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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Arianna Thomas

Citation names

  • Thomas, Arianna

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1215-3B23-0E55
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2126-6222

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Entomology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Zoology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences
  • Natural sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Entomology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Italian (Mother tongue)
French Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/04 - 2020/12
Concluded
 Doctorado Ciencias Experimentale y Recursos Naturales (Doctor)
Universitat d'Alacant Departament de Ciències Ambientals i Recursos Naturals, Spain
"Rhiniidae (Diptera: Oestroidea) diversity in South Africa. Taxonomic review and phylogenetic advances for the Afrotropical Region" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011 - 2014
Concluded
 Magister Scientiarum Mención Ecología (Magister)
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Ecología, Venezuela
"Ecology and taxonomy of Calliphoridae (Insecta: Diptera)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2003/10 - 2009/12
Concluded
 Licenciada en Biología (Licence)
Universidad Central de Venezuela Escuela de Biología, Venezuela
"Musca domestica Linnaeus (Diptera: Muscidae) as mechanical vector of Salmonella spp" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10 - 2019/11 Visiting Researcher (Research) Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Germany
2018/08 - 2018/08 Visiting Researcher (Research) Københavns Museum, Denmark
2018/07 - 2018/07 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Italy
2010/08 - 2011/02 Research Assistant (Research) Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Ecología, Venezuela
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Ecología Unidad de Biodiversidad, Venezuela

