Published Works

  • Principato, S., Romero, A., Lee, C-Y., Campbell, K., Choe, D-H., Schal C., DeVries, Z. 2023. Histamine excretion in common indoor and hematophagous arthropods, Journal of Medical Entomology, 2023. tjad103, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjad103

  • Blakely, B.N., Agnew, J., Gard, C., and Romero A. (2023). Effects of blood meal source on blood consumption and reproductive success of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 17(4): e0011233. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011233

  • Agnew, J., Gorzelski, A., Zhu, J., and Romero A. (2023). Coconut fatty acids exhibit strong repellency and week-long efficacy against several urban pest arthropods of the southwestern United States. Pest Manag Sci. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7531
  • Dehghanizadeh, M., Romero, A. Silagy, B., Agnew, Holguin, F.O., Quinn, J.C., Smith, A., Ogden, K.L., and Brewer (2023). C.E. Bio-based insect repellents from guayule (Parthenium argentatum) Resin. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02238
  • Dye-Braumuller, K.C.; H. Waltz; M.K. Lynn; S.A. Klotz; J.O. Schmidt; A. Romero; M.S. Rodriguez Aquino; J. R. Palacios Valladares; P. M. Cornejo Rivas; M. S. Nolan. (2021). A Southwestern United States pilot investigation of triatomine–mite prevalence. Insects, 12, 811. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12090811
  • Gondhalekar, A.D.; A.G. Appel; G.M. Thomas; AND A. Romero (2021). A Review of alternative management tactics employed for the control of various cockroach species (Order: Blattodea) in the USA. Insects. 12, 550. https://doi.org/10.3390/in‐ sects12060550
  • Romero, A., R. Simmons, J. Ware, and A. Whitener (2021). Profiles of ESA Member Diversity: Adrian Fisher (PBT Section) and Adalberto (Beto) Angel Pérez de León (MUVE and P-IE Sections). American Entomologist. 67 (2) Summer, 35-39
  • González-Morales, María A.; M. Terán, and A Romero. (2021). Behavioral responses of the common bed bug to essential oil constituents. Insects. 12: 184. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12020184
  • Rodriguez, F.; B.S. Luna, O. Calderon, C. Manriquez-Roman, K. Amezcua-Winter K, J. Cedillo; R. Garcia-Vazquez; I. A. Tejeda; A. Romero, K. Waldrup; D. M. Watts; C. Khatchikian; R. A. Maldonado (2021) Surveillance of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatomine vectors, feral dogs and cats, and wild animals in and around El Paso county, Texas, and New Mexico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(2): e0009147. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009147
  • Gaire, S., and A. Romero (2020). Comparative Efficacy of Residual Insecticides against the Turkestan Cockroach, Blatta lateralis, (Blattodea: Blattidae) on Different Substrates. Insects 2020, 11(8), 477;https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080477
  • Kandel Y, Mitra S, Jimenez X, Rodriguez SD, Romero A, Blakely BN, et al.(2020) Long term mosquito culture with SkitoSnack, an artificial blood meal replacement. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 14 (9): e0008591. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008591
  • Romero, A. 2018. Insecticide resistance, pp. 273–284. In S. L. Doggett, D. M. Miller and C. Y. Lee (eds.), Advances in the biology and management of modern bed bugs. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Hoboken, NJ.
  • Gonzalez, M. A. and Romero A. (2018). Effect of synergists on deltamethrin resistance in the common bed bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 1–6 doi: 10.1093/jee/toy376
  • Brittny N Blakely, S. F. Hanson, A. Romero (2018). Survival and transstadial persistence of Trypanosoma cruzi in the bed bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx252
  • Indacochea, A., Ch. C. Gard, I. A. Hansen, J. Pierce, and A. Romero. (2017). Short-range responses of the kissing bug Triatoma rubida (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) to carbon dioxide, moisture, and artificial light. Insects 8: 90 http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/8/3/90
