Anderson Puker

Anderson Puker is a Ph.D. student in Entomology at the Federal University of Viçosa (Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil) working under the guidance of Dr. Cristiano Lopes-Andrade. For his doctorate, he is reviewing two scarab taxa: Cyclidius MacLeay (Cetoniinae) and Incaini (Trichiinae). He is also conducting studies on the biology and describing the immature stages of some myrmecophilous and termitophilous Cetoniinae and carpophilous Trichiinae from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. He’s interested in the biology, ecology, behavior, and systematics of Scarabaeoidea as a whole but particularly the Neotropical Scarabaeidae.

Anderson Puker

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia

Departamento de Entomologia

Universidade Federal de Viçosa

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, BRAZIL

TEL: +55 (31) 3899-3785

EMAIL: pukeragro@gmail.com

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Publications

Puker, A., S. R. Rodrigues, E. F. Tiago, S. Ide, and J. Fuhrmann. 2011. Notes on the biology and behavior of rhinoceros beetle Enema pan (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104(5): 919-927.

Puker, A., M. A. Morón, O. Oliveira Junior, and D. Message. 2011. First record of Leucothyreus albopilosus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini) in lesions on stem of Eucalyptus citriodora and beehives of Apis mellifera. Entomological Science 14(2): 230-233.

Puker, A., A. R. Abot, R. Matias, S. R. Rodrigues and A. M. Pinto. 2010. Propolis produced by Africanized honeybees in the Cerrado-Pantanal ecotone: effects of seasonality in production and physico-chemical characteristics. Sociobiology 56(1): 149-162.

Puker, A., S. R. Rodrigues, E. F. Tiago, and W. T. Santos. 2009. Phytophagous species of Scarabaeidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) associated with the root system of Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart. (Arecaceae). Biota Neotropica 9(3): 105-109. [In Portuguese with English abstract]

Abot, A. R., A. Puker, T. L. Taira, S. R. Rodrigues, V. Korasaki, and H. N. Oliveira. 2012. Abundance and diversity of coprophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) caught with a light trap in a pasture area of the Brazilian Cerrado. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 47(1): 53-60.

Pinto, F. A., A. Puker, L. M. R. C. Barreto, and D. Message 2012. The ectoparasite mite Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman in southeastern Brazil apiaries: effects of hygienic behavior of the Africanized honeybees on infestation rates. Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia 64: in press.

Pinto, F. A., A. Puker, D. Message and L. M. R. C. Barreto. 2011. Varroa destructor in Juquitiba, Vale do Ribeira, southeastern Brazil: seasonal effects on the infestation rate of ectoparasitic mites on honeybees. Sociobiology 57(3): 511-518.

Rodrigues, S. R., A. Puker, and E. F. Tiago. 2010. Biological aspects of Leucothyreus dorsalis Blanchard (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 54(3): 431-435. [In Portuguese with English abstract]

Rodrigues, S. R., A. T. M. Barros, A. Puker, and T. L. Taira. 2010. Diversity of coprophagous scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) collected with flight intercept trap in the southern Pantanal, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 10(2): 123-127. [In Portuguese with English abstract]

Rodrigues, S. R., A. Puker, A. R. Abot, C. L. Barbosa, S. Ide, and G. V. Coutinho. 2008. Occurrence and biological aspects of Anomala testaceipennis Blanchard (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 52(1): 68-71. [In Portuguese with English abstract]

Rodrigues, S. R., C. L. Barbosa, A. Puker, A. R. Abot, and S. Ide. 2008. Occurrence, biology and behavior of Liogenys fuscus Blanchard (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Aquidauana, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 52(4): 637-640.