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  1. THE PARADOX OF THE RICH: ARE THERE TOO MANY INSECT SPECIES IN ECUADOR, OR TOO FEW SCIENTISTS TO STUDY THEM?

    Article • ECUADOR ES CALIDAD - Revista Científica Ecuatoriana, December 2025, Agencia De Regulacion y Control Fito y Zoosanitario

    Adrian Troya

  2. Guardians of the canopy: two new turtle ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Cephalotes ), from Ecuador’s Chocó and Amazonia, revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding

    Article • December 2025, openRxiv

    Adrian Troya

  3. The genitals of rhinoceros beetles: a general overview of the endophallus in the tribe Agaocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

    Article • September 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Adrian Troya

  4. Nesomyrmex paquisha : a new rough tree ant species from the isolated Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador

    Article • Journal of Natural History, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Adrian Troya

  5. Taxonomic and Ecological Aspects of the Horned Beetles Agaocephalini of Colombia (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae)

    Article • Boletín Científico Centro de Museos Museo de Historia Natural, January 2025, Universidad de Caldas

    Adrian Troya

  6. They arrived and don’t stop coming: an update on the distribution of exotic ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in continental Ecuador

    Article • Check List, November 2023, Pensoft Publishers

    Adrian Troya

  7. New insights on the taxonomy of the termite-raiding ants of the genus Neoponera, aka. tiger ants

    Article • Insect Systematics & Evolution, July 2022, Brill

    Adrian Troya

  8. Igaponera curiosa, a new ponerine genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Amazon

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, June 2022, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Adrian Troya

  9. Ants of Ecuador: new species records for a megadiverse country in South America

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, January 2022, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Adrian Troya

  10. Dracula orchids exploit guilds of fungus visiting flies: new perspectives on a mushroom mimic

    Article • Ecological Entomology, February 2019, Wiley

    Adrian Troya

  11. Where can introduced populations learn their tricks? Searching for the geographical source of a species introduction to the Galápagos archipelago

    Article • Conservation Genetics, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Adrian Troya

  12. Insects of the andean dry forest remnants in Ecuador

    Article • Ecosistemas, August 2016, Asociacion Española de Ecologia Terrestre (AEET)

    Adrian Troya