Andrew Deans
Professor of Entomology, Director of the Frost Entomological Museum
Huck Affiliations
Most Recent Publications
Cryptic or underworked? Taxonomic revision of the Antistrophus rufus species complex (Cynipoidea, Aulacideini)
Louis F. Nastasi, John F. Tooker, Charles K. Davis, Cecil N. Smith, Timothy S. Frey, M. J. Hatfield, Tara M. Presnall, Heather M. Hines, Andrew R. Deans, 2024, Journal of Hymenoptera Research on p. 399-439
Diversity and complexity of arthropod references in haiku
Andrew R. Deans, Laura Porturas, 2024, PLoS One
Key to the North American tribes and genera of herb, rose, bramble, and inquiline gall wasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Cynipidae sensu lato)
Louis F. Nastasi, Matthew L. Buffington, Charles K. Davis, Andrew R. Deans, 2024, ZooKeys on p. 177-207
Comparative anatomy of venom glands suggests a role of maternal secretions in gall induction by cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Antoine Guiguet, John Tooker, Andrew R. Deans, Istvan Miko, István Mikó, Gang Ning, Szabina Schweger, Szabina Schwéger, Heather M. Hines, 2023, Insect Systematics and Diversity on p. 3
Extreme acidity in a cynipid gall: a potential new defensive strategy against natural enemies
Antoine Guiguet, Nathaniel McCartney, Kadeem Gilbert, John Tooker, Andrew Deans, Jared Gregory Ali, Heather M. Hines, 2023, Biology Letters on p. 20220513–20220513
Oak Galls Exhibit Ant Dispersal Convergent with Myrmecochorous Seeds
Robert J. Warren, Antoine Guiguet, Chloe Mokadam, John F. Tooker, Andrew R. Deans, 2022, American Naturalist on p. 292-301
Catalogue of Rose Gall, Herb Gall, and Inquiline Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the United States, Canada and Mexico
Louis F. Nastasi, Andrew R. Deans, 2021, Biodiversity Data Journal on p. 1-41
A taxonomic revision of nearctic conostigmus (hymenoptera: ceraphronoidea: megaspilidae)
Carolyn Trietsch, István Mikó, Briana Ezray, Andrew R. Deans, 2020, Zootaxa on p. 1-155
Phylogenomics of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) and implications for evolution of mode of parasitism and viral endogenization
Barbara J. Sharanowski, Ryan D. Ridenbaugh, Patrick K. Piekarski, Gavin R. Broad, Gaelen R. Burke, Andrew R. Deans, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily C. Moriarty Lemmon, Gloria J. Diehl, James B. Whitfield, Heather M. Hines, 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
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catalog of ceraphronoidea types at the muséum national d’histoire naturelle, paris (Mnhn), with comments on unpublished notes from paul dessart (European Journal of Taxonomy, 527, (1-2))
Carolyn Trietsch, István Mikó, Andrew R. Deans, 2019, European Journal of Taxonomy on p. 1-2
Most-Cited Papers
Finding Our Way through Phenotypes
Andrew R. Deans, Suzanna E. Lewis, Eva Huala, Salvatore S. Anzaldo, Michael Ashburner, James P. Balhoff, David C. Blackburn, Judith A. Blake, J. Gordon Burleigh, Bruno Chanet, Laurel D. Cooper, Mélanie Courtot, Sándor Csösz, Hong Cui, Wasila Dahdul, Sandip Das, T. Alexander Dececchi, Agnes Dettai, Rui Diogo, Robert E. Druzinsky, Michel Dumontier, Nico M. Franz, Frank Friedrich, George V. Gkoutos, Melissa Haendel, Luke J. Harmon, Terry F. Hayamizu, Yongqun He, Heather M. Hines, Nizar Ibrahim, Laura M. Jackson, Pankaj Jaiswal, Christina James-Zorn, Sebastian Köhler, Guillaume Lecointre, Hilmar Lapp, Carolyn J. Lawrence, Nicolas Le Novère, John G. Lundberg, James Macklin, Austin R. Mast, Peter E. Midford, István Mikó, Christopher J. Mungall, Anika Oellrich, David Osumi-Sutherland, Helen Parkinson, Martín J. Ramírez, Stefan Richter, Peter N. Robinson, Alan Ruttenberg, Katja S. Schulz, Erik Segerdell, Katja C. Seltmann, Michael J. Sharkey, Aaron D. Smith, Barry Smith, Chelsea D. Specht, R. Burke Squires, Robert W. Thacker, Anne Thessen, Jose Fernandez-Triana, Mauno Vihinen, Peter D. Vize, Lars Vogt, Christine E. Wall, Ramona L. Walls, Monte Westerfeld, Robert A. Wharton, Christian S. Wirkner, James B. Woolley, Matthew J. Yoder, Aaron M. Zorn, Paula Mabee, 2015, PLoS Biology on p. e1002033
