Mariano Michat

Degree

Doctor in Biological Sciences (University of Buenos Aires).

Researcher (CONICET).

Researcher (University of Buenos Aires).

JTP (University of Buenos Aires).

Research interests

Morphology, chaetotaxy, biodiversity, phylogeny and evolution of aquatic Coleoptera, with emphasis on Hydradephaga.

Courses taught

1 – Diversity and bionomics of aquatic insects.

Research articles

1 – Bachmann, A. O., Torres, P. L. M. & Michat, M. C. (2002) La hembra de Hydrobiomorpha iguazu Bachmann 1988 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Acta Zoológica Lilloana 46(1): 141.

2 – Trémouilles, E. R., Torres, P. L. M. & Michat, M. C. (2004) New distributional records and comments for the species of the genus Queda (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 63(1-2): 38-40.

3 – Archangelsky, M., Torres, P. L. M. & Michat, M. C. (2004) Immature stages of Hydrobiomorpha spinosa (Orchymont, 1928) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Aquatic Insects 26(3-4): 253-264.

4 – Fontanarrosa, M. S., Torres, P. L. M. & Michat, M. C. (2004) Comunidades de insectos acuáticos de charcos temporarios y lagunas en la ciudad de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 63(3-4): 55-65.

5 – Trémouilles, E. R., Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2005) A synopsis of the South American Hydrovatus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), with notes on habitat and distribution, and a key to species. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 64(1-2): 61-69.

6 – Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2005) Larval morphology of Macrovatellus haagi (Wehncke) and phylogeny of Hydroporinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 36(2): 199-217.

7 – Michat, M. C., Archangelsky, M. & Torres, P. L. M. (2005) Descriptions of the preimaginal stages of Lancetes marginatus (Steinheil) and L. biremis Říha (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), and comparative notes with other Lancetes larvae. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 40(2): 129-142.

8 – Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2005) Larval morphology of Thermonectus succinctus (Aubé 1838) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae), with biological notes and chaetotaxic analysis. Aquatic Insects 27(4): 281-292.

9 – Michat, M. C. (2005) Larval morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Bunites distigma (Brullé) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae: Colymbetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 59(4): 433-447.

10 – Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2006) Hydaticus tuyuensis Trémouilles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): larval morphology and phylogenetic relationships within Dytiscinae. Hydrobiologia 563(1): 479-492.

11 – Michat, M. C. (2006) Descriptions of larvae of Megadytes (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae): The hypothesis of monophyletic origin revisited. European Journal of Entomology 103(4): 831-842.

12 – Michat, M. C. & Alarie, Y. (2006) The larvae of Amarodytes duponti (Aubé) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), with comments on Bidessini larval morphology and chaetotaxy. Zootaxa 1351: 1-13.

13 – Michat, M. C. (2006) The phylogenetic position of Hydrovatus Motschulsky: evidence from larval morphology of H. caraibus Sharp (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 37(4): 419-432.

14 – Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2006) The unknown larva of Anodocheilus Babington (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini): description of A. maculatus Babington and chaetotaxic considerations. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 132(3-4): 431-444.

15 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y., Torres, P. L. M. & Megna, Y. S. (2007) Larval morphology of the diving beetle Celina and the phylogeny of ancestral hydroporines (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Invertebrate Systematics 21(3): 239-254.

16 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C., Archangelsky, M. & Barber-James, H. M. (2007) Larval morphology of Liodessus Guignot, 1939: generic characteristics, descriptions of five species and comparisons with other members of the tribe Bidessini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Zootaxa 1516: 1-21.

17 – Michat, M. C. & Archangelsky, M. (2007) Descriptions of larvae of Desmopachria Babington (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae): the D. vicina Sharp species group. The Coleopterists Bulletin 61(2): 264-276.

18 – Alarie, Y. & Michat, M. C. (2007) Primary setae and pores on the maxilla of larvae of the subfamily Hydroporinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae): ground plan pattern reconsidered. The Coleopterists Bulletin 61(2): 310-317.

19 – Alarie, Y. & Michat, M. C. (2007) Phylogenetic analysis of Hydroporinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) based on larval morphology, with description of first instar of Laccornellus lugubris. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100(5): 655-665.

