Recent publications

2020
MENDES, M. F.; MACHADO, D. R. ; GARCIA, F.R.M. ; BLAUTH, M.L. ; GOTTSCHALK, M. S. . Fruit colonization on the plant by Drosophilidae (Diptera): the use of the trophic resource by exotic and native species. DROSOPHILA INFORMATION SERVICE, v. 102, p. 18-20, 2020.

2019

CORDEIRO, JULIANA; CARVALHO, TUANE LETÍCIA; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva; ROBE, Lizandra Jaqueline. Evolutionary history and classification of Micropia retroelements in Drosophilidae species. PLoS One, v. 14, p. e0220539, 2019.

VALENTE-GAIESKY, V. L. S. Can insect assemblages tell us something about the urban environment health?. ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS, v. 91, p. 1-5, 2019.

POPPE, J. L.; GOTTSCHALK, M. S.; DEPRÁ, M.; SCHMITZ, H. J.; Valente, V.L.S. The identity of some specimens previously (mis) identified as Rhinoleucophenga obesa (Loew) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Brazil, based on morphological and molecular data, with implications on distribution. ZOOTAXA, v. 4656, p. 310-334, 2019.

SCHMITZ, H. J; Valente, V. L.S. The flower flies and the unknown diversity of Drosophilidae (Diptera): a biodiversity inventory in the Brazilian fauna. PAPÉIS AVULSOS DE ZOOLOGIA (ONLINE), v. 59, p. e20195945-15, 2019.

2018

ZANINI, R.; MÜLLER, M.J.V.; VIEIRA, G.C.; VALIATI, V.H.; DEPRÁ, M.; VALENTE, V.L.S. Combining morphology and molecular data to improve Drosophila paulistorum (Diptera, Drosophilidae) taxonomic status. FLY, 2018.

VIEIRA, G.C.; D’ÁVILA, M.F.; ZANINI, R.; DEPRÁ, M.; VALENTE, V.L.S. Evolution of DNMT2 in drosophilids: Evidence for positive and purifying selection and insights into new protein (pathways) interactions. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (ONLINE VERSION), 2018.

LORETO, E.L.S.; DEPRÁ, M.; DIESEL, J.; CRESPO, Y.P.; VALENTE, V.L.S. Drosophila relics hobo and hobo-MITEs transposons as raw material for new regulatory networks.. GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 2018.

POPPE, J.L.;VALENTE, V.L.S.; GOTTSCHALK, M.S. Redescription of Sibling Species of Rhinoleucophenga (Diptera: Drosophilidae): R. brasiliensis and R. fluminensis. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 2018.

2017

BIANCHI, F.M.; DEPRÁ, M; FERRARI, A.; GRAZIA, J.; VALENTE, V.L.S.; CAMPOS, L.A. Total evidence phylogenetic analysis and reclassification of Euschistus Dallas within Carpocorini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, 2017.

POPPE, J.L.; DEPRÁ, M.; SCHMITZ, H.J.; VALENTE, V.L.S. Intra-specific variability in Rhinoleucophenga punctulata populations (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Neotropical biomes: Combined analyses of morphological and molecular data. Entomological Science, 2017.

VIEIRA, G.C.; VIEIRA, G.F.; SINIGAGLIA, M.; VALENTE, V.L.S.. Linking epigenetic function to electrostatics: The DNMT2 structural model example. PLoS One, 2017.

2016

OLIVEIRA, G.F.; ROHDE, C.; GARCIA, A.C.L.; MONTES, M.A.; VALENTE, V.L.S. Contributions of Dryland Forest (Caatinga) to Species Composition, Richness and Diversity of Drosophilidae. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 2016.

ZANINI, R.; DEPRÁ, M.; VALENTE, V.L.S. Ultrastructural characterization of the pre adult stages of Drosophila willistoni species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae). Trends in Entomology, 2016.

OLIVEIRA, G.F.; GARCIA, A.C.L. ; MONTES, MA; JUCA, J.C.L.; VALENTE, V.L.S.; ROHDE, C. Are conservation units in the Caatinga biome, Brazil, efficient in the protection of biodiversity? An analysis based on the drosophilid fauna. JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION, 2016.

POPPE, JEAN LUCAS ; Valente, Vera Lúcia da Silva ; DOS SANTOS, JOÃO PEDRO JUNGES; GOTTSCHALK, Marco Silva . A new species of the genus Rhinoleucophenga (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and redescription of five species from Neotropical region. Zootaxa (Online), 2016.

OLIVEIRA, B.T.; VALENTE, V.L.S. ; ZANINI, R. Drosophila species associated with fresh chilli peppers. Drosophila Information Service, 2016.

