Our research group investigates the biodiversity, ecology, and systematics of arthropods of medical and veterinary importance.
Selected Publications
Adler, P. H. 2005. Black flies, the Simuliidae. Pp. 127-140. In W. C. Marquardt (ed.). Biology of Disease Vectors, 2nd edition. Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Adler, P. H. 2009. Legs. Pp. 555-558. In V. H. Resh & R. Cardé (eds.). Encyclopedia of Insects. Elsevier, San Diego, CA. 1,132 pp.
Adler, P. H. 2016. Pathways to becoming pests and vectors: lessons from the Simuliidae. In: T. C. Mettenleiter, S. Becker, T. Hiepe, R. Lucius & B. M. Bußmann (eds). Arthropod-borne infectious diseases and arthropods as disease agents in human and animal health. Nova Acta Leopoldina (Neue Folge) 411: 23-32.
Adler, P. H. 2017. Biodiversity of biting flies: implications for humanity. Pp. 713-745. In R. G. Foottit & P. H. Adler (eds.) Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. 2nd edition. Volume I. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. 867 pp.
Adler, P. H. & B. Belqat. 2001. Cytotaxonomy of the Prosimulium hirtipes species group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Morocco. Journal of Insect Systematics and Evolution 32: 411-418.
Adler, P. H. & R. W. Crosskey. 2015. Cytotaxonomy of the Simuliidae (Diptera): a systematic and bibliographic conspectus. Zootaxa 3975: 1-139.
Adler, P. H. & R. W. Crosskey. 2017. World blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): a comprehensive revision of the taxonomic and geographical inventory [2017]. 131 pp.
Adler, P. H. & D. C. Currie. 2008. Simuliidae. Pp. 825-845. In R. W. Merritt, K. W. Cummins & M. B. Berg (eds.). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America, 4th edition. Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa.
Adler, P.H. & D.C. Currie. 2008. Barbarians at the gate: the biting flies of Beringia. Alaska Park Science 7 (1): 28-31.
Adler, P. H. and R. G. Foottit. 2017. Introduction to insect biodiversity. Pp. 1-7. In R. G. Foottit & P. H. Adler (eds.) Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. 2nd edition. Volume I. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. 867 pp.
Adler, P. H. & E. A. Kachvoryan. 2001. Cytogenetics of the Holarctic black fly Simulium noelleri (Diptera: Simuliidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 1972-1979.
Adler, P. H. & B. Malmqvist. 2004. Predation on black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) by the carnivorous plant Pinguicula vulgaris (Lentibulariaceae) in northern Sweden. Entomologica Fennica 15: 124-128.
Adler, P. H. & J. W. McCreadie. 2009. Black flies (Simuliidae). Pp. 183-200. In G. Mullen & L. Durden (eds.). Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Academic Press, NY. 2nd edition. Elsevier. San Diego, CA. 930 pp.
Adler, P. H. & J. W. McCreadie. 2017. Les Simulies. Pp. 321-343. In G. Duvallet, D. Fontenille & V. Robert (eds.) Entomologie Médicale et Vétérinaire. IRD Editions et Quae, Marseille et Paris, France. 687 pp. [In French].
Adler, P. H. and L. Moncada-Alvarez. 2016. Medical entomology, a necessity. [Entomología médica, una necesidad]. Revista de Salud Pública 18: 164-166. [In Spanish and English]. [Invited].
Adler, P. H. & G. Seitz. 2014. Chromosomal characteristics and evolutionary relationships of the Palearctic black fly Simulium carthusiense (Diptera: Simuliidae). European Journal of Entomology 111: 469-474.
Adler, P. H. & Ü. Şirin. 2014. Cytotaxonomy of the Prosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Western Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 753-768.
Adler, P. H. & Ü. D. Şirin. 2015. A new species of black fly in the Prosimulium hirtipes (Fries) group (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Western Turkey. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 117: 85-94. Doi: 10.4289/0013-8797.117.2.85
Adler, P. H. & D. Werner. 2010. Eugenie Ashotovna Kachvoryan (2 March 1942 - 6 December 2008): the life and career of an Armenian entomologist, with special reference to the family Simuliidae (Diptera). Studia Dipterologica 16: 73-83.
Adler, P. H. & W. Wills. 2003. Legacy of death: the history of arthropod-borne human diseases in South Carolina. American Entomologist 49: 216-228. [feature article].
