A5007381545- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Plant and animal studies
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Insect and Pesticide Research
University of California, Riverside
2017-2024
University of Florida
2024
Florida Museum of Natural History
2024
University of Konstanz
2022-2023
Ecological Society of America
2019
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2009
Whole genome sequences are beginning to revolutionize our understanding of phylogenetic relationships. Yet, even whole can fail resolve the evolutionary history most rapidly radiating lineages, where incomplete lineage sorting, standing genetic variation, introgression, and other factors obscure group. To overcome such challenges, one emerging strategy is integrate results across different methods. Most approaches have been implemented on reduced representation genomic data sets, but genomes...
Abstract Assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae Latreille) comprise not only one of the largest radiations predatory animals (22 subfamilies; >6,800 spp.) but also include medically important kissing (Triatominae Jeannel). are morphologically diverse, engage in an astounding array strategies and have evolved some most unique anti‐predator stealth techniques animal kingdom. While significant progress has been made to reveal evolutionary history assassin revise their taxonomy, non‐monophyly...
Abstract Ambush bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae) are sit‐and‐wait predators of flower‐visiting insects including pollinators. Broad species distribution ranges, intraspecific polymorphism, sexual dimorphism and subtle interspecific differences all contribute to making delimitation especially difficult in this group, which is used as a model the study interactions between selection. Species boundaries among Nearctic ambush common frequently collected erosa group (11 species, nine...
Abstract Cichlid fishes have repeatedly evolved an astounding diversity of trophic morphologies. For example, hypertrophied lips multiple times in both African and Neotropical cichlids could even convergently within single species assemblages such as Lake Malawi cichlids. However, the extremely high diversification rate extensive potential for hybridization has cast doubt on whether genome-level phylogenetic reconstructions delineate if these types adaptations once or times. To examine...
The saturniid moth genus Automeris includes 145 described species. Their geographic distribution ranges from the eastern half of North America to as far south Peru. Automeri s moths are cryptically colored, with forewings that resemble dead leaves, and conspicuously elaborate eyespots hidden on their hindwings. Despite charismatic nature, evolutionary history relationships within between closely related genera, remain poorly understood. In this study, we present most comprehensive phylogeny...
The microgastrine braconid wasps recovered up through 2007 by the NSF-sponsored rearing project "Caterpillars and Parasitoids of Eastern Andes in Ecuador" are summarized terms their host specialization faunistic uniqueness. Two hundred fifty eight rearings caterpillars resulted records Microgastrinae, distributed among 14 genera (Apanteles Förster, Choeras Mason, Cotesia Cameron, Diolcogaster Ashmead, Distatrix Dolichogenidea Viereck, Exix Glyptapanteles Hypomicrogaster Papanteles...
Abstract The genomic loci generating both adaptive and maladaptive variation could be surprisingly predictable in deeply homologous vertebrate structures like the lips. Variation highly conserved traits such as jaws teeth organisms evolutionarily disparate teleost fishes mammals is known to structured by same genes. Likewise, hypertrophied lips that have evolved repeatedly Neotropical African cichlid fish lineages share unexpectedly similar genetic bases themselves even provide surprising...
Though the phylogenetic signal of loci on sex chromosomes can differ from those autosomes, chromosomal-level genome assemblies for nonvertebrates are still relatively scarce and conservation chromosomal gene content across deep scales has therefore remained largely unexplored. We here assemble a uniquely large diverse set samples (17 anchored hybrid enrichment, 24 RNA-seq, 70 whole-genome sequencing variable depth) medically important assassin bugs (Reduvioidea). assess performance genes...
Abstract Invertebrate generalist predators are ubiquitous and play a major role in food‐web dynamics. Molecular gut content analysis (MGCA) has become popular means to assess prey ranges specificity of cryptic arthropods the absence direct observation. While this approach been widely used study predation on economically important taxa (i.e., pests) agroecosystems, it is less frequently broader trophic interactions involving natural communities such as diverse threatened coastal sage scrub...
Tabanus variegatus F. 1805 has been called by the name sulcifronsMacquart 1855 for over 80 yr; T. is one of most common large horse flies attacking livestock in much southeastern U.S. Morphological, ecological, and molecular evidence indicates that a distinct species, we redescribe female describe male. The Fabricius holotype, heavily damaged after nearly 220 yr, nevertheless taxonomically sound. Morphology (size, color, palp shape, r5 wing cell shape) can usually distinguish from...
Abstract Though the phylogenetic signal of loci on sex chromosomes can differ from those autosomes, chromosomal-level genome assemblies for non-vertebrates are still relatively scarce and conservation chromosomal gene content across deep scales has therefore remained largely unexplored. We here assemble a uniquely large diverse set samples (17 Anchored Hybrid Enrichment [AHE], 24 RNA-Seq, 70 whole-genome sequencing [WGS] variable depth) medically important assassin bugs (Reduvioidea). assess...
The Apiomerus maya species group of the genus Hahn, 1831 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae: Apiomerini), bee assassins, is revised. Four that are native to parts Mexico and Central America recognized redescribed: Dispons, 1971, A. pipil venosus Stl, 1872, immundus Bergroth, 1898. Intraspecific polychromatism male genital morphology documented for group. taxonomy two previously updated: tristis Champion, 1899 syn. nov. here synonymized with guatemalensis 1971 pipil.
Abstract The saturniid moth genus Automeris includes 145 described species. Their geographic distribution ranges from the eastern half of North America to as far south Peru. Automeri s moths are cryptically colored, with forewings that resemble dead leaves, and conspicuously elaborate eyespots hidden on their hindwings. Despite charismatic nature, evolutionary history relationships within between closely related genera, remain poorly understood. In this study, we present most comprehensive...
Abstract Enigmatic and rarely collected, ambush bugs of the tribe Macrocephalini (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae) encompass a diverse group predatory armed with subchelate raptorial forelegs, greatly enlarged scutellum, elongate head. is most specious four tribes bugs, consisting 20 genera 154 species. They are represented in Caribbean by several remarkable taxa that bear foretarsi, trait unassociated macrocephalines found elsewhere world. I here describe new genus species...