Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

54. de Pedro D., Ceccarelli F.S., Sagot P., López-Reyes E., Mullins J.L., Mérida-Rivas J.A., Falcon-Brindis A., Griswold T., Ascher J.S., Gardner J., Ayala R., Vides-Borrell E., Vandame R. (2024) Revealing the Baja California Peninsula’s Hidden Treasures: An Annotated checklist of the native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila). Zootaxa, 5522: 1-391.

53. Castañeda González A., Salazar Ceseña M., del Val E., Macip-Ríos R., Ceccarelli F.S. (2024) Fire favours the native bee community in a semi-arid ecosystem. Ecological Entomology, 49(5): 647-661.

52. Ceccarelli F.S., Sankey-Alamilla L.A. (2024) Coastal dunes as drivers of genetic differentiation in the honeypot ant Myrmecocystus baja (Formicidae: Formicinae). The Science of Nature, 111(39): 1-12.

51. Sankey-Alamilla L.A., Hernandez-Jimenez S.A., Lopez-Reyes E., Ceccarelli F.S. (2024) New Species of Honeypot Ant of the Genus Myrmecocystus from Pacific Coastal Dunes of Baja California, Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist, 94(1): 71-87.

50. de Pedro D., Ceccarelli F.S., Vandame R., Mérida J., Sagot P. (2023). Congruence between species richness and phylogenetic diversity in North America for the bee genus Diadasia (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Biodiversity and Conservation, 32(13): 4445-4459.

49. Martínez-Aquino A, García-Teh J.G., Ceccarelli F.S., Aguirre-Macedo ML, Vidal-Martínez VM (2023). Integrative taxonomy of Serrasentis gibsoni n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Isthmosacanthidae) from flatfishes in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Helminthology, 97: e96, 1–17

48. Ceccarelli F.S., Garduño-Villaseñor L.A., Hernández-Salgado L.C. (2023) Genetic diversity and population histories of two species of Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae) from northwestern Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 94: e945052-e945052.

47. Griotti M., Ceccarelli F.S., Roig-Juñent S. (2023) Following the aridity: Historical biogeography and diversification of the Philodromidae spider genus Petrichus in South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 180: 107684.

46. Ojanguren-Affilastro A.A., Ceccarelli F.S., Mattoni C.I., Salas L., Iuri H., Ochoa J.A, Barrios A. (2023) On the southernmost high Andean scorpion species, with the identification of a cryptic new species of Brachistosternus (Bothriuridae) through morphology, molecular data and species distribution models. Zoologischer Anzeiger 302: 248-259.

45. Hernández Salgado L.C, Guerrero Fuentes D.R., Garduño Villaseñor L.A., Castañeda Betancur L., López Reyes E., Ceccarelli F.S. (2022) New Distributional Records of Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae) for Baja California and Mexico: An Integrative Approach. Diversity 14: 159.

44. Ojanguren Affilastro A.A., Kochalka J., Guerrero-Orellana D., Garcete-Barrett B., de Roodt A.R., Borges A., Ceccarelli F.S. (2021) Redefinición de la identidad y posición filogenética de Tityus trivittatus Kraepelin 1898, y descripción de Tityus carrilloi n. sp. (Scorpiones; Buthidae), la especie de mayor importancia médica del sur de Sudamérica. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 23: 27-55.

43. Munguía-Ortega K.K., López-Reyes E., Ceccarelli F.S. (2021) Testing the accuracy of vegetation-based ecoregions for predicting the species composition of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Journal of Insect Science 21: 1-6.

42. Sánchez-Guillén R.A., Ceccarelli S., Villalobos F., Neupane S., Rivas-Torres A., Sanmartín-Villar I., Wellenreuther M., Bybee Seth M., Velásquez-Vélez M.I., Realpe E. (2020) The evolutionary history of colour polymorphism in Ischnura damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 49: 333-370.

41. Ceccarelli F.S., Aguilera-Molina V.M., Munguía-Ortega K.K., López-Reyes E. (2020) Hyperparasitism in a jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) defoliator in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir national park, Baja California, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 65: 268-271.

40. Martínez-Aquino A, Vidal-Martínez VM, Ceccarelli FS, Méndez O, Soler-Jiménez LC, Aguirre-Macedo ML. (2020) Phylogeny, genetics, and the partial life cycle of Oncomegas wageneri in the Gulf of Mexico. Current Zoology 66(3): 275-283.