Adler, P. H., J. J. Becnel & B. Moser. 2000. Molecular characterization and taxonomy of a new species of Caudosporidae (Microsporidia) from black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae), with host-derived relationships of the North American caudosporids. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 75: 133-143.
Adler, P. H., A. Borkent, N. Hamada & J. W. McCreadie. 2017. Biodiversity of Simulium metallicum sensu lato (Diptera: Simuliidae), a complex of Neotropical vectors associated with human onchocerciasis. Acta Tropica 173: 171-179.
Adler, P. H., B. Belqat, J. Garrido González, A. J. Pérez & G. Seitz. 2016. Chromosomal relationships of Simulium armoricanum and its undescribed sister species in the Simulium vernum species group (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4137: 211-222.
Adler, P. H., R. A. Cheke & R. J. Post. 2010. Evolution, epidemiology, and population genetics of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases (= Infection, Genetics and Evolution) 10: 846-865.
Adler, P. H., M. Cherairia, S. F. Arigue, B. Samraoui & B. Belqat. 2015. Cryptic biodiversity in the cytogenome of bird-biting black flies in North Africa. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 29: 276-289.
Adler, P. H., D. C. Currie & D. M. Wood. 2004. The Black Flies (Simuliidae) of North America. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. xv + 941 pp. + 24 color plates. Cornell University Press
Adler, P. H., D. J. Giberson & L. A. Purcell. 2005. Insular black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of North America: tests of colonization hypotheses. Journal of Biogeography 32: 211-220.
Adler, P. H., N. Hamada, J. M. C. Nascimento & M. E. Grillet. 2017. River-specific macrogenomic diversity in Simulium guianense s. l. (Diptera: Simuliidae), a complex of tropical American vectors associated with human onchocerciasis. PLoS ONE 12 (7): e0181679. 32 pp. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181679
Adler, P. H., A. Inci, A. Yildirim, O. Duzlu, J. W. McCreadie, M. Kúdela, A. Khazeni, T. Brúderová, G. Seitz, H. Takaoka, Y. Otsuka & J. Bass. 2015. Are black flies of the subgenus Wilhelmia (Diptera: Simuliidae) multiple species or a single geographical generalist? Insights from the macrogenome. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114: 163-183.
Adler, P. H., D. Roach, W. K. Reeves, J. P. Flanagan, M. E. Morrow & J. E. Toepfer. 2007. Attacks on the endangered Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) by black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) infected with an avian blood parasite. Journal of Vector Ecology 32: 309-312.
Adler, P. H., H. Takaoka, M. Sofian-Azirun, V. L. Low, Z. Ya’cob, C. D. Chen, K. W. Lau & X. D. Pham. 2016. Vietnam, a hotspot for chromosomal diversity and cryptic species in black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). PLoS ONE 11(10): e0163881. 29 pp. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163881
Adler, P. H., H. C. Tuten & M. P. Nelder. 2011. Arthropods of medicoveterinary importance in zoos. Annual Review of Entomology 56: 123-142.
Adler, P. H., Y.-T. Huang & H. Takaoka. 2012. Nearctic-Palearctic relationships of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae): chromosomal and morphological evidence for the Prosimulium magnum species group in Japan. Journal of Natural History 46:1467-1475.
Adler, P. H., Y.-T. Huang, W. K. Reeves, S. K. Kim, Y. Otsuka & H. Takaoka. 2013. Macrogenomic evidence for the origin of the black fly Simulium suzukii (Diptera: Simuliidae) on Okinawa Island, Japan. PLOS ONE 8 (8): e70765. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070765
Adler, P. H., T. Kúdelová, M. Kúdela, G. Seitz & A. Ignjatović-Ćupina. 2016. Cryptic biodiversity and the origins of pest status revealed in the macrogenome of Simulium colombaschense (Diptera: Simuliidae), history’s most destructive black fly. PLoS ONE 11(1): 1-25 e0147673. Doi: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0147673
Adler, P. H., O. Yadamsuren & W. S. Procunier. 2016. Chromosomal translocations in black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)–facilitators of adaptive radiation? PLoS ONE 11 (6): e0158272. 23 pp. Doi: 10.1371/ journal.pone.0158272
Adler, P. H., A. Yildirim, Z. Onder, G. T. Tasci, O. Duzlu, M. O. Arslan, A. Ciloglu, B. Sari, N. Parmaksizoglu & A. Inci. 2016. Rearrangement hotspots in the sex chromosome of the Palearctic black fly Simulium bergi (Diptera: Simuliidae). Comparative Cytogenetics 10: 295-310. Doi: 10.3897/CompCytogen.v10i2.8855
Arigue, S. F., P. H. Adler, B. Belqat, N. Bebba & A. Arab. 2016. Biodiversité des mouches noires (Diptera: Simuliidae) et qualité physicochimique des eaux du bassin versant de l’oued El Haï (Aurès - Algérie). Journal of Materials and Environmental Science 7: 4839-4849.
