Lures and other adaptations for prey attraction are particularly interesting from an
evolutionary viewpoint because they are characterized by correlational selection, involve …

Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is an important Leishmania species circulating in several
Central and South American countries. Among Leishmania species circulating in Brazil …

The Neotropical region represents one of the greatest biodiversity hot spots on earth.
Despite its unparalleled biodiversity, regional comparative phylogeographic studies are still …

The species of the genus Phoneutria (Ctenidae), also called banana spiders, are
considered amongst the most venomous spiders in the world. In this study we revalidate P …

Species with large distributions provide unique opportunities to test how geography has
influenced biotic diversification. In this work, we aimed to explore the effect of geographic …

Background Modern molecular analyses are often inconsistent with pre-cladistic taxonomic
hypotheses, frequently indicating higher richness than morphological taxonomy estimates …

Pseudopimelodus is a Neotropical genus of bumblebee catfish, composed of four valid
species occurring in both trans-and cis-Andean rivers of South America. The orogeny of the …

Distinguishing among the mechanisms underlying the spatial distribution of genetic variation
resulting from the environmental or physical barriers from those arising due to simple …

Evolutionary processes in ant-plant mutualisms are mediated by intrinsic features of the
association and by change through time in abiotic components of the system (eg geography …

Triatomines are the vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease.
Although Triatoma and Rhodnius are the most-studied vector genera, other triatomines …