39. Martínez Aquino, A., Garcia Teh, J. G., Ceccarelli, F. S., Aguilar Aguilar, R., Vidal Martínez, V., & Aguirre Macedo, L. (2020) New morphological and molecular data for Xystretrum solidum (Gorgoderidae, Gorgoderinae) from Sphoeroides testudineus (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) in Mexican waters. ZooKeys 925: 141-161.

38. Martínez Aquino, A., Chan Martín, A. J., Garcia Teh, J. G., Ceccarelli, F. S., & Aguirre Macedo, L. (2019) Metacercariae of Haplorchis pumilio (Looss, 1896) in Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Mérida City, Yucatán, Mexico: a co-introduced parasite. BioInvasions Records. doi: https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2019.8.3.29.

37. Aguilera-Molina V.M., Munguía-Ortega K.K., López-Reyes E., Martínez-Aquino A., Ceccarelli F.S. (2019) Climate change and forest plagues: assessing current and future impacts of diprionid sawflies on the pine forests of north-western Mexico. PeerJ 7:e7220 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7220.

36. Ceccarelli F.S., Mongiardino-Koch N., Soto E.M., Barone, M.L., Arnedo, M.A., Ramírez, M.J. (2019) The grass was greener: Repeated evolution of specialized morphologies and habitat shifts in ghost spiders following grassland expansion in South America. Systematic Biology 68(1): 63-77.

35. Perez-Gonzalez A., Ceccarelli F.S., Monte B.G.O., Proud D.N., Bernardino DaSilva M., Bichuette M.E. (2017) Light from dark: a relictual troglobite reveals a broader ancestral distribution for kimulid harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores: Kimulidae) in South America. PLOS ONE 12(11): e0187919.

34.    Ojanguren-Affilastro A.A., Adilardi R.S., Cajade R., Ramirez M.J., Ceccarelli F.S, Mola L. (2017) Multiple approaches to understanding the taxonomic status of an enigmatic new scorpion species of the genus Tityus (Buthidae) from the biogeographic island of Paraje Tres Cerros (Argentina). PLOS ONE 12(7): e0181337.

33. Ojanguren-Affilastro A.A., Adilardi R.S., Mattoni C.I, Ramírez M.J., Ceccarelli F.S. (2017) Dated phylogenetic studies of the southernmost American buthids (Scorpiones; Buthidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 110: 39–49.

32. Mongiardino Koch N., Ceccarelli F.S., Ojanguren-Affilastro A.A., Ramirez M.J. (2017) Discrete and morphometric traits reveal contrasting patterns and processes in the macroevolutionary history of a clade of scorpions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30: 814-825.

31. Ceccarelli F.S., Pizarro-Araya J.R., Ramirez M.J., Ojanguren-Affilastro A.A. (2017) Phylogeography and population structure of two bothriurid scorpion species from the Chilean coastal desert – the perils of coastal living. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120: 75-89.

30. Soto E.M. Labarque F.M. Ceccarelli F.S. Arnedo M.A. Pizarro-Araya J, Ramírez M.J. (2017) The life and adventures of an eight-legged castaway: Colonization and diversification of Philisca ghost spiders on Robinson Crusoe Island (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 132–141.

29. Ceccarelli F.S., Opell B.D., Haddad C.R., Raven R.J., Soto E.M., Ramírez  M.J. (2016) Around the World in Eight Million Years: historical biogeography and evolution of the spray zone spider Amaurobioides (Araneae: Anyphaenidae), PLoS ONE 11(10): e0163740.

28. Ceccarelli F.S., Ojanguren-Affilastro A.A., Ramírez M.J., Ochoa J.A., Mattoni C.I., Prendini L. (2016) Andean uplift drives diversification of the bothriurid scorpion genus Brachistosternus. Journal of Biogeography, 43: 1942–1954.

27. Ceccarelli F.S., Haddad C.R., Ramírez M.J. (2016) Endosymbiotic Rickettsiales (Alphaproteobacteria) from the spider genus Amaurobioides (Araneae: Anyphaenidae). Journal of Arachnology, 44(2):251-253.

26. Ojanguren-Affilastro A.A., Mattoni C.I., Ochoa J.A., Ramírez M.J., Ceccarelli F.S., Prendini L. (2016) Phylogeny, species delimitation and convergence in the South American bothriurid scorpion genus Brachistosternus Pocock 1893: Integrating morphology, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 : 159-170.

