Luis Espinasa

Luis Espinasa is a professor of biology at Marist College.

Taxon names authored

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• 2 taxon names authored by Luis Espinasa

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1999

• Espinasa, L. 1999: Two new species of the genus Anelpistina (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from Mexican caves, with redescription of the genus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 112(1): 59–69. [not seen]
• Espinasa, L. 2005: A new species of the genus Anelpistina (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from Peru. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118(2): 337–343. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[337:ANSOTG]2.0.CO;2
• Espinasa, L.; Baker Alpheis, M. 2001: A new species of the genus Anelpistina (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from the Biosphere Reserve Sierra de Huautla. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114(2): 489–496. [not seen]
• Espinasa, L.; Baker Alpheis, M. 2003: A new cavernicole species of the genus Anelpistina (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from the Guanica subtropical dry forest, Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 116(2): 503–508. [not seen]
• Espinasa, L.; Boyko, Y. 2009: A new troglobitic species of Anelpistina (Hexapoda: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from northern Mexico. Pp. 79-86 in: Cokendolpher, J.C. & Reddell, J.R. (eds.) Studies on the cave and endogean fauna of North America, Part V. Texas Memorial Museum speleological monographs, (7) PDF
• Espinasa, L.; Cappuccio, E.C. 2008: New genus allocation for the cavernicole nicoletiids (Insecta: Zygentoma) of Aruba and description of their previously unknown males. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 110(2): 292–299. DOI: 10.4289/07-038.1
• Espinasa, L.; Fisher, A. 2006: A cavernicolous species of the genus Anelpistina (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from San Sebastian Cave, Oaxaca, Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 108(3): 655–660. BHL BioStor
• Espinasa, L.; Flick, C.; Giribet, G. 2007: Phylogeny of the American silverfish Cubacubaninae (Hexapoda: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae): a combined approach using morphology and five molecular loci. Cladistics, 23: 22–40. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00127.x
• Espinasa, L.; Henneberry, A.; Turner, T. 2009: Cenozoic colonization of the Lesser Antilles by Nicoletiid insects (Zygentoma, 'Apterygota') and a new species of Anelpistina from Mustique Island. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 122(4): 449–459. DOI: 10.2988/08-41.1
• Espinasa, L.; Vuong, N.H. 2008: A new species of cave adapted nicoletiid (Zygentoma: Insecta) from Sistema Huautla, Oaxaca, Mexico: the tenth deepest cave in the World. Journal of cave and karst studies, 70(2): 73–77. PDF
• Espinasa, L.; Vuong, N.H. 2008: A new troglobitic species of Anelpistina (Hexapoda: Zygenyoma: Nicoletiidae) from Yextla cave, Guerrero, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 121(3): 382–390. DOI: 10.2988/07-44.1
• Espinasa, L.; Zhuang, Z. 2009: A cavernicolous species of the genus Anelpistina (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from Naj Tunich Cave, Petén, Guatemala. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 111(3): 575–580. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797-111.3.575

2014

• Espinasa, L. & Mathes, J. 2014. A new species of the genus Anelpistina (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 127(2): 328–334. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-127.2.328 Reference page. 
• Espinasa, L.; Socci, K. 2014: A new species of Anelpistina (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from the rainforest of Selva Lacandona, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 127(3): 466–472. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-127.3.466 Reference page. 
• Espinasa, L.; Collins, E.; Botelho, M. 2014: Two new nicoletiid species (Insecta: Zygentoma) from the Yucatan Peninsula, México. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 127(3): 473–482. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-127.3.473 Reference page. 
• Espinasa, L., Espinasa, M., Fenolio, D.B., Slay, M.E. & Niemiller, M. 2014. Distribution and conservation status of Speleonycta ozarkensis (Insecta, Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae) from caves of the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA. Subterranean Biology, 14: 51–62. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.14.8275 Reference page. 

2015

• Espinasa, L., McCahill, A., Kavanagh, A., Espinasa, J., Scott, A. & Cahill, A. 2015. A troglobitic amphipod in the Ice Caves of the Shawangunk Ridge: Behavior and resistance to freezing. Subterranean Biology, 15: 95–104. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.15.4733 Reference page. 

2016

• Espinasa, L., Collins, E., Finocchiaro, A., Kopp, J., Robinson, J. & Rutkowski, J. 2016. Incipient regressive evolution of the circadian rhythms of a cave amphipod. Subterranean Biology, 20: 1–13. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.20.10010 Reference page. 
• Espinasa, L., Bartolo, N.D., Centone, D.M., Haruta, C.S. & Reddell, J.R. 2016. Revision of genus Texoreddellia Wygodzinsky, 1973 (Hexapoda, Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae), a prominent element of the cave-adapted fauna of Texas. Zootaxa 4126(2): 221–239. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.3. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2017

• Espinasa, L., Bonaroti, N., Wong, J., Pottin, K., Queinnec, E. & Rétaux, S. 2017. Contrasting feeding habits of post-larval and adult Astyanax cavefish. Subterranean Biology, 21: 1–17. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.21.11046 Reference page. 

2018

• Espinasa, L., Legendre, L., Fumey, J., Blin, M., Rétaux, S. & Espinasa, M. 2018. A new cave locality for Astyanax cavefish in Sierra de El Abra, Mexico. Subterranean Biology, 26: 39–53. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.26.26643 Reference page. 
• Espinasa, L., Robinson, J., Soares, D., Hoese, G., Toulkeridis, T. & Toomey, R. III 2018. Troglomorphic features of Astroblepus pholeter, a cavefish from Ecuador, and possible introgressive hybridization. Subterranean Biology, 27: 17–29. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.27.27098 Reference page. 
• Kopp, J., Avasthi, S. & Espinasa, L. 2018. Phylogeographical convergence between Astyanax cavefish and mysid shrimps in the Sierra de El Abra, Mexico. Subterranean Biology, 26: 75–84. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.26.27097 Reference page.