Valmir A. Costa

Valmir Antonio Costa, Brazilian entomologist

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Vilhelmsen, L., Blank, S.M., Costa, V.A., Alvarenga, T.M. & Smith, D.R. 2013. Phylogeny of the ophrynopine clade revisited: review of the parasitoid sawfly genera Ophrella Middlekauff, Ophrynopus Konow and Stirocorsia Konow (Hymenoptera: Orussidae). Invertebrate Systematics 27(4): 450–483. DOI: 10.1071/IS13006 . Reference page.

Pikart, T.G., Costa, V.A., Hannson, C., Zanuncio, J.C. & Serrão, J.E. 2015. Three new species of Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) associated with seed pods of Pithecellobium dulce (Fabaceae). Zootaxa 3994(4): 565–578. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.4.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Pikart, T.G., Costa, V.A., Hansson, C., de Cristo, S.C. & Vitorino, M.D. 2017. A survey for potential biological control agents of Pereskia aculeata Miller (Cactaceae) in Brazil reveals two new species of Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Zootaxa 4272(3): 430–438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.8. Reference page.
Querino, R.B., Mendes, J.V., Costa, V.A. & Zucchi, R.A.. 2017. New species, notes and new records of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in Brazil. Zootaxa 4232(1): 137–143. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.11. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Marinho, C.F., Costa, V.A. & Zucchi, R.A. 2018. Annotated checklist and illustrated key to braconid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of economically important fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Brazil. Zootaxa 4527(1): 21–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.2 pdf Reference page.

Marinho, D., Costa, V.A. & Vivallo, F. 2019. First record and new species of the parasitoid wasp Chaenotetrastichus Graham (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) for the Neotropical Region, with notes on its biology and a key for the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4604(2): 359–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.2.8 Reference page.

Shimbori, E.M., Costa, V.A. & Zucchi, R.A. 2020. Annotated checklist and illustrated key to parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Eulophidae and Pteromalidae) of fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Brazil. Zootaxa 4858(1): 53–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.3 Reference page.

Pikart, P.G., Schoeninger, K., Costa, V.A., Hansson, C., Zanuncio, J.C. & Serrão, J.E. 2024. Nine new species of Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Brazil, with an emphasis on the fauna of one of the largest tropical forests on the planet, the Atlantic Forest. Zootaxa 5453(1): 33–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.2 Reference page.