Michel P. Valim, Brazilian Entomologist.

• Research associate at Museu de Zoologia da USP (MZUSP).
• Author abbreviation: Valim

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 91 taxon names authored by Michel P. Valim

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

Selected on chewing lice

2006

• Valim, M.P.; Palma, R.L., 2006. A new species of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from the blue-black grassquit (Aves: Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Brazil. Zootaxa 1153: 27-32. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P. 2006. Craspedorrhynchus linardii, a new species of chewing louse (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from the Gray-headed Kite (Aves: Falconiformes: Accipitridae). Zootaxa 1173: 57-62. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2007

• Valim, M.P.; Linardi, P.M. 2007. Description of the male of Mayriphilopterus nystalicus Mey, 2004 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae). Zootaxa 1604: 47–51. full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2008

• Cicchino, A.C.; Valim, M.P. 2008. Three new species of Formicaphagus Carriker, 1957 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae), parasitic on Thamnophilidae and Conopophagidae (Aves, Passeriformes). Zootaxa 1949: 37–50. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2009

• Valim, M.P.; Lambrecht, F.M.; Vianna, E.E.S. 2009. New records of chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) from birds of southern Brazil, with description of a new species. Iheringia. Série Zoologia 99: 249-258. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2011

• Valim, M.P., Price, R.D. & Johnson, K.P. 2011. New host records and descriptions of five new species of Myrsidea Waterston chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes). Zootaxa 3097: 1-19. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P.; Palma, R.L. 2011: Georgeiella, a new name for the louse genus Hopkinsiella Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1939 (Phthiraptera, Philopteridae), junior homonym of Hopkinsiella Baba, 1938 (Opisthobranchia, Goniodorididae). Zootaxa 3038: 59–60. Preview Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P.; Weckstein, J.D. 2011. Two new species of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Ischnocera, Philopteridae) parasitic on Neotropical trogons (Aves, Trogoniformes). ZooKeys 128: 1–13. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.128.1583 Reference page. 

2012

• Valim, M.P.; Weckstein, J.D. 2012. Two new species of Cotingacola Carriker, 1956 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Amazonian Brazil, with comments on host-specificity. Systematic parasitology 81(3): 159–167. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-011-9334-7 full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P., Weckstein, J.D. 2012. A new genus and species of Philopteridae (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from the trumpeters (Aves: Gruiformes: Psophiidae). Journal of parasitology 98(4): 728-734. DOI: 10.1645/GE-3055.1 . Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P.; Palma, R.L. 2012. Redescriptions of two species and descriptions of three new species of the louse genus Bizarrifrons Eichler, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae). Zootaxa 3273: 28–50. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Valim, M.P.; Weckstein, J.D. 2013. A drop in the bucket of the megadiverse chewing louse genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Menoponidae): ten new species from Amazonian Brazil. Folia Parasitologica 60(5): 377-400. Abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P. 2013. Three new species of Dennyus Neumann, 1906 (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Menoponidae) parasitic on swifts (Aves, Apodiformes, Apodidae) in Brazil. Papéis avulsos de zoologia 53(30): 415-429. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492013003000001 Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P.; Palma, R.L. 2013. Three new species of the genus Philopteroides Mey, 2004 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae) from New Zealand. ZooKeys 297: 71-89. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.297.5118 Reference page. 

2014

• Valim, M.P.; Silveira, L.F. 2014: A new species and five new records of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from an isolated population of the solitary tinamou Tinamus solitarius (Aves: Tinamiformes). Zootaxa 3838(1): 127–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.1.8 Reference page. 

• Cicchino, A.C., Valim, M.P. & González-Acuña, D. 2014. A review of the louse genus Tinamotaecola (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae sensu lato), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3835(3): 349–363. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.3.4 Reference page. 

• Silva, H.M.; Valim, M.P.; Gama, R.A. 2014. Community of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera and Ischnocera) parasites of resident birds at the Archipelago of São Pedro and São Paulo in northeast Brazil. Journal of Medical Entomology 51: 941-947. DOI: 10.1603/ME14094 Reference page. 

2015

• Valim, M.P. & Cicchino, A.C. 2015. A remarkable new genus and a new species of chewing louse (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae) from Brazil. ZooKeys 541: 57–70. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.541.6022 Full article Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P. & Cicchino, A.C. 2015. Immature stages of chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Neotropical Icteridae (Aves: Passeriformes), and descriptions of three new species. Annales Zoologici 65: 491–521. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2015.65.3.006 Reference page. 