  • Romero A., A. M. Sutherland, D. H. Gouge, H. Spafford, S. Nair, V. Lewis, D-H Choe, S. Li, and D. Young. (2017). Pest management strategies for bed bugs in multi-unit housing: A literature review on field studies. Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 8:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmx009
  • Agnew, J. L., and A. Romero (2017). Behavioral responses of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius, to insecticide dusts. Insects 8: 83. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/8/3/83
  • Gaire S., M. Connell, F. O. Holguin, A. Amatya, S. Bundy, and A. Romero. (2017). Insecticidal properties of essential oils and some of their constituents on the Turkestan cockroach (Blattodea: Blattidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 110: 584-592.
  • Romero, A., T. D. Anderson. (2016). High levels of resistance in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), to neonicotinoid insecticides. Journal of Medical Entomology 53:1-5.
  • Hansen, I. A., S. D. Rodriguez, L L. Drake, D. P. Price, B. N. Blakely, J. I. Hammond, H. Tsujimoto, E. Y. Monroy, W. Maio, A. Romero (2014). The odorant receptor co-receptor from the bed bug, Cimex lectularius L. PLoS ONE 9(11): e113692. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113692
  • Romero A. and C. Schal. (2014). Blood constituents as phagostimulants for the bed bug, Cimex lectularius L. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 552-557.
  • Romero, A. (2011). Moving from the old to the new: insecticide research on bed bugs since the resurgence. Insects 2: 210-217.
  • Romero, A., M. F. Potter, and K. F. Haynes. (2010). Evaluation of chlorfenapyr for control of the bed bug, Cimex lectularius L. Pest Management Science 66: 1243-1248.
  • Romero, A., M. F. Potter, and K. F. Haynes. (2010). Circadian rhythm of locomotor activity in the bed bug, Cimex lectularius L. Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 1516- 1522.
  • Romero, A., J. A. Hogsette, and A. Coronado. (2010). Distribution and abundance of natural parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) populations of house flies and stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) at the University of Florida dairy research unit. Neotropical Entomology 39: 424-429.
  • Ribeiro, J. M. C., I. M. Francischetti, E. Calvo, V. M. Pham, A. J. Favreau, K. D. Barbian, A. Romero, and J. G. Valenzuela. (2010). An insight into the sialome of the bed bug Cimex lectularius. Journal of Proteome Research 9: 3820-3831.
  • Zhu, F., J. Wigginton, A. Romero, A. Moore, K. Ferguson, R. Palli, M. F. Potter, K. F. Haynes, and S. R. Palli. (2010). Widespread distribution of knockdown resistance mutations in the bed bug, Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), populations in the United States. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 73: 245-257.
  • Romero, A., M. F. Potter, and K. F. Haynes. (2009). Evaluation of piperonyl butoxide as a deltamethrin synergist for pyrethroid-resistant bed bugs. Journal of Economic Entomology 102: 2310-2315.
  • Romero, A., M. F. Potter, and K. F. Haynes. (2009). Behavioral responses of the bed bug to insecticide residues. Journal of Medical Entomology 46: 51-57.
  • Romero, A., M. F. Potter; D. Potter, and K. F. Haynes. (2007). Insecticide resistance in the bed bug: A factor in the pests sudden resurgence? Journal of Medical Entomology 44: 175-178.
  • Romero, A., A. Broce, and L. Zurek. (2006). Role of bacteria in the oviposition behavior and larval development of stable flies. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 20: 115-121.
  • Benavides, E., and A. Romero. (2000). Preliminary results of a larval resistance test to ivermectins using Boophilus microplus reference strains. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 916: 610-612.
  • Benavides, E., O. Vizcaino, C. M. Britto, A. Romero, and A. Rubio. (2000). Attenuated trivalent vaccine against babesiosis and anaplasmosis in Colombia. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 916: 613-616.
  • Benavides, E., J. L. Rodriguez, and A. Romero. (2000). Isolation and partial characterization of the Montecitos strain of Boophilus microplus (Canestrini, 1877) multi-resistant to different acaricides. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 916: 668-671.