25. Ceccarelli F.S., Menegon M., Tolley K.A., Tilbury C.R., Gower D.J., Laserna M.H., Kasahun R., Rodriguez-Prieto A., Hagmann R., Loader S.P. (2014) Evolutionary relationships, species delimitation and biogeography of Eastern Afromontane horned chameleons (Chamaeleonidae: Trioceros). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 125-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.023.

24. Loader S.P., Ceccarelli F.S., Menegon M., Howell K.M., Kassahun R., Mengistu A.A., Saber S.A., Gebresenbet F., De Sá R., Davenport T.R.B., Larson J.G., Müller H., Wilkinson M., Gower D.J. (2014) Persistence and stability of Eastern Afromontane forests: Evidence from brevicipitid frogs. Journal of Biogeography 41: 1781–1792. doi:10.1111/jbi.12331.

23. Martínez-Aquino A., Ceccarelli F.S., Eguiarte L.E., Vázquez-Domínguez E. and Pérez-Ponce de León G. (2014) Does the historical biogeography and evolutionary history of the digenean Margotrema spp. across central Mexico mirror those of their freshwater fish hosts (Goodeinae)? PLOS ONE 9(7): e101700. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101700.

22. Ceccarelli F.S., Robinson D.E., Clebsch H., Zaldívar-Riverón A. (2014) Parasitoid wasps from three Jamaican localities: A pilot study. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 37: 127-135.

21. Ceccarelli F.S., Zaldívar-Riverón A. (2013) Broad polyphyly and historical biogeography of the Neotropical wasp genus Notiospathius (Braconidae: Doryctinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (1): 142-152.

20. Ceccarelli F.S. (2013) Ant-mimicking spiders: strategies for living with social insects. Psyche. Article ID: 839181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/839181, 6 pp.

19. Loader S.P., Ceccarelli F. S., Wilkinson M., Menegon M., Mariaux J., de Sá R.O., Howell K.M, Gower D.J. (2013) Species boundaries and biogeography of East African torrent frogs of the genus Petropedetes (Amphibia: Anura: Petropeditidae). African Journal of Herpetology 62 (1): 40-48.

18. Martinez-Aquino A., Ceccarelli F.S., Perez-Ponce de Leon, G. (2013) Molecular phylogeny of the genus Margotrema (Digenea: Allocrediidae), parasitic flatworms of goodeid freshwater fishes across central Mexico: species boundaries, host-specificity and geographical congruence. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168: 1-16.

17. López-Estrada E.K., Briceño R.G. , Smith A.M. , F. Nunes J. , Penteado-Dias A.M., Ceccarelli F.S., Clebsch H., and Zaldívar-Riverón A. (2012) Six new species of Notiospathius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Northwestern Venezuela. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 29: 37-61.

16. Braet Y., Ceccarelli F.S., Zaldivar-Riveron A. (2012) Two new species of Evaniodes Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from French Guiana. Zootaxa 3247: 52-60.

15. F. Nunes J., Penteado-Dias A.M., Ceccarelli F.S., Zaldívar-Riverón A. (2012) Redescription of Mononeuron duguetiae Fisher (Braconidae: Doryctinae), a gall associated species on Duguetia furfuracea (St. Hil.) (Anonaceae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 24: 75-84.

14. Martinez J.J., Ceccarelli F.S., Zaldívar-Riverón A. (2012) Two new species of Pambolus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Jamaica. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 24: 85-93.

13. Zaldívar-Riverón A., Martínez J.J., Ceccarelli F.S. and Shaw S.R. (2012) Five new species of doryctine parasitoid wasps of the genera Lissopsius Marsh, Heerz Marsh and Ondigus Braet, Barbalho and van Achterberg (Braconidae) from the Chamela-Cuixmala biosphere reserve in Jalisco, Mexico. Zookeys 164: 1-23.

12. Ceccarelli F.S., Sharkey M., Zaldivar-Riveron A (2012) Species identification in the taxonomically neglected, highly diverse Neotropical parasitoid wasp genus Notiospathius (Braconidae: Doryctinae) based on an integrative molecular and morphological approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (1): 485-495.

11. Belokobylskij S.A., Ceccarelli S.F., Zaldivar-Riveron A. (2011) Kauriphanes n. gen., a new genus of braconid parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from New Zealand. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 47 (3-4): 394-401.

