Andrew R. Deans, Ph.D.
- Professor
- Director of the Frost Entomological Museum
University Park, PA 16802
- Email adeans@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-2863
Areas of Expertise
- Systematics, natural history collections
Websites
Education
- PhD - University of Illinois (Entomology)
- MS - University of Arkansas (Entomology)
- BA - University of New Mexico (Biology)
Publications
Extreme acidity in a cynipid gall: a potential new defensive strategy against natural enemies
Biology Letters, Guiguet, Antoine, McCartney, Nathaniel B., Gilbert, Kadeem J., Tooker, John F., Deans, Andrew R., 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
Catalogue of Rose Gall, Herb Gall, and Inquiline Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the United States, Canada and Mexico
Biodiversity Data Journal, Nastasi, Louis F., Deans, Andrew R., 2021
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
A photographic catalog of ceraphronoidea types at the muséum national d’histoire naturelle, paris (Mnhn), with comments on unpublished notes from paul dessart (European Journal of Taxonomy, 527, (1-2))
European Journal of Taxonomy, Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István, Deans, Andrew R., 2019
A photographic catalog of Ceraphronoidea types at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN), with comments on unpublished notes from Paul Dessart
European Journal of Taxonomy, Trietsch, Carolyn, Mikó, István, Deans, Andrew R., 2019
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, Miko, Istvan, Rahman, Sarthok Rasique, Anzaldo, Salvatore S., Van De Kamp, Thomas, Parslow, Ben A., Tatarnic, Nikolai J., Wetherington, Maxwell, 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
Dendrocerus Mexicali (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea, Megaspilidae): Novel antennal morphology, first description of female, and expansion of known range into the U.S.
ZooKeys, Burks, Kyle N., Mikó, István, Deans, Andrew R., 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
Redescription of Conostigmus albovarius Dodd, 1915 (Hymenoptera, Megaspilidae), a metallic ceraphronoid, with the first description of males
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Trietsch, Carolyn, Deans, Andrew R., Mikó, Istvàn, 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
A semantic model for species description applied to the ensign wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) of new caledonia
Systematic Biology, Balhoff, James P., Mikó, István, Yoder, Matthew J., Mullins, Patricia L., Deans, Andrew R., 2013
Order hymenoptera
Zootaxa, Aguiar, Alexandre P., Deans, Andrew R., Engel, Michael S., Forshage, Mattias, Huber, John T., Jennings, John T., Johnson, Norman F., Lelej, Arkady S., Longino, John T., Lohrmann, Volker, Mikó, István, Ohl, Michael, Rasmussen, Claus, Taeger, Andreas, Yu, Dicky Sick Ki, 2013
The need for data standards in zoomorphology
Journal of Morphology, Vogt, Lars, Nickel, Michael, Jenner, Ronald A., Deans, Andrew R., 2013
Utilizing Descriptive Statements from the Biodiversity Heritage Library to Expand the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology
PLoS One, Seltmann, Katja C., Pénzes, Zsolt, Yoder, Matthew J., Bertone, Matthew A., Deans, Andrew R., 2013
Matching arthropod anatomy ontologies to the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology: Results from a manual alignment
Database : the journal of biological databases and curation, Bertone, Matthew A., Mikó, István, Yoder, Matthew J., Seltmann, Katja C., Balhoff, James P., Deans, Andrew R., 2013
Morphology and function of the ovipositor mechanism in Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Ernst, Andrew F., Mikó, István, Deans, Andrew R., 2013
Male terminalia of Ceraphronoidea: Morphological diversity in an otherwise monotonous taxon
Entomologica Scandinavica, Miko, Istvan, Masner, Lubomir, Johannes, Eva, Yoder, Matthew, Deans, Andrew, 2013