Extension Reports

  • Romero, A., Sutherland, C. A. In Ana Henke, Frank Sholedice (Ed.), No deje que los chinches de cama le piquen!. Las Cruces: NMSU, Cooperative Extension Service. http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_g/G324SP.pdf
  • Sutherland, C. A., Romero, A. In Ana Henke, Frank Sholedice (Ed.), Sleep Tight! Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite!. Las Cruces, NM: NMSU, Cooperative Extension Service. http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/_g/G324.pdf
  • Gouge D. H., L. Shujuan, N. Shaku, T. Stock, S. Bryks, C. R. Foss, A. Romero, D. J. Young and A. Code (2014). In Arizona Cooperative Extension (Ed.), Bed Bugs (ed., pp. 47). Arizona Cooperative Extension. https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1625-2014.pdf

Proceedings

  • Romero, A. (2016). Insecticide resistance bioassays for bed bugs: a review of methodologies. Proceedings of National Conference on Urban Entomology, Albuquerque, NM. May 22-25. p.128. https://ncue.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2017/08/2016-NCUE-Proceedings-Final-August17.pdf
  • Gaire, S., M. O’Connell, F. O. Holguin and A. Romero. (2016). Identification of botanically-derived repellents for Turkestan cockroaches using a video tracking system. Proceedings of National Conference on Urban Entomology, Albuquerque, NM. May 22-25. p.13. https://ncue.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2017/08/2016-NCUE-Proceedings-Final-August17.pdf
  • Gaire, S., M. O’Connell, F. O. Holguin and A. Romero. (2016). Toxicity of essential oils on the Turkestan cockroach, Blatta lateralis (Blattodea: Blattidae). Proceedings of National Conference on Urban Entomology, Albuquerque, NM. May 22-25. p.17. https://ncue.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2017/08/2016-NCUE-Proceedings-Final-August17.pdf
  • Indacochea, A. and A. Romero (2016). Short-range responses of Triatoma rubida to heat, moisture, and carbon dioxide. Proceedings of National Conference on Urban Entomology, Albuquerque, NM. May 22-25. p.15. https://ncue.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2017/08/2016-NCUE-Proceedings-Final-August17.pdf
  • Gaire S., A. Romero and M. O’Connell (2016). Repellency of essential oils on the Turkestan cockroach, Blatta lateralis (Blattodea: Blattidae). Program & Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Tyler, TX. p.20.
  • Indacochea, A. and A. Romero (2016). Short-range responses of Triatoma rubida to heat, moisture, and carbon dioxide. Program & Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Tyler, TX. p.21.
  • Gaire, Sudip and A. Romero (2015). Toxicity of essential oil components on the Turkestan cockroach, Blatta lateralis (Blattodea: Blattidae). Program & Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Tulsa, Ok. p.20.
  • Gaire, Sudip and A. Romero. (2015). Toxicity of essential oil components on the Turkestan cockroach, Blatta lateralis (Blattodea: Blattidae). Graduate Research and Arts Symposium Poster and Exhibit Abstract. NMSU, Las Cruces, NM. P.43.
  • Romero, A., and M. Sechler (2014). Sexual behavior of the resurgent Turkestan cockroach, Blatta lateralis (Dictyoptera: Blattidae). Proceedings of National Conference on Urban Entomology, San Antonio, TX May 18-21. P. 64. http://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/ncue/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2017/03/NCUE-Proceedings-2014.pdf
  • Sechler, M., and A. Romero (2014). Sexual behavior of the resurgent Turkestan cockroach, Blatta lateralis (Dictyoptera: Blattidae). Proceedings of Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, San Antonio, TX Feb 24-27. p.3.
  • Romero, A., R. G. Santangelo, and C. Schal (2012). Optimization of an in vitro system for rearing bed bugs with notes on their development on different host bloods. Proceedings National Conference on Urban Entomology, ed. by Suiter, D. R. Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 122–125. http://aglifesciences.tamu.edu/ncue/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2017/03/2012NCUEProceedings.pdf

