scientific papers:

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• Murray, E.A., Evanhoe, L., Bossert, S., Geber, M.A., Griswold, T. & McCoshum, S.M. (early view) Phylogeny, phenology, and foraging breadth of Ashmeadiella (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity. free link
• Bossert, S., Murray, E.A., Pauly, A., Chernyshov, K., Brady, S.G., Danforth, B.N. (in press) Gene tree estimation error with ultraconserved elements: An empirical study on Pseudapis bees. Systematic Biology, link to proof
• Heraty, J.M., Rogers, D.V., Johnson, M.T., Perreira, W.D., Baker, A.J., Bitume, E., Murray, E. &  Varone, L. (2021) New record in the Hawaiian Islands of Orasema minutissima (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae), an ant-parasitic wasp and a potential biocontrol agent against the Little Fire Ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 137, 7-18.
• Murray, E.A. & Heraty, J. (2020) Neotropical ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae): interpreting taxonomy, phylogeny, and divergent morphologies. Systematic Entomology, 45, 460-480.  https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12407  PDF
• Murray, E.A., Burand, J., Trikoz, N., Schnabel, J., Grab, H., and Danforth, B.N. (2019) Viral transmission in honey bees and native bees, supported by a global black queen cell virus phylogeny. Environmental Microbiology, 21, 972-983. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14501 FREE LINK TO VIEW PDF​​
• Bossert, S., Murray, E.A., Almeida, E.A.B., Brady, S.G., Blaimer, B.B. & Danforth, B.N. (2019) Combining transcriptomes and ultraconserved elements to illuminate the phylogeny of Apidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 130, 121-131. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.012  [ <-- link is to open access article]

• Murray, E.A. Bossert, S., Danforth, B.N. (2018)  Pollinivory and the diversification dynamics of bees. Biology Letters, 14, 20180530.  doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2018.0530

Paper available online November 14, 2018.
​It is open access [free]!

• ​Pauw, A., Kahnt, B., Kuhlmann, M., Michez, D., Montgomery, G.A., Murray, E. & Danforth, B.N. (2017) Long-legged bees make adaptive leaps: linking adaptation to coevolution in a plant pollinator network. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 284, 20171707.  doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1707
• Kahnt, B., Montgomery, G.A., Murray, E., Kuhlmann, M., Pauw, A., Michez, D., Paxton, R.J. & Danforth, B.N. (2017) Playing with extremes: origins and evolution of exaggerated female forelegs in South African Rediviva bees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 115, 95-105. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.025
• Bossert, S., Murray, E.A., Blaimer, B.B. & Danforth, B.N. (2017) The impact of GC bias on phylogenetic accuracy using targeted enrichment phylogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 111, 149-157. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.022
• Murray, E.A. & Heraty, J.M. (2016) Invading Africa: a novel transoceanic dispersal by a New World ant parasitoid. Journal of Biogeography, 43, 1750-1761. doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12789/full
  • dryad data link: http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6m780
• Torrens, J., Heraty, J., Murray, E. & Fidalgo, P. (2016) Biology and phylogenetic studies of Lasiokapala Ashmead (Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae) with description of a new species from Argentina. Systematic Entomology, 41, 596-606. doi.org/10.1111/syen.12176

• Oliveira Filho, J.C., Bisinotto, R.S., Narbus, C., Machado, V.S., Murray, E.A. & Bicalho, R.C. (2016) Identification of fimbrial subunits on the genome of Trueperella pyogenes and association between serum antibodies against fimbrial proteins and uterine conditions in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 99, 3765-3776. doi.org/10.3168/jds.2015-10401
• Heraty, J. & Murray, E. (2013) The life history of Pseudometagea schwarzii, with a discussion of the evolution of endoparasitism and koinobiosis in Eucharitidae and Perilampidae (Chalcidoidea). J Hymenoptera Research, 35, 1-15. doi.org/10.3897/jhr.35.6025
• Heraty, J.M. et al. [ including Murray, E. ]. (2013) A phylogenetic analysis of the megadiverse Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Cladistics, 29, 466-542. doi.org/10.1111/cla.12006
• Murray, E.A., Carmichael, A.E. & Heraty, J.M. (2013) Ancient host shifts followed by host conservatism in a group of ant parasitoids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 280, 20130495. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0495
  • dryad data link: http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qn57t
• Bhanu, B., Li, R., Heraty, J. & Murray, E. (2008) Automated classification of skippers based on parts representation. American Entomologist, 54, 228-231. doi.org/10.1093/ae/54.4.228

