Tanner R, Bluemel S, Kapranas A, Kenis M, Matosevic D, Horn N (2025). The utilization of biological control against regulated pests in the EPPO region: challenges and opportunities. EPPO bulletin doi.org/10.1111/epp.13072
Kamou N, Papafoti A, Chatzaki V, Kapranas A (2024) Exploring the effects of entomopathogenic nematode symbiotic bacteria and their cell free filtrates on the tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta and its predator Nesidiocoris tenuis. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 206: 108181
Balampekou EI, Koveos DS, Koutsos TM, Menexes GC, Kapranas A, Carey JR, Kouloussis NA (2024). Locomotor Activity of Adult Olive Fruit Flies Recorded under Conditions of Food or Water Deprivation. Agronomy. 2024; 14(5):1051.
Balatsos G, Karras V, Puggioli A, Balestrino F, Bellini R, Papachristos DP, Milonas PG, Papadopoulos NT, Malfacini M, Carrieri M, Kapranas A, Mamai W, Mastronikolos G, Lytra I, Bouyer J & Michaelakis A (2024). Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) field trial targeting the suppression of Aedes albopictus in Greece. Parasite 31, 17
Giunti G, Benelli G, Campolo O, Canale A, Kapranas A, Liedo P, De Meyer M, Nestel D, Ruiu L, Scolari F, Wang X, Papadopoulos NT (2023). Management of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata: past, present and future. ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS 43: 1241 – 1263
Giunti G, Benelli G, Campolo O, Canale A, Kapranas A, Liedo P, De Meyer M, Nestel D, Ruiu L, Scolari F, Wang X, Papadopoulos NT (2023). Biology, ecology and invasiveness of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata: a review. ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS 43: 1221 – 1239
Balampekou EI, Koveos DS, Kapranas A, Menexes GC, Kouloussis NA (2023). The Roles of Mating, Age, and Diet in Starvation Resistance in Bactrocera oleae (Olive Fruit Fly). INSECTS. 14(11):841
Milonas PG, Anastasaki E, Psoma A, Partinevelos G, Fragkopoulos GN, Kektsidou O, Vassilakos N, Kapranas A (2023). Plant viruses induce plant volatiles that are detected by aphid parasitoids. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 13: 8721
Cassels MD, Kapranas A, Griffin CT (2023). Mating status, independent of size, influences lethal fighting in an entomopathogenic nematode. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 201: 101-107.
Kapranas A, Chronopoulou A, Peters A, Antonatos S, Lytra I, Milonas PG, Papachristos DP (2023). Early and off-season biological control of Medfly with entomopathogenic nematodes: from laboratory experiments to successful field trials. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL 179: 105173.
Giatropoulos A , Papachristos D , Michaelakis A , Kapranas A , Emmanouel N (2022) Laboratory study on larval competition between two related mosquito species: Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus and Aedes (Stegomyia) cretinus. ACTA TROPICA 230: 106389.
Kapranas A, Collatz J, Michaelakis A, Milonas P (2022) Review of the role of sterile insect technique within biologically-based pest control – An appraisal of existing regulatory frameworks. ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA 170:385-393.
Mastronikolos GD, Kapranas A, Balatsos GK, Ioannou C, Papachristos DP, Milonas PG, Puggioli A, Pajović I, Petrić D, Bellini R, Michaelakis A, Papadopoulos NT (2022) Quality Control Methods for Aedes albopictus Sterile Male Transportation. INSECTS 13(2):179.
Antonatos S, Papachristos D, Varikou K, Vahamidis P, Kapranas A, Milonas P (2021) Seasonal appearance, abundance, and host preference of Philaenus spumarius and Neophilaenus campestris (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) in olive groves in Greece. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 50: 1474–1482.
Kapranas A, Chronopoulou A, Peters A, Lytra I, Milonas P, Papachristos D (2021) Efficacy and Residual activity of Commercially Available Entomopathogenic Nematode Strains for Mediterranean Fruit Fly Control and their Ability to Infect Infested Fruits. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 77 (9): 3964-3969.
