The early wasp plucks the flower: disparate extant diversity of sawfly superfamilies (Hymenoptera: ‘Symphyta’) may reflect asynchronous switching to angiosperm hosts

How Many Species of Insects and Other Terrestrial Arthropods Are There on Earth?

(2018) Nigel E. Stork   Annual Review of Entomology

Mind the Gap: the evolution of oviposition site and specialization in the parasitoid superfamily Chalcidoidea

(2018) Rebecca A Boulton et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Explaining global insect species richness: lessons from a decade of macroevolutionary entomology

(2018) Peter J. Mayhew   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Convergent herbivory on conifers by Choristoneura moths after boreal forest formation

(2018) Giovanny Fagua et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Embracing Colonizations: A New Paradigm for Species Association Dynamics

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Evolutionary history of Coleoptera revealed by extensive sampling of genes and species

(2018) Shao-Qian Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

The influence of non-random species sampling on macroevolutionary and macroecological inference from phylogenies

(2018) Xia Hua et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Quantifying the unquantifiable: why Hymenoptera, not Coleoptera, is the most speciose animal order

(2018) Andrew A. Forbes et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

A Triassic-Jurassic window into the evolution of Lepidoptera

(2018) Timo J. B. van Eldijk et al.   Science Advances

BAMM at the court of false equivalency: A response to Meyer and Wiens

(2018) Daniel L. Rabosky   EVOLUTION

Climate and host-plant associations shaped the evolution of ceutorhynch weevils throughout the Cenozoic

(2018) Harald Letsch et al.   EVOLUTION

What affects power to estimate speciation rate shifts?

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Mitochondrial phylogenomics of the Hymenoptera

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Estimating diversification rates for higher taxa: BAMM can give problematic estimates of rates and rate shifts

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FiSSE: A simple nonparametric test for the effects of a binary character on lineage diversification rates

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Mass turnover and recovery dynamics of a diverse Australian continental radiation

(2017) Ian G. Brennan et al.   EVOLUTION

Timing and host plant associations in the evolution of the weevil tribe Apionini (Apioninae, Brentidae, Curculionoidea, Coleoptera) indicate an ancient co-diversification pattern of beetles and flowering plants

(2017) Sven Winter et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Is BAMM Flawed? Theoretical and Practical Concerns in the Analysis of Multi-Rate Diversification Models

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Mirolydidae, a new family of Jurassic pamphilioid sawfly (Hymenoptera) highlighting mosaic evolution of lower Hymenoptera

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Phylogenetic evidence for mid-Cenozoic turnover of a diverse continental biota

(2017) Paul M. Oliver et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Five palaeobiological laws needed to understand the evolution of the living biota

(2017) Charles R. Marshall   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Environmentally driven extinction and opportunistic origination explain fern diversification patterns

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Phylogenetic analyses suggest that diversification and body size evolution are independent in insects

(2016) James L. Rainford et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Diversification shifts in leafroller moths linked to continental colonization and the rise of angiosperms

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An unusual new lineage of sawflies (Hymenoptera) in Upper Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar

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Critically evaluating the theory and performance of Bayesian analysis of macroevolutionary mixtures

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How Well Can We Detect Lineage-Specific Diversification-Rate Shifts? A Simulation Study of Sequential AIC Methods

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Detecting Hidden Diversification Shifts in Models of Trait-Dependent Speciation and Extinction

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Phylogeny, classification and divergence times of pygmy leaf-mining moths (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): the earliest lepidopteran radiation on Angiosperms?

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The ghost of the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution in the evolution of fern-sawfly associations

(2016) Harald Schneider   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

The rise of angiosperm-dominated herbaceous floras: Insights from Ranunculaceae

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Extinction in Phylogenetics and Biogeography: From Timetrees to Patterns of Biotic Assemblage

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Global patterns of insect diversification: towards a reconciliation of fossil and molecular evidence?

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Putting scales into evolutionary time: the divergence of major scale insect lineages (Hemiptera) predates the radiation of modern angiosperm hosts

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Diet Evolution and Clade Richness in Hexapoda: A Phylogenetic Study of Higher Taxa

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Detecting patterns of species diversification in the presence of both rate shifts and mass extinctions

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Phylogenetic analyses elucidate the inter-relationships of Pamphilioidea (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)

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300 million years of diversification: elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling

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Revisiting the origin and diversification of vascular plants through a comprehensive Bayesian analysis of the fossil record

(2015) Daniele Silvestro et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A metacalibrated time-tree documents the early rise of flowering plant phylogenetic diversity

(2015) Susana Magallón et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The fossil record and macroevolutionary history of the beetles

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Model Inadequacy and Mistaken Inferences of Trait-Dependent Speciation

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The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end-Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution

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Herbivory increases diversification across insect clades

(2015) John J. Wiens et al.   Nature Communications

Global hotspots in the present-day distribution of ancient animal and plant lineages

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On Age and Species Richness of Higher Taxa

(2014) Tanja Stadler et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Was species diversification in Tenthredinoidea (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) related to the origin and diversification of angiosperms?

