Lívia is an assitant professor at the Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brasil. Her research are focused on taxonomy, evolution and ecology of the merolimnic insects (mostly Diptera) from Neotropics. Her current project is focusing on comparing extant and fossil communities of Chironomidae from the island of Hispaniola, using results' of our fieldwork in Dominican Republic in 2019 and Dominican amber fossils.
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Selected publications
do Nascimento, M. V., Fusari, L. M., & Couceiro, S. R. M. (2025). Taxonomic Attributes and Functional Feeding Groups (FFG) of Chironomidae to Assess the Ecological Status of Floodplain Lakes in the Trombetas and Tapajós River Basins, Brazilian Amazon. Austral Ecology, 50(3), e70047.
Fusari, L. M., Dantas, G. P., Hamada, N., Andrade-Souza, V., Lima, K. M., & Silva, J. G. (2018). Not endemic after all: Imparipecten Freeman, 1961 (Diptera: Chironomidae) described from the Neotropical Region. Zootaxa, 4532(3), 396-406.
Fusari, L. M., Bellodi, C. F., & Lamas, C. J. E. (2014). A new species of sponge-dwelling Oukuriella (Chironomidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 3764(4), 418-426.
Fusari, L. M., Roque, F. D. O., & Hamada, N. (2013). Review of Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with description of six new species. Zootaxa, 3646(2), 101-126.
Fusari, L. M., Oliveira, C. S. N., Hamada, N., & Roque, F. O. (2012). New species of Ablabesmyia Johannsen from the Neotropical region: first report of a sponge-dwelling Tanypodinae. Zootaxa, 3239(1), 43-50.
