Student Publications
This is a non-exhaustive list of scientific publications authored by UCR Entomology graduate students, by year of publication.
Here you can find lists of current students and alumni (Ph.D. and M.S.).
2020
- Hubbard, C.B., and A.C. Gerry. Genetic evaluation and characterization of behavioral resistance to imidacloprid in the house fly. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology.
- Murillo, A.C., C.B. Hubbard, A.C. Gerry, H.C. Hinkle. 2020. Big problems with little house fly, Fannia canicularis (Diptera: Fanniidae). Journal of Integrated Pest Management.
- Cecala, J. M., Baronia, D. A., & Wilson Rankin, E. E. (2020). Sugar content of diet does not buffer against chronic oral imidacloprid exposure in the alfalfa leafcutting bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Journal of Economic Entomology.
- Rankin, E. E. W., Cecala, J. M., Pineda, N. H., Lu, Q. Y., Pelayo, E., & Choe, D. H. (2020). Differential Feeding Responses of Several Bee Species to Sugar Sources Containing Iridomyrmecin, an Argentine Ant Trail Pheromone Component. Journal of Insect Behavior, 1-8.
- Cecala, J. M., Lau, P. W., & Leong, J. M. (2020). Floral bagging differentially affects handling behaviours and single‐visit pollen deposition by honey bees and native bees. Ecological Entomology.
- Cecala, J. M., & Wilson Rankin, E. E. (2020). Mark–recapture experiments reveal foraging behavior and plant fidelity of native bees in plant nurseries. Ecology, e03021.
- Egerer, M., Cecala, J. M., & Cohen, H. (2020). Wild Bee Conservation within Urban Gardens and Nurseries: Effects of Local and Landscape Management. Sustainability, 12(1), 293.
- Hubbard, C.B. and A.C. Gerry. 2020. Selection, reversion, and characterization of house fly (Musca domestica) behavioral resistance to the insecticide imidacloprid. Journal of Medical Entomology. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjaa105
- West, M. & Purcell, J., 2020. Task partitioning in ants lacking discrete morphological worker subcastes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, pp.1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00265-020-02845-w
- Tawdros, S., West, M., & Purcell, J. (2020) Scaling relationships in Formica ants with continuous worker size variation. Insect. Soc. doi: 10.1007/s00040-020-00779-0
- Sosiak, C.E., West, M., & Glasier, J.R. (2020). First record and new host record of the obligate dulotic ant, Polyergus bicolor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in Alberta, Canada. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 133(4), pp.309-312. doi: 10.22621/cfn.v133i4.2381
- Ngor, L., Palmer-Young, E., Burciaga Nevarez, R., Russell, K., Leger, L., Giacomini, S., . . . McFrederick, Q. (2020). Cross-infectivity of honey and bumble bee-associated parasites across three bee families. Parasitology, 147(12), 1290-1304. doi:10.1017/S0031182020001018
2019
- Hubbard C.B. and A.C. Gerry. 2019. Evaluation of Spider Venom Toxin-Based Insecticide to Control House Flies, 2018. Arthropod Management Tests. doi: 10.1093/amt/tsz006.
- Fisher, K., West, M., Lomeli, A.M., Woodard, S.H., & Purcell, J. (2019). Are societies resilient? Challenges faced by social insects in a changing world. Insectes Sociaux, 66(1), pp.5-13. doi: 10.1007/s00040-018-0663-2
- Palmer‐Young, E.C., Ngor, L., Burciaga Nevarez, R., Rothman, J.A., Raffel, T.R. and McFrederick, Q.S. (2019), Temperature dependence of parasitic infection and gut bacterial communities in bumble bees. Environ Microbiol, 21: 4706-4723. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.14805
2018
- Hale, A., Bougie, T., Henderson, E., Sankovitz, M., West, M., & Purcell, J. (2018). Notes on hunting behavior of the spider Euryopis californica Banks, 1904 (Araneae: Theridiidae), a novel predator of Veromessor pergandei (Mayr, 1886) harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 94(3), pp.141-145. doi: 10.3956/2018-94.3.141
2017
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
- Hash, J. M., Millar, J. G., Heraty, J. M., Harwood, J. F., & Brown, B. V. (2017), Millipede Defensive Compounds Are a Double-Edged Sword: Natural History of the Millipede-Parasitic Genus Myriophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1-9.
- Herreid, J. S., & Heraty, J. M. (2017). Hitchhikers at the dinner table: a revisionary study of a group of ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) specializing in the use of extrafloral nectaries for host access. Systematic Entomology, 42(1), 204-229.
- McFrederick, Q. S., Thomas, J. M., Neff, J. L., Vuong, H. Q., Russell, K. A., Hale, A. R., & Mueller, U. G. (2017). Flowers and Wild Megachilid Bees Share Microbes. Microbial Ecology, 73(1), 188-200.
