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Evolutionary Biology

Universidade Federal do ABC. Santo André. São Paulo. Brazil (www.ufabc.edu.br)

B.Sc. Biological Sciences. Universidade de São Paulo (1995-2001)

M.Sc. Entomology. Universidade de São Paulo (2001-2003)

Ph.D. Entomology, Universidade de São Paulo (2003-2007)

E-mail: guilherme.ribeiro@ufabc.edu.br

Google Scholar Citations: http://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=nlcD3L8AAAAJ

Research Interests

The study of the diversity, taxonomy, phylogeny and historical biogeography of crane flies (Diptera; Tipulomorpha).

Fossil Insects.

Current Projects

1-Circum-Antarctic and trans-Pacific clades including neotropical elements: a taxonomic, systematic, and biogeographical analysis of the Tipulomorpha (Diptera).

2-Insects of the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous of Brazil): taxonomy, phylogeny, and ecology.

Publications

54- Bueno, G.M., Machado, R.J.P., Almeida-Silva, D., Ribeiro, G.C. (2025). Revisiting the Taxonomic Status of Three Araripeneurinae (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) Genera from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation Using Geometric Morphometrics as a Complementary Tool, Cretaceous Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106245.

53-Santos, D., C. M. D. Santos, & G. C. Ribeiro. (2025). The Cladistic Biogeography of Trans-Pacific Crane Flies (Diptera: Tipulomorpha). Journal of Biogeography,  e70049. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70049.

52-Machado, R. J. P., Bueno, G. M., & Ribeiro, G. C. (2025). A new genus of Bittacidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous of Brazil). Historical Biology, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2025.2475201

51-Petersen, M.; Gelhaus, J.; Oosterbroek, P.; Podėnas, S.;  Podėnienė, V.; Ribeiro, G.; Santos, D.; Zhang, X. (2025). Crane fly (Diptera: Tipuloidea) systematics: past, present, and future. Insect Systematics and Diversity 9(1):5 DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixaf005

50-Bueno, G.M., Machado, R. J. P., Martins, C., Ribeiro, G.C. (2025) Taxonomic reassessment of the genera Blittersdorffia and Diegopteryx (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation with the description of three new species. Cretaceous Research 169 (2025) 106081. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106081

49-Santos, D. & Ribeiro, G.C. (2024) The Idioptera-Eloeophila complex (Diptera: Limoniidae): a phylogenetic solution to an old taxonomic misunder­stand­ing. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 82, 1-16. DOI: 10.3897/asp.82.e109995. https://arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/109995/

48-Santos, D., Klein, B. M.T. & Ribeiro, G.C. (2024). The fossil record of Eloeophila (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Limoniidae). Historical Biology. 36 (1), 76-81. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2147429

47-Ribeiro, G.C., Carmo, D.D.D. & Lamas, C.J.E. (2024) On the Systematic Position of Cretothereva (Diptera, Therevidae): criticism versus evidence. Historical Biology. Historical Biology 36 (2), 369-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2162400

46- Nel, A. & Ribeiro, G.C. (2023) New fossil wings shed light on Lower Cretaceous Araripechlorogomphidae and minimum age of the Chlorogomphoidea (Odonata: Anisoptera): Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, NE Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 105811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105811

45- Ribeiro, G.G. & Nel, A. (2023) A new dragonfly genus and species from the Crato Formation, with a revised phylogenetic study of the Mesozoic family Liupanshaniidae (Odonata: Aeshnoptera). Cretaceous Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105545

44- Martins, C.C., Machado, R.J.P., Oswald, J.D. & Ribeiro, G.C. (2023). Extinct Neuropterida of Brazil (Insecta: Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 66(spe):e20220090, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2022-0090 

43- Santos, D., Souza, I. C. & Ribeiro, G. C. (2023) A cranefly rendezvous: The highest known Mesozoic diversity of Tipulidae (Insecta: Diptera) in the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of NE Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 142, 2023, 105372, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105372.

