Ernesto Recuero Gil

Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-)

B.Sc., Biology - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2001

M.Sc., Conservation Biology - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2005

Ph.D., Biology - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2011

Previous positions:

Postdoctoral researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, México, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales (CONACYT), 2015.

Postdoctoral researcher, Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM), Instituto de Ecología, 2013-2015.


Current research:

Metabarcoding and diversification of leaf litter arthropods in the High Appalachians


Past research:

Evolution and systematics of arthropods (Isopoda, Myriapoda, Coleoptera) and Amphibians.


Publications:

Recuero, E, Rodríguez-Flores, P.E., García-París, M.2021. Homoplasy and morphological stasis revealed through multilocus phylogeny of new myrmecophilous species in Armadillidiidae (Isopoda: Oniscidea), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlab066. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab066

Rodríguez-Flores, P.C. & Recuero, E. 2021. On the larva of the Iberian allochthonous endemic firefly Photinus immigrans Zaragoza-Caballero & Viñolas, 2018 (Coleoptera, Lampyridae). Graellsia, 77(2): e154. https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2021.v77.319

Recuero, E., Aguado-Aranda, P. 2021. Redescription and new combination for Euryurus flavocarinatus Daday, 1889, with a new name for the homonym Euryurus flavocarinatusSilvestri, 1899 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Aphelidesmidae). Graellsia, accepted.

Sánchez-Vialas, A., Recuero, E., Jiménez-Ruiz, Y., Ruiz, J.L., Marí-Mena, N, García-París, M. 2021. Phylogeny of Meloini blíster beteles (Coleoptera, Meloidae) and patterns of island colonization in the Western Palaearctic. Zoologica Scripta, accepted.

Recuero, E., Rodríguez-Flores, P.C., García-París, M. 2021. Homoplasy and morphological stasis revealed through multilocus phylogeny of new myrmecophilous species in Armadillidiidae (Isopoda, Oniscidea). Submitted.

Recuero, E., Rodríguez-Flores, P.C. 2020. A new Mediterranean species of Dolistenus(Diplopoda, Platydesmida, Andrognathidae), with an updated key for the genus and the first contribution for a barcode database of European Platydesmida. Zootaxa, 4718: 123-133 (https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4718.1.10).

Rosas-Ramos, N., Mas-Peinado, P., Gil-Tapetado, D., Recuero, E., Ruiz, J.L., García-París, M. 2020 Catalogue, distribution, taxonomic notes, and conservation of the Western Palearctic endemic hunchback beetles (Tenebrionidae, Misolampus). ZooKeys, 963: 81–129 (https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.963.53500).

Sánchez-Vialas, A., García-París, M., Ruiz, J.L., Recuero, E. 2020. Patterns of morphological diversification in giant Berberomeloe blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae) reveal an unexpected taxonomic diversity concordant with mtDNA phylogenetic structure. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, aceptado (https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz164).

Rodríguez-Flores, P.C., Recuero, E., Jiménez-Ruiz, Y., García-París, M. 2020. Limited long- distance dispersal success in a western European fairy shrimp evidenced by nuclear and mitochondrial lineage structuring. Current Zoology, 66: 227–237. (https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoz054).

Recuero, E., Rodríguez-Flores, P.C. 2019. On the geographic distribution of the uncommon Iberian endemic Armadillidium mateui Vandel, 1953 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Armadillidiidae).Graellsia, 75 (2): e096. (https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2019.v75.239)

Marmaneu, J., Recuero, E., Ballester, I., Micó, E. 2019. Diversidad de isópodos terrestres (Isopoda, Oniscidea) asociados a diferentes microhábitats saproxílicos. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología, 43: 269–285 (http://www.entomologica.es/index.php?d=publicaciones&num=75&w=1790)

Sánchez-Montes, G., Recuero, E., Barbosa, A.M., Martínez-Solano, I. 2019. Complementing the Pleistocene biogeography of European amphibians: Testimony from a southern Atlantic species. Journal of Biogeography, 46: 568–583 (https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13515).

Recuero, E., Sánchez-Vialas, A. 2018. A new distinctive species of Barydesmus (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae) from Ecuador, with an annotated bibliographical checklist of the American Platyrhacidae. Zootaxa, 4482: 245–273 (https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4482.2.2).

Recuero, E. 2018. The invasive species Cylindrodesmus hirsutus Pocock (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae) spreads to the northern Caribbean, with a compilation of published species localities. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 38: 299–302 (https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758418000255).

Teixeira, J., Gonçalves, H., Ferrand, N., García-París, M., Recuero, E. 2018. Mitochondrial phylogeography of the Iberian endemic frog Rana iberica, with implications for its conservation. Current Zoology, 64: 755-764 (https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy010).

Percino-Daniel, R., Recuero, E., Vázquez-Domínguez, E., Zamudio, K.R., Parra-Olea, G. 2016 All grown-up and nowhere to go: paedomorphosis and local adaptation in Ambystomasalamanders in the Cuenca Oriental of Mexico. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118: 582-597 (https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12750).

