Publications

2024

Hellemans, S.; Rocha, M.M.; Wang, M.; Romero Arias, J.; Aanen, D. K.; Bagnères, A.G.; Buček, A.; Carrijo, T.F.; Chouvenc, T.; Cuezzo, C.; Constantini, J.P.; Constantino, R. et al. (2024) Genomic data provide insights into the classification of extant termites. Nature Communications 15, 6724. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51028-y

2023

  • Carrijo, T.F.; Engel, M.S.; Chouvenc, T.; Gile, G.H.; Mikaelyan, A.; Dedeine, F.; Ware, J.L.; Haifig, I.; Arab, A.; Constantini, J.P.; Souza, J.P.; Lee, S.-B.; Buček A.; Roisin, Y.; Cancello, E.M. & Santos, C.M.D. (2023) A call to termitologists: it is time to abandon the use of “lower” and “higher” termites. Insectes Sociaux. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-023-00929-0
  • Carrijo, T.F.; Castro, D.; Wang, M.; Constantini, J.P.; Bourguignon, T.; Cancello, E.M.; Roisin, Y. & Scheffrahn, R.H. (2023) Diminishing the taxonomic gap in the neotropical soldierless termites: descriptions of four new genera and a new Anoplotermes species (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). ZooKeys 1167: 317-352. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1167.100001/
  • Scheffrahn, R.H. & Carrijo, T.F. (2023) Chasitermes pax, a new genus and species of soldierless termite (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae) from the island of Trinidad. ZooKeys 1139: 127-136. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1139.94972
  • Carrijo, T.F.; Battilana, J. & Morales, J. (2023) First record of the major termite pest species, Reticulitermes flavipes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), in Argentina, Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad076
  • Aguilera-Olivares, D.; Issa, S.;& Arab, A. (2023) Advances in the evolutionary ecology of termites, volume II. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1248826

2022

  • Jouquet, P.; Harit, A.; Hervé, V.; Moger, H.; Carrijo, T. F.; Donoso, D. A.; ….. & Bottinelli, N. (2022). The impact of termites on soil sheeting properties is better explained by environmental factors than by their feeding and building strategies. Geoderma, 412, 115706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115706
  • Kohari, K.S.; Palma-Onetto V.; Scheffrahn, R.H.; Vasconcellos, A.; Cancello, E.M.; Santos, R.G. & Carrijo, T.F. (2022) Evolutionary history of Nasutitermes kemneri (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae), a termite from the South American diagonal of open formations. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:1081114. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1081114

2021

  • Andrade, M. P.; Ferreira, F. da S.; Pinto, T. C. de F.; Sampronha, S.; Santos, D.; Silva, P. K. R.; Carrijo, T. F.; Nunes, F. R. C. & Oliveira, O. M. P. de (2021). Um Um panorama atual sobre a filogenia de Metazoa: conflitos e concordâncias. Revista Da Biologia, 21(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.7594./revbio.21.07.10.2021
  • Arab, A.; Issa, S.; Aguilera-Olivares, D. Editorial: Advances in the Evolutionary Ecology of Termites. (2021). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.698937
  • Castro, D.; Carrijo, T.F.; Serna, F.J. & Peña-Venegas, C.P. (2021) Can Rubber Crop Systems Recover Termite Diversity in Previously Degraded Pastures in the Colombian Amazon Region? Neotropical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-021-00905-y
  • De Martini, F.; Coots, N. L.; Jasso-Selles, D. E.; Shevat, J.; Ravenscraft, A.; Stiblík, P.; Šobotnik, J.; Sillam-Dussès, D.; Scheffrahn, R.H.; Carrijo, T.F. & Gile, G. H. (2021). Biogeography and independent diversification in the protist symbiont community of Heterotermes tenuis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:640625.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.640625
  • Moreira, E.A.; Persinoti, G.F.; Menezes, L.R.; Paixão, D.A.A.; T. Alvarez, T.M.; Franco Cairo, J.P.L.; Squina, F.M.; Costa-Leonardo, A.M.; Rodrigues, A.; Sillam-Dussès, D.; Arab, A. (2021). Complementary Contribution of Fungi and Bacteria to Lignocellulose Digestion in the Food Stored by a Neotropical Higher Termite. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.632590
  • Pie, M. R.; Carrijo, T. F. & Caron, F. S. (2021) The diversification of termites: Inferences from a complete species-level phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta, 00: 1– 11.  https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12502

