CURRICULUM VITAE - IICT

1. Personal data
Full name: Luis Fernando Marques Mendes
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name for publications: Luis F. Mendes or Luis Mendes
Nationality: Portugal
Institutional adress: Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical. (IICT) R. da
Junqueira, 14 1300-343 Lisboa, PORTUGAL
Contact data
Phone: + 213637055
Fax: + 213600589
Mail: czool@iict.pt
2. Academic degrees
1987 – Aggregation – FCUL – Approved by unanimity
1983 - PhD in Animal Systematics – FCUL – Approved with distinction and laud
1971 – Biology degree, Faculty of Sciences, Lisbon University (FCUL) – 16 values
3. Previous and current scientific and/or professional activities
2004 to Present - Responsible by the Zoology Unity – IICT
1999 to Present – Member of the Editorial Committee of the review “Fauna
Entomológica de Portugal” – edited by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia
1997 to 2004 – Director of the Centro de Zoologia – IICT (today, Unity)
1995 to Present – Head Researcher – IICT
1991 to Present – Member of the Editorial Committee of the Review “Garcia de Orta
(Zoologia)” – edited by the IICT
1990 to Present – Responsible by the Arachno-entomological collection – IICT
1990 to 1994 – Principal Researcher – IICT
1987 to 1990 – Aggregate Auxiliary Professor – FCUL / Dept. Zoology and
Anthropology (DZA)
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1985 to 1987 – Auxiliary Professor (FCUL) – detached in the IICT
1984 to 1985 – Member of the Pedagogic Commission – FCUL (DZA)
1984 to 1985 – Member of the Executive Commission – FCUL (DZA)
1983 to 1987 – Auxiliary Professor – FCUL (DZA)
1978 to Present – Member of the editorial committee of the review “Boletim da
Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia” – edited by the Sociedade Portuguesa de
Entomologia
1975 to 1976 – Directory of the Museum and Zoological Laboratory and of the DZA
(former GZA)– FCUL
1974 to 1983 – Senior Assistant of the GZA – FCUL
1971 to 1974 – Junior Assistant of the GZA – FCUL
1970 – Monitor of the Zoology and Anthropology Group of Disciplines (GZA) – FCUL
1969 to 1970 – Contractor – Forest Biology and Cynegetics Section of the Forests
General Direction
4. Area of scientific activity
Biology; Zoology
5. Domain of specialization
Entomology. Taxonomy, distribution, phylogeny and zoogeography of representatives
of (mainly) Orders Microcoryphia, Zygentoma (thysanurans, worldwide) and
Lepidoptera (Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea, Sphingoidea and Bombycoidea – butterflies
and moths mainly of Africa – always in collaboration)
Present research interests
Taxonomy, evolution and corology of thysanurans from St. Helena Island, southern
Arabia (Arab Emirates), Africa and Brazil; and of butterflies and moths mainly from
Angola, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé e Príncipe. Biodiversity of Angola. Faunas of
Palaearctic Region, Portugal and Spain of both, Microcoryphia and Zygentoma
6. Supervising experience
Orientation (and co-orientation) of: Prof. training (Researchers; Technicians);
University graduation (final year training); MSc; PhD – people from Portugal and
Angola. Juries (tribunals) of MSc, PhD and Aggregation in Portugal (Continent,
Madeira and Azores) and Spain.
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7. Participation in research projects
From 2003 to present – “Ecossistems and Conservation” – co-responsible, in the
Program BIO/JMAT
From 2003 to present – “Biological Diversity” – co-responsible, in the Program
BIO/JMAT
1997 to 2001 (extended to present) – “Estudo do Parque Natural das Lagoas de Cufada
(Guiné-Bissau)” – coordinator of the “Zoology” from 2000
From 2000 to present – “Fauna Europaea” – participation as specialist on
Microcoryphia and Zygentoma and as coordinator of the “Apterygota non-Collembola”
From 1995 to present – Coordinator of the research action “Estudos de Biodiversidade
em Aracnoentomologia Fundamental”
8. Publications (1996-2006)
MENDES, L.F. (1996) – Some new data on the Microcoryphia and Zygentoma
(Insecta) from the United States. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 21 (1): 117-126
MENDES, L.F. (1996) – Esquistomelia antenar num Lepismatidae (Zygentoma:
Insecta). Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 21 (1): 127-128
MENDES, L.F. (1996) – Novos dados e descrições de tisanuros (Microcoryphia e
Zygentoma: Insecta) da América do Sul. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 21 (1): 129-144
MENDES, L.F. (1996) – Congoatelura cubitermina gen.n. sp.n. (Ateluridae,
Zygentoma) um novo termitófilo do Zaire. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 21 (1): 155-160
MENDES, L.F. (1996) – Further data on the Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma) with description
of a new species from Mauritius. Revue suisse Zool., 103 (3) : 749-756
MENDES, L.F. (1996) – On the male sex of Cryptocephalina (Zygentoma : Ateluridae).
