Pedro Gnaspini

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4. GNASPINI, P., 1991. A new cavernicolous Ptomaphagus (Coleoptera, Cholevidae) from Argentina. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia, 5: 391-395.

10. GNASPINI, P., 1993. Brazilian Cholevidae (Coleoptera), with emphasis on cavernicolous species. II. Subgenus Iutururuca nov., subgenus of Adelopsis. Annales de la Societé Entomologique de France, 29(1): 77-87.

11. GNASPINI, P., 1993. Brazilian Cholevidae (Coleoptera), with emphasis on cavernicolous species. III. Dissochaetus larvae, with description of a new feature. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 37(3): 545-553.

12. GNASPINI, P., 1993. Brazilian Cholevidae (Coleoptera), with emphasis on cavernicolous species. IV. Adelopsis (Iutururuca) - biology and description of larvae. Mémoires de Biospéologie, 20: 91-99.

13. GNASPINI, P., 1993. Notas sobre los escarabajos cavernicolas sudamericanos de la familia Cholevidae (Coleoptera). Spelaion 4: 5-8. [Notes on Southamerican cavernicolous beetles of the family Cholevidae - in Spanish]

15. GNASPINI, P., 1994. The genus Eucatops (Coleoptera, Cholevidae, Eucatopinae) - description of new species and considerations on its systematic position. Iheringia (Zoologia), 76: 33-42.

21. GNASPINI, P. & S.B. PECK, 1996. The Adelopsis of Costa Rica and Panama (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Ptomaphagini). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 39(22): 405-441.

22. GNASPINI, P., 1996. Phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Ptomaphagini, with description of new Neotropical genera and species (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Ptomaphagini). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 39(24): 509-556.

23. PECK, S.B. & P. GNASPINI, 1997. Review of the myrmecophilous Ptomaphagus, subgenus Echinocoleus (new status), of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini). The Canadian Entomologist 129: 93-104.

24. PECK, S.B. & P. GNASPINI, 1997. Ptomaphagus inyoensis n.sp., a new microphthalmic montane beetle from California (Leiodidae; Cholevinae; Ptomaphagini). The Canadian Entomologist 129: 769-776.

26. GNASPINI, P., 1998. Subterranean evolution and phylogenetic relationships within the tribe Ptomaphagini (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae). Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino (in press).

29. GNASPINI, P., 1998. New Dissochaetus spp. and nomenclatural notes on some Neotropical species of Nemadina (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 40(24): 369-386.

32. Peck, S.B.; P. Gnaspini & A.F. Newton, Catalogue and generic keys for the Leiodidae of Latin America (Mexico, West Indies, and Central and South America) (Insecta: Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia (in press).

33. Gnaspini, P. & S.B. Peck, The Adelopsis of Colombia (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Ptomaphagini). Submmited to Arquivos de Zoologia.

1. GNASPINI-NETTO, P., 1989. Análise comparativa da fauna associada a depósitos de guano de morcegos cavernícolas no Brasil. Primeira aproximação. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 33(2): 183-192. [Comparative analysis of fauna associated with bat guano piles in Brazilian caves - in Portuguese]

2. GNASPINI-NETTO, P., 1989. Fauna associated with bat guano deposits from Brazilian caves (a comparison). p. 52-54. In: International Congress of Speleology, 10, Budapest, Hungria. Proceedings.

5. TRAJANO, E. & P. GNASPINI-NETTO, 1991. Notes on the food webs in caves from southeastern Brazil. Mémoires de Biospéologie, 18: 75-79.

6. TRAJANO, E. & P. GNASPINI-NETTO, 1991. Composição da fauna cavernícola brasileira, com uma análise da distribuição dos táxons. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 7(3): 383-407. [Composition of the Brazilian cave fauna, with an analysis of distribution of taxa - in Portuguese]

8. GNASPINI-NETTO, P. & E. TRAJANO, 1992. Província Espeleológica do Vale do Ribeira, região da Fazenda Intervales, SP: Exploração, topografia e biologia. Espeleo-Tema 16: 41-74. [Ribeira Valley Speleological Province, Fazenda Intervales region: Exploration, mapping and biology - in Portuguese]

14. TRAJANO, E. & P. GNASPINI, 1993. Biological survey of Los Laureles and El Samán caves, Sierra de Perijá, Zulia, Venezuela. Boletin de la Sociedad Venezolana de Espeleologia, 27: 29-32.

16. GNASPINI, P. & E. TRAJANO, 1994. Brazilian cave invertebrates, with a checklist of troglomorphic taxa. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 38(3/4): 549-584.

17. GNASPINI, P., E. TRAJANO & L.E. SÁNCHEZ, 1994. Província Espeleológica da Serra da Bodoquena, MS: exploração, topografia e biologia. Espeleo-Tema 17: 19-42. [Bodoquena Ridge Speleological Province: exploration, surveying and biology - in Portuguese]

B1. GNASPINI, P. & E. TRAJANO, Guano communities in tropical caves. Case Study: Brazilian Caves. In: WILKENS, H., D.C. CULVER & W.F. HUMPHREYS (Eds), Ecosystems of the World - Subterranean Biota. Elsevier, Amsterdam. (in press)