# Associates ## expand\_more [### Gary Alpert ](/people/gary-alpert)Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology Research Associate, Museum of Northern Arizona Gary is an environmental biologist and MCZ Associate, specializing in ants. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1981 and has been conducting field studies on the ants of New England since 1990. He has photographed many ant species in the field and is... ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait.jpg?itok=0K0NtYar) [### S. Bruce Archibald ](/people/s-bruce-archibald)Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology Curator of Paleontology Collections, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Univ. of British Columbia ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait_0.jpg?itok=mi4NHEqW) [### Patrick Gorring ](/people/patrick-gorring)Associate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Research Curator of Coleoptera and Odonata, FL Dept. of Ag. & Consumer Services and FL State Collection of Arthropods I am an evolutionary biologist and entomologist who uses species-rich herbivorous insects to study how the insect-plant interface has contributed to diversity and will respond to global change. I use genomic tools to investigate factors limiting ranges... ![Headshot of Patrick Gorring, blurry leaves in background](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/patrick_gorring_msu_entomology_09-08-2022-043_1.jpg?itok=5RROn40H) [### Alyssa Hernandez ](/people/alyssa-hernandez)Alyssa Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Biology, Bard College Graduate student through August 2021; biography below is based on graduate studies: Before pursuing my PhD at Harvard, my background had been largely focused on examining various ecological processes throughout the natural world. As an undergraduate at... ![Alyssa collecting in Puerto Rico](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/alyssa_2016_news_001.jpg?itok=yyMpVof6) [### Sangil Kim ](/people/sang-il-kim)Associate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Research Fellow at the Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate student through May 2023 My broad interests include systematics, phylogeny, and evolution of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Previously I have worked on a taxonomic review of the Korean lucanids with the description of one new species and... ![Sang Il Kim at desk with microscope](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/sang_2016_2.jpg?itok=wi9jEVfq) [### Anthony (Tony) Kiszewski ](/people/anthony-tony-kiszewski)MCZ Associate Associate Professor of Public Health Entomology, Bentley University ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait.jpg?itok=0K0NtYar) [### Piotr Naskrecki ](/people/piotr-naskrecki) MCZ Associate Director of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory, Gorongosa, Mozambique Piotr (Peter) Naskrecki is an entomologist, photographer and author, based at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, USA.). He received his M. Sc. degree in Zoology from the A. Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland;, and a... ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait.jpg?itok=0K0NtYar) [### Thalles Platiny Lavinscky Pereira ](/people/thalles-platiny-lavinscky-pereira) Associate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology MCZ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023-2025 50 new species for the 49th state - Alaska: using integrative taxonomy to illuminate a dark taxon (Diptera: Phoridae) Thalles’ research focuses on the diversity of flies (Diptera), especially the Phoridae... ![Thalles Lavinscky Pereira, smiling and holding a drawer of insect specimens, in front of gray collections cabinets](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/thalles_2023_0.jpg?itok=kQHNLGmX) [### Jessica Rykken ](/people/jessica-rykken)MCZ Associate Entomology Collections Manager, Univ. of Alaska Museum, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait_0.jpg?itok=mi4NHEqW) [### Andrea S. Sequeira ](/people/andrea-s-sequeira)MCZ Associate Gordon and Althea P. Lang ’26 Professor of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait_0.jpg?itok=mi4NHEqW) [### Scott Shaw ](/people/scott-shaw)MCZ Associate Professor of Entomology and Insect Museum Curator, Univ. of Wyoming ![gray background with cartoon green and purple beetle](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/blank_portrait_0.jpg?itok=mi4NHEqW) [### Paulino Siqueira Ribeiro ](/people/paulino-siqueira-ribeiro)Associate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology MCZ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow 2023-2025 Taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the subgenus Decamyia Dyar, genus Wyeomyia Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) with a description of new species Paulino is a biologist interested in the study of mosquitoes... ![Paulino Siqueira Ribeiro, looking at the camera while wearing a blue shirt](/sites/g/files/omnuum6366/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/farrell/files/paulino_2023.jpg?itok=DwkrGqeY) ## Recent Lab Publications Download 