Recent Publications

TRANSGENIC INSECT KILLING FUNGUS BETTER KILLS INSECTICIDE-RESISTANT, MALARIA-VECTOR MOSQUITOES

November 1, 2017 | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Molecular evolutionary trends and feeding ecology diversification in the Hemiptera, anchored by the milkweed bug genome

October 11, 2017
Author(s): Kristen A. Panfilio, Iris M. Vargas Jentzsch, Joshua B. Benoit, Deniz Erezyilmaz, Yuichiro Suzuki, Stefano Colella, Hugh M. Robertson, Monica F. Poelchau, Robert M. Waterhouse, Panagiotis Ioannidis, et. al

Genome‐wide identification of pathogenicity, conidiation and colony sectorization genes in Metarhizium robertsii

October 1, 2017 | Environmental Microbiology
Author(s): Guohong Zeng, Xiaoxuan Chen, Xing Zhang, Qiangqiang Zhang, Chuan Xu, Wubin Mi, Na Guo, Hong Zhao, Yue You, Farah‐Jade Dryburgh, et. al

Climate variation alters the synchrony of host–parasitoid interactions

October 1, 2017 | Ecology and Evolution
Author(s): Miles T. Wetherington, David E. Jennings, Paula M. Shrewsbury, Jian J. Duan

Assessing the potential of RAD-sequencing to resolve phylogenetic relationships within species radiations: The fly genus Chiastocheta (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) as a case study

September 1, 2017 | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Author(s): Tomasz Suchan, Anahí Espíndola, Sereina Rutschmann, Brent C. Emerson, Kevin Gori, Christophe Dessimoz, Nils Arrigo, Michał Ronikier, Nadir Alvarez

Laboratory rearing of Halyomorpha halys: methods to optimize survival and fitness of adults during and after diapause

September 1, 2017 | Journal of Pest Science
Author(s): Christopher M. Taylor, Peter L. Coffey, Kelly A. Hamby, Galen P. Dively

Demographic model selection using random forests and the site frequency spectrum

September 1, 2017 | Molecular Ecology
Author(s): Megan L. Smith, Megan Ruffley, Anahí Espíndola, David C. Tank, Jack Sullivan, Bryan C. Carstens

Indigenous arthropod natural enemies of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug in North America and Europe

September 1, 2017 | Journal of Pest Science
Author(s): Paul K. Abram, Kim A. Hoelmer, Angelita Acebes-Doria, Heather Andrews, Elizabeth H. Beers, J. Christopher Bergh, Ric Bessin, David Biddinger, Paul Botch, Matthew L. Buffington, et. al

Field surveys of egg mortality and indigenous egg parasitoids of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, in ornamental nurseries in the mid-Atlantic region of the USA

September 1, 2017 | Journal of Pest Science
Author(s): Ashley L. Jones, David E. Jennings, Cerruti R. R. Hooks, Paula M. Shrewsbury

Taxonomic overview of the hyperdiverse ant genusTetramoriumMayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India with descriptions and X-ray microtomography of two new species from the Andaman Islands

September 1, 2017 | PeerJ
Author(s): Gaurav Agavekar, Francisco Hita Garcia, Evan P. Economo

Rise of the spiny ants: diversification, ecology and function of extreme traits in the hyperdiverse genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

August 3, 2017 | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Author(s): Eli M Sarnat, Nicholas R Friedman, Georg Fischer, Beatrice Lecroq-Bennet, Evan P Economo

Pollinators and crossability as reproductive isolation barriers in two sympatric oil-rewarding Calceolaria (Calceolariaceae) species

August 1, 2017 | Evolutionary Ecology
Author(s): Maureen Murúa, Anahí Espíndola, Alejandra González, Rodrigo Medel

Next-generation morphological character discovery and evaluation: an X-ray micro-CT enhanced revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) in the Afrotropics

August 1, 2017 | ZooKeys
Author(s): Francisco Hita Garcia, Georg Fischer, Cong Liu, Tracy L. Audisio, Evan P. Economo

Smaller beaks for colder winters: Thermoregulation drives beak size evolution in Australasian songbirds

July 1, 2017 | Evolution
Author(s): Nicholas R. Friedman, Lenka Harmáčková, Evan P. Economo, Vladimír Remeš

Metarhizium robertsii produces indole-3-acetic acid, which promotes root growth in Arabidopsis and enhances virulence to insects

July 1, 2017 | Microbiology
Author(s): Xinggang Liao, Brian Lovett, Weiguo Fang, Raymond J. St Leger

Improved efficacy of an arthropod toxin expressing fungus against insecticide-resistant malaria-vector mosquitoes

June 13, 2017 | Scientific Reports
Author(s): Etienne Bilgo, Brian Lovett, Weiguo Fang, Niraj Bende, Glenn F. King, Abdoulaye Diabate, Raymond J. St. Leger

Do 120,000 years of plant–pollinator interactions predict floral phenotype divergence in Calceolaria polyrhiza? A reconstruction using species distribution models

June 1, 2017 | Arthropod-Plant Interactions
Author(s): M. Sosa-Pivatto, A. Cosacov, M. C. Baranzelli, M. R. Iglesias, A. Espíndola, A. N. Sérsic

Economic analysis of revenue losses and control costs associated with the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), in the California raspberry industry

June 1, 2017 | Pest Management Science
Author(s): Derek Farnsworth, Kelly A Hamby, Mark Bolda, Rachael E Goodhue, Jeffrey C Williams, Frank G Zalom

Global hotspots and correlates of alien species richness across taxonomic groups

June 1, 2017 | Nature Ecology & Evolution
Author(s): Wayne Dawson, Dietmar Moser, Mark van Kleunen, Holger Kreft, Jan Pergl, Petr Pyšek, Patrick Weigelt, Marten Winter, Bernd Lenzner, Tim M. Blackburn, et. al

Assembling a species–area curve through colonization, speciation and human‐mediated introduction

May 1, 2017 | Journal of Biogeography
Author(s): Evan P. Economo, Milan Janda, Benoit Guénard, Eli Sarnat

Life history traits influence the strength of distance- and density-dependence at different life stages of two Amazonian palms

May 1, 2017 | Annals of Botany
Author(s): Juanita Choo, Cecilia Carasco, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza, Beryl B. Simpson, Evan P. Economo

Effects of the emerald ash borer invasion on the community composition of arthropods associated with ash tree boles in Maryland, U.S.A.

May 1, 2017 | Agricultural and Forest Entomology
Author(s): David E. Jennings, Jian J. Duan, Dick Bean, Kimberly A. Rice, Gaye L. Williams, Steven K. Bell, Aaron S. Shurtleff, Paula M. Shrewsbury

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