Academic production
Articles published in academic journals
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39- Salomão, R.P., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z., Cupello, M. & Cassiano, L.A. Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) attraction to woodcreeper (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) droppings in the central Amazon. Acta Amazonica.
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38- Cupello, M. Mammalian islanders and dung beetles: A clarification. Scarabaeus.
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37- de la Rosa, C.L., Cupello, M. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. The dung beetles of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): Catalogue and updated distribution. European Journal of Taxonomy.
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36- Cupello, M. New discoveries about Gromphas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae), including a contribution to the debate on electronic publications in zoology. Zoosystema.
35- Castanheira, P.S., Baptista, R.L.C., Roza, A.S., Diele-Viegas, L.M., Cupello, M., Spiessberger, E.L. & Mermudes, J.R.M. Community of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) and beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in pitfall traps at Parque Estadual da Pedra Branca (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
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2023
34- Cerqueira, L.V.M.P., Tokman, D.G., Correa, C.M.A., Storck-Tonon, D., Cupello, M., Peres, C.A. & Salomão, R.P. Insularization drives physiological condition of Amazonian dung beetles. Ecology and Evolution 13 (12): 1‒14.
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33- Cupello, M., Silva, F.A.B. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. The Taxonomic Revolution of New World dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Frontiers of Ecology and Evolution 11: 1‒49.
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32- Cupello, M., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S., & Barclay, V.L.M. Rediscovery of a syntype of Chalcocopris hesperus (Olivier, 1789) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae), a possible specimen from Captain Cook's first voyage round the globe (1768‒1771). Bionomina 32: 10‒28.
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31- Cupello, M., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S., Gill, B.D., Julio, C.A. & Costa-Silva, V. New country records for dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Bolivia and Paraguay. The Coleopterists Bulletin 77 (1): 83‒92.
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2022
30- Cupello, M., Iannuzzi, L. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. On the authorship of Canthon rutilans cyanescens “Harold, 1868” (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Deltochilini): the treatment of varieties and nomina nuda by a 19th-century zoologist. Bionomina 27: 67‒87.
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2021
29- Cupello, M., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. The evolution of Bolbites onitoides (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Phanaeini): its phylogenetic significance, geographical polychromatism and the subspecies problem. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, online version, 1‒62.
28- Cupello, M., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S., Génier, F. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. Case 3812 ‒ Choeridium latum Boucomont, 1928 (currently Ateuchus latus) (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 78, 6‒16.
27- Cupello, M. Addenda and corrigenda to ‘The discovery of Edgar von Harold type material in the Museum of Zoology, Dresden’. Scarabaeus, 2, 18‒25.
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2020
26- Cupello, M., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. Systematics of the enigmatic South American Streblopus Van Lansberge, 1874 dung beetles and their transatlantic origin: a case study on the role of dispersal events in the biogeographical history of the Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 603, 1‒85.
25- Lopera-Toro, A., Chamorro, W. & Cupello, M. Ateuchus tona (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), a new dung beetle species from the Colombian Andes, and new species records for the country. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 57, 59‒66.
24- Cupello, M. The discovery of Edgar von Harold type material in the Museum of Zoology, Dresden. Scarabaeus, 1, 15‒24.
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2019
23- Cupello, M. & Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. Nomenclatural clarification on some Southern African monkey beetle genera (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini: Pachycnemina). Zootaxa, 4543, 137‒144.
22- Daniel, G.M. & Cupello, M. Ateuchus costatus Wiedemann, 1823 (currently Scarabaeus costatus) (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 76, 123‒126.
21- Sawaris, L., Cupello, M., & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. Taxonomic revision of the rare South American dung beetle genus Holocanthon Martínez et Pereira, 1956 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini). Annales Zoologici, 69, 561‒574.
20- Cupello, M. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. Case 3788 ‒ Streblopus Van Lansberge, 1874 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation by suppression of Colonychus Harold, 1868. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 76, 167‒174.
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2018
19- Cupello, M. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. A monographic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle genus Sylvicanthon Halffter & Martínez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), including a reappraisal of the taxonomic history of “Canthon sensu lato”. European Journal of Taxonomy, 467, 1‒205.
18- Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Cupello, M. The type specimens of South American dung beetles, part I: On the species described in the genus Canthon Honffmannsegg, 1817 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) by the German entomologist Adolf Schmidt (1856–1923). Spixiana, 41, 33‒76.
17- Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Cupello, M. The type specimens of South American dung beetles, Part II: The species described by the Austrian coleopterist Ludwig Redtenbacher (1814–1876) in the 1868 part of the “Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde” (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Annalen des naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, series B, 120, 41–58.
16- Cupello, M. On the type species of the New World dung beetle genus Canthidium Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with an annotated checklist of species. Zootaxa, 4388, 451–486.
15- Génier, F. & Cupello, M. Canthidium alvarezi Martínez & Halffter, 1986: A remarkable Ateuchus Weber, 1801 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Insecta Mundi, 646: 1‒4.
