Recent Publications

Oncopeltus-like gene expression patterns in Murgantia histrionica, a new hemipteran model system, suggest ancient regulatory network divergence

| EvoDevo
Author(s): Jessica Hernandez, Leslie Pick, Katie Reding

Mandibular morphology, task specialization, and bite mechanics inPheidoleants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)


Author(s): C.L. Klunk, M.A. Argenta, A. Casadei-Ferreira, E.P. Economo, M.R. Pie

Hydrological Conditions Influence Soil and Methane-Cycling Microbial Populations in Seasonally Saturated Wetlands

| Frontiers in Environmental Science
Author(s): Christine E. Maietta, Kelly L. Hondula, C. Nathan Jones, Margaret A. Palmer

Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory

| Nature Communications
Author(s): E. T. Borer, W. S. Harpole, P. B. Adler, C. A. Arnillas, M. N. Bugalho, M. W. Cadotte, M. C. Caldeira, S. Campana, C. R. Dickman, T. L. Dickson, et. al

Developing generalized sampling schemes with known error properties: the case of a moving observer

| Ecography
Author(s): Nao Takashina, Evan P. Economo

Evidence for a thoracic crop in the workers of some Neotropical Pheidole species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

| Arthropod Structure & Development
Author(s): A. Casadei-Ferreira, G. Fischer, E.P. Economo

Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot

| ZooKeys
Author(s): Cong Liu, Georg Fischer, Francisco Hita Garcia, Seiki Yamane, Qing Liu, Yan Qiong Peng, Evan P. Economo, Benoit Guénard, Naomi E. Pierce

Acoustic Detection of an Unknown Bat Species in Okinawa

| Mammal Study
Author(s): Vladimir Dinets, Nicholas R. Friedman, Masashi Yoshimura, Masako Ogasawara, Evan P. Economo

Evolutionary biogeography of the reef-building coral genus Galaxea across the Indo-Pacific ocean

| Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Author(s): Patricia H. Wepfer, Yuichi Nakajima, Makamas Sutthacheep, Veronica Z. Radice, Zoe Richards, Put Ang, Tullia Terraneo, Mareike Sudek, Atsushi Fujimura, Robert J. Toonen, et. al

The loss of flight in ant workers enabled an evolutionary redesign of the thorax for ground labour

| Frontiers in Zoology
Author(s): Christian Peeters, Roberto A. Keller, Adam Khalife, Georg Fischer, Julian Katzke, Alexander Blanke, Evan P. Economo

Self-Compatibility Not Associated with Morphological or Genetic Diversity Reduction in Oil-Rewarding Calceolaria Species

| Plants
Author(s): Maureen Murúa, Anahí Espíndola, Fernanda Pérez

Regulatory gene function handoff allows essential gene loss in mosquitoes

| Communications Biology
Author(s): Alys M. Cheatle Jarvela, Catherine S. Trelstad, Leslie Pick

Connection, isolation and reconnection: Quaternary climatic oscillations and the Andes shaped the phylogeographical patterns of the Patagonian bee Centris cineraria (Apidae)

| Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Author(s): María Sosa-Pivatto, Gonzalo A Camps, Matías C Baranzelli, Anahí Espíndola, Alicia N Sérsic, Andrea Cosacov

The Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist

| ZooKeys
Author(s): Ratnayake Kaluarachchige Sriyani Dias, Benoit Guénard, Shahid Ali Akbar, Evan P. Economo, Warnakulasuriyage Sudesh Udayakantha, Aijaz Ahmad Wachkoo

Gully formation in headwater catchments under sugarcane agriculture in Brazil

| Journal of Environmental Management
Author(s): Maíra Ometto Bezerra, Matthew Baker, Margaret A. Palmer, Solange Filoso

Effects of white‐tailed deer exclusion on the plant community composition of an upland tallgrass prairie ecosystem

| Journal of Vegetation Science
Author(s): Kathryn J. Bloodworth, Mark E. Ritchie, Kimberly J. Komatsu, Zaal Kikvidze

Socially Parasitic Ants Evolve a Mosaic of Host-Matching and Parasitic Morphological Traits

| Current Biology
Author(s): Georg Fischer, Nicholas R. Friedman, Jen-Pan Huang, Nitish Narula, L. Lacey Knowles, Brian L. Fisher, Alexander S. Mikheyev, Evan P. Economo

Genetic variation for resistance to the specific fly pathogen Entomophthora muscae

| Scientific Reports
Author(s): Jonathan B. Wang, Carolyn Elya, Raymond J. St. Leger

Influence of Landscape Factors and Abiotic Conditions on Dispersal Behavior and Overwintering Site Selection by Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): John P Cullum, Laura J Nixon, William R Morrison, Michael J Raupp, Paula M Shrewsbury, P Dilip Venugopal, Holly Martinson, J Christopher Bergh, Tracy C Leskey

Intraspecific variation in host plant traits mediates taxonomic and functional composition of local insect herbivore communities

| Ecological Entomology

High-Efficiency CRISPR/Cas9 Mutagenesis of the white Gene in the Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus

| Genetics
Author(s): Katie Reding, Leslie Pick

Macroevolutionary integration of phenotypes within and across ant worker castes

| Ecology and Evolution
Author(s): Nicholas R. Friedman, Beatrice Lecroq Bennet, Georg Fischer, Eli M. Sarnat, Jen‐Pan Huang, L. Lacey Knowles Knowles, Evan P. Economo

The role of organic amendments in wetland restorations

| Restoration Ecology
Author(s): Brian Scott, Andrew H. Baldwin, Kate Ballantine, Margaret Palmer, Stephanie Yarwood

Going gentle into that pathogen-induced goodnight

| Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
Author(s): Brian Lovett, Raymond J. St. Leger, Henrik H. de Fine Licht

Macroinvertebrate community patterns in relation to leaf‐associated periphyton under contrasting light and nutrient conditions in headwater streams

| Freshwater Biology
Author(s): Rebecca A. Eckert, Halvor M. Halvorson, Kevin A. Kuehn, William O. Lamp