publications

Abbott, J.C.; Bota-Sierra, C.A.; Guralnick, R.; Kalkman, V.; González-Soriano, E.; Novelo-Gutiérrez, R.; Bybee, S.;Ware, J.; Belitz, M.W. Diversity of Nearctic Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata). Diversity 2022, 14, 575. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14070575

Bybee, S. M., Kalkman, V. J., Erickson, R. J., Frandsen, P. B., Breinholt, J. W., Suvorov, A., Dijkstra, K.-D. B., Cordero-Rivera, A., Skevington, J. H., Abbott, J. C., Sanchez Herrera, M., Lemmon, A. R., Moriarty Lemmon, E. & Ware, J. L. 2021. Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 160, 107115, doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115 .

Goodman, A., Beatty, C.D., Busse, S., Ubukata, H., Miyazaki, T., Blair, M.E., Ware, J.L. 2024. Paleoecological niche modeling of Epiophlebia (Epiophlebioptera: Epiophlebiidae) reveals continuous distribution during the Last Glacial Maximum. International Journal of Odonatology. 27: 60-76. https://doi.org/10.48156/1388.2024.1917262

Goodman, A., Kass, J.M., Ware, J. 2022. Dynamic distribution modeling of the swamp tigertail dragonfly Synthemis eustalacta (Odonata: Anisoptera: Synthemistidae) over a 20-year bushfire regime. Ecological Entomology. 48(2): 209-225. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13216

Goodman, A., Tolman, E., Uche-Dike, R., Abbott, J.C., Breinholt, J. W., Bybee, S., Frandsen, P., Gosnell, J.S., Guralnick, R., Kalkman, V.J., Kohli, M., Fomekong Lontchi, J., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Newton, L., & J.L. Ware. 2023. Assessment of targeted enrichment locus capture across time and museums using odonate specimens. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 7(3). doi:10.1093/isd/ixad011

Goodman, A., Abbott, J., Breinholt, J.W., Bybee, S., Frandsen, P.B., Guralnick, R. et al. 2025. Systematics and biogeography of the Holarctic dragonfly genus Somatochlora (Anisoptera: Corduliidae). Systematic Entomology, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12672

Goodman, A., Abbott, J.C., Bybee, S., Ehlert, J., Frandsen, P.B., Guralnick, R., Kalkman, V.J., Newton, L., Pinto, A.P., & Ware, J.L. 2025. Systematic and Taxonomic Revision of Emerald and Tigertail Dragonflies (Anisoptera: Synthemistidae & Corduliidae). Systematic Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70000

Hadfield, Robert K., Jordan, Steve, Polhemus, Dan A., Sutherland, Laura N., Peck, Steven L., Abbott, John, Frandsen, Paul, Guralnik, Robert P., Kalkman, Vincent J., Ware, Jessica, Bybee, Seth. 2025. Diversification and Evolution of Hawaiian Megalagrion Damselflies (Pinapinao, Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Systematic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70015

Idec, J., Bybee, S., Ware, J., Abbott, J.C., Guillermo Ferreira, R., Suvorov, A., Kohli, M., Eppel, L., Kuhn, W.R., Belitz, M. & R. Guralnick. 2024. Interactions between sexual signaling and wing size drive ecology and evolution of wing colors in Odonata. Scientific Reports. 14(25034). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73612-4

Kalkman, V.J.; Boudot, J.-P.; Futahashi, R.; Abbott, J.C.; Bota-Sierra, C.A.; Guralnick, R.; Bybee, S.M.;Ware, J.; Belitz, M.W. Diversity of Palaearctic Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata). Diversity 2022, 14, 966. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14110966

Newton, L. G., Abbott, J. C., Bybee, S. M., Carter, P., Frandsen, P. B., Goodman, A., Guralnick, R., Hahn, B., Idec, J., Kalkman, V. J., Kolhi, M., Fomekong-Lontchi, J., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Onsongo, V., Rowe, E., Sanchez-Herrera, M., Pinkert, S., Sutherland, L., Tolman, E., Uche-Dike, R., Barden, P., Belitz, M., Bota-Sierra, C. A., Cordero-Rivera, A., Córdoba-Aguilar, A., Dijkstra, K.-D. B., Dow, R. A., Ehlert, J., Ferreira, R. G., Hämäläinen, M., Juen, L., Lorenzo-Carballa, M. O., Mauffray, B., Nielsen, A. L., Pessacq, P., Pham, T. H., Pinto, Â. P., Richards, S. J., Salas, R., Skevington, J. H., Theischinger, G., Zhang, H., Ware, J. L. (2026). Soaring Systematics: An Evaluation of Biogeography and Flight Behavior in Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) Using Phylogenomics. Systematic Biology, syag005. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syag005