42- Amorim, D. S., Oliveira, S. S., Carmo, D. D. D. & Ribeiro, G.C. (2023). The oldest Gondwanan fossil of Leiinae (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): Phylogenetic and evolutionary implications. Cladistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12519

41- Santos D., Santos R.R., Ribeiro G.C. (2022). Systematics of Amphineurus (Rhamphoneurus Alexander) (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Limoniidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80: 439-494. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.80.e83035

40- Nel, A & Ribeiro, G.C. (2022). A new species of Araripegomphus (Gomphides: Araripegomphidae) discovered in the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation in Brazil. Historical Biology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2117040. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2117040

39- Carmo D.D.D., Sampronha S., Santos C.M.D., Ribeiro G.C. (2022). Cretaceous Horse flies and their phylogenetic significance (Diptera: Tabanidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80: 295-307. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.80.e86673

38- Victor M. Ghirotto, Edgar B. Crispino, Pedro I. Chiquetto-Machado, Pedro A. B. A. Neves, Phillip W. Engelking & Guilherme C. Ribeiro (2022). The oldest Euphasmatodea (Insecta, Phasmatodea): modern morphology in an Early Cretaceous stick insect fossil from the Crato Formation of Brazil.  Papers in Palaeontology 8(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1437

37-Rosa, Brunno B.; Melo, Gabriel A.R.; Ribeiro, Guilherme C.  (2022). The first crabronid wasps (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from the Crato Formation (Northeastern Brazil) and implications for the evolution of apoid wasps and bees during the Early Cretaceous. Cretaceous Research, 2022, 105248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105248 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667122001124)

36- Nel, A., Jouault, C., & Ribeiro, G.C. (2022). The third aeschnidiid dragonfly genus and species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Odonata, Anisoptera), Historical Biology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2067995. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2067995 

35- Dalton de Souza Amorim, Brian V. Brown, Danilo Boscolo, Rosaly Ale-Rocha, Deivys Moises Alvarez-Garcia, Maria Isabel P. A. Balbi, Alan de Marco Barbosa, Renato Soares Capellari, Claudio José Barros de Carvalho, Marcia Souto Couri, Rodrigo de Vilhena Perez Dios, Diego Aguilar Fachin, Gustavo B. Ferro, Heloísa Fernandes Flores, Livia Maria Frare, Filipe Macedo Gudin, Martin Hauser, Carlos José Einicker Lamas, Kate G. Lindsay, Marco Antonio Tonus Marinho, Dayse Willkenia Almeida Marques, Stephen A. Marshall, Cátia Mello-Patiu, Marco Antônio Menezes, Mírian Nunes Morales, Silvio S. Nihei, Sarah Siqueira Oliveira, Gabriela Pirani, Guilherme Cunha Ribeiro, Paula Raille Riccardi, Marcelo Domingos de Santis, Daubian Santos, Josenilson Rodrigues dos Santos, Vera Cristina Silva, Eric Matthew Wood & José Albertino Rafael. (2022) Vertical stratification of insect abundance and species richness in an Amazonian tropical forest. Scitific  Reports 12, 1734 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05677-y 

34- Lamas, Carlos J.E. Sampronha, S. & Ribeiro, Guilherme C. (2022) A new robber fly from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation of NE Brazil (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae). Cretaceous Research,131,105114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105114.

33- Carmo, Daniel D., Lamas, Carlos J.E. & Ribeiro, Guilherme C. (2022) The oldest fossil Stiletto fly: a new genus and species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Diptera: Therevidae), Cretaceous Research,105039, 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105039

32- Santos, D. and Ribeiro, G.C. (2022), Areas of endemism in the Afrotropical region based on the geographical distribution of Tipulomorpha (Insecta: Diptera). Austral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13137 

31. Lukashevich, E. D., Amorim. D. S. & Ribeiro, G. C. (2021). A Gondwanan record of the extinct genus Cretobibio (Diptera: Bibionidae). Palaeoentomology, 4(5): 468-474. DOI: 10.11646/PALAEOENTOMOLOGY.4.5.13   Full text: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354819063_A_Gondwanan_record_of_the_extinct_genus_Cretobibio_Diptera_Bibionidae

30- Whitmore, D., Gaimari, S.D., Nihei, S.S., Evenhuis, N.L., Kurina, O., Borkent, C.J., Sinclair, B.J., O’Hara, J.E., Zhang, Z.-Q., Moulton, J.K., Ribeiro, G.C., Bickel, D.J., Giłka, W., Andersen, T., Rossaro, B., Whittington, A.E., Lamas, C.J.E., Heller, K., Kehlmaier, C., Courtney, G.W., Kerr, P.H. & Blagoderov, V. 2021. Twenty years of Dipterology through the pages of Zootaxa. Zootaxa, 4979 (1), 166–189. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.17