Folding wings like a cockroach: A review of transverse wing folding ensign wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae: Afrevania and Trissevania)
István Mikó, Robert S. Copeland, James P. Balhoff, Matthew J. Yoder, Andrew R. Deans, 2014, PLoS One
Phylogenomics of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) and implications for evolution of mode of parasitism and viral endogenization
Barbara J. Sharanowski, Ryan D. Ridenbaugh, Patrick K. Piekarski, Gavin R. Broad, Gaelen R. Burke, Andrew R. Deans, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily C. Moriarty Lemmon, Gloria J. Diehl, James B. Whitfield, Heather M. Hines, 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Malagasy Conostigmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) and the secret of scutes
István Mikó, Carolyn Trietsch, Emily L. Sandall, Matthew Jon Yoder, Heather Hines, Andrew Robert Deans, 2016, PeerJ
Emerging semantics to link phenotype and environment
Anne E. Thessen, Daniel E. Bunker, Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Laurel D. Cooper, Wasila M. Dahdul, Sami Domisch, Nico M. Franz, Pankaj Jaiswal, Carolyn J. Lawrence-Dill, Peter E. Midford, Christopher J. Mungall, Martin J. Ramírez, Chelsea D. Specht, Lars Vogt, Rutger Aldo Vos, Ramona L. Walls, Jeffrey W. White, Guanyang Zhang, Andrew R. Deans, Eva Huala, Suzanna E. Lewis, Paula M. Mabee, 2015, PeerJ
The maxillo-labial complex of Sparasion (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea)
Ovidiu Alin Popovici, István Mikó, Katja C. Seltmann, Andrew R. Deans, 2014, Journal of Hymenoptera Research on p. 77-111
The insect collectors' code
Carolyn Trietsch, Andrew R. Deans, 2018, American Entomologist on p. 156-158
Catalogue of Rose Gall, Herb Gall, and Inquiline Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the United States, Canada and Mexico
Louis F. Nastasi, Andrew R. Deans, 2021, Biodiversity Data Journal on p. 1-41
A new megaspilid wasp from Eocene Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea), with notes on two non-ceraphronoid families: Radiophronidae and Stigmaphronidae
István Mikó, Thomas van de Kamp, Carolyn Trietsch, Jonah M. Ulmer, Marcus Zuber, Tilo Baumbach, Andrew R. Deans, 2018, PeerJ
Fat in the Leg: Function of the Expanded Hind Leg in Gasteruptiid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae)
Maxwell Wetherington, Istvan Miko, Sarthok Rasique Rahman, Salvatore S. Anzaldo, Thomas Van De Kamp, Ben A. Parslow, Nikolai J. Tatarnic, Julie Anderson, Rudolf Johannes Schilder, Jonah M. Ulmer, Andrew Robert Deans, Heather M. Hines, 2019, Insect Systematics and Diversity
News Articles Featuring Andrew Deans
Oct 18, 2024
Penn State entomology graduate student identifies 22 new species of gall wasps
Twenty-two new species of gall wasps have been identified and named for the first time, thanks to new research led by a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate student.
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Apr 03, 2023
8-year-old boy disrupts 100 years of scientific knowledge regarding insects and plants
Penn State scientists, thanks to 8-year old Hugo Dean's curiousity, have discovered a new level of complexity in plant-insect interactions through a groundbreaking study that has turned a century of knowledge about the relationship on its head.
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Sep 01, 2022
Boy’s discovery reveals highly complex plant-insect interaction
When 8-year-old Hugo Deans discovered a handful of BB-sized objects lying near an ant nest beneath a log in his backyard, he thought they were a type of seed
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