Milonas PG, Partsinevelos G & Kapranas A (2021) Susceptibility of Trichogramma Parasitoids to Insecticides Used Against Olive Pests. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 111 (3): 301-306.
Stefopoulou A, LaDeau SL, Syrigou N, Balatsos G, Karras V, Lytra I, Boukouvala E, Papachristos DP, Milonas PG, Kapranas A, Vahamidis P, Michaelakis A (2021) Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Survey in Greece before the Implementation of Sterile Insect Technique against Aedes albopictus. INSECTS 12(3):212.
Balatsos G, Puggioli A, Karras V, Lytra I, Mastronikolos G, Carrieri M, Papachristos DP, Malfacini M, Stefopoulou A, Ioannou CS, Balestrino F, Bouyer J, Petrić D, Pajović I, Kapranas A, Papadopoulos NT, Milonas PG, Bellini R, & Michaelakis A (2021) Reduction in Egg Fertility of Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes in Greece Following Releases of Imported Sterile Males . INSECTS 12(2):110.
Kapranas A, Zenner NRLA, Mangan R & Griffin CT (2020) Objective and subjective components of resource value in lethal fights between male entomopathogenic nematodes. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 164: 149-154.
Drakou K, Nikolaou T, Vasquez M, Michaelakis A, Kapranas A, Petric D, Papatheodoulou A & Maria Koliou M (2020) The effect of weather variables on mosquito activity: A snapshot of the main point of entry of Cyprus. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 17(4): 1403.
Kapranas A, Sbaiti I, Degen T & Turlings TCJ (2020) Biological control of cabbage fly Delia radicum with entomopathogenic nematodes: selecting the most effective nematode species and testing a novel application method. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL 144: 104212.
McNamara L, Kapranas A, Williams CD, O’Tuama P, Kavanagh K & Griffin CT (2018) Efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi against large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis and their additive effects when combined with entomopathogenic nematodes. JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE 91:1407–1419.
Snart CJP, Kapranas A, Williams H, Barrett DA & Hardy ICW (2018) Sustenance and performance: nutritional reserves, longevity and contest outcomes of fed and starved adult parasitoid wasps. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION fevo.2018.00012
Kapranas A, Maher A & Griffin CT (2017) The influence of organic matter content and media compaction on the dispersal of entomopathogenic nematodes with different foraging strategies. PARASITOLOGY 14: 1956-1963.
Kapranas A, Malone B, Quinn S, O’Tuama P, Peters A & Griffin CT (2017) Optimizing the application method of entomopathogenic nematode suspension for Biological control of large pine weevil Hylobius abietis. BIOCONTROL 62: 659-667.
Guy A, Gaffney M, Kapranas A, Griffin CT (2017) Conditioning the entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema carpocapsae and Heterorhabditis megidis by pre-application storage improves efficacy against black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at low and moderate temperatures. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL 108: 40-46.
Kapranas A, Malone B, Quinn S, McNamara L, Williams CD, O’ Tuama P, Peters A, Griffin CT (2017) Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes for control of large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis: effects of soil type, pest density and spatial distribution.JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE 90: 495-505 .
Eliopoulos PA, Kapranas A, Givropoulou EG, Hardy ICW (2017) Reproductive efficiency of the bethylid wasp Cephalonomia tarsalis: the influences of spatial structure and host density. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 107: 139-147.
Kapranas A, Snart CJP, Williams H, Hardy ICW & Barrett DA (2016) Metabolomics of aging assessed in individual parasitoid wasps. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 6: 34848.
Wilkinson RD, Kapranas A, Hardy ICW (2016) Detecting non-binomial sex allocation when developmental mortality operates. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY 408: 167-178.
Kapranas A, Hardy ICW, Tang X, Gardner A & Li B (2016) Sex ratios, virginity, and local resource enhancement in a quasisocial parasitoid. ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA 159: 243-251.
Kapranas A, Maher A & Griffin CT (2016) Higher relatedness mitigates mortality in a nematodes with lethal male fighting. JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 29: 344-351.