POPPE, J. L. ; SCHMITZ, H. J. ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. . Changes in the Structure of Drosophilidae (Diptera) Assemblages Associated With Contrasting Environments in the Pampas Biome Across Temporal and Spatial Scales. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2016.

2015

POPPE, J L ; SCHMITZ, H J ; CALLEGARI-JACQUES, S M ; VALENTE, V L S . Environmental Determinants on the Assemblage Structure of Drosophilidae Flies in a Temperate-Subtropical Region. Neotropical Entomology (Impresso), 2015.

POPPE, J L ; SCHMITZ, H J ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. The New World genus Rhinoleucophenga (Diptera: Drosophilidae): new species and notes on occurrence records.. ZOOTAXA (ONLINE), 2015.

ZANINI, REBECA ; DEPRÁ, Maríndia ; da Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia . Can sibling species of the Drosophila willistoni subgroup be recognized through combined microscopy techniques?. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (Impresso),2015.

GARCIA, C. F. ; DELPRAT, A. ; RUIZ, A. ; Valente, V. L. S. . Reassignment of Drosophila willistoni Genome Scaffoldsto Chromosome II Arms. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (Bethesda), 2015.

Poppe JL ; SCHMITZ, H. J. ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. The diversity of Drosophilidae in the South American pampas: update of the species records in an environment historically neglected. Drosophila Information Service, 2015.

ZANINI, R. ; DEPRÁ, M. ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. On the geographic distribution of the Drosophila willistoni group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) – updated distribution of alagitans and bocainensis subgroups. Drosophila Information Service, 2015.

ZANINI, R. ; DEPRÁ, M. ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. . On the geographic distribution of the Drosophila willistoni group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) – updated geographic distribution of the Neotropical willistoni subgroup. Drosophila Information Service, 2015.

2014

Poppe JL ; SCHMITZ, H. J. ; GRIMALDI, D. ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. High diversity of Drosophilidae (Insecta, Diptera) in the Pampas Biome of South America, with descriptions of new Rhinoleucophenga species. ZOOTAXA, 2014.

DEPRÁ, Maríndia ; Poppe JL ; De Toni, DC ; SCHMITZ, H. J. ; Valente, V. L. S. The first records of the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii in the South American continent. Journal of Pest Science, 2014.

AYMONE, A. C. ; LOTHHAMMER, N. ; Valente, V. L. S. ; ARAUJO, A. M. Embryogenesis of Heliconius erato (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae):A contribution to the anatomical development of an evo-devo model organism. Development, Growth & Differentiation, 2014.

CORDEIRO, J. ; De Toni, DC ; Silva, GS ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. . Chromosomal evolution in the Drosophila cardini group (Diptera: Drosophilidae): photomaps and inversion analysis. Genetica (‘s-Gravenhage),2014.

Gonçalves, JW ; VALIATI, V. H. ; DELPRAT, A. ; Valente, V. L. S. ; Ruiz A . Structural and sequence diversity of the transposon Galileo in the Drosophila willistoni genome. BMC Genomics, 2014.

ROSSATO, D. O. ; Ludwig, A. ; DEPRA, M. ; LORETO, E. L. S. ; RUIZ, A. ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. BuT2 Is a Member of the Third Major Group of hAT Transposons and Is Involved in Horizontal Transfer Events in the Genus Drosophila. Genome Biology and Evolution, 2014.

2013

AIMONE, A.C.B. ; Valente, V.L.S. ; ARAÚJO, A. M. Ultrastructure and morphogenesis of the wing scales in Heliconius erato phyllis (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): What silvery/brownish surfaces can tell us about the development of color patterning?. Arthropod Structure & Development, 2013.

MULLER, M.J. ; DORR, N.C. ; DEPRA, M. ; SCHMITZ, H.J. ; VALIATI, V.H. ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ; Valente, V.L.S. Reevaluating the infection status by the Wolbachia endosymbiont in Drosophila Neotropical species of the willistoni subgroup.. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 2013.

Poppe JL ; Valente, V. L. S. ; SCHMITZ, H. J. . Population dynamics of Drosophilids in the pampa Biome in response to temperature. Neotropical Entomology, 2013.

2012

Garcia, CF ; Hochmüller, CJ ; Valente, V. L. S. ; SCHMITZ, Hermes José . Drosophilid assemblages at different urbanization levels in the city of Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. Neotropical Entomology (Impresso), 2012.

ROHDE, Cláudia ; Valente, V. L. S. Three decades of studies on chromosomal polymorphism of Drosophila willistoni and description of fifthly different rearrangements. Genetics and Molecular Biology (Impresso), 2012.