20 – Torres, P. L. M., Mazzucconi, S. A. & Michat, M. C. (2007) Los coleópteros y heterópteros acuáticos del Parque Nacional El Palmar (Provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina): lista faunística, diversidad y distribución. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 66(3-4): 127-153.

21 – Archangelsky, M. & Michat, M. C. (2007) Morphology and chaetotaxy of the larval stages of Andogyrus seriatopunctatus Régimbart (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Gyrinidae). Zootaxa 1645: 19-33.

22 – Torres, P. L. M., Michat, M. C. & Archangelsky, M. (2008) Description of the preimaginal stages of three species of the genus Tropisternus Solier, subgenus Strepitornus Hansen (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), with emphasis on morphometry and chaetotaxy. Zootaxa 1702: 1-25.

23 – Torres, P. L. M., Mazzucconi, S. A., Michat, M. C. & Bachmann, A. O. (2008) Los coleópteros y heterópteros acuáticos del Parque Nacional Calilegua (Provincia de Jujuy, Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 67(1-2): 127-144.

24 – Michat, M. C. & Alarie, Y. (2008) Morphology and chaetotaxy of larval Hypodessus cruciatus (Régimbart) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), and analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of the Bidessini based on larval characters. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 43(2): 135-146.

25 – Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2008) On the systematic position of the diving-beetle genus Pachydrus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae): evidence from larval chaetotaxy and morphology. European Journal of Entomology 105(4): 737-750.

26 – Michat, M. C., Archangelsky, M. & Bachmann, A. O. (2008) Generic keys for the identification of larval Dytiscidae from Argentina (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 67(3-4): 17-36.

27 – Michat, M. C. (2008) Description of the larvae of three species of Laccophilus Leach and comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the Laccophilinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Zootaxa 1922: 47-61.

28 – Michat, M. C. & Archangelsky, M. (2009) Phylogenetic relationships of Leuronectes Sharp (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae) based on larval morphology and chaetotaxy. Insect Systematics & Evolution 40(2): 209-228.

29 – Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2009) A preliminary study on the phylogenetic relationships of Copelatus Erichson (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) based on larval chaetotaxy and morphology. Hydrobiologia 632(1): 309-327.

30 – Michat, M. C. & Alarie, Y. (2009) Phylogenetic relationships of Notaticus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) based on larval morphology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102(5): 797-808.

31 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C. & Watts, C. H. S. (2009) Larval morphology of Paroster Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae): reinforcement of the hypothesis of monophyletic origin and discussion of phenotypic accommodation to a hypogaeic environment. Zootaxa 2274: 1-44.

32 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C., Nilsson, A. N., Archangelsky, M. & Hendrich, L. (2009) Larval morphology of Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae): descriptions of 22 species and phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 2317: 1-102.

33 – Michat, M. C. (2010) Descriptions of larvae of Megadytes (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae): The subgenera Trifurcitus and Megadytes s. str., ground plan of chaetotaxy of the genus and phylogenetic analysis. European Journal of Entomology 107(3): 377-392.

34 – Michat, M. C., Archangelsky, M. & Fernández L. A. (2010) Larval description and chaetotaxic analysis of Gyrinus monrosi Mouchamps, 1957 (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 80: 1-14.

35 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Watts, C. H. S. (2010) Descriptions of the first-instar larva of the hypogaeic species Neobidessodes limestoneensis (Watts & Humphreys) and of the third-instar larva of Hydroglyphus balkei Hendrich (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini) with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 2658: 38-50.

36 – Fernández, L. A., Torres, P. L. M., Michat, M. C., Fischer, S., Oliva, A. & Bachmann, A. O. (2010) Coleópteros acuáticos y semiacuáticos del Parque Provincial Ernesto Tornquist (Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 69(3-4): 189-199.

37 – Torres, P. L. M., Michat, M. C. & Archangelsky, M. (2011) The immature stages of Tropisternus (Pleurhomus) sahlbergi (Sharp) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), with considerations on the primary chaetotaxy of Tropisternus Solier. Zootaxa 2777: 25-40.

38 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Watts, C. H. S. (2011) Larval morphology of Allodessus Guignot (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 33(1): 27-40.

39 – Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2011) Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Vatellini based on larval morphology, with description of Derovatellus lentus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104(5): 863-877.