Recuero, E., García-París, M. 2016 A new North American region colonized by the Australian millipede Akamptogonus novarae (Humbert & DeSaussure) (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae), with a key for the known Paradoxosomatidae species from North and Central America and the Caribbean Islands. North-Western Journal of Zoology, 12: 387–389 (http://hdl.handle.net/10261/145822).

Sánchez-Montes, G., Recuero, E., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, J., Gomez-Mestre, I. & Martínez- Solano, I. 2016 Species assignment in the Pelophylax ridibundus x P. perezi hybridogenetic complex based on 16 newly characterized microsatellite markers. Herpetological Journal, 26 (2): 99–108 (http://hdl.handle.net/10261/132874).

Vörös, J., Mikulíček, P., Major, A., Recuero, E., Arntzen, J.W. 2016 Phylogeographic analysis reveals northerly refugia for the riverine amphibian Triturus dobrogicus (Caudata: Salamandridae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 119: 974–991 (https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12866).

Recuero, E. 2016 Implicaciones genéticas de la antropización ambiental. En: Fauna Nativa en Ambientes Antropizados (Ramirez-Bautista, A., Pineda-Lopez, R. eds.). CONACYT-UAQ. Queretaro. Mexico. Pp. 141-147.

Recuero, E. 2016 Especies invasoras como factor de antropización ambiental. En: Fauna Nativa en Ambientes Antropizados (Ramirez-Bautista, A., Pineda-Lopez, R. eds.). CONACYT-UAQ. Queretaro. Mexico. Pp. 213-221.

Rovito, S.M., Parra-Olea, G., Recuero, E., Wake, D.B. 2015 Diversification and biogeographic history of Neotropical plethodontid salamanders. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,175: 167–188 (https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12271).

Recuero, E. 2015 Ranita meridional (Hyla meridionalis) en la Península Ibérica, Islas Baleares e Islas Canarias. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Herpetología, 26: 20-23 (https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5517989).

Ayllón, E., Santos, X., Arribas, O., Bertolero, A., Bosch, J., Cabido, C., Carranza, S., Carretero, M.A., Díaz-Paniagua, C., Egea-Serrano, A., Garin-Barrio, I., Giménez, A., Gosá, A., Graciá, E., Guicking, D., Llorente, G.A., Martínez-Solano, I., Mateo, J.A., Montori, A., Palomar, G., Perera, A., Pinya, S., Pretus, J.L., Pujol-Buxó, E., Rato, C., Recuero, E., Sanz-Azkue, I., Silva-Rocha, I., Vasconcelos, R., Velo-Antón, G., Vörös, J., Pleguezuelos, J.M. 2015 Propuesta de revisión de los listados y catálogos nacionales y autonómicos de especies amenazadas o protegidas, y del Catálogo Nacional de Especies Invasoras. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Herpetología, 26: 108-112 (https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5518015).

Santos, X., Ayllón, E., Arribas, O., Bertolero, A., Bosch, J., Cabido, C., Carranza, S., Carretero, M.A., Díaz-Paniagua, C., Egea-Serrano, A., Garin-Barrio, I., Giménez, A., Gosá, A., Graciá, E., Guicking, D., Llorente, G.A., Martínez-Solano, I., Mateo, J.A., Montori, A., Palomar, G., Perera, A., Pinya, S., Pretus, J.L., Pujol-Buxó, E., Rato, C., Recuero, E., Sanz-Azkue, I., Silva-Rocha, I., Vasconcelos, R., Velo-Antón, G., Vörös, J., Pleguezuelos, J.M. 2015 Síntesis de las introducciones de anfibios y reptiles en España. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Herpetología, 26: 98-108 (https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5518014).

Pleguezuelos, J.M., Ayllón, E., Arribas, O., Bertolero, A., Bosch, J., Cabido, C., Carranza, S., Carretero, M.A., Díaz-Paniagua, C., Egea-Serrano, A., Garin-Barrio, I., Giménez, A., Gosá, A., Graciá, E., Guicking, D., Llorente, G.A., Martínez-Solano, I., Mateo, J.A., Montori, A., Palomar, G., Perera, A., Pinya, S., Pretus, J.L., Pujol-Buxó, E., Rato, C., Recuero, E., Sanz- Azkue, I., Silva-Rocha, I., Vasconcelos, R., Velo-Antón, G., Vörös, J., Santos, X. 2015 Conclusiones sobre las poblaciones y especies de anfibios y reptiles alóctonos en la geografía española. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Herpetología, 26: 113-115 (https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5518016).

Gvoždík, V., Canestrelli, D., García-París, M., Moravec, J., Nascetti, G., Recuero, E., Teixeira, J. & Kotlík, P. 2015 Speciation history and introgression in the European short-call tree frogs (Hyla arborea sensu lato, H. intermedia and H. sarda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 83: 143–155 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.012).

