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+ <\/sup><\/strong>Undergraduate mentee *<\/strong> Authors contributed equally<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skelley PE, Tang W, Salzman S, Calonje M. 2026. Taxonomic review of\u00a0Pharaxonotha<\/em>\u00a0Reitter (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting cones of the cycads\u00a0Zamia<\/em>\u00a0L. and\u00a0Microcycas<\/em>\u00a0(Miq.) A.DC. (Cycadales) in the Caribbean Basin and Central America north of Panama, with descriptions of five new species. Insecta Mundi<\/em> 1184:1-48. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.64338\/im.1184.9bdte<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valencia-Montoya WA, Li\u00e9nard MA, Rosser N, Calonje M, Salzman S, Tsai C-C, Yu N, Carlson JR, Cogni R, Pierce NE, Bellono NW. 2025. Infrared radiation is an ancient pollination signal. Science<\/em> 6778: 1164-1170. doi:10.1126\/science.adz1728<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bode GM, Lima JMT, Salzman S. 2025. Humidity cue overcomes pollinator avoidance behavior and may contribute to host-plant shifts. Integrative & Comparative Biology<\/em> 65: 856-865. doi:10.1093\/icb\/icaf079<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salzman S, Bustos-D\u00edaz ED, Whitaker MRL, Sierra AM, Cibri\u00e1n-Jaramillo A, Barona-G\u00f3mez F, Villarreal Aguilar JC. 2025. Chemical ecology of symbiosis in cycads, an ancient plant lineage. New Phytologist<\/em> 246: 1494-1504. doi:10.1111\/nph.70109<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Li X, Marvaldi AR, Oberprieler RG, Clarke D Farrell BD, Sequeira A, Ferrer MS, O\u2019Brien C,\u00a0Salzman S, Shin S, Tang W, McKenna DD. 2024. The evolutinoary history of the ancient weevil family Belidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) reveals the marks of Gondwana breakup and major floristic turnovers, including the rise of angiosperms.\u00a0 eLife<\/em>\u00a013: RP97552.\u00a0 doi:10.7554\/eLife.97552.3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tang W, Skelley PE, Taylor AS,\u00a0Salzman S. 2024. Review of\u00a0Pharaxonotha<\/em>\u00a0Reitter (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting cones of the cycad\u00a0Zamia<\/em>\u00a0L. (Cycadales) in Panama, with descriptions of five new species. Insecta Mundi<\/em> 1043: 1-40. https:\/\/journals.flvc.org\/mundi\/article\/view\/135731<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guti\u00e9rrez-Garcia K*, Whitaker MRL*, Bustos-D\u00edaz ED, Salzman S, Ramos-Aboites HE, Reitz ZL, Pierce NE, Cibri\u00e1n-Jaramillo A, Barona-G\u00f3mez F. 2023. But microbiomes of cycad-feeding insects tolerant to B-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) are rich in siderophore biosynthesis. ISME Communications<\/em> 3: 122. doi:10.1038\/s43705-023-00323-8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon A+<\/sup><\/strong>, Salzman S, Specht CD, Raguso RA. 2023. Behavior and Feeding of Two Beetle Pollinators of Zamia integrifolia<\/em> (Cycadales): Rhopalotria slossoni<\/em> (Coleoptera: Belidae) and Pharaxanotha floridana<\/em> (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). Florida Entomologist <\/em>106: 199-202. doi:10.1653\/024.106.0309<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salzman S, Dahake A, Kandalaft W+<\/sup><\/strong>, Valencia-Montoya WA, Calonje M, Specht CD, Raguso RA. 2023. Cone humidity is a strong attractant in an obligate cycad pollination mutualism. Current Biology<\/em> 33: 1654-1664. doi:10.1016\/j.cub.2023.03.021<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

de Jesus DA, Batista DM, Monteiro EF, Salzman S, Carvalho LM, Santana K, Andr\u00e9 T. 2022. Structural changes and adaptive evolutionary constraints in FLOWERING LOCUS T and TERMINAL FLOWER1-like genes of flowering plants. Frontiers in Genetics<\/em> 13: 954015. doi:10.3389\/fgene.2022.954015<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glos RAE+ <\/sup><\/strong>, Salzman S, Calonje M, Vovides AP, Coiro M, Gandolfo MA, Specht CD. 2022. Leaflet Anatomical Diversity in Zamia<\/em> (Cycadales: Zamiaceae) shows little correlation with phylogeny and climate. The Botanical Review<\/em> 88: 437-452. doi:10.1007\/s12229-021-09272-0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salzman S, Crook D, Calonje M, Stevenson DW, Pierce NE, Hopkins R. 2021. Cycad-Weevil Pollination Symbiosis Is Characterized by Rapidly Evolving and Highly Specific Plant-Insect Chemical