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2017
14- Monné, M.A., Monné, M.L., Botero, J.P., Machado, V.S., Carelli, A., Cupello, M. & Souza, R. Espécies de Cerambycidae, Disteniidae e Vesperidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) registradas no estado do Mato Grosso do Sul. Iheringia, Série Zoológica, 107, 1–9.
13- Maldaner, M.E., Cupello, M., Ferreira, D.C. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. Type specimens and names assigned to Coprophanaeus (Megaphanaeus) d’Olsoufieff, 1924, the largest New World dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Phanaeini). Zootaxa, 4272, 83–102.
12- Cupello, M. & Génier, F. Dendropaemon nomenclature revisited: On the unavailability of “Onthoecus Lacordaire, 1856” (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 71, 821–824.
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2016
11- Cupello, M., Rossini, M. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. On the type species of the South American dung beetle genus Chalcocopris Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with some comments on the type locality of C. hesperus (Olivier, 1789). Zootaxa, 4061 (3), 274–276.
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2015
10- Cupello, M. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. A new species and the phylogeny of the South American genus Gromphas Brullé, 1837 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae, Phanaeini). Journal of Natural History, (online edition), 1–27.
9- Botero, J.P. & Cupello, M. Cerambyx striatus Goeze, 1777 (currently Dorcadion glicyrrhizae striatum) and Cerambyx striatus Fabricius, 1787 (currently Chydarteres striatus) (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): proposed conservation of the specific names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 72, 122–128.
8- Monné, M.A. & Cupello, M. On the validity of some species names of South American longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Zootaxa, 3981, 360–366.
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2014
7- Cupello, M. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. Correction of the type species of the South American genus Gromphas Brullé, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini). Zootaxa, 3790, 399–400.
6- Cupello, M. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. Revalidation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest dung beetle species Coprophanaeus (Metallophanaeus) machadoi (Pereira & d’Andretta, 1955) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini) based on morphological and distributional evidence. Zootaxa, 3869, 435–451.
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2013
5- Cupello, M. Onitis aeruginosus Klug, 1855 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 70, 15–18.
4- Cupello, M. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. Taxonomic revision of the South American dung beetle genus Gromphas Brullé, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini: Gromphadina). Zootaxa, 3722, 439–482.
3- Cupello, M. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. New evidence for the validity of Coprophanaeus (C.) terrali, Arnaud, 2002 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini), a dung beetle from Brazil. Zootaxa, 3717, 359–368.
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2012
2- Monné, M.L., Monné, M.A., Quintino, H.Y., Botero, J.P., Machado, V.S., Carelli, A., Simões, M.V.P. & Cupello, M. Inventário das espécies de Lamiinae (Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) do Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, RJ, Brasil. Biota Neotropica, 12, 39–76.
1- Machado, V.S., Botero, J.P., Carelli, A., Cupello, M., Quintino, H.Y., Simões, M.V.P. Host plants of Cerambycidae and Vesperidae (Coleoptera, Chrysomeloidea) from South America. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 56, 186–198.
The study of the color variants of the dung beetle Bolbites onitoides, whose distribution is shown here, led me to the subspecies problem, which is also a central part of my PhD thesis.
The labrum of Streblopus opatroides and its sister species, S. punctatus. My 2020 article on Streblopus is one of few so far published to have studied the mouthparts of South American dung beetles.
In my 2019 visit to the Dresden museum, I discovered the specimen above, a syntype of Ateuchus granigerus (Harold, 1875). This, as reported in my 2020 paper, was the first record of a Harold specimen in Dresden.
In 2018, Fernando Vaz-de-Mello and I published a review of the South American dung beetle species described by Ludwig Redtenbacher, the leading 19th-century coleopterist of Austria.
One of the syntypes of Canthon granulifer Schmidt, 1920. This specimen was found by me in the Müncheberg museum in 2016 and is part of my 2018 study with Fernando Vaz-de-Mello of the Canthon described by Adolf Schmidt.
Two of the six new species of Sylvicanthon described in my 2018 monograph: S. edmondsi (above), named after my American coleopterist colleague W.D. Edmonds, and S. attenboroughi (below), named, of course, after the great Sir David Attenborough.
One of my favourite discoveries; the population intergradation of Sylvicanthon bridarollii. This intergradation is composed of at least four morphological clines.
The oldest known illustration of a Brazilian dung beetle: the engraving of a Coprophanaeus ensifer published in Georg Marcgrave's part of Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (1648), one of the earliest accounts of the natural history of Brazil. This and other illustrations are discussed in the 2017 paper by my colleagues and me on the type specimens of Megaphanaeus.
My first new species: Gromphas jardim, from Brazil and Bolivia, described in my 2015 paper with Fernando Vaz-de-Mello. The specimen above, which I suppose was collected by Alcide d'Orbigny in Bolivia in 1832, was the first male that I saw of the species and its discovery confirmed my suspicion that a previously found female was not an odd-looking G. amazonica, but belonged instead to a then-yet undescribed species. This male was found during my first visit to the London museum on 8th July 2014, also the day that my 90-year-old grandfather, Arlindo Jardim, passed away. It is after him that the species is named.
The phylogeny of the Gromphas dung beetles as hypothesised in my 2015 paper.