Mauricio Martins da Rocha

Mauricio Martins da Rocha, Brazilian entomologist.

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZUSP), 04263-000, Av. Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Rocha, M.M., Cancello, E.M. & Cuezzo, C. 2011. A new genus and species of mandibulate nasute termite (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) from Brazil. ZooKeys 148: 125–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1278 Reference page.

Rocha, M.M., Cancello, E.M. & Carrijo, T.F. 2012. Neotropical termites: revision of Armitermes Wasmann (Isoptera, Termitidae, Syntermitinae) and phylogeny of the Syntermitinae. Systematic Entomology 37(4): 793–827. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00645.x Reference page.

Rocha, M.M. 2013. Redescription of the enigmatic genus Genuotermes Emerson (Isoptera, Termitidae, Termitinae). ZooKeys 340: 107–117. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.340.6131 Reference page.

Oliveira, D.E., Rocha, M.R. & Cancello, E.M. 2015. Muelleritermes: A new termite genus with two species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Zootaxa 4012(2): 258–270. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Rocha, M.M. & Cancello, E.M.. 2020. Comparative anatomy of the gut of the South American species of Amitermes, with description of two new species and an identification key based on soldiers and workers. Zootaxa 4751(1): 75–104. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4751.1.4 Reference page.

Scheffrahn, R.H., Wang, M-L., Bourguignon, T., Rocha, M.M., Cancello, E.M., Roisin, Y. & Hellemans, S. 2025. Nasutitermes aurantius (Isoptera, Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae), a new nasutiform termite species from Panama and a key to soldiers of Central American Nasutitermes Dudley, 1890. ZooKeys 1256: 163–177. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1256.158192 Reference page.
Zilberman, B., Rocha, M.M. & Pires-Silva, C.M. 2025. A new species of the termitophilous rove beetle genus Pseudotermitoecia Kistner, 1985 from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), and its association with Schedorhinotermes Silvestri, 1909 (Rhinotermitidae). Austral Entomology 64:e70029: 1–6. DOI: 10.1111/aen.70029 . Reference page.