Published Work
Updated: November 2024
2024
46. Moreira, F.F.F., Rodrigues, J.M.S., Krull, M., Simões, M.V.P. Impact of urban disturbance on soil insect communities in a Brazilian Atlantic Forest biological station. Urban Ecosystems, 28, 1–12. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-024-01613-2
45. Simões, M.V., Sekerka, L., Mota, A.A., Nearns, E.H., Monné, M.A. and Monné, M.L.,. New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa, 5477(5), pp.587-599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
44. Mirzaee, Z., Battiston, R., Ballarin, F., Sadeghi, S., Simões, M.V.P., Wiemers, M. and Schmitt, T. The Six Dwarfs of the Middle East: revision of the enigmatic praying mantis genus Holaptilon (Mantodea: Gonypetidae: Gonypetinae) with the description of four new species under integrative taxonomy. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 82, 89-117. DOI: 10.3897/asp.82.e112834
Ancestral range estimation of the dwarf-mantid genus Holaptilon Beier 1964 (Mantodea: Gonypetidae: Gonypetinae) and time calibration and diversification of Holaptilon based on a four-locus (COI, 16S rDNA, H3, IDH). (Mizraee et al. 2024 / Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny)
43. Mirzaee, Z., Simões, M.V.P., Battiston, R., Sadeghi, S., Wiemers, M., Schmitt, T. Biology, ecology, and biogeography of endemic praying mantis Blepharopsis mendica (Insecta: Mantodea). PeerJ, 12, p.e16814. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16814
2023
42. Botero, J.P., Tavakilian, G.L., Seidel, M., Husemann, M., Simões, M.V.P. An annotated type catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. European journal of taxonomy, 869, pp.1-50. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.869.2111
41. Mirzaee, Z, Sadeghi, S., Ballarin, F., Schmitt, T., Simões, M.V.P., Wiemers, M. Life history and biogeography of the enigmatic mantid Nilomantis floweri (Mantodea, Nanomantidae). Zookeys. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1173.107204
40. Simões, M.V.P., Nunez, C., Schmitt & Warren, D., Krull, M. Regional anthropogenic disturbance and species-specific niche traits influence the invasiveness of European beetle species. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 11, DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1160598
Niche dynamics across 54 invasive beetle species native to Europe and assessed whether factors such as human influence index, feeding habits, body size, and niche breadth are associated with the degree of invasion. (Simões et al 2023 / Frontiers Ecology and Evolution)
39. Simões, M.V. & Sekerka, L. A new species in the tortoise-beetle genus Dorynota s. str. Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Dorynotini) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 5311(3), 446-450.
38. Chaudhary, C., Alfaro-Lucas, J., Simões M.V.P., Brandt, A. & Saeedi, H. Potential geographic shifts in the coral reef ecosystem under climate change. Progress in Oceanography. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103001
2022
37. Valle, G. N. & Simões, M.V.P. New Distributional Records and Characterization of the Climatic Niche of Lepturges (Lepturges) limpidus Bates, 1872 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): Sink or Source Population? Insects, 13(11): 1069. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13111069
Climate suitability map and the geographic distribution of the longhorn beetle Lepturges limpidus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and ellipsoid niche overlap with its known host plant, Catostemma fragrans, providing insights into their ecological relationships and potential co-distribution patterns (Valle & Simões 2023 / Insects)
35. Sophie Dey, Hochkirch, A., Moussi A., & Simões M.V.P. & L., Husemann, M. Diversification in and around the Atlas Mountains: Genetic, phenotypic and ecological differentiation reveal insights into the systematics and biogeography of the genus Thalpomena (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae). Systematic Entomology, 47(3), 402–419. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12537
Insights into the systematics and biogeography of the genus Thalpomena (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae). Phylogenetic tree reconstructed with BEAST 2 using fossil calibration (split of Oedipodinae; shown with a dot and cross sign). Posterior probability above 90% are shown as black dots at nodes in the tree. (Dey et al. 2023 / Systematic Entomology)
