Geraldo Wilson Afonso Fernandes, Brazilian ecologist (Itamarandiba, Minas Gerais State 29 November 1950 –

Authored about 500 papers with about 19,000 citations (h-index=67)

Pointed out the diversity of galling in plants from temperate and tropical regions

Tropical and temperature altitudinal gradient in galling species richness. Master’s Dissertation, Northern Arizona University (1987)

With P.W. Price. Biogeographical gradients in galling species richness: tests of hypothesis. Oecologia 76:161-7, 1988

First to show the role of ambiental stress in plant-galling relationship

Adaptive distribution of gall-forming insects: patterns and mechanisms. Doctoral Thesis, Northern Arizona University (1992)

Adaptive distribution of gall-forming insects: patterns and mechanisms. Ecotropicos 6(1):62-3, 1993

DESCRIBED NEW TAXA

Genus

Parkiamyia 2006 with Maia (Diptera)

Species

Eurytoma minasensis 1989 with De Santis (Hymenoptera)

Parkiamyia paraensis 2006 with Maia (Diptera)

Syrphophagus cecidium 1989 with De Santis (Hymenoptera)

HONORS

Award for Excellence in Science, The Organizing Committee for the 6th International Symposium on the Biology and Ecology of Galling (2013)

Genus Fernandesia Rodrigues & Maia 2013 (Diptera)