29- Bezerra, F.I., De Souza, O., Ribeiro, G.C., Mendes, M. 2021. A new primitive termite (Isoptera) from the Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Early Cretaceous of South America. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 103260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103260

28- Ribeiro, A. C., Ribeiro, G. C., Varejão, F. G., Batriolla, L. D., Pessoa, E. M., Simões, M. G., Warren, L. V.,  Riccomini, C. & Poyato-Ariza, F. J. (2021) Towards an actualistic view of the Crato Konservat-Lagerstätte paleoenvironment: A new hypothesis as an Early Cretaceous (Aptian) equatorial and semi-arid wetland. Earth-Science Reviews, 103573: doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103573

27-Ribeiro, G.C., Santos, R. R. & Santos, D. (2021) Four new species of the genus Leptotarsus Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (Insecta: Diptera: Tipulidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 104776: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104776

26-Machado, R. J. P., Freitas, A.V.L. & Ribeiro, G.C. (2021). A new giant species of the remarkable extinct family Kalligrammatidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 120:104724 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104724 Full text:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347375501_A_new_giant_species_of_the_remarkable_extinct_family_Kalligrammatidae_Insecta_Neuroptera_from_the_Lower_Cretaceous_Crato_Formation_of_Brazil

25-Santos, D., Santos, R. & Ribeiro, G. C. (2019). Systematics of the genus Maietta Alexander with description of three new species (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae). Zootaxa, 4696 (4): 331-350. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337158554_Systematics_of_the_genus_Maietta_Alexander_with_description_of_three_new_species_Diptera_Tipulomorpha_Limoniidae

24-Lukashevich, E. D. & Ribeiro. G. C. (2019). Mesozoic fossils and the phylogeny of Tipulomorpha (Insecta: Diptera). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17:8, 635-652. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1448899

https://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Lukashevich_and_Ribeiro,_2019.pdf

23-Santos, D. & Ribeiro. G. C. (2018). Systematics of the genus Aphrophila Edwards, with description of fifteen new species (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae). Zootaxa, 4473 (1):1-75.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4473.1

22-Santos, D., Ribeiro, G.C., Cabral, A.D., Sperança, M. A. 2018. A non-destructive enzymatic method to extract DNA from arthropod specimens: implications for morphological and molecular studies. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0192200. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0192200

21-Ribeiro, G. C. & Santos, D. 2016. Families Limoniidae and Tipulidae (Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia). Zootaxa, 4122: 73-97. Full text of entire catalogue: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2072791/zt04122p949.pdf

20-Nishiyama, E. Y., Ribeiro, G. C., & Oliveira, O. M. P. 2016. Phylogeny of the genus Lensia (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Siphonophora) based on the species morphology. Zootaxa, 4132(4): 493-508.

19-Santos, Charles Morphy D.; Amorim, Dalton de Sousa; Klassa, Bruna; Fachin, Diego A.;  Nihei, Silvio S.; Carvalho, Claudio J. B.;  Falaschi, Rafaela L.; Mello-Patiu, Cátia A.; Couri, Márcia S.; Oliveira, Sarah S.; Silva, Vera C.; Ribeiro, Guilherme Cunha; Capellari, Renato S.; Lamas, Carlos José E. 2016. On typeless species and the perils of fast taxonomy. Systematic Entomology, 41:511-515. Full text: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12180/full

18-Ribeiro, G. C., Santos,  D. & Nicolau, R. C. R. 2015. A new species of Leptotarsus (Diptera: Tipulidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 56: 244-249.

17-Ribeiro, G. C. Santos, C. M. D., Olivieri, L. T., Santos, D., Berbert, J. M., & Eterovic, A. 2014. The world's biogeographical regions revisited: global patterns of endemism in Tipulidae (Diptera). Zootaxa, 3847 (2): 241-258. Full text: http://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Ribeiro_et_al.,_2014.pdf

16-Ribeiro. G. C & Lukashevich, E. D. 2014. New Leptotarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil and Spain: the oldest members of the family Tipulidae (Diptera). Zootaxa, 3753 (4): 347-363. Full text: http://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Ribeiro_and_Lukashevich,_2014.pdf