2020

  • Scheffrahn, R.H. & Carrijo, T.F. (2020) Three new species of Rugitermes (Isoptera, Kalotermitidae) from Peru and Bolivia. ZooKeys, 1000: 31-44. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1000.59219
  • Sillam-Dussès, D., Hradecký, J., Stiblik, P., da Cunha, H. F., Carrijo, T. F., Lacey, M. J., Bourguignon, T. & Šobotník, J. (2020). The trail-following pheromone of the termite Serritermes serrifer. Chemoecology, 1-7. DOI: 10.1007/s00049-020-00324-2
  • Carrijo, T.F.; Pontes‐Nogueira, M.; Santos, R.G.; Morales, A.C.; Cancello, E.M. & Scheffrahn, R.H. (2020) New World Heterotermes (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae): molecular phylogeny, biogeography and description of a new species. Systematic Entomology 45(3): 527-539. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12412
  • Castro, D.; Constantini, J.P.; Scheffrahn, R.H.; Carrijo, T.F. & Cancello, E.M. (2020). Rustitermes boteroi, a new genus and species of soldierless termites (Blattodea, Isoptera, Apicotermitinae) from South America. ZooKeys 922: 35-49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.922.47347

2019

  • Rocha, M.M.; Cuezzo, C.; Constantini, J.P.; Oliveira, D.E.; Santos, R.G.; Carrijo, T.F. & Cancello, E.M. (2019) Overview of the Morphology of Neotropical Termite Workers: History and Practice. Sociobiology 66(1): 1-32. DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i1.2067
  • Pinzón Florian, O.P.; Scheffrahn, R.H. & Carrijo, T.F. (2019) Aparatermes thornatus (Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae), a New Species of Soldierless Termite from Northern Amazonia. Florida Entomologist 102(1):141-146. DOI: 10.1653/024.102.0123

2018

  • Constantini, J.P.; Carrijo, T.F.; Palma-Onetto, V.P.; Scheffrahn, R.H.; Carnohan, L.P.; Šobotnik, J. & Cancello, E.M. (2018) Tonsuritermes, a new soldierless termite genus and two new species from South America (Blattaria: Isoptera: Termitidae: Apicotermitinae). Zootaxa 4531 (3): 383–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.3.4
  • Moreira, E.A.; Alvarez, T.M.; Persinoti, G.F.; Paixão, D.A.A.; Menezes, L.R.; Cairo, J.P.F.; Squina, F.M.; Costa-Leonardo, A.M.; Carrijo, T.F. & Arab, A. (2018). Microbial Communities of the Gut and Nest of the Humus- and Litter-Feeding Termite Procornitermes araujoi (Syntermitinae). Current Microbiology 75(12): 1609–1618. DOI: 10.1007/s00284-018-1567-0
  • Castro, D.; Scheffrahn, R.H. & Carrijo, T.F. (2018). Echinotermes biriba, a new genus and species of soldierless termite from the Colombian and Peruvian Amazon (Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). Zookeys 748: 21-30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.748.24253

2017

  • Santos, A.F.; Carrijo, T.F.; Cancello, E.M. & Morales Corrêa e Castro, A.C. (2017). Phylogeography of Nasutitermes corniger (Isoptera: Termitidae) in the Neotropical Region. BMC Evolutionary Biology; 17:230. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1079-8
  • Scheffrahn, R.H.; Carrijo, T.F.; Postle, A.C. & Tonini, F. (2017) Disjunctitermes insularis, a new soldierless termite genus and species (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae) from Guadeloupe and Peru. Zookeys 665: 71–84. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.665.11599
  • Cuezzo, C.; Cancello, E.M. & Carrijo, T.F. (2017) Sandsitermes gen. nov., a new nasute termite genus from South America (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae). Zootaxa 4221 (5): 562–574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.5.5

2016

  • Carrijo, T.F.; Constantini, J.P.; Scheffrahn, R.H. (2016) Uncitermes almeriae, a new termite species from Amazonia (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae). Zookeys 595: 1–6 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.595.8626
  • Hudson, L N.; Newbold, T.; Contu, S.; Hill, S.L.L.; Lysenko, I.; De Palma; … Carrijo, T. F. … & Purvis, A. (2016) The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution DOI: 110.1002/ece3.2579