Bolm Soc. port. Ent., 6 (7) (157) : 93-101
MENDES, L.F. (1996) – Leleupychella langa Wygodzinsky, a junior synonym of
Petalonychia kohli (Escherich) (Zygentoma : Ateluridae). Bolm Soc. port. Ent., 6 (10)
(160): 125-133
MENDES, L.F. (1996) – On a new fossil of Microcoryphia (Insecta: Apterygota) from
South-american copal. Bolm Soc. port. Ent., 6 (18) : 245-250
MENDES, L.F., M. GAJU-RICART, C. BACH DE ROCA & R. MOLERO-
BALTANÁS (1996) – New data on the thysanurans (Micocoryphia and Zygentoma)
from Madeira, with description of a new species of Dilta Strand, 1911. Garcia de Orta
(Zool.), 21 (1): 145-154
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MENDES, L.F. (1997) – First contribution to the study of the Dominican amber
Zygentoma (Insecta). Family Ateluridae. Pedobiologia, 41: 40-43
MENDES, L.F. (1997) – Some Zygentoma (Nicoletiidae, Ateluridae) from the
Neotropics, and description of a new Metrinura species. Revue suisse Zool., 104 (4) :
795-806
MENDES, L.F. (1998) – Second contribution to the study of the Dominican Republic
amber Zygentoma (Insecta): Family Lepismatidae. Canad. Entom., 130: 899-904
MENDES, L.F. (1998) – Novos dados sobre os tisanuros (Zygentoma: Insecta) da
Guiné-Bissau e descrição de uma nova espécie. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 22 (1/2): 21-37
MENDES, L.F. (1998) – On some non-Angolan thysanurans (Zygentoma: Insecta) from
the Dundo Museum, Angola. Notes and description of a new species. Garcia de Orta
(Zool.), 22 (1/2): 39-43
MENDES, L.F. (1998) – On the quoted uniformity of Machiloides (Microcoryphia:
Meinertellidae), with description of two new genera, a new subgenus and one new
species. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 22 (1/2): 45-53
MOLERO-BALTANÁS, R., M. GAJU-RICART, C. BACH DE ROCA & L.F.
MENDES (1998) – Description of Atelura valencianica n.sp. (Insecta, Zygentoma) and
distribution and myrmecophilic relationships of Proatelurina pseudolepisma in the
Iberian Peninsula. Miscel.-lania Zool., 21 (1): 101-117
STURM, H. & L.F. MENDES (1998) – Two new species of Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma,
“Apterygota”, Insecta) in Dominican amber. Amer. Mus. Novit., 3226: 1-11
BIVAR-DE-SOUSA, A. & L.F. MENDES (1999) – Nota preliminar sobre a fauna de
lepidópteros diurnos (Papilionoidea e Hesperioidea) do Parque Natural dasd Lagoas de
Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Bolm Soc. port. Ent., supl. 6 : 33-46
ESTEVES, L. & L.F. MENDES (1999) – Mantodea do Centro de Zoologia I.