García-Roa, R., Recuero, E. & Mas-Peinado, P. 2015 Rapid color change to blue in metamorphic Discoglossus scovazzi (Camerano, 1878). Herpetozoa, 28: 106-109 (https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/HER_28_1_2_0106-0109.pdf).

Recuero, E., Buckley, D., García-París, M., Arntzen, J.W., Cogalniceanu, D. & Martínez-Solano, M. 2014 Evolutionary history of Ichthyosaura alpestris (Caudata, Salamandridae) inferred from the combined analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 81: 207-220 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.014).

Recuero, E. 2014 A new name for Myrmecodesmus potosinus (Shear) 1973, a homonym ofMyrmecodesmus potosinus (Chamberlin) 1943 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Pyrgodesmidae).Zootaxa, 3869 (5): 594-596 (https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3869.5.10).

Arntzen, J.W., Recuero, E., Canestrelli, D. & Martínez-Solano, M. 2013 How complex is theBufo bufo species group? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 69: 1203–1208 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.012).

Arntzen, J.W., McAtear, J., Recuero, E., Ziermann, J.M., Ohler, A., van Alphen, J. & Martínez- Solano, M. 2013 Morphological and genetic differentiation of Bufo toads: two cryptic species in Western Europe (Anura, Bufonidae). Contributions to Zoology, 82: 147-169 (https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-08204001).

Recuero, E., Canestrelli, D.,5Vörös, J., Szabó, K., Poyarkov, N.A., Arntzen, J.W., Crnobrnja- Isailovic, J., Kidov, A.A., Cogalniceanu, D., Caputo, F.P.,5Nascetti, G. & Martínez-Solano, M. 2012 Multilocus species tree analyses resolve the radiation of the widespread Bufo bufospecies group (Anura, Bufonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62: 71-86 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.008).

Parra-Olea, G., Zamudio, K., Recuero, E., Aguilar-Miguel, X., Huacuz, D. & Zambrano, L. 2012 Conservation genetics of threatened Mexican axolotls (Ambystoma). Animal Conservation, 15: 61-72 (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00488.x).

Recuero, E., & García-París, M. 2011 Evolutionary history of Lissotriton helveticus: Multilocus assessment of ancestral vs. recent colonization of the Iberian Peninsula.Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60: 170-182 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.04.006).

Baselga, A., Recuero, E., Parra-Olea, G. & García-París, M. 2011 Phylogenetic patterns in zopherine beetles are related to ecological niche width and dispersal limitation. Molecular Ecology, 20: 5060-5073 (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05342.x).

Fernández-Álvarez, F. A., Recuero, E., Martínez-Solano, I. & Buckley, D. 2011 First record of bicephaly in Lissotriton boscai (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae). North-western Journal of Zoology, 7: 161-163 (http://hdl.handle.net/10261/88503).

Recuero, E., Cruzado-Cortés, J., Parra-Olea, G. & Zamudio, K. R. 2010. Urban aquatic habitats and conservation of highly endangered species: the case of Ambystoma mexicanum(Caudata, Ambystomatidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici, 47: 223-238 (https://doi.org/10.5735/086.047.0401).

Recuero, E., García-Martín, G. & García-París, M. 2010 On a case of cannibalism in Malpolon monspessulanus. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Herpetología, 21: 42-43 (https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5477941).

García-París, M. & Recuero, E. 2008. Triturus helveticus. En: Atlas dos Anfibios e Répteis de Portugal (Loureiro, A., Ferrand de Almeida, N., Carretero, M.A., Paulo, O.S. eds.). Instituto da Conservaçao da Natureza e da Biodiversidade, Lisboa, pp 100-101.

Recuero, E., Iraola, A., Rubio, X., Machordom, A. & García-París, M. 2007. Mitochondrial differentiation and biogeography of Hyla meridionalis (Anura: Hylidae): an unusual phylogeographical pattern. Journal of Biogeography, 34: 1207-1219 (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01688.x).

Parra-Olea, G., Recuero, E. & Zamudio, K. R. 2007. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for Mexican salamanders of the genus Ambystoma. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7: 818-820 (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01714.x).

Recuero, E., Martínez-Solano, I., Parra-Olea, G. & García-París, M. 2006. Phylogeography ofPseudacris regilla (Anura: Hylidae) in western North America, with a proposal for a new taxonomic rearrangement. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 39: 293-304 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.10.011).

Recuero, E., Martínez-Solano, I., Parra-Olea, G. & García-París, M. 2004. Smilisca baudinii(Anura: Hylidae) in Baja California Sur (México). Herpetological Review, 35(3): 296.

Recuero, E. & Campos-Asenjo, O.. 2002. Triturus marmoratus (Marbled Newt). Polimely.Herpetological Bulletin, 82: 31-32.

Recuero, E. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2002. Triturus alpestris. En: Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España (Pleguezuelos J. M., R. Márquez, M. Lizana, eds.). Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza-Asociación Española de Herpetología, Madrid, pp 58-60.


Contact info:

Dept. of PES

277 Poole Ag. Center

Clemson University

Clemson, SC 29634-0310

erecuer@clemson.edu