Faculty
Brian D. Farrell
Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Curator of Entomology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
My lab and I work on the evolution of interactions between different kinds of tiny consumers, especially beetles and other arthropods, and their much larger hosts, such as plants or large animals. We use phylogenetics to understand the directions, rate...
Recent Lab Publications
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. 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. European Journal of Entomology. 2024;121:435–442.
Kawahara A, Miller D, Solis A, Farrell B. Charles Mitter (1948–2024) Evolutionary Biologist, Consortium Builder, and Leader in Insect Evolutionary Biology. 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. American Entomologist. 2024;70(3):58.
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. 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. Zoologia (Curitiba). 2024;41:e24005. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24005
Chong K, Grahn A, Perl C, Sumner-Rooney L. Allometry and ecology shape eye size evolution in 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. Current Biology. 2024;34:3178–3188.e5. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.020