Amorphoscelidae. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 23 (1): 93-97
MENDES, L.F., M. GAJU-RICART, C. BACH DE ROCA & R. MOLERO-
BALTANÁS (2000) – On some Silvestri species of Machilidae (Microcoryphia:
Insecta), which types are in the Museum Natinal d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
Pedobiologia, 44: 268-284
MENDES, L.F., M. GAJU-RICART, C. BACH DE ROCA & R. MOLERO-
BALTANÁS (2000) – New account on the thysanuran of the Azores (Insecta:
Microcoryphia and Zygentoma) with description of a new species. Pedobiologia, 44:
309-319
MENDES, L.F. (2001) – New contribution to the knowledge of the Central and Eastern
African thysanurans (Zygentoma: Ateluride). Annls Mus. r. Afr. Cent. (Zool.), 285: 37-
70
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ROSA, F., M.V. CRESPO & L.F. MENDES (2001) – Acerca da presença de dois
géneros de pentastomídeos na República da Guiné-Bissau. Acta Parasit. portug., 8 (2):
22
ESTEVES, L. & L.F. MENDES (2002) – Contribuição para o estudo do género
PseudocreobotraSaussure, 1870 (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae). Garcia de Orta (Zool.),
24 (1/2): 7-19
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – Some new data and descriptions of thysanurans (Zygentoma:
Nicoletiidae) from Central and Eastern Africa. Annls Mus. r. Afr. Centr., 290: 87-127
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – Taxonomy of Zygentoma and Microcoryphia : historical
overview, present status and goals for the new millennium. Pedobiologia, 46: 225-233
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – Contribuição da comunidade científica portuguesa para o
levantamento da Biodiversidade mundial. Comunicações IICT (Ciênc. Biol.), 2: 1-56
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – Tisanuros (Mucrocoryphia e Zygentoma : Insecta) de Portugal.
Novos dados e considerações. Cominicações IICT (Ciênc. Biol.), 3: 1-48
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – Contribution towards the knowledge of the thysanurans
(Insecta: Zygentoma) from Cabinda. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 24 (1/2): 21-29
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – Novos dados sobre os tisanuros (Microcoryphia e Zygentoma:
Apterygota) e descrição de uma nova espécie do Brasil. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 24
(1/2): 81-87
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – On some Gastrotheus s.s. (Zygentoma: Ateluride) from
Angola, with description of two new species. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 24 (1/2): 91-99
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – On a new Lepidospora s.s (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from
Oran. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 24 (1/2): 107-112
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – On the status of the “Protrinemurid” and “Atelurid”
thysdanuransn (Zygentoma: Insecta). Bolm Soc. port. Ent., 7 (17) (199) : 201-211
MENDES, L.F. (2002)- New species and new data on Protrinemuridae and Nicoletiidae
(Zygentoma) from Eastern Asia and Pacific islands. Ann. Soc. entomol. Fr. (n.s.), 38
(4): 399-433
MENDES, L.F. & O. BAESSA-DE-AGUIAR (2002) – Fauna aracnoentomológica do
Parque Natural das lagoas de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau): análise preliminar dos dados
obtidos pela primeira missão do Centro de Zoologia. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 24 (1/2):
51-59
MENDES, L.F. & A. BIVAR-DE-SOUSA (2002) – Contribuição para o estudo dos
esfingídeos (Lepidoptera) da Guiné-Bissau. Bolm Soc. port. Ent., 7 (19) (201) : 233-250
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MENDES, L.F. & A. BIVAR-DE-SOUSA (2002) – Notas sobre Sphingidae
(Lepidoptera) do Brasil. Bolm Soc. port. Ent., 7 (24) (206) : 293-303
MENDES, L.F. & R.L. FERREIRA (2002) – On a new cave-dwelling Nicoletiidae
(Zygentoma: Insecta) from Brazil. Garcia de Orta (Zool.) 24 (1/2): 101-106
MENDES, L.F., L. MANUEL & E. AFONSO (2002) – Nomes vulgares de
invertebrados terrestres (em especial artrópodes) de Angola, em algumas das línguas
nacionais deste país. Garcia de Orta (Zool.), 24 (1/2): 175-208
ROSA, F., M.V. CRESPO & L.F. MENDES (2002) – Contribuição para o
conhecimento da fauna do Parque Natural das Lagoas de Cufada. Diversidade
parasitária em Cercopithecus mona campbelli (Mammalia: Priomates). Garcia de Orta
(Zool.), 24 (1/2): 171-174
MENDES, L.F. (2003) – On Gastrotheus Casey, 1890 sensu Paclt, 1963 and
description of a new genus (Zygentoma : Nicoletiidae). Bolm Soc. port. Ent., 7 (28)
(210) : 341-349
MENDES, L.F. & A. BIVAR-DE-SOUSA (2003) – On a new subspecies of
Hypokopelates viridis Stempffer, 1964 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Guinea-Bissau.
