Jeffrey Sosa‐Calvo

Smithsonian Institution — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

19h-index1.2kcitations57works6.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(51), Plant and animal studies(42), Animal and Plant Science Education(12), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(9), Insect and Pesticide Research(8)

Publications57 total

A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Circumscription of the Ganaspis brasiliensis (Ihering, 1905) species complex (Hymenoptera, Figitidae), and the description of two new species parasitizing the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, 1931 (Diptera, Drosophilidae)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
The Evolution of Biomineral Armor in Fungus-farming Ants
2026Open Access
High-throughput phenomics of global ant biodiversity
2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Admixture between lineages of the tramp ant Technomyrmex albipes revealed by mitochondrial and ultra-conserved element sequencing
NeoBiota·2025Open Access
Digging into the evolutionary history of the fungus-growing-ant symbiont, Escovopsis (Hypocreaceae)
Communications Biology·2025Open Access
Ant systematics: past, present, and future
Insect Systematics and Diversity·2025· 1 cited
The coevolution of fungus-ant agriculture
Science·2024· 29 citedOpen Access
Circumscription of the Ganaspis brasiliensis (Ihering, 1905) species complex (Hymenoptera, Figitidae), and the description of two new species parasitizing the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, 1931 (Diptera, Drosophilidae)
Journal of Hymenoptera Research·2024· 25 citedOpen Access
One ant's trash is another ant's treasure: Army ant middens provide resources for diverse ant assemblages
Biotropica·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Genomic diversification of the specialized parasite of the fungus-growing ant symbiosis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
The Last Piece of the Puzzle? Phylogenetic Position and Natural History of the Monotypic Fungus-Farming Ant Genus<i>Paramycetophylax</i>(Formicidae: Attini)
Insect Systematics and Diversity·2022· 20 citedOpen Access
Phylogenomic reconstruction reveals new insights into the evolution and biogeography of <i>Atta</i> leaf‐cutting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Systematic Entomology·2021· 29 citedOpen Access
Biomineral armor in leaf-cutter ants
Nature Communications·2020· 53 citedOpen Access
Paratrachymyrmex bugnioni Forel 1912
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)·2020Open Access
A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records
Check List·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Biomineral armor in leaf-cutter ants
2020· 4 citedOpen Access
A checklist of the non-leaf-cutting fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Colombia, with new biogeographic records
Global Biodiversity Information Facility·2020Open Access
The molecular phylogenetics of <i>Trachymyrmex</i> Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher‐attine’ ant agriculture
Systematic Entomology·2019· 79 citedOpen Access
Nuevos registros de hormigas Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) para Colombia
Revista Colombiana de Entomología·2018· 7 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ted R. Schultz(28), Ana Ješovnik(13), Christian Rabeling(12), Heraldo L. Vasconcelos(9), Maurício Bacci(8), Cauê T. Lopes(6), Cameron R. Currie(5), André Rodrigues(5), Fernando Fernández(5), John E. Lattke(5), Michael W. Lloyd(4), Seán G. Brady(4), Scott E. Solomon(4), John S. LaPolla(4), Michael G. Branstetter(3), Brant C. Faircloth(3), Hongjie Li(3), Rodrigo M. Feitosa(3), Ulrich G. Mueller(3), Rachelle M. M. Adams(3)