10. Qian Z-Q., Ceccarelli F.S., Carew M.E., Schlüns H., Schlick-Steiner B.C., Steiner F.M. (2011) Characterization of polymorphic microsatellites in the giant bulldog ant, Myrmecia brevinoda and the jumper ant, M. pilosula. Journal of Insect Science 11.71.

9. Zaldivar-Riveron A., Martinez J.J., Ceccarelli F.S., de Jesus-Bonilla V.S., Rodriguez-Perez A.C., Resendiz-Flores A., Smith M.A. (2010) DNA barcoding a megadiverse group of parasitoid wasps (Braconidae: Doryctinae) from a Mexican nature reserve. Mitochondrial DNA 21(S1): 18-23.

8. Martinez J.J., Ceccarelli F.S., Zaldivar-Riveron A. (2010) The genus Iare Barbalho and Penteado-Dias (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) in Mexico, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 2685: 30-38.

7. Ceccarelli F.S. (2010) New species of ant-mimicking jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 (Araneae: Salticidae) from North Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 49: 245-255.

6. Ceccarelli F.S. (2009) Ant-mimicking spider, Myrmarachne species (Araneae : Salticidae), distinguishes its model, the green ant, Oecophylla smaragdina, from a sympatric Batesian O. smaragdina mimic, Riptortus serripes (Hemiptera : Alydidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 57: 305–309.

5. Ceccarelli F.S. (2008) Behavioral mimicry in Myrmarachne species (Araneae, Salticidae) from North Queensland, Australia. The Journal of Arachnology 36:344–351.

4. Ceccarelli F.S. & Crozier R.H. (2007) Dynamics of the evolution of Batesian mimicry: molecular phylogenetic analysis of ant-mimicking Myrmarachne (Araneae: Salticidae) species and their ant models. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 286–295.

3. Ceccarelli F.S. (2007) Contact between Myrmarachne (Araneae: Salticidae) and ants. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14 (2): 54-58.

2. Hazell S.P., Gwynn D.M., Ceccarelli S., Fellowes M.D.E. (2005) Competition and dispersal in the pea aphid: clonal variation and correlations across traits. Ecological Entomology 30: 293–298.

1. Linde C.C., Zala M., Ceccarelli S, McDonald B.A. (2003) Further evidence for sexual reproduction in Rhynchosporium secalis based on distribution and frequency of mating-type alleles. Fungal Genetics and Biology 40: 115–125.

Other publications

Ceccarelli F.S. & Cushing P.E. (2020) Myrmecomorphy. en Encyclopedia of Social Insects, C. Starr (ed.), Springer Nature Switzerland AG https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_139-1

Ceccarelli F.S. (2018) Batesian Mimicry. en Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. J. Vonk, T.K. Shackelford (eds.). Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.

Ceccarelli, F.S. (2013) Ant Mimicry in Spiders – Short Communication, pp. 115-122 in Spiders: Morphology, Behavior and Geographic Distribution, Marq Santerre (Ed.), Nova Science Publishers (ISBN: 978-1-62618-517-3).

Ceccarelli, F.S. (2010) Dynamics of Salticid-Ant Mimicry Systems: A study of behavioural ecology and evolution in two genera of ant-associating jumping spiders, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany  (ISBN-10: 3838359917, ISBN-13: 978-3838359915).

Harvey, L., Ceccarelli, F. S., Cuff, B., and Ceccarelli, D. (submitted) Lihou Reef National Nature Reserve Terrestrial Survey – October 2008. Report to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts by C&R Consulting Pty Ltd.

Photos in Publications

- Front cover of Australian Journal of Zoology vol. 57 (2009)

- Figure 9.14 (p. 313) in: Foelix, R.R. (2010) Biology of Spiders (3rd edition), Oxford University Press (ISBN-13: 978-0199734825).

- Figure 3b in: Nelson X.J. and Jackson R.R. (2012) How spiders practice aggressive and Batesian mimicry. Current Zoology 58 (4): 620-629.

- Photographs of Myrmarachne smaragdina and Oecophylla smaragdina pages 214 and 215 in: Wheeler Q. and Pennak S. (2013) What on Earth?: 100 of Our Planet’s Most Amazing New Species, Plume Publisher (ISBN-13: 978-0452298149).