Beard, C. E. & P. H. Adler. 2000. Bionomics, axenic culture and substrate-related variation in trichospores of Smittium megazygosporum. Mycologia 92: 296-300.
Beard, C. E. & P. H. Adler. 2002. Seasonality of trichomycetes in larval black flies from South Carolina, USA. Mycologia 94: 200-209. PDF
Beard, C. E. & P. H. Adler. 2003. Zygospores of selected Trichomycetes in larval Diptera of the families Chironomidae and Simuliidae. Mycologia 95: 316-319. PDF
Beard, C. E., J. W. McCreadie & P. H. Adler. 2003. Prevalence of the Trichomycete fungus Harpella melusinae (Harpellales: Harpellaceae) in larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) across a heterogeneous environment. Mycologia 95: 577-583. PDF
Belqat, B., P. H. Adler & R. W. Crosskey. 2011. Faunistic and bibliographical inventory of the blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Morocco. Zootaxa 2829: 46-58.
Brockhouse, C. L. & P. H. Adler. 2002. Cytogenetics of laboratory colonies of Simulium vittatum cytospecies IS-7 (Diptera: Simuliidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 39: 293-297. PDF
Cammack, J. A., P. H. Adler, J. K. Tomberlin, Y. Arai & W. C. Bridges, Jr. 2010. Influence of parasitism and soil compaction on pupation of the green bottle fly, Lucilia sericata. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 136: 134-141.
Carle, D. M., P. H. Adler & M. G. Robson. 2015. Pollution tolerance values for predicting the spread of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in New Jersey, with implications for control. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 21: 2273-2291. Doi: 10.1080/10807039.2015.1052960
Cherairia, M., P. H. Adler & B. Samraoui. 2014. Biodiversity and bionomics of the black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of northeastern Algeria. Zootaxa 3796: 166-174.
Colorado-Garzón, F., P. H. Adler, L. F. García, P. Muñoz de Hoyos, M. Bueno & N. E. Matta. 2016. Estimating diversity in the Simulium ignescens and Simulium tunja complexes in Colombia: chromosomal rearrangements as the core of integrative taxonomy. Journal of Heredity 108: 12-24.
Converse, S. J., J. A. Royle, P. H. Adler, R. P. Urbanek & J. A. Barzen. 2013. A hierarchical nest survival model integrating incomplete temporally varying covariates. Ecology and Evolution 3: 4439-4447. Doi: 10.1002/ece3.822
Currie, D. C. & P. H. Adler. 2008. Global diversity of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 469-475.
Diaz, S. A., L. I. Moncada, C. H. Murcia, I. A. Lotta, N. E. Matta & P. H. Adler. 2015. Integrated taxonomy of a new species of black fly in the subgenus Trichodagmia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Páramo Region of Colombia. Zootaxa 3914: 541-557.
Duncan, G., P. H. Adler, K. P. Pruess & T. O. Powers. 2004. Molecular differentiation of two sibling species of the black fly Simulium vittatum (Diptera: Simuliidae) based on random amplified polymorphic DNA. Genome 47: 373-379. PDF
Durden, L. A., W. Wills & K. L. Clark. 1999. The Fleas (Siphonaptera) of S.C. with an Assessment of Their Vectorial Importance. Journal of Vector Ecology 24: 171-181.
Foottit, R. G. & P. H. Adler. 2009. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Chichester. 632 pp.
Foottit, R. G. & P. H. Adler (eds.) 2017. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. 2nd edition. Volume I. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. 867 pp. + 8 color plates.
Gomes da Silva, N., N. Hamada & P. H. Adler. 2017. Taxonomy and polytene chromosomes of the Neotropical black fly Simulium perplexum (Diptera: Simuliidae). Acta Tropica. In press.
