Andrew R. Deans, Ph.D.

Andrew R. Deans, Ph.D.

  • Professor
  • Director of the Frost Entomological Museum
Merkle Lab
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Systematics, natural history collections

Education

  • PhD - University of Illinois (Entomology)
  • MS - University of Arkansas (Entomology)
  • BA - University of New Mexico (Biology)

Publications

Cryptic or underworked? Taxonomic revision of the Antistrophus rufus species complex (Cynipoidea, Aulacideini)
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Nastasi, Louis F., Tooker, John F., Davis, Charles K., Smith, Cecil N., Frey, Timothy S., Hatfield, M. J., Presnall, Tara M., Hines, Heather M., Deans, Andrew R., 2024

Diversity and complexity of arthropod references in haiku
PLoS One, Deans, Andrew R., Porturas, Laura, 2024

Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato)
ZooKeys, Nastasi, Louis F., Buffington, Matthew L., Davis, Charles K., Deans, Andrew R., 2024

Comparative anatomy of venom glands suggests a role of maternal secretions in gall induction by cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Insect Systematics and Diversity, Guiguet, Antoine, Tooker, John, Deans, Andrew R., Miko, Istvan, Mikó, István, Ning, Gang, Schweger, Szabina, Schwéger, Szabina, Hines, Heather M., 2023

Extreme acidity in a cynipid gall: a potential new defensive strategy against natural enemies
Biology Letters, Guiguet, Antoine, McCartney, Nathaniel, Gilbert, Kadeem, Tooker, John, Deans, Andrew, Ali, Jared Gregory, Hines, Heather M., 2023

Oak Galls Exhibit Ant Dispersal Convergent with Myrmecochorous Seeds
American Naturalist, Warren, Robert J., Guiguet, Antoine, Mokadam, Chloe, Tooker, John F., Deans, Andrew R., 2022

A taxonomic revision of nearctic conostigmus (hymenoptera: ceraphronoidea: megaspilidae)
Zootaxa, Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István, Ezray, Briana, Deans, Andrew R., 2020

Phylogenomics of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) and implications for evolution of mode of parasitism and viral endogenization
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Sharanowski, Barbara J., Ridenbaugh, Ryan D., Piekarski, Patrick K., Broad, Gavin R., Burke, Gaelen R., Deans, Andrew R., Lemmon, Alan R., Moriarty Lemmon, Emily C., Diehl, Gloria J., Whitfield, James B., Hines, Heather M., 2020

Multi-gene phylogeny and divergence estimations for evaniidae (hymenoptera)
PeerJ, Sharanowski, Barbara J., Peixoto, Leanne, Molin, Anamaria Dal, Deans, Andrew R., 2019

Fat in the Leg: Function of the Expanded Hind Leg in Gasteruptiid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae)
Insect Systematics and Diversity, Wetherington, Maxwell, Miko, Istvan, Rahman, Sarthok Rasique, Anzaldo, Salvatore S., Van De Kamp, Thomas, Parslow, Ben A., Tatarnic, Nikolai J., Anderson, Julie, Schilder, Rudolf Johannes, Ulmer, Jonah M., Deans, Andrew Robert, Hines, Heather M., 2019

Revision of Trassedia (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae), an Evolutionary Relict with an Unusual Distribution
Insect Systematics and Diversity, Mikó, István, Trietsch, Carolyn, Van De Kamp, Thomas, Masner, Lubomír, Ulmer, Jonah M., Yoder, Matthew Jon, Zuber, Marcus, Sandall, Emily L., Baumbach, Tilo, Deans, Andrew R., 2018

The insect collectors' code
American Entomologist, Trietsch, Carolyn, Deans, Andrew R., 2018

Taxonomy and the production of semantic phenotypes, Yoder, Matthew J., Twidale, Michael B., Thomer, Andrea K., Vogt, Lars, Franz, Nico M., Guo, Jinlong, Deans, Andrew R., Balhoff, James P., 2018

Unique extrication structure in a new megaspilid, Dendrocerus scutellaris Trietsch & Mikó (Hymenoptera: Megaspilidae)
Biodiversity Data Journal, Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István, Notton, David G., Deans, Andrew R., 2018

