Peer-reviewed Publications
15. Ferreira, V.S., Keller, O., Branham, M.A. and Ivie, M.A. Molecular Data Support the Placement of the Enigmatic Cheguevaria Kazantsev as a subfamily of Lampyridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz073
14. Ferreira, V.S. and Spiessberger, E.L. 2018. First record of Peripatus juanensis Bouvier, 1900 (Onychophora, Peripatidae) found in Cecropia (Rosales, Urticaceae) fallen trunks. Entomological News 128(1):75-77. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.128.0111
13. Ferreira, V.S. and Ivie. 2018. A Revision of Lycinella Gorham, 1884 with the Description of six New Species (Coleoptera, Lycidae, Calopterini). Zookeys 792: 69-89.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.792.28034
12. Ferreira, V.S., and Ivie, M.A. 2018. A Review of the Nearctic Genus Lucaina Dugès, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae: Lycinae: Calochromini), with Descriptions of Two New Species. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72(3):393-406. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.393
11. Ferreira, V.S., Barclay, M.V.L. and Ivie, M.A. 2018. Redescription of Aporrhipis Pascoe, 1887 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) With a Discussion of its Tribal Placement. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72(2):371-375. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.2.371
10. Ferreira, V.S. & Costa, C. 2017. An Online Database of the Immatures of Coleoptera (Arthopoda, Insecta) Described from Brazil. Biodiversity Data Journal, 5: e12252. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e12252
9. Ferreira, V.S. & Ivie, M.A. 2017. The First Fossil Species of the Extant Genus Cessator Kazantsev (Coleoptera: Lycidae): A New Leptolycini from Dominican Amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 71(1):57-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-71.1.57
8. Ferreira, V.S. & Ivie, M.A. 2016 Redescription of Cephalolycus Pic, 1926 (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Lycidae) and a Discussion on Its Taxonomic Position. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 70(3): 663-666, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-70.3.663
7. Ferreira, V.S. 2016. A revision of the genus Macrolygistopterus Pic, 1929 (Coleoptera, Lycidae). Zootaxa, 4105: 321-338. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.2
6. Ferreira, V.S., Prado, L.P. & Serripieri, D. 2016. The Entomological Collection of Richard Von Diringshofen (1900 – 1986) and its incorporation to the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 60: 117-122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2016.01.005
5. Ferreira, V.S. 2016. A new species of Falsocaenia Pic, 1922 from Amazonian Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lycidae) with an updated key to the species. Zootaxa, 4105: 497-499. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4105.5.6
4. Ferreira, V. S. & Santos, G. I. M. 2015. Colydodes flavisetis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Zopheridae, Colydiinae), new species from southeastern Brazil with an updated key to the species of the genus. Zootaxa, 3981: 437-443. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.9
3. Ferreira, V. S. 2015. A new species of Acroleptus Bourgeois (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Brazilian Amazonian rainforest, with a note on its homonymy with Acroleptus Cabanis (Aves). Zootaxa, 3949: 297-300. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3949.2.10
2. Ferreira, V.S. 2015. An annotated catalog of the type material of Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera) deposited in the Coleoptera collection of Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Zootaxa, 3937: 267-310. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.3
1. Ferreira, V.S. & Costa, C. 2015. A description of the Larva of Metapteron xanthomelas (Lucas, 1857) from the Restinga Forest of Southeastern Brazil (Coleoptera: Lycidae, Calopterini). Zootaxa, 3915: 295-300. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3915.2.9
Accepted Papers
Submitted Papers
Ferreira, V.S. Revision of Acroleptus Bourgeois, 1886 and Descriptions of New Aporrhipis Species (Lycidae, Calopterini, Acroleptina). Journal of Natural History.
Articles in Preparation
Olmedo, F.M., Ferreira, V.S., Branham, M.A. and Ivie, M.A. The description of a new genus and three new species of Myanmar Amber supports a mid-Cretaceous origin of the Metriorrhynchinae (Coleoptera, Lycidae). To be submitted in Cretaceous Research.
Ferreira, V.S., and Ivie, M.A. Revision of the family Cneoglossidae Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (Coleoptera, Byrrhoidea) [tentative title].
Ferreira, V.S., Miller, R.S. and Ivie, M.A. Revision and Phylogeny of Thonalmus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) [Tentative title].
Ferreira, V.S., Ramsdale, A.S. and Ivie, M.A. A Review of the The Omethinae and Matheteinae (Coleoptera, Elateroidea, Omethidae). To be submitted in The Coleopterists Bulletin.
On-line media
Ferreira, V.S. 2015. Neotropical Telegeusidae. Available at : <http://www.coleopteraneotropical.org/paginas/2_PAISES/Neotropical/ELATEROIDEA/telegeusidaeneotropico.html>.
Ferreira, V.S. and other authors. Taxonomic Catalog of the Brazilian Fauna – Coleoptera, following families: Artematopodidae, Byrrhidae, Cerophytidae, Kateretidae, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Throscidae, Elateridae. Available at <http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ConsultaPublicaUC.do>
