonia Simon 1893 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 3135: 59–62. Preview. . Reference page. 
• Pellegrini, T.G. & 2011. Ultrastructural analysis of Coarazuphium formoso (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Zuphiini), a new Brazilian troglobitic beetle. Zootaxa 2866: 39–49. Preview. . Reference page. 
• Pellegrini, T.G. & 2011a. Coarazuphium tapiaguassu (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Zuphiini), a new Brazilian troglobitic beetle, with ultrastructural analysis and ecological considerations. Zootaxa 3116: 47–58. Preview. . Reference page. 
• Souza, M.F.V.R. & 2011. A new species of Eukoenenia (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae) from Brazilian iron caves. Zootaxa 2886: 31–38. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2886.1.3 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Souza, M.F.V.R. & 2011a. A new troglobitic Eukoenenia (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae) from Brazil. The Journal of Arachnology 39(1): 185-188. DOI: 10.1636/Ha10-43.1. . Reference page. 

• Brescovit, A.D., , Silva, M.S. & Rheims, C.A. 2012. Brasilomma gen. nov., a new prodidomid genus from Brazil (Araneae, Prodidomidae). Zootaxa 3572: 23–32. Preview reference page 
• Bernardi, L.F. de O., Zacarias, M.S. & 2012. A new species of Neocarus Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1942 (Acari: Opilioacarida) from Brazilian caves and karst areas. Zootaxa 3416: 53–68. Preview Reference page. 
• Prevorčnik, S., & Sket, B. 2012. Brasileirinidae, a new isopod family (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the cave in Bahia (Brazil) with a discussion on its taxonomic position. Zootaxa 3452: 47–65. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Rodrigues, S.G., Bueno, A.A. de P. & 2012: The first hypothelminorheic Crustacea (Amphipoda, Dogielinotidae, Hyalella) from South America. ZooKeys 236: 65-80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.236.3930 Reference page. 
• Souza, M.F.V.R. & 2012. A new highly troglomorphic species of Eukoenenia (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae) from tropical Brazil. Journal of arachnology 40(2): 151-158. DOI: 10.1636/Ha11-26.1 . Reference page. 
• Souza, M.F.V.R. & 2012. Eukoenenia virgemdalapa (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae): a new troglobitic palpigrade from Brazil. Zootaxa 3295: 59–64. Preview. . Reference page. 

• Ázara, L.N. de & 2014. Two new troglobitic Newportia (Newportia) from Brazil (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). Zootaxa 3881(3): 267–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.3.5 Reference page. 
• Giribet, G., McIntyre, E., Christian, E., Espinasa, L., , Francke, Ó.F., Harvey, M.S., Isaia, M., Kováč, Ľ., McCutchen, L., Souza, M.F.V.R. & Zagmajster, M. 2014. The first phylogenetic analysis of Palpigradi (Arachnida) – the most enigmatic arthropod order. Invertebrate Systematics 28(4): 350–360. DOI: 10.1071/IS13057 Reference page. 
• Leal-Zanchet, A., Souza, S. & 2014. A new genus and species for the first recorded cave-dwelling Cavernicola (Platyhelminthes) from South America. ZooKeys 442: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.442.8199 . Reference page. 
• Vasconcelos, A.C.O., Giupponi, A.P. de L. & 2014. A new species of Charinus from Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with comments on its sexual dimorphism (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae). The Journal of Arachnology 42:155–162. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Rodrigues, S.G., Bueno, A.A. de P. & 2014. A new troglobiotic species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) with a taxonomic key for the Brazilian species. Zootaxa 3815(2): 200–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3815.2.2 Reference page. 

• Bastos-Pereira, R. & 2015. A new species of Spelaeogammarus (Amphipoda: Bogidielloidea: Artesiidae) with an identification key for the genus. Zootaxa 4021(3): 418–432. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.3.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Iniesta, L.F.M. & 2015. Pseudonannolene lundi n. sp., a new troglobitic millipede from a Brazilian limestone cave (Spirostreptida: Pseudonannolenidae). Zootaxa 3949(1): 123–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.1.6 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Iniesta, L.F.M. & 2015. Stemmiulus brasiliensis n. sp., a new species of millipede from Brazilian iron ore caves (Diplopoda: Stemmiulida: Stemmiulidae). Zootaxa 3964(5): 546–552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.4. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Souza, L.A., , Senna, A.R. 2015. Amphibious Shelter-Builder Oniscidea Species from the New World with Description of a New Subfamily, a New Genus and a New Species from Brazilian Cave (Isopoda, Synocheta, Styloniscidae). PLoS ONE. 10(5): e0115021. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115021 . Reference page. 

