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Richard A. B. Leschen

Richard A. B. Leschen

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
31
Citations
5618
World Ranking
2224
National Ranking
34

Overview

Richard A. B. Leschen is affiliated with Landcare Research in New Zealand and has a research focus primarily situated within Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Paleontology, and Insect Science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the taxonomy and distribution of beetles, particularly within the Coleoptera order. Key topics in their research portfolio include:

  • Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
  • Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Fossil Insects in Amber

Leschen has published regularly in several venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Zootaxa
  • The Coleopterists Bulletin
  • Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
  • Systematic Entomology

Recent published papers demonstrate a focus on phylogenomics, fossil data, and evolutionary biology relating to beetles:

  • Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles, 2022, Royal Society Open Science
  • Evolution of feeding habits of sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and placement of Calonecrinae, 2020, Systematic Entomology
  • Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The limits of Quediini at last (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle mega-radiation resolved by comprehensive sampling and anchored phylogenomics, 2021, Systematic Entomology
  • Multiple lineages of hyper-diverse Zopheridae beetles survived the New Zealand Oligocene Drowning, 2020, Journal of Biogeography

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Adam Ślipiński
  • Chenyang Cai
  • Diying Huang
  • Matthew L. Gimmel
  • Yanda Li

Best Publications

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • Classification of basal Cucujoidea (Coleoptera : Polyphaga): cladistic analysis, keys and review of new families

    R. A. B. Leschen;J. F. Lawrence;S. A. Ślipiński

  • Multistate Characters and Diet Shifts: Evolution of Erotylidae (Coleoptera)

    Richard A. B. Leschen;Thomas R. Buckley

  • Phylogenetic analysis of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera) based on characters of larvae and adults

    Rolf G. Beutel;Richard A. B. Leschen

  • Platypodidae under scrutiny

    Guillermo Kuschel;Richard A. B. Leschen;Elwood C. Zimmerman

  • Erotylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea): phylogeny and review

    Richard A B Leschen

  • Coleoptera genera of New Zealand

    Richard A. B. Leschen;John F. Lawrence;Guillermo Kuschel;Stephen Thorpe

  • A new Himalayan species of Alfieriella (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae)

    Yan-Dong Chen;Richard A.B. Leschen;Ming Bai;Xing-Ke Yang

  • A new species of Hoplodactylus (Reptilia: Pygopodidae) from the Takitimu Mountains, South Island, New Zealand

    Tony R. Jewell;Richard A. B. Leschen

  • Sexual Dimorphism of New Zealand Puppet Beetles (Aderidae, Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea): Systematic Revision, Description of Three New Genera, and Phylogeny for Zenascus, gen. n.

    Traci L. Grzymala;Richard A.B. Leschen

  • Beetles feeding on bugs (Coleoptera, Hemiptera): repeated shifts from mycophagous ancestors

    Richard A. B. Leschen

  • Onysius Broun: The First New Zealand Genus of Promecheilidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)

    John F. Lawrence;Richard A. B. Leschen;Artem Zaitsev

  • A new species of Laricobius (Coleoptera: Derodontidae) from Japan with phylogeny and a key for native and introduced congeners in North America.

    M. E. Montgomery;S. Shiyake;N. P. Havill;R.A.B. Leschen

  • 3. Curculionoidea Latreille, 1802: Introduction, Phylogeny

    Richard A.B. Leschen;Rolf G. Beutel

  • PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIFICATION OF SCAPHISOMATINI STAPHYLINIDAE: SCAPHIDIINAE WITH NOTES ON MYCOPHAGY, TERMITOPHILY, AND FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY

    Richard A. B. Leschen;Ivan Löbl

  • Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Rhinorhynchinae (Coleoptera : Nemonychidae)

    Guillermo Kuschel;Richard A. B. Leschen

  • Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga Partim)

    Rolf G. Beutel;Richard A. B. Leschen

  • New Australian Erotylinae with notes on Dacnini (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Erotylidae).

    Paul E. Skelley;Richard A. B. Leschen;Zhenhua Liu

  • Larval Description, Adult Feeding Behavior, and Phylogenetic Placement of Megalopinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

    Richard A. B. Leschen;Alfred F. Newton

  • World review of Laricobius (Coleoptera: Derodontidae)

    Richard A. B. Leschen

  • Coleoptera Associated with the Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus Fries, in North America

    Andrew R. Cline;Richard A. B. Leschen

  • Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim)

    Richard A. B. Leschen;Rolf G. Beutel;John F. Lawrence

  • Morphology and Systematics (phytophaga)

    Richard A. B. Leschen;Rolf G. Beutel

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf G. Beutel
Rolf G. Beutel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Thomas R. Buckley
Thomas R. Buckley Landcare Research
Dong Ren
Dong Ren Capital Normal University
Christopher A. Reid
Christopher A. Reid Monash University
Jacqueline R. Beggs
Jacqueline R. Beggs University of Auckland
Michael S. Engel
Michael S. Engel University of Kansas
James Shulmeister
James Shulmeister University of Canterbury
Philip C. J. Donoghue
Philip C. J. Donoghue University of Bristol
David S. Hibbett
David S. Hibbett Clark University
Shuo Wang
Shuo Wang Nankai University

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