Scarparo, Giulia Dr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications

Scarparo G., West M., Brelsford A., & Purcell J. 2024. Broad host use and frequent polyandry in the facultative dulotic species Formica aserva (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). –Annals of Entomological Society of America. In press.  https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saae020

Scarparo G., Palanchon M., Brelsford A., & Purcell J. 2023. Social antagonism facilitates supergene expansion in ants. – Current Biology, 33, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.049

Moore W., Scarparo G. & Di Giulio A. 2022. Foe to frenemy: predacious ant nest beetles use multiple strategies to fully integrate into ant nests. – Current Opinion in Insect Science, 52, 100920. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2022.100921.

Scarparo G., Sankovitz M., Loope K.J., Wilson Rankin E. & Purcell J. 2021. Longitudinal genetic analysis of an invasive wasp reveals early joining and persistent queens in polygyne colonies. – Evolutionary Applications, 00, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13324

Scarparo G., Rugman-Jones P., Gebiola M., Di Giulio A. & McFrederick Q. 2021. First screening of bacterial communities of Microdon myrmicae and its ant host: do microbes facilitate the invasion of ant colonies by social parasites? – Basic and Applied Ecology, 50, 43–56.

Scarparo G., Rugman-Jones P., Gebiola M., Di Giulio A. & Purcell J. 2020. Social parasite distancing: RADseq reveals high inbreeding in the social parasite Microdon myrmicae but low philopatry for host ant nest. – Ecological Entomology, 1 – 11. https://doi: 10.1111/een.12944.

Scarparo G., Wolton R., Molfini M., Cao Pinna L. & Di Giulio A. 2020. Comparative morphology of myrmecophilous immature stages of European Microdon species (Diptera: Syrphidae): updated identification key and new diagnostic characters. – Zootaxa, 4789 (2): 348 – 370. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4789.2.2.

Scarparo, G., d’Ettorre, P., & Di Giulio, A. 2019. Chemical deception and structural adaptation in Microdon (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae), a genus of hoverflies parasitic on social insects. – Journal of Chemical Ecology, 45(11-12), 959 – 971.

Scarparo G., Cerretti P., Mei M. & Di Giulio A. 2017. Detailed morphological description of the immature stages of the ant parasite Microdon mutabilis (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae) including discussion on functional morphology, behaviour and host specificity. – European Journal of Entomology, 114, 565 – 586.

Di Giulio A., Gisondi S., Molfini M., Riccieri A., Scarparo G., & Bologna M.A. 2017. Strange loves: a remarkable case of aberrant copulation in beetles. – Fragmenta Entomologica, 49, 171–173.