Jiri Hulcr

School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida.

Contact

hulcr@ufl.edu Mobile phone: 517-256-1894

Research Summary

I study the ecosystem of bark and ambrosia beetles, fungi, bacteria, trees and people. I address the most fundamental questions about the evolutionary origin of fungus-farming, tree-killing, and the chemistry and genetics behind it. A growing part of my effort is translating science into practice, so that forest managers and regulatory agencies around the world can ensure that forests are a solution for the climate and biodiversity crisis.

Professional service

Bark Beetle Mycobiome: International Research Coordination Network (Principal investigator)
U.S. Department of the Interior, Invasive Species Advisory Committee (member)
ProForest (co-founder and consultant)
University of Florida Forest Entomology collection: the world's largest cryo-repository of bark and ambrosia beetles and their symbionts (over 200,000 samples) - founder and Principal Investigator
Florida State Survey Committee for the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Surveys (committee member)

Short Bio & Education

2018-present:Associate Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida
2012-2018:Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida.
2010-2012: Postdoc, Dept. of Biology, North Carolina State University
2010-present: Adjunct curator at the A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection at Michigan State University
2009-2010:Postdoc, Dept. of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2009: Ph.D. in Entomology, Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State University, with Anthony I. Cognato.
2008: Ph.D. in Entomology, Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, with Vojtech Novotny.

Publications

(This section does not include peer-reviewed extension publications)

140. LeMay, G., Johnson, A. A., Hulcr, J. (2023) Integrative taxonomy sheds light on species boundaries and relationships in the inbred haplodiploid ambrosia beetle genus Xyleborus. Insect Systematics and Evolution, in press.

139. Rodrigues, A., Joseph, R., Johnson, A. J., Li, Y., Keyhani, N., Stanley, E. L., Weiss, B., Kaltenpoth, M., Smith, M. E., Hulcr, J. (2023) Fungal symbiont community and absence of detectable mycangia in invasive Euplatypus ambrosia beetles. Symbiosis, in press, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-023-00938-4.

138. Urvois, T., Perrier, C., Roques, A., Sauné, L., Courtin, C., Kajimura, H. Hulcr, J. Cognato, A. I., Auger-Rozenberg, M.-A., Kerdelhué, C. 2023. The worldwide invasion history of a pest ambrosia beetle inferred using population genomics. Molecular Ecology, in press, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16993.

137. Mendel, Z., Freeman, S., Hulcr, J., Recht, E., Zagron, G., Bear, A., Orshan, L., Samra, S., Golan, O., Walczak, M., Silberstein, M., Golani, S., Birnbaum, N., Bensimon, D., Benjamin, P., Carrillo, D., Eisenband, A., Ment, D. (2023) Black twig borer and other ambrosia and bark beetles in Israel. Phytoparasitica, in press, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-023-01089-4

136. Kolařík, M. and Hulcr, J. (2023) Geosmithia—widespread and abundant but long ignored bark beetle symbionts. Mycological Progress, 22 (4) 1-32 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11557-023-01880-x.

135. Dong, Y., Gao, J., Hulcr, J. (2023) Insect wood borers on commercial North American tree species growing in China: review of Chinese peer-reviewed and grey literature. Environmental Entomology, 52 (3) 289–300, https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad039.

134. Grégoire, J. C., Jactel, H., Hulcr, J., Battisti, A., Inward, D., Petter, F., Grousset, F. (2023) Cosmopolitan Scolytinae: strong common drivers but too many singularities for accurate prediction. NeoBiota 84: 81-105 https://neobiota.pensoft.net/issue/3764/

133. Loehle, C., Munro, H. L., Hulcr, J., Smith, J. A., Fox, T. (2022) Preventing the perfect storm of forest mortality in the United States caused by invasive species. Journal of Forestry, 121 (1) 104-117 https://doi.org/10.1093/jofore/fvac031.

132. Osborn, R. K., Castro, J., Duong, T. A., Hulcr, J., Li, Y., Martinez, M., Cognato, A. I. (2022) Symbiotic fungi associated with xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and the imperative of global collaboration. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 116 (1) 51-71.

131. Araújo, J. P. M., Li, Y., Duong, T. A., Smith, M. E., Adams, S., Hulcr, J. (2022) Four New Species of Harringtonia: Unravelling the Laurel Wilt Fungal Genus. Journal of Fungi 8 (6), 613 https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/8/6/613

130. Hulcr, J., Gomez, D. F., Johnson, A. J. (2022) Collecting and preserving bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae & Platypodinae). PLoS ONE 17(4): e0265910. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265910

129. LeMay, G. A., O’Loughlin, T., Wakarchuk, D., Hulcr, J. (2022) Field response of black turpentine beetle to pine resin oxidation and pheromone displacement. Journal of Chemical Ecology 48, 641–649. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-022-01361-7

128. Li, Y., Bateman, C., Skelton, J., Wang, B., Black, A., Huang, Y., Gonzalez, A., Jusino, M., Nolen, Z., Freeman, S., Mendel, Z., Chen, C., Li, H., Kolařík, M., Knížek, M., Park, J., Sittichaya, W., Thai, P., Ito, S., Torii, M., Gao, L., Johnson, A., Lu, M., Sun, J., Zhang, Z., Adams, D., Hulcr, J. (2021) Pre-invasion assessment of exotic bark beetle-vectored fungi to detect tree-killing pathogens. Phytopathology 112 (2) 261-270. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-01-21-0041-R

127. Wang, Y., Lu, J., Sun, R., Gomez, D. F., Hulcr, J., Li, Y., Li, Y., Gao, L. (2022) Uncovering hidden diversity within the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex in China. Entomologia Generalis 42 (4): 631 – 639. https://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2022/1234

126. Dzurenko, M., Hulcr, J. (2022) Ambrosia beetles: Quick guide. Current Biology 32 (2): R61-R62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.043

