The Roach Brain Lab
for studying biodiversity through molecular systematics

Publications
(Updated Fall 2020)
Refereed journal articles
14. Evangelista, Goodman, Kohli, Maflamills, Samuel-Foo, Herrera, Ware, Wilson. (2020). Why Diversity Matters Among Those Who Study Diversity. American Entomologist. 66, 3, 42-49.
13. Evangelista, Simon, Wilson, Kawahara, Kohli, Ware, Wipfler, Béthoux, Grandcolas, Legendre. (2020). Assessing support for Blaberoidea phylogeny suggests optimal locus quality. Systematic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12454
12. Evangelista (2020). Entomological Heritage: Frances Ann McKittrick: Revolutionary studies of cockroaches. American Entomologist. 66, 1, 32–36.
11. Pringle, Kartzinel … Evangelista … Losos, Barrett. (2019.). Predator-induced collapse of niche structure and species coexistence. Nature. 10.1038/s41586-019-1264-6
10. Evangelista, Kotykova-Varadinova, Juna, Grandcolas, Legendre. (2019). New Cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattodea) from French Guiana and a Revised Checklist for the Region. Neotropical Entomology. 10.1007/s13744-019-00677-6
8. Cui, Evangelista, Béthoux. (2018). Prayers for fossil mantis unfulfilled: Prochaerododis enigmaticus Piton, 1940 is a cockroach (Blattodea). Geodiversitas. 40:15, 355-362. 10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a15
7. Evangelista, Thouze, Kohli, Lopez, & Legendre. (2018). Topological support and data quality can only be assessed through multiple tests in Blattodea phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.05.007
6. Evangelista, Djernaes, & Kohli. (2017). Fossil calibrations for the phylogeny of cockroaches (Blattodea), redescription of the oldest Blaberidae and a comment on the use of wings. Palaeontologia Electronica. 20.3.1.FC: 1-23.
4. Evangelista, Sylvain, Mendoza, & Guzman. (2016). New cockroaches (Blattodea) from Guyana. The Journal of Natural History. DOI:10.1080/00222933.2016.1193647
3. Evangelista, Chan, Kaplan, Wilson, & Ware. (2015) The Blattodea ss (Insecta: Dictyoptera) of the Guiana Shield. ZooKeys.475. 37-87. 10.3897/zookeys.475.7877
2. Evangelista, Bourne, & Ware. (2013). Species richness estimates of Blattodea s.s. (Insecta:Dictyoptera) from northern Guyana vary depending upon methods of species delimitation. Systematic Entomology. 39. 150-158. 10.1111/syen.12043
1. Evangelista, Buss, & Ware. (2013) Using DNA barcodes to identify a new invasive cockroach in New York City. Journal of Economic Entomology. 106:6. 2275-2279.
Published abstracts and book contributions
13. Evangelista, & Ware. (2015). What can we learn from a phylogeny of Blaberoidea? Metaleptea. 35. 2-14.
Manuscripts in preparation
16. Evangelista, O’Meara, Gilchrist … et al. (in prep 2019). The effect of overestimating gene tree discordance in a rapid radiation species tree. Systematic Biology.
1 Shared first author publication
