Espinasa. L. Espinasa, J, and Castañeda, O. (2025) Winter survival strategies of cave-adapted amphipods in the Ice Caves of Sam’s Point area of Minnewaska State Park Preserve, NY, USA. Subterranean Biology 53: 103–117 (2025) doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.53.157293 

Espinasa-Pereña, R., Espinasa-Diamant, S., Diamant, R., McDonald, H.G., Soriano, J. A., and Espinasa, L. (2024). Discovery of a Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage in a cave in Sierra de El Abra, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 41(3): 206–220. http://dx.doi. org/10.22201/igc.20072902e.2024.3.1828  

Espinasa, L., Tatarsky, R.L., Girard, M.K., Sandone, M., Rétaux, S., and Espinasa, J. (2024) Population Size and Spatial Distribution of the Mexican Blind Cavefish (Astyanax) within the Caves. Fishes 9: 334. https:// doi.org/10.3390/fishes9090334 

Espinasa, J. and Espinasa, L (2024) Cavefish dorsoventral axis angle during wall swimming: laterality asymmetry. Subterranean Biology 49: 19–29. doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.49.121747 

Espinasa, L., Gutierrez, A., Hinkle, A., and Niemiller, M. L. (2024) A new genus and species of nicoletiid silverfish (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from caves of northern Alabama, USA. Subterranean Biology 49: 1–17. doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.49.119986  

Espinasa, L., Gutierrez, A., and Szentesi, R. A. (2024) Two new species of Nicoletiid (Zygentoma) insects: Cave-adapted Nicoletiid insect dispersal in two karstic regions from Mexico. Trends in Entomology 19: 141-153. 

Policarpo, M., Legendre, L., Germon, I., Espinasa, L., Rétaux, S., Casane, D. and Lafargeas, P. (2024) The nature and distribution of non-functional alleles suggest only two independent events at the origins of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish populations. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24(41): 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02226-1 

Legendre, L., Rode, J., Germon, I., Pavie, M., Quiviger, C., Policarpo, M., Leclercq, J., Père, S., Fumey, J., Hyacinthe, C. and Ornelas-García, P., (2023) Genetic identification and reiterated captures suggest that the Astyanax mexicanus El Pachón cavefish population is closed and declining. Zoological research 44(4): 701. 

Espinasa, L. and Lewis, K. (2023) Eye convergence is evoked during larval prey capture (LPC) without visual stimulus and in blind cavefish. Subterranean Biology 46: 46-60.  

Espinasa, L. and Pech, A. (2023)  Biogeographical affinities of the aquatic community of Refugio Cave, a newly discovered Astyanax cave. Subterranean Biology 46: 77-86. 

Legendre, L., Espinasa, L., Lacaille-Múzquiz, J-L., Alaniz-Garfía, G., Ornelas-García, P., Rétaux, S. (2023) First record of a freshwater cave sponge (Porifera, unknown gen. and sp.) in a cave inhabited by Astyanax cavefish in the Sierra de El Abra, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Subterranean Biology 45: 187-198. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.45.105323 

Legendre, L., Rode, J., Germon, I., Pavie, M., Quiviger, C., Policarpo, M., Leclercq, J., Père, S., Fumey, J., Hyacinthe, C., Ornelas-García, P., Espinasa, L., Rétaux, S., Casane, D (2023) Genetic identification and reiterated captures suggest that the Astyanax mexicanus El Pachón cavefish population is closed and declining. Zoological Research 44(4): 701-711. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.481 

Espinasa, L., Diamant, R., Vinepinsky, E. and Espinasa, M. (2023) Evolutionary modifications of Astyanax larval prey capture (LPC) in a dark environment. Zoological Research 44(4): 750-760. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.466 

Espinasa, L., Rohner, N., and Rétaux, S. (2023) Reproductive seasonality of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish. Zoological Research 44(4): 698-700. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.164 

Espinasa, L., Sprous, P., Posso, K., Mitchell, A., Espinasa, M. and Lin, J. (2023) Miocene divergence for Texoreddellia? An important component of the cave-adapted fauna of Texas and northern Mexico. Zootaxa 5256 (3): 267–278. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5256.3.3 

Ramsés Miranda-Gamboa, R., Espinasa, L., Verde-Ramírez, M. A., Hernández-Lozano, J., Lacaille, J. L., Espinasa, M., and Ornelas-García, C. P. (2023) A new cave population of Astyanax mexicanus from Northern Sierra de El Abra, Tamaulipas, México. Subterranean Biology 45: 95–117 doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.45.98434 

Espinasa, L., Pavie, M. and Rétaux, S. (2023)  Protocol for lens removal in embryonic fish and its application on the developmental effects of eye regression. Subterranean Biology, 45: 39-52. doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.45.96963 

Espinasa, L. and Smith G. B. (2023) “Nicoletia” tergata Mills, 1940 rediscovered in Florida and confirmed as the first species of the Coletiniinae (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) in North America. Zootaxa 5228 (3): 337–350. 

Espinasa, L., Diamant, R., Mesquita, M., Lindquist, J. M., Powers, A. M., and Helmreich, J. (2022) Laterality in cavefish: Left or right foraging behavior in Astyanax mexicanus. Subterranean Biology 44: 123-138. 

Espinasa, L., Collins, E., García, C.P.O., Rétaux, S., Rohner, N. and Rutkowski, J. (2022)  Divergent evolutionary pathways for aggression and territoriality in Astyanax cavefish. Subterranean Biology 43: 169-183.  