Müller,MJ ; Mendonça,MP ; Oliveira, IR ; de Oliveira, LPL ; Valente, V. L. S. ; VALIATI, V. H. Courtship behavior of Zaprionus indianus (Gupta)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) from populations colonizing South America. Neotropical Entomology (Impresso), 2012.

Poppe JL ; Valente, V. L. S. ; SCHMITZ, Hermes José . Structure od Drosophilidae assemblage (Insecta, Diptera) in Pampa Biome (São Luiz Gonzaga, RS). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (USP.Museu de Zoologia. Impresso), 2012.

DEPRÁ, Maríndia ; LUDWIG, A. ; Valente, V. L. S. ; LORETO, E. L. DA S. . Mar, a MITE family of hAT transposons in Drosophila. Mobile DNA, 2012.

Goñi, B ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. Polytene chromosome analysis in color eye mutants of Drosophila willistoni mutants and their hybrids. The H inversion.. Drosophila Information Service, 2012.

2011

Rubin, PM ; LORETO, E. L. DA S. ; CARARETO, C. M. A. ; Valente, V. L. S. . The copia retrotransposon and horizontal transfer in Drosophila willistoni. Genetical Research (Print), 2011.

BLAUTH, Monica Laner ; BRUNO, R. V. ; ABDELHAY, E. ; Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia . Spatiotemporal transcription of the P element and the 412 retrotransposon during embryogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster and D. willistoni. Genetics and Molecular Biology (Impresso), 2011.

Müller,MJ ; von Mühlen Carine ; VALIATI, Victor Hugo ; Valente, V. L. S. Wolbacchia pipientis is associated with different mitochondrial haplotypes in natural populations of Drosophila willistoni. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (Print), 2011.

Montes, MA ; SCHMITZ, H. J. ; ROHDE, Cláudia ; Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia ; GARCIA, Ana Cristina Lauer . Preliminary data on the Drosophila fauna in the city of Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Drosophila Information Service, 2011.

DÖGE, Jonas Silva ; GOTTSCHALK, M. S. ; Valente, V. L. S. Two new Neotropicalspecies belonging to Drosophila peruensis group (Diptera, Drosophilidade). Iheringia. Série Zoologia (Impresso), 2011.

2010

GOTTSCHALK, Marco Silva ; BIZZO, Luis e M ; DÖGE, Jonas Silva ; Profes, MS ; HOFMANN, Paulo Roberto Petersen ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. Drosophilidae (Diptera) associated to fungi: differential use of resources in anthropic and Atlantic Rain Forest areas. Iheringia. Série Zoologia (Impresso), 2010.

SCHMITZ, Hermes José ; HOFMANN, Paulo Roberto Petersen ; Valente, V. L. S. Assemblages of drosophilids (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from mangrove forests: community ecology and species diversity. Iheringia. Série Zoologia (Impresso), 2010.

ROBE, L. J. ; CORDEIRO, J. ; LORETO, E. L. S. ; Valente, V. L. S. Taxonomic boundaries, phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the Drosophila willistoni subgroup (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Genetica (‘s-Gravenhage), 2010.

DEPRÁ, Maríndia ; CRESPO, Yanina Panzera ; Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia; LORETO, Elgion Lúcio da Silva . hosimary: a new hAT transposon group involved in horizontal transfer.. Molecular Genetics and Genomics (Online), 2010.

ROBE, L. J.; Valente, V. L. S.; LORETO, Elgion Lúcio da Silva. Phylogenetic relationships and macro-evolutionarypatterns within the Drosophila tripunctata ??radiation??. Genetica (‘s-Gravenhage),2010.

Hochmüller, CJ ; Silva, ML ; Valente, V. L. S. ; SCHMITZ, Hermes José . The drosophilid fauna (Diptera, Drosophilidae) of the transition between the Pampa and Atlantic Forest biomes in rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil: first records. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (USP.Museu de Zoologia. Impresso), 2010.

Rafael, MS ; ROHDE, Cláudia ; Bridi, L ; Valente, V. L. S. ; Tadei WP . Salivary polytene chromosome map of Anopheles darlingi, the maion vector of Neotropical malaria. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010.

D’ÁVILA, M. F. ; GARCIA, R. N. ; CRESPO, Yanina Panzera ; Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia . Sex-specific methylation in Drosophila: an investigation of the Sophophora subgenus. Genetica (‘s-Gravenhage), 2010.

ROBE, Lizandra Jaqueline ; LORETO, Elgion Lucio da Silva ; Valente, V. L. S. . Radiation of the Drosophila subgenus (Drosophilidae, Diptera) in the Neotropics. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 2010.

