Publications
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17. Urcola, J.I., Baca, S.M., Rodriquez, G., Michat, M. C. (2024) Discovery of the genus Prionohydrus Gómez & Miller, 2013 (Coleoptera: Noteridae) in southern South America: description of P. cambyreta sp. n. from Iberá wetlands. Zootaxa, 5523 (4), 483-493. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.3 PDF
16. Baca, S.M., Gustafson, G.T., DeRaad, D.A., Alexander, A., Hime, P., Short., A.E.Z. Baca (2024). A shallow-scale phylogenomics approach reveals repeated patterns of diversification among sympatric lineages of cryptic Neotropical aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Systematic Entomology, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12643 PDF
15. Baca, S.M., Gustafson, G.T., Alexander, A.M, Gough, H.M., Toussaint, E.F.A. (2021). Integrative phylogenomics reveals a Permian origin of Adephaga beetles. Systematic Entomology, 46(4), 968–990. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12506 PDF
14. Baca, S.M. & Short, A.E.Z. (2021) Review of the New World Notomicrus Sharp (Coleoptera: Noteridae) I: Circumscription of species groups and review of the josiahi group with description of a new species from Brazil. Zookeys, 1025, 177–201. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1025.60442 PDF
13. Gustafson, G.T., Miller, K.B., Michat, M.C., Alarie, Y., Baca, S.M., Balke, M., & Short, A.E. (2021). The enduring value of reciprocal illumination in the era of insect phylogenomics: a response to Cai et al. (2020). Systematic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.10.016 PDF
12. Baca, S. M. & Short, A.E.Z. (2020). Molecular Phylogeny of the Notomicrine Water Beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae) Reveals Signatures of Gondwanan Vicariance and Ecological Plasticity. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 4(6), 4. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa015 PDF
11. Urcola, J. I., Benetti, C.J., Baca, S.M., & Michat, M.C. (2020). Suphisellus grossoi sp. n., a new burrowing water beetle from South America, and notes on S. flavolineatus (Régimbart, 1889) and S. grammicus (Sharp, 1882) (Coleoptera: Noteridae). Zootaxa, 4786(1). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4786.1.9 PDF
10. Gustafson, G.T., Baca, S. M., Alexander, A. M., & Short, A.E.Z. (2020). Phylogenomic analysis of the beetle suborder Adephaga with comparison of tailored and generalized ultraconserved element probe performance. Systematic Entomology, 45 (3), 552–570. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12413 PDF
9. Simões, M.V.P., Baca, S.M., Toussaint E.F.A., Windsor, M.D., Short, A.E.Z. (2019) Solving a thorny situation: DNA and morphology illuminate the evolution of the leaf beetle tribe Dorynotini (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 185:1123–1136. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly079 PDF
8. Baca, S.M. & Short, A.E.Z. (2018). Notomicrus petrireptans sp. n., a new seep-dwelling species of Noteridae from South America (Coleoptera: Adephaga). Zootaxa, 4388 (2): 182–190. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4388.2.2 PDF
7. Arce-Pérez, R. & Baca, S. M. 2017. A new species of Suphisellus Crotch (Coleoptera: Noteridae) from Mexico. Zootaxa. 4323 (2): 277–285. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.11 PDF
6. Baca, S.M., Alexander A., Gustafson, G.T., Short, A.E.Z. 2017. Ultraconserved elements show utility in phylogenetic inference of Adephaga (Coleoptera) and suggest paraphyly of Hydradephaga. Systematic Entomology 42, 786–795. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12244 PDF
5. Baca, S.M., Toussaint, E.F.A., Miller, K.B., Short, A.E.Z. 2017. Molecular phylogeny of the aquatic beetle family Noteridae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with an emphasis on partitioning strategies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107: 282–292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.10.016 PDF
4. Simões, M, Breitkreuz, L., Alvarado, M., Baca, S. Cooper, J.C., Heins, K., Herzog, K. & Lieberman, B.S. 2016. The Evolving Theory of Evolutionary Radiations. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 31(1): 27–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.10.007 PDF
3. Baca, S.M. & Toledo, M. 2015. Canthysellus, a new genus of Burrowing Water Beetle (Coleoptera: Noteridae) from South America with the description of two new species. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 69(3): 477–488. http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-69.3.477 PDF
2. Gustafson, G.T., Maier, C.A., Baca, S.M., & Faris, T.K. 2014. Rediscovery of Two Uncommonly Collected Aquatic Beetles in Kansas, With Notes on Habitat Preferences of Lutrocus laticeps Casey, 1893 (Coleoptera: Lutrochidae) and Dineutus productus Roberts, 1895 (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 68(4): 714–718. PDF
1. Baca, S.M., G. T. Gustafson, M. Toledo, & K. B. Miller. 2014. Revision of the Neotropical Burrowing Water Beetle genus Liocanthydrus Guignot (Coleoptera: Noteridae: Noterinae: Noterini) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa, 3793(2): 231–246. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.3 PDF