Suárez, D., Lugo, D., Santos-Perdomo, I., Duque, A., Prez-Delgado, A. J., & Ruiz, C. (2025). Taxonomic review of the family Mythicomyiidae (Diptera, Asiloidea) in the Canary Islands. Zootaxa, 5686(4), 517-535.
Patiño-Sauma, D., Ruiz, C., & Ascher, J.S. 2025. First records of Anthidium florentinum (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) in the Canary Islands: insights on citizen science and exotic bee species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 98, 85-93.
Caloca, P., Suárez, D., Peña, G., Ruiz, C. 2025. First report of Trichopoda pictipennis (Diptera, Tachinidae) for the Canary Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal 13: e137821. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12
Martínez‐López, V., Ruiz, C., Pires, M. M., & De la Rúa, P. 2023. Contrasting effects of beekeeping and land use on plant–pollinator networks and pathogen prevalence in Mediterranean semiarid ecosystems. Ecography, e06979. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06979
Suárez, D., Lugo, D., Pérez-Gil, M., Peña, G., & Ruiz, C. 2023. First report of Aphria latifrons (Diptera, Tachinidae, Leskiini) in the Canary Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal, 11. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e109690
Vereecken, N. J., Ruiz, C., Marshall, L., Pérez-Gil, M., Molenberg, J. M., Jacobi, B., … & Litman, J. R. 2023. A new small carder bee species from the eastern Canary Islands (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Anthidiini). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 96, 983-1015. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.111550
Reverté, S., Miličić, M., Ačanski, J., Andrić, A., Aracil, A., Aubert, M., … & Vujić, A. 2023. National records of 3000 European bee and hoverfly species: A contribution to pollinator conservation. Insect Conservation and Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12680
Lugo, D., Suárez, D., Martín, S., Afonso, Ó., Martín, A., & Ruiz, C. 2023. First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera, Coreidae) in the Canary Islands, a novel pine pest detected through citizen science in an oceanic archipelago. Biodiversity Data Journal, 11, e109851. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e109851
Leclercq, N., Marshall, L., Weekers, T., Basu, P., Benda, D., Bevk, D., …Ruiz, C.,..& Vereecken, N. J. 2023. Global taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of bees in apple orchards. Science of The Total Environment, 901, 165933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165933
Martínez-López, V., Ruiz, C., & De la Rúa, P. (2022). Migratory beekeeping and its influence on the prevalence and dispersal of pathogens to managed and wild bees. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 18, 184-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.05.004
May-Itzá W.J, Martínez-Fortún S, Zaragoza-Trello C, Ruiz, C, 2022. Stingless bees in tropical dry forests: context and global challenges of an integral conservationist management. Journal of Apicultural Research. 61:5, 642-653. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2095709
Lugo, D., Peña, G., De la Rúa, P., & Ruiz, C. 2022. Presence of exotic species of the wild bee genus Hylaeus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) in the Canary Islands revealed by molecular and citizen science. Journal of Apicultural Research, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2053034
Piot, N., Schweiger, O., Meeus, I. et al. 2022. Honey bees and climate explain viral prevalence in wild bee communities on a continental scale. Sci Rep 12, 1904 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05603-2
Martínez-López, V., Ruiz, C., Muñoz, I., Ornosa, C., Higes, M., Martín-Hernández, R., & De la Rúa, P. 2021. Detection of Microsporidia in Pollinator Communities of a Mediterranean Biodiversity Hotspot for Wild Bees. Microbial Ecology, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01854-0
Ruiz, C., Cejas, D., Muñoz, I., & De la Rua, P. 2021. Characterizing the Mitogenome of the Endemic Bumblebee Subspecies from the Canary Islands for Conservation Purposes. Sociobiology, 68(3), e5910-e5910. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v68i3.5910
Jara, L., Ruiz, C., Martín-Hernández, R., Muñoz, I., Higes, M., Serrano, J., De la Rúa, P. 2021. The effect of migratory beekeeping on the infestation rate of parasites in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies and on their genetic variability. Microorganisms. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9010022
