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Publications

  •  Pacheco, Y.M., G.J. Martin, and S.M. Bybee. On the Phototactic Response of Rwandan Diaphanes Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) to a Trap with a 630Nm Red Light. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 70(3): 559 – 561. 

  • Pacheco, Y.M., S. Bradler, J.A. Robertson, M.F. Whiting. Ecomorph convergence in the Lonchodinae of Papua New Guinea. (in prep) 

Science communication

Presentations

  • Yelena M. Pacheco et al. Worldwide Firefly Phylogeny (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Evolution of Sexual Signaling Structures. Annual meeting of the Entomolgical Society of America. National Harbor, MD, November 2023.

  • Yelena M. Pacheco, Joseph V. McHugh, Seth M. Bybee, Marc A. Branham, Kathrin F. Stanger Hall. All the better to smell you with: Sensilla diversity and sexual signaling in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America.Vancouver, Canada. November 2022.

  • Yelena M. Pacheco, Joseph V. McHugh, Seth M. Bybee, Marc A. Branham, Kathrin F. Stanger Hall. Firefly Sensilla Diversity. International Firefly Symposium. Porto, Portugal. June 2022.

  • Yelena M. Pacheco*. All the better to smell you with: Firefly Antennal Sensilla Diversity. Coleopterists Society Annual Meeting, December 2021. (*Invited presentation)

  • Yelena M. Pacheco*. All About Fireflies! Skype A Scientist Live. January 2021. (*Invited presentation)

  • Yelena M. Pacheco, Joseph V. McHugh, Seth M. Bybee, Marc A. Branham, Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall. Sexual Dimorphism of Antennal Sensory Structures in Photinus pyralis. Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of American. Saint Louis, MO. November 2019. (Poster) 

  • Yelena M. Pacheco, Sven Bradler, James A. Robertson, and Michael F. Whiting. Ecomorph Evolution: Multiple Origins of the Papua New Guinea Tree Lobsters. Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Toronto, Canada. November 2018. (Student talk)

  • Yelena M. Pacheco, Sven Bradler, James A. Robertson, and Michael F. Whiting. Ecomorph Evolution: The giant stick insects of Papua New Guinea and their tiny ancestors. Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Denver, CO. November 2017.(Student talk) 

  • Yelena M. Pacheco, Mitchell T. Young, Joseph K. Warren, Mary M. Layne, Lindsey T. Marx, Anton Suvorov, Julien P. Renoult, James Dale, Seth M. Bybee. Color Diversification in Odonata. Poster presentation. Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Denver, CO. November 2017. (Poster

  • Yelena M. Pacheco, Gavin J. Martin, Marc A. Branham Michael F. Whiting, Seth M. Bybee. Using multiple lines of evidence to compare Western and Eastern populations of Pyractomena dispersa (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Portland, OR. November 2014. (Talk)

  • Yelena M. Pacheco, Gavin J. Martin, Marc A. Branham, Michael F. Whiting, Seth M. Bybee. Pyractomena: A Phylogenetic comparison of Western and Eastern Populations. International Firefly Symposium. Gainesville, FL. August 2014. (Talk)

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