Current Projects: 1) Phylogeny of the Carpocorini based on morphological and molecular data (with C. Weirauch, J. Grazia, A. Ferrari, and F. Bianchi). 2) Diversity of Pentatomoidea of Alagoas and Sergipe states, northeastern Brazil. 3) Diversity of Pentatomoidea in the Caatinga biome.
Publications: Barão, K. R., A. Ferrari, and J. Grazia. 2012. Phylogeny of the South Asian Halyini? Comments on Memon et al. (2011): Towards a better practice in Pentatomidae phylogenetic analysis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105(6): 751-752. Barão, K. R., A. Ferrari, and J. Grazia. 2013. Comparative morphology of selected characters of the Pentatomidae foreleg (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Arthropod Structure & Development 30: 1-11. Poock da Silva, P., K. R. Barão, and J. Grazia. 2013. Contributions to the knowledge of Dichelops Spinola: Description of a new species of Dichelops (Diceraeus) and of the male of Dichelops (Prodichelops) divisus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Carpocorini). Zootaxa 3609(1): 60-68. Fernández-Aldea, A. F., K. R. Barão, J. Grazia, and A. Ferrari. 2014. An integrative approach to the taxonomy of Oenopiella Bergroth (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Carpocorini) with the description of two new species from Argentina and southern Brazil. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(2): 364-381. Barão, K. R., K. V. Mostardeiro, V. C. Matesco, A. G. Cohen, and J. Grazia. 2015. Morphology of the nymphs of Euschistus convergens (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Florida Entomologist 98(4): 1163-1168. Barão, K. R., T. de A. Garbelotto, L. A. Campos, and J. Grazia. 2016. Unusual looking pentatomids: reassessing the taxonomy of Braunus Distant and Lojus McDonald (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 4078(1): 168-186. Grazia, J., L. D. de Barros, and K. R. Barão. 2016. Elanela Rolston revisited (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): new distributional records and description of new species. Zootaxa 4092(4): 561-571. Grazia, J., G. J. Bolze, and K. R. Barão. 2016. There and back again: contributions on Pseudevoplitus Ruckes (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 4078(1): 161-167. Barão, K. R., A. Ferrari, C. V. K. Adami, and J. Grazia. 2017. Diversity of the external thoracic scent efferent system of Carpocorini (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) with character selection for phylogenetic inference. Zoologischer Anzeiger 268: 102-111. Bianchi, F. M., K. R. Barão, and J. Grazia. 2017. Review of the sulcacitus group of Euschistus (Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Carpocorini) with description of the internal female genitalia and a new species. Zootaxa 4362(3): 348-358. Weiler, L., K. R. Barão, G. Cassis, and J. Grazia. 2017. Morphology of the external scent efferent system of Neotropical shield bugs (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae: Pachycorinae). Zoomorphology 136: 29-44. Avendaño, J. M., K. R. Barão, J. Grazia, and C. F. Schwertner. 2018. Synonymy of two important crop pests of burrower bugs, Cyrtomenus mirabilis and C. bergi (Hemiptera: Cydnidae), based in a multi-source approach. Zootaxa 4504(4): 489-500. Brito, L. C., S. M. dos Santos, and K. R. Barão. 2018. Immature stages of Murgantia histrionica (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 4508(1): 131-140. Brugnera, R., K. R. Barão, T. Roell, and A. Ferrari. 2018. Comparative morphology of selected foretibial traits of Asopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 278[2019]: 14-20. Brito, L. C., J. Grazia, and K. R. Barão. 2019. Stink bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) of the Catimbau National Park, a protected area in Brazil’s largest dry forest. Zootaxa 4612(4): 571-580. Barão, K. R., A. Ferrari, and J. Grazia. 2020. Phylogenetic analysis of the Euschistus group (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) suggests polyphyly of Dichelops Spinola, 1837 with the erection of Diceraeus Dallas, 1851, stat. rev. Austral Entomology [early online version] Barros, L. D. de, K. R. Barão, and J. Grazia. 2020. New species and new distributional records of Elanela Rolston, 1980 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 4747(3): 585-592. Barros, L. D. de, R. Brugnera, K. R. Barão, and J. Grazia. 2020. The genus Parahypatropis Grazia & Fernandes, with description of two new species and description of a new similar monotypic genus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of Natural History 54(15-16): 1045-1071. Barros, L. D., K. R. Barão, and J. Grazia. 2021. Taxonomic updates on the Mecocephala group (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): Redescription of ‘Hypatropis complex’, with a review of genitalic terminology and new records. Zootaxa 4981(1): 1-46. Bianchi, F. M., K. R. Barão, A. Grassi, and A. Ferrari. 2021. A milestone for Pentatomoidea: Grazia et al. 2008 – What do we know and where can be go? Zootaxa 4958(1): 406-429. Barros, L. D. de, K. R. Barão, and J. Grazia. 2022. Taxonomic updates on the Mecocephala group (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): redescription of Mecocephala Dallas and Paramecocephala Benvegnú. Journal of Natural History 55(43-44)[2021]: 2691-2747. Grazia, J., K. R. Barão, and L. D. Barros. 2022. New combinations on Paratibraca Campos & Grazia, 1995 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), with description of a new species. Entomological Communications 4(04001): 4 pp.
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