Ruiz, C., Suárez D., Naranjo, M., De la Rúa, P. 2020. First record of the carpenter bee Xylocopa pubescens (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the Canary Islands confirmed by DNA barcoding. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.80.59649
Suárez, D., García, J., Santos, I., Ruiz, C., Peña, G., Pérez, A. J.,Lugo, D., García, R. & Báez, M. 2020. Annotated check-list of the family Tachinidae (Diptera: Calyptratae: Oestroidea) in the Canary Islands. Annales de la Société entomologique de France, 56(2), 135-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2020.1753574
Fuentes-López, A., Ruiz, C., Galián, J., & Romera, E. 2019. Molecular identification of forensically important fly species in Spain using COI barcodes. Science & Justice. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2019.12.003
Andújar C., Ruiz, C. Serrano, J. 2019. Phylogenetic inferences on West Mediterranean Ditomina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini) based on molecular data. Arthropod Systematic & Phylogeny. 77 (2), 205 -214. https://doi.org/10.26049/ASP77-2-2019-01/1
Hurtado–Burillo, M., May-Itzá, W.de J., Quezada-Euán, J. J.G., De la Rúa,P., Ruiz, C. 2017. Multilocus species delimitation in Mesoamerican Scaptotrigona stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) supports the existence of cryptic species. 42 (1), 171-181. Systematic Entomology https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12201
Hurtado-Burillo, M., Jara, L., May-Itzá, W.de J., Quezada-Euán, J. J.G., Ruiz, C., De la Rúa, P. 2016. A geometric morphometric and microsatellite analyses of Scaptotrigona mexicana and S. pectoralis (Apidae: Meliponini) sheds light on the biodiversity of Mesoamerican stingless bees. Journal of Insect Conservation 20 (5), 753-763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-016-9899-1
Domínguez D., Marín-Armijos D., Ruiz C. 2015. Structure of dung beetle communities in an Altitudinal Gradient of Neotropical Dry Forest. Neotropical Entomology 44(1): 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-014-0261-6
Ruiz, C., May-Itzá, W.J., Quezada-Euán, J.J.G., De la Rúa, P. 2014. Utility of ITS1 region for phylogenetic analysis in stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini): a case study of the endangered Melipona yucatanica. Sociobiology 61(4): 470-477. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v61i4.470-477
Andújar C., Arribas P., Ruiz C., Serrano J., Gómez-Zurita J. 2014. Integration of conflict into Integrative Taxonomy: Fitting hybridization in the delimitation of species in Mesocarabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Molecular Ecology 23(17): 4344-4361. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12793
Ruiz, C., May-Itzá, W.J., Quezada-Euán, J.J.G., De la Rúa, P. 2013. Presence of nuclear copies of mitochondrial origin (NUMTs) in two related species of stingless bee genus Melipona (Hymenoptera: Meliponini). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51:107-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12011
Hurtado-Burillo, M., Ruiz, C., May-Itzá, W., Quezada-Eúan, J. J., De la Rúa, P.2012. Barcoding stingless bees: genetic diversity of the economically important genus Scaptotrigona in Mesoamerica. Apidologie 44:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-012-0146-9
Ruiz, C., Jordal, B. & Serrano, J. 2012. Diversification of subgenus Calathus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Mediterranean region – glacial refugia and taxon pulses. Journal of Biogeography 39, 1791–1805. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02751.x
Ruiz, C. Jordal, B., Emerson, B., Will, K., Serrano, J. 2010. Molecular phylogeny and Holarctic diversification of the subtribe Calathina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55 (2):358-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.10.026
Ruiz, C., Jordal, B. & Serrano, J. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Sphodrini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 44-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.023
Ruiz, C., Serrano, J. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Calathus Bonelli (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini) based on mitochondrial cox1-cox2 sequences. Entomologica Fennica 17, 214-220.