4 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1615491&content_filter%5B1%5D=1609861&content_filter%5B2%5D=1605271&content_filter%5B3%5D=1596321&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1615491&content_filter%5B1%5D=1609861&content_filter%5B2%5D=1605271&content_filter%5B3%5D=1596321&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1615491&content_filter%5B1%5D=1609861&content_filter%5B2%5D=1605271&content_filter%5B3%5D=1596321&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1615491&content_filter%5B1%5D=1609861&content_filter%5B2%5D=1605271&content_filter%5B3%5D=1596321&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1615491&content_filter%5B1%5D=1609861&content_filter%5B2%5D=1605271&content_filter%5B3%5D=1596321&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1615491&content_filter%5B1%5D=1609861&content_filter%5B2%5D=1605271&content_filter%5B3%5D=1596321&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=4&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=1615491&content_filter%5B1%5D=1609861&content_filter%5B2%5D=1605271&content_filter%5B3%5D=1596321&&format=ris) ### 2024 McKenna D, Farrell B, Marvaldi A, Oberprieler RG, Li X. [Phylogenomics of palynophagous pine cone weevils (Coleoptera: Cimberididae) recovers the monophyly of Cimberidini and Doydirhynchini and reveals the paraphyly of Cimberis](/publications/phylogenomics-palynophagous-pine-cone-weevils-coleoptera-cimberididae-recovers). European Journal of Entomology. 2024;121:435–442. McKenna D, Farrell B, Marvaldi A, Oberprieler RG, Li X. [Phylogenomics of palynophagous pine cone weevils (Coleoptera: Cimberididae) recovers the monophyly of Cimberidini and Doydirhynchini and reveals the paraphyly of Cimberis](/publications/phylogenomics-palynophagous-pine-cone-weevils-coleoptera-cimberididae-recovers). European Journal of Entomology. 2024;121:435–442. - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://eje.cz/artkey/eje-202401-0047_phylogenomics-of-palynophagous-pine-cone-weevils-coleoptera-cimberididae-recovers-the-monophyly-of-cimberidi.php) The beetle family Cimberididae (pine cone weevils) consists of one extant subfamily, Cimberidinae, and two tribes, Cimberidini and Doydirhynchini, both limited in distribution to the Northern Hemisphere. Cimberidini comprise the genera *Acromacer* Kuschel, ... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://eje.cz/artkey/eje-202401-0047_phylogenomics-of-palynophagous-pine-cone-weevils-coleoptera-cimberididae-recovers-the-monophyly-of-cimberidi.php) Kawahara A, Miller D, Solis A, Farrell B. [Charles Mitter (1948–2024) Evolutionary Biologist, Consortium Builder, and Leader in Insect Evolutionary Biology](/publications/charles-mitter-1948%E2%80%932024-evolutionary-biologist-consortium-builder-and-leader). American Entomologist. 2024;70(3):58. Kawahara A, Miller D, Solis A, Farrell B. [Charles Mitter (1948–2024) Evolutionary Biologist, Consortium Builder, and Leader in Insect Evolutionary Biology](/publications/charles-mitter-1948%E2%80%932024-evolutionary-biologist-consortium-builder-and-leader). American Entomologist. 2024;70(3):58. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/tmae051) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/tmae051) Boeger W, Valim M, Zaher H, Rafael J, Forzza R, Percequillo A, Serejo C, Garraffoni A, Santos A, Pereira T, et al. [Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: Setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil](/publications/cat%C3%A1logo-taxon%C3%B4mico-da-fauna-do-brasil-setting-baseline-knowledge-animal-0). Zoologia (Curitiba). 2024;41:e24005. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24005 Boeger W, Valim M, Zaher H, Rafael J, Forzza R, Percequillo A, Serejo C, Garraffoni A, Santos A, Pereira T, et al. [Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: Setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil](/publications/cat%C3%A1logo-taxon%C3%B4mico-da-fauna-do-brasil-setting-baseline-knowledge-animal-0). Zoologia (Curitiba). 2024;41:e24005. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24005 - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24005) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24005) Chong K, Grahn A, Perl C, Sumner-Rooney L. [Allometry and ecology shape eye size evolution in spiders](/publications/allometry-and-ecology-shape-eye-size-evolution-spiders). Current Biology. 2024;34:3178–3188.e5. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.020 Chong K, Grahn A, Perl C, Sumner-Rooney L. [Allometry and ecology shape eye size evolution in spiders](/publications/allometry-and-ecology-shape-eye-size-evolution-spiders). Current Biology. 2024;34:3178–3188.e5. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.020 - add\_circle\_outline do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224008042) Summary Eye size affects many aspects of visual function, but eyes are costly to grow and maintain. The allometry of eyes can provide insight into this trade-off, but this has mainly been explored in species that have two eyes of equal size. By contrast... - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224008042) [ More publications arrow\_circle\_right ](/publications)