Dalton de Souza Amorim

Dalton de Souza Amorim (1958– ), Brazilian entomologist

• Laboratório de Evolução e Morfologia de Diptera, Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14040–901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
• Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras (FFCLRP), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Bandeirantes 3900, 14-040-901 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Taxon names authored

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• 20 taxon names authored by Dalton de Souza Amorim

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1994

• Amorim, D. de S. & Tozoni, S.H.S. 1994. Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of the Anisopodoidea (Diptera, Bibionomorpha), with an area cladogram for intercontinental relationships. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 38(3-4): 517–543. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2002

• Ribeiro, G.C. & Amorim, D. de S. 2002. A review of the genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken in Brazil, with description of two new species (Diptera: Tipulomorpha, Limoniidae). Zootaxa 46: 1–16. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2006

• Amorim, D. de S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2006. Valeseguyidae, a new family of Diptera in the Scatopsoidea, with a new genus in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Systematic Entomology 31(3): 508–516. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00326.x . PDF. Reference page. 
• Amorim, D.S. & Yeates, D. 2006. Pesky gnats: ridding dipteran classification of the Nematocera. Studia dipterologica 13: 3–9. PDF.

2009

• Amorim, D.S. 2009. Catalogue of Neotropical Diptera. Scatopsidae. Neotropical Diptera 4: 1–18. PDF.
• Capellari, R.S. & Amorim, D.de S. 2009. Four new species of Paraclius Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, and notes on the systematic position of Cheiromyia Dyte. Zootaxa 2274: 51–61. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Falaschi, R.L. & Amorim, D.de S. 2009. Review of the Neotropical species of Nervijuncta Marshall, 1896 (Diptera, Ditomyiidae). Zootaxa 2219: 18–30. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2010

• Capellari, R.S. & Amorim, D. de S. 2010. Re-description and new combination of five New World species of Chrysotus Meigen, with comments on the Neotropical genus Lyroneurus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 2520: 49–65. Preview . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Oliveira, S.S. & Amorim, D. de S. 2010. The genus Phthinia Winnertz (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) in the Neotropical region, with the first records from Brazil. Zootaxa 2350: 22–34. Preview Reference page. 
• Oliveira, S.S. & Amorim, D. de S. 2010. Three replacement names for species of the subfamily Leiinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 54(2): 335–336. PDF. Reference page. 

2011

• Capellari, R.S. & Amorim, D. de S. 2011. Mberu, a new neurigonine genus from southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 3101: 38–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3101.1.2 . Preview. Plazi. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2012

• Amorim, D.S. & Falaschi, R.L. 2012. Catalogue of Neotropical Diptera. Rangomaramidae. Neotropical Diptera 21: 1–7. PDF.
• Capellari, R.S. & Amorim, D. de S. 2012. Systematic position of the monotypic Azorean genus Falbouria Dyte with notes on the definition of Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 3489: 81–88. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3489.1.5 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Oliveira, S.S. & Amorim, D.S. 2012. Catalogue of Neotropical Diptera. Lygistorrhinidae. Neotropical Diptera 22: 1–4. PDF.
• Riccardi, P.R. & Amorim, D. de S. 2012. Revision and cladistic analysis of Neotropical genus Psilochlorops Duda (Diptera: Chloropidae). Zootaxa 3326: 37–48. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Ament, D.C. & Amorim, D. de S. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the genus Neopleurophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of thirty seven new species. Zootaxa 3657(1): 1–93. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3657.1.1 Reference page. 
• Amorim, D. de S. & Oliveira, S.S. 2013. Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London. Zootaxa 3726(1): 1–119. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3726.1.1 Reference page. 

2014

• Capellari, R.S. & Amorim, D. de S. 2014. New combinations and synonymies for Neotropical species of Diaphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 64(2): 375–381. DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.64.2.375-381 . Reference page. 
• Fachin, D.A. & Amorim, D. de S. 2014. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Arthropeina Lindner, 1949 (Diptera: Xylomyidae). Zootaxa 3827(2): 231–257. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.2.6 Reference page. 
• Oliveira, S.S. & Amorim, D.S. 2014. Catalogue of Neotropical Diptera. Mycetophilidae. Neotropical Diptera 25: 1–87. PDF.

2015

• Fachin, D.A. & Amorim, D. de S. 2015. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genus Acrochaeta Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae). Zootaxa 4050(1): 1–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4050.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-843-7 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-844-4 (Online edition). Reference page. 
• Oliveira, S.S., Albertoni, F.F., Borkent, C.J. & Amorim, D.S. 2015. First record of Neoempheria Osten Sacken (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) biology in the Neotropical region, with associations between its larvae and fungi. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5073. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5073. Reference page. 