• de Ázara, L.N., Bernardi, L.F. de O. & 2016. The first survey on harvestmen in Brazilian artificial cavities, with notes on distribution and natural history. Subterranean Biology, 17: 31–53. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.17.6762 Reference page. 
• Ferreira, M.I.G., & Gil-Santana, H.R. 2016. The genus Zelurus Hahn, 1826, in Brazilian caves: description of new species and comments on the potential distribution of the genus in South America. Zootaxa 4170(2): 250–270. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.2. Reference page. 
• Gil-Santana, H.R. & 2016. A new species of Dohrnemesa from Brazil, with notes on the male of D. carvalhoi and on D. albuquerquei (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae). Zootaxa 4173(6): 583–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4173.6.6. Reference page. 
• Hoch, H. & 2016. Iuiuia caeca gen. n., sp. n., a new troglobitic planthopper in the family Kinnaridae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha) from Brazil. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63(2): 171-181. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Oliveira, M.P.A., Bernardi, L.F. de O., Zeppelini, D. & 2016. First report of cave springtail (Collembola, Paronellidae) parasitized by mite (Parasitengona, Microtrombidiidae). Subterranean Biology, 17: 133–139. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.17.8451 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A., , Iniesta, L.F.M. & Marek, P.E. 2016. A millipede missing link: Dobrodesmidae, a remarkable new polydesmidan millipede family from Brazil with supernumerary rings (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), and the establishment of a new suborder Dobrodesmidea. Zootaxa 2016(4178): 3–371. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2016.4178.390. Reference page. 
• Silva, M.S. & 2016. The first two hotspots of subterranean biodiversity in South America. Subterranean Biology, 19: 1–21. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.19.8207 Reference page. 
• Souza, M.F.V.R. & 2016. Two new troglobiotic palpigrades (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4171(2): 246–258. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.2. Reference page. 
• Vasconcelos, A.C.O. & 2016. Description of two new species of Charinus Simon, 1892 from Brazilian caves with remarks on conservation (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae). Zootaxa 4072(2): 185–202. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.2.3. Reference page. 
• Vasconcelos, A.C.O., Giupponi, A.P. de L. & 2016. Description of a new troglomorphic species of Charinus Simon, 1892 from Brazil (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Charinidae). ZooKeys 600: 35–52. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.600.8580 Reference page. 

• Asenjo, A., & Zampaulo, R. de A. 2017. Description of Metopiellus painensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), first troglobitic Pselaphinae from Brazil. Zootaxa 4269(1): 115–123. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.1.5. Reference page. 
• Bastos-Pereira, R. & 2017. Spelaeogammarus uai (Bogidielloidea: Artesiidae): a new troglobitic amphipod from Brazil. Zootaxa 4231(1): 38–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.1.2. Reference page. 
• Bastos-Pereira, R., Souza, L. & 2017. A new amphibious troglobitic styloniscid from Brazil (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Synocheta). Zootaxa 4294(2): 292–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.11. Reference page. 
• Bernardi, L.F. de O., Wohltmann, A., Lorenzon, I.M. & 2017. A novel symbiotic relationship between mites and recluse spiders (Sicariidae: Loxosceles), with a description of a new Callidosoma species (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae). Zootaxa 4338(3): 459–474. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.3. Reference page. 
• Castro-Souza, R.A., Zefa, E. & 2017. Two new species of cave crickets Endecous (Notoendecous) Gorochov, 2014 (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4318(3): 474–498. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.3.3. Reference page. 
• Costa, B.G., Pellegrini, T.G., Bernardi, L.F. de O. & 2017. Notes on predator-prey relationships among Tanypodinae larvae (Diptera, Chironomidae) and mites (Acariformes) in Brazilian subterranean aquatic environments. Subterranean Biology, 22: 67–74. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.22.13925 Reference page. 
• Gil-Santana, H.R. & 2017. A new species of Dohrnemesa and a new species of Polauchenia from Brazil (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae). Zootaxa 4338(2): 201–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.2.1. Reference page. 
• Kamimura, Y. & 2017. Earwigs from Brazilian caves, with notes on the taxonomic and nomenclatural problems of the Dermaptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 713: 25—52. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.713.15118. Reference page. 
• Parizotto, D.R., Pires, A.C., Mise, K.M. & 2017. Troglobitic invertebrates: improving the knowledge on the Brazilian subterranean biodiversity through an interactive multi-entry key. Zootaxa 4365(4): 401–409. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.4.1 . Reference page. 
• Pellegrini, T.G. & 2017. Two new troglobitic Coarazuphium Gnaspini, Godoy & Vanin 1998 species of ground beetles from iron ore Brazilian caves (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Zuphiini). Zootaxa 4306(4): 551–566. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.4.6. . Reference page. 
• Vasconcelos, A.C.O. & 2017. Two new species of cave-dwelling Charinus Simon, 1892 from Brazil (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae). Zootaxa 4312(2): 277–292. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.2.4. Reference page. 