Newton, L., Tolman, E., Kohli, M., & Ware, J. L. 2023. Evolution of Odonata: Genomic insights. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 101073.

Saxton, N.A., Powell, G.S., Bybee, S. 2023. A story of vicariance? how the geology of oceanic archipelagos influenced the evolutionary history of endemic damselflies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107831

Tolman, E.R., Beatty, C.D., Abbott, J.C., Bybee, S.M., Frandsen, P.B., Gosnell, J.S., Guralnick, R., Kalkman, V., Newton, L., Ware, J. & Kohli, M.K. 2024. A Molecular Phylogeny of the Petaluridae (Odonata: Anisoptera): A 160-Million-Year-Old Story of Drift and Extinction. Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution. 200, 108185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108185

Sutherland, L., Carter, P., Abbott, J., Beatty, C., Bota-Sierra, C., Busse, S., Cano Cobos, Y., Combey, R., Cordero-Rivera, A., Uche Dike, R., Frandsen, P., Goodman, A., Gullermo, R., Guralnick, R., Hadfield, R., Jijon, G., Juen, L., Kalkman, V., Kohli, M., Lin, Y.F., Fomekong Lontchi, J., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Newton, L., Onsongo, V., Pessacq, P., Sanchez-Herrera, M., Sanchez Guillen, R.A., Tennessen, K., Tolman, E., Ware, J., Wellenreuther, M., and Bybee, S. 2025. Zygoptera Systematics: Past, present, and future. Insect Systematics and Diversity. 9(4)/5. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaf013

Tolman, Ethan, Christopher D. Beatty, Jonas Bush, Manpreet Kohli, Carlos M. Moreno, Jessica L. Ware, K. Scott Weber. 2023. A Chromosome-length Assembly of the Black Petaltail (Tanypteryx hageni) Dragonfly, Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2023, evad024, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evad024

Tolman, Bruchim, Driever, Jordan, Kohli, Montague, Park, Park, Rosario, Ryu & Ware (2023): Changes in effective populationsize of Odonata in response to climate change revealed through genomics. International Journal of Odonatology, 26, 205–211. doi:10.48156/1388.2023.1917241

Tolman, E. R., Beatty, C. D., Bush, J., Kohli, M. K., Frandsen, P. B., Gosnell, J. S., & Ware, J. L. 2023. Exploring chromosome evolution in 250 million year old groups of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata). Molecular Ecology.

Ware, J., Abbott, J., Abbott, K., Beatty, C., Bota-Sierra, C., Busse, S., Cano Cobos, Y., Combey, R., Ehlert, J., Fomekong Lontchi, J., Frandsen, P., Goodman, A., Guillermo, R., Guralnick, R., Kalkman, V., Kemabonta, K., Kohli, M., Juen, L., Lupiyaningdyah, P., Newton, L., Onsongo, V., Pessacq, P., Pinto, A., Salas, R., Sanchez-Herrera, M., Sutherland, L., Tennessen, K., Tolman, E., Uche Dike, R., Wellenreuther, M., and Bybee, S. 2025. Odonata systematics: Past, present, and future: a review of the phylogenetic works in Anisoptera (dragonflies). Insect Systematics and Diversity. 9(4): 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaf030

Ware, J.L., C.P. Hulick, L. Newton, M. Kohli, E. Tolman, A. Goodman, C. Beatty, R. Guralnick, J.C. Abbott, P.B. Frandsen, J.A. Soto-Centeno & S. Bybee (2025): Bringing Shadowdragons to light: Neurocordulia (Anisoptera: Corduliidae) systematics. International Journal of Odonatology, 28, 1–15 https://doi:10.48156/1388.2025.1917307