2009

DEPRÁ, Maríndia ; da Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia ; Margis, Rogério ; da Silva Loreto, Elgion Lúcio . The hobo Transposon and hobo-Related Elements are Expressed as Developmental Genes in Drosophila. Gene (Amsterdam), 2009.

BLAUTH, Monica Laner ; BRUNO, R. V. ; ABDELHAY, E. ; LORETO, E. L. DA S. ; Valente, V. L. S. . Detection of P element transcripts in embryos of Drosophila melanogaster and D. willistoni. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Impresso), 2009.

SCHMITZ, Hermes José ; GOTTSCHALK, M. S. ; Valente, V. L. S. . Rhinoleucophenga joaquina sp.nov.(Diptera, Drosophilidae). Neotropical Entomology (Impresso), 2009.

Mota, NR ; LUDWIG, A. ; ROBE, L. J. ; Valente, V. L. S. ; LORETO, E. L. S. harrow: new Drosophila hAT transposon involved in horizontal transfer. Insect Molecular Biology, 2009.

GARCIA, Ana Cristina Lauer ; GOTTSCHALK, M. S. ; Montes, MA ; VALIATI, V. H. ; ROHDE, Cláudia ; Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia . Spatial and temporal variation in Drosophilidae (Diptera) abundance in three environments with different vegetal cover levels in a park in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. Drosophila Information Service, 2009.

DÖGE, Jonas Silva ; Hochmüller, CJ ; Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia ; Tidon, R . Potential use of marker pen ink as a marking method for drosophilids. Drosophila Information Service, 2009.

CORDEIRO, J. ; Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia ; SCHMITZ, H. J. . Spontaneous melanic mutation in a Drosophila neocardini natural population.. Drosophila Information Service,2009.

SILVA, Norma Machado da ; DIAS, Aline de Souza ; Silva Valente, Vera Lúcia ; VALIATI, V. H. . Characterization of mitochondrial control region, two intergenic spacers and tRNAs of Zaprionus indianus (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Genetica (Dordrecht. Online), 2009.

2008

GOLOMBIESKI, R. M. ; Graichen, DAS ; Rocha, JBT ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. ; LORETO, Elgion Lúcio da Silva . Over-activation of the Drosophila melanogaster hsp83 gene by selenium intoxication.. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2008.

LUDWIG, A. ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. ; LORETO, E. L. DA S. . Multiple invasions of Errantivirus in the genus Drosophila. Insect Molecular Biology, 2008.

Mota, NR ; ROBE, L. J. ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. ; BUDNIK, Myriam ; LORETO, Elgion Lúcio da Silva . Phylogeny of the Drosophila mesophragmatica group (Diptera, Drosophilidae: an example of Andean evolution. Zoological Science, 2008.

SCHAEFFER, S. W. Bhutkar, A. McAllister, B. F. Matsuda, M. Matzkin, L. M. O& ROHDE, C. Valente, V. L. S. Aguade, M. Anderson, W. W. Edwards, K. Garcia, A. C. L. Goodman, J. Hartigan, J. Kataoka, E. Lapoint, R. T. Lozovsky, E. R. Machado, C. A. Noor, M. A. F. Papaceit, M. Reed, L. K. Richards, S. RIEGER, T. T. Russo, S. M. Sato, H. , et al. ; Polytene Chromosomal Maps of 11 Drosophila Species: The Order of Genomic Scaffolds Inferred From Genetic and Physical Maps. Genetics (Austin), 2008.

CORDEIRO, J. ; ROBE, L. J. ; LORETO, Elgion Lúcio da Silva ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. . The LTR retrotransposon micropia in the cardini group of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae): a possible case of horizontal transfer. Genetica (The Hague), 2008.

DÖGE, Jonas Silva ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. ; HOFMANN, Paulo Roberto Petersen . Drosophilids (Diptera) from an Atlantic Forest area in Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2008.

D’ÁVILA, M. F. ; GARCIA, Rosane Nunes ; LORETO, Elgion Lúcio da Silva ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. . Analysis of phenotypes altered by temperature stress and hipermutability in Drosophila willistoni. Iheringia. Série Zoologia, 2008.

GARCIA, Ana Cristina Lauer ; VALIATI, V. H. ; GOTTSCHALK, Marco Silva ; ROHDE, Cláudia ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. . Two decades of colonization of the urban environment of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, by Drosophila paulistorum. Iheringia. Série Zoologia, 2008.

GOTTSCHALK, Marco Silva ; GAIESKY, V. L. S. V. ou Valente, V.L.S. ; HOFMANN, Paulo Roberto Petersen . Diptera, Drosophilidae: historical occurrence in Brazil. Check List (UNESP), 2008.