• Asenjo, A., Zampaulo, R. de A. & 2018. Two new troglobitic species of Oxarthrius Reitter (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4462(3): 404–414. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.3.6. Reference page. 
• de Ázara, L.N. & 2018. Annotated checklist of Gonyleptoidea (Opiliones: Laniatores) associated with Brazilian caves. Zootaxa 4439(1): 1–107. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4439.1.1 Reference page. 
• Bastos-Pereira, R., de Oliveira, M.P.A. & 2018. Anophtalmic and epigean? Description of an intriguing new species of Hyalella (Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4407(2): 254–266. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.2.6 Reference page. 
• García Aldrete, A.N., Silva Neto, A.M. da & 2018. Lithoseopsis Mockford (Psocodea: Troctomorpha: Amphientomidae): a new species and first record for South America. Zootaxa 4526(1): 91–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.1.7 Reference page. 
• Hellmann, L., Leal-Zanchet, A.M. & 2018. Two new sympatric troglobitic freshwater flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Dugesiidae) from a hotspot of subterranean biodiversity in the Neotropics. Zootaxa 4438(3): 561–574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.8 Reference page. 
• Kamimura, Y. & 2018. Description of a second South American species in the Malagasy earwig genus Mesodiplatys from a cave habitat, with notes on the definition of Haplodiplatyidae (Insecta, Dermaptera). ZooKeys 790: 87–100. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.790.27193 Reference page. 
• Sendra, A., Yoshizawa, K. & 2018. New oversize troglobitic species of Campodeidae in Japan (Diplura) Subterranean Biology, 27: 53–73. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.27.28575 Reference page. 
• Souza, M.F.V.R. & 2018. Pandora is on Earth: new species of Eukoenenia (Palpigradi) emerging at risk of extinction. Invertebrate Systematics 3: 581–604. DOI: 10.1071/IS17049. . Reference page. 
• Souza, M.F.V.R. & 2018. A new highly troglomorphic Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4438(3): 575–587. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.9 Reference page. 
• Viana, A.C.M., Souza, M.F.V.R. & 2018. Spelaeobochica goliath (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Bochicidae), a new troglobitic pseudoscorpion from Brazil. Zootaxa 4402(3): 585–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.11 Reference page. 

• Asenjo, A., Pietrobon, T. & 2019. A new troglobitic species of Metopioxys (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Brazilian iron ore caves. Zootaxa 4576(1): 195–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.13 Reference page. 
• Bu, Y., Souza, M.F.V.R. & Ferreira, R.L. 2019. A new locality of Koeneniodes madecassus Remy, 1950 (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae) in China, with the first complete redescription of a Koeneniodes species. Zootaxa 4658(3): 541–555. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.6 Reference page. 
• Souza, Maysa F. V. R. & Ferreira, R.L. 2019. Eukoenenia ibitipoca: the first troglobitic Palpigradi (Arachnida) from a quartzitic cave. Zootaxa 4656(3): 431–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.3.2 Reference page. 
• Souza, M.F.V.R. & 2019. Eukoenenia igrejinha (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae), a new cave-dwelling palpigrade from southeastern Brazil. The Journal of Arachnology 47(3): 360-369. DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202-47.3.360. . Reference page. 
• Viana, A.C.M. & 2019. A new troglobitic species of Typhloroncus (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Ideoroncidae) from Guatemala. Zootaxa 4576(2): 288–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.2.4 Reference page. 