- Leon, S., & Weirauch, C. (2017). Molecular phylogeny informs generic and subgeneric concepts in the Schizoptera Fieber genus group (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae) and reveals multiple origins of female-specific elytra. Invertebrate Systematics.
Popular/trade magazine and journal articles:
- Power, N. (2017). Laurel Wilt Disease Devastates: Seminar Preps CA Growers for this Deadly Fungus. California Fresh Fruit 34 (4):16-17,21.
- Power, N. (2017). Cheo Serrano Celebrates over 50 Years: Building the Temecula Wine Industry. American Vineyard 26 (10):4,6,7.
- Power, N. (2017). Multi-Faceted Management in the Coachella Valley: Growing Kumquats & Other Specialty Fruits with Dennis Jensen. California Fresh Fruit 34 (3):4-5,14.
- Power, N. (2017). Organizing Growers: How a Family of Dentists has Contributed to the Pistachio Industry. Pacific Nut Producer 23 (1):10-12.
- Power, N. (2017). Save the Date with Hadley Date Gardens: Rooted in Date Palms in the Coachella Valley. California Fresh Fruit 33 (6):4-7.
2016
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
- Lindsey, A.R.I., Werren, J.H., Richards, S., and Stouthamer, R., 2016. Comparative genomics of a parthenogenesis-inducing Wolbachia symbiont. G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics.
- Lindsey, A.R.I., Bordenstein, S.R., Newton, I.L. and Rasgon, J.L., 2016. Wolbachia pipientis should not be split into multiple species: A response to Ramírez-Puebla et al.,“Species in Wolbachia? Proposal for the designation of ‘Candidatus Wolbachia bourtzisii’, ‘Candidatus Wolbachia onchocercicola’, ‘Candidatus Wolbachia blaxteri’, ‘Candidatus Wolbachia brugii’, ‘Candidatus Wolbachia taylori’, ‘Candidatus Wolbachia collembolicola’ and ‘Candidatus Wolbachia multihospitum’ for the different species within Wolbachia supergroups”. Systematic and Applied Microbiology.
- Forthman, M., & Weirauch, C. (2016). Phylogenetics and biogeography of the endemic Madagascan millipede assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 100, 219-233.
- Forthman, M., Chłond, D., & Weirauch, C. (2016). Taxonomic monograph of the endemic millipede assassin bug fauna of Madagascar (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1-152.
- Gordon, E. R., & Weirauch, C. (2016). Efficient capture of natural history data reveals prey conservatism of cryptic termite predators. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 94, 65-73.
- Gordon, E. R., McFrederick, Q., & Weirauch, C. (2016). Phylogenetic evidence for ancient and persistent environmental symbiont reacquisition in Largidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82(24), 7123-7133.
- Zhang, J., Gordon, E.R., Forthman, M., Hwang, W.S., Walden, K., Swanson, D.R., Johnson, K.P., Meier, R. and Weirauch, C., 2016. Evolution of the assassin’s arms: insights from a phylogeny of combined transcriptomic and ribosomal DNA data (Heteroptera: Reduvioidea). Scientific reports, 6.
- McDermott, E. G., Mayo, C. E., Gerry, A. C., & Mullens, B. A. (2016). Trap placement and attractant choice affect capture and create sex and parity biases in collections of the biting midge, Culicoides sonorensis. Medical and veterinary entomology, 30(3), 293-300.
- McDermott, E. G., Mayo, C. E., & Mullens, B. A. (2016). Low Temperature Tolerance of Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Eggs, Larvae, and Pupae From Temperate and Subtropical Climates. Journal of Medical Entomology, tjw190.
- Murillo, A. C., & Mullens, B. A. (2016). Diversity and prevalence of ectoparasites on backyard chicken flocks in California. Journal of medical entomology, tjv243.
- Murillo, A. C., Chappell, M. A., Owen, J. P., & Mullens, B. A. (2016). Northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum) effects on metabolism, body temperatures, skin condition, and egg production as a function of hen MHC haplotype. Poultry science, pew175.
- Murillo, A. C., & Mullens, B. A. (2016). Sulfur Dust Bag: A Novel Technique for Ectoparasite Control in Poultry Systems. Journal of Economic Entomology, tow146.
- Murillo, A. C., & Mullens, B. A. (2016). Timing Diatomaceous Earth-Filled Dustbox Use for Management of Northern Fowl Mites (Acari: Macronyssidae) in Cage-Free Poultry Systems. Journal of Economic Entomology, 109(6), 2572-2579.
- Russell, K., & Weirauch, C. (2016). ‘Toothbrush’plant bugs and allies: Protemiris gen. nov., a new genus and five new species of Proteaceae‐associated Australian Phylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae). Austral Entomology.
- Choe, D. H., Park, H., Vo, C., & Knyshov, A. (2016). Chemically Mediated Arrestment of the Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius, by Volatiles Associated with Exuviae of Conspecifics. PloS one, 11(7), e0159520.