Gorlov, I. O., I. A. Budaeva, S. V. Vlasov & P. H. Adler. 2016. Cytogenetic features of the Valdai population of Simulium noelleri Friederichs, 1920 (Diptera, Simuliidae). Proceedings of the 10th All-Russian Dipterological Symposium. 23-28 August 2016. Krasnodar, Russia. Pp. 105-109. [In Russian; English abstract].
Gray, E. W., R. D. Wyatt, P. H. Adler, J. Smink, J. E. Cox & R. Noblet. 2012. The lack of effect of low temperature and high turbidity on operational Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis activity against larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 28: 134-136.
Green, T. B., S. White, S. Rao, P. P. C. Mertens, P. H. Adler & J. J. Becnel. 2007. Biological and molecular studies of a cypovirus from the black fly Simulium ubiquitum (Diptera: Simuliidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 95: 26-32.
Hamada, N., J. W. McCreadie & P. H. Adler. 2002. Species richness and spatial distributions of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in streams of Central Amazonia, Brazil. Freshwater Biology 47: 31-40. PDF
Hamada, N., E. da Silva Pereira & P. H. Adler. 2008. Polytene chromosomes of Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) daltanhani from Central Amazonia, Brazil. Zootaxa 1676: 57-62.
Hassan, H. K., S. Bolcen, J. Kubofcik, T. B. Nutman, M. L. Eberhard, K. Middleton, J. W. Wekesa, G. Ruedas, K. J. Nelson, R. Dubielzig, M. De Lombaert, B. Silverman, J. Schorling, P. H. Adler, T. R. Unnasch & E. S. Beeler. 2015. Isolation of Onchocerca lupi in dogs and black flies, California, USA. Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases 21: 789-796.
Henry, W., S. Thapa, P. H. Adler, S. K. Dey & R. Varma. 2011. Cytotaxonomy of Simulium (Montisimulium) ghoomense (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Darjeeling Hills, India. Zootaxa 2872: 49-57.
Huang, Y.-T. & P. H. Adler. 2011. Chromosomal relationships of Simulium suzukii, an Old World member of the Simulium tuberosum species group (Diptera: Simuliidae). Medical Entomology and Zoology 62: 23-30.
Huang, Y. T., P. H. Adler & H. Takaoka. 2012. Polytene chromosomes of Simulium arakawae, a pest species in the Simulium venustum species group (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Japan. Tropical Biomedicine 28: 376-381.
Huang, Y.-T., J. Phasuk, J. Chanpaisaeng & P. H. Adler. 2010. A new species of black fly in the subgenus Simulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thailand. Medical Entomology and Zoology 61: 49-58.
Ilmonen, J., P. H. Adler, B. Malmqvist & A. Cywinska. 2009. The Simulium vernum group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Europe: multiple character sets for assessing species status. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156: 847-863.
Inci, A., A. Yildirim, O. Duzlu, Z. Onder, A. Ciloglu, G. Seitz, & P. H. Adler. 2016. Genetic diversity and identification of Palearctic black flies in the subgenus Wilhelmia (Diptera: Simuliidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 54: 888-894.
Jitklang, S., C. Kuvangkadilok, V. Baimai, H. Takaoka & P. H. Adler. 2008. Cytogenetics and morphotaxonomy of the Simulium (Gomphostilbia) ceylonicum species group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Thailand. Zootaxa 1917: 1-28.
Khazeni, A., P. H. Adler, Z. Telmadareiiy, M. A. Oshaghi, H. Vatandoost, S. M. Abtahi & A. Lofti. 2013. The black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Iran. Zootaxa 3694: 67-74.
Kim, S. K. & P. H. Adler. 2005. Multiple symbiotes in larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae): Associations of trichomycete fungi with ichthyosporeans, mermithid nematodes, and microsporidia. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 88: 247-253. PDF
Kim, S.-K. & P. H. Adler. 2007. Size variation of trichospores of Harpella melusinae in larval black flies. Mycologia 99: 351-355.
Kim, S.-K. & P. H. Adler. 2009. Digestive system of larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae): structure and phylogeny. Invertebrate Biology 128: 182-204.
King, R. S. & P. H. Adler. 2012. Development and evaluation of methods to measure populations of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) at nests of the endangered whooping crane (Grus americana). Journal of Vector Ecology 37: 298-306.
