Christine A. Nalepa

North Carolina State University — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(70), Plant and animal studies(68), Insect and Pesticide Research(27), Fossil Insects in Amber(26), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(24)

Publications112 total

Origin of eusociality in termites: was genetic monogamy essential?
Current Opinion in Insect Science·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Differential Expression of Hormone‐Related Genes in the Heads of Adult and Nymphal Woodroaches (<i>Cryptocercus</i>)
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Cockroaches: More interesting than you think
Elsevier eBooks·2025
Cuticular nitrogen economy during development in the cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus and the termite Neotermes jouteli
Journal of Insect Physiology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Size of emerald ash borer in North Carolina, <scp>USA</scp> : Preliminary evidence for a sawtooth cline?
Agricultural and Forest Entomology·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Overwintering Developmental Stages of Emerald Ash Borer in North Carolina
Florida Entomologist·2021· 8 citedOpen Access
Extra‐pair paternity in the wood‐feeding cockroach<i>Cryptocercus punctulatus</i>Scudder: Social but not genetic monogamy
Molecular Ecology·2021· 6 cited
New adult host records for three Buprestidae (Coleoptera) rarely encountered in the United States and significant extension of the known geographic range of Agrilus pilosicollis Fisher
Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt)·2021Open Access
Wood-Feeding Cockroaches of the Genus Cryptocercus
2021
Origin of Mutualism Between Termites and Flagellated Gut Protists: Transition From Horizontal to Vertical Transmission
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution·2020· 35 citedOpen Access
Wood-Feeding Cockroaches of the Genus Cryptocercus
2020· 1 cited
Wasp Size and Prey Load in Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae): Implications for Biosurveillance of Pest Buprestidae
Insects·2018· 5 citedOpen Access
A Crucial Caste Regulation Gene Detected by Comparing Termites and Sister Group Cockroaches
Genetics·2018· 22 citedOpen Access
The Relationship of Body Length to Fresh Weight Varies Across Three Buprestid Genera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
The Coleopterists Bulletin·2018· 1 citedOpen Access
Parallel and Gradual Genome Erosion in the Blattabacterium Endosymbionts of Mastotermes darwiniensis and Cryptocercus Wood Roaches
Genome Biology and Evolution·2018· 19 citedOpen Access
What Kills the Hindgut Flagellates of Lower Termites during the Host Molting Cycle?
Microorganisms·2017· 36 citedOpen Access
Transcriptome sequencing and estimation of DNA methylation level in the subsocial wood-feeding cockroach Cryptocercus punctulatus (Blattodea: Cryptocercidae)
Applied Entomology and Zoology·2017· 11 cited
Record of the Hymenopteran Parasitoid Xorides (Exomus) humeralis (Ichneumonidae: Xoridinae) from Emerald Ash Borer Galleries (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in North Carolina
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington·2017· 3 cited
Distribution of Karyotypes of the Cryptocercus punctulatus Species Complex (Blattodea: Cryptocercidae) in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Journal of Insect Science·2017· 15 citedOpen Access
Collection of Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) by<i>Cerceris fumipennis</i>(Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in North Carolina: Case Study at One Nesting Site
Journal of Entomological Science·2017· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Claudio Bandi(7), Kiyoto Maekawa(5), Michael Lenz(5), Moriya Ohkuma(4), Klaus‐Dieter Klass(4), Nathan Lo(4), Peter Luykx(4), K. A. Kidd(3), Yuichi Hongoh(3), Tetsushi Inoue(3), Luciano Sacchi(2), Satoko Noda(2), Toshiaki Kudo(2), Vera Tai(2), Steve J. Perlman(2), Patrick J. Keeling(2), Gaku Tokuda(2), Jürgen Fröhlich(2), Henrik Sass(2), Hans‐Dietrich Babenzien(2)