40 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C., & Miller, K. B. (2011) Notation of primary setae and pores on larvae of Dytiscinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 3087: 1-55.

41 – Libonatti, M. L., Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2011) Key to the subfamilies, tribes and genera of adult Dytiscidae of Argentina (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 70(3-4): 317-336.

42 – Torres, P. L. M., Michat, M. C., Libonatti, M. L., Fernández, L. A., Oliva, A. & Bachmann, A. O. (2012) Aquatic Coleoptera from Mburucuyá National Park (Corrientes Province, Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 71(1-2): 57-71.

43 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Watts, C. H. S. (2012) Phylogenetic relationships and comparative larval morphology of epigean and stygobitic species of Limbodessus Guignot, 1939 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini), with a key of identification. Zootaxa 3584: 1-110.

44 – Michat, M. C. & Archangelsky, M. (2013) Description of the second and third instars of Laccornellus lugubris (Aubé) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 67(1): 23-27.

45 – Michat, M. C. & Alarie, Y. (2013) Phylogenetic relationships, larval morphology, and chaetotaxy of the subfamily Coptotominae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). The Canadian Entomologist 145(3): 247-264.

46 – Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2013) The unknown larva of the minute diving beetle genus Brachyvatus Zimmermann, 1919 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini). Entomological News 123(2): 139-153.

47 – Michat, M. C. & Balke, M. (2013) El escarabajo acuático de Juan Fernández, Anisomeria bistriata (Brullé 1835): hábitat, comunidades y conservación. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 62(1): 29-39.

48 – Balke, M.; Schmidt, S.; Hausmann, A.; Toussaint, E. F. A.; Bergsten, J.; Buffington, M.; Häuser, C. L.; Kroupa, A.; Hagedorn, G.; Riedel, A.; Polaszek, A.; Ubaidillah, R.; Krogmann, L.; Zwick, A.; Fikácek, M.; Hájek, J.; Michat, M. C.; Dietrich, C.; La Salle, J.; Mantle, B.; Ng, P. K. L.; Hobern, D. (2013) Biodiversity into your hands – A call for a virtual global natural history ‘metacollection’. Frontiers in Zoology 10:55.

49 – Michat, M. C. (2013) Description of the larvae of Thermonectus alfredi Griffini, 1898 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 83: 7-15.

50 – Libonatti, M. L., Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2013) Aquatic Coleoptera from two protected areas of the Humid Chaco eco-region (Chaco Province, Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 72(3-4): 155-168.

51 – Torres, P. L. M., Michat, M. C., Archangelsky, M. & Fernández, L. A. (2014) Description of immatures of the genus Tropisternus Solier, subgenus Pristoternus Orchymont (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), with emphasis on the chaetotaxy and morphometry of larval forms. Zootaxa 2790(2): 380-398.

52 – Barman, E. H., Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Wolfe, G. W. (2014) A description of the first instar of Hoperius planatus Fall, 1927 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae: Colymbetini), with phylogenetic implications. The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(2): 321-330.

53 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Hendrich, L. (2014) Description of the third instar of Hygrobia nigra (Clark, 1862) (Coleoptera: Paelobiidae), with a key for the identification of mature larvae of Hygrobia Latreille, 1804 and phylogenetic analysis. Zootaxa 3827(3): 318-330.

54 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y., Jia, F., Xu, S., Hájek, J. & Balke, M. (2014) Description of the second and third instars of Aspidytes wrasei Balke, Ribera & Beutel, 2003, with comments on the identification of larvae of Aspidytes Ribera, Beutel, Balke & Vogler, 2002 (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae), and phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 3881(4): 362-372.

55 – Morinière, J., Michat, M. C., Jäch, M. A., Bergsten, J., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. (2015) Anisomeriini diving beetles—an Atlantic–Pacific Island disjunction on Tristan da Cunha and Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernández? Cladistics 31(2): 166-176.

56 – Toledo, M. & Michat, M. C. (2015) Description of Laccomimus gen. n. and eleven new species from the Neotropical region (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae). Zootaxa 3990(3): 301-354.

57 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Watts, C. H. S. (2015) Phylogenetic placement of the genus Sternhydrus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Cybistrini) based on larval morphology, with description of S. atratus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108(5): 881-892.

