Publications

In Press

Maddison, D.R. and Sproul, J.S. In press. Species delimitation, classical taxonomy, and genome skimming: a review of the ground beetle genus Lionepha (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society. 

Maddison, D.R., Sproul, J.S., and Mendel, H. In press. Origin and adaptive radiation of the exceptional and threatened bembidiine beetle fauna of St Helena (Coleoptera: Carabidae).  Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society. 

2019

McKenna, D.D. Seunggwan, S., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Bezza, C., Clarke, D.J., Donath, A.,  Escalona, H.E., Friedrich, F., Letsch, H., Liu, S., Maddison, D., Mayer, C., Misof, B., Murin, P.J., Niehuis, O., Peters, R.S., Podsiadlowski, L., Pohl, H., Scully, E.D., Yan, E.V., Zhou, X., Ślipiński, A., and Beutel, R.G. 2019.  The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1909655116

Gustafson, G.T., Alexander, A., Sproul, J.S., Pflug, J.M., Maddison, D.R., and Short, A.E.Z. 2019. Ultraconserved element (UCE) probe set design: Base genome and initial design parameters critical for optimization. Ecology and Evolution, 9:6933-6948. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5260

Vasilikopoulos, A., Balke, M., Beutel, R.G., Donath, A., Podsiadlowski, L., Pflug, J.M., Waterhouse, R.M., Meusemann, K., Peters, R.S., Escalona, H.E., Mayer, C., Liu, S., Hendrich, L., Alarie, Y., Bilton, D.T., Jia, F., Zhou, X., Maddison, D.R., Niehuis, O., Misof, B., 2019. Phylogenomics of the superfamily Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with an evaluation of phylogenetic conflict and systematic error. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 135: 270-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.022

Maddison, D.R., Kanda, K., Boyd, O.F., Faille, A., Porch, N., Erwin, T.L., and Roig-Juñent, S.  2019.  Phylogeny of the beetle supertribe Trechitae (Coleoptera: Carabidae): unexpected clades, isolated lineages, and morphological convergence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 132: 151-176.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.006

2018

Maddison, D.R., Will, K., Crews, S., and LaBonte, J. 2018.  Bembidion ambiguum (Coleoptera: Carabidae) is established in California. Biodiversity Data Journal, 6: e30763. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e30763

Maddison, D.R., and Maruyama, M. 2018.  Phylogenetic relationships and convergent evolution of ocean-shore ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidion and relatives).  Systematic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12307

Caterino, M.S., and Maddison, D.R., 2018. An early and mysterious histerid inquiline from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Histeridae). ZooKeys, 733: 119-129. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.733.23126

2017

Sproul, J.S., and Maddison, D.R. 2017. Cryptic species in the mountaintops: species delimitation and taxonomy of the Bembidion breve species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aided by genomic architecture of a century-old type specimen. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 183: 556-583. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx076

Sproul, J.S., and Maddison, D.R. 2017. Sequencing historical specimens: successful preparation of small specimens with low amounts of degraded DNA. Molecular Ecology Resources. 17: 1183-1201.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12660

Hoekman D., LeVan K.E., Ball G.E., Browne R.A., Davidson R., Erwin T.L., Knisley B., LaBonte J., Lundgren J., Maddison D.R., Moore W., Niemelä J, Ober K.A.,  Pearson D., Spence J., Will K.W., and Work T. 2017. Design for Ground Beetle Abundance and Diversity Sampling within the National Ecological Observatory Network. Ecosphere, 8, e01744:1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1744

2016

Maddison, D.R., and R. Anderson. 2016.  Hidden species within the genus Ocys Stephens: the widespread species O. harpaloides (Audinet-Serville) and O. tachysoides (Antoine) (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini).  Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 63(2): 287-301. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.63.10748

Kanda, K., Gomez, R.A., Van Driesche, R., Miller, K.B., and Maddison, D.R. 2016.  Phylogenetic placement of the Pacific Northwest subterranean endemic diving beetle Stygoporus oregonensis Larson and LaBonte (Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae).  ZooKeys, 632:75-91. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.632.9866

Maddison, D.R. 2016.  The rapidly changing landscape of insect phylogenetics.  Current Opinion in Insect Science, 18:77-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2016.09.007

Maddison, W.P., and Maddison D.R.  2016.  Two new jumping spider species of the Habronattus clypeatus group (Araneae, Salticidae, Harmochirina).  ZooKeys, 625:1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.625.9891

Bonavita P., Toledano L., Maddison D.R., Vigna Taglianti A. 2016. Bembidiina of the Afrotropical region: Bembidionsubgenus Omotaphus Netolitzky, 1914 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini). Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 112: 67-106. 

