Banca de DEFESA: TAUANNY MARIA ALMEIDA LIMA

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STUDENT : TAUANNY MARIA ALMEIDA LIMA
DATE: 05/07/2021
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

Complexes of species of Eumorpha Hübner, [1807] from the State of Maranhão, Brazil, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)

KEY WORDS:

Biodiversity, Cerrado, Genitalia, Moth, Taxonomy.

PAGES: 40
BIG AREA: Ciências Biológicas
AREA: Ecologia
SUMMARY:

Eumorpha is a genus of moths that was described by Hübner around 1807, and currently has 28 valid species, distributed between temperate and tropical regions of the Americas. 13 species have been recorded for Brazil. The main characteristic of the group is the presence of a dark rectangular bar on the forewing of most species and also a pair of triangular spots on the thorax. Maranhão is a Brazilian State located in the Northeast of the country, its territory composed of three biomes: Cerrado (64%) Amazon (35%) and Caatinga (1%). This work aimed to carry out a study of Eumorpha inventory with a taxonomic and morphological focus of three complexes of species occurring in Maranhão: Eumorpha anchemolus, Eumorpha analis and Eumorpha obliquus. We analyzed 195 specimens belonging to 14 species, eight of which are representatives of the examined complexes, the specimens studied come from 13 municipalities in the State, seven from the Cerrado biome and six from the Amazon biome. This study contributed to the knowledge of the Eumorpha fauna and demonstrated that it is still underestimated throughout the Brazilian territory. With this work the number of species has increased significantly for the State, in addition to bringing the description of a new species, moreover, it showed that the identification carried out only by external “habitus” morphology is not efficient for the analyzed complexes and also showed that the use of genitalia is a good tool in separating species from groups.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - AMABÍLIO JOSÉ AIRES DE CAMARGO
Externo ao Programa - 1775862 - ADENOMAR NEVES DE CARVALHO
Externo à Instituição - ALEXANDRE SPECHT - EMBRAPA
Interno - 1782412 - ALFREDO PEDROSO DOS SANTOS JUNIOR
Presidente - 1528246 - JOSE AUGUSTO TESTON