Hi!
I am a biologist interested in entomology, particularly myrmecology and the curation of biological data and collections.
Currently, I am a Professor at the Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil, and the principal investigator of NEST - Núcleo de Estudos em Diversidade de Formicidae.
Here is some information on my academic career and interests for collaboration.
Ant systematics and biogeography
Insect diversity, morphology, ecology
Field and collection-based research
Citizen science and SciComm
Curatorship/development of biological collections
CV available here
Six legs down, we are ready to forage.
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Ramírez-Mejía, A., Sánchez, F., Urbina-Cardona, N. & Ladino, N. (accepted) Functional divergence drives the prevalence of low-abundance species in bat assemblages. Functional Ecology.
Neundorf, A., Mikich, A. ... Ladino N. et al. (2025) Ants as Flower Visitors: Diversity and Network Structure Assessed for the First Time in the Atlantic Forest of Southern Brazil. Neotropical Entomol 54, 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-025-01340-z
Silva T. S., Ladino N., Feitosa R. M. (2025) Additions to the taxonomy of Neotropical Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): description of new species, terminology alignment, and etymology of the generic epithet. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 69 (4), https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2025-0006
Ladino N. (2025). Chapter 24: Keeping ants in the anthill: Seven editions of the Formigas do Brazil Course. In: Feitosa R., Schmidt F., & Ribas C. (Orgs.) Brazilian Myrmecology: Exploring the World's Richest Ant Fauna. Editora Científica Digital. https://10.37885/978-65-83998-48-4
Zefa E., Vieira J., Ladino N. et al. (2025). Integrative taxonomy of the sword-tail cricket Symphyloxiphys abbreviatus (Bruner, 1916) (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Trigonidiidae) reveals intraspecific variation across its broad geographic range. Zootaxa 5701 (1), https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.1.5
Oberskii J., Griebenow Z., ...Ladino N. et al. (2025) Ant systematics: past, present, and future. Insect Systematics And Diversity, 9 (4), https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaf025
Ladino N. & Feitosa R. M. (2024) Nature's dark artistry: melanic forms discovered in two Neotropical ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 68 (4), https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2024-0068
Anjos D., Luna P., Del-Claro K., ... Ladino N. et al. (2024) Distance from nest and climate explain geographical trends of harvester ant's food resource use: a multi-species approach. Journal of Biogeography. http://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15012
Ladino N., Feitosa R.M., de Almeida Zampaulo, R. & Lattke J.E. (2024) Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in subterranean natural cavities of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Biologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-024-01692-8
Feitosa R. M., Silva T. S., Camacho G. P., Ulysséa M. A., Ladino N., Oliveira A. M., ... & Nogueira A. (2023) From species descriptions to diversity patterns: the validation of taxonomic data as a keystone for ant diversity studies reproducibility and accuracy. Royal Society Open Science, 10(2), 221170, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221170
Feitosa R. M., Camacho G. P., Silva T. S., Ulysséa M. A., Ladino N., Oliveira A. M., ... & Darocha W. (2022) Ants of Brazil: an overview based on 50 years of diversity studies, Systematics and Biodiversity, 20:1, DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2089268
Ladino N. & Feitosa R. M. (2022) Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Parque Estadual São Camilo, an isolated Atlantic Forest remnant in western Paraná, Brazil. Zoologia (Curitiba) 39: e22001. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v39.e22001
Silva R., Martello F., ... Ladino N. et al. (2021) ATLANTIC ANTS: a data set of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America. Ecology, v. 102, p. e03580. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3580
Ladino N. & Feitosa R. M. (2020) Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta Mayr, 1866 (Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) for the Neotropical region. Zootaxa, 4821 (2), 201-249. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4821.2.1
Franco W., Ladino N. ... et al. (2019) First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa, 4674 (5), 509-543. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2
Ladino N., Jiménez E., & Yara C. (2018) Poneroid and ectatommine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in forest fragments of llanos piedmont and upper llanos of Meta, Colombia. Caldasia, 40 (2), 310-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v40n2.65658
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