Ceraphron krogmanni (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae), a new species from Lower Saxony with unusual male genitalia
Biodiversity Data Journal, Ulmer, Jonah M., Miko, Istvan, Deans, Andrew R., 2018

A new megaspilid wasp from Eocene Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea), with notes on two non-ceraphronoid families: Radiophronidae and Stigmaphronidae
PeerJ, Mikó, István, van de Kamp, Thomas, Trietsch, Carolyn, Ulmer, Jonah M., Zuber, Marcus, Baumbach, Tilo, Deans, Andrew R., 2018

Translucent cuticle and setiferous patches in Megaspilidae (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea)
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István, Ulmer, Jonah M., Deans, Andrew R., 2017

Pteroceraphron Dessart new to the USA (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea)
Biodiversity Data Journal, Mikó, István, Masner, Lubomír, Deans, Andrew Robert, 2016

Malagasy Conostigmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) and the secret of scutes
PeerJ, Mikó, István, Trietsch, Carolyn, Sandall, Emily L., Yoder, Matthew Jon, Hines, Heather, Deans, Andrew Robert, 2016

Emerging semantics to link phenotype and environment
PeerJ, Thessen, Anne E., Bunker, Daniel E., Buttigieg, Pier Luigi, Cooper, Laurel D., Dahdul, Wasila M., Domisch, Sami, Franz, Nico M., Jaiswal, Pankaj, Lawrence-Dill, Carolyn J., Midford, Peter E., Mungall, Christopher J., Ramírez, Martin J., Specht, Chelsea D., Vogt, Lars, Vos, Rutger Aldo, Walls, Ramona L., White, Jeffrey W., Zhang, Guanyang, Deans, Andrew R., Huala, Eva, Lewis, Suzanna E., Mabee, Paula M., 2015

Finding Our Way through Phenotypes
PLoS Biology, Deans, Andrew R., Lewis, Suzanna E., Huala, Eva, Anzaldo, Salvatore S., Ashburner, Michael, Balhoff, James P., Blackburn, David C., Blake, Judith A., Burleigh, J. Gordon, Chanet, Bruno, Cooper, Laurel D., Courtot, Mélanie, Csösz, Sándor, Cui, Hong, Dahdul, Wasila, Das, Sandip, Dececchi, T. Alexander, Dettai, Agnes, Diogo, Rui, Druzinsky, Robert E., Dumontier, Michel, Franz, Nico M., Friedrich, Frank, Gkoutos, George V., Haendel, Melissa, Harmon, Luke J., Hayamizu, Terry F., He, Yongqun, Hines, Heather M., Ibrahim, Nizar, Jackson, Laura M., Jaiswal, Pankaj, James-Zorn, Christina, Köhler, Sebastian, Lecointre, Guillaume, Lapp, Hilmar, Lawrence, Carolyn J., Le Novère, Nicolas, Lundberg, John G., Macklin, James, Mast, Austin R., Midford, Peter E., Mikó, István, Mungall, Christopher J., Oellrich, Anika, Osumi-Sutherland, David, Parkinson, Helen, Ramírez, Martín J., Richter, Stefan, Robinson, Peter N., Ruttenberg, Alan, Schulz, Katja S., Segerdell, Erik, Seltmann, Katja C., Sharkey, Michael J., Smith, Aaron D., Smith, Barry, Specht, Chelsea D., Squires, R. Burke, Thacker, Robert W., Thessen, Anne, Fernandez-Triana, Jose, Vihinen, Mauno, Vize, Peter D., Vogt, Lars, Wall, Christine E., Walls, Ramona L., Westerfeld, Monte, Wharton, Robert A., Wirkner, Christian S., Woolley, James B., Yoder, Matthew J., Zorn, Aaron M., Mabee, Paula, 2015

Folding wings like a cockroach: A review of transverse wing folding ensign wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae: Afrevania and Trissevania)
PLoS One, Mikó, István, Copeland, Robert S., Balhoff, James P., Yoder, Matthew J., Deans, Andrew R., 2014

The maxillo-labial complex of Sparasion (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea)
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Popovici, Ovidiu Alin, Mikó, István, Seltmann, Katja C., Deans, Andrew R., 2014