Fernández, Fernando

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Curator of ants and other Hymenoptera Aculeata at the Insect Collection, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá.

Requests for help or cooperation
Ants of Adelomyrmex, Allomerus and Brachymyrmex, best in pure ethanol. Males of Brachymyrmex, Myrmelachista and any genus near to Plagiolepis.
Collection sites
Colombia: Magdalena:Zambrano - dry forest on Magdalena rivers. Colombia: Meta: La Macarena - gallery forest, savannas and agro-ecosystems in north eastern Macarena Reserve. Amazonas: Hamacayacu Park - rain forest near Amazonas River. Colombia: Chocó: Riosucio - very humid rain forest near Atrato River.
Current Projects.

Taxonomy of Allomerus ants. Systematics of Brachymyrmex and other plagiolepidines (with Claudia Ortiz). Phylogeny of Adelomyrmecini (with Roberto Guerrero). New keys to Neotropical ant genera (with Rodrigo Feitosa).

Addres

Fernando Fernández Profesor Asociado Instituto de Ciencias Naturales Universidad Nacional de Colombia Apartado 7495 Bogotá D.C. COLOMBIA ffernandezca@unal.edu.co ffernandezca@bt.unal.edu.co

PUBLICATIONS

  • Fernández, F. 2008. "Sistemática dos Himenópteros sociais na Regiao Neotropical" Insetos Sociais: Da Biología A Aplicacao, pp. 174-195 En: Colombia (ISBN: 978-85-7269-322-6).
  • Fernández, F., Baena, M.L. & Palacio, E.E. 1996. Hormigas de Colombia V: el género Stenamma Westwood. Tacaya 5: 9-10.
  • Fernández, F.; Mackay, W. P. 2003. Myrmicine ants of the Adelomyrmex laevigatus species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 41: 593-604
  • Mackay, W. P.; López-Castro, C.; Fernández, F. 2002. A new, high altitude Colombian species of the ant genus Camponotus with dimorphic males and females (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 40: 421-430
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