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Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática
Edificio A, Campus I
Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática
Edificio A, Campus I
Líneas de investigación Publicaciones
Líneas de investigación
- Evolución, sistemática y biología de Coleoptera.
- Reconstrucción filogenética integrativa basada en evidencia genómica, morfológica y ecológica.
- Biogeografía, diversificación y paleontología de coleópteros.
- Diversidad taxonómica de las familias Endomychidae, Anamorphidae Hydrophilidae, Staphylinidae y otras.
- Ilustración, digitalización y curación de colecciones entomológicas.
Formación académica
- Licenciatura en Biología. Centro Universitario De Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, 2007.
- Maestría en Ciencias Biológicas (Sistemática). Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2013.
- Doctorado en Zoología. Univerzita Karlova v Praze/ Universidad Carolina en Praga, República Checa, 2019.
Publicaciones
ARTÍCULOS EN REVISTAS EN EL JCR
- Arriaga-Varela, E., Szawaryn, K., Zhou, Y. L., Bruthansová, J., Li, Y. D. & Tomaszewska, W. Early evolution of Anamorphidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) - the oldest known representatives of Anamorphidae from Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar and the first report of potential glandular pores in the family Cladistics, (aceptado 06 de marzo, 2024). (IF 4.7).
- Hu, F. S., Arriaga-Varela, E., Biffi, G., Bocák, L., Bulirsch, P., