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
2026
Kim S, Farrell BD. First reference genome for the family Disteniidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea), the sister lineage to all longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae). 2026. doi:10.1038/s41597-026-07413-x
Kim S, Farrell BD. First reference genome for the family Disteniidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea), the sister lineage to all longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae). 2026. doi:10.1038/s41597-026-07413-x
Kim S, Farrell BD. Tetraopes milkweed beetle genomes elucidate the adaptive basis of a temperate coevolutionary radiation. Molecular Ecology Resources. 2026;26(3). doi:10.1111/1755-0998.70117
Kim S, Farrell BD. Tetraopes milkweed beetle genomes elucidate the adaptive basis of a temperate coevolutionary radiation. Molecular Ecology Resources. 2026;26(3). doi:10.1111/1755-0998.70117
Lourenço-De-Oliveira R, Pereira GR, Neves MSAS, Santos SDS, Ribeiro PS, Nascimento-Pereira AC, Talaga S, Pavan MG, Sallum MAM, Motta MA. Systematics of Leonidasdeanea, a new subgenus of Wyeomyia (Diptera: Culicidae), with recognition of Wy. luciae as a valid species and synonymy of Wy. surinamensis with Wy. flui. Zootaxa. 2026;5782(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.1.1
Lourenço-De-Oliveira R, Pereira GR, Neves MSAS, Santos SDS, Ribeiro PS, Nascimento-Pereira AC, Talaga S, Pavan MG, Sallum MAM, Motta MA. Systematics of Leonidasdeanea, a new subgenus of Wyeomyia (Diptera: Culicidae), with recognition of Wy. luciae as a valid species and synonymy of Wy. surinamensis with Wy. flui. Zootaxa. 2026;5782(1). doi:https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.1.1
Fiorentino G, Bouju V, Sosa D, Navarro nto, Barden P. The ant genus Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Dominican amber. Journal of Paleontology. 2026. doi:10.1017/jpa.2025.10213
Fiorentino G, Bouju V, Sosa D, Navarro nto, Barden P. The ant genus Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Dominican amber. Journal of Paleontology. 2026. doi:10.1017/jpa.2025.10213