Ricardo Ayala-Barajas

Ricardo Ayala-Barajas, Mexican entomologist.

Estación de Biología Chamela, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado postal 21, 48980 San Patricio, Jalisco, Mexico.

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Labougle, J.M. & Ayala, R. 1985. A new subgenus and species of Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Guerrero, Mexico. Folia Entomologica Mexicana 66: 47–55. PDF Reference page.

Ayala, R. & Engel, M.S. 2014. A new species of Ptiloglossa from Mexico, with new records of Ptiloglossa cyaniventris from Panama and Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Journal of Melittology 35: 1–13. DOI: 10.17161/jom.v0i35.4759 . Reference page.
Ayala, R. & Engel, M.S. 2014. A new stingless bee species of the genus Nogueirapis from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Melittology 37: 1–9. DOI: 10.17161/jom.v0i37.4775 . Reference page.

Balboa, C., Hinojosa-Díaz, I. & Ayala, R. 2017. New dark species of the bee genus Colletes (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) from Mexico and Guatemala. Zootaxa 4320(3): 401–425. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.1. Reference page.
Falcón-Brindis, A., Ayala, R., Jiménez, M.L. & Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. 2018. A missing piece in the puzzle: the presence of Euglossa viridissima in the Baja California Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 726: 15–23. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.726.19876. Reference page.

Ayala-Barajas, R. & Packer, L., 2020. Three new species of Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Mexico, with comments on the biogeography of Mexican species of the subgenus Lasioglossum. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 91: 1-15 DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3215. . Reference page.

Engel, M.S., Rasmussen, C., Ayala, R. & de Oliveira, F.F. 2023. Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera. Zookeys 1172ː 239–312. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1172.104944 Reference page.