• Cardoso, G.M., Bastos-Pereira, R., Souza, L.A. & Ferreira, R.L. 2020. New troglobitic species of Xangoniscus (Isopoda: Styloniscidae) from Brazil, with notes on their habitats and threats. Zootaxa 4819(1): 84–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4819.1.4 Reference page. 
• Castro-Souza, R.A., Junta, V.G.P. & Ferreira, R.L. 2020. Description and ecology of a new species of the cricket genus Endecous (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) in the speleological province of Arcos-Pains-Doresópolis, Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4821(2): 305–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4821.2.4 Reference page. 
• Castro-Souza, R.A., Zefa, E. & Ferreira, R.L. 2020. New troglobitic and troglophilic syntopic species of Endecous (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae) from a Brazilian cave: a case of sympatric speciation? Zootaxa 4810(2): 271–304. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.2.3 Reference page. 
• Junta, V.G.P., Castro-Souza, R.A. & Ferreira, R.L. 2020. Five new species of Phalangopsis Serville, 1831 (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae) from Brazilian caves in the Amazon Forest. Zootaxa 4859(2): 151–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.2.1 Reference page. 
• Pellegrini, T.G., , Zampaulo, R. de A. & Vieira, L. 2020. Coarazuphium lundi (Carabidae: Zuphiini), a new Brazilian troglobitic beetle, with the designation of a neotype for C. pains Álvares & Ferreira, 2002. Zootaxa 4878(2): 287–304. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.4. . Reference page. 
• Souza, M.F.V.R. & Ferreira, R.L. 2020. Three new cave-dwelling Eukoenenia (Palpigradi: Eukoeneniidae) from limestone caves in Northern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Zootaxa 4808(2): 251–283. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.2.2 Reference page. 
• Souza, M.F.V.R., Mayoral, J.G. & 2020. A new troglobitic palpigrade from Central Brazil, with notes on a new opisthosomal character (Arachnida: Palpigradi). Zootaxa 4869(4): 493–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.4.2. . Reference page. 
• Viana, A.C.M. & Ferreira, R.L. 2020. Spelaeobochica mahnerti, a new cave-dwelling pseudoscorpion from Brazil (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Bochicidae), with comments on the troglomorphism of the Brazilian bochicid species. Zootaxa 4731(1): 134–144. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.1.9 Reference page. 

• Hoch, H., Sendra, A., Montagud, S., Teruel, S., 2021. First record of a cavernicolous Kinnaridae from the Old World (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoromorpha, Kinnaridae, Adolendini) provides testimony of an ancient fauna. Subterranean Biology. 37: 1-26. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.37.60483 Reference page. 
• Viana, A.C.M., 2021. A new troglobitic species of Allochthonius (subgenus Urochthonius) (Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from Japan. Subterranean Biology. 37: 43–55. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.37.58580 Reference page. 
• Prado, G.C., Viana, A.C.M., Milko, D.A., 2021. Chthonius kirghisicus (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae), a new cave-dwelling species from Kyrgyzstan. Subterranean Biology. 40: 27-41. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.40.67303 Reference page. 

• Cardoso, G.M., Bastos-Pereira, R., 2022. Two new troglobitic species of Iansaoniscus from Brazilian caves (Crustacea, Isopoda, Pudeoniscidae). Subterranean Biology. 43: 127–143. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.43.81308 Reference page. 
• Pellegrini, T.G., , Zampaulo, R. de A. & Vieira, L. 2022. Three new troglobitic Coarazuphium (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Zuphiini) species from a Brazilian hotspot of cave beetles: exploring how the environmental attributes of caves drive ground-beetle niches. Subterranean Biology 43: 97–126. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.43.73185. . Reference page. 
• Simone, L.R.L., 2022. Eupera troglobia sp. nov.: the first troglobitic bivalve from the Americas (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae). Subterranean Biology. 42: 165–184. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.42.78074 Reference page. 

• Cardoso, G.M., Bastos-Pereira, R., 2023. Cave-dwellers Diploexochus (Isopoda, Armadillidae): new species and new records of the genus from Brazil. Nauplius. 31: e2023008. DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2023008 . Reference page. 
• Prado, G.C. & 2023. Three new troglobitic species of Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 5249(1): 092–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.1.5. . Reference page. 
• Sendra, A., Sánchez-García, A., Hoch, H., Jiménez-Valverde, A., Selfa, J., Moutaouakil, S., Du Preez, G., Millar, I. & 2023. Life in darkness: an overview of cave-adapted japygids (Hexapoda, Diplura). European Journal of Taxonomy 894(1): 1–54. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.894.2287 Reference page. 

• Prado, G.C. & 2024. Two new species of cave-dwelling pseudoscorpions Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from northeastern Brazil: shedding light on the troglobitic status of some Brazilian species. Zoological Studies 63(21): 1–15. Reference page. 
• Santos, J.C.D.C.V., Iuri, H.A., Hoch, H. & 2024. The enigmatic Notolathrus sensitivus Remes Lenicov, 1992 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae): supplementary description and conservation status. Zootaxa 5474(4): 355–374. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.4.2 Reference page 

• Guimarães, L., Prado, G.C. & 2025. Two new troglobitic species of Pseudochthonius Balzan, 1892 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae) from Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 5621(1): 52–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.1.2. Reference page.