Bolm Soc. port. Ent., 7 (31) (213) : 393-398
MENDES, L.F. & R. MACHIDA (2003) – On some Zygentoma (Insecta) from the
Ryukyu archipelago, Japan. Bolm Soc. port. Ent., 7 (30) (212) : 381-390
MENDES, L.F. (2004) – Zygentoma (Insecta) from the Socotra archipelago. Fauna of
Arabia, 20: 357-398
MENDES, L.F. & J. POINAR jr (2004) – A new fossil Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma:
« Apterygota ») in Dominican amber. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 106 (1): 102-109
MENDES, L.F. (2005) – On the Microcoryphia (Insecta) from Yemen: description of a
new species of Machilinus (Meinertellidae). Arq. Mus. Boc. (N.S.), 4 (5): 191-202
MENDES, L. & A. BIVAR-DE-SOUSA – 15. Principal Bibliografia Zoológica Sobre
Angola. Vertebrados Terrestres e Dulçaquícolas in Angola. Agricultura, Recursos
Naturais e Desenvolvimento Rural, I, Ed. ISA: 313-332
MANUEL, L., L. MENDES, A. BIVAR-DE-SOUSA & A. M. CORREIA (2006) – 14.
Novos Dados Sobre os Papilionídeos (Lepidoptera) de Angola. Faunística e Ecologia.
in Angola. Agricultura, Recursos Naturais e Desenvolvimento Rural, I, Ed. ISA: 289-
311
MENDES, L. & A. BIVAR-DE-SOUSA – 16. Principal Bibliografia Zoológica Sobre
Angola. Invertebrados Terrestres e Dulçaquícolas in Angola. Agricultura, Recursos
Naturais e Desenvolvimento Rural, I, Ed. ISA: 333-585
MENDES, L.F. & A. BIVAR-DE-SOUSA (2006) – A new species of Neita van Son
(Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) from southern Angola. Boln SEA, 39: 95-96
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MENDES, L.F. & A. BIVAR-DE-SOUSA (2006) – Notes and descriptions of
Afrotropical Appias butterflies (Lepidoptera : Pieridae). Boln SEA, 39 : 151-160
DARGE, Ph., MENDES, L.F. & A. BIVAR-DE-SOUSA (2006) – Une nouvelle espèce
d’Epiphora originaire d’Angola (Lepidoptera : Saturniidae). Lambillionea, 106 (3) :
391-394
MENDES, L.F., Ph DARGE & A. BIVAR-DE-SOUSA (2006) – Description d’une
nouvelle sous-espèce de Micragone ansorgei (Rothschild, 1907) de l’Est de l’Angola
(Lepidoptera : Saturniidae). Lambillionea, 106 (4) : 730-731
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8. Main Publications
Thesis
Research Program to Head Researcher – 1994 – MENDES, L.F. “Biodiversidade dos
Artrópodes Terrestres nas Áreas envolventes da Lagoa da Cufada (República da Guiné-
Bissau). Sua Investigação Preliminar”: 181 pp + 6 adenda
Aggregation – 1987 – MENDES, L.F. “Disciplina de Introdução ao Estudo dos
Quelicerados – Relatório do Programa, Conteúdos e métodos do Ensino Teórico e
Prático”: 64 pp
PhD – 1982 – MENDES, L.F. “Dados sobre a Sistemática Evolutiva e a Zoogeografia
dos Lepismatidae (Zygentoma); Revisão das espécies do género Lepisma s. latum” : 587
pp + MENDES, L.F. “Sobre a Origem dos Insectos”: 50 pp, 74 figs.
Main papers in international scientific papers with referees (only 10 are presented)
MENDES L.F. & G.O POINAR jr. (2004) – “A new fossil Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma,
“Apterygota” in Dominican amber”. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash., 106 (1): 102-109
MENDES, L.F. (2004) – “Zygentoma (Insecta) from the Socotra archipelago”. In
KRUPP, P.F. & W. SCHNEIDER (eds.) Fauna of Arabia, 20: 357-398
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – New species and new data on Protrinemuridae and
Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma) from Eastern Asia and Pacific Islands”. Ann. Soc. entomol.