125. Araújo, João P. M., Li, Y., Six, D., Rajchenberg, M., Smith, M. E., Johnson, A. J., Klepzig, K. D., Crous, P. W., Leal-Dutra, C. A., Skelton, J., Adams, S. N., Hulcr, J. (2021) Diversity and evolution of Entomocorticium (Russulales, Peniophoraceae), a genus of bark beetle mutualists derived from free-living, wood rotting Peniophora. Jounrnal of Fungi 7(12): 1043 (26 pp.) https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7121043

124. Lin, W., Park, S., Jiang, Z., Ji, Y., Ernstsons, A., Li, J., Li, Y., Hulcr, J. (2021) Native or Invasive? The Red-Haired Pine Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda (Fabricius)(Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in East Asia. Forests 12 (7): 950. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12070950

123. Ernstsons, A. Simon, Lin, M., Li, Y., Hulcr, J. (2021) Host associations between xylophagous longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and American commodity tree species from Chinese collection sources. Management of Biological Invasions 12: 1-15 https://www.reabic.net/journals/mbi/2021/Issue4.aspx

122. Zhang, X., Li Y., Si, H., Zhao, G., Kolařík, M., Hulcr, J., Jiang, X., Dai, M., Chang, R. (2022) Geosmithia species associated with bark beetles from Southern China, with the description of eleven new species. Frontiers of Microbiology 13:820402. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.820402

121. Gugliuzzo, A., Biedermann, P., Carrillo, D., Castrillo, L., Egonyu, J., Gallego, D., Haddi, K., Hulcr, J., Jactel, H., Kajimura, H., Kamata, N., Meurisse, N., Li, Y., Oliver, J., Ranger, C., Rassati, D., Stelinski, L., Sutherland, R., Garzia, G., Wright, M., Biondi, A. (2021) Recent advances toward the sustainable management of invasive Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles. Journal of Pest Science 94: 615–637
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01382-3

120. Li, Y., Johnson, A., Gao, L., Wu, C., Hulcr, J. (2021) Two new invasive Ips bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in mainland China and their potential distribution in Asia. Pest Management Science 77 (9): 4000-4008 https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6423

119. Gomez, D., Ritger, H., Pearce, C., Eickwort, J., Hulcr, J. (2020) Ability of Remote Sensing Systems to Detect Bark Beetle Spots in the Southeastern US. Forests 11 (11): 1167 https://doi.org/10.3390/f11111167

118. Urvois, T., Perrier, C., Roques, A., Sauné, L., Courtin, C., Li, Y., Johnson, A., Hulcr, J., Auger-Rozenberg, M.-A. & Kerdelhué, C. (2021) A first inference of the phylogeography of the worldwide invader Xylosandrus compactus. Journal of Pest Science https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01443-7

117. Gao, L., Li, Y., Wang, Z.-X., Zhao, J., Hulcr, J., Wang, J.-G., Li, Y.-Z., Ju, R.-T. 2020. Biology and associated fungi of an emerging bark beetle pest, the sweetgum inscriber. Journal of Applied Entomology 145 (6): 508-517 https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12861

116. Hulcr, J., Gomez, D. F., Skelton, J., Johnson, A. J., Adams, S., Li, Y., Jusino, M. A., Smith, M. E. (2021) Invasion of an inconspicuous ambrosia beetle and fungus may affect wood decay in Southeastern North America. Biological Invasions 23 (5): 1339-1347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02448-6

115. Dole, S. A., Hulcr, J., Cognato, E. I. (2021) Species-rich bark and ambrosia beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Ecuadorian Amazonian Forest Canopy, ZooKeys 1044:797-813
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.57849

114. Johnson, A.J., Li, Y., Mandelshtam, M.Y., Park, S., Lin, C.S., Gao, L. and Hulcr, J., 2020. East Asian Cryphalus Erichson (Curculionidae, Scolytinae): new species, new synonymy and redescriptions of species. ZooKeys, 995, p.15.

113. Hulcr, J., Barnes, I., De Beer, Z. W., Duong, T. A., Gazis, R., Johnson, J. J., Jusino, M. A., Kasson, M. T., Li, Y., Lynch, S., Mayers, C., Musvuugwa, T., Roets, F., Seltmann, K. C., Six, D., Vanderpool, D., Villari. C. (2020) Bark beetle mycobiome: collaboratively defined research priorities on a widespread insect-fungus symbiosis. Symbiosis 81, 101–113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-020-00686-9

112. Li, Y., Skelton, J., Adams, A., Hattori, Y., Smith, M. E., Hulcr, J. (2020) The ambrosia beetle Sueus niisimai (Scolytinae: Hyorrhynchini) is associated with the canker disease fungus Diatrypella japonica (Xylariales). Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-20-0482-RE

111. Gomez, D. F., Adams, D. C., Cossio, R. C., Carton de Grammont, P., Messina, W. A., Royce, F. S., Galindo-Gonzalez, S., Hulcr, J., Muiño, B. L., Vázquez, L. L. (2020) Peering into the Cuba phytosanitary black box: An institutional and policy analysis. PLoS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239808

110. Wang, Z., Li, Y., Ernstsons, A. S., Sun, R., Hulcr, J., Gao, L. (2020) The infestation and habitat of the ambrosia beetle Euwallacea interjectus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the riparian zone of Shanghai, China. Agricultural and Forest Entomology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/afe.12405

109. Li, Y., Yu, H., Araújo, J. P. M., Zhang, X., Ji, Y., Hulcr, J. (2020) Esteya floridanum sp. nov.: an Ophiostomatalean nematophagous fungus and its potential to control the pine wood nematode. Phytopathology: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-20-0229-R

108. Dzurenko, M., Ranger, C. M., Hulcr, J., Galko, J., Kaňuch, P. (2020) Origin of non-native Xylosandrus germanus, an invasive pest ambrosia beetle in Europe and North America. Journal of Pest Science https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01283-x

