Andrew Deans

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Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Entomology

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Recent Publications

Checklists of the Ceraphronoidea, Cynipoidea, Evanioidea, Stephanoidea and Trigonalyoidea (Hymenoptera) of Canada, Alaska and Greenland

Bennett, A. M. R., Buffington, M. L., Deans, A. R., Forshage, M., Melika, G., Miko, I. & Smith, D. R., 2024, In: Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 97, p. 1163-1220 58 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Description of two new species of Diastrophus Hartig, 1840 from Taiwan, Diastrophus renai and D. wushei (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Diastrophini)

Davis, C. K., Nastasi, L. F. & Deans, A. R., Nov 27 2024, In: Zootaxa. 5541, 3, p. 367-374 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Diversity and complexity of arthropod references in haiku

Deans, A. R. & Porturas, L., Apr 2024, In: PloS one. 19, 4 April, e0298865.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

GallOnt: An ontology for plant gall phenotypes

Deans, A. R., Nastasi, L. F. & Davis, C., 2024, In: Biodiversity Data Journal. 12, p. 1-13 13 p., e128585.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Aulacidea manchuria Nastasi sp. nov., a new herb gall wasp from China (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Aulacideini), with commentary on hawkweed (Asteraceae: Hieraciinae) gall wasps

Nastasi, L. F. & Deans, A. R., 2024, In: Zootaxa. 5492, 4, p. 582-588 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Catalog of Endophytic Insects Associated with Rosinweeds (Silphium L., Heliantheae, Asteraceae) in North America

Nastasi, L. F., Smith, C. N., Tooker, J. F. & Deans, A. R., 2024, In: Psyche: Journal of Entomology. 2024, 8464635.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Cryptic or underworked? Taxonomic revision of the Antistrophus rufus species complex (Cynipoidea, Aulacideini)

Nastasi, L. F., Tooker, J. F., Davis, C. K., Smith, C. N., Frey, T. S., Hatfield, M. J., Presnall, T. M., Hines, H. M. & Deans, A. R., May 21 2024, In: Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 97, p. 399-439 41 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato)

Nastasi, L. F., Buffington, M. L., Davis, C. K. & Deans, A. R., 2024, In: ZooKeys. 2024, 1196, p. 177-207 31 p.

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New herb gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Aulacideini) from Kyrgyzstan, with description of a new genus and a review of the genus Panteliella Kieffer, 1901

Nastasi, L. F. & Deans, A. R., Nov 12 2024, In: Zootaxa. 5537, 4, p. 511-526 16 p.

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One must imagine Sisyphus happy: Integrative taxonomic characterization of 22 new Ceroptres species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Ceroptresini)

Nastasi, L. F., Smith, C. N., Davis, C. K., Ward, A. K. G., Brown, G., Zhang, Y. M., Rollins, S., Friesen, C., Tribull, C. M., Forbes, A. A. & Deans, A. R., Sep 17 2024, In: Zootaxa. 5508, 1, p. 1-63 63 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Comparative anatomy of venom glands suggests a role of maternal secretions in gall induction by cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Guiguet, A., Tooker, J. F., Deans, A. R., Mikó, I., Ning, G., Schweger, S. & Hines, H. M., Sep 1 2023, In: Insect Systematics and Diversity. 7, 5, 3.

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Extreme acidity in a cynipid gall: a potential new defensive strategy against natural enemies

Guiguet, A., McCartney, N. B., Gilbert, K. J., Tooker, J. F., Deans, A. R., Ali, J. G. & Hines, H. M., Mar 1 2023, In: Biology Letters. 19, 3, 20220513.

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Oak Galls Exhibit Ant Dispersal Convergent with Myrmecochorous Seeds

Warren, R. J., Guiguet, A., Mokadam, C., Tooker, J. F. & Deans, A. R., Aug 2022, In: American Naturalist. 200, 2, p. 292-301 10 p.

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Catalogue of Rose Gall, Herb Gall, and Inquiline Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the United States, Canada and Mexico

Nastasi, L. F. & Deans, A. R., 2021, In: Biodiversity Data Journal. 9, p. 1-41 41 p.

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Phylogenomics of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) and implications for evolution of mode of parasitism and viral endogenization

Sharanowski, B. J., Ridenbaugh, R. D., Piekarski, P. K., Broad, G. R., Burke, G. R., Deans, A. R., Lemmon, A. R., Moriarty Lemmon, E. C., Diehl, G. J., Whitfield, J. B. & Hines, H. M., Mar 2021, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 156, 107023.

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