Publications
20. Costa-Leonardo, A. M.; Janei, V. & da Silva, I. B. (2024) New reports on the association between eggs and sclerotium-forming fungi in Neotropical termites with insights into this mutualistic interaction, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
19. da Silva, I. B. & Costa-Leonardo, A. M. (2024) Mating- and oviposition-dependent changes of the spermatheca and colleterial glands in the pest termite Cryptotermes brevis (Blattaria, Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), Protoplasma. 261, 213-225.
18. Valadares, L.; da Silva, I. B.; Costa-Leonardo, A. M. & Sandoz, J. C. (2023) Differentiation of workers into soldiers is associated with a size reduction of higher-order brain centers in the neotropical termite Procornitermes araujoi, Scientific Reports. 13, 18279. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45221-0
17. da Silva, I. B.; Costa-Leonardo, A. M. (2023) On the reproductive strategies post-colony foundation: major termite pest species with distinct ecological habits differ in their oviposition dynamics, Bulletin of Entomological Research. 113, 716-724. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485323000421
16. Costa-Leonardo, A. M.; Janei, V. & da Silva, I. B. (2023) Secretory oviducts contribute to the high egg-laying rate of physogastric termite queens (Isoptera: Termitidae), Zoology, 161, 126131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2023.126131
15. da Silva, I. B. & Costa-Leonardo, A. M. (2023) Functional morphology and development of the colleterial glands in non- and egg-laying females of the pest termite Coptotermes gestroi (Blattaria, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae), Microscopy and Microanalysis, 29, 1277-1288. https://doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozad040
14. da Silva, I. B. & Costa-Leonardo, A. M. (2023). Mating mediates morphophysiological changes in the spermatheca of Coptotermes gestroi queens (Blattaria, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 171, 361-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13253
13. Costa-Leonardo, A. M., da Silva, I. B. & Laranjo, L. T. (2022). Termite exocrine systems: a review of current knowledge. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 171, 325-342. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.13292
12. Costa-Leonardo, A. M. & da Silva, I. B. (2022). Gut anatomy and ultrastructural features of the paunch epithelium in the Neotropical termite Serritermes serrifer (Blattaria, Isoptera, Serritermitidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 300, 75-81, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.07.004
11. Costa-Leonardo, A. M., Janei, V. & da Silva, I. B. (2022). First Neotropical record of the association between brown sclerotium-forming fungi and termite eggs in a nest of Coptotermes gestroi (Blattaria, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae), The Science of Nature, 109, 45, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-022-01815-8
10. Costa-Leonardo, A. M., Janei, V. & da Silva, I. B. (2022). Comparative reproductive biology of pre-, imaginal, and neotenic castes of the Asian termite Coptotermes gestroi (Blattaria, Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485322000232
9. Costa-Leonardo, A. M., da Silva, I. B., Janei, V., Poiani, S. B., dos Santos-Pinto, J. R. A., Esteves, F. G., & Palma, M. S. (2021). Salivary glands in workers of Ruptitermes spp.(Blattaria, Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae): a morphological and proteomic approach. Cell and tissue research, 385(3), 603-621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-021-03469-w
8. Costa-Leonardo, A. M., da Silva, I. B., Poiani, S. B., dos Santos-Pinto, J. R. A., Esteves, F. G., da Silva, L. H. B., & Palma, M. S. (2020). Proteomic-components provide insights into the defensive secretion in termite workers of the soldierless genus Ruptitermes. Journal of Proteomics, 213, 103622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2019.103622
7. da Silva, I. B., Haifig, I., Vargo, E. L., Casarin, F. E., da Mota, M. L., Lima, J. T., & Costa‐Leonardo, A. M. (2020). Ergatoid reproductives in the Neotropical termite Nasutitermes aquilinus (Holmgren)(Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae): developmental origin, fecundity, and genetics. Insect Science, 27(6), 1322-1333. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12727
6. Costa-Leonardo, A. M., Janei, V., Dos Santos, A. M. R., & da Silva, I. B. (2020). Involvement of the salivary glands in the suicidal defensive behavior of workers in Neocapritermes opacus (Blattaria, Isoptera, Termitidae). Microscopy and Microanalysis, 26(4), 846-854.
5. da Silva, I. B., Buganeme, S. D., & Costa-Leonardo, A. M. (2020). Histology and ultramorphology of the mesenteric sacs in the Neotropical termite Neocapritermes opacus (Blattaria, Termitidae, Termitinae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 285, 97-104.
4. Laranjo, L. T., da Silva, I. B., & Costa-Leonardo, A. M. (2020). Development and comparative morphology of the reproductive system in different aged males of the drywood termite Cryptotermes brevis (Blattaria, Isoptera, Kalotermitidae). Protoplasma, 257(1), 31-42.
3. Costa-Leonardo, A. M., da Silva, I. B., Janei, V., Esteves, F. G., dos Santos-Pinto, J. R. A., & Palma, M. S. (2019). Worker defensive behavior associated with toxins in the Neotropical termite Neocapritermes braziliensis (Blattaria, Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45(9), 755-767. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-019-01098-w
2. da Silva, I. B. & Costa-Leonardo, A. M. (2017) Hypopharynx in termites: Morphological and functional aspects, Micron, 101, 186-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micron.2017.07.008
1. Barroso, A.; Haifig, I.; Janei, V.; da Silva, I; Dietrich, C. & Costa-Leonardo, A. M. (2017). Effects of flickering light on the attraction of nocturnal insects. Lighting Research & Technology, 49, 100-110. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477153515602143