15-Ribeiro. G. C. 2012. Redescription of Notholimnophila Alexander and Acantholimnophila Alexander, poorly known New Zealand endemics (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae). Zootaxa, 3173: 54-68. Full text: http://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Ribeiro,_2012.pdf

14-Ribeiro. G. C & Eterovic, A. 2011. Neat and clear: 700 species of crane flies (Diptera: Tipulomorpha) link Southern South America and Australasia. Systematic Entomology, 36, 754–767. Full text: http://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Ribeiro_and_Eterovic,_2011.pdf

13-Ribeiro, G. C. & Blagoderov, V. 2009. The rediscovery of Lecteria calopus (Walker, 1856) in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest. In: Lantsov, V. (ed.), Crane flies. History, taxonomy and ecology (Diptera: Tipulidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Trichoceridae, Ptychopteridae, Tanyderidae). Memorial volume dedicated to Dr. Charles Paul Alexander (1889–1981), Dr. Bernhard Mannheims (1909–1971) and Dr. Evgeniy Nikolaevich Savchenko (1909–1994). Zoosymposia, 3: 235-243. Full text: http://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Ribeiro_and_Blagoderov,_2009.pdf

12-Ribeiro. G. C. 2009. The Neotropical genus Stibadocerina Alexander and its phylogenetic relationship to other Stibadocerinae genera: further evidence on an ancestral trans-Pacific Biota. Systematic Entomology, 34: 324-333. Full text: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00454.x/full. Included in Systematic Entomology Virtual Especial Issue Insect Morphological Studies: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291365-3113/homepage/virtual_special_issues.htm

11-Ribeiro, G. C. 2008. Phylogeny of the Limnophilinae (Limoniidae) and early evolution of the Tipulomorpha (Diptera). Invertebrate Systematics, 22: 624-694. Full text: http://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Ribeiro,_2008.pdf

10-Ribeiro, G. C. 2007. A review of the monotypic genus Chilelimnophila Alexander (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 47(18): 203-211. Full text: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/paz/v47n18/01.pdf

9-Ribeiro, G. C. Lamas, C. J. E., Azevedo, L. N. 2007. A catalogue of the types of Limoniidae and Tipulidae (Diptera, Tipulomorpha) in the Collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Zootaxa, 1497: 1-22. Full text: http://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Ribeiro_et_al.,_2007.pdf

8-Ribeiro, G. C. 2006. Homology of the gonostylus parts in crane flies, with emphasis on the families Tipulidae and Limoniidae (Diptera, Tipulomorpha). Zootaxa, 1110: 47-57. Full text: http://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Ribeiro,_2006a.pdf

7-Ribeiro, G. C. 2005. A review of the subgenus Cladolipes Loew in the Neotropics (Diptera: Limoniidae: Limnophilinae: Hexatoma). Studia Dipterologica, 12(1): 79-85.

6-Ribeiro, G. C. 2003. Systematics of the Neotropical species of Styringomyia Loew (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae). Zootaxa, 253: 1-35. Full text: http://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Ribeiro,_2003.pdf

5-Zeppelini Filho, D., Ribeiro, A. C. , Ribeiro, G. C., Fracasso, M. P. A. Pavani, M. M., Oliveira, O. M. P., Oliveira, S. A. and Marques, A. C. 2003.  Faunistic survey of sandstone caves from Altinópolis region (SE Brazil). Papéis avulsos de Zoologia, São Paulo 43(5): 93-99. Full text: http://www.scielo.br/pdf/paz/v43n5/17490.pdf

4-Ribeiro, G. C. 2002. A new fossil Helius (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Burmese amber. Studia Dipterologica, 9(2): 403-408.

3-Ribeiro, G. C. & Amorim, D. S. 2002. A review of the genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken in Brazil, with description of two new species (Diptera: Tipulomorpha, Limoniidae). Zootaxa 46: 1-16. Full text: http://ccw.naturalis.nl/documents/Ribeiro_and_Souza_Amorim,_2002.pdf

2-Ribeiro, G. C. & Krzeminski, W. 2000. New information on Limoniidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation (northeastern Brazil). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 69(4): 451-457.

1-Ribeiro, G C. & Martins-Neto, R. G. 1999. A new Tipulidae (Insecta, Diptera) from the Santana Formation (Araripe Basin, Lower Cretaceous, northeastern Brazil). Boletim do Simpósio sobre o Cretáceo do Brasil, 5 (1999): 207-212.

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