Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi

Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi, Brazilian acarologist

Bolsista do Programa Nacional de Pós Doutorado (PNPD/CAPES), Setor de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), Minas Gerais, CEP: 37200-000, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Bernardi, L.F. de O., Zacarias, M.S. & Ferreira, R.L. 2012. A new species of Neocarus Chamberlin & Mulaik, 1942 (Acari: Opilioacarida) from Brazilian caves and karst areas. Zootaxa 3416: 53–68. Preview Reference page.

Pereira, M.C.S. De A., Kontschán, J., Bernardi, L.F. de O. & Hermes, M.G. 2016. Description of a new species of Oplitis Berlese, 1884, and the first record of a phoretic uropodid mite (Acari: Oplitidae) on a Neotropical solitary wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zootaxa 4067(3): 394–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.8. Reference page.
de Ázara, L.N., Bernardi, L.F. de O. & Ferreira, R.L. 2016. The first survey on harvestmen in Brazilian artificial cavities, with notes on distribution and natural history. Subterranean Biology, 17: 31–53. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.17.6762 Reference page.
Oliveira, M.P.A., Bernardi, L.F. de O., Zeppelini, D. & Ferreira, R.L. 2016. First report of cave springtail (Collembola, Paronellidae) parasitized by mite (Parasitengona, Microtrombidiidae). Subterranean Biology, 17: 133–139. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.17.8451 Reference page.

Bernardi, L.F. de O., Wohltmann, A., Lorenzon, I.M. & Ferreira, R.L. 2017. A novel symbiotic relationship between mites and recluse spiders (Sicariidae: Loxosceles), with a description of a new Callidosoma species (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae). Zootaxa 4338(3): 459–474. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.3. Reference page.
Costa, B.G., Pellegrini, T.G., Bernardi, L.F. de O. & Ferreira, R.L. 2017. Notes on predator-prey relationships among Tanypodinae larvae (Diptera, Chironomidae) and mites (Acariformes) in Brazilian subterranean aquatic environments. Subterranean Biology, 22: 67–74. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.22.13925 Reference page.

Bernardi, L.F. de O. & Borges-Filho, E.L. 2018. Neocarus spelaion sp. n. (Parasitiformes, Opilioacaridae), a new species of cave dwelling Neocarus from Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Subterranean Biology, 27: 1–16. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.27.25777 Reference page.

Bernardi, L.F. de O., Prous, X., Ribeiro, M.S., Mascarenhas, J., Genelhú, S.M.C., Simões, M.H. & Bezerra, T. 2019. First record of albinism for the doglike bat, Peropteryx kappleri Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae). Subterranean Biology, 30: 33–40. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.30.34223 Reference page.
Costa, S.G. dos S., Klompen, H., Bernardi, L.F. de O., Gonçalves, L.C., Ribeiro, D.B. & Pepato, A.R. 2019. Multi-instar descriptions of cave dwelling Erythraeidae (Trombidiformes: Parasitengona) employing an integrative approach. Pp 137–184 In Zhang, Z-Q., Fuangarworn, M., Seeman, O. & Mironov, S.V. {eds.). Ontogeny and morphological diversity in immature mites (Part II). Zootaxa 4717(1): 1–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4717.1.1 Reference page. Zootaxa 4717(1): 137–184. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4717.1.10 Reference page.

Oliveira, G.M.B. de, Munoz-Leal, S., Nava, S., Horta, M.C., Bernardi, L., Venzal, J.M. & Labruna, M.B. 2024. New records of soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) from caves in Brazil, with a morphological study of Ornithodoros fonsecai and an analysis of the taxonomic status of Antricola inexpectata. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 15(3): 102331. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102331 Reference page.