107. Johnson, A. J., Hulcr, J., Knížek, M., Atkinson, T. H., Mandelshtam, M. Y. Smith, S. M., Cognato, A. I., Park, S. Li, Y., Jordal, B. H. (2020) Revision of the bark beetle genera within the former Cryphalini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 4(3) 1-81 https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa002

106. Huang, Y., Skelton, J. & Hulcr, J. Lipids and small metabolites provisioned by ambrosia fungi to symbiotic beetles are phylogeny-dependent, not convergent. 2020 ISME Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0593-7

105. Cognato, A.I., Sari, G., Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A., Li, Y., Hulcr, J., Jordal, B.H., Kajimura, H., Lin, C.S., Pham, T.H. and Singh, S., 2020. The essential role of taxonomic expertise in the creation of DNA databases for the identification and delimitation of southeast Asian ambrosia beetle species (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 27.

104. Darr, M., Hulcr, J., Eickwort, J., Smith, J., Hubbard, W., Coyle, D. (2020) Forest Health Diagnostics Facebook Page: Impact and Natural Resources Programming Implications. Journal of Extension 58(3) v58-3a5.

103. Grousset, F., Grégoire, J.C., Jactel, H., Battisti, A., Benko-Beloglavec, A., Hrašovec, B., Hulcr, J., Inward, D., Orlinski, A. and Petter, F., 2020. The risk of bark and ambrosia beetles associated with imported non-coniferous wood and potential horizontal phytosanitary measures. Forests, 11 (3): 342.

102. Battisti, A., Benko-Beloglavec, A., Gregoire, J.-C., Hrasovec, B., Hulcr, J., Inward, D., Jactel, H. (2020) EPPO Study on the risk of bark and ambrosia beetles associated with imported non-coniferous wood. EPPO Technical Document No. 1081. https://www.eppo.int/RESOURCES/eppo_publications

101. Gomez D. F., Sathyapala S., Hulcr J. (2020) Towards sustainable forest management in Central America: review of southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann) outbreaks, their causes, and solutions. Forests 11(2): 173.

100. Gomez D. F., Skelton J., De Maria M., Hulcr J. (2020) Influence of temperature and precipitation anomaly on the seasonal emergence of invasive bark beetles in subtropical South America. Neotropical Entomology 49, 347–352.

99. Gomez D. F., Johnson A. J., Hulcr, J. (2020) Potential pest bark and ambrosia beetles from Cuba not present in the continental United States. Florida Entomologist 103 (1): 96-102.

98. Skelton, J., Loyd, A., Smith, J. A., Blanchette, R. A., Held, B. W., Hulcr, J. (2020) Fungal symbionts of bark and ambrosia beetles can suppress decomposition of pine sapwood by competing with wood-decay fungi. Fungal Ecology, vol. 45, p.100926 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100926

97. Skelton, J., Jusino, M. A., Carlson, P. M., Smith, K., Banik, M. T., Lindner, D. L., Palmer, J. M., Hulcr, J. (2019) Relationships among wood-boring beetles, fungal endophytes and saprotrophs, and the decomposition of forest biomass. Microbial Ecology, 28 (22): 4971-4986.

96. Pyzsko, P., Sigut, M., Kostovcik, M., Drozd, P., Hulcr, J. (2019) High-diversity microbiomes in the guts of bryophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae). European Journal of Entomology 116: 432-441.

95. Adams, D. C., Susaeta, A., Soto, J. R., Rossi, F., Carton, P.G., Messina, W. A., Koch, F. H., Gomez, D., Hulcr, J. (2019) A bioeconomic model for estimating potential economic damages from a hypothetical Asian beetle introduced via future trade with Cuba. Journal of Bioeconomics 22, 33–58 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10818-019-09289-x

94. Smith, S. M., Gomez, D. F., Beaver, R. A., Hulcr J., Cognato, A. I. (2019) Reassessment of the species in the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) complex after the rediscovery of the “lost” type specimen. Insects 2019, 10(9), 261; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10090261

93. Zheng, S., Johnson, A. J., Li, Y., Chu, C., Hulcr, J., (2019) Cryphalus eriobotryae sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a new insect pest of loquat Eriobotrya japonica in China. Insects. 10 (6): 180.

92. Huang, Y.-T., Skelton, J., Johnson, A. J., Kolarik, M., Hulcr, J. (2019) Geosmithia species in southeastern USA and their affinity to beetle vectors and tree hosts. Fungal Ecology 39: 168-183.

91. Cognato, A. I., Smith, S. M., Li, Y., Pham, T. H., J Hulcr, J. (2019) Genetic Variability Among Xyleborus glabratus Populations Native to Southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) and the Description of Two Related Species. Journal of Economic Entomology, 112 (3) 1274-1284.

90. Veselska, T., Skelton, J., Kostovcik. M., Hulcr, J., Baldrian, P., Chudickova, M., Cajthaml, T., Vojtova, T., Garcia-Fraile, P., Kolarik, M. (2019) Adaptive traits of bark and ambrosia beetle-associated fungi. Fungal Ecology. 41: 165-176.

89. Skelton, J., Johnson, A. J., Jusino, M. A., Bateman, C., Hulcr, J. (2019) A selective fungal transport organ (mycangium) maintains coarse phylogenetic congruence between fungus-farming ambrosia beetles and their symbionts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2127

88. Li, Y., Ruan, Y., Kasson, M. T., Stanley, E. L., Gillett, C. P. D. T., Johnson, A. J., Zhang, M., Hulcr, J. (2018) Structure of the Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Mycangia Revealed Through Micro-Computed Tomography. Journal of Insect Science 18 (5): 13.

