@article {1228383, title = {Studies in Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) of Hispaniola}, journal = {Phytotaxa}, volume = {420}, number = {1}, year = {2019}, pages = {1-20}, chapter = {1}, abstract = {A review of the literature at large and the field photographic record of the senior author of this study indicate that there are several undescribed species of Aristolochia in Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), related to A. bilobata. Here we show that A. mirandae is a synonym of A. bilobata and that what appears as A. bilobata in Mari{\'o}n H. (2011: 76{\textendash}77) is a new species here described as Aristolochia adiastola. In addition, two new species, A. bonettiana and A. marioniana, also related to A. bilobata, are described and illustrated herein.}, keywords = {Aristolochia, Aristolochiaceae, hexandrous, West Indies, Magnoliids}, isbn = {1179-31631179-3155}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.420.1.1}, author = {Fern{\'a}ndez, Eladio and Ferreras, Irina and Brian D. Farrell and de Medeiros, Bruno A. S. and Romero-Gonz{\'a}lez, Gustavo A.} } @article {1219908, title = {A dataset of egg size and shape from more than 6,700 insect species}, journal = {Sci Data}, volume = {6}, number = {1}, year = {2019}, note = {Church, Samuel HDonoughe, Sethde Medeiros, Bruno A SExtavour, Cassandra GengDGE1745303/National Science Foundation (NSF)/InternationalResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}tEnglandSci Data. 2019 Jul 3;6(1):104. doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0049-y.}, month = {Jul 3}, pages = {104}, edition = {2019/07/05}, abstract = {Offspring size is a fundamental trait in disparate biological fields of study. This trait can be measured as the size of plant seeds, animal eggs, or live young, and it influences ecological interactions, organism fitness, maternal investment, and embryonic development. Although multiple evolutionary processes have been predicted to drive the evolution of offspring size, the phylogenetic distribution of this trait remains poorly understood, due to the difficulty of reliably collecting and comparing offspring size data from many species. Here we present a dataset of 10,449 morphological descriptions of insect eggs, with records for 6,706 unique insect species and representatives from every extant hexapod order. The dataset includes eggs whose volumes span more than eight orders of magnitude. We created this dataset by partially automating the extraction of egg traits from the primary literature. In the process, we overcame challenges associated with large-scale phenotyping by designing and employing custom bioinformatic solutions to common problems. We matched the taxa in this dataset to the currently accepted scientific names in taxonomic and genetic databases, which will facilitate the use of these data for testing pressing evolutionary hypotheses in offspring size evolution.}, isbn = {2052-4463 (Electronic)2052-4463 (Linking)}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0049-y}, author = {Church, S. H. and Donoughe, S. and de Medeiros, Bruno A. S. and Extavour, C. G.} } @article {1215981, title = {Digitisation as a tool to promote transparency between collections: the case of the Baltic amber from the K{\"o}nigsberg collection at the Museum of Comparative Zoology}, journal = {Spanish Journal of Palaeontology}, volume = {34}, year = {2019}, pages = {145-151}, abstract = {A total of 383 Baltic amber samples, including 43 type specimens, held at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, for near a century were found to belong to the classic amber collection from the Albertus-Universit{\"a}t of K{\"o}nigsberg. This discovery was greatly facilitated by the public availability online of digital images produced during a four-year project that digitised the over 30,000 samples from the MCZ{\textquoteright}s fossil insect collection. The amber samples were hand carried and reincorporated to the portion of the original K{\"o}nigsberg collection that was saved from World War II, held at the Geowissenschaftliches Museum from the Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum of the Georg-August-Universit{\"a}t, G{\"o}ttingen. This study showcases the importance of sharing collection data through public digitised records, and highlights the understanding of digitisation not only as a tool of education, public engagement, and research, but also of rediscovery, tracking, repatriation, and ultimately safeguard of the movable palaeontological heritage on a global scale.}, url = {https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/sjpalaeontology/article/view/15241}, author = {P{\'e}rez-de la Fuente, Ricardo and Gehler, Alexander and Farnum, Charles W. and Brian D. Farrell} } @article {1202064, title = {Insect egg size and shape evolve with ecology but not developmental rate}, journal = {Nature}, volume = {571}, number = {7763}, year = {2019}, note = {Church, Samuel HDonoughe, Sethde Medeiros, Bruno A SExtavour, Cassandra GengEnglandNature. 2019 Jul;571(7763):58-62. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1302-4. Epub 2019 Jul 3.}, month = {Jul}, pages = {58-62}, edition = {2019/07/05}, abstract = {Over the course of evolution, organism size has diversified markedly. Changes in size are thought to have occurred because of developmental, morphological and/or ecological pressures. To perform phylogenetic tests of the potential effects of these pressures, here we generated a dataset of more than ten thousand descriptions of insect eggs, and combined these with genetic and life-history datasets. We show that, across eight orders of magnitude of variation in egg volume, the relationship between size and shape itself evolves, such that previously predicted global patterns of scaling do not adequately explain the diversity in egg shapes. We show that egg size is not correlated with developmental rate and that, for many insects, egg size is not correlated with adult body size. Instead, we find that the evolution of parasitoidism and aquatic oviposition help to explain the diversification in the size and shape of insect eggs. Our study suggests that where eggs are laid, rather than universal allometric constants, underlies the evolution of insect egg size and shape.}, isbn = {1476-4687 (Electronic)0028-0836 (Linking)}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1302-4}, author = {Church, S. H. and Donoughe, S. and de Medeiros, Bruno A. S. and Extavour, C. G.} } @article {1162986, title = {The first species of Cotithene Voss (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) from Amazonian Brazil, with notes on its role as a pollinator of Evodianthus funifer (Poit.) Lindm. (Cyclanthaceae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4576}, number = {3}, year = {2019}, pages = {461}, isbn = {1175-53341175-5326}, author = {Valente, Roberta M. and Da Silva, Paulo A. L. and de Medeiros, Bruno A. S.} } @article {1160460, title = {Flower visitors of the licuri palm (Syagrus coronata): brood pollinators coexist with a diverse community of antagonists and mutualists}, journal = {Biological Journal of the Linnean Society}, year = {2019}, isbn = {0024-40661095-8312}, author = {de Medeiros, Bruno A. S. and N{\'u}{\~n}ez-Avellaneda, Luis A. and Hernandez, Alyssa M. and Brian D. Farrell} }