Insect Systematics and Behavior
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Publications Archangelsky, M. and M.A. Branham. 2001. Description of the Last Larval Stage and Pupa of Pyropyga nigricans (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), and Comparison with Larvae of Other Known Photinini Genera. Can. Ent., 133: 1-10.  PDF reprint
Archangelsky, M and M.A. Branham. 1998. Description of the preimaginal stages of Pyractomena borealis (Randall, 1838) (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) and notes on its biology. Proc. Wash. Ent. Soc., 100(3): 421-430. PDF reprint
Beucke, K. and P. Choate. 2009. Notes on the feeding behavior of Mycotrupes lethroides (Westwood) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae), a flightless North American beetle. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 63(2): 228-229. PDF reprint
Branham, M.A. [in press]. Lampyridae. in R.G. Beutel & R.A.B. Leschen, (eds. Handbuch der Zoologie, Band IV Arthropoda: Insecta, Teilband 39, Evolution and Systematics. Waltyer de Gruyter, Berlin. PDF reprint
Branham M.A. 2006. The fireflies of the Fernanado de Zayas Collection, Havana, Cuba with notes on their taxonomic status (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). PDF reprint
Branham, M.A. 2005. Firefly Communication. in M. Licker, E. Geller, J. Weil, D. Blumel, A. Rappaport, C. Wagner, and R. Taylor, (eds.) The McGraw-Hill 2005 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill Publishers, New York, NY. p.110-112, [Solicited Contribution]. PDF reprint
Branham M.A. 2004. Glow-worms, railroad-worms, Coleoptera: Phengodidae. UF/IFAS Featured Creatures. EENY-332. PDF reprint
Branham, M.A. 2003. A New Technique for Collecting Glowworm Fireflies (Lampyridae). Coleopterist Bulletin, 57(1): 114-115. PDF reprint
Branham, M.A. 1993. A New Eastern Record for Cypherotylus californicus Lacordaire in the United States (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 47(1): 81-82. Branham, M.A. and M. Archangelsky. 2000. Description of the Last Larval Instar and Pupa of Lucidota atra, (G.A. Oliver, 1790) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), with a Discussion of Abdominal Segment Homology Across Life Stages. Proc. Wash. Ent. Soc. 102(4): 869-877. PDF reprint
Branham, M.A., R.A. Broadley and J.W. Wenzel. 2003. Bioluminescence in Insects. in M. Licker, E. Geller, J. Weil, D. Blumel, A. Rappaport, C. Wagner, and R. Taylor, (eds.) The McGraw-Hill 2003 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill Publishers, New York, NY. p.33-36, [Solicited Contribution] Branham, M.A. and M.D. Greenfield. 1996. Flashing males win mate success. Nature, 381: 745-746. PDF reprint
Branham, M.A. and J.W. Wenzel. 2003. The Origin of Photic Behavior and the Evolution of Sexual Communication in Fireflies (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Cladistics, 19(1): 1-22. PDF reprint
Branham, M.A. and J.W. Wenzel. 2001. The Evolution of Bioluminescence in Cantharoids (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Florida Entomologist, 84(4): 565-586. PDF reprint
Bybee, S.M., J.M. Zaspel, K.A. Beucke, C.H. Scott, B.W. Smith, and M.A. Branham. 2010. Are molecular data supplanting morphological data in modern phylogenetic studies? Systematic Entomology, 35: 2-5. PDF reprint
Bybee, S.M. and M.A. Branham. 2008. Scanning rocks for data. American Entomologist, 54(2): 214-217. PDF reprint
Bybee, S.M., T.H. Ogden, M.A. Branham, and M.F. Whiting. 2008. Molecules, morphology and fossils: a comprehensive approach to odonate phylogeny and the evolution of the odonate wing. Cladistics, 24: 477-514. PDF reprint
Bybee, S.M., S.D. Taylor, C.R. Nelson, and M.F. Whiting. 2004. A Phylogeny of Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) at the Subfamilial Level: Molecular Evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 30(3): 789-797 PDF reprint
Bybee, S.M. 2005. Odonata. UF/IFAS Featured Creatures. EENY-355. English version, French version Spanish version 
Costa, C., S.A. Vanin, J.F. Lawrence, S. Ide, and M.A. Branham. 2006. Review of the Family Brachypsectridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Annals Ent. Soc. Amer., 99(3): 1-24. PDF reprint
DeSalle, R., M.A. Branham, P. O'Grady, and J. Gatesy. 2003. The Evolution of HomC Homeoboxes in the Dipteran Family Drosophilidae. Insect Molecular Biology, 12(4): 345-351. PDF reprint
Dunford, J.C., M.A. Branham, and J.M. Leavengood Jr. 2008. Additional notes on aposematic insects at Archbold Biological Station, Florida, with comments on the arrival of the invasive lovebug, Plecia nearctica Hardy. Journal of Entomological Science, 43(3): 337-343. PDF reprint
