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2025
Farrell BD. The Martyrs of Louisiana . ReVista : Harvard Review of Latin America. 2025.
Farrell BD. The Martyrs of Louisiana . ReVista : Harvard Review of Latin America. 2025.
McKenna DD, Oberprieler RG, Marvaldi AE, Brown SDJ, Charles MA, de Medeiros BAS, Farrell BD, Leschen RAB, Mermudes JRM, Orellana S, et al. Unravelling the evolution of mycetophagy and phytophagy in fungus weevils (Curculionoidea: Anthribidae): Phylogenomic insights into Anthribinae paraphyly and tribal non‐monophyly. Systematic Entomology. 2025. doi:10.1111/syen.12674
McKenna DD, Oberprieler RG, Marvaldi AE, Brown SDJ, Charles MA, de Medeiros BAS, Farrell BD, Leschen RAB, Mermudes JRM, Orellana S, et al. Unravelling the evolution of mycetophagy and phytophagy in fungus weevils (Curculionoidea: Anthribidae): Phylogenomic insights into Anthribinae paraphyly and tribal non‐monophyly. Systematic Entomology. 2025. doi:10.1111/syen.12674
Fungus weevils (family Anthribidae) are morphologically and ecologically diverse, with highly varied feeding habits, mainly mycetophagy but also phytophagy, palynophagy and entomophagy. The phylogeny of the family is virtually unexplored, its evolutionary...
Wang Z, Kim S, Farrell BD, de Medeiros BAS. Customizable PCR-based target enrichment probes for sequencing fungi-parasitized insects. Insect Science. 2025;32:719–724. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.13413
Wang Z, Kim S, Farrell BD, de Medeiros BAS. Customizable PCR-based target enrichment probes for sequencing fungi-parasitized insects. Insect Science. 2025;32:719–724. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.13413
Hernandez AM, Farrell BD. Get a grip: evaluating the importance of different beetle tarsal structures in landing attachment. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2025;228(15). doi:10.1242/jeb.249823
Hernandez AM, Farrell BD. Get a grip: evaluating the importance of different beetle tarsal structures in landing attachment. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2025;228(15). doi:10.1242/jeb.249823
To successfully locomote across leaf surfaces, which vary in roughness and inclination, beetles evolved tarsal structures (setae and claws) that allow attachment. Structures form a synergistic system, with adhesive setae being effective on smoother...
2024
Ament DC, Pereira TPL. Diversity, distribution and general knowledge of the Brazilian Phoridae (Diptera), the family of flies with most species known in the country. Zoologia (Curitiba). 2024;41(e24010). doi:https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24010
Ament DC, Pereira TPL. Diversity, distribution and general knowledge of the Brazilian Phoridae (Diptera), the family of flies with most species known in the country. Zoologia (Curitiba). 2024;41(e24010). doi:https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24010
The elaboration of the Taxonomic Catalog of the Brazilian Fauna allowed the recognition of Phoridae as the family of flies with most species recorded for Brazil. The phorids are incredibly diverse morphologically, numerous in Malaise trap samples and have...
Gutiérrez-Trejo N, Van Dam M, Lam A, Martínez-Herrera G, Noguera F, Weissling T, Ware J, Toledo-Hernández V, Jr. F, Farrell B, et al. Phylogenomics of Tetraopes longhorn beetles unravels their evolutionary history and biogeographic origins. 2024;14(1):7285.
Gutiérrez-Trejo N, Van Dam M, Lam A, Martínez-Herrera G, Noguera F, Weissling T, Ware J, Toledo-Hernández V, Jr. F, Farrell B, et al. Phylogenomics of Tetraopes longhorn beetles unravels their evolutionary history and biogeographic origins. 2024;14(1):7285.
Tetraopes longhorn beetles are known for their resistance to milkweed plant toxins and their coevolutionary dynamics with milkweed plants (Asclepias). This association is considered a textbook example of coevolution, in which each species of Tetraopes is...
Laurindo da Silva F, Medeiros BAS, Farrell. Once upon a fly: The biogeographical odyssey of Labrundinia (Chironomidae, Tanypodinae), an aquatic non-biting midge towards diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2024;194:108025.
Laurindo da Silva F, Medeiros BAS, Farrell. Once upon a fly: The biogeographical odyssey of Labrundinia (Chironomidae, Tanypodinae), an aquatic non-biting midge towards diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2024;194:108025.
Labrundinia is a highly recognizable lineage in the Pentaneurini tribe (Diptera, Chironomidae). The distinct predatory free-swimming larvae of this genus are typically present in unpolluted aquatic environments, such as small streams, ponds, lakes, and...
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
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...
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
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.
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.
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, ...
Li X, Marvaldi AE, Oberprieler RG, Clarke D, Farrell BD, Sequeira A, Ferrer S, O’Brien C, Salzman S, Shin S, et al. The evolutionary history of the ancient weevil family Belidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) reveals the marks of Gondwana breakup and major floristic turnovers, including the rise of angiosperms. eLife. 2024;13:RP97552. doi:10.7554/eLife.97552
Li X, Marvaldi AE, Oberprieler RG, Clarke D, Farrell BD, Sequeira A, Ferrer S, O’Brien C, Salzman S, Shin S, et al. The evolutionary history of the ancient weevil family Belidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) reveals the marks of Gondwana breakup and major floristic turnovers, including the rise of angiosperms. eLife. 2024;13:RP97552. doi:10.7554/eLife.97552
The rise of angiosperms to ecological dominance and the breakup of Gondwana during the Mesozoic marked major transitions in the evolutionary history of insect-plant interactions. To elucidate how contemporary trophic interactions were influenced by host...