Kornev, K. G. & P. H. Adler. 2016. The butterfly proboscis as a fiber-based, self-cleaning, micro-fluidic system. International Society for Optics and Photonics SPIE Newsroom. 10.1117/2.1201603.006419/ (2 pp.) [Invited].
Kornev, K. G., D. Monaenkova, P. H. Adler, C. E. Beard & W.-K. Lee. 2016. The butterfly proboscis as a fiber-based, self-cleaning, micro-fluidic system. In R. J. Martín-Palma (ed.) Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication. Proceedings of the International Society for Optics and Photonics 9797 (979705). 10 pp. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2218941 [Invited].Kornev, K. G., A. A. Salamatin, P. H. Adler & C. E. Beard. 2017. Structural and physical determinants of the proboscis–sucking pump complex in the evolution of fluid-feeding insects. Scientific Reports 7: In press. Doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-06391-w
Kwauk, K., D. K. Hasegawa, M. S. Lehnert, C. E. Beard, P. D. Gerard, K. G. Kornev & P. H. Adler. 2014. Drinking with an unsealed tube: fluid uptake along the butterfly proboscis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107: 886-892.
Lehnert, M.S., D. Monaenkova, T. Andrukh, C. E. Beard, P. H. Adler & K. G. Kornev. 2013. Hydrophobic-hydrophilic dichotomy of the butterfly proboscis. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. [Featured in Science News].
Lehnert, M. S., C. E. Beard, P. D. Gerard, K. G. Kornev & P. H. Adler. 2016. Structure of the lepidopteran proboscis in relation to feeding guild. Journal of Morphology 277: 167-182.
Lotta, I. A., M. A. Pacheco, A. A. Escalante, A. D. González, J. S. Mantilla, L. I. Moncada, P. H. Adler & N. E. Matta. 2016. Leucocytozoon diversity and possible vectors in the Neotropical highlands of Colombia. Protist 167: 185-204.
Low, V. L., H. Takaoka, P. H. Adler, Z. Ya’cob, Y. Norma-Rashid, C. D. Chen & M. Sofian-Azirun. 2015. A multi-locus approach resolves the phylogenetic relationships of the Malaysian Simulium asakoae and Simulium ceylonicum species groups (Diptera: Simuliidae): evidence for distinct evolutionary lineages. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 29: 330-337.
Low, V. L., H. Takaoka, P. Pramual, P. H. Adler, Z. Ya’Cob, C. D. Chen, S. Yotopranoto, A. Zaid, U. K. Hadi, M. L. Lardizabal, A. Nasruddin-Roshidi & M. Sofian-Azirun. 2016. Three taxa in one: cryptic diversity in the black fly Simulium nobile (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Southeast Asia. Journal of Medical Entomology 53: 972-976. Doi: 10.1093/jme/tjw058
Low, V. L., H. Takaoka, P. Pramual, P. H. Adler, Z. Ya’Cob, Y.-T. Huang, X. D. Pham, R. Ramli, C. D. Chen, A. Wannaket & M. Sofian-Azirun. 2016. Delineating taxonomic boundaries in the largest species complex of black flies (Simuliidae) in the Oriental Region. Scientific Reports 6 (20346): 1-8. Doi: 10.1038/srep20346
Low, V. L., P. H. Adler, H. Takaoka, Z. Ya'cob, P. E. Lim, T. K. Tan, Y. A. L. Lim, C. D. Chen, Y. Norma-Rashid & M. Sofian-Azirun. 2014. Mitochondrial DNA markers reveal high genetic diversity but low genetic differentiation in the black fly Simulium tani Takaoka & Davies along an elevational gradient in Malaysia. PLOS ONE 9 (6): 1-10. e100512.Low, V. L., P. H. Adler, M. Sofian-Azirun, W. Srisuka, A. Saeung, Y.-T. Huang, U. K. Hadi, X. D. Pham & H. Takaoka. 2015. Tests of conspecificity for allopatric vectors: Simulium nodosum and Simulium shirakii (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Asia. Parasites and Vectors 8: 297. Doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0911-5.
Malmqvist, B., P. H. Adler, K. Kuusela, R. W. Merritt & R. S. Wotton. 2004. Black flies in the boreal biome, key organisms in both terrestrial and aquatic environments: a review. Écoscience 11: 187-200.