2021
34. Sajad, Hawlitschek O., Oldeland J., Rajaei, H., Husemann, M. & Simões, M.V.P. (2021) Biodiversity modelling reveals a significant gap between diversity hotspots and protected areas for Iranian reptiles. Animal Conservation, 59(7), 1642–1655. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12528
33. Simões, M.V.P., Saeedi, H., Cobos, M. & Brandt, A. (2021) Environmental matching reveals non-uniform range-shift patterns in benthic marine Crustacea. Climatic Change, 168:31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03240-8
Ecological modeling of distance and latitude increase or decrease of distributional centroid positions of 78 shallow-water and 16 deep-sea crustacean species projected for the year 2050 and two representative concentration pathway emission scenarios (RCPs) 2.6 and 8.5. (Simões et al. 2021 / Climatic Change)
32. Sophie Dey, L., Simões, M.V.P., Hawlitschek, O., Sergeev, M.G., Xu, S.Q., Lkhagvasuren, D. & Husemann, M. (2021) Analysis of geographic centrality and genetic diversity in the declining grasshopper species Bryodemella tuberculata (Orthoptera: Oedipodinae). Biodiversity and Conservation, 30(10), 2773–2796. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02221-8
31. Sophie Dey, L., Husemann, M, Hochkirch, A. & Simões M.V.P. (2021) Species distribution modeling sheds light on the widespread distribution of Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rubescens (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 132(4), 912–924. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa230
30. Simões, M.V.P., Husemann, M., Sekerka, L. (2021) A catalogue of the tortoise-beetles (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) collection deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 75(1), 191–210. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.191
Type specimens of Cassidinae s. str. deposited at the Zoological Museum Hamburg. (Simões et al. 2021 / The Coleopterists Bulletin)
29. Warren, D., Matzke, N., Cardillo M., Baumgartner, J., Beaumont L., Turelli M., Glor, R., Huron, N., Simões, M., Iglesias T., Dinnage, R. (2021) ENMTools 1.0: An R package for comparative ecological biogeography. Ecography, 44(4), 504–511. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05485
2020
28. Leocádio, M., Simões, M.V.P., Sekerka, L., Schrago, C.G., Mermudes, J.R., & Windsor, D. M. (2020) Molecular systematics reveals the origins of subsociality in tortoise beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Systematic Entomology. 45(4), 894–910. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12434
27. Simões, M.V.P., Cobos, M., Romero, D., & Jimenez, L. (2020) General theory and good practices in Ecological Niche Modeling: A basic guide. Biodiversity Informatics Training Modules, 15(2), 67–68. https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v15i2.13376
26. Saeedi, H., Simões, M.V.P., & Brandt, A. (2020) Biodiversity and distribution patterns of deep-sea fauna along the temperate NW Pacific. Progress of Oceanography. 183, 102296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102296
2019
25. Saeedi, H., Simões M.V.P. & Brandt, A. (2019) Endemicity and community composition of marine species along the NW Pacific and the adjacent Arctic Ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 178, 102199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102199
24. Biging A.L., Querejeta Coma M., Simões M.V.P., Hawlitschek O. (2019) Évolution climatique et impacts sur les reptiles et amphibiens des Comores [Climate evolution and impact in the reptiles and amphibians of the Comoros]. pp. 50-56 in: Augros S. (e.d): Atlas des reptiles et amphibiens terrestres de l’archipel des Comores [Atlas of the terrestrial reptiles and amphibians of the Comoros Archipelago].Biotope éditions, Mèze, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (Collection Inventaires & biodiversité), 224 pp.
23. Bhatta, C., Gonzales, V.H., Mayes, D., Simões, M.V.P., & Smith, D. R. (2019) Nesting biology, niche modelling, and traditional uses of stingless bees in Nepal (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Meliponini). Journal of Apicultural Research, 58(2), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2019.1614729 *Award winning: Best Dissertation chapter on an International Topic Award 2018 from Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society of International Scholars, Alpha Pi Chapter, University of Kansas.