87. Gomez, D. F., Skelton, J., Steininger, M. S., Stouthamer, R., Rugman-Jones, P., Sittichaya, W., Rabaglia, R. J., Hulcr, J. (2018) Species delineation within the Euwallacea fornicatus complex revealed by morphometric and phylogenetic analyses. Insect Diversity and Systematics, 2 (6). doi:10.1093/isd/ixy018

86. Huang, Y.-T., Skelton, J., Hulcr, J. (2018) Multiple evolutionary origins lead to diversity in the metabolic profiles of ambrosia fungi. Fungal ecology, 38, 80-88.

85. Li, Y., Huang, Y.T., Kasson, M.T., Macias, A.M., Skelton, J., Carlson, P.S., Yin, M. and Hulcr, J., (2018) Specific and promiscuous ophiostomatalean fungi associated with Platypodinae ambrosia beetles in the southeastern United States. Fungal Ecology 35: 42-50.

84. Johnson, A.J., McKenna, D.D., Jordal, B.H., Cognato, A.I., Smith, S.M., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.L.M. and Hulcr, J., (2018) Phylogenomics clarifies repeated evolutionary origins of inbreeding and fungus farming in bark beetles (Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 127: 229-238.

83. Gomez, D. F., Rabaglia, R. J., Fairbanks, K. E. O., Hulcr, J. (2018) North American Xyleborini north of Mexico: a review and key to genera and species (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Zookeys 768: 19-68. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.768.24697

82. Atchison, R.A., Hulcr, J. and Lucky, A., (2018) Managed Fire Frequency Significantly Influences the Litter Arthropod Community in Longleaf Pine Flatwoods. Environmental entomology, 47(3), pp.575-585.

81. Li, Y., Ruan, Y.Y., Stanley, E.L., Skelton, J. and Hulcr, J., (2018) Plasticity of mycangia in Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles. Insect science. 00: 1-11.

80. Li, Y., Zhou, X., Lai, S., Yin, T., Ji, Y., Wang, S., Wang, J. and Hulcr, J., (2018) First record of Euplatypus parallelus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in China. Florida Entomologist, 101(1), pp.141-143.

79. Skelton, J., Jusino, M.A., Li, Y., Bateman, C., Thai, P.H., Wu, C., Lindner, D.L. and Hulcr, J., (2018) Detecting Symbioses in Complex Communities: the Fungal Symbionts of Bark and Ambrosia Beetles Within Asian Pines. Microbial ecology 76(3), 839-850.

78. Huang, Y.-T., Kolarik, M., Kasson, M. T., Hulcr, J. (2018) Two new Geosmithia species in G. pallida species complex from bark beetles in eastern USA. Mycologia, 109 (5):790-803.

77. Oren, E., Klingeman, W., Gazis, R., Moulton, J., Lambdin, P., Coggeshall, M., Hulcr, J., Seybold, S. J., Hadziabdic, D. (2018) A novel molecular toolkit for rapid detection of the pathogen and primary vector of thousand cankers disease. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0185087.

76. Hulcr, J., Stelinski, L. L. (2017) THE AMBROSIA SYMBIOSIS: From Evolutionary Ecology to Practical Management. Annual Reviews of Entomology, 62: 285–303.

75. Li, Y., Bateman, C. C., Skelton, J., Jusino, M. A., Nolen, Z. J., Simmons, D. R., Hulcr, J. (2017) Wood decay fungus Flavodon ambrosius (Basidiomycota: Polyporales) is widely farmed by two genera of ambrosia beetles. Fungal biology 121 (11), 984-989.

74. Wang, L.-J., Beaver, R. A., Hulcr, J. (2017) A New Species of Ambrosia Beetle, Urocorthylus fanii, from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Corthylini). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 23 (1), 53-56.

73. Šigut, M., Kostovčík, M., Šigutová, H., Hulcr, J., Drozd, P., Hrček, J. (2017) Performance of DNA metabarcoding, standard barcoding, and morphological approach in the identification of host–parasitoid interactions. PLoS ONE 12(12): e0187803. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187803

72. Storer, C., Payton, A., McDaniel, S., Jordal, B., Hulcr, J. (2017) Cryptic genetic variation in an inbreeding and cosmopolitan pest, Xylosandrus crassiusculus, revealed using ddRADseq. Ecology and Evolution, 2017; 7:10974–10986.

71. Prior, K. M., Adams, D. C., Klepzig, K., Hulcr, J. (2017) When does invasive species removal lead to ecological recovery? Implications for management success. Biological Invasions, 20(2) pp 267–283.

70. Johnson, A. J., Knížek, M., Atkinson, T. H., Jordal, B., Ploetz, R. Hulcr, J. (2017) Resolution of a global mango and fig pest identity crisis. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 1(2) ixx010.

69. Tuncer, C., Knížek, M., Hulcr, J. (2017) Scolytinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in hazelnut orchards of Turkey: clarification of species and identification key. ZooKeys, 710: 65-76.

68. Gohli J, Kirkendall LR, Smith SM, Cognato AI, Hulcr J, Jordal BH (2017) Biological factors contributing to bark and ambrosia beetle species diversification. Evolution, 71(5):1258-1272.

67. Susaeta, A., Soto, J. R., Adams, D. C., Hulcr, J. (2017) Expected timber-based economic impacts of a wood-boring beetle ( Acanthotomicus sp.) that kills American sweetgum. Journal of Economic Entomology, 110(4): 1942–1945.

66. Lin, Y.-T., Shih, H.-H., Hulcr, J., Lin, C.-S., Lu, S.-S., Chen, C.-Y. (2017) Ambrosiella in Taiwan including one new species. Mycoscience, 58(4) 242–252

65. Gao, L., Li, Y., Xu, Y., Hulcr, J., Cognato, A. I., Wang, J.-G., Ju, R.-T. (2017). Acanthotomicus sp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a new destructive insect pest of North American sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua in China. Journal of Economic Entomology 110 (4), 1592–1595.

