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Andrew D. Austin is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and has a primary research focus within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly output includes a significant concentration in the subfield of Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, along with detailed work in Insect Science, Ecology, Paleontology, and Genetics.

Their research topics broadly cover areas such as Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, insect-plant interactions and control, fossil insects in amber, subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, plant and animal studies, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, and marine ecology and invasive species.

The scientist has published frequently in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Austral Entomology, Journal of Hepatology, and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Andrew D. Austin are the following:

  • eDNA in subterranean ecosystems: Applications, technical aspects, and future prospects (2022) - The Science of The Total Environment
  • An integrated phylogenetic reassessment of the parasitoid superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha) results in a revised familial classification (2021) - Systematic Entomology
  • Evidence for speciation underground in diving beetles (Dytiscidae) from a subterranean archipelago (2020) - Evolution
  • Detection of the rare Australian endemic blind cave eel (Ophisternon candidum) with environmental DNA: implications for threatened species management in subterranean environments (2020) - Hydrobiologia
  • Parallel decay of vision genes in subterranean water beetles (2022) - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Norman F. Johnson
  • Zachary Lahey
  • Elijah J. Talamas
  • Andrew Polaszek
  • Simon van Noort

Best Publications

  • Molecular phylogeny of the insect order Hymenoptera: apocritan relationships.

    Mark Dowton;Andrew D. Austin

  • Hymenoptera: Evolution, Biodiversity and Biological Control

    Andrew Austin;Mark Dowton

  • Evolutionary dynamics of a mitochondrial rearrangement "hot spot" in the Hymenoptera.

    M Dowton;A D Austin

  • Systematics, evolution, and biology of scelionid and platygastrid wasps.

    A.D. Austin;N.F. Johnson;M. Dowton

  • The function of spider egg sacs in relation to parasitoids and predators, with special reference to the Australian fauna

    A. D. Austin

  • Mitochondrial gene rearrangements as phylogenetic characters in the invertebrates: the examination of genome 'morphology'

    M. Dowton;L. R. Castro;A. D. Austin

  • Characterization of 67 Mitochondrial tRNA Gene Rearrangements in the Hymenoptera Suggests That Mitochondrial tRNA Gene Position Is Selectively Neutral

    Mark Dowton;Stephen L. Cameron;Stephen L. Cameron;Jessica I. Dowavic;Andy D. Austin

  • Increased Congruence Does Not Necessarily Indicate Increased Phylogenetic Accuracy—The Behavior of the Incongruence Length Difference Test in Mixed-Model Analyses

    Mark Dowton;Mark Dowton;Andrew D. Austin

  • Simultaneous analysis of 16S, 28S, COI and morphology in the Hymenoptera: Apocrita – evolutionary transitions among parasitic wasps☆

    Mark Dowton;Andrew D. Austin

  • Phylogeny of the parasitic microgastroid subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) based on sequence data from seven genes, with an improved time estimate of the origin of the lineage.

    Nicholas Murphy;Jonathan C. Banks;James B. Whitfield;Andrew D. Austin

  • Insects ‘Down Under’– Diversity, endemism and evolution of the Australian insect fauna: examples from select orders

    Andrew D Austin;David K Yeates;Gerasimos Cassis;Murray J Fletcher

  • Comparison of preservation techniques for DNA extraction from hymenopterous insects.

    N. Dillon;A. D. Austin;E. Bartowsky

  • Phylogenetic relationships among the microgastroid wasps (Hymenoptera: braconidae): combined analysis of 16S and 28S rDNA genes and morphological data.

    M. Dowton;M. Dowton;A.D. Austin

  • Is the Australian subterranean fauna uniquely diverse

    Michelle T. Guzik;Andrew D. Austin;Steven J. B. Cooper;Steven J. B. Cooper;Mark S. Harvey

  • Frequent mitochondrial gene rearrangements at the hymenopteran nad3-nad5 junction.

    Mark Dowton;Lyda R. Castro;Sarah L. Campbell;Sharmilla D. Bargon

  • Application of 16S rDNA-DGGE to examine the microbial ecology associated with a social wasp Vespula germanica.

    Andrew F. Reeson;T. Jankovic;M. L. Kasper;S. Rogers

  • Synopsis of Australasian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera : Braconidae), with a key to genera and description of new taxa

    AD Austin;PC Dangerfield

  • The ovipositor system of Scelionid and Platygastrid wasps (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea): Comparative morphology and phylogenetic implications

    A. D. Austin;and S. A. Field

  • Phylogenetic approaches for the analysis of mitochondrial genome sequence data in the Hymenoptera--a lineage with both rapidly and slowly evolving mitochondrial genomes.

    Mark Dowton;Stephen L. Cameron;Andy D. Austin;Michael F. Whiting

  • Subterranean archipelago in the Australian arid zone: mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of amphipods from central Western Australia.

    Steven J. B. Cooper;John H. Bradbury;John H. Bradbury;Kathleen M. Saint;Remko Leys

  • Annotated Keys to the Genera of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)

    Andrew D. Austin

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. B. Cooper
Steven J. B. Cooper University of Adelaide
William F. Humphreys
William F. Humphreys Australian Museum
Mark Dowton
Mark Dowton University of Wollongong
Mark S. Harvey
Mark S. Harvey Australian Museum
Donald L. J. Quicke
Donald L. J. Quicke Chulalongkorn University
Mark I. Stevens
Mark I. Stevens South Australian Museum
Stephen C. Donnellan
Stephen C. Donnellan South Australian Museum
Philip Weinstein
Philip Weinstein University of Adelaide
José M. Facelli
José M. Facelli University of Adelaide
Stephen L. Cameron
Stephen L. Cameron Purdue University West Lafayette

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