Gomez R.A., Will K.W., Maddison D.R. 2016. Are Miquihuana rhadiniformis Barr, 1982 and Pseudamara arenaria(LeConte, 1847) (Coleoptera, Carabidae) sphodrines? Phylogenetic analysis of data from next-generation sequencing of museum specimens resolves the tribal-group relationships of these enigmatic taxa. Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 112: 149-168. 

Maddison, W.P., Maddison, D.R., Zhang, J., Szüts, T. 2016.  Phylogenetic placement of the unusual jumping spider Depreissia Lessert, and a new synapomorphy uniting Hisponinae and Salticinae (Araneae, Salticidae).  ZooKeys, 549:1-12.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.549.6171

2015

Kanda K., Pflug J.M., Sproul J.S., Dasenko M.A., Maddison D.R. 2015. Successful Recovery of Nuclear Protein-Coding Genes from Small Insects in Museums Using Illumina Sequencing. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0143929. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0143929

Caterino, M.S., Caterino, K.J., Maddison, D.R. 2015.  Extant! Living Bembidion palosverdes Kavanaugh and Erwin (Coleoptera: Carabidae) found on Santa Catalina Island, California.  The Coleopterists Bulletin, 69(3): 410-411.

McKenna, D.D., Wild, A.L., Kanda, K., Bellamy, C.L., Beutel, R.G., Caterino, M.S., Farnum, C.W., Hawks, D.C., Ivie, M.A., Jameson, M.L., Leschen, R.A.B., Marvaldi, A.E., McHugh, J.V., Newton, A.F., Robertson, J.A., Thayer, M.K., Whiting, M.F., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipinski, A., Maddison, D.R., Farrell, B.D., 2015. The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end-Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution.  Systematic Entomology, 40: 835–880. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/syen.12132

Short, A.E.Z.,  Joly, L.J., García, M., Wild, A.L., Bloom, D.D., and Maddison, D.R. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) with description of a remarkable new lineage from the Guiana Shield.  Systematic Entomology, 40:214-229.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/syen.12097

McKenna, D.M. Farrell, B.D., Caterino, M.S., Farnum, C.W., Hawks, D.C., Maddison, D.R., Seago, A.E., Short, A.E.Z., Newton, A.F., and Thayer, M.K. 2015. Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: Forest litter as a stepping-stone for diversification of non-phytophagous beetles. Systematic Entomology, 40:35-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/syen.12093

2014

Maddison, D.R., and Cooper, K.W. 2014.  Species delimitation in the ground beetle subgenus Liocosmius (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidion), including standard and next-generation sequencing of museum specimens.  Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 172:741-770.   http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12188

Maddison, D.R. 2014.  An unexpected clade of South American ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidion)  ZooKeys 416:113-155.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.416.7706

Miadlikowska, J., Kauff, F., Högnabba, F., Oliver, J.C., Molnár, K., Fraker, E., Gaya, E., Hafellner, J., Hofstetter, V., Gueidan, C., Otálora M.A.G., Hodkinson, B., Kukwa, M., Lücking, R., Björk, C., Sipman, H.J.M., Burgaz, A.R., Thell, A., Passo, A., Myllys, L., Goward, T., Fernández-Brime, S., Hestmark, G., Lendemer, J., Lumbsch, H.T., Schmull, M., Schoch, C.L., Sérusiaux, E., Maddison, D.R., Arnold, A.E., Lutzoni, F., Soili Stenroos, S. 2014.  A multigene phylogenetic synthesis for the class Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota): 1307 fungi representing 1139 infrageneric taxa, 317 genera and 66 families.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 79: 132-168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.003

2013

Liebherr, J.K., and Maddison, D.R. 2013. Colonisation of the Pacific by Bembidion beetles (Coleoptera : Carabidae), with description of Bembidion tahitiense, sp. nov. from Tahiti, French Polynesia. Invertebrate Systematics, 27:439-449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS13003

Maddison, D.R., Toledano, L., Sallenave, S., and Roig-Juñent, S. 2013. Phylogenetic relationships of the South American ground beetle subgenus Chilioperyphus Jeannel (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini: BembidionLatreille).  Zootaxa, 3636 (4): 547–560. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3636.4.3

