Moore Lab Member Publications

Books

Book Chapters

Irwin, M. E. and W. Moore. 2019.  Foundations of an IPM program: detection, identification, and quantification. In: Kogan M. & Heinrichs E. (eds), Integrated Management of Insect Pests: Current and Future Developments. Cambridge: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing. 

​Nagel P., J.A. Robertson, W. Moore.  2017. New Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Acts, and Comments. Carabidae: Paussinae: Paussini. Pp.12-18 in Löbl I. & Löbl D. (eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga, Revised and Updated Edition, Vol.1. Leiden, Boston: Brill.

Nagel P., J.A. Robertson, W. Moore.  2017. Catalogue. Subfamily Paussinae Latreille, 1806. Pp. 466-470 in Löbl I. & Löbl D. (eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Archostemata-Myxophaga-Adephaga, Revised and Updated Edition, Vol.1. Leiden, Boston: Brill.

Moore, W. 2016. Hexapoda. In: Invertebrates. 3rd Edition. Sinauer Associates,  Sunderland, MA.

Moore, W. 2015. Sky Islands. In: A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. 2nd Edition.  M.A. Dimmitt, ​P.W. Comus, L.M. Brewer (eds.), University of California Press, Berkeley.

Yevgeniya A., A. Arik, W. Moore, M.A. Riehle, M.R. Brown. 2011. Insulin-Like Peptides: Structure, Signaling and Function. IN: L.I. Gilbert (Ed.) Insect Endocrinology. Academic Press, London.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Dunbar-Wallis, A., J. Katcher, W. Moore, L.A. Corwin. 2024. Bee The CURE: Increasing Student Science Self-Efficacy, Science Identity, and Predictors of Scientific Civic Engagement in a Community College CURE. CBE—Life Sciences Education 23 (4) https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.24-01-0015

Dunbar-Wallis, A., J. Katcher, W. Moore, L.A. Corwin. 2023. An online CURE taught at a community college during the pandemic shows mixed results for development of research self‑efficacy and in‑class relationships. Journal of Science Education and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-023-10078-5

Ikagawa, R. and W.Moore. 2022.Molecular phylogeny and revision of species groups of Nearctic bombardier beetles (Carabidae, Brachininae, Brachinus (Neobrachinus)). ZooKeys 1131, 155–171. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1131.85218

Kelly S., W. Moore, W.E. Hall and M. Hunter. 2022. Cryptic enemies of the economically- and culturally-important scale insect, cochineal (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae). Ecology and Evolution 12 (8): e9151
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9151

Palting J.D. and W. Moore 2022. Molecular phylogeny of Lichen Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini): a contribution toward classifying Western Hemisphere genera. ZooKeys 1108: 119-139. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1108.80783

​Moore W., G. Scarparo and A. Di Giulio. 2022. Foe to Frenemy: predacious Ant Nest Beetles use multiple strategies to fully integrate into ant nests. Current Opinion in Insect Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2022.100921

Kavanaugh, D.H., D.R. Maddison, W.B. Simison, S.D. Schoville, J. Schmidt, A. Faille , W. Moore, J.M. Pflug, S.L. Archambeault, T. Hoang, J.Y. Chen. 2021. Phylogeny of the supertribe Nebriitae (Coleoptera, Carabidae) based on analyses of DNA sequence data. In: Spence J, Casale A, Assmann T, Liebherr JК, Penev L (Eds) Systematic Zoology and Biodiversity Science: A tribute to Terry Erwin (1940-2020). ZooKeys 1044: 41-152. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.62245

Spence, J., D. H. Kavanaugh, D.R. Maddison, O. Boyd, P. Brandmayr, B. Garner, S. Maveety, D. Mosquera, W. Moore, K. Riley, J. Shorthouse, L. Sims, W. Steiner, K. Swing, H. Turin, L.S. Zamorano, L. Penev. 2021. Memories of Terry Erwin. In: Spence J., A. Casale, T. Assmann, J.K. Liebherr, L. Penev (Eds) Systematic Zoology and Biodiversity Science: A tribute to Terry Erwin (1940-2020). ZooKeys 1044: 1001 1036.  https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1044.68648