Trade Magazine Articles

  • Romero, A., and B. Blakely. (2017). One-Two Punch. Control of pyrethroid-resistant strains with a combination of β-cyfluthrin and imidacloprid. Pest Control Technology. June. http://www.pctonline.com/article/one-two-punch/
  • Sutherland, A., D.-H. Choe, V. Lewis, D. Young, A. Romero, H. Spafford, and D. Gouge. (2015). Survey sheds light on bed bugs in multi-unit housing. Pest Control Technology 43: 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36. http://www.pctonline.com/article/pct0915-bed-bugs-multi-unit-housing/

Newspapers Articles (Print/Videos)

  • Newspaper article “NMSU Researcher aims to Educate Public about Bed Bugs”. http://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/education/nmsu/2017/06/03/nmsu-researcher-aims-educate-public-bed-bugs/366909001/. LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS, June 3, 2017.
  • Audio/Video Production “Some Bed Bugs Show Resistance to Neonicotinoid Insecticides”. NMSU Communications and Marketing Services. March 22, 2016
  • Audio/Video “Production on Urban Flies”, KRQE NEWS 13, November 19, 2014. This production highlights the research of flies in the Urban Entomology Research Center at New Mexico State University.
  • Newspaper article “Professor Studies Life of Cockroaches” LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS, January 31, 2014.
  • Newspaper article “NMSU Launches Unique Bed Bug Research Project”. LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS. Sept 2, 2013.
  • Audio/Video Production, NMSU Communications and Marketing Services. August 29, 2013. Video on bed bug research conducted at New Mexico State University by A. Romero.
  • Newspaper article “NMSU Entomology Prof Nets USDA Fellowship”. LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS. July 9, 2013.
  • Online News Articles
  • “Scientists Say We're Losing the Battle Against Bedbugs, and Here's Why” FOXNEWS. February 9, 2016. http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2016/02/09/scientists-say-were-losing-battle-against-bedbugs-and-heres-why.html
  • “Bed Bugs Have Developed Resistance to Neonicotinoids”. Entomology Today. January 28, 2016. https://entomologytoday.org/2016/01/28/bed-bugs-have-developed-resistance-to-neonicotinoids/
  • “Bedbugs Have Developed Resistance to widely used Chemical Treatments, Study Finds” Virginia Tech NEWS. January 29, 2016 https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2016/01/012916-cals-bedbugs.html
  • “Bed bugs Have Developed a Resistance to the most Widely Used Insecticide” The Guardian. January 28, 2016.
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/27/down-bed-bugs-develop-resistance-insecticide-neonicotinoid
  • “Bed Bugs Are Becoming Resistant to Some Insecticides” Newsweek. January 28, 2016. http://www.newsweek.com/bed-bugs-are-becoming-resistant-some-insecticides-420679
  • “Bed Bugs Develop Resistance to Widely Used Insecticides”. BBC NEWS. January 28, 2016. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35421742
  • “Rise of the SUPER PESTS: Bed bugs are Becoming Resistant to Common Insecticides” DailyMail. January 28, 2016 http://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/2016/02/09/scientists-say-were-losing-battle-against-bedbugs-and-heres-why.html
  • “Bed Bugs May Now be Resistant to Insecticides”. HEALTHLINE News. January 28,2016. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/bed-bugs-may-now-be-resistant-to-insecticides-012816
  • “Bedbugs Biting Back Against Insecticide” WebMD. January 28, 2016. http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/news/20160128/bedbugs-biting-back-against-insecticide
  • “Lab abuzz with Fly Research” Albuquerque Journal. Dec 16, 2014. https://www.abqjournal.com/513037/previous-work-included-bedbug-battle.html
  • “Professor in New Mexico Busts and Confirms 10 Cockroach Myths”. PRWeb. February 19, 2014. http://www.prweb.com/releases/kill-roaches/02-19-14/prweb11600847.htm