Blaimer, Bonnie

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Department of Entomology, University of California-Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616. E-mail: bbblaimer@ucdavis.edu

My research interests circle around the systematics, evolution and ecology of ants. In particular, I am currently interested in the systematics, evolution and biogeography of the genus Crematogaster, and the diversity and ecology of canopy ants in general. At the moment I am working on my Ph.D. thesis in the Ward lab at UC Davis, where I am focusing on the taxonomy and evolution of Malagasy Crematogaster and the establishment of a first broad-scale phylogeny for the genus.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Blaimer 2010.pdf|Bonnie B. Blaimer 2010. Taxonomy and Natural History of the Crematogaster (Decacrema)-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar. Zootaxa 2714: 1–39 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Blaimer 2012a.pdf| Blaimer, B.B. 2012a. Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this enigmatic ant clade. Systematic Entomology 37: 240-260. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Blaimer 2012.pdf|Blaimer, B.B. 2012b. Taxonomy and species-groups of the subgenus Crematogaster (Orthocrema) in the Malagasy region. ZooKeys 199: 23-70. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Blaimer 2012c.pdf|Blaimer, B. B. 2012c. A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3482:47-67. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Blaimer 2012d.pdf| Blaimer, B. B. 2012d. Acrobat ants go global – Origin, evolution and systematics of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65:421-436. PDF]]
 * Blaimer, B. B.; Brady, S. G.; Schultz, T. R.; Lloyd, M. W.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. 2015. Phylogenomic methods outperform traditional multi-locus approaches in resolving deep evolutionary history: a case study of formicine ants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:257.


 * Blaimer, B.B. & Fisher, B.L. 2013. Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri-species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 51: 1-64 (DOI 10.5852/ejt.2013.51).