Snart CJP, Kapranas A, Barrett DA, ICW Hardy (2015). Nutritional status alters the lipidome of a bethylid wasp incapable of de novo lipogenesis. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY 74 (OCE5), E300.
Kapranas A & Tena A (2015) Encyrtid Parasitoids of Soft Scale Insects: biology, behaviour and their use in biological Control. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ENTOMOLOGY 60: 195-211.
Tang X, Meng L, Kapranas A, Xu F, Hardy ICW & Li B (2014) Mutually beneficial host exploitation and ultra-biased sex ratios in quasisocial parasitoids. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 5: 1-7.
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Kapranas A & Hardy ICW (2014) One hundred years of insect parasitoids. BIOCONTROL NEWS AND INFORMATION 35: 1-4.
Kapranas A, Lo Giudice D, Peri E, Millar JG & Colazza S (2013) Emergence, dispersal, and mate finding via a substrate-borne sex pheromone in the parasitoid Metaphycus luteolus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA 148: 74-83.
Lyttle J, Kapranas A, Morgan DGW, Nichols JM, Morse JG (2012) Sex Ratio Dynamics of Gonatocerus ashmeadi, a Parasitoid of the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter in California. ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA 145: 222-227.
Kapranas A, Tena A, Luck RF (2012) Dynamic virulence in a parasitoid wasp: The influence of clutch size and sequential oviposition on egg encapsulation. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 83: 833-838.
Kapranas A (2012) Coccidae. In “Integrated Control of Citrus Pests in the Mediterranean Region” (Vacante V & Gerson U Eds),pp 183-191, Bentham Science Publishers.
Peri E & Kapranas A (2012) Pseudococcidae and Monophlebidae. In “Integrated Control of Citrus Pests in the Mediterranean Region” (Vacante V & Gerson U Eds), pp 182-192, Bentham Science Publishers.
Tena A, Kapranas A, Walker GP, Garcia-Mari F & Luck RF (2011) Larval morphology of Metaphycus flavus and the role of host attachment in larval cannibalism. BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 101: 365-372.
Kapranas A, Hardy ICW, Luck RF & Morse JG (2011) Parasitoid developmental mortality in the field: patterns, causes and consequences for sex ratio and virginity. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY 80: 192-203.
Kapranas A, Lo Giudice D, Morse GP & Luck RF (2011) Biology and behaviour of Metaphycus angustifrons Compere (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a newly established parasitoid of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in California. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL 56: 139-144.
Kapranas A, Vacante V & Colazza S (2009) Il controllo biologico degli insetti fitofagi degli agrumi. In “Trattato di Agrumicoltura” Edagricole – Il sole 24 ore Agricoltura pp. 355-369.
Kapranas A, Wajnberg E & Luck RF (2009) Sequences of sex allocation and mortality in clutches of Metaphycus parasitoids of soft scale insects and the prevalence of all-female broods. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY 34: 652-662.
Tena A, Kapranas A, Luck, RF & Garcia-Marí F (2009) Larval cannibalism during the late developmental stages of a facultatively gregarious encyrtid endoparasitoid. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY 34: 669–676.
Kapranas A, Federici BA, Luck RF & Johnson RF (2009) Cellular immune response of brown soft scale Coccus hesperidum L. (Hemiptera: Coccidae) to eggs of Metaphycus luteolus Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). BIOLOGICAL CONTROL 48: 1-5.
Kapranas A & Luck RF (2008) Egg maturation, host feeding, and longevity in two Metaphycus species parasitoids of soft scale insects. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL 47: 147-153.
Tena A, Kapranas A, Luck RF & Garcia-Mari F (2008) Host discrimination, superparasitism and infanticide by a gregarious endoparasitoid. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR 76:789–799.
Kapranas A, Pacheco P, Forster LD, Morse JG & Luck RF (2008) Precise sex allocation by several encyrtid parasitoids of brown soft scale Coccus hesperidum L. (Hemiptera: Coccidae). BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY 62:901-912.
Kapranas A, Morse JG, Pacheco P, Forster LD & RF Luck (2007) Survey of brown soft scale Coccus hesperidum parasitoids in southern California citrus. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL 42:288-299.
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