64. Stouthamer R, Rugman‐Jones P, Thu PQ, Eskalen A, Thibault T, Hulcr J, Wang L-J, Jordal BH, Chen C-Y, Cooperband M, Lin C-S, Kamata N, Lu S-S, Masuya H, Mendel Z, Rabaglia R, Sanguansub S, Shih H-H, Sittichaya W, Zong S (2017) Tracing the origin of a cryptic invader: phylogeography of the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) species complex. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 19(4): 366-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12215

63. Hulcr, J., Black, A., Prior, K. P., Chen, C-Y., Li, H-F. (2017) Studies of ambrosia beetles in their native ranges help predict invasion impact. Florida Entomologist, 100(2): 257-261.

62. Dunn R, Lucky A, Hulcr J, Steininger MS, Vitone T, Stofer K (2017) School of Ants goes to college: integrating citizen science into the general education classroom increases engagement with science. Connections 4 (01)

61. Short, DPG, O’Donnell K, Stajich JE, Hulcr J, Kijimoto T, Berger MC, Macias AM, Spahr EJ, Bateman CC, Eskalen A, Lynch SC, Cognato AI, Cooperband MF, Kasson MT (2017) PCR multiplexes discriminate Fusarium symbionts of invasive Euwallacea ambrosia beetles that inflict damage on numerous tree species throughout the United States. Plant Disease, 101 (1): 233-240.

60. O’Donnell K, Libeskind-Hadas R, Hulcr J, Bateman CC, Kasson MT, Ploetz RC, Konkol JL, Carrillo D, Campbell A, Duncan RE, Liyanage PNH, Eskalen A, Lynch SC, Freeman S, Mendel Z, Sharon M, Geiser DM, Aoki T, Cosse AC, Rooney AP (2016) Invasive Asian Fusarium – Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualists pose a serious threat to forests, urban landscapes and the avocado industry. Phytoparasitica, 44 (4), 435-442.

59. Bateman CC, Huang Y-T, Simmons DR, Kasson MT, Hulcr J (2016) Ambrosia beetle Premnobius cavipennis (Scolytinae: Ipini) carries highly divergent ascomycotan ambrosia fungus, Afroraffaelea ambrosiae gen. nov. sp. nov. (Ophiostomatales: Ophiostomatacae). Fungal Ecology, 25, 41-49.

58. Kolarik, M., Hulcr, J., De Beer, W., Kostovcik, M., Sýkorová, Z., Seybold, S. J., Rizzo, D. M. (2017) Geosmithia associated with bark beetles in the western USA: Taxonomic diversity and vector specificity. Mycologia, 106 (2): 185-199.

57. Lu M, Hulcr J, & Sun J (2016) The Role of Symbiotic Microbes in Insect Invasions. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 47, 487-505.

56. Li Y, Gu X, Kasson MT, Bateman CC, Guo J, Huang Y-T, Rabaglia RJ, Hulcr J (2016) Distribution, host records and symbiotic fungi of Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in China. Florida Entomologist, 99 (4), 801-804.

55. Susaeta A, Soto JR, Adams DC, Hulcr J (2016) Pre-invasion economic assessment of invasive species prevention: A putative ambrosia beetle in Southeastern loblolly pine forests. Journal of Environmental Management 183, 875-881.

54. Simmons, D. Rabern, Z. Wilhelm de Beer, Yin-Tse Huang, Craig C. Bateman, Alina S. Campbell, Tyler J. Dreaden, You Li, Randy C. Ploetz, Hou-Feng Li, Chi-Yu Chen, Michael J. Wingfield, Jiri Hulcr (2016) New Raffaelea species (Ophiostomatales) from the United States and Taiwan associated with ambrosia beetles and plant hosts. IMA Fungus, 7: 265-273

53. Kasson MT, Wickert KL, Stauder CM, Macias AM, Berger MC, Simmons DR, Short DPG, DeVallance DB, Hulcr J. (2016) Culturing of aggressive wood-degrading Flavodon ambrosius nom. prov. (Polyporales) facilitates niche expansion and sub-sociality in Ambrosiophilus ambrosia beetles. Fungal Ecology 23: 86–96.

52. Simmons DR, Li Y, Bateman CC, Hulcr J. (2016) Flavodon ambrosius sp. nov., a basidiomycetous mycosymbiont of Ambrosiodmus ambrosia beetles. Mycotaxon, 131(2) pp. 277–285.

51. Penca, C., Adams, D. C., Hulcr, J. (2016) The Cuba-Florida plant-pest pathway. Insecta Mundi 2016 (0490): June 24, 2016. p. 1-17

50. Johnson, A. J., Atkinson, T. H., Hulcr, J. (2016) Two remarkable new species of Hypothenemus Westwood (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Southeastern USA. Zootaxa, 4200 (3): 30 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.7.

49. Johnson, A. J., Kendra, P. E., Skelton, J., Hulcr, J. (2016) Species diversity, phenology, and temporal flight patterns of Hypothenemus pygmy borers (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in South Florida. Environmental Entomology, 45(3): 627–632. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvw039

48. Bateman, C. C., Sigut, M., Skelton, J., Smith, K. E., Hulcr, J. (2016) Fungal associates of the black twig borer, Xylosandrus compactus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), are spatially segregated on the insect body. Environmental Ecology, 45(3): 627-632.

47. You, L. Simmons, D. R., Bateman, C. C. Short, D. P. G., Kasson, M. T., Rabaglia, R., Hulcr, J. (2015). New fungus-insect symbiosis: molecular, culturing, and histological methods determine saprophytic Polyporales mutualist of Ambrosiodmus ambrosia beetles. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0137689. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137689

46. Kolarik, M., Hulcr, J., Kirkendall, L. R. (2015). New species of Geosmithia and Graphium associated with ambrosia beetles in Costa Rica. Czech Mycology 67(1): 29–35.

