Sergio Antonio Vanin – a great Brazilian zoologist

Abstract

Science loses one of its greatest zoologists. It was with profound sorrow that we learned that Prof. Sergio Antonio Vanin passed away on October 21, 2020, just a few days before his 72nd birthday. The University of São Paulo (USP) and Brazilian entomology have lost an enthusiast in the study and teaching of zoology, especially Coleoptera systematics and species evolution, and a person of extreme common sense, good humor, humbleness of mind, and enormity of heart. He was a kind, ethical person. This brief report tries to tell a little bit about Prof. Sergio Vanin, as a person and a scientist, and includes a list of his publications, the new taxa and immatures of Coleoptera proposed and described, besides teaching and other activities. We apologize for any oversight in the compilation of Sergio Vanin's extensive legacy. Sergio Antonio Vanin was born on October 26, 1948, in the city of São Paulo, to José Vanin and Maria Pascalicchio Vanin. He married his colleague of undergraduate course Ana Maria Setubal Pires Vanin, also a professor at USP in the Oceanographic Institute, had two sons, Ricardo and André, and a five year old granddaughter, Nina (Fig. 1A-F).

Iron-isopods: new records and new species of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) from Brazilian Amazon iron ore caves

“…According to the CECAV/ICMbio database (CECAV 2020), Brazil has more than 22 000 caves, which hold a high taxonomic diversity (Gnaspini & Trajano 1994;Pinto-da-Rocha 1995;Gallão & Bichuette 2015Trajano et al 2016;Chagas-Jr & Bichuette 2018;Bichuette & Gallão 2021). Thus, our knowledge of the diversity of the terrestrial isopods from Brazilian caves is still far from complete.…”

Caves, Karst Features and Speleological Heritage in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

“…Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia. 2023, v 24. n.4; e2402; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20502/rbg.v24i4.2402 https://rbgeomorfologia.org.br…”