Fernando Amaral da Silveira

Fernando Amaral da Silveira (1960–2022), Brazilian entomologist

• Laboratório de Sistemática de Insetos, Pós-graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Caixa Postal 486, 30123–970 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
• Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Abelhas, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de MinasGerais, Caixa postal 486, 30.123-970 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 2 taxon names authored by Fernando Amaral da Silveira

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2005

• Azevedo, A.A. & Silveira, F.A. 2005. Two new species of Centris (Trachina) Klug, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a note on Centris pachysoma Cockerell, 1919. Lundiana 6(supplement): 41–48. Reference page. 

2009

• Santos, L.M. & Silveira, F.A. 2009. Taxonomic notes on Megalopta Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini) with a synopsis of the species in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Zootaxa 2194: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2015

• Ferrari, R.R. & Silveira, F. 2015: The species of Colletinae (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Zootaxa 3914(3): 245–274. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.3.2. Reference page. 

2017

• Freitas, F.V. & Silveira, F.A. 2017. Synopsis of the bee genus Thygater Holmberg 1884 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, with the description of a new species and a key to all Brazilian species. Zootaxa 4238(1): 1–29. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.1.1. Reference page. 

References

• Almeida, E.A.B. 2024. A tribute to Fernando A. Silveira and his contributions to bee research. Zootaxa 5404(1): 5–13. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5404.1.3 . [includes list of authored taxa]