Antônio Brescovit Explained

Antônio Domingos Brescovit
Birth Date:	1959
Nationality:	Brazilian
Fields:	Arachnology
Author Abbrev Zoo:	Brescovit

Antônio Domingos Brescovit (born 1959) is a Brazilian arachnologist.^[1] His first name, Antônio (the spelling used in Brazil), may also be spelled António (the spelling used in Portugal).^[2] He develops academic activities at the 'arthropodae laboratorium' at the Butantan Institute,^[3] and he is a specialist in Neotropical Arachnida.

Selected publications

• . 2004. A new species of Drymusa Simon, 1891 (Araneae, Drymusidae) from Brazil. Editor Magnolia Press, 5 pp.
• . 1997. Revisión del género Macerio y comentarios sobre la ubicación de Cheiracanthium, Tecution y Helebonia (Araeae, Miturgidae, Eutichurinae). Iheringia, ser. Zool. Porto Alegre (82): 43–66
• . 1995. On Unicorn, a new genus of the spider family Oonopidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea). Nº 3152 de American Museum Novitates. Editor American Museum of Natural History, 12 pp.

Books

• . 2005a. On a new species of Ericaella Bonaldo (Araneae, Miturgidae, Eutichurinae), with a cladistic analysis of the genus. Editor Magnolia Press, 25 pp.
• . 2005b. Larval development of Symphurus atramentatus (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes) from the Gulf of California. Editor Magnolia Press, 64 pp.
• . 1996. Revisão de Anyphaeninae bertkau a nível de gêneros na região neotropical: (araneae, anyphaenidae). Editor Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, 187 pp.

External links

• World Spider Catalog

Notes and References

1. First record of the Mecicobothriidae Holmberg from Brazil, with a description of a new species of Mecicobothrium (Aranea, Mygalomorphae). Lucas, Sylvia Marlene . Indicatti, Rafael Prezzi . Brescovit, Antonio Domingos . Francisco, Rafael Carlo . Zootaxa. 1326. 45–53. 2006. 10.11646/zootaxa.1326.1.5 .
2. Web site: Antonio . Behind the Name . 2017-03-03 .
3. Ciência hoje: revista de divulgação científica da Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência. Volumen 40, Nº 235–240. Editor A Sociedade, 2007