Matheus Mickael Mota Soares

Matheus Mickael Mota Soares, Brazilian entomologist.

Graduate Program in Entomology, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia – INPA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Barros, L.M., Soares, M.M.M., de Freitas-Silva, R.A.P. & Ale-Rocha, R. 2019. Neotropical Chvalaea Papp & Földvári (Diptera: Hybotidae: Ocydromiinae): new records, an illustrated key to species and description of three new species. Zootaxa 4571(3): 347–362. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.3.3 Reference page.

Jaume-Schinkel, S., Soares, M.M.M. & Barros, L.M. 2020. Chvalaea yolkamini sp. nov. (Diptera: Hybotidae), the first Mexican species of genus discovered on Instagram. Zootaxa 4748(3): 592–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.3.12 Reference page.
Soares, M.M.M. & Ale-Rocha, R. 2020. New records of Stenopygium Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Neotropical Region, and a key to species. Zootaxa 4868(1): 129–134. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4868.1.7 Reference page.
Soares, M.M.M. & Capellari, R.S. 2020. Review of the Neotropical genus Pseudosympycnus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of six new species from Brazil and Peru. Zootaxa 4881(2): 231–256. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.2.2 . Plazi. Reference page.

Soares, M.M.M., Freitas-Silva, R.A.P. & Ale-Rocha, R. 2021. Review of Brazilian species of Syneches Walker (Diptera, Hybotidae, Hybotinae), with description of ten new species. Zootaxa 5049(1): 001–084. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5049.1.1. . Reference page.

Soares, M.M.M. & Ale-Rocha, R. 2022. Three new species of Pseudosympycnus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Peru and an updated key to the species. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 66(1): e20220005. DOI: 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2022-0005 . Reference page.
Barros, L.M., Soares, M.M.M., Freitas-Silva, R.A.P. de, Ale-Rocha, R. 2022. The first documented record of Chvalaea Papp & Földvári, 2002 (Diptera, Hybotidae, Ocydromiinae) from the Australasian Region: a new species and its possible relationship to other members of the genus. European Journal of Taxonomy. 836(1): 55–65. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.836.1915 Reference page.

Soares, M.M.M., Capellari, R.S. & Ale-Rocha, R. 2023. Species of Paraclius Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with bi-lamellate antennal stylus: new combination, new synonym, and two new species. Zootaxa 5231(1): 37–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5231.1.3 . Plazi. Reference page.
Soares, M.M.M., Capellari, R.S. & Ale-Rocha, R. 2023. New or little-known Neotropical Dolichopodidae (Diptera) (II): genus Hercostomus Loew excluded from the Neotropics. Zootaxa 5254(2): 181–208. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.2.2 . Plazi. Reference page.
Soares, M.M.M., Capellari, R.S. & Ramos-Pastrana, Y. 2023. Rafaelomyia, a remarkable new genus of South American long-legged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 5389(2): 151–172. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.2.1 . Plazi. ResearchGate . Reference page.
Soares, M.M.M., Carvalho-Filho, F. & Ramos-Pastrana, Y. 2023. Chrysotus capellarii sp. nov., the first species of longipalpus group from Colombia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). EntomoBrasilis 16: e1070. DOI: 10.12741/ebrasilis.v16.e1070 . Reference page.
Soares, M.M.M., Runyon, J.B., Capellari, R.S. & Ale-Rocha, R. 2023. Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 5323(2): 151–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.1 . Plazi. PDF. Reference page.

Ramos-Pastrana, Y., Merchan-Vargas, G.L. & Soares, M.M.M. 2024. First record of the genus Systenus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Colombia, with description of four new species. Zootaxa 5514(3): 257–272. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.3.3 . Reference page.

Soares, M.M.M., Camargo, A. & Lamas, C.J.E. 2025. A taxonomic synopsis and identification key to the genera of the Myaptex group (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae), with description of a remarkable new genus and three new species from the South American Chaco. ZooKeys 1232: 311–341. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1232.142494 Reference page.