45. Vitone, T., Stofer, K. A., Steininger, M. S., Hulcr, J., Dunn, R. R., Lucky, A. (2016) Integrating citizen science into the general education classroom increases engagement with science. Journal of Science Communication 15(01), A03.

44. Bateman C., Kendra P.E., Rabaglia R., and J. Hulcr (2015). Fungal symbionts in three exotic ambrosia beetles, Xylosandrus amputatus, Xyleborinus andrewesi, and Dryoxylon onoharaense (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) in Florida. Symbiosis 66(3): 141-148.

43. Steininger, M. S, Storer, C., Hulcr, J., Lucky, A. (2015) Alternative preservatives of insect DNA for citizen science and other low-cost applications. Invertebrate Systematics, 29: 468-472.

42. Storer, C.G., J. W. Breinholt & J. Hulcr. (2015). Wallacellus is Euwallacea: molecular phylogenetics settles generic relationships (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini). Zootaxa. 3974 (3): 391–400

41. Steininger, M. S, Hulcr, J., Šigut, M., Lucky, A. (2015). Simple and Efficient Trap for Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Facilitate Invasive Species Monitoring and Citizen Involvement. Journal of Economic Entomology. 108(3):1115-1123.

40. Kostovcik, M., Bateman, C., Klarik, M., Stelinski, L., Jordal, B., Hulcr, J. (2015). The ambrosia symbiosis is specific in some species and promiscuous in others: evidence from community pyrosequencing. The ISME Journal 9, 126–138

39. O’Donnell, K., Sink S., Libeskind-Hadas R., Hulcr J., Kasson M. T., Ploetz R.C., Konkol J. L. et al. (2015) Discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the Fusarium–Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism. Fungal Genetics and Biology 82: 277–290.

38. Kuhns, E. H., Martini X., Tribuiani Y., Coy M., Gibbard C., Peña J., Hulcr J., and Stelinski L.L.. (2014). Eucalyptol is an Attractant of the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Xyleborus Glabratus. Journal of chemical ecology 40, no. 4: 355-362.

37. White, T., Davis J., Gezan S., Hulcr J., Jokela E., Kirst M., Martin T.A., Peter G., Powell G, and J. Smith (2014). Breeding for value in a changing world: past achievements and future prospects. New Forests 45, no. 3: 301-309.

36. Kuhns, E.H., Tribuiani, Y., Martini, X., Meyer, W., Peña, J., Hulcr, J. and L. L. Stelinski. (2014) Volatiles of the symbiotic fungus, Raffaelea lauricola, are synergistic with manuka lures for increased trap capture of the redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 16(1): 87–94.

35. Hulcr, J. & Lou, Q-Z. (2013) The redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) prefers Lauraceae in its native range: records form the Chinese National Insect Collection. Florida Entomologist 96 (4) 1595-1597.

34. Ploetz, R., J. Hulcr, and M. J. Wingfield. (2013). Destructive tree diseases associated with ambrosia and bark beetles: black swan events in tree pathology? Plant Disease 97:856-872.

33. Kasson, M. T., K. O’Donnell, A. Rooney, S. Sink, R. Ploetz, J. N. Ploetz, J. L. Konkol, D. Carrillo, S. Freeman, Z. Mendel, J. A. Smith, A. W. Black, J. Hulcr, C. Bateman, K. Stefkova, P. R. Campbell, A. D. Geering, E. K. Dann, A. Eskalen, K. Mohotti, D. P. Short, T. Aoki, K. A. Fenstermacher, D. D. Davis, and D. M. Geiser. (2013). An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts. Fungal Genetics and Biology 56:147-157.

32. Spence, D., J. A. Smith, R. Ploetz, J. Hulcr, and L. Stelinski. (2013). Effect of chipping on emergence of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and recovery of the laurel wilt pathogen from infested wood chips. Journal of Economic Entomology 106:2093-2100.

31. Hulcr, J., Rountree, N. R., Diamond, S. E., Stelinski, L. L., Fierer, N., Dunn. R. R. (2012). Mycangia of ambrosia beetles host communities of bacteria. Microbial ecology 64(3) 784-793.

30. Hulcr, J., Latimer, A. M., Henley, J. B., Rountree, N. R., Fierer, N., Lucky, A., Lowman, M. D., Dunn. R. R. (2012). A jungle in there: bacteria in belly buttons are highly diverse, but predictable. PLoS ONE 7(11): e47712. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047712

29. Costanza, J. K., Hulcr J., Koch, F. H., Earnhardt, T., McKerrow, A. J., Dunn, R. R., Collazo, J. A. (2012) Simulating the effects of the southern pine beetle on regional dynamics 60 years into the future. Ecological Modelling 244: 94-103.

28. Diamond, S., Sorger, D., Hulcr, J., Pelini, S., Del Toro, I., Hirsch, C., Oberg, E., and Dunn, R. (2012). Who likes it hot? A global analysis of the climatic, ecological, and evolutionary determinants of warming tolerance in ants. Global Change Biology 18, 448-456.

27. Hulcr, J., Mann, R., Stelinski, L. L. (2011). The scent of a partner: ambrosia beetles are attracted to volatiles from their fungal symbiont. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37:1374-1377

26. Hulcr, J., Dunn, R. (2011). The sudden emergence of pathogenicity in insect-fungus symbioses threatens naive forest ecosystems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 278: 2866-2873

25. Ploetz, R., Harrington, T., Hulcr, J., Fraedrich, S., Smith, J., Inch, S. et al. (2011) Recovery Plan for Laurel Wilt of Avocado (caused by Raffaelea lauricola). National Plant Disease Recovery System. Homeland Security Presidential Directive Number 9 (HSPD-9)

24. Cognato, A. I., Hulcr, J., Dole, S., Jordal, B. H. (2011). Phylogeny of haplo-diploid, fungus-growing ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) inferred from molecular and morphological data. Zoologica Scripta 40 (2) 174-186.

