José Wellington de Morais

José Wellington de Morais, Brazilian entomologist

• Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Invertebrados do Solo, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA, CPEN. Avenida André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo, CEP 69011−970, Cx. Postal 478, Manaus, AM, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

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• 6 taxon names authored by José Wellington de Morais

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2016

• Cipola, N.G., Morais, J.W. de & Bellini, B.C. 2016. A new genus of Entomobryinae (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from Brazilian Amazon with body scales and dental spines. Zootaxa 4105(3): 261–273. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.3.3. Reference page. 
• Cipola, N.G., Oliveira, F.G. de L., Morais, J.W. de & Bellini, B.C. 2016. The Heteromurini Absolon & Ksenemann (Collembola, Entomobryidae): a review of the genera status and diagnoses, keys for species of Alloscopus Börner and Heteromurtrella Mari Mutt and description of a new species. Zootaxa 4084(2): 151–186. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.1.Reference page. 

2017

• Azevedo, R.A., Sobral, R., Dambros, C. & Morais, J.W. de 2017. Description of the imago of Neocapritermes utiariti (Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae). Zootaxa 4221(4): 494–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.4.7. Reference page. 
• Cipola, N.G., de Morais, J.W. & Bellini, B.C. 2017. The discovery of Lepidocyrtoides Schött, 1917 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Entomobryinae) from the New World, including three new species from Brazil and one from Australia. Zootaxa 4324(2): 201–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.2. Reference page. 

2018

• Almeida, M.Q., Salvatierra, L. & de Morais, J.W. 2018. A new species of Masteria L. Koch, 1873 (Dipluridae: Masteriinae) from Guyana. Zootaxa 4434(2): 366–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.6 Reference page. 
• Amanda, N., Salvatierra, L., Almeida, M.Q. & de Morais, J.W. 2018. Description of female of Titidius urucu Esmerio & Lise, 1996 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4422(2): 284–286. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.2.7 Reference page. 
• Cipola, N.G., Arbea, J., Baquero, E., Jordana, R., de Morais, J.W. & Bellini, B.C. 2018. The survey of Seira Lubbock, 1870 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Seirinae) from Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands, including three new species. Zootaxa 4458(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4458.1.1 Reference page. 
• Cipola, N.G., de Morais, J.W. & Bellini, B.C. 2018. New species, redescriptions and a new combination of Acanthocyrtus Handschin, 1925 and Amazhomidia Cipola & Bellini, 2016 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Entomobryinae). Zootaxa 4387(3): 401–435. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.1 Reference page. 
• Cipola, N.G., de Morais, J.W. & Bellini, B.C. 2018. Three new species of Seira Lubbock (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Seirinae) from Madagascar with Lepidocyrtus-like habitus. Zootaxa 4521(2): 151–173. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.1 Reference page. 
• Sobral, R., Grossi, P.C. & de Morais, J.W. 2018. Two new species of Aegopsis Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the central Brazilian Cerrado. Zootaxa 4526(2): 175–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.2.4 Reference page. 
• Sovano, R.S. da S. Gutjahr, A.L.N. & de Morais, J.W. 2018. Solving taxonomic Orthoptera problems by Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS): the case of Aganacris Walker, 1871 (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae; Scudderini). Zootaxa 4461(3): 445–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.3.10 Reference page. 

2019

• Almeida, M.Q., Salvatierra, L. & de Morais, J.W. 2019. A new species of Ami Pérez-Miles, 2008 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) from the Amazon rainforest, Brazil. Turkish Journal of Zoology 43: 641-643. DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1904-26 . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Cipola, N.G., de Morais, J.W., Godeiro, N.N. & Bellini, B.C. 2019. Taxonomic revision of Brazilian genus Tyrannoseira Bellini & Zeppelini, 2011 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Seirinae). Zootaxa 4586(2): 201–248. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.1 Reference page. 
• Sobral, R., de Morais, J.W. & Grossi, P.C. 2019. A new species of Colacus Ohaus, 1910 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the Mata Seca biotope of Brazil, and notes on Colacus morio Ohaus, 1910. Zootaxa 4695(2): 159–167. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.2.5 Reference page. 

2020

• Cipola, N.G., de Morais, J.W. & Bellini, B.C. 2020. Review of Lepidocyrtinus Börner, 1903 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Seirinae): the African species. Zootaxa 4898(1): 1–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4898.1.1 Reference page. 

2022

• Almeida, M.Q. & de Morais, J.W. 2022. A new species of Paratropis Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Paratropididae) from Guyana. EntomoBrasilis 15: 1-5. Reference page. 

2025

• Sousa dos Santos, N.A., Corrêa-Gomes, J.P., Almeida, M.Q., Wellington de Morais, J. & Bertani, R. 2025. Three new species of Paratropis Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Paratropididae) from Brazil and Colombia. Journal of Arachnology 52: 234–250. Reference page.