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  1. Spatial variation in phylogenetic diversity of communities of Atlantic Forest harvestmen (Opiliones, Arachnida)

    Article • Insect Conservation and Diversity, June 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  2. Redescription of Epiperipatus edwardsii, and descriptions of five new species of Epiperipatus from Brazil (Onychophora: Peripatidae)

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), October 2018, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  3. Regional distributions predict the habitat specialization of arachnids in Atlantic Forest

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  4. A short-range endemic species from south-eastern Atlantic Rain Forest shows deep signature of historical events: phylogeography of harvestmen Acutisoma longipes (Arachnida: Opiliones)

    Article • Systematics and Biodiversity, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  5. The poorly known genus Ventrifurca Roewer, 1913 revisited (Opiliones: Cranaidae)

    Article • Zoological Studies, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  6. A protocol for the delimitation of areas of endemism and the historical regionalization of the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest using harvestmen distribution data

    Article • Cladistics, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  7. Taxonomic review of the Neotropical genus Neopachylus (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)

    Article • March 2015, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  8. A new family of Gonyleptoidea from South America (Opiliones, Laniatores)

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Professor Cibele Bragagnolo

  9. Scorpion Sheds ‘Tail’ to Escape: Consequences and Implications of Autotomy in Scorpions (Buthidae: Ananteris)

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2015, PLOS

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  10. Taxonomic revision of Parampheres (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), December 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  11. Three new species of Thrasychiroides Soares & Soares, 1947 from Brazilian Mountains (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Neopilionidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  12. Revision of the cranaid genera Phalangodus, Iquitosa and Aguaytiella (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptoidea)

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  13. Phylogeny of harvestmen family Gonyleptidae inferred from a multilocus approach (Arachnida: Opiliones)

    Article • Cladistics, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  14. Paecilaema batman, a new species of Brazilian troglophilous harvestman that exhibits a remarkable color patches variation (Opiliones: Cosmetidae)

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), August 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  15. Three new Peruvian species of Protimesius (Opiliones: Laniatores: Stygnidae)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, August 2013, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  16. A new species of Imeri (Opiliones: Stygnidae: Heterostygninae) from the Brazilian Amazon

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), June 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  17. SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE NEOTROPICAL SCORPION GENUS CHACTOPSIS KRAEPELIN, 1912 (CHACTOIDEA: CHACTIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW GENERA AND FOUR NEW SPECIES

    Article • Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, May 2013, American Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  18. Walk it off: predictive power of appendicular characters toward inference of higher-level relationships in Laniatores (Arachnida: Opiliones)

    Article • Cladistics, May 2013, Wiley

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  19. Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of the Brazilian subfamily Sodreaninae (Opiliones�:�Gonyleptidae)

    Article • Invertebrate Systematics, January 2013, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  20. The harvestmen fauna (Arachnida: Opiliones) of the Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho, and the Floresta Nacional de Ipanema, São Paulo, Brazil

    Article • Biota Neotropica, December 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  21. A new species of Cryptocellus (Arachnida: Ricinulei) from Eastern Amazonia

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), October 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  22. New systematic assignments in Gonyleptoidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores)

    Article • ZooKeys, May 2012, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  23. Redescription of Platygyndes Roewer 1943, a false Gonyleptidae, (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cosmetidae)

    Article • ZooKeys, November 2011, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  24. Systematic review and cladistic analysis of the Hernandariinae (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), August 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  25. Lines of defense in the harvestman Hoplobunus mexicanus (Arachnida: Opiliones): Aposematism, stridulation, thanatosis, and irritant chemicals

    Article • Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  26. Review of the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest harvestman Longiperna (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Mitobatinae)

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), January 2010, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  27. Complex meiotic configuration of the holocentric chromosomes: the intriguing case of the scorpion Tityus bahiensis

    Article • Chromosome Research, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  28. Taxonomic review of Bourguyiinae, cladistic analysis, and a new hypothesis of biogeographic relationships of the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (Arachnida: Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  29. A new species of Sickesia (Laniatores: Stygnidae: Opiliones) and new records for the State of Piauí, Brazil

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), June 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  30. A new micro-whip scorpion species from Brazilian Amazonia (Arachnida, Schizomida, Hubbardiidae), with the description of a new synapomorphy for Uropygi

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, April 2009, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  31. Litter size, effects of maternal body size, and date of birth in South American scorpions (Arachnida: Scorpiones)

    Article • Zoologia (Curitiba), March 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  32. Harvestmen: the Biology of Opiliones Pinto-da-Rocha Ricardo, Machado Glauco, Giribet Gonzalo . Harvestmen: the Biology of Opiliones. 2007. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 597 pp. ISBN: 13:978-0-674-02343-7. US$125.