PDF of Dissertation, ​Systematics and Evolution of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

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presentations (selected):

• November 2020, virtual. Paper presentation at the Entomological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting; “Ashmeadiella (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): phylogeny, phenology, and foraging behavior”.
• July 2019, Davis, CA. Paper presentation at the International Pollinator Conference; “Viral transmission in honey bees and native bees supported by a global BQCV phylogeny”.
• May 2019, Beltsville, MD. Paper presentation at BatraFest (a USDA symposium honoring Dr. Suzanne Batra); “Evolutionary origins of pollinivory in bees”.
• November 2018, Vancouver, BC. Paper presentation at the Entomological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting; “Pollinivory and the diversification dynamics of bees”.
• November 2017, Denver, CO. Paper presentation at the ESA annual meeting; “Origins and antiquity of pollen-feeding in the vespid wasps, based on phylogenomic analysis of ultraconserved elements”.
• June 2017, Portland, OR. Paper presentation at the Evolution conference; “Evolutionary origins and lifestyle transitions of Vespidae (Hymenoptera)”.
• May 2017, Ithaca, NY. Paper presentation at Cornell Annual EvoDay; “Exploring the evolution of vespid wasps using ultraconserved elements for phylogenomic analysis”.
• September 2016, Orlando, FL. Invited symposium paper at the International Congress of Entomology; “Systematics and diversification of the eucharitid ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)”.   ​[ invited to the symposium: Biology and Evolution of Social Insect Symbionts, organized by Joseph Parker and Christoph von Beeren ]
• May 2015, Ithaca, NY. Paper presentation at Cornell Annual EvoDay; “Diversification and life history of the eucharitid ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)”.
• November 2014, Portland, OR. Paper presentation at the ESA annual meeting; “Evolutionary patterns and relationships in a group of eucharitid ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)”.
• July 2014, Trento, Italy. Paper presentation at the Willi Hennig Society international meeting; “Molecules versus morphology in a group of New World ant parasitoids (Eucharitidae: Hymenoptera)”.
• November 2013, Austin, TX. Paper presentation at the ESA annual meeting; “Systematics and taxonomy of the ant parasitoid Kapala (Eucharitidae: Hymenoptera)”.
• August 2012, Daegu, South Korea. Invited symposium paper at the ICE meeting; “Uncovering the evolutionary history of a unique family of ant parasitoids (Eucharitidae: Hymenoptera)”.
• June 2012, Riverside, CA. Invited symposium paper at the Willi Hennig Society international meeting; “Dating the origin and diversification events of a family of ant parasitoids”.
• November 2011, Reno, NV. Poster presentation at the ESA annual meeting; “Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera): Phylogeny, biogeography, and host ant associations”.
• March 2011, Waikoloa Village, HI. Paper presentation at the Pacific Branch meeting of the ESA; “Host relationships of the eucharitid ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera)”.
• June 2010, Köszeg, Hungary. Poster presentation at the ISH Congress; “Molecular phylogeny of Eucharitidae”.
• December 2009, Indianapolis, IN. Paper presentation at the ESA meeting; “Systematics of Kapala (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae), and the origin of an Old World species”.
• March 2008, San Diego, CA. Paper presentation at Pacific Branch ESA meeting; “Ornate ant-killers conquer Africa”.
• June 2006, Baltimore, MD. Paper at American Arachnological Society conference; “Systematics of south-central US tarantulas (Aphonopelma, Theraphosidae), as inferred from molecular and morphological characteristics”.
• December 2005, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Poster at ESA; “Phylogenetic analysis of south-central US tarantulas (Aphonopelma) based on mtDNA markers and morphological characteristics”.