Attygalle, A.B., S. Xu, W. Moore, R. McManus, A. Gill, K. Will. 2020. Biosynthetic origin of benzoquinones in the explosive discharge of the bombardier beetle Brachinus elongatulus. The Science of Nature 107:26 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-020-01683-0

Yanahan, A.D. and W. Moore 2019. Impacts of 21st‐century climate change on montane habitat in the Madrean Sky Island Archipelago. Diversity and Distributions https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12965
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Muzzi, M., W. Moore, A. Di Giulio. 2019. Morpho-functional analysis of the explosive defensive system of basal bombardier beetles (Carabidae: Paussinae: Metriini). Micron 119: 24-38.

​Moore W. and A. Di Giulio. 2019. Out of the burrow and into the nest: functional anatomy of three life history stages of Ozaena lemoulti (Coleoptera: Carabidae) reveals an obligate life with ants. PLOS ONE
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209790
​Highlighted by PBS NOVA ​and Science Friday
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Hughes, G.B. and W. Moore. 2018. Monophyly of the subfamily Neobisiinae (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae). Journal of Arachnology 46:481–487.

Schaller J.C., G. Davidowitz, D.R. Papaj, R.L. Smith, Y. Carrière, W. Moore. 2018. Molecular phylogeny, ecology and multispecies aggregation behaviour of bombardier beetles in Arizona. PLoS ONE 13(10): e0205192.
Highlighted by PBS NOVA and AAAS Science Update and Scientific American.

Palting, J.,  D.C. Ferguson, W. Moore. 2018. A new species of Hypoprepia from the mountains of central Arizona (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). ZooKeys 788: 19–38. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.788.26885

McManus, R., A. Ravenscraft, and W.Moore. 2018. Bacterial associates of a gregarious riparian beetle with explosive defensive chemistry. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:2361. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02361

Hoekman, D., K.E. LeVan,B, G. Ball, R.A. Browne, R. Davidson, T. Erwin, B. Knisley, J. LaBonte, J. Lundgren, D. Maddison, W. Moore, J. Niemelä, K. Ober, D. Pearson, J. Spence, K. Will and T. Work. 2017. Design for Ground Beetle Abundance and Diversity Sampling within the National Ecological Observatory Network. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1744

Robertson, J.A. and W. Moore. 2016. Dissecting the species groups of Paussus L. (Carabidae: Paussinae): unraveling morphological convergence associated with myrmecophilous life histories. Systematic Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12205pdf

Gomez, R.A., J. R. Reddell, K.W. Will, W. Moore. 2016. Up high and down low: molecular systematics and insight into the diversification of the ground beetle genus Rhadine LeConte. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 98:161-175. pdf

Meyer, W.M, J. Eble, K. Franklin, R.B. McManus, S.L. Brantley, J. Henkel, P.E. Marek, W.E. Hall, C.A. Olson, R. McInroy, E.M. Bernal Loaiza, R.C. Brusca, and W. Moore. 2015. Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Communities of a Sky Island Mountain Range in Southeastern Arizona, USA: Obtaining a Baseline for Assessing the Effects of Climate Change. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0135210. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135210pdf

Arndt, E.M., W. Moore, W.K. Lee, C. Ortiz. 2015. Mechanistic origins of the bombardier beetle (Brachinini) explosive pulsed chemical defense. Science 348: 563-567. 

Marek, P.E. and W. Moore. 2015. Discovery of a glowing millipede in California and the gradual evolution of bioluminescence in Diplopoda. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 112: 6419–6424.

