Bonnie Bernadette Blaimer

Works (8)

Updated: November 27th, 2024 05:02

2024 journal article

Reaching new heights: Arboreal ant diversity in a North American temperate forest ecosystem

Insect Conservation and Diversity, 11.

By: M. Kirchner n, C. Sorenson n, B. Blaimer*  & E. Youngsteadt n 

author keywords: arthropod; biodiversity; <italic>Brachyponera chinensis</italic>; canopy; Formicidae; sampling method; vertical stratification
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Added: November 25, 2024

2023 journal article

Colony Structure and Redescription of Males in the Rarely Collected Arboreal Ant, Aphaenogaster mariae Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 125(1), 77–88.

By: M. Kirchner n, M. Bertone n , B. Blaimer*  & E. Youngsteadt n 

author keywords: temperate canopy ants; colony demography; temporary social parasitism
TL;DR: The first formal documentation of a whole colony collection of a rarely encountered North American arboreal ant is provided, finding a mature colony with more than 1000 individuals, including workers, alate reproductives, immatures, and intercastes. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: January 2, 2024

2021 article

Spatial phylogenomics of acrobat ants in Madagascar-Mountains function as cradles for recent diversity and endemism

Camacho, G. P., Loss, A. C., Fisher, B. L., & Blaimer, B. B. (2021, May 16). JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, Vol. 5.

By: G. Camacho n, A. Loss *, B. Fisher * & B. Blaimer n 

author keywords: CANAPE; centers of endemism; Formicidae; neo&#8208; endemism; paleo&#8208; endemism; phylogenetic diversity; phylogenetic endemism
TL;DR: This work delineates spatial patterns of diversity in Malagasy ants on a phylogenetic and taxonomic level to identify centers of diversity and endemism, and evaluates the ‘museum vs. cradle’ hypothesis with regard to ant endemists. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: June 10, 2021

2020 journal article

A first phylogenomic hypothesis for Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)

JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY, 54(9-12), 597–609.

By: J. Rasplus *, B. Blaimer n , S. Brady *, R. Burks *, G. Delvare *, N. Fisher *, M. Gates *, N. Gauthier * ...

author keywords: Phylogenetics; ultraconserved element; UCEs; target enrichment; sequence capture
TL;DR: This work uses ultra-conserved elements and their flanking regions to resolve relationships among 84 species of eulophids included in 63 genera representing all subfamilies and most tribes, plus 15 outgroups and globally agree with the traditional classification of the family. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: October 12, 2020

2020 journal article

Comprehensive phylogenomic analyses re-write the evolution of parasitism within cynipoid wasps

BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 20(1).

By: B. Blaimer* , D. Gotzek *, S. Brady * & M. Buffington *

author keywords: Parasitoidism; Parasitism; Galling; Inquilinism; Ultraconserved elements; Phylogenomics; Cynipoidea; Cynipidae; Figitidae
MeSH headings : Animals; Host-Parasite Interactions; Phylogeny; Plants / parasitology; Wasps / genetics
TL;DR: This study generates a robust phylogenetic framework and timescale to understand cynipoid systematics and the evolution of these life histories, and establishes the framework for further physiological and comparative genomic work between gall-making, inquiline and parasitoid lineages. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: January 4, 2021

2018 journal article

Combining transcriptomes and ultraconserved elements to illuminate the phylogeny of Apidae

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 130, 121–131.

By: S. Bossert *, E. Murray *, E. Almeida *, S. Brady *, B. Blaimer n  & B. Danforth *

author keywords: Phylogenomics; Transcriptomes; Genomes; Ultraconserved elements; UCEs; Apidae; Cleptoparasitism
MeSH headings : Animals; Bees / classification; Bees / genetics; Conserved Sequence / genetics; Genome / genetics; Genomics; Nucleotides / genetics; Phylogeny; Transcriptome / genetics
TL;DR: This study evaluates the combination of UCEs and transcriptomes in a single analysis using genome-, transcriptome-, and UCE data for 79 bees in the largest and most biologically diverse bee family, Apidae, and proposes a revised classification of the family Apidae that reflects the improved understanding of apid higher-level relationships. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: January 14, 2019

2018 journal article

Multiple origins of sexual dichromatism and aposematism within large carpenter bees

EVOLUTION, 72(9), 1874–1889.

By: B. Blaimer n , J. Mawdsley * & S. Brady *

author keywords: Aposematism; Hymenoptera; phylogenomics; reversed sexual dichromatism; ultraconserved elements; Xylocopa
MeSH headings : Animals; Bees / classification; Bees / physiology; Biological Evolution; Biological Mimicry; Female; Genetic Speciation; Male; Mating Preference, Animal / physiology; Phylogeny; Selection, Genetic; Sex Characteristics; Skin Pigmentation
TL;DR: The evolutionary history of dichromatism and aposematism and a potential correlation of these traits with diversification rates within Xylocopa are investigated, using a newly generated phylogeny for 179 XylOCopa species based on ultraconserved elements (UCEs). (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: October 16, 2018

2018 journal article

Paleotropical Diversification Dominates the Evolution of the Hyperdiverse Ant Tribe Crematogastrini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

INSECT SYSTEMATICS AND DIVERSITY, 2(5).

By: B. Blaimer n , P. Ward *, T. Schultz *, B. Fisher * & S. Brady *

author keywords: phylogenomics; Myrmicinae; radiation; biogeography; ultraconserved element
TL;DR: A genus-level phylogeny for Crematogastrini provides insights into the diversification and evolution of one of the most diverse clades of ants, and the division of the tribe into well-supported genus-group lineages sets the stage for more detailed species-level investigations. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: April 2, 2019

Employment

Updated: September 5th, 2024 18:14

2020 - present

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, DE
Researcher Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery

2017 - 2020

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Assistant Professor Entomology and Plant Pathology

2013 - 2017

Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC, US
Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship

Education

Updated: August 3rd, 2016 17:27

University of California Davis Davis, CA, US

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