Thalles Platiny Lavinscky Pereira
Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow
Brian Farrell Lab
Brian Farrell Lab
Thalles’ research focuses on the diversity of flies (Diptera), especially the Phoridae family, using morphological and molecular data (barcoding with nanopore sequencing technology). Additionally, his interests include natural history collections-based research, taxonomy, systematics, and co-phylogeny of ant parasitoid flies (Apocephalus series: Phoridae: Diptera). Although his previous papers and new species described (9) were based on neotropical specimens, his new project will focus on Alaskan and Beringian specimens (from +40°C to -40°C!). He will be using Large-scale Integrative Taxonomy, aiming to better understand the diversity of Phoridae in the Arctic and Subarctic Regions and its distribution patterns across Alaska, Canada, and Sweden.