Felix A.H. Sperling

Felix A.H. Sperling, entomologist at University of Alberta [1]

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Nazari, V., Zakharov, E.V. & Sperling, F.A.H. 2007. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42(1): 131–156. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.06.022 Reference page.

Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Warren, A.D. & Sperling, F.A.H. 2010. The evolutionary history of Boloria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): phylogeny, zoogeography and larval–foodplant relationships. Systematics and Biodiversity 8(4): 513–529. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2010.532833 . Reference page.

Simonsen, T.J., Zakharov, E.V., Djernaes, M., Cotton, A.M., Vane-Wright, R.I. & Sperling, F.A.H. 2011. Phylogenetics and divergence times of Papilioninae (Lepidoptera) with special reference to the enigmatic genera Teinopalpus and Meandrusa. Cladistics 27(2): 113–137. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2010.00326.x Reference page.

Condamine, F.L., Sperling, F.A.H., Wahlberg, N., Rasplus, J-Y. & Kergoat, G.J. 2012. What causes latitudinal gradients in species diversity? Evolutionary processes and ecological constraints on swallowtail biodiversity. Ecology Letters 15(3): 267–277. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01737.x. Reference page.

Condamine, F.L., Sperling, F.A.H. & Kergoat, G.J. 2013. Global biogeographical pattern of swallowtail diversification demonstrates alternative colonization routes in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Journal of Biogeography 40(1): 9–23. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02787.x. Reference page.
Dombroskie, J.J. & Sperling, F.A.H. 2013. Phylogeny of the tribe Archipini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae) and evolutionary correlates of novel secondary sexual structures. Zootaxa 3729(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3729.1.1 Reference page.

Schwarzfeld, M.D. & Sperling, F.A.H. 2014. Species delimitation using morphology, morphometrics, and molecules: definition of the Ophion scutellaris Thomson species group, with descriptions of six new species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). ZooKeys 462: 59–114. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.462.8229 Reference page.

Allio, R., Scornavacca, C., Nabholz, B., Clamens, A.L., Sperling, F.A.H. & Condamine, F.L. 2020. Whole Genome Shotgun Phylogenomics Resolves the Pattern and Timing of Swallowtail Butterfly Evolution. Systematic Biology 69(1): 38–60. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syz030. Reference page.
Campbell, E.O., Gage, E.V., Gage, R.V. & Sperling, F.A.H. 2020. Single nucleotide polymorphism‐based species phylogeny of greater fritillary butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Speyeria) demonstrates widespread mitonuclear discordance. Systematic Entomology 45(2): 269–280. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12393 Reference page.