(2014) Y. Isaka et al.   CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST

Phylogeny of the symphytan grade of Hymenoptera: new pieces into the old jigsaw(fly) puzzle

(2014) Tobias Malm et al.   CLADISTICS

Molecular phylogenetic and divergence time estimation analyses of the sawfly subfamily Selandriinae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)

(2014) Yuichi Isaka et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

FOSSILS AND A LARGE MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY SHOW THAT THE EVOLUTION OF SPECIES RICHNESS, GENERIC DIVERSITY, AND TURNOVER RATES ARE DISCONNECTED

(2014) Yaowu Xing et al.   EVOLUTION

Young clades in an old family: Major evolutionary transitions and diversification of the eucalypt-feeding pergid sawflies in Australia (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Pergidae)

(2014) S. Schmidt et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Automatic Detection of Key Innovations, Rate Shifts, and Diversity-Dependence on Phylogenetic Trees

(2014) Daniel L. Rabosky   PLoS One

Phylogenetic Distribution of Extant Richness Suggests Metamorphosis Is a Key Innovation Driving Diversification in Insects

(2014) James L. Rainford et al.   PLoS One

The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores

(2014) Matthew L. Forister et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The evolution of scarab beetles tracks the sequential rise of angiosperms and mammals

(2014) D. Ahrens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

(2014) B. Misof et al.   SCIENCE

Lethal Interactions Between Parasites and Prey Increase Niche Diversity in a Tropical Community

(2014) M. A. Condon et al.   SCIENCE

The Unsolved Challenge to Phylogenetic Correlation Tests for Categorical Characters

(2014) Wayne P. Maddison et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: forest litter as a stepping stone for diversification of nonphytophagous beetles

(2014) DUANE D. MCKENNA et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

BAMMtools: an R package for the analysis of evolutionary dynamics on phylogenetic trees

(2014) Daniel L. Rabosky et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

PyRate: a new program to estimate speciation and extinction rates from incomplete fossil data

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Exploring power and parameter estimation of the BiSSE method for analyzing species diversification

(2013) Matthew P Davis et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

DISENTANGLING THE EFFECTS OF KEY INNOVATIONS ON THE DIVERSIFICATION OF BROMELIOIDEAE (BROMELIACEAE)

(2013) Daniele Silvestro et al.   EVOLUTION

Timing and Patterns in the Taxonomic Diversification of Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

(2013) Niklas Wahlberg et al.   PLoS One

First Evidence for a Massive Extinction Event Affecting Bees Close to the K-T Boundary

(2013) Sandra M. Rehan et al.   PLoS One

Bees diversified in the age of eudicots

(2013) S. Cardinal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Rates of speciation and morphological evolution are correlated across the largest vertebrate radiation

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(2012) Tommi Nyman et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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(2012) Alexei J. Drummond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The timing and pattern of biotic recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction

(2012) Zhong-Qiang Chen et al.   Nature Geoscience

We Know Too Little about Parasitoid Wasp Distributions to Draw Any Conclusions about Latitudinal Trends in Species Richness, Body Size and Biology

(2012) Donald L. J. Quicke   PLoS One

Palaeoenvironmental Shifts Drove the Adaptive Radiation of a Noctuid Stemborer Tribe (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Apameini) in the Miocene

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A Total-Evidence Approach to Dating with Fossils, Applied to the Early Radiation of the Hymenoptera

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

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(2012) Richard G. FitzJohn   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Evolution of Grasses and Grassland Ecosystems

(2011) Caroline A.E. Strömberg   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

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(2011) John Heraty et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

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Has the Earth’s sixth mass extinction already arrived?

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Cenozoic extinctions account for the low diversity of extant gymnosperms compared with angiosperms

(2011) Michael D. Crisp et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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How common is ecological speciation in plant-feeding insects? A 'Higher' Nematinae perspective

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Many hexapod groups originated earlier and withstood extinction events better than previously realized: inferences from supertrees

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EXPLOSIVE RADIATION OR CRYPTIC MASS EXTINCTION? INTERPRETING SIGNATURES IN MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES

(2009) Michael D. Crisp et al.   EVOLUTION

Repeated climate-linked host shifts have promoted diversification in a temperate clade of leaf-mining flies

(2009) I. S. Winkler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temporal lags and overlap in the diversification of weevils and flowering plants

(2009) D. D. McKenna et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nine exceptional radiations plus high turnover explain species diversity in jawed vertebrates

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Rosid radiation and the rapid rise of angiosperm-dominated forests

(2009) H. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Macroevolution and the biological diversity of plants and herbivores

(2009) D. J. Futuyma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nymphalid butterflies diversify following near demise at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary

(2009) N. Wahlberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Estimating Trait-Dependent Speciation and Extinction Rates from Incompletely Resolved Phylogenies

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Prehistorical climate change increased diversification of a group of butterflies

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