58 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Hájek, J. (2015) Larval morphology of Yola Gozis, 1886 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini) and comparison with other genera of the tribe Bidessini. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(3): 489-497.

59 – Michat, M. C. & Toledo, M. (2015) Phylogenetic relationships and larval morphology of the recently described diving beetle genus Laccomimus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Laccophilinae). European Journal of Entomology 112(4): 831-843.

60 – Macchia, G. A., Libonatti, M. L., Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2015) Aquatic Coleoptera from El Cristal Natural Reserve (Santa Fe Province, Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 74(3-4): 111-116.

61 – Toussaint, E. F. A.; Beutel, R. G., Morinière, J., Jia, F., Xu, S., Michat, M. C., Zhou, X., Bilton, D. T., Ribera, I., Hájek, J. & Balke, M. (2016) Molecular phylogeny of the highly disjunct cliff water beetles from South Africa and China (Coleoptera, Aspidytidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(3): 537-546.

62 – Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2016) Thermonectus tremouillesi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Aciliini): description of the adults and larvae and comparisons with other species of the genus. Journal of Natural History 50(25-26): 1633-1648.

63 – Morinière, J., Van Dam, M. H., Hawlitschek, O., Bergsten, J., Michat, M. C., Hendrich, L., Ribera, I., J. Toussaint, E. F. A. & Balke, M. (2016) Phylogenetic niche conservatism explains an inverse latitudinal diversity gradient in freshwater arthropods. Scientific Reports 6: 26340.

64 – Michat, M. C. & Gustafson, G. T. (2016) Larval morphology and chaetotaxy of Macrogyrus oblongus (Boisduval, 1835) (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Aquatic Insects 37(2): 87-98.

65 – Michat, M. C., Marinho Alvarenga, T., Souza Silva, M. & Alarie, Y. (2016) First larval description and chaetotaxic analysis of the neotropical whirligig beetle genus Enhydrus Laporte, 1834 (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 60(3): 231-237.

66 – Silvestro, V. A. & Michat, M. C. (2016) Description of the egg and first-instar larva of Scotobius pilularius Germar, 1823 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Scotobiini), and analysis of larval primary chaetotaxy. Annales Zoologici 66(4): 681-691.

67 – Ramírez, L. C. & Michat, M. C. (2016) First fossil predacious diving beetle from the Late Pleistocene of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ameghiniana 53(4): 512-516.

68 – Toussaint, E. F. A., Hendrich, L., Hájek, J., Michat, M. C., Panjaitan, R., Short, A. E. Z. & Balke, M. (2017) Evolution of Pacific Rim diving beetles sheds light on Amphi-Pacific biogeography. Ecography 40(4): 500-510.

69 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C., & Challet, G. L. (2017) Larval description and phylogenetic placement of the South African endemic genera Coelhydrus Sharp and Darwinhydrus Sharp (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Hyphydrini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(2): 389-401.

70 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Miller, K. B. (2017) Higher-level phylogeny of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) based on larval characters. Systematic Entomology 42(4): 734-767.

71 – Michat, M. C., Gustafson, G. T. & Bergsten, J. (2017) Larval description and chaetotaxic analysis of Dineutus sinuosipennis Laporte, 1840, with a key for the identification of larvae of the tribe Dineutini (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae). ZooKeys 718: 95-114.

72 – Michat, M. C. & Balke, M. (2018) Evolution of the Juan Fernández diving beetle, Rhantus selkirki (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Zoologica Scripta 47: 187-196.

73 – Libonatti, M. L., Jorge, G., Archangelsky, M. & Michat, M. C. (2018) The last instar larva and pupa of Ora depressa (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), a marsh beetle with underwater pupation. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58(2): 441-455.

74 – Rodriguez, G., Archangelsky, M., Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2018) Comparative analysis of diagnostic and phylogenetic chaetotaxic characters of Berosus Leach and their implications on the relationships of the tribe Berosini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 277: 203-217.

75 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Hájek, J. (2018) Larvae of Huxelhydrus syntheticus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini). Zootaxa 4524(1): 121-131.

76 – Colpani, D., Benetti, C. J., Hamada, N., Andrade-Souza, V. & Michat, M. C. (2018) Gyretes Brullé (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) from Brazil: Morphology of eggs and early instars. Zootaxa 4526(3): 331-346.

