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Forero D, Castro-Huertas V, Morales-Devia H, Barão KR, Bianchi FM, Campos LA, Dellapé PM, Melo MC, Schwertner CF. Heteroptera research in Latin America and the Caribbean (Insecta, Hemiptera): status and perspectives in the 21st century. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2024; 96:e20230218. [PMID: 38808812 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202420230218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Latin American and the Caribbean regions (LAC) harbor one of the most biodiverse areas of the world, the Neotropics. True bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) are a diverse lineage of insects, with more than 45,000 species, particularly speciose in the Neotropical region. True bugs are fundamental in the dynamics of natural and modified ecosystems, with several species critical to agriculture and public health. We compiled Heteroptera research in LAC from 1998-2022 using bibliographic databases. Productivity, collaborative networks, and the main topics studied were analyzed. A total of 1,651 Heteroptera studies from LAC were found, with continuous growth being 2021 the most prolific. Four categories (Taxonomy of extant species, Faunistic inventories and new records, Pest species biology, and Community ecology) represent most of the published research. About 60 percent of the records evaluated correspond to five families (Pentatomidae, Reduviidae, Coreidae, Miridae, and Rhyparochromidae). We emphasize the need to keep working on Heteroptera taxonomy because it will allow further advances in other areas such as phylogenetic analyses, biogeography, ecology, and natural history, among others. The results of our analyses characterize the current state of heteropterology in the region, establishing a baseline for future studies and efforts to broaden the knowledge of the group.
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- Dimitri Forero
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Carrera 30 No. 45-03, Bogotá, Colombia
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- UNLP, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Biblioteca General Alfonso Borrero Cabal, S.J., Carrera 7 No. 40-62, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Laboratório de Sistemática e Diversidade de Artrópodes, Unidade Educacional Penedo, Campus Arapiraca, Avenida Beira Rio, s/n, 57200-000 Penedo, AL, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Laboratório de Entomologia Sistemática, Departamento de Zoologia, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Laboratório de Entomologia Sistemática, Departamento de Zoologia, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- UNLP, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- UNLP, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Rua do Matão, nº 277, Cidade Universitária, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, Avenida Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, 04263-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Jenkins GB, Provete DB, Harris AJ. Expanding Nature Notes-A space for ecological observations, new species, and species records. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9215. [PMID: 36110874 PMCID: PMC9465690 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Instituto de Biociências Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul Campo Grande Brazil.,Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre Göteborg Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China
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Cove MV. Opossums: an adaptive radiation of new world marsupials. Robert S.Voss and Sharon A.Jansa. 2021. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA. 313 pp. $59.95 hardcover. ISBN: 9781421439785. J Wildl Manage 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael V. Cove
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Raleigh NC 27601 USA
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