Hall, D.W. and M.A. Branham. 2008. Aggregation of Calopteron discrepans (Newman) (Coleoptera: Lycidae) Larvae Prior to Pupation. Florida Entomologist, 91(1):124-125. Hall, D.W. and M.A. Branham. 2007. The banded net-winged beetle, Calopteron discrepans (Newman). UF/IFAS Featured Creatures. EENY-413. reprint Hoebeke, E.R. and K. Beucke. 1997. Adventive Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in North America: geographic ranges, diagnoses, and new distributional records. Entomol. News. 108: 345-362. Jeng, M.-L., M. A. Branham, and P.-S. Yang. 2006. Revision of the Neotropical Genus Roleta (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Insect Syst. Evol. 37: 227-239. PDF reprint
Lingafelter, S.W. and E.H. Nearns. 2006. Rediscovery and redescription of the remarkable Phoenicus sanguinipennis Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Trachyderini) from the Dominican Republic. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 60(3): 199-206. PDF reprint
Micheli, C.J. and E.H. Nearns. 2005. Two new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the West Indies. Zootaxa, 1028: 23-36. PDF reprint
Nearns, E.H. 2006. A checklist of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) holdings of the Fernando de Zayas Collection, Havana, Cuba. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 60(1): 53-57. PDF reprint
Nearns, E.H. and M.A. Branham. 2008. Revision and phylogeny of the tribe Curiini LeConte and Plectromerini Nearns & Branham, new tribe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 47: 1-117. PDF reprint
Nearns, E.H. and M.A. Branham. 2005. A new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Dominican amber with notes on the fossil Plectromerus tertiarius Vitali. Zootaxa, 1088: 17-24. PDF reprint
Nearns, E.H., Branham, M.A., and S.M. Bybee. 2006. Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) types of the Fernando de Zayas Collection, Havana, Cuba. Zootaxa, 1270: 1-17. PDF reprint
Nearns, E.H., M.A. Branham, N.G. Rodriguez, and I. F. Garcia. 2005. Curius punctatus (Fisher), new combination (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Curiini). Insecta Mundi, 19(3): 172. PDF reprint
Nearns, E.H. and A.M. Ray. 2006. A new species of Curius Newman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Venezuela with notes on sexual dimorphism in the genus. Zootaxa, 1256: 49-57. PDF reprint
Nearns, E.H. and W.E. Steiner. 2006. A new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Navassa Island, Greater Antilles. Zootaxa, 1163: 61-68. PDF reprint
Nearns, E.H. and R.H. Turnbow. 2005. First record of Plectromerus exis Zayas in the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Insecta Mundi, 19(3): 158. PDF reprint
Svenson, G.J. and M.A. Branham. 2007. Photinini LeConte, 1881 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and Photininae Giglio-Tos, 1915 (Insecta, Mantodea): proposed resolution of homonymy between family-group names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 64(4): 1-9. PDF reprint
Thancharoen, A., Ballantyne, L.A., Branham, M.A., Jeng, M.L. 2007. Description of Luciola aquatilis sp. nov., a new aquatic firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) from Thailand. Zootaxa 1611: 55-62. PDF reprint
Venette, R.C., E.E. Davis, M. DaCosta, J.M. Zaspel, H. Heisler, and M. Larson. 2003. Exotic insect pests of fruit and field crops: pest risk assessments for the cooperative agriculture pest survey. CAPS: PRA. Wappes, J.E., R.F. Morris, E.H. Nearns, and M.C. Thomas. 2006. Preliminary checklist of Bolivian Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Insecta Mundi, 20(1-2): 1-45. PDF reprint
Woodley, N.E. and E.H. Nearns. 2007. The type material of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in the Fernando de Zayas collection, Havana, Cuba. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 61(3): 334-338. PDF reprint
Zaspel, J.M. and M.A. Branham. 2008. World Checklist of Tribe Calpini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae). Insecta Mundi, 0047: 1-15. PDF reprint
Zaspel, J.M. and M.A Hoy. 2008. Comparison of short-term preservation and assay methods for the molecular detection of Wolbachia in the Mediterranean flour moth Ephestia kuehniella. Florida Entomologist, 91(3): 494-497. PDF reprint
Zaspel, J.M. and S.J. Weller. 2006. Review of generic limits of the tiger moth genera Virbia Walker and Holomelina Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) and their biogeography. Zootaxa, 1159: 1-68. PDF abstract
Zaspel, J.M., V.S. Kononenko, and P.Z. Goldstein. 2007. Another Blood Feeder? Experimental Feeding of a Fruit-Piercing Moth Species on Human Blood in the Primorye Territory of Far Eastern Russia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 20: 437-451. PDF reprint
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