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/08 - 2019/10 Research Training Københavns Universitet, Denmark
2015/01 - 2015/09 Internship at Entomology/Arachnology, Science Department Museums Victoria, Australia
2012/02 - 2012/03 Research Training Tecnológico de Antioquia Institución Universitaria, Colombia
Tecnológico de Antioquia Institución Universitaria Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Educación y Ciencias de la Salud, Colombia
2011/03 - 2011/07 Internship at Genetic Unit Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Ecología, Venezuela
2010/02 - 2010/07 Laboratory Technician at Medical Entomology Universidad Central de Venezuela Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Venezuela
Universidad Central de Venezuela Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Venezuela
2008/09 - 2010/03 Teacher Assistant - Scientific Photography for Biologists Universidad Central de Venezuela Escuela de Biología, Venezuela
2008/03 - 2008/08 Teacher Assistant - Microbiology Laboratory Universidad Central de Venezuela Escuela de Biología, Venezuela
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Thomas-Cabianca, Arianna. "Diptera Rhiniidae". In Checklist of the Italian Fauna, edited by Bologna M.A., Zapparoli M., Oliverio M., Minelli A., Bonato L., Cianferoni F., Stoch F. Italy, 2021.
    In press
Conference abstract
  1. Thomas, Arianna; Martínez-Sánchez, A.; Buenaventura, E.; Villet, M.; Rojo, S. "Revisión taxonómica de las especies afrotropicales de los géneros Fainia Zumpt, 1958 y Cosmina Robineau-Desvoidy,1830 (Diptera: Rhiniidae), incluyendo claves de identificación y fotografías de alta resolución". Paper presented in XVIII Congreso Ibérico de Entomología, Madrid, 2019.
    Published
  2. Thomas, Arianna; Ferrer-Paris, J.R.; Viloria, A.. "Spatial and temporal dynamics of Calliphoridae (Calyptratae) in an urban perturbation gradient in a locality of northern Venezuela". Paper presented in 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, 2018.
    Published
  3. Thomas, Arianna; Martínez-Sánchez, A.; Villet, M. H.; Rojo, S.. "Discovering the diversity and biology of South African nose flies (Rhiniidae) through entomological collections". Paper presented in 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, 2018.
    Published
  4. Thomas, Arianna; Buenaventura, B.; Martínez-Sánchez, A.; Rojo, S.. "Preliminary results of a morphological and molecular identication of Afrotropical Rhiniidae (Calyptratae)". Paper presented in 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, 2018.
    Published
  5. Buenaventura, E.; Stireman III, J.; Pape, T.; Cerretti, P.; Thomas, Arianna; Lloyd, M.W.; Dikow, T.. "A phylogenomic perspective of the Oestroidea (Calyptratae) using ultraconserved elements and historical museum specimens". Paper presented in 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, 2018.
    Published
  6. Thomas, Arianna. "Dinámica espacial de moscas califóridas (Diptera: Calliphoridae) en un gradiente urbano-rural, Altos Mirandinos, Venezuela". Paper presented in XXIII Congreso Venezolano de Entomología, Maracaibo, 2013.
    Published
  7. Thomas, Arianna; Amat, E.. "Moscas (Diptera: Calliphoridae) del Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA) y notas sobre la dispersión de Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy en Venezuela". Paper presented in XXIII Congreso Venezolano de Entomología, Maracaibo, 2013.
    Published
  8. Thomas, Arianna; Dorta, B.. "Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Muscidae) como vector mecánico de Salmonella spp. en la comunidad agrícola de La Colonia Tovar, Edo. Aragua". Paper presented in XXII Congreso Venezolano de Entomología,, Valencia, 2011.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Thomas, Arianna; Martínez-Sánchez, A.; Villet, M. H.; Rojo, S.. Corresponding author: Thomas, Arianna. "Biodiversidad y distribución geográfica de Rhiniidae en Sudáfrica (Diptera: Calyptratae).". Paper presented in XVIII Congreso Ibérico de Entomología, 2019.
  2. Thomas, Arianna. "Solapamiento de nicho entre el género nativo Cochliomyia y el invasor Chrysomya (Diptera: Calliphoridae) y su implicación en la entomología forense". Paper presented in X Congreso Venezolano de Ecología, 2013.
Journal article
  1. Arianna Thomas-Cabianca; Anabel Martínez-Sánchez; Martin H. Villet; Santos Rojo. "Revision of the Afrotropical genus Fainia Zumpt, 1958, with notes on the morphology of Rhiniidae subfamilies (Diptera, Oestroidea)". ZooKeys (2021): https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1033.58539.
    10.3897/zookeys.1033.58539
  2. Buenaventura, E.; Lloyd, M.W.; Perilla López, J.M.; González, V.L.; Thomas-Cabianca, A.; Dikow, T.. "Protein-encoding ultraconserved elements provide a new phylogenomic perspective of Oestroidea flies (Diptera: Calyptratae)". Systematic Entomology (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85087611117&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/syen.12443
  3. Thomas, Arianna. "Checklist and distribution maps of the blow flies of Venezuela (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Mesembrinellidae)". ZooKeys (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.645.6972.
    10.3897/zookeys.645.6972
  4. Ferrer-Paris, J.R.; Lozano, C.; Cardozo-Urdaneta, A.; Thomas Cabianca, A.. "Indicative response of Oxysternon festivum Linné (Coleoptera: Scarabaidae) to vegetation condition in the basin of the Orinoco river, Venezuela". Journal of Insect Conservation 20 3 (2016): 527-538. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84975117286&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10841-016-9886-6
  5. Thomas, Arianna; Ferrer-Paris, J.R.. "Primer reporte de la especie exótica Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart 1844 y nuevos registros de C. putoria Wiedemann 1818 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) para Venezuela". Bioinvasiones 1 (2015): 4-9.
    Published
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017 - Current Asociación Española de Entomología
2009 - Current Sociedad Venezolana de Entomología
Distinctions

Award

2020 PhD Thesis "Cum Laude" and International PhD mention
Universitat d'Alacant, Spain
2019 International PhD Title Grant (3,300 Euros)
Universitat d'Alacant, Spain
2019 Second Prize award, Young Researcher Oral Presentation
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
2018 Bøje Benzons Foundation Grant (13.000 DKR)
Københavns Universitet Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, Denmark
2017 GoFundme Gives Back Award (1.000 €)
2017 European Mobility Program Grant (1.300 €)
Universitat d'Alacant, Spain
2017 Williston Diptera Research Fund (500 USD)
National Museum of Natural History, United States