77 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C., Hendrich, L. & Watts, C.H.S. (2018) Larval description and phylogenetic placement of the Australian endemic genus Barretthydrus Lea, 1927 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Hydroporini: Sternopriscina). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(4): 639-661.

78 – Benetti, C. J., Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Hamada, N. (2019) Description of the second- and third instar larvae of Platynectes (s. str.) decemnotatus (Aubé, 1838) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae: Platynectini). Zootaxa 4544(3): 381-394.

79 – Benetti, C. J., Short, A. E. Z. & Michat, M. C. (2019) Hamadiana chapadensis, a new genus and species of diving beetle from Brazil (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae, Laccophilini). Zootaxa 4615(1): 176-184.

80 – Urcola, J. I., Alarie, Y., Benetti, C. J., Rodriguez, G. & Michat, M. C. (2019) Larval morphology and analysis of primary chaetotaxy in the genus Suphis Aubé, 1836 (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Zootaxa 4619(1): 121-138.

81 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C., Jia, F. & Hájek, J. (2019) Hydrotrupes chinensis Nilsson, 2003 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): new records, (re)description of adult and larva, and notes on its biology. Aquatic insects 40(3): 236-256.

82 – Okada, R., Alarie, Y. & Michat, M. C. (2019) Description of the larvae of four Japanese Platambus Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae) with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 4646(3): 401-433.

83 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Alarie, Y., Torres, P. L. M. & Michat, M. C. (2019) Morphology and chaetotaxy of the instars of Hydrocanthus sharpi Zimmermann, 1928 (Coleoptera: Noteridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 73(3): 611-620.

84 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C. & Watts, C. H. S. (2019) Larval morphology of the Australian radiation Sternopriscina (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae): description and phylogenetic placement of the genus Chostonectes Sharp, 1880. Aquatic insects 40(4): 328-354.

85 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Watts, C. H. S. (2019) Dealing with a hairy beast—larval morphology and chaetotaxy of the Australian endemic diving beetle genus Spencerhydrus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Cybistrini). ZooKeys 884: 53-67.

86 – Urcola, J. I., Alarie, Y., Benetti & Michat, M. C. (2019) Larval morphology of Suphisellus Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Noteridae): description of first instar of S. rufipes (Sharp, 1882) with biological notes and chaetotaxy analysis. Annales Zoologici 69(4): 817-825.

87 – Gustafson, G. T., Michat, M. C. & Balke, M. (2020) Burmese amber reveals a new stem lineage of whirligig beetle (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Gyrinidae) based on the larval stage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189(4): 1232-1248.

88 – Colpani, D., Benetti, C. J., Hamada, N., Andrade-Souza, V., Schoeninger, K. & Michat, M. C. (2020) Description of the immature stages of the Neotropical whirligig beetle Gyrinus (Neogyrinus) rozei Ochs, 1953 (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) and first report of the parasitoid wasp Melanosmicra sp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) on a Gyrinus species. Zootaxa 4732(1): 99-116.

89 – Benetti, C. J., Michat, M. C. & Hamada, N. (2020) Hydrodessus ducke sp. n. and new records of other species of the genus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini). Zootaxa 4743(1): 47-60.

90 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C. & Watts, C. H. S. (2020) Larval morphology of Megaporus Brinck, 1943 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): descriptions of  M. hamatus (Clark, 1862) and M. gardnerii (Clark, 1862) and phylogenetic considerations. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74(1): 139-160.

91 – Alarie, Y. & Michat, M. C. (2020) Larval morphology of Agabinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): descriptions of three species of the subgenus Agabus s. str. Leach, 1817 with phylogenetic considerations. Aquatic insects 41(3): 197-226.

92 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Baca, S. M. & Michat, M. C. (2020) Suphisellus grossoi sp. n., a new burrowing water beetle from South America, and notes on S. flavolineatus (Régimbart, 1889) and S. grammicus (Sharp, 1882) (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Zootaxa 4786(1): 122-130.

93 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Alarie, Y., Rodriguez, G. & Michat, M. C. (2020) Characterization and mapping of sensilla on the head appendages of noterid larvae (Coleoptera: Noteridae), and development of a preliminary biometric method for taxa delimitation. Journal of Morphology 281(10): 1210-1222.