2018
22. Simões, M. V.P. & Peterson, A. T. (2018) Importance of biotic predictors in estimation of potential invasive areas: the example of the tortoise beetle Eurypedus nigrosignatus, in Hispaniola (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Peerj, 6: e6052. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6052
21. Cobos, M, Jiménez, L., Nuñes-Penichet, C., Romero-Alvarez, D. & Simões, M.V.P. (2018) Sample data and training modules for cleaning biodiversity information. Biodiversity Informatics Training Modules, 14, 49–50. https://doi.org/0000-0002-6683-9576
20. Simões, M. V.P., Baca, S., Toussaint, E., Windsor, D. & Short, A. (2018) Solving a thorny situation: DNA and morphology illuminate the evolution of the leaf beetle tribe Dorynotini (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 185(4), 1123–1136. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly079
Phylogeny of the tribe Dorynotini based on maximum likelihood analysis of the concatenated olecular dataset comprising two nuclear (28S, CAD) and one mitochondrial (CO1) gene fragment (Simões et al 2019 / Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society)
19. Strotz, L., Simões, M.V.P., Girard, M., Breitkreuz, L., Kimmig, J. & Lieberman, B. (2018) Getting somewhere with the Red Queen: chasing a biologically modern definition of the hypothesis. Biology Letters, 14(5), 20170734. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0734
18. Simões, M.V.P. & Peterson, A. T. (2018) Utility and limitations of climate‐matching approaches in detecting different types of spatial errors in biodiversity data. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 11(5), 407–414. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12288
2017
17. Ingenloff, K., Hensz, C., Anamza, T., Barve, V., Campbell, L., Cooper, J.C., Komp, E., Jimenez, L., Olson, K.V., Osorio-Olvera, L., Owens, H.L., Peterson, A.T., Sammy, A.M., Simões, M.V.P. & Soberón, J. (2018) Predictable invasion dynamics in North American populations of the Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaoto. Proceedings of the Royal Society B., 284 (1862), 20171157. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1157
16. Simões, M.V.P., Lieberman, B., Soberón, J. & Peterson, A.T. (2017) Testing environmental correlates of clines in clades: An example from Cassidinae beetles. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 10, 472–482. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12250
Testing environmental and morphological clines in Dorynotini. (Simões et al 2017 / Insect Conservation and Diversity).
15. Gonzalez, V.H., Griswold, T.L. & Simões, M.V.P. (2017) On the identity of the adventive species of Eufriesea Cockerell in the USA: systematics and potential distribution of the coerulescens species group (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 55, 55–102. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.55.12209
14. Simões, M.V.P. (2017) Revision of the Greater Antilles genus Paratrikona Spaeth, 1923 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Dorynotini). Zootaxa, 4238, 417–425. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4238.3.8
2016 and older
13. Simões, M.V.P., Breitkreuz, L., Alvarado, M., Baca, S., Cooper, J.C., Heins, L., Herzog K., & Lieberman, B.S. (2016) The evolving theory of evolutionary radiations. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31, 27–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.10.007
12. Simões, M.V.P. & Sekerka, L. (2015) Review of the Neotropical leaf beetle subgenus Dorynota sensu stricto Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Dorynotini). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 69, 231–254. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-69.2.231
11. Simões, M.V.P., & Monné, M.L. (2014) Taxonomic revision of the genus Mesomphalia Hope, 1839 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Zootaxa, 3835, 151–197. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3835.2.1
10. Simões, M.V.P. (2014) Taxonomic revision of the genus Paranota Monrós & Viana, 1949 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 68, 631–655. https://doi.org/10.1649/ 10.1649/0010-065X-68.4.631
9. Simões, M.V.P. & Monné, M.L. (2014) Description of immatures of Mesomphalia gibbosa (Fabricius, 1781) and Mesomphalia turrita (Illiger, 1801) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Zootaxa, 3861, 466–478. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3861.5.4
8. Simões, M.V.P. & Sekerka, L. (2014) Redescription of Heteronychocassis acuticollis Spaeth, 1915 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 68, 407–410. https://doi.org/10.1649/072.068.0312
7. Monné, M.L., Monné, M.A., Quintino, H.Y., Botero, J.P., Machado, V.S., Carelli, A., Simões, M.V.P., & Cupello, M. (2012) Inventário das espécies de Lamiinae (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) do Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, RJ, Brasil. Biota Neotropica, 12, 39–76. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032012000100004
6. Machado, V. S., Botero, J. P., Carelli, A., Cupello, M., Quintino, H. Y., & Simões, M.V.P. (2012) Host plants of Cerambycidae and Vesperidae (Coleoptera, Chrysomeloidea) from South America. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 56, 186–198. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262012005000029
5. Simões, M.V.P. (2012) Male and female reproductive systems of Stolas conspersa (Germar, 1824) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 56, 19–22. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0085-56262012005000007
4. Simões, M.V.P., & Monné, M.L. (2012) Inventario das especies de Cassidinae (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) do Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro. Biota Neopropica, 11, 216-228. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032011000400019
3. Monné, M.L., Monné, M.A., Martins, R.S., Simões, M.V.P., & Machado, V.S. (2010) Espécies de Cerambycidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) ocorrentes no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 67, 235–251. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032009000300027
2. Simões, M.V.P., Quintino, H.Y.S. & Monné, M.L. (2009) Larva and pupa of Nilio (Linio) lanatus Germar, 1824 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa, 2175, 51–56. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.189320
1.Simões, M.V.P., & Monné, M.L. (2008) New records of South American Cassidinae. Genus, 19, 709–715.