• Cicchino, A.C.; Valim, M.P. 2015. Notes on taxonomy and distribution of Myrsidea serini (Séguy, 1944) (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae) on southern South American passerine birds (Aves: Passeriformes). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 55: 231–243. DOI: 10.1590/0031-1049.2015.55.16 Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P.; Reiley, B.M. 2015. The chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) fauna of the Swainson’s warbler, (Aves, Parulidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 52: 850-857. DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjv110 Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P.; Kuabara, K.M.D. 2015. The feather louse genus Mulcticola Clay et Meinertzhagen, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Brazil, with descriptions of five new species and catalogue for species described in the genus. Folia Parasitologica (Praha) 62: 1-15. DOI: 10.14411/fp.2015.036 Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P. & Cicchino, A.C. 2015. Six new species of Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from New World jays of the genus Cyanocorax Boie (Passeriformes: Corvidae), with notes on the chorionic structure of eggs. Systematic Parasitology 90: 191–211. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-014-9543-y Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P. & Palma, R.L. 2015. A new genus and two new species of feather lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from New Zealand endemic passerines (Aves: Passeriformes). Zootaxa 3926(4): 480–498. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.4.2 . Reference page. 

Selected on mites

2005

• Hernandes, F.A. & Valim, M.P. 2005. A new species of Pterodectes Robin, 1877 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) from the pale-breasted thrush, Turdus leucomelas (Passeriformes: Turdidae). Zootaxa 1081: 61–68. Reference page. 

2006

• Hernandes, F.A. & Valim, M.P. 2006. Two new species of the feather mite subfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 1235: 49–61. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2007

• Hernandes, F.A., Valim, M.P. & Mironov, S.V. 2007. Two new genera and five new species of the feather mite subfamily Proctophyllodinae (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from suboscine birds in Brazil. Journal of Natural History 41: 2653–2681. DOI: 10.1080/00222930701644718 Reference page. 

2008

• Valim, M.P. & Hernandes, F.A. 2008. Redescriptions of five species of the feather mite genus Pterodectes Robin, 1877 (Acari: Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae), with the proposal of a new genus and a new species. Acarina 16(2): 131–157. PDF Reference page. 

2009

• Valim, M.P. & Hernandes, F.A. 2009. A new species of the feather mite genus Cotingodectes and a new genus of Pterodectinae (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae). International journal of acarology 35: 265–272. DOI: 10.1080/01647950903071143 Reference page. 

2010

• Valim, M.P. & Hernandes, F.A. 2010. A systematic review of feather mites of the Pterodectes generic complex (Acari: Proctophyllodidae) with redescriptions of species described by Vladimír Černý. Acarina 18(1): 3–35. PDF Reference page. 

• Valim, M.P., Hernandes, F.A. & Proctor, H.C. 2010. Feather mites of Brazil (Acari: Astigmata: Analgoidea and Pterolichoidea). International Journal of Acarology 37: 293–324. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2010.519719 Reference page. 

• Hernandes, F.A., Valim, M.P. & Mironov, S.V. 2010. On the identity of Pterodectes ralliculae Atyeo and Gaud, 1977 (Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae). Journal of Natural History 44: 369–377. DOI: 10.1080/00222930903383594 Reference page. 

2012

• Hernandes, F.A. & Valim, M.P. 2012. The genus Nanopterodectes Mironov, 2009 (Acari, Proctophyllodidae), with descriptions of three new species from antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) in Brazil. Systematic Parasitology 83: 227–242. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-012-9385-4 Reference page. 

2014

• Hernandes, F.A. & Valim, M.P. 2014. On the identity of two species of Proctophyllodidae (Acari: Astigmata: Analgoidea) described by Herbert F. Berla in Brazil, with a description of Lamellodectes gen. nov. and a new species. Zootaxa 3794(1): 179–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.1.8 Reference page. 

2015

• Hernandes, F.A. & Valim, M.P. 2015. A new species of the genus Trouessartia Canestrini (Acari: Trouessartiidae) from Neotropical passerines (Aves: Tyrannidae). International Journal of Acarology 41: 382–388. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2015.1046921 Reference page. 

• Hernandes, F.A., Valim, M.P. & Pedroso, L.G.A. 2015. New records of feather mites (Acari: Astigmata) from Pelecaniformes (Aves) in Brazil. Acarina 23: 81–84. PDF Reference page. 

2016

• Skoracki, M., Mironov, S.V., Hernandes, F.A. & Valim, M.P. 2016. Syringophilid quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) parasitizing passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) in Brazil. International Journal of Acarology 42(5): 252–257. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2016.1179673 Reference page. 

• Bochkov, A.V.; Valim, M.P. 2016. New species and records of mites of the superfamily Sarcoptoidea (Acariformes: Psoroptidia) from mammals in Brazil. Acta Parasitologica 61: 22–41. DOI: 10.1515/ap-2016-0003 Reference page. 

• Mironov, S.V., Hernandes, F.A. & Valim, M.P. 2016. A new feather mite of the genus Pteronyssoides Hull, 1931 (Astigmata: Pteronyssidae) from thrushes (Passeriformes: Turdidae) in the New World. Systematic parasitology 93(1): 83–89. DOI: 10.1007/s11230-015-9607-7 Reference page. 

2018

• Kolencik, S., Sychra, O., Papousek, I., Kuabara, K.M.D., Valim, M.P. & Literak, I. 2018. New species and additional data on the chewing louse genus Myrsidea (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from wild Neotropical Passeriformes (Aves). Zootaxa 4418(5): 401–431. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.5.1 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Eponyms

• 1 Eponyms of Michel P. Valim