94 – Michat, M. C., Archangelsky, M. & Alarie, Y. (2020) Morphology and chaetotaxy of Neotropical Haliplus larvae (Coleoptera: Haliplidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 91(e913541): 1-12.

95 – Urcola, J. I., Alarie, Y., Benetti, C. J. & Michat, M. C. (2020) Description of the larval stages of Hydrocanthus socius Sahlberg, 1844 (Coleoptera: Noteridae) with chaetotaxy analysis. Annales Zoologici 70(4): 687-695.

96 – Gustafson, G. T., Miller, K. B., Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y., Baca, S. M., Balke, M. & Short, A. E. Z. (2021) The enduring value of reciprocal illumination in the era of insect phylogenomics: a response to Cai et al. (2020). Systematic Entomology 46(3): 473-486.

97 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Alarie, Y. & Michat, M. C. (2021) The unknown larva of the burrowing water beetle genus Liocanthydrus Guignot, 1957 (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Journal of Natural History 54(35-36): 2285-2296.

98 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C. & Watts, C. H. S. (2021) Description of the mature larva of four species of the Australasian endemic genus Sternopriscus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with phylogenetic considerations. Aquatic Insects 42(3-4): 197-215.

99 – Michat, M. C. & Alarie, Y. (2021) Description of the second- and third-instar larvae of Hydrovatus crassulus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydrovatini). Zootaxa 4999(5): 469-478.

100 – Alarie, Y. & Michat, M. C. (2022) Larval morphology of Ilybiosoma Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae): description of five Nearctic species with phylogenetic considerations. Aquatic insects 43(2): 99-129.

101 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Benetti, C. J. (2022) Larval morphology of the Neotropical diving beetle genus Hemibidessus Zimmermann, 1921 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini). Zootaxa 5168(3): 388-400.

102 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C., Watanabe, K., Shaverdo, H., Wang, L.-J. & Watts, C. H. S. (2022) An outlook on larval morphology of Copelatinae diving beetles with phylogenetic considerations (Coleoptera: Adephaga, Dytiscidae). Zootaxa 5175(2): 151-205.

103 – Urcola, J. I., Alarie, Y., Benetti, C. J., Torres, P. L. M. & Michat, M. C. (2022) Description and chaetotaxic analysis of the larval instars of Hydrocanthus debilis Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Zootaxa 5196(1): 135-144.

104 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C., Ranarilalatiana, T. & Bergsten, J. (2022) Larval morphology of the Madagascan endemic diving beetle genus Hovahydrus Biström, 1982 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and phylogenetic comparison with other known Hyphydrini. Zootaxa 5219(3): 227-246.

105 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C., Shaverdo, H. & Hájek, J. (2023) Morphology of the larvae of Sandracottus femoralis Heller, 1934, and S. mixtus (Blanchard, 1843) and phylogenetic comparison with other known Aciliini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Dytiscinae). Zootaxa 5263(3): 301-334.

106 – Alarie, Y., Watanabe, K. & Michat, M. C. (2023) The very rare Japanese endemic diving beetle Japanolaccophilus niponensis (Kamiya, 1939), (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae): larval morphology and phylogenetic comparison with other known Laccophilini. Zootaxa 5285(1): 116-132.

107 – Alarie, Y., Mai, Z., Michat, M. C. & Hájek, J. (2023) Larval morphology and new records of the iconic diving beetle Acilius sinensis Peschet, 1915 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae)—a species well established in western Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5301(2): 277-291.

108 – Miller, K. B., Benetti, C. J. & Michat, M. C. (2023) Miradessus gen. nov. from South America described for two species previously in Amarodytes Régimbart, 1900 and two new species (Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini). ZooKeys 1176: 13-28.

109 – Urcola, J. I. & Michat, M. C. (2023) Description of the mature larva of Suphisellus curtus (Sharp, 1882) (Coleoptera: Noteridae) with chaetotaxy analysis. Aquatic insects 44(4): 273-283.

110 – Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C. J., Alarie, Y., Urcola, M. R. & Michat, M. C. (2023) Description of the first- and third-instar larvae of Hydrocanthus levigatus (Brullé, 1837) (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Aquatic insects 10.1080/01650424.2023.2245802: 1-13.

