Rafael Vieira Nunes Brazilian entomologist

• Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação da Biodiversidade. Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367. Boa Esperança. Cuiabá MT 78060-900, Brazil

Taxon names authored

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• 8 taxon names authored by Rafael Vieira Nunes

Publications

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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. 

2013

• Nunes, R.V. & Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z. 2013: New brachypterous species of Dichotomius Hope, with taxonomic notes in the subgenus Luederwaldtinia Martínez (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 3609(4): 411–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.4.3. . Reference page. 

2014

• Nobre, C.E.B., Souza, T.B., Nunes, R.V., Nicola, P.A. & Pereira, L.C.M. 2014. A New Distribution Record of the Threatened Megasoma gyas rumbucheri Fischer, 1968 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) Northward to the Rio São Francisco, Pernambuco, Brazil. Coleopterists bulletin 68(4): 762–764. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-68.4.762 . JSTOR . Reference page. 

2015

• 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. 

2016

• 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. 2016a. 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. 
• 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.