Prolonged faunal turnover in earliest ants revealed by North American Cretaceous amber Sosiak, C.E. ‡, Cockx, P., Aragonés Suarez, P., McKellar, R., Barden, P. 2024. Current Biology 34: 1–7 [link] [pdf]
2023
Trait-based paleontological niche prediction recovers extinct ecological breadth of the earliest specialized ant predators Sosiak, C.E., Janovitz, T., Perrichot, V., Timonera, J.P., & Barden, P. 2023. American Naturalist 202(6) :147-162 [link] [pdf]
Community form, function and phylogenetic diversity respond differently across microhabitat and recovery gradients Barden, P. 2023. Journal of Animal Ecology 92: 1290-1293 [link] [pdf]
The first fossil replete ant worker establishes living food storage in the Eocene Sawh, I., Bae, E., Camilo, L., Lanan, M., Lucky, A., Menezes, H.M., Fiorentino, G., Sosiak, C., Khadempour, L. and Barden, P. 2023. Myrmecological News 33: 139-147 [link] [pdf]
Deep time extinction of largest insular ant predators and the first fossil Neoponera (Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Miocene age Dominican amber Fiorentino, G., Lattke, J., Troya, A., Sosiak, C.E., Dong, M., Barden, P. 2023. BMC Biology: 21, 26 [link] [pdf]
Description of a novel termite ectoparasite, Termitaria hexasporodochia sp. nov. (Kathistaceae), presenting an unusual six-sectioned infestation, and a key to the fungal family Kathistaceae Fiorentino, G., Lattke, J., Troya, A., Sosiak, C.E., Dong, M., Barden, P. 2023. Phytotaxa 591(2): 106-124. [link] [pdf]
2022
Retraction: An Eocene army ant Sosiak, C.E., Borowiec, M.L., Barden, P. 2023. Biology Letters, 19: 20230059 [link]
An Eocene army ant Sosiak, C.E., Borowiec, M.L., Barden, P. 2022. Biology Letters, 18(11): 20220398 [link]
Evaluation of Fossil Amber Birefringence and Inclusions Using Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Clark, A.T., D’Anna, S., Nemati, J., Barden, P., Gatley, I., Federici, J. 2022. Polymers, 14(24): 5506 [link] [pdf]
A proctotrupid wasp in Lebanese Lower Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) Engel, M., Herhold, H.W., Barden, P. 2022. Palaeoentomology 5(5): 439-444 [link] [pdf]
Non-destructive comparative evaluation of fossil amber using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy Barden, P., Sosiak, C.E., Grajales, J., Hawkins, J., Rizzo, L., Clark, A., Gatley, S., Gatley, I., Federici, J. 2022. PLoS One 17(3): e0262983 [link] [pdf]
2021
A tardigrade in Dominican amber. Mapalo, M.A., Robin, N., Boudinot, B.E., Ortega-Hernández, J. & Barden, P. 2021. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288: 20211760 [link] [pdf]
Vision-linked traits associated with antenna size and foraging ecology across ants. Jelley, C. & Barden, P. 2021. Insect Systematics and Diversity 5: 139–152 [link] [pdf]
Multidimensional trait morphology predicts ecology across ant lineages. Sosiak, C.E. & Barden, P. 2021. Functional Ecology 35: 139–152 [link] [pdf] [accepted version pdf]
A review of the ectoparasitic fungi associated with termites. Wilson, M., Barden, P., Ware, J.L. 2021. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 114: 373–396 [link]
Eusociality shapes convergent patterns of molecular evolution across mitochondrial genomes of snapping shrimps. Chak, S.T.C., Baeza, J.A., & Barden, P. 2021. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38: 1372–1383 [link] [pdf]
Comparative mitochondrial genomics of sponge-dwelling snapping shrimps in the genus Synalpheus: exploring differences between eusocial and non-eusocial species and insights into phylogenetic relationships in caridean shrimps. Ennis, C.C., Nariah N. Haeffner, N.N., Keyser, C.D., Leonard, S.T., Macdonald-Shedd, A.C., Savoie, A.M., Cronin, T.J., Veldsman, W.P., Barden, P., Chak, S.T.C., Baeza, J.A. 2021. Gene 786: 145624 [link] [pdf]
2020
Specialized predation drives aberrant morphological integration and diversity in the earliest ants. Barden, P., Perrichot, V., & Wang, B. 2020. Current Biology 30: 3818–3824 [pdf] [link]
The complete mitochondrial genome of the eusocial sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp Synalpheus microneptunus. Chak, S.T.C., Barden, P., & Baeza, J.A. 2020. Scientific Reports 10: 7744 [pdf] [link]
