2015

• Carvalho AF, Menezes RST, Somavilla A, Costa MA, Del Lama MA. Neotropical Polistinae (Vespidae) and the progression rule principle: The round-trip hypothesis. Neotropical Entomology, 44: 596–603 (.pdf)

• Carvalho AF, Del Lama MA. Predicting priority areas for conservation from historical climate modelling: stingless bees from Atlantic Forest hotspot as a case study. Journal of Insect Conservation, 19(3): 581-587 (.pdf)

• Carvalho AF, Menezes RST, Somavilla A, Costa MA, Del Lama MA. Polistinae biogeography in the Neotropics: history and prospects. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 42: 93–105. (.pdf)

• Somavilla A, Schoeninger K, Carvalho AF, Menezes RST, Del Lama MA, Costa MA, Oliveira ML. Record of Parasitoids in nests of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae). Sociobiology 62: 92-98. (.pdf)

• Miranda EA, Carvalho AF, Andrade-Silva ACR, Silva CI, Del Lama MA. Natural history and biogeography of Partamona rustica, an endemic bee in dry forests of Brazil. Insectes Sociaux. (.pdf)

• Menezes RST, Brady SG, Carvalho AF, Del Lama MA, Costa MA. Molecular Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of the Neotropical Swarm-Founding Social Wasp Genus Synoeca (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). PLOS ONE 10(3):e0119151. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119151 (.pdf)

2014

• Carvalho AF, Santos GMM, Menezes RST, Costa MA. Genetic diversity of Angiopolybia pallens (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) explained by the disjunction of South American rainforests. Genetics and Molecular Research 13: 89-94. (.pdf)

• Menezes RST, Carvalho AF, Correia JPSO, Silva TS, Somavilla A, Costa MA. Evolutionary trends in the chromosome numbers of swarm-founding social wasps. Insectes Sociaux 61: 385–393. (.pdf)

• Martins CCC, Waldschmidt AM, Costa MA. Unprecedented record of ten novel B chromosomes in the stingless bee Partamona helleri (Apidae, Meliponini). Apidologie 45: 1-9 (.pdf)

• Duarte OMP, Gaiotto FA, Costa MA. Genetic Differentiation in the Stingless Bee, Scaptotrigona xanthotricha Moure, 1950 (Apidae, Meliponini): a Species with Wide Geographic Distribution in the Atlantic Rainforest. Journal of Heredity: 1-8 (.pdf)

• Bonfim ZV, Lima KM, Silva JG, Costa MA, Zucchi RA. Morphometric and Molecular Characterization of Anastrepha Species in the spatulata Group (Diptera, Tephritidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 107: 893-901. (.pdf)

• Barth A, Vences M, Solé M, Costa MA. Molecular cytogenetics and phylogenetic analysis of Brazilian leaf frog species of the genera Phyllomedusa and Phasmahyla (Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 92:795-802. (.pdf)

• Velasco YAM, Delabie JHC, Costa MA, Lacau S, Mariano CSF. Studies on the karyotype of the ant Pachycondyla harpax (Formicidae: Ponerinae: Ponerini) in Southern Bahia, Brazil. The Florida Entomologist, 97:1049-1055. (.pdf)

2013

• Menezes RST, Silva TM, Carvalho AF, Andrade-Souza V, Silva JG, Costa MA. Numerical and structural chromosome variation in
  the swarm-founding wasp Metapolybia decorata Gribodo 1896 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Genetica 141: 273–280. (.pdf)

• Ferreira VS, Aguiar CML, Oliveira EJF, Costa MA, Santos GMM, Silva JG. Mitochondrial DNA variability in populations of Centris aenea (Hymenoptera, Apidae), a crop-pollinating bee in Brazil. Genetics and Molecular Research, 12: 830-837.

• Barth A, Andrade-Souza V, Solé M, Costa MA. Molecular cytogenetics of nucleolar organizer regions in Phyllomedusa and Phasmahyla species (Hylidae, Phyllomedusinae): a cytotaxonomic contribution. Genetics and Molecular Research, 12: 2400-2408.