Neafsey, D.E., R.M. Waterhouse, M.R. Abai, S.S. Aganezov, M.A. Alekseyev, J.E. Allen, J. Amon, B. Arcà, P. Arensburger, G. Artemov, L.A. Assour, H. Basseri, A. Berlin, B.W. Birren, S. A. Blandin, A.I. Brockman, T.R. Burkot, A. Burt, C.S. Chan, C. Chauve, J.C. Chiu, M. Christensen, C. Costantini, V.L.M. Davidson, E. Deligianni, T. Dottorini, V. Dritsou, S.B. Gabriel, W.M. Guelbeogo, A.B. Hall, M.V. Han, T. Hlaing, D.S.T. Hughes, A.M. Jenkins, X. Jiang, I. Jungreis, E.G. Kakani, M. Kamali, P. Kemppainen, R. C. Kennedy, I.K. Kirmitzoglou, L.L. Koekemoer, N. Laban, N. Langridge, M.K.N. Lawniczak, M. Lirakis, N.F. Lobo, E. Lowy, R.M. MacCallum, C. Mao, G. Maslen, C. Mbogo, J. McCarthy, K. Michel, S.N. Mitchell, W. Moore, K.A. Murphy, A.N. Naumenko, T. Nolan, E.M. Novoa, S. O’Loughlin, C. Oringanje, M.A. Oshaghi, N. Pakpour, P.A. Papathanos, A.N. Peery, M. Povelones, A. Prakash, D.P. Price, A. Rajaraman, L.J. Reimer, D.C. Rinker, A. Rokas, T.L. Russell, N. Sagnon, M.V. Sharakhova, T. Shea, F.A. Simão, F. Simard, M.A. Slotman, P. Somboon, V. Stegniy, C.J. Struchiner, G.W.C.Thomas, M.Tojo, P. Topalis, J. M.C. Tubio, M.F. Unger, J. Vontas, C. Walton, C.S. Wilding, J.H. Willis, Y. Wu, G. Yan, E.M. Zdobnov, X. Zhou, F. Catteruccia, G. K. Christophides, F.H. Collins, R.S. Cornman, A. Crisanti, M.J. Donnelly, S.J. Emrich, M. C. Fontaine, W. Gelbart, M.W. Hahn, I.A. Hansen, P.I. Howell, F.C. Kafatos, M. Kellis, D. Lawson, C. Louis, S.Luckhart, M.A.T. Muskavitch, J.M. Ribeiro, M.A. Riehle, I.V. Sharakhov, Z. Tu, L.J. Zwiebel, N.J. Besansky. 2015. Highly evolvable vectors: the genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes. Science 347: 1258522.

​Brusca, R.C., W.M. Meyer, J. Overpeck, K. Franklin, J.F Wiens, J. Eble, W. Moore. 2014. Reply to C. Bertelsen: Review of plant elevation changes in Arizona. Phytoneuron 2014-111: 1-4.

Moore, W. and J.A. Robertson. 2014. Explosive adaptive radiation and extreme phenotypic diversity within ant nest beetles. Current Biology 24: 2435-2439. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.09.022. pdf Highlighted in Nature 514:142.

Di Giulio, A., S. Fattorini, W. Moore, J.A. Robertson, E. Maurizi. 2014. Form, function and evolutionary significance of stridulatory organs in ant nest beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussini). European Journal of Entomology 111 (5): 692-702. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2014.083.

Brusca, R.C., J.F. Wiens, W.M. Meyer, J. Eble, K. Franklin, J. T. Overpeck, W. Moore. 2013. Dramatic Response to Climate Change in the Southwest: Robert Whittaker’s 1963 Arizona Mountain Plant Transect Revisited. Ecology and Evolution. 3(10): 3307-3319.