Fr. (n.s.), 38 (4): 399-433
MENDES, L.F. (2002) – “Some new data and descriptions of thysanurans (Zygentoma:
Nicoletiidae) FROM central and Eastern Africa”. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr. (Zool.), 290:
87-127
MENDES, L.F., M. GAJU-RICART, C. BACH DE ROCA & R. MOLERO-
BALTANÁS (2000) – “New account on the thysanurans of the Azores (Insecta:
Microcoryphia and Zygentoma) with description of a new species”. Pedobiologia, 44:
309-319
MENDES, L.F. (1998) – “Second contribution to the study of the Dominican amber
Zygentoma (Insecta): Family Lepismatidae”. Canad. Entomolog., 130: 891-904
STURM, H. & L.F. MENDES (1998) – “Two new species of Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma,
Apterygota, Insecta) in Dominican amber”. Amer. Mus. Novit., 3226: 1-11
MENDES, L.F. (1998) – “Some Zygentoma (Nicoletiidae, Ateluridae) from the
Neotropicas with description of one new Metrinura species”. Rev. suisse Zool., 104 (4) :
795-806
MENDES, L.F. (1994) – “Evolutionary relationships among the Nicoletiidae (Ins.,
Zygentoma)”. Acta zool. Fenn., 195: 98-103
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MENDES, L.F. (1992) – “Some new data on the Nicoletiidae (Insecta: Zygentoma)
from Europe and Asia Minor”. Rev. suisse Zool., 99 (4) : 821-834
Papers in conference proceedings (only 10 are presented)
MENDES, L.F. (1991) – “1.1 - On the Phylogeny of the Genera of Lepismatidae
(Insecta, Zygentoma)”. in VEERESH, G.K., D. RAJAGOPAL & C.A.
VIRAKTAMATH (eds.) Advances in Management and Conservation of Soil Fauna
(10 th Intern. Soiul Zool. Coll.), Oxford & IBH Publ., 3-13
MENDES, L.F. (1991) – “1.2 - On the Zoogeographic Affinities of the Thysanurans
(Microcoryphia and Zygentoma) from India”. in VEERESH, G.K., D. RAJAGOPAL &
C.A. VIRAKTAMATH (eds.) Advances in Management and Conservation of Soil
Fauna (10 th Intern. Soil Zool. Coll.), Oxford & IBH Publ., 15-24
MENDES, L.F. (1988) – “Sobre algumas características morfológicas dos Lepismatidae
(Zygentoma: Insecta): V. O tipo de macroquetas”. Actas III Congreso Iberico de
Entomologia: 143-148
MENDES, L.F. (1988) – “Sobre algumas características morfológicas dos Lepismatidae
(Zygentoma: Insecta): IV. Parâmeros e ovipositor”. Actas III Congreso Iberico de
Entomologia: 133-142
MENDES, L.F. (1989) – “Remarks on the faunistic diversity of the thysanurans
(Microcoryphia and Zygentoma : Insecta) in the eastern Atlantic Islands”. in DALLAI,
R. (ed.) 3 nd International Seminar on Apterygota, University of Siena, Siena, Italy : 127-
135
MENDES, L.F. (1987) – “Les rapports inter-spécifiques chez les thysanoures. I. La
myrmécophilie”. in STRIGANOVA, B.R. (ed.) Soil Fauna and Soil Fertility
(Proceedings of the 9 th International Colloquium in Soil Zoology, Moscow, August,
1985: 686-691
MENDES, L.F. (1986) – “Sur quelques caractéristiques morphologiques des
Lepismatidae (Zygentoma : Insecta). II. Les sensilles specialisées de l’antenne ”. in
DALLAI, R. (ed.) 2 nd International Seminar on Apterygota, University of Siena, Siena,
Italy : 229-236
MENDES, L.F. (1986) – “Sur quelques caractéristiques morphologiques des
Lepismatidae (Zygentoma : Insecta). III. Les aires trichobothriales ”. in DALLAI, R.
(ed.) 2 nd International Seminar on Apterygota, University of Siena, Siena, Italy : 217-
228
MENDES, L.F. (1982) – “Notes on the Capeverdean fauna of thysanurans (Apterygota:
Microcoryphia and Zygentoma) and remarks on the zoogeography of the archipelago”.
Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg, 52: 145-151 (Proceedings of the I International
Symposium on Fauna and Flora of the Cape Verde Islands, Frankfur-Main, June 1981)
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MENDES, L.F. (1978) – “Essai phylogenetique sur les Lepismatidae (Apterygota)
Zygentoma) a macrochètes non pectinées” in DALLAI, R. (ed.). 1 st International
Seminary on Apterygota (Siena, September 13-16, 1978) Proceedings: 87-98
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