Andrew Deans

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Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Entomology

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Recent Publications

Minimalism is in: two new Diastrophus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) species inducing inconspicuous galls on cinquefoils (Rosaceae: Potentilleae), with evaluation of the extended phenotype across gall wasps

Davis, C. K., Nastasi, L. F., Cuesta-Porta, V., Hines, H. M. & Deans, A. R., 2026, In: Journal of Natural History. 60, 5-8, p. 421-445 25 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Syntopic diet divergence inferred from metabarcoding in a pair of parulid warblers: Setophaga virens (Black-throated Green Warbler) and Seiurus aurocapilla (Ovenbird)

Toews, D. P. L., Baiz, M. D., Benavides C, A., Deans, A. R., Phung, L. N., Szarmach, S. J. & Wood, A. W., Jan 1 2026, In: Ornithology. 143, 1, p. 1-11 11 p.

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Review of Herb Gall Wasp Tribes (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Aylacini Sensu lato), with an Updated Key to Cynipid Tribes and a Checklist of World Species

Nastasi, L. F., Davis, C. K., Nieves-Aldrey, J. L., Buffington, M. L., Van Noort, S. & Deans, A. R., Jul 16 2025, In: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 127, 1, p. 84-117 34 p.

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Review of the world genera of Phanacidini (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae), with the first record from China and a new tribal diagnostic character

Nastasi, L. F. & Deans, A. R., Apr 17 2025, In: Zootaxa. 5621, 4, p. 401-419 19 p.

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Two new species of Ormyrus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae) from Cynipidae (Hymenoptera) galls on Silphium L. (Asteraceae: Heliantheae)

Nastasi, L. F., Davis, C. K., Alcorn, J. K., Frey, T. S., Hatfield, M. J., Hines, H. M., Tooker, J. F. & Deans, A. R., Mar 7 2025, In: Zootaxa. 5601, 2, p. 265-287 23 p.

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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., Mikó, I. & Smith, D. R., 2024, In: Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 97, p. 1163-1220 58 p.

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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.

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Diversity and complexity of arthropod references in haiku

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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