Moore, W., W.M. Meyer, J.A. Eble, K. Franklin, J.F. Wiens and R.C. Brusca. 2013. Introduction to the Arizona Sky Island Arthropod Project (ASAP): systematics, biogeography, ecology and population genetics of arthropods of the Madrean Sky Islands. In: Merging science and management in a rapidly changing world: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago III. 2012 May 1-5, Tucson, AZ. (G.J. Gottfried, P.F. Ffolliott, B.S. Gebow, L.G. Eskew, compilers). Proceedings RMRS-P-67. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Maurizi, E., S. Fattorini, W. Moore, A. Di Giulio. 2012. Behavior of Paussus favieri (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussini), a myrmecophilous beetle associated with Pheidole pallidula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Psyche (Special issue: “Ants and Their Parasites.”) doi:10.1155/2012/940315

Moore, W. 2011. Biology needs cyberinfrastructure to facilitate specimen-level data acquisition for insects and other hyperdiverse groups. ZooKeys 147: 479-486.

Marek,P., D. Papaj, J. Yeager, S. Molina, W. Moore. 2011. Bioluminescent aposematism in millipedes. Current Biology 21(18): 680-681.

Di Giulio, A., E. Maurizi, P. Hlavac, W. Moore. 2011. The long-awaited first instar larva of Paussus favieri (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussini). European Journal of Entomology 108:127-138.

​Moore, W., X. Song, A. Di Giulio. 2011. The larva of Eustra (Coleoptera, Paussinae, Ozaenini): a facultative associate of ants. ZooKeys 90:63-82.

Hughes, G.B. and W. Moore. 2011. Identification Tool to the Pink Bollworm and its Look-Alikes. Identification Technology Program, CPHST, PPQ, APHIS, USDA; Fort Collins, CO. [http://itp.lucidcentral.org/id/pbw/Welcome.html]  Site retired in response to eradication of pink bollworm!

Ziegler, R., J. Isoe, W. Moore, M. A. Riehle, M. A.Wells. 2011. The putative AKH receptor of Manduca sexta and its expression in fat body during development. Journal of Insect Science 11(40):1-14. 

Fothergill, K., W. Moore, J. Losey, L.L. Allee, R.R. Smyth. 2010. First Arizona records of the multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(1): 51-52. 

Di Giulio, A. and W. Moore. 2009. The first known larva of the Australian genus Mystropomus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 48: 140-148.

Maddison, D.R., W. Moore, M.D. Baker, T.M. Ellis, K.A. Ober, J.J. Cannone, R.R. Gutell. 2009. Monophyly of terrestrial adephagan beetles as indicated by three nuclear genes (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Trachypachidae). Zoological Scripta 38(1): 43-62.

Moore, W. and A. Di Giulio. 2008. Metrius Eschscholtz (Carabidae: Paussinae) is not a millipede specialist. Pan Pacific Entomologist 84(1): 33-34.

Moore, W. 2008. Phylogeny of the Western Hemisphere Ozaenini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae) based in DNA sequence data. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 77(1): 79-92.

Gilbert, M.P.T., W. Moore, L. Melichor, M. Worobey. 2007. DNA extraction from dry museum beetles without conferring external morphological damage. PLoS One 2(3) e272.

Erwin, T.L. and W. Moore. 2007. A taxonomic review of the Neotropical genus Moriosomus Motschulsky (Insecta: Coleoptera, Carabidae, Morionini) with notes on the way of life of the species. Zootaxa 1438: 49-63.

Moore, W. and A. Di Giulio. 2006. Description and behaviour of Goniotropis kuntzeni larvae (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae: Ozaenini) and a key to genera of Paussinae larvae. Zootaxa 1111: 1-19.

Moore, W. 2004. Description of a new Hawaiian isopod, Synidotea oahu (Crustacea: Isopoda: Valvifera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 117(1): 76-87.

Di Giulio, A. and W. Moore. 2004. The first-instar larva of the genus Arthropterus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae): implications for the evolution of myrmecophily and phylogenetic relationships within the subfamily. Invertebrate Systematics 18(2): 101-115.

Moore, W. and R.C. Brusca. 2003. A monograph on the isopod genus Colopisthus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) with the description of a new genus. Journal of Natural History 37(11): 1329-1399.