Sônia Aparecida Casari
Coleoptera Curator
Contact
Phone:
(55) (11) 2065-8123
E-mail:
Mailing address:
04263-000 São Paulo, SP, BRASIL
Profile
Undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences at the Universidade de São Paulo in Ribeirão Preto (1978). She has a Master’s degree (1983) and a Doctoral degree (1990) from the Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences of the Universidade de São Paulo, with projects developed at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. She works in Entomology, developing projects with Coleoptera, especially the Elateridae family and Coleoptera larvae in general. She teaches graduate degree courses and supervises Initiation, Master’s degree, and Doctoral degree students. She is accredited in the graduate program in Systematics, Animal Taxonomy, and Biodiversity of the Museu de Zoologia.
Line of research
Systematics and biology of Coleoptera with emphasis on Elateridae.
Coleoptera larvae.
Academic activities
- Coleoptera collection curatorship (larvae and adults)
- Elective undergraduate course:
- Coleopters: diversity, biology, and evolution (IB/USP and MZUSP)
- Graduate degree courses:
- Insect Evolutionary History (Program on Systematics, Animal Taxonomy, and Biodiversity, MZUSP)
- Systematics and Biodiversity of Insects II (Program on Systematics, Animal Taxonomy, and Biodiversity, MZUSP)
- Immature Insects: Metamorphosis and Identification (Program in Systematics, Animal Taxonomy, and Biodiversity, MZUSP)
Alunos/Pós-doutores do laboratório
Antonio dos Santos Silva (colaborador)
Bruno Zilberman (doutorando em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, MZUSP)
Francisco Eriberto de Lima Nascimento (doutorando em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, MZUSP)
Gabriel Biffi (pós-doutorando, MZUSP)
Juan Pablo Botero (pós-doutorando, MZUSP)
Juares Fuhrmann (colaborador)
Letizia Janaína Migliore (doutoranda em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, MZUSP)
Marcia Marise Jefraia (estagiária)
Pedro Victor Silva Ladeira (estagiário)
Rafael Clayton de Jesus e Sousa (doutorando em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, MZUSP)
Raquel Franca (estagiária)
Thiago Tadeu Silva Polizei (doutorando em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, MZUSP)
Publicações selecionadas
Polizei, T.T.S. & Casari, S.A. 2019. Macrelmis pubescens (Grouvelle, 1889) – redescription of the species, designation of a lectotype and description of its larva (Coleoptera, Elmidae). PDF
Zilberman, B. & Casari, S.A. 2018. New species of Corotoca Schiødte, 1853 from South America and description of first instar larva. Zootaxa 4527 (4): 521–540. PDF
Casari, S.A. 2017. A new genus and two new species of Dicrepidiina (Coleoptera:Elateridae: Elaterinae: Ampedini) from Brazil, with a revised key to the genera of the subtribe. 2017. The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(4):753-763. PDF
Biffi, G. & Casari, S.A. 2017. Comparative morphology of immatures of Neotropical Chauliognathinae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 267 (2017) 111–138. PDF
Casari, S.A. 2016. Morphology of Immatures of Acanthoderini (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae). Zootaxa 4139 (1): 032–050. PDF
Casari, S.A. 2014. A new genus and a new species of Dicrepidiina (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae: Ampedini) from Brazil. The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(3):391-397. 2014. PDF
Rafael, J.A., Melo, G.AR.; de Carvalho, C.J.B.; Casari, S.A. & Constantino, R. (eds.). 2012. Insetos do Brasil: Diversidade e Taxonomia. Holos Editora, 795p.
Casari, S.A. & Biffi, G. 2012. Immatures of Dicrepidius Eschscholtz, 1829 and Dipropus Germar, 1839 (Elateridae, Elaterinae, Ampedini, Dicrepidiina). Zootaxa 3587: 65-77.
Casari, S.A. 2011. New species of Horistonotus Candèze from Brazil (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Cardiophorinae). Zootaxa 3139: 1-27.
Casari, S.A. & Teixeira, E.P. 2011. Larva of Atractocerus brasiliensis (Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1825) (Lymexylidae, Atractocerinae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 51(12): 197-205.
Casari, S.A. & Santos-Silva, A. 2010. Larva of Seticeros aquilus (Thomson) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae, Callipogonini). Neotropical Entomology 39(5): 746-751.
Casari, S.A. 2008. A phylogenetic study of the subtribe Dicrepidiina (Elateridae, Elaterinae, Ampedini). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 52(2): 182-260.
Costa C.; Vanin, S.A. & Casari-Chen, S.A.1988. Larvas de Coleoptera do Brasil. Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, 282 p., 165 estampas.