23. Hulcr, J., Adams, A. S, Raffa, K., Hofstetter, R. W., Klepzig, K. D., Currie, C. R. (2010). Presence and diversity of Streptomyces in Dendroctonus and sympatric bark beetle galleries across North America. Microbial Ecology, 61 (4) 759-768

22. Hulcr, J., Cognato, A. I. (2010). Repeated evolution of theft in fungus farming ambrosia beetles. Evolution, 64 (11): 3205-3212.

21. Hulcr, J., Cognato, A. I. (2010). New genera of Palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) based on congruence between morphological and molecular characters. Zootaxa, 2717: 1–33.

20. Novotny, V., Miller, S. E., Baje, L., Balagawi, S., Basset, Y., Cizek, L., Craft, K. J., Dem, F., Drew, R. A. I., Hulcr, J., Leps, J., Lewis, O. T., Pokon, R., Stewart, A. J. A., Weiblen, G. D. (2010) Guild-specific patterns of species richness and host specialization in plant-herbivore food webs from a tropical forest. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79(6) 1193-203.

19. Hulcr, J. (2010). Taxonomic changes in paleotropical Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). ZooKeys, 56: 105-119.

18. Hulcr, J. (2009). Some repentance wouldn’t hurt taxonomy either: a junior taxonomist’s response to Quentin Wheeler. Opinion article, Systematic Entomology, 34(2), 199-201.

17. Hulcr, J & Cognato, A. I. (2009) Three new genera of oriental ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborina). Zootaxa, 2204: 19-36.

16. Hulcr, J. (2009) What makes a good insect identification handbook? Book review, Systematic Entomology, 34(2), 402-405.

15. Kolarik M, Hulcr J. (2008) Mycobiota associated with the ambrosia beetle Scolytodes unipunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Mycological Research, 113, 44-60.

14. Hulcr J, Beaver R A, Paranasakul W, Dole S A, Sonthichai S (2008) A comparison of bark and ambrosia beetle communities in two forest types in Northern Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae). Environmental Entomology, 37(6), 1461-1470.

13. Beaver R A & Hulcr J. (2008) A review of the ambrosia beetle genus Cryptoxyleborus Schedl (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 62(1), 133-153.

12. Kolarik M, Kubatova A, Hulcr J, Pazoutova S. (2008) Geosmithia fungi are highly diverse and consistent bark beetle associates: evidence from their community structure in temperate Europe. Microbial Ecology, 55 (1), 65-80.

11. Hulcr J., Novotny V, Maurer B A, Cognato A (2007). Low beta diversity of ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in lowland rainforests of Papua New Guinea. Oikos, 117 (2), 214-222.

10. Hulcr J, Kolarik M, Kirkendall L R. (2007). A new record of fungus-beetle symbiosis in Scolytodes bark beetles (Scolytinae, Curculionidae, Coleoptera). Symbiosis 43, 151-159.

9. Hulcr, J., Mogia, M., Isua, B. and Novotny, V. (2007). Host specificity of ambrosia and bark beetles (Col., Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) in a New Guinea rain forest. Ecological Entomology 32, 762-772.

8. Novotny V, Miller S E, Hulcr J, Drew R A I, Basset Y, Janda M, Setliff G P, Darrow K, Stewart A J A, Auga J, Isua B, Molem K, Manumbor M, Tamtiai E, Mogia M & Weiblen G D (2007). Low beta diversity of herbivorous insects in tropical forests. Nature 448(9), 692-697.

7. Hulcr J., Beaver R., Dole S., Cognato A. (2007). Cladistic review of xyleborine generic taxonomic characters (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Systematic Entomology, 32, 568-584.

6. Hulcr J, Miller S E, Darrow K, Hebert P, Weiblen G D (2007) DNA barcoding confirms polyphagy in a generalist moth, Homona mermerodes (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 7: 549-557.

5. Pollet M.., Hulcr J. (2007). The updated check list of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Czech Republic and Slovakia: background information, data and considerations. Biologia Bratislava 62(4) 470-476.

4. Hulcr, J. (2006). Publication of an On-line Key to the World Genera of Xyleborina. Curculio 53, 13.

3. Hulcr J., Ubik K., Vrkoc J. (2006). The role of semiochemicals in tritrophic interactions between the spruce bark beetle Ips typographus, its predators and infested spruce; Journal of Applied Entomology, 130(5), 275-283

2. Hulcr J., Pollet M., Ubik K., Vrkoc J. (2005). Exploitation of kairomones and synomones by Medetera spp. (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), predators of spruce bark beetles; European Journal of Entomology 102(4): 655-662.

1. Novotny, V., Miller S. E., Leps J., Basset Y., Bito D., Janda M., Hulcr J., Damas K., Weiblen G. D. (2004). No tree an island: the plant-caterpillar food web of a secondary rain forest in New Guinea. Ecology Letters 7: 1090-1100.

Books & chapters

6. Hulcr, J., Abrahams, M. (2022) The Surprising Lives of Bark Beetles: Foresters of the Insect World. 128 pp. University Press of Florida

5. Hulcr, J., Skelton, J. p (2023) Ambrosia Beetles. In: Allison, J., Paine, T. D., Slippers, B., Wingfield, M. J. (editors): Forest Entomology and Pathology, Vol. 1: Entomology. Springer Nature.

4. Hulcr, J., Atkinson, T., Cognato, A., Jordal, B., McKenna, D. (2015) Morphology, Taxonomy and Phylogenetics of Bark Beetles. In: Bark Beetles (F. Vega & R. Hofstetter, eds.), pp. 41-84. Elsevier, January 2015.

3. Smith, A. M., Hulcr, J. (2015) Scolytus and other economically important genera. P.p. 495-532. In: Bark Beetles (F. Vega & R. Hofstetter, eds.). Elsevier. San Diego CA.

