Amazonas Chagas Jr.

Amazonas Chagas Jr., Brazilian myriapodologist

Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Avenida Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, 78060-900, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Chagas, A. Jr. 2011. A review of the centipede genus Tidops Chamberlin (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopocryptopidae, Newportiinae). International Journal of Myriapodology 5: 63–82. DOI: 10.3897/ijm.5.1649 . Reference page.

Chagas-Júnior, A. 2012. The centipede genus Otostigmus Porat in Brazil: Description of three new species from the Atlantic Forest; a summary and an identification key to the Brazilian species of this genus (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae, Otostigminae). Zootaxa 3280: 1–28. Preview Reference page.

Chagas-Jr, A., Chaparro, E., Jiménez, S.G., Triana Triana, H.D., Flórez D., E. & Seoane, J.C.S. 2014. The centipedes (Arthropoda, Myriapoda, Chilopoda) from Colombia: Part I. Scutigeromorpha and Scolopendromorpha. Zootaxa 3779(2): 133–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.2 Reference page.

Chagas, A. Jr. 2016. A systematic appraisal of the types of ten species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae, Otostigminae). Zootaxa 4147(1): 36–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.1.2. Reference page.
Bonato, L., Chagas Jr., A., Edgecombe, G.D., Lewis, J.G.E., Minelli, A., Pereira, L.A., Shelley, R.M., Stoev, P. & Zapparoli, M. 2016. ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Online. Reference page.

Chagas, A. Jr. 2018. A review of Newportia species in the subgenus Newportides Chamberlin, 1921 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopocryptopidae, Newportiinae). Zootaxa 4403(1): 154–170. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.9 Reference page.
Chagas, A., Jr. & Bichuette, M.E. 2018. A synopsis of centipedes in Brazilian caves (Arthropoda, Myriapoda, Chilopoda), a hidden diversity to be protected. ZooKeys 737: 13–56. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.737.20307. Reference page.
Chagas, A. Jr. & Jiménez, S.G. 2018. Taxonomic reassessment and redescription of Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides Ribaut, 1913, with a discussion on its related species (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae). Zootaxa 4425(1): 153–164. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.1.9 Reference page.
Costa, C.S., Chagas, A. Jr. & Pinto-da-Rocha, R. 2018. Redescription of Epiperipatus edwardsii, and descriptions of five new species of Epiperipatus from Brazil (Onychophora: Peripatidae). Zoologia, 35: e23366. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.35.e23366 Reference page.
Karam-Gemael, M., Izzo, T. & Chagas, A. Jr. 2018. Why be red listed? Threatened Myriapoda species in Brazil with implications for their conservation. Pp 255–269 In: Stoev, P. & Edgecombe, G.D. (eds.) 2018. Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Myriapodology, Krabi, Thailand. ZooKeys 741: 1–269. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.741.21971. Reference page.

Fonseca, R.M.P., de Paula, C.C.P., Bichuette, M.E. & Chagas Jr., A. 2019. First record of Amphoromorpha/ Basidiobolus fungus on centipedes (Geophilomorpha, Geophilidae) from Brazilian caves. Subterranean Biology, 32: 61–67. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.32.38310 Reference page.
Nunes, G.A., Chagas, A. Jr. & Bichuette, M.E. 2019. A new centipede Schendylops Cook from eastern Brazil: the first troglobitic geophilomorph for South America (Geophilomorpha, Schendylidae). Zootaxa 4691(4): 386–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.4.4 Reference page.

Karam-Gemael, M., Decker, P., Stoev, P., Marques, M.I. & Chagas, A. Jr. 2020. Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates: a review of IUCN and regional Red Lists for Myriapoda. Pp 221–229 In Korsós, Z. & Dányi, L. 2020. Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Myriapodology, Budapest, Hungary (25‒31 August 2019). ZooKeys, 930: 1–229. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.930.48943 Reference page.