Malmqvist, B., P. H. Adler & D. Strasevicius. 2004. Testing hypotheses on egg number and size in blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Journal of Vector Ecology 29: 248-256. PDF
Malmqvist, B., D. Strasevicius, O. Hellberg, P. H. Adler & S. Bensch. 2004. Vertebrate host specificity of wild-caught blackflies revealed by mitochondrial DNA in blood. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, Biology Letters 271: S152-S155. PDF
Malmqvist, B., D. Strasevicius & P. H. Adler. 2007. Catches of bloodsucking blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) tell different stories depending on sampling methods. Entomologica Fennica 18: 110-116.
Mantilla, J. S., L. I. Moncada, N. E. Matta & P. H. Adler. 2013. Two new species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the High Andes of Colombia. Zootaxa 3700: 423-434.
Mantilla, J. S., L. I. Moncada, N. E. Matta & P. H. Adler. 2014. Oviposition behavior and microstructure of the eggs of Simulium dinellii (Joan) (Diptera: Simuliidae). Acta Biológica Colombiana 20: 217-220.
McCreadie, J. W. & P. H. Adler. 2006. Ecoregions as predictors of lotic assemblages of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Ecography 29: 603-613.
McCreadie, J. W. & P. H. Adler. 2008. Spatial distribution of rare species in lotic habitats. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1: 127-134. [Selected as Editors' Choice].
McCreadie, J. W. & P. H. Adler. 2012. Variation in larval fitness of a black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) over heterogeneous habitats. Aquatic Insects 34: 143-150.
McCreadie, J. W. & P. H. Adler. 2012. The roles of abiotic factors, dispersal, and species interactions in structuring stream assemblages of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Aquatic Biosystems 8: 14 [11 pp.] [Editors’ Pick].
McCreadie, J. W. & P. H. Adler. 2014. Abundance-occupancy relationships of larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in temperate Nearctic streams. Insect Conservation and Diversity 7: 523-532. Doi: 10.1111/icad.12075
McCreadie, J. W. & P. Adler. 2016. The North American Black Fly Data Base. Simuliid Bulletin 45: 10-11.McCreadie, J. W. & C. E. Beard. 2003. The microdistribution of the trichomycete Smittium culisetae in the hindgut of the black fly host Simulium vittatum. Mycologia 95: 998-1003. PDF
McCreadie, J. W., P. H. Adler & N. Hamada. 2005. Patterns of species richness for blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Ecological Entomology 30: 201-209. PDF
McCreadie, J. W., C. E. Beard & P. H. Adler. 2005. Context-dependent symbiosis between black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) and trichomycete fungi (Harpellales: Legeriomycetaceae). Oikos 108: 362-370. PDF
McCreadie, J. W., P. H. Adler & C. E. Beard. 2011. Ecology of symbiotes of larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae): distribution, diversity, and scale. Environmental Entomology 40: 289-302.
McCreadie, J. W., N. Hamada, M. E. Grillet & P. H. Adler. 2016. Alpha richness and niche breadth of a widespread group of aquatic insects in Nearctic and Neotropical streams. Freshwater Biology 62: 329-339.
McCreadie. J. W., R. H. Williams, S. Stutsman, D. S. Finn & P. H. Adler. 2016. The influence of habitat heterogeneity and latitude on gamma diversity of the Nearctic Simuliidae, a ubiquitous group of stream-dwelling insects. Insect Science. In press.
Miller, G. L. & P. H. Adler. 2009. "...drenched in dirt and drowned in abominations...": Insects and the Civil War. Pp. 5-12. In Proceedings of the Department of Defense Symposium "Evolution of Military Medical Entomology." Armed Forces Pest Management Board Bulletin. 77 pp.
Moncada, L. A., S. Mantilla, I. Lotta, N. Matta & P. H. Adler. 2013. Simulium cormonsi Wygodzinsky (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Colombia: first record, egg and larval descriptions, and bionomics. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 115: 103-106.
Monaenkova, D., M. S. Lehnert, T. Andrukh, C. E. Beard, B. Rubin, A. Tokarev, W.-K. Lee, P. H. Adler & K. G. Kornev. 2012. Butterfly proboscis: combining a drinking straw with a nanosponge facilitated diversification of feeding habits. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 9: 720-726. [Featured in Science News].
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