2015

  • Carrijo, T.F.; Scheffrahn, R.H.; Křeček, J. (2015) Compositermes bani sp.n. (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae), a new species of soldierless termite from Bolivia. Zootaxa 3941(2): 294–298 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.2.10
  • Šobotnik, J.; Bourguignon, T.; Carrijo, T.F.; Bordereau, C.; Robert, A.; Křížková, B.; Constantini, J. P.; Cancello, E. M. (2015) The nasus gland: A new gland in soldiers of Angularitermes (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae). Arthropod Structure & Development DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2015.08.006
  • Scheffrahn, R.H.; Carrijo, T.F.; Křeček, J.; Su, N.Y.; Szalanski, A.L.; Austin, J.W.; Chase, J.A. & Mangold, J.R. (2015) A single endemic and three exotic species of the termite genus Coptotermes (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) in the New World. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 73(2): 333–348. link
  • Carrijo, T.F.; Cuezzo, C.; Santos, R.G. (2015) Tiunatermes mariuzani gen. et sp. nov., a new nasute termite from the Brazilian savanna (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae). Austral Entomology DOI: 10.1111/aen.12137
  • Cuezzo, C.; Carrijo, T.F. & Cancello, E.M. (2015) Caetetermes taquarussu Fontes (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae): description of the imago caste and new distributional records. Zootaxa 3918: 295-300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.2.10
  • Cunha, H.F.; Carrijo, T.F.; Abot, A.R. & Barbosa, C.S. (2015). Termite diversity in the Abobral region of the Pantanal wetland complex, Brazil. Check List 11(1): 1545 DOI: 10.15560/11.1.1545
  • Cunha, H.F.; Carrijo, T.F.; Prestes, A.C.; Arruda, L.S; Rezende, P.B.; Santos, T. & Brandão, D. (2015) Food preference of giant anteater and collared anteater (Pilosa, Myrmecophagidae) regarding the termite defense strategies. Bioscience Journal 31(1): 234-241 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14393/BJ-v31n1a2015-23360
  • Cuezzo, C.; Carrijo, T.F. & Cancello, E.M. (2015) Transfer of two species from Nasutitermes Dudley to Cortaritermes  Mathews (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Austral Entomology 54: 172-179 DOI: 10.1111/aen.12107/

2014

  • Amato, J.F.R.; Cancello, E.M.; Rocha, M.M. & Carrijo, T.F. (2014) Cystacanths of Gigantorhynchus echnodiscus (Acanthocephala, Gigantorhynchidae), in Neotropical termites (Isoptera, Termitidae). Neotropical Helminthology 8(2): 325-338. link
  • Hudson, L N.; Newbold, T.; Contu, S.; Hill, S.L.L.; Lysenko, I.; De Palma; … Carrijo, T. F. … & Purvis, A. (2014) The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution 4(24): 4701-4735 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1303
  • Plaza, T.G.; Carrijo, T.F. & Cancello, E.M. (2014) Nest plasticity of Cornitermes silvestrii (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) in response to flood pulse in the Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 58(1): 66–70. DOI: 10.1590/S0085-56262014000100011

2013

  • Oliveira, D.E.; Carrijo, T.F. & Brandão, D. (2013) Species Composition of Termites (Isoptera) in Different Cerrado Vegetation Physiognomies. Sociobiology 60(2): 190-197. DOI: 0.13102/sociobiology.v60i2.190-197

2012

  • Rocha, M.M.; Cancello, E.M. & Carrijo, T.F. (2012) Neotropical termites: revision of Armitermes Wasmann (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) and phylogeny of the Syntermitinae. Systematic Entomology 37(4): 793-827. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00645.x
  • Carrijo, T.F.; Gonçalves, R.B. & Santos, R.G. (2012) Review of bees as guests in termite nests, with a new record of the communal bee, Gaesochira obscura (Smith, 1879) (Hymenoptera, Apidae), in nests of Anoplotermes banksi Emerson, 1925 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae). Insectes Sociaux 59: 141–149. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-012-0218-x
  • Rocha, M.M.; Carrijo, T.F. & Cancello, E.M. (2012) An illustrated key to the soldiers of Cyranotermes Araujo with a new species from Amazonia (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Zootaxa 3196: 50–57. link

2011

  • Carrijo, T.F. & Cancello, E.M. (2011) Divinotermes (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae), a New Genus from South America. Sociobiology 58(3): 537-556. link
  • Carrijo, T.F.; Rocha, M.M.; Cuezzo, C. & Cancello, E.M. (2011) Key to the soldiers of Angularitermes Emerson with a new species from Brazilian Amazonia (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Zootaxa 2967: 61-68. link

2009

  • Carrijo, T.F.; Brandão, D.; Oliveira, D.E.; Costa, D.A. & Santos, T. (2009) Effects of pasture implantation on the termite (Isoptera) fauna in the Central Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado). Journal of Insect Conservation, 13:575-581. DOI: 10.1007/s10841-008-9205-y

2007

  • Carrijo, T.F.; Mazão, G.R.; Vilaça, T.R.A.; Cintra, L.C. & Santos, T. (2007) Alterações biológicas sobre uma população de Styrax pohlii (Fritsch) (Styracaceae) submetida ao efeito de borda em um fragmento de mata no Campus Samambaia, UFG. Revista Brasileira de Biociências, 5(1): 315-317. link