Communication. Frontiers in Plant Sciences <\/em>12: 639368. doi:10.3389\/fpls.2021.639368<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valencia-Montoya WA, Quental TB, Tonini JFR, Talavera G, Crall JD, Lamas G, Busby RC, Carvalho APS, Morais AB, Mega NO, Romanowski HP, Li\u00e9nard MA, Salzman S, Whitaker MRL, Kayahara AY, Lohman DJ, Robbins RK, Pierce NE. 2021. Evolutionary trade-offs between male secondary sexual traits revealed by a phylogeny of the hyperdiverse tribe Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B<\/em> 288: 20202512. doi:10.1098\/rspb.2020.2512<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Li\u00e9nard MA, Bernard, GD, Allen, AA, Lassance JM, Song S, Childers RR, Yu N, Ye D, Stephenson A, Valencia-Montoya WA, Salzman S, Whitaker MRL, Calonje M, Zhang F, Pierce NE. 2021. The evolution of red color vision is linked to coordinated rhodopsin tuning in lycaenid butterflies. PNAS<\/em> 118: e2008986118. doi:10.1073\/pnas.2008986118<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitaker, MRL, Salzman S,<\/strong> Gratacos X, Tucker Lima J. 2020. Localized overabundance of an otherwise rare butterfly threatens endangered cycads. Florida Entomologist<\/em> 103: 519-522. doi:10.1653\/024.103.00416<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitaker MRL* & Salzman S*. 2020. Ecology and evolution of cycad-feeding Lepidoptera. Ecology Letters<\/em> 23: 1862-1877. doi:10.1111\/ele.13581<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salzman S, Crook D, Crall JD, Hopkins R*, Pierce NE*. 2020. An ancient push-pull pollination mechanism in cycads. Science Advances<\/em> 6: aay6169 doi:10.1126\/sciadv.aay6169<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitaker MRL, Baker C,\u00a0Salzman S, Martins DJ, Pierce NE. 2019. Combining stabile isotope analysis with metabarcoding improves inferences of trophic ecology.\u00a0PLoS ONE\u00a0<\/em>14: e0219070. doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0219070<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salzman S, Whitaker MRL, Pierce NE. 2018. Cycad feeding insects share a core gut microbiome. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society<\/em>\u00a0123: 728-738 doi:10.1093\/biolinnean\/bly017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hua C+<\/sup>,\u00a0Salzman S, Pierce NE. 2018.\u00a0A First Record of Anatrachyntis badia<\/em> (Hodges 1962) (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae) on Zamia integrifolia<\/em> (Zamiaceae). Florida Entomologist <\/em>101: 335-338. doi:10.1653\/024.101.0230<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruenn R, Lavenburg V, Salzman S. 2017. Don’t judge a plant by it’s flowers. Frontiers for Young Minds<\/em> 5: 31 doi:\u00a010.3389\/frym.2017.00031<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whitaker MRL, Salzman S, Sanders J, Kaltenpoth M, Pierce N. 2016. Microbial communities of Lycaenid butterflies do not correlate with larval diet. Frontiers in Microbiology\u00a0<\/em>7: 1920. doi: 10.3389\/fmicb.2016.01920<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andr\u00e9 T, Salzman S, Wendt T, Specht C. 2016. Speciation dynamics and biogeography of Neotropical spiral gingers (Costaceae).\u00a0Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution <\/em>103: 55-63. doi:10.1016\/j.ympev.2016.07.008<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Espeland M, Hall J, DeVries P, Less D, Cornwall M, Hsu Y, Wu L, Campbell D, Talavera G, Vila R, Salzman S, Ruehr S+<\/sup>, Lohman D, Pierce NE. 2015. Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). \u00a0Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution<\/em> 93: 296-306. doi:10.1016\/j.ympev.2015.08.006<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andr\u00e9 T, Specht C, Salzman S, Palma-Silva C, Wendt T. 2015. Evolution of species diversity in the genus Chamaecostus<\/em> (Costaceae): Molecular phylogenetics and morphometric approaches. Phytotaxa<\/em> 204: 265-276. doi:10.11646\/phytotaxa.204.4.3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salzman S, Driscoll H, Renner T, Andr\u00e9 T, Shen S, Specht C. 2015. Spiraling into history: A molecular phylogeny and investigation of biogeographic origins and floral evolution for the genus Costus<\/em>. Systematic Botany<\/em> 40: 104-115. https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/24546426<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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