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Washington State University: Pullman, Washington, US

2023-07-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Entomology)
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Silas Bossert

Washington State University: Pullman, Washington, US

2021-11-16 to 2023-06-30 | Researcher (Entomology)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Cornell University: Ithaca, NY, US

2015 to 2020-08-01 (Entomology)
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Silas Bossert

University of Vienna: Vienna, AT

2011 to 2014 | MSc (Zoology)
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Silas Bossert

University of Konstanz: Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, DE

2007 to 2011 | BSc (Biology)
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Works (23)

[genus]_[species]; Presenting phylogenies to facilitate synthesis

Cladistics
2025-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/cla.12601
Contributors: Douglas Chesters; Silas Bossert; Michael C. Orr
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Phylogeny, antiquity, and niche occupancy of Trinomia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), an Afrotropical endemic genus of Nomiinae

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2025-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108273
Contributors: Silas Bossert; Felipe V. Freitas; Alain Pauly; Gengping Zhu; David W. Crowder; Michael C. Orr; James B. Dorey; Elizabeth A. Murray
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Evolving perspectives in Hymenoptera systematics: Bridging fossils and genomes across time

Systematic Entomology
2025-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/syen.12645
Contributors: Y. Miles Zhang; Silas Bossert; Tamara Spasojevic
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Evolutionary History and Ecology of Andrena (Foveoandrena) androfovea: A New Nearctic Mining Bee (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) Species and Subgenus

Ecology and Evolution
2024-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70453
Contributors: Silas Bossert; Keng‐Lou James Hung; John L. Neff
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An annotated checklist of the bees of Washington state

Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2024-11-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/jhr.97.129013
Contributors: Chanda S. Bartholomew; Elizabeth A. Murray; Silas Bossert; Joel Gardner; Chris Looney
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Five good reasons not to dismiss scientific binomial nomenclature in conservation, environmental education and citizen science: A case study with bees

Systematic Entomology
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/syen.12636
Contributors: Nicolas J. Vereecken; Kit S. Prendergast; Silas Bossert; Keng‐Lou James Hung; Stuart P. M. Roberts; Cristian Villagra; Natapot Warrit; Joseph S. Wilson; Thomas J. Wood; Michael C. Orr
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Integrative taxonomy of a new species of a bumble bee-mimicking brood parasitic bee, Tetralonioidella mimetica (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apidae), investigated through phylogenomics

Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2024-09-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/jhr.97.129470
Contributors: Michael C. Orr; Douglas Chesters; Paul H. Williams; Thomas J. Wood; Qingsong Zhou; Silas Bossert; Trevor Sless; Natapot Warrit; Pierre Rasmont; Guillaume Ghisbain et al.
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Big data, big problems? How to circumvent problems in biodiversity mapping and ensure meaningful results

Ecography
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.07115
Contributors: Alice C. Hughes; James B. Dorey; Silas Bossert; Huijie Qiao; Michael C. Orr
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Lessons from assembling UCEs: A comparison of common methods and the case of Clavinomia (Halictidae)

Molecular Ecology Resources
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13925
Contributors: Silas Bossert; Alain Pauly; Bryan N. Danforth; Michael C. Orr; Elizabeth A. Murray
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A phylogenomic monograph of West-Palearctic Nomada (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Insect Systematics and Diversity
2024-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixad024
Contributors: Jakub Straka; Daniel Benda; Jana Policarová; Alena Astapenková; Thomas J Wood; Silas Bossert; Heather Hines
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Phylogenomic inference of the higher classification of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)

Systematic Entomology
2023-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/syen.12588
Contributors: George C. Waldren; Emily A. Sadler; Elizabeth A. Murray; Silas Bossert; Bryan N. Danforth; James P. Pitts
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Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the mining bee family Andrenidae

Systematic Entomology
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/syen.12530
Contributors: Silas Bossert; Thomas J. Wood; Sébastien Patiny; Denis Michez; Eduardo A. B. Almeida; Robert L. Minckley; Laurence Packer; John L. Neff; Robert S. Copeland; Jakub Straka et al.
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An unexpected new genus of panurgine bees (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) from Europe discovered after phylogenomic analysis

Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2022-02-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/jhr.89.72083
Contributors: Thomas J. Wood; Sébastien Patiny; Silas Bossert
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A group of two: Scrapter peringueyi is not a synonym of Scrapter heterodoxus (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Scraptrinae)

African Invertebrates
2022-01-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.63.76934
Contributors: Silas Bossert; Simon van Noort
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Phylogeny, Phenology, and Foraging Breadth of Ashmeadiella (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Insect Systematics and Diversity
2021-05-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixab010
Contributors: Elizabeth A Murray; Laurelin Evanhoe; Silas Bossert; Monica A Geber; Terry Griswold; Shaun M McCoshum; Eduardo Almeida
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Phylogenomic and Morphological Reevaluation of the Bee Tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) With Description of Three New Species of Schwarzia

Insect Systematics and Diversity
2020-11-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixaa013
Contributors: Silas Bossert; Robert S Copeland; Trevor J L Sless; Michael G Branstetter; Jessica P Gillung; Seán G Brady; Bryan N Danforth; Jana Policarová; Jakub Straka; Bonnie Blaimer
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Monotypic no more – a new species of the unusual genus Schwarzia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Biastini)

Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2019-04-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/jhr.69.32966
Contributors: Silas Bossert
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Pollinivory and the diversification dynamics of bees

Biology Letters
2018-11-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0530
Contributors: Elizabeth A. Murray; Silas Bossert; Bryan N. Danforth
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On the universality of target enrichment baits for phylogenomic research

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
2018-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12988
Part of ISSN: 2041-210X
Contributors: Silas Bossert; Bryan N. Danforth
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The impact of GC bias on phylogenetic accuracy using targeted enrichment phylogenomic data.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
2017-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.022
PMID: 28390323
Contributors: Bossert S; Murray EA; Blaimer BB; Danforth BN
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Description of the previously unknown male of <i>Systropha</i> (<i>Austrosystropha</i>) <i>macronasuta</i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Rophitinae) from Kenya

Journal of Melittology
2017-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17161/jom.v0i67.5929
Part of ISSN: 2325-4467
Contributors: Silas Bossert; Sébastien Patiny
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Recognition and identification of bumblebee species in the Bombus lucorum-complex (Hymenoptera, Apidae) – A review and outlook

Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
2015-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/dez.62.9000
Part of ISSN: 1860-1324
Contributors: Silas Bossert
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The high alpine bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of the Zillertal Alps, Austria

Biodiversity Data Journal
2014-06-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1115
Contributors: Silas Bossert
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