2. Hulcr, J. (2015) Phylogenetics in Symbiology. Infobox in: Bronstein, J. L.: Mutualism. Oxford University Press. Box. 4.2.

1. Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A. 2013: Xyleborini of New Guinea: a taxonomic monograph. Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, The Entomological Society of America,172 pp.

Peer-reviewed Extension Publications

The publications below were published via the Extension Digital Information System (EDIS), and electronic repository for peer-reviewed extension publications within UF/IFAS.

12. Huang, Y.-T. and Hulcr, J. (2018) Geosmithia species in Florida: common fungal symbionts of wood-boring bark beetles. EDIS accepted

11. Gomez, D., Lucky, A., Hulcr, J. (2017) Sirex Woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1154.

10. Hulcr, J. (2016) My pine is dying – what should I do? http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr399.

9. Huang, Y-T., Lucky, A., Hulcr, J. (2016) A Bark Beetle Hypothenemus eruditus. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1147.

8. Bateman, C. C. g, Hulcr. J. (2016) Predaceous diving beetles as pets and the self-cleaning aquarium. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FR398.

7. Mayfield, A. E., Foltz,J. L., Hulcr, J. (2015) The Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (revised). http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in636.

6. You, L. g, Lucky, A., Hulcr. J. (2015) The Tea Shot Hole Borer Euwallacea fornicatus. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1090.

5. Sobel, L., Lucky, A., Hulcr, J. (2015) The ambrosia beetle Xyleborus affinis. Featured Creatures https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1094.

4. You, L. g, Black, A., Hulcr. J. (2015) The Asian horntail wood wasp Eriotremex formosanus. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1095.

3. Bateman, C. C. g, Hulcr, J. (2014) A guide to Florida’s common bark and ambrosia beetles. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr389 = Received a Silver Award in the Long Publication category from the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals

2. Mann, R, Hulcr, J., Peña, J, Stelinski, L. (2011) Redbay Ambrosia Beetle. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in886

1. Hulcr, J. (2013) Why is your cup of coffee so expensive? Because of a tiny bark beetle! http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr382

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Invited Lectures

2018: Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, October 30, 2018. “Urban tree pests.”

2018: 4th International Congress on Planted Forests, Beijing, China, October 25, 2018. “How you can benefit from an international exchange of forest pest information.”

2017: Taiwan Entomological Society, October 19, 2017. “Ambrosia beetles and fungi”

2016: International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, FL: “Proactive empirical assessment of future invasive bark and ambrosia beetles”

2016: The Korean National Institute of Forestry Research (NIFoS), Seoul, South Korea: “The Ambrosia Symbiosis: beetles, fungi, trees and people.”

2016: Institute of Entomology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic: “The Ambrosia Symbiosis.”

2016: The Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea: “The Ambrosia Symbiosis.”

2015: Symbioses between beetles and fungi leading to tree health problems. Tree Protection Co-operative Programme symposium at the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.

2015: RNA-barcoding: rapid and reliable characterization of fungal symbiont communities in insects. Entomological Society of America 2015, Minneapolis, MN.

2014: The tree-killing ambrosia symbiosis illuminated with modern methods: sometimes stable, sometimes promiscuous, and increasingly more predictable. The World Congress of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO), Salt Lake City, UT.

2014: Battling the emerging ambrosia beetle pests: what works and what does not. The Avocado Workshop, Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, MX.

2014: Research on ambrosia beetles informs prevention and management. The Society of American Foresters National Convention, Salt Lake City, UT

2012: The ambrosia symbiosis of beetles and fungi: insect incest, symbiont infidelity, and the bleak future of American trees. Department of Biology, University of Florida, November 27, 2012.

2012: Global dynamics of the symbiosis between invasive ambrosia beetles, fungi and bacteria: insights from high-throughput DNA sequencing. International Congress of Entomology, Daegu, Korea, August 19-25, 2012.

2012: Contemporary forest entomology. Forest Biotechnology Research Cooperative, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

2012: What’s wrong with ambrosia beetles these days? UC Riverside and AvocadoSource. (Click here to download presentation.)

2011: Evolution of ambrosia beetles and their fungal symbionts. University of Florida-Gainesville, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, March 03, 2011.

2011: Invasive ambrosia beetles: Global emergence of pathogenicity and a catastrophic future for naive tree species. USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Raleigh, NC, February 23, 2011.

2011: Cute and fuzzy ambrosia beetles: Incest, symbiont theft, and the destruction of American forests. North Carolina Natural Sciences Museum, Raleigh, NC, Feb. 16, 2011.

2010: Ambrosia Beetles and Fungi. Systematic Mycology Group, Duke University, Durham, NC, November 15, 2010.

2010: Fungus-farming ambrosia beetles. Ryukyu University, Okinawa, Japan, Oct.28, 2010.

2010: Global symbiont infidelity and a catastrophic future of naive tree species. Department of Entomology, North Carolina State Unviersity, Spetember 13, 2010.

2010: Fungus-farming ambrosia beetles. Ryukyu University, Okinawa, Japan, October 28, 2010.

2009: Ecology and evolution of the fungus farming ambrosia beetles. Evolution Seminar Series at University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sept. 17, 2009.

2008: Ecology and evolution of the fungus farming ambrosia beetles. Distinguished seminar speaker, Department of Entomology, University of California-Davis; Oct. 2, 2008.

2007: Advances in the systematics of Xyleborina. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, symposium New Minds for Weevil Systematics, Dec. 8-13 2007, San Diego, CA.

2007: Global diversity of ambrosia beetles. Partnership for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy, National Science Foundation, Athens, GA, 26.-30.III. 2007.

2006: Global diversity of tropical ambrosia beetles. 26.VII.2006, The Economic Planning Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

2005: Scolytidae – the playground of evolution. Invited presentation at the Entomology Club meeting, University of Texas, Austin, April 2005.