2012

• Duarte OMP, Gaiotto FA, Souza AP, Mori GM, Costa MA. Isolation and characterization of microsatellites from Scaptotrigona xanthotricha (Apidae, Meliponini): a stingless bee in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. Apidologie, 43:432-435. (.pdf)

• Santos IS, Delabie JHC, Silva JG, Costa MA, Pompolo SG, Mariano CSF. Karyotype Differentiation among Four (Formicidae: Ponerinae) Species. The Florida Entomologist, 95:737-742. (.pdf)

• Martins CCC, Diniz D, Sobrinho-Scudeler PE, Foresti F, Campos LAO, Costa MA. Investigation of Partamona helleri (Apidae, Meliponini) B chromosome origin. An approach by microdissection and whole chromosome painting. Apidologie, 44: 75-81. (.pdf)

• Medrado AS, Affonso PRAM, Costa MA. Cytogenetic divergence in two sympatric fish species of the genus Astyanax Baird and Girard, 1854 (Characiformes, Characidae) from Northeastern Brazil. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 35:797-801. (.pdf)

2011

• Carvalho AF, Costa MA. Cytogenetic characterization of two species of Frieseomelitta Ihering, 1912 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini). Genetics and Molecular Biology 34(2): 237-239. (.pdf)

• Menezes RST, Carvalho AF, Silva JG, Costa MA. Molecular characterization of constitutive heterochromatin in three species of Trypoxylon (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Trypoxylini) by CMA3/DAPI staining. Comparative Cytogenetics 5(2): 71–80. (.pdf)

• Menezes RST, Andena SR, Carvalho AF, Costa MA. First records of Synoeca septentrionalis Richards, 1978 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini) in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest. ZooKeys 151: 75–78. (.pdf)

• Ferreira VS, Aguiar CML, Costa MA, Silva JG. Morphometric Analysis of Populations of Centris aenea Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Northeastern Brazil. Neotropical Entomology, 40: 97-102. (.pdf)

• Souza VA, Costa MGC, Chen C, Gmitter FG, Costa MA. The physical location of the carotenoid biosynthesis genes Psy and β-Lcy in Capsicum annuum L. using heterologous probes from Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb. Genetics and Molecular Research, 10: 404-409. (.pdf)

• Silva JG, Araujo EL, Costa MA, Silva LN, Santos MS, Dutra MS. First survey of fruit (Diptera: Tephritidae) and parasitoid diversity among Myrtaceae fruit across the state of Bahia, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 33: 757-764. (.pdf)

• Oliveira CG, Gaiotto FA, Costa MA, Montaño RAM. Molecular genetic analysis of the yellow-breasted capuchin monkey: recommenda- tions for ex situ conservation. Genetics and Molecular Research, 10:1471-1478. (.pdf)

• Bonfim ZV, Lima KM, Silva JG, Costa MA, Zucchi RA. A morphometric and molecular study of Anastrepha pickeli Lima (Diptera, Tephritidae). Neotropical Entomology, 40: 587-594. (.pdf)

2010

• Menezes RST, Carvalho AF, Raw A, Costa MA. Epipona media Cooper (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), a Social Wasp New to the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Neotropical Entomology 39(6): 1046-1047. (.pdf)

• Santos IS, Costa MA, Mariano CSF, Delabie JHC, Andrade-Souza V, Silva JG. A cytogenetic approach to the study of the ponerine ants Odontomachus and Anochetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103: 424-429. (.pdf)

• Resende HC, Yotoko KSC, Delabie JHC, Costa MA, Campiolo S, Tavares MG, Campos LAO, Salomão TF. Pliocene and Pleistocene events shaping the genetic diversity within the Central Corridor of Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 101:949-960. (.pdf)

• Barth A, Fernandes A, Pompolo SG, Costa MA. Ocurrence of B-chromosomes in Tetragonisca latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera, Meliponini): a new contribution to the cytotaxonomy of the genus. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 33:77-79. (.pdf)