Luis Fernando Villagomez Lazo de la Vega
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​Since 2020
Scientific assistant in the project "integrative taxonomy of parthenogenetic oribatid mites"
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​Since 2019
PhD candidate in Ecology. UNAM. Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Faculty of Sciences.
PhD thesis: "Spatial and temporal variation of the Oribatid (Acari: Oribatei) mite communities in the tropical rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico".
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2013-2015
Master's degree. UNAM. Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Faculty of Sciences.
Master's thesis: "Morphological and mollecular delimitation of Galumnidae
(Acari: Oribatei) mites from central Mexico”.
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2007-2012
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Faculty of Sciences. Diploma topic:"Taxonomy of Galumnoidea (Acari: Oribatei) mites".
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Research interests
I am interested in the morphological and mollecular taxonomy and species delimitation of oribatid mites, also in the ecology of their communities in different vertical strata and microhabitats.
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Research domains:
Acarology
Taxonomy and systematics
Contact
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B1|01, Room 260
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Luis Fernando Villagomez Lazo de la Vega
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Biology Department
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Schnittspahnstr. 3
64287 Darmstadt
Germany
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Publications
Research projects
Integrative taxonomy – Parthenogenetic radiations and ‘species’ delimitation using multimodal data.
2021
Villagomez, F., J.G. Palacios-Vargas & J. Páez. 2021. A new species of Notogalumna from the canopy and another new edaphic species of Galumnopsis (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnoidea) from the tropical rainforest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Zootaxa. 5020(1): 171-183.
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2019
Páez, J., F. Villagomez & J.G. Palacios-Vargas. 2019. Description of a new Pergalumna (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnidae) species from Mexico and its postembryonic development. Zootaxa. 4647(1): 385-406.
Villagomez, F., J.G. Palacios-Vargas, G. Castaño-Meneses & I. Castellanos-Vargas. 2019. Effect of tree identity, temporal variation and edaphic parameters on the structure of the edaphic community of oribatid mites in an evergreen tropical forest of Mexico. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 17(6): 14621-14639.
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2018
Pérez-Flores, O., V.H. Toledo-Hernández & F. Villagomez. 2018. A new species of Eburia Lacordaire, 1830 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Mexico. Zootaxa. 4399(2): 289-295.
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2017
Arango, A., F. Villagomez & J.G. Palacios-Vargas, 2017. On the genus Americanura Cassagnau, 1983 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Sensillanurini) with description of a new Mexican species and complement to the description of A. mexicana Cassagnau, 1983. Zoosystema. 39(1): 49-54.
Palacios-Vargas, J.G. y F. Villagomez. 2017. Three new species of Pergalumna (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnidae) from the tropical rainforest of Veracruz, Mexico. Zootaxa. 4242(1): 077-094.
Villagomez, F. & A. Contreas-Ramos, 2017. First records of adult feeding in Megaloptera (Corydalidae, Corydalinae) from Mexico and their possible relationship with the increase in life span. Zootaxa. 4341(2): 287-290.
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2016
Pérez-Flores, O., F. Villagomez & O.R. Galindo. 2016. A new species of Chrysina Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelini) from Mexico based on morphological and molecular data. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 4(1): 606-610.
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2015
Villagomez F., A. Contreras-Ramos & Y. Márquez-López. 2015. Rediscovery of Eremobittacus spinulatus Byers (Mecoptera, Bittacidae) in Mexico, with comments on sexual dimorphism and potential mimicry. Zookeys. 539: 111-117.
Villagomez L.F. & Palacios-Vargas J.G. 2015. A new species of Pilogalumna (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnidae) from Mexico. Revista mexicana de Biodiversidad. 86: 597-604.
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2013
Villagomez F. & Palacios-Vargas J.G. 2013. A new species of Trichogalumna (Acari: Oribatida: Galumnidae) from Mexico. Brenesia. 79: 72-80.