111 – Michat, M. C., Alarie, Y. & Balke, M. (2023) Bunites distigma (Brullé, 1837): discovery of the second- and third-instar larvae and phylogenetic relationships within the Colymbetinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Zootaxa 5353(6): 551-566.

112 – Urcola, J. I., Guimarães, B. A. C., Torres, P.L.M., Fery, H. & Michat, M. C. (2023) Redescription and neotype designation of Suphis fluviatilis Guignot, 1948 (Coleoptera: Dytiscoidea: Noteridae) and notes on other species of the genus. Zootaxa 5374(1): 137-147.

113 – Alarie, Y., Michat, M. C., Bergsten, J. & Hájek, J. (2023) Morphology of the larvae of Rhantaticus congestus (Klug, 1833) and phylogenetic comparison with other known Aciliini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae). Zootaxa 5380(3): 247-264.

114 – Miller, K. B., Michat, M. C. & Ferreira Jr., N. (2024) Reclassification of Cybistrinae Sharp, 1880 in the Neotropical Region (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae), with description of new taxa. ZooKeys 1188: 125-168.

Book chapters

01 – Archangelsky, M., Manzo, V., Michat, M. C. & Torres, P. L. M. (2009) Capítulo 14: Coleoptera. In: Domínguez, E. & Fernández, H. R. (eds.), Macroinvertebrados bentónicos sudamericanos: sistemática y biología. Fundación Miguel Lillo, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, pp. 411-468.

02 – Alarie, Y. & Michat, M. C. (2014) Bridging ecology and systematics: 25 years of study of larval morphology of world Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). In: Yee, D. A. (ed.), Ecology, systematics, and the natural history of predaceous diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Springer, pp. 17-47.

03 – Michat, M. C. & Archangelsky, M. (2014) Coleoptera: Gyrinidae. In: Roig-Juñent, S. A., Claps, L. E. & Morrone, J. J. (dirs.), Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, vol. 3. Editorial INSUE – Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, pp. 455-465.

04 – Archangelsky, M. & Michat, M. C. (2014) Coleoptera: Haliplidae. In: Roig-Juñent, S. A., Claps, L. E. & Morrone, J. J. (dirs.), Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, vol. 3. Editorial INSUE – Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, pp. 467-473.

05 – Benetti, C. J., Michat, M. C. & Archangelsky, M. (2018) Order Coleoptera: Introduction. In: Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates (4th edition): keys to Neotropical Hexapoda. Elsevier, pp. 497-517.

06 – Benetti, C. J., Michat, M. C., Ferreira-Jr., N., Benzi Braga, R., Megna, Y. S. & Toledo, M. (2018) Family Dytiscidae. In: Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates (4th edition): keys to Neotropical Hexapoda. Elsevier, pp. 539-560.

07 – Alarie, Y. & Michat, M. C. (2023) Larval chaetotaxy of world Dytiscidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) and implications for the study of Hydradephaga. In: Yee, D. A. (ed.), Ecology, systematics, and the natural history of predaceous diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Second edition. Springer, pp. 17-53.

08 – Michat, M. C., Archangelsky, M. & Benetti, C. J. (2023) Dytiscidae. In: Roig-Juñent, S. A., Claps, L. E. & Morrone, J. J. (dirs.), Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, vol. 5. Editorial INSUE – Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, pp. 137-158.

09 – Urcola, J. I. & Michat, M. C. (2023) Noteridae. In: Roig-Juñent, S. A., Claps, L. E. & Morrone, J. J. (dirs.), Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, vol. 5. Editorial INSUE – Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, pp. 190-197.

Doctoral theses supervised

1 – Libonatti, M. L.: Morphology, systematics, phylogeny and bionomy of Scirtidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Polyphaga) of Argentina. 2011-2016.

2 – Silvestro, V. A.: Systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Scotobiini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). 2013-2018.

3 – Urcola, J. I.: Morfología larval, quetotaxia y filogenia de Noteridae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga) de la Argentina. 2017-current.

Degree theses supervised

Libonatti, M. L.: Genera of Dytiscidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) from Argentina: morphology, distribution, and key to the identification of adults. 2010-2011.