Collins, T., Kearney, M., and Maddison, D. 2013. The Ideas Lab Concept, Assembling the Tree of Life, and AVAToL PLoS Currents Tree of Life, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/currents.tol.0fdb85e1619f313a2a5a2ec3d7a8df9e

2012

Maddison, D.R., and Toledano, L. 2012. A new species of Bembidion (Ecuadion) from Ecuador (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini), with a key to members of the georgeballi species group. ZooKeys 249: 51-60.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.249.4149

Maddison, D.R. 2012. Phylogeny of Bembidion and related ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini: Bembidiina). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63: 533-576. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.015

Maddison, D.R., Guralnick, R., Hill, A., Reysenbach, A-L, and L.A. McDade.  2012. Ramping up biodiversity discovery via online quantum contributions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27(2): 72-77.  . http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.10.010

2011

Hildebrandt, D.A., and Maddison, D.R. 2011. A new species of Bembidion Latrielle 1802 from the Ozarks, with a review of the North American species of subgenus Trichoplataphus Netolitzky 1914 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini). ZooKeys 147:261-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.147.1872

Maddison, D.R., and Ober, K.A. 2011. Phylogeny of minute carabid beetles and their relatives based upon DNA sequence data (Coleoptera, Carabidae,Trechitae). ZooKeys 147:229-260.   http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.147.1871

McDade, L.A., Maddison, D.R., Guralnick, R., Piwowar, H., Jameson, M.L., Helgen, K.M., Herendeen, P.S., Hill, A., and Vis. M.L. 2011. Biology Needs a Modern Assessment System for Professional Productivity.  BioScience, 61: 619-625   http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/bio.2011.61.8.8

2010

Maier, C.A., Ivie. M.A., Johnson, J.B., and D.R. Maddison.  2010. A new northern-most record for the family Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga), with description of a new Nearctic species.  The Coleopterists Bulletin, 64:289-302

Erwin, T.L., Toledano, L., and Maddison, D.R. 2010. New enigmatic hygrophilous species of ground beetles from stream sides and wet seeps in the Andes of South America (Carabidae: Trechitae: Andinodontis gen. n.). Entomologische Blätter, 106:73-88.

Maddison, D.R., and Swanson, A.P. 2010. A preliminary characterization of Bembidion perspicuum LeConte, with a reclassification of related species (Coleoptera, Carabidae) north of México. ZooKeys, 43:15-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.43.390

2009

Attygalle A.B., Wu X., Maddison D.R., Will K.W. 2009. Orange/lemon-scented beetles: opposite enantiomers of limonene as major constituents in the defensive secretion of related carabids. Naturwissenschaften, 96: 1443-1449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-009-0596-8

Maddison, D.R., and Arnold, A.E. 2009. A review of the Bembidion (Odontium) aenulum subgroup (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with description of a new species.  Zootaxa, 2214:45-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2214.1.3

U'Ren, J.M., J.W. Dalling, R.E. Gallery, D.R. Maddison, E.C. Davis, C.M. Gibson, and A.E. Arnold. 2009. Diversity and evolutionary origins of fungi associated with seeds of a neotropical pioneer tree: a case study for analyzing fungal environmental samples. Mycological Research 113: 432-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mycres.2008.11.015

Maddison, D. R., Moore, W., Baker, M. D., Ellis, T.M., Ober, K.A., Cannone, J.J., and Gutell, R.R.  2009. Monophyly of terrestrial adephagan beetles as indicated by three nuclear genes (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Trachypachidae).  Zoologica Scripta, 38(1):43-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00359.x

2008

Ober KA, Maddison DR. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of tribes within Harpalinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as inferred from 28S ribosomal DNA and the wingless gene. pp. 1-32 of Insect Science 8:63. https://doi.org/10.1673/031.008.6301

Wild, A. and D.R. Maddison.  2008. Evaluating nuclear protein-coding genes for phylogenetic utility in beetles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution  48:877-891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.05.023

Maddison, D. R. 2008. Systematics of the North American beetle subgenus Pseudoperyphus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidion) based upon morphological, chromosomal, and molecular data. Annals of Carnegie Museum 77(1):147-193. http://dx.doi.org/10.2992/0097-4463-77.1.147

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