2016

• Ament, D.C. & Amorim, D. de S. 2016. Taxonomic revision of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of three new species from Brazil. Zootaxa 4086(1): 1–87. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4086.1.1.Reference page. 
• Amorim, D. de S. 2016. FAMILY SCATOPSIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 239–245. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.21. Reference page. 
• Amorim, D. de S., Falaschi, R.L. & Oliveira, S.S. 2016. Family ANISOPODIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 15–19. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.4. Reference page. 
• Falschi, R.L. & Amorim, D. de S. 2016. FAMILY RANGOMARAMIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 46–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.8. Reference page. 
• Falaschi, R.L., Oliveira, S.S. & Amorim, D. de S. 2016. Family BIBIONIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 20–25. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.5. Reference page. 
• Huerta, H. & Amorim, D. de S. 2016. Three new species of Calliceratomyia Lane (Diptera: Ditomyiidae) from Neotropical Mexico. Zootaxa 4072(4): 430–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.4.2. Reference page. 
• Martins, C.C. & Amorim, D de S. 2016. Brazilian dustywings (Neuroptera: Coniopterygidae): new species of Incasemidalis Meinander, 1972 and Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834, checklist and key for the Brazilian species. Zootaxa 4083(2): 257–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.2.6.Reference page. 
• Oliveira, S.S. & Amorim, D. de S. 2016. Family LYGISTORRHINIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 62–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.12. Reference page. 
• Oliveira, S.S. & Amorim, D de S. 2016. FAMILY MYCETOPHILIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 65–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.13. Reference page. 
• Pirani, G. & Amorim, D. de S. 2016. Going beyond the tip of the Drosophilidae iceberg: New Cladochaeta Coquillett, 1900 (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4139(3): 301–344. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.1. Reference page. 
• Riccardi, P.R. & Amorim, D. de S. 2016. Revision of the Neotropical genus Coroichlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae). Zootaxa 4093(3): 435–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.3.9.Reference page. 

2017

• Amorim, D. de S. & Schühli, G.S. e 2017. A new species of Euricrium Enderlein from southern Brazil, new records for E. varians (Lane), a new combination, and a key for the Neotropical species of the genus. Zootaxa 4231(3): 327–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.3.2. Reference page. 
• Kurina, O., Hippa, H. & Amorim, D. de S. 2017. New species and new records of Manota Williston from Colombia, Brazilian Amazonia, and Costa Rica (Diptera, Mycetophilidae). ZooKeys 668: 83—105. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.668.11350. Reference page. 
• Wolff, M., Ramos-Pastrana, Y., Marinho, M.A.T. & Amorim, D. de. S. 2017. Two new species of Huascaromusca Townsend from Colombia, and a new combination for Giovanella carvalhoi (Diptera: Mesembrinellidae). Zootaxa 4231(2): 251–263. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.2.7. Reference page. 

2018

• Borkent, A., Brown, B.V., Adler, P.H., Amorim, D. de S., Barber, K.N., Bickel, D.J., Boucher, S., Brooks, S.E., Burger, J., Burington, Z.L., Capellari, R.S., Costa, D.N.R., Cumming, J.M., Curler, G., Dick, C.W., Epler, J.H., Fisher, E., Gaimari, S.D., Gelhaus, J., Grimaldi, D.A., Hash, J., Hauser, M., Hippa, H., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., Jaschhof, M., Kameneva, E.P., Kerr, P.H., Korneyev, V., Korytkowski, C.A., Kung, G-A., Kvifte, G.M., Lonsdale, O., Marshal, S.A., Mathis, W.N., Michelsen, V., Naglis, S., Norrbom, A.L., Paiero, S.M., Pape, T., Pereira-Colavite, A., Pollet, M., Rochefort, S., Rung, A., Runyon, J., Savage, J., Silva, V.C., Sinclair, B.J., Skevington, J.H., Stireman, J.O. III, Swann, J., Vilkamaa, P., Wheeler, T., Whitworth, T.L., Wong, M.A., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E., Yau, T., Zavortnik, T.J. & Zumbado, M.A. 2018. Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science. Zootaxa 4402(1): 53–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.3. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Fachin, D.A., Santos, C.M.D. & Amorim, D. de S. 2018. First two species of Austroleptis Hardy (Diptera: Brachycera: Austroleptidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4369(4): 557–574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.4.6 Reference page. 
• Kurina, O., Hippa, H. & Amorim, D. de S. 2018. A contribution to the systematics of the genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Brazil. Zootaxa 4472(1): 1–59. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Henao-Sepúlveda, C., Wolff, M. & Amorim, D. de S. 2019. Revision of the Neotropical Neuratelia Rondani (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae): two new species, a new combination, and a new synonym. Zookeys, 861: 63–79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.861.32835 Reference page. 
• Greenwalt, D.E., Bickel, D.J., Kerr, P.H., Curler, G.R., Brown, B.V., de Jong, H., Fitzgerald, S.J., Dikow, T., Tkoč, M., Kehlmaier, C. & Amorim, D. de S. 2019. Diptera of the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. I. Documentation of diversity at the family level. Palaeontologia Electronica 22.2.50: 1–56. DOI: 10.26879/891 . Reference page. 
• Kurina, O., Hippa, H. & Amorim, D. de S. 2019. Notes on Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4555(3): 385–395. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.3.7 Reference page. 

2020

• Henao-Sepúlveda, C., Wolff, M. & Amorim, D. de S. 2020. Four new Neotropical species of Eudicrana Loew (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae) from the Colombian high Andean ecosystems, with comments on the genus. ZooKeys, 988: 129–150. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.988.49627 Reference page. 

2022

• Greenwalt, D.E., Amorim, D.S., Hauser, M., Kerr, P.H., Fitzgerald, S.J., Winterton, S.L., Cumming, J.M., Evenhuis, N.L. & Sinclair, B.J. 2022. Diptera of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation II. Palaeontologia Electronica 25.2.a22. DOI: 10.26879/1215 . Reference page. 

External links

• Staff page at Universidade de Sao Paulo