- Knyshov, A., Leon, S., Hoey-Chamberlain, R., & Weirauch, C. (2016). Pegs, pouches and spines: systematics and comparative morphology of the New World genus Chinannus Wygodzinsky, 1948. Thomas Say Monographs, Entomological Society of America, Annapolis.
- Leon, S., & Weirauch, C. (2016). Scratching the surface? Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Schizoptera (Odontorhagus) reveals vast undocumented biodiversity in the largest litter bug genus Schizoptera Fieber (Hemiptera: Dipsocoromorpha). Zootaxa, 4184(2), 255-284.
Popular/trade magazine and journal articles:
- Power, N. (2016). In Pursuit of a Greater Pomegranate: The Chater Family in Southern California. California Fresh Fruit.
- Power, N. (2016). A Star Dairyman in San Diego: Frank Konyn Maximizes Resources on the Dairy. California Dairy.
- Power, N. (2016). Ultra Light and Ultra Sweet: U-Pick at Brian Ranch Airport Orchard. California Fresh Fruit.
- Power, N. (2016). High-Tech Lemon and Avocado Production: Eyal and Wendy Gordin in Ventura County. California Fresh Fruit 33(6):4-7.
- Power, N. (2016). Salinity Management with Micro-irrigation. California Fresh Fruit 33(7):10-11.
- Power, N. (2016). The Battle Continues Against HLB: Seminar Series to Slow the Spread of the Citrus Killer. California Fresh Fruit 33(6):8-11.
2015
Peer-reviewed journal articles:
- McDermott, E. G., Mayo, C. E., Gerry, A. C., Laudier, D., MacLachlan, N. J., & Mullens, B. A. (2015). Bluetongue virus infection creates light averse Culicoides vectors and serious errors in transmission risk estimates. Parasites & vectors, 8(1), 1-9.
- Weirauch, C., & Frankenberg, S. (2015). From “insect soup” to biodiversity discovery: taxonomic revision of Peloridinannus Wygodzinsky, 1951 (Hemiptera: Schizopteridae), with description of six new species.
- Osborne, C. J., Mayo, C. E., Mullens, B. A., McDermott, E. G., Gerry, A. C., Reisen, W. K., & MacLachlan, N. J. (2015). Lack of Evidence for Laboratory and Natural Vertical Transmission of Bluetongue Virus in Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 52(2), 274-277.
- Hash, J.M. and Brown, B.V., 2015. Revision of the New World Species of the Millipede-Parasitic Genus Myriophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa, 4035(1), p.1.
- Leon, S., & Weirauch, C. (2015). Restiid-Feeding Semiini (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae) From Western Australia: Description and Phylogenetic Analysis of the New Plant Bug Genus Restiophylus, n. gen. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, sav105.
- Mullens, B., Duranti, A., McDermott, E. G., & Gerry, A. C. (2015). Progress and knowledge gaps in Culicoides ecology and control. Veterinaria italiana.
- Weirauch, C., Russell, K., & Hwang, W. S. (2015). Reduvius frommeri, a new species of Reduviidae from the Western United States (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), with a synopsis of the Nearctic species of Reduvius Fabricius. Zootaxa, 3972(2), 267.
- Murillo, A. C., Gerry, A. C., Gallagher, N. T., Peterson, N. G., & Mullens, B. A. (2015). Laboratory and field assessment of cyantraniliprole relative to existing fly baits. Pest management science, 71(5), 752-758.
- De La Riva, D. G., Soto, D., & Mullens, B. A. (2015). Temperature governs on-host distribution of the northern fowl mite, Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Acari: Macronyssidae). The Journal of parasitology, 101(1), 18-23.
- Konstantinov, F. V., & Knyshov, A. A. (2015). The tribe Bryocorini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae): phylogeny, description of a new genus, and adaptive radiation on ferns. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 175(3), 441-472.
Popular/trade magazine and journal articles:
- Power, N. (2015). Citrus in their Blood: Hemet Farmer meets the Challenges. California Fresh Fruit.
2014
- McDermott, E. G., & Mullens, B. A. (2014). Desiccation Tolerance in the Eggs of the Primary North American Bluetongue Virus Vector, Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), and Implications for Vector Persistence. Journal of Medical Entomology, 51(6), 1151-1158.
- Hash, J. M. (2014). Species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) Attracted to Defensive Compounds of Cyanogenic Millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida).Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 116(3), 273-282. Link
- Weirauch, C., Bérenger, J.M., Berniker, L., Forero, D., Forthman, M., Frankenberg, S., Freedman, A., Gordon, E., Hoey-Chamberlain, R., Hwang, W.S. and Marshall, S.A., 2014. An Illustrated Identification Key to Assassin Bug Subfamilies and Tribes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identificátion, 26, pp.1-115.
2013
2012
- Forthman, M., & Weirauch, C. (2012). Toxic associations: A review of the predatory behaviors of millipede assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae). European Journal of Entomology, 109(2), 147-153.