Fernando Zagury Vaz-de-Mello

Fernando Zagury Vaz-de-Mello Brazilian entomologist.

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

• 11taxon names authored by Fernando Zagury Vaz-de-Mello

2012

• Nunes, R.V., Frizzas, M.R. & Vaz-de Mello, F.Z. 2012. Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of a rupestrian field at Cafuringa, Distrito Federal, Brazil: commented list of species. Biota Neotropica 12(4): 125-129. Reference page. 

2015

• Frolov, A.V., Grossi, P.C. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. 2015. A new species of Aegidium Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Atlantic forest ecoregion in South America. Zootaxa 4007(3): 437–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.11. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Frolov, A.V. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. 2015. A new genus and species of Orphninae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) associated with epiphytes in an Andean cloud forest in Ecuador. Zootaxa 4007(3): 433–436. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Maldaner, M.E., Nunes, R.V. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the Dichotomius speciosus (Waterhouse, 1891) species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 3986(5): 549–560. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.5.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Rossini, M. & Vaz-De-mello, F.Z. 2015: A review of the genus Chalcocopris Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3920(2): 291–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.5.Reference page. 
• Silva, F.A.B., Louzada, J. & Vaz-De-mello, F. 2015: A revision of the Deltochilum subgenus Aganhyboma Kolbe, 1893 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 3925(4): 451–504. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3925.4.1.Reference page. 
• Silva, F.A.B. & Vaz-De-mello, F. 2015: A revision of the genus Aphengium Harold, 1868 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Ateuchini). Zootaxa 3955(4): 505–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.4.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Valois, M., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Silva, F.A.B. 2015. A taxonomic review of the Neotropical genus Hansreia Halffter & Martínez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 4027(2): 205–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4027.2.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Cupello, M., Rossini, M. & Vaz-De-Mello, F.Z. 2016. On the type species of the South American dung beetle genus Chalcocopris Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with some comments on the type locality of C. hesperus (Olivier, 1789). Zootaxa 4061(3): 274–276. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.3.5. Reference page. 
• Nunes, R.V., Carvalho, M.S.G. & Vaz-de Mello, F.Z. 2016. Taxonomic review of the Dichotomius (Luederwaldtinia) assifer (Eschscholtz) species-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): IN Pinto et al., Living among dragons: A festschrift in honor to Dr. Angelo B. M. Machado on occasion of his 80th birthday. Zootaxa 4078(1): 230–244. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4078.1.21.Reference page. 
• Nunes, R.V. & Vaz-De-mello, F.Z. 2016. A new species of Holocephalus Hope from Paraguay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini s. str.). Zootaxa 4136(2): 397–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.12. Reference page. 
• Nunes, R.V. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. 2016. New brachypterous species of Dichotomius (Selenocopris) Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with the definition of species groups and taxonomic notes in the subgenus. Zootaxa 4139(1): 76–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.1.4. Reference page. 
• Rossini, M. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. 2016. On the identity of Onthophagus columbianus Boucomont, 1932 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 4061(3): 296–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.3.10. Reference page. 
• Rossini, M., Vaz-De-Mello, F.Z. & Zunino, M. 2016. More transcontinental mislabeling in the genus Onthophagus: d’Orbigny’s “African” Group 27 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 4175(5): 494–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.5.9. Reference page. 
• Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Nunes, R.V. 2016. New species, redescription and taxonomic notes in the Dichotomius (Luederwaldtinia) batesi (Harold) species-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 4139(2): 294–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.12. Reference page. 

2017

• Cherman, M.A., Mise, K.M., Morón, M.A., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Almeida, L.M. 2017. A taxonomic revision of Liogenys occurring in Brazil with an interactive key and remarks on New World Diplotaxini (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae). ZooKeys 699: 1—120. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.699.12031. Reference page. 
• Maldener, M.E., Cupello, M., Ferreira, D.C. & Vaz-De-Mello, F.Z. 2017. Type specimens and names assigned to Coprophanaeus (Megaphanaeus) d’Olsoufieff, 1924, the largest New World dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Phanaeini). Zootaxa 4272(1): 83–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.1.4. Reference page. 
• Valois, M.C., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Silva, F.A.B. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Dichotomius sericeus (Harold, 1867) species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 4277(4): 503–530. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.4.3. Reference page. 
• Valois, M., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Silva, F.A.B. 2017. MARCELY VALOIS, FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO & FERNANDO A. B. SILVA (2015) A taxonomic review of the Neotropical genus Hansreia Halffter & Martínez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa, 4027: 205–226. Zootaxa 4319(3): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.3.12. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Silva, F.A.B. 2017. A new species of the genus Scybalocanthon (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from the Atlantic rainforest, with an identification key to the species from South America south of the Amazon basin. Zootaxa 4300(1): 142–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.9. Reference page. 

2018

• Cupello, M. & Vaz-De-Mello, F.Z. 2018. A monographic revision of the Neotropical dung beetle genus Sylvicanthon Halffter & Martínez, 1977 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), including a reappraisal of the taxonomic history of ‘Canthon sensu lato’. European Journal of Taxonomy 467: 1–205. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Rossini, M., Vaz-De-Mello, F.Z. & Zunino, M. 2018. A taxonomic revision of the New World Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the osculatii species-complex, with description of two new species from South America. Journal of Natural History 52(9-10): 541-586. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1437230.Reference page. 
• Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. & Cupello, M. 2018. The type specimens of South American dung beetles. Part I: On the species described in the genus Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1817 by the German entomologist Adolf Schmidt (1856-1923). (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Spixiana 41(1): 33-76 Zobodat full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2019

• Chamorro, W., Marin-Armijos, D., Asenjo, A. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. 2019. Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records. Zookeys, 826: 1–343. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.826.26488 Reference page.