Espinasa, L., Smith, D. M., and Lindquist, J. M. (2021). The Pennsylvania grotto sculpin: population genetics. Subterranean Biology 38: 47-63 

Espinasa, L., Heintz, C., Rétaux, S., Yoshisawa, M., Agnès, F., Ornelas‐Garcia, P., and Balogh‐Robinson, R. (2020). Vibration Attraction Response (VAB) is a plastic trait in Blind Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus), variable within subpopulations inhabiting the same cave. Journal of Fish Biology 10: 1-13 doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14586 

Espinasa, L., Ornelas-García,C. P., Legendre, L., Rétaux, S., Best, A., Gamboa-Miranda, R., Espinosa-Pérez, H., and Sprouse, P. (2020) Discovery of two New Localities of Astyanax Cavefish Plus Revision of its Biogeography. Diversity 12: 368 DOI: 10.3390/d12100368 

Molero-Baltanas, R., Espinasa, L., and Gaju-Ricart, M. (2019) The genus Anelpistina (Insecta, Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae) in Puerto Rico, with description of a new species. Neotropical Entomology 42(4): 1-11. 

Espinasa, L. and Coppola, J. (2019) Cave Astyanax: Hunters or scavengers? Evidence from gut contents. Speleobiology Notes 10:28-37. 

Espinasa, L., Chávez Solís, E. M., Mascaró, M., Rosas, C., Simoes, N., and Violette, G. (2019) A new locality and phylogeny of the stygobitic Typhlatya shrimps for the Yucatan Peninsula. Speleobiology Notes 10:19-27. 

Smith, G. B., Mitchell, A., Lee, T. R. C. and Espinasa, L. (2019) DNA Barcoding and Integrative Taxonomy of the Heterolepisma sclerophylla species complex (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae: Heterolepismatinae) and the Description of Two New Species. Records of the Australian Museum 71 (1): 1–32. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.71.2019.1677 

Herman, A., Brandvain, Y., Weagley, J., Jeffery, W.R., Keene, A.C., Kono, T.J.Y., Bilandžija,  H., Borowsky, R.. Espinasa, L.. O'Quin, K., Ornelas-García, C.P., Yoshizawa, M., Carlson,  B., Maldonado, E., Gross, J.B., Cartwright, R.A., Rohner, N., Warren, W.C., and McGaugh. S.E. (2018) The role of gene flow in rapid and repeated evolution of cave related traits in Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus. Molecular Ecology 27(22): 4397-4416. https://doi.org/10.1101/335182 

Espinasa, L., Robinson, J., and Espinasa, M. (2018) Mc1r gene in Astroblepus pholeter and Astyanax mexicanus: Convergent regressive evolution of pigmentation across cavefish species. Developmental Biology 441: 305-310. 

Espinasa, L., Hoese, G., Toulkeridis, T., and Toomey, R. (2018) Corroboration that theMc1r Gly/Ser mutation correlates with the phenotypic expression of pigmentation in Astroblepus. Developmental Biology 441: 311-312. 

Blin, M., Tine, E., Meister, L., Elipot, Y., Bibliowicz, J., Espinasa, L., and Rétaux, S. (2018) Developmental evolution and developmental plasticity of the olfactory epithelium and olfactory skills in Mexican cavefish. Developmental Biology 441: 242-251. 

Espinasa, L., Robinson, J., Soares, D., Hoese, G., Toulkeridis, T., and Toomey, R. (2018) Troglomorphic features of Astroblepus pholeter, a cavefish from Ecuador, and possible introgressive hybridization. Subterranean Biology 27:17-29.  

Kopp, J., Avasthi, S., and Espinasa, L. (2018) Phylogeographical convergence between Astyanax cavefish and mysid shrimps in the Sierra de El Abra, Mexico. Subterranean Biology 26: 39-53. 

Espinasa, L., Legendre, L., Fumey, F., Blin, M., Rétaux, S., and Espinasa, M. (2018) A new cave locality for Astyanax cavefish in Sierra de El Abra, Mexico. Subterranean Biology 26: 39-53.  

Gross, J. B., Weagley, J., Stahl, B.A., Ma, L., Espinasa, L., and McGaugh, S.E. (2018) A local duplication of Melanocortin receptor 1 locus in Astyanax. Genome. Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics Special Issue. 1-12. 

Simon, V., Elleboode, R., Mahé, K., Legendre, L., Ornelas‑Garcia, P., Espinasa, L., and Rétaux, S., (2017) Comparing growth in surface and cave morphs of the species Astyanax mexicanus: Insights from scales. EvoDevo 8(23): 1-13. 

Espinasa, L., Christoforides, S., and Morfessis, S. E. (2017) Sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA of epigean and hypogean diplurans in the Jumandi Cave area, Ecuador. Speleobiology Notes 9:18-22. 

Espinasa, L., Sloat S. A., Parker, K., and Robinson, J. (2017) A new cave population of catfish from Mexico. What’s on their menu? Frog legs. Speleobiology Notes 9: 1-10. 

Espinasa, L., Bonaroti, N., Wong, J., Pottin, K., Queinnec, E., and Rétaux, S. (2017) Contrasting feeding habits of post-larval and adult Astyanax cavefish. Subterranean Biology 21: 1-17. 

Espinasa, L., Collins, E., Finocchiaro, A., Kopp, K., Robinson, J., and Rutkowski, J. (2016) Incipient regressive evolution of the circadian rhythms of a cave amphipod. Subterranean Biology 20: 1-13. 

Espinasa L., Parker K., and Sloat S. A. (2016) Identification of a new population of Anelpistina inappendicata (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae). Speleobiology Notes 8: 10–15.  

Espinasa, L., Bartolo, N. D., Centone, D. M., Haruta, C. S., and 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.