Hybristodryinus moutesoe (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae), a new species from mid-Cretaceous Kachin (Burmese) amber. Tribull, C.M, Barden, P., & Olmi, M. 2020. Cretaceous Research 114: 104528. [link]
Extinction through ancient compound eyes. Barden, P. 2020. American Entomologist 66: 64. [pdf] [link]
New remarkable hell ants (Formicidae: Haidomyrmecinae stat. nov.) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Perrichot, V. Wang, B., & Barden, P. 2020. Cretaceous Research 109: 104381 [pdf] [link]
Fossil Social Insects Barden,P. & Engel, M.S. 2020. In Encyclopedia of Social Insects, ed. Starr CK. Springer International. [pdf] [link]
2019
Fossil amber reveals springtails’ longstanding dispersal by social insects. Robin, N., D'Haese, C., & Barden, P. 2019. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19:213 1-12 [pdf] [link]
2018
A new aneuretine ant from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation of Canada. Lapolla, J.S. & Barden, P. 2018. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63: 435-440 [pdf] [link]
Biological inclusions in amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska. Grimaldi, D.A., Sunderland, D. Aaroe, G.A., Depsky, M.R., Parker, N.E. Tillery, G.Q., White, J.G., Barden, P., Nascimbene, P.C., & Williams, C.J. 2018. American Museum Novitates 3908: 1-37. [pdf] [link]
Giant ants and their shape: revealing relationships in the genus Titanomyrma with geometric morphometrics. Katzke J., Barden P., Dehon M., Michez D., & Wappler T. 2018. PeerJ 6:e424 1-36. [pdf] [link]
2017
Where fossils dare: combined morphological and molecular analysis illuminates the tangled history of the spider ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Dolichoderinae). Barden, P., Boudinot, B.E. & Lucky, A. 2017. Invertebrate Systematics 31: 785-780. [pdf] [link]
Relevant relicts: the impact of fossil distributions on biogeographic reconstruction in ants and dragonflies. Barden, P. & Ware, J.L. 2017. Insect Sytematics and Diversity 1: 73-80. [pdf] [link]
A new genus of hell ants from the Cretaceous (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) with a novel head structure. Barden, P., Herhold, H.W. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2017. Systematic Entomology 42: 837-846. [pdf] [link]
Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Barden, P. 2017. Myrmecological News 14: 1-30 [pdf] [link]
2016
Adaptive radiation in socially advanced stem-group ants from the Cretaceous. Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Current Biology 26(4): 515-521 [pdf] [link]
Morphologically specialized termite castes and advanced sociality in the Early Cretaceous. Engel, M.S., Barden, P., Riccio, M. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Current Biology 26(4): 522-530 [pdf] [link]
Incorporating fossils into hypotheses of insect phylogeny. Ware, J.L. & Barden, P. 2016. Current Opinion in Insect Science 18: 69-76. [pdf] [link]
The Mesozoic family Eremochaetidae (Diptera: Brachycera) in Burmese amber and relationships of Archisargoidea. Grimaldi, D.A. & Barden, P. 2016. American Museum Novitates 3865: 1-29 [pdf] [link]
2015
Long-proboscid Brachyceran flies in Cretaceous amber (Diptera: Stratiomyomorpha: Zhangsolvidae). Arillo, A., Grimaldi, D., Peñalver, E., Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Delclòs, X., Criscione, J., Barden, P., & Riccio, M. 2015. Systematic Entomology 40(1): 242-267 [pdf] [link]
2014
A diverse ant fauna from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D. 2014. PLoS One 9(4): e93627 [pdf] [link]
2013
Direct optimization, sensitivity analysis, and the evolution of the hymenopteran superfamilies. Payne, A., Barden, P., Wheeler, W. & Carpenter, J.M. 2013. American Museum Novitates 3789: 1-20 [pdf] [link]
A new genus of highly specialized ants in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D. 2013. Zootaxa 3681(4): 405-412 [pdf] [link]
2012
Rediscovery of the bizarre Cretaceous ant Haidomyrmex Dlussky (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D. 2012. American Museum Novitates 3755: 1-16 [pdf] [link]
2011
Division of labor increases with colony size in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus. Holbrook, C.T., Barden, P.M. & Fewell, J.H. 2011. Behavioral Ecology 22(5): 960-966 [pdf] [link]
