Publications
Publications
[22] Casadei-Ferreira, Richter, and Economo. Evolutionary simplification and functional shifts of the ant stinger. (2025). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, voaf124. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voaf124
[21] Klunk, Casadei-Ferreira, Argenta, and Pie (2025). Ant head shape evolved to compromise bite-induced mechanical demands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 146(2), blaf081. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf081
[20] Oberski, Griebenow, [...] Casadei-Ferreira, [...] Camacho, and Boudinot. (2025). Ant systematics: Past, present, and future. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaf025
[19] Casadei-Ferreira, [...] Economo. (2025). Evolution and functional implications of stinger shape in ants. Evolution, qpae142. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae142
[18] Conrado, [...] Ferreira, and Maia. (2023). Amazonian earthworm biodiversity is heavily impacted by ancient and recent human disturbance. Science of the Total Environment, 895, p.165087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165087
[17] Carvalho, [...] The Synergize Consortium [Casadei-Ferreira, …], and Silveira. (2023). Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research. Current Biology, 33(16), pp.3495-3504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.077
[16] Klunk, Argenta, Casadei‐Ferreira, and Pie. (2023). Mechanical demands of bite in plane head shapes of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) workers. Ecology and Evolution, 13(6), p.e10162. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10162
[15] Nickele, [...] Casadei-Ferreira, Feitosa, and Pie. (2023). Assessing forest restoration effectiveness in the Seasonal Semideciduous Forest in the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest ecoregion using epigaeic ant assemblages. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 39, p.e37. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467423000275
[14] Casadei‐Ferreira, Feitosa, and Pie. (2022). Size and shape in the evolution of the worker head in Pheidole ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Zoology, 317(4), pp.270-282. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12978
[13] Silva, [...] Casadei-Ferreira, […] and Emanuel Oliveira Alves. 2022. ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America. Ecology, 103(2), e03580. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3580
[12] Demetrio, [...] Ferreira, [...] and Stanton. (2021). A “dirty” footprint: Macroinvertebrate diversity in Amazonian anthropic soils. Global Change Biology, 27(19), pp.4575-4591. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15752
[11] Klunk, Argenta, Casadei-Ferreira, Economo, and Pie. (2021). Mandibular morphology, task specialization and bite mechanics in Pheidole ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 18(179), p.20210318. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0318
[10] Casadei‐Ferreira, Friedman, Economo, Pie, and Feitosa. (2021). Head and mandible shapes are highly integrated yet represent two distinct modules within and among worker subcastes of the ant genus Pheidole. Ecology and Evolution, 11(11), pp.6104-6118. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7422
[9] Casadei-Ferreira, Economo, and Feitosa. (2020). Additions to the taxonomy of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southern grasslands of Brazil. Revista Brasileira de entomologia, 64. https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2020-0068
[8] Casadei-Ferreira, Fischer, and Economo. (2020). Evidence for a thoracic crop in the workers of some Neotropical Pheidole species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Arthropod structure & development, 59, p.100977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2020.100977
[7] Silva and Casadei-Ferreira. (2020). A species-level association in Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) ants with a parasitoid wasp of the genus Orasema Cameron (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 64. https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2020-0005
[6] Barroso, [...] Ferreira, Silva, and Morini. (2020). Twigs occupied by Pheidole Westwood, 1839: Is there a difference between species?. Biota Neotropica, 20. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2019-0897
[5] Prado, [...] Casadei-Ferreira, Silva, and Andrade-Silva. (2019). An overview of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the state of Maranhão, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 59, p.e20195938. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2019.59.38
[4] Casadei-Ferreira, Chaul, and Feitosa. (2019). A new species of Pheidole (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Dominican amber with a review of the fossil records for the genus. ZooKeys, 866, p.117. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.866.35756
[3] Vicente, Ferreira, Santos, and Prado. (2018). Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from an Amazonian fragmented landscape, Juara, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with new records of ant species. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 58. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.40
[2] Ferreira, Martins, and Feitosa. (2016). Rediscovery of the morphologically remarkable social parasite Pheidole acutidens (Santschi, 1922), with the first records for Brazil. Sociobiology, 63(4), pp.1069-1072. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v63i4.1263
[1] Cunha, [...], TPI Network [Ferreira, …] and Kille. (2016). Soil animals and pedogenesis: the role of earthworms in anthropogenic soils. Soil Science, 181(3/4), pp.110-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15752
[4] Casadei-Ferreira, [...] Economo. (2025). Pumping Venom: Valvilli Architecture and Implications for Stinger Functionality. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.28.672817
[3] Casadei-Ferreira, Svenson, Büsse, [...] and Wipfler. The evolutionary history of praying mantises (Dictyoptera, Mantodea). Submitted (2025) Systematic Entomology
[2] Katzke, Hita-Garcia, [...] Casadei-Ferreira, [...] Economo, and van de Kamp. High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity. Accepted (2025). Nature Methods.
[1] Warren, Kass, Casadei-Ferreira, and Economo. (2022). Incorporating sampling bias into permutation tests for niche and distribution models. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.08.503252
[3] Boudinot, Casadei-Ferreira, Wöhrl, Probst, Lieberman, Czekanski-Moir, and Richter. 2025. Ecomorphology of ants. In Insect Ecomorphology (pp. 469-524). Academic Press.
[2] Casadei Ferreira. Pheidole. In: Dr. Christopher K. Starr. (Org.). Encyclopedia of Social Insects. 1ed.: Springer International Publishing, 2019, v., p. 1-4.
[1] Brown, [...] Casadei Ferreira, […] Lavelle. The role of soil fauna in soil health and delivery of ecosystem services. In: Dr. Don Reicosky. (Org.). Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture Volume 1: Fundamentals. 48ed.Cambridge: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, 2018, v. 1, p. 2-45