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, December 2008, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  33. A new species and new distribution records of Pickeliana (Opiliones: Laniatores: Stygnidae)

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, September 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  34. First record of Stygnidae for the state of Espírito Santo and description of a new Protimesius (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores)

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, June 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  35. A new species of Brazilian troglobitic harvestman of the genus Iandumoema (Opiliones : Gonyleptidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2008, Magnolia Press

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  36. Harvestmen in an Atlantic forest fragmented landscape: Evaluating assemblage response to habitat quality and quantity

    Article • Biological Conservation, October 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  37. Species richness and community structure of arboreal spider assemblages in fragments of three vegetational types at Banhado Grande wet plain, Gravataí River, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    Article • Iheringia Série Zoologia, June 2007, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  38. A new species of Surazomus (Arachnida, Schizomida) from Brazilian Oriental Amazonia

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, June 2007, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  39. Arthropoda, Arachnida, Scorpiones: Estação Científica Ferreira Penna and Juruti Plateau, Pará, Brazil

    Article • Check List, May 2007, Check List Journal

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  40. ECOLOGY OF THESTYLUS AURANTIURUS OF THE PARQUE ESTADUAL DA SERRA DA CANTAREIRA, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL (SCORPIONES, BOTHRIURIDAE)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, August 2006, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  41. Harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) species distribution along three Neotropical elevational gradients: an alternative rescue effect to explain Rapoport's rule?

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, February 2006, Wiley

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha, Dr Mário Almeida-Neto

  42. Comunidade de aranhas orbitelas (Araneae, Arachnida) na região da Reserva Florestal do Morro Grande, Cotia, São Paulo, Brasil

    Article • Biota Neotropica, January 2006, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  43. FAUNISTIC SIMILARITY AND HISTORIC BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE HARVESTMEN OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN ATLANTIC RAIN FOREST OF BRAZIL

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, August 2005, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  44. Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae, Nycteribiidae) parasitic on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) at Parque Estadual da Cantareira, São Paulo, Brazil: parasitism rates and host-parasite associations

    Article • Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, February 2005, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  45. Descrição de uma nova espécie de Rhopalurus thorell, 1876 (scorpiones: Buthidae) do nordeste brasileiro

    Article • Biota Neotropica, January 2005, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  46. Abundância e fenologia de Cryptocellus simonis Hansen & Sørensen, 1904 (Ricinulei, Arachnida) na serapilheira do bosque Rodrigues Alves, Belém, Pará, Brasil, com a comparação de três técnicas de coleta

    Article • Biota Neotropica, January 2005, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  47. POPULATION DYNAMICS OF AN ISOLATED POPULATION OF THE HARVESTMAN ILHAIA CUSPIDATA (OPILIONES, GONYLEPTIDAE), IN ARAUCARIA FOREST (CURITIBA, PARANÁ, BRAZIL)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, August 2004, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  48. THIRD SPECIES OF GUASINIIDAE (OPILIONES, LANIATORES) WITH COMMENTS ON FAMILIAL RELATIONSHIPS

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, December 2003, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  49. PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SANTINEZIA WITH DESCRIPTION OF FIVE NEW SPECIES (OPILIONES, LANIATORES, CRANAIDAE)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, August 2003, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  50. Diversidade de opiliões do parque nacional da serra dos órgãos, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (Arachnida: Opiliones)

    Article • Biota Neotropica, January 2003, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  51. Two new species of Charinus Simon, 1892 from Brazil with biological notes (Arachnida; Amblypygi; Charinidae)

    Article • Journal of Natural History, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  52. A NEW SPECIES OF PSEUDOTROGULUS ROEWER AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE GENUS TO THE HERNANDARIINAE (OPILIONES, GONYLEPTIDAE)

    Article • Journal of Arachnology, January 2002, American Arachnological Society

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  53. Systematic review of the neotropical family stygnidae: (opiliones, laniatores, gonyleptoidea)

    Article • Arquivos de Zoologia, May 1997, Universidade de Sao Paulo Sistema Integrado de Bibliotecas - SIBiUSP

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  54. Iandumoema uai, a new genus and species of troglobitic harvestman from Brazil (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, January 1996, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  55. On the males of Wagneriana roraima Levi and W. yacuma Levi (Araneae, Araneidae)

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, January 1996, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  56. Description of the male of Daguerreia inermis Soares & Soares, with biological notes on population size in the Gruta da Lancinha, Paraná, Brazil (Arachnida, Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, January 1996, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

  57. Revisão sistemática de Ogloblinia Canals (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae)

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, January 1995, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha