#  Fabio Laurindo da Silva 

Researcher, Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation)

 

 

 



   ![Fabio Laurindo da Silva outdoors, leaning against sign for Cape Point, South Africa](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/farrell/files/fabio.jpg?itok=2rwRdwsK) 

 



 





 

## Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2016

*Biography below is from fellowship years:*

I am an evolutionary biologist with a strong interest in the use of molecular phylogenies as a tool to understand biogeographical and evolutionary processes in time and space. Most of my research so far has been on the ecology and systematics of aquatic non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Neotropics. In the future, however, I plan to focus on integrating phylogenies and molecular dating to understand how large-scale biodiversity patterns develop over time.

I am currently working on molecular phylogenies and divergence-time estimates of South American chironomids, focusing on the relationship between species in widely distributed genera in northern tropical and southern temperate. I expect to provide useful insights to advance our understanding of the controversial faunal origins in Southern Hemisphere.

Recent publications:

Silva, F.L. & Ferrington Jr, L.C.. 2018. Systematics of the new world genus Pentaneura Phillip (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae): historical review, new species and phylogeny. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, 271: 1–31, 2018.

Silva, F.L. & Farrell, B.D. 2017. Non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) research in South America: subsidizing biogeographic hypotheses. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology, 53: 111–128.

[View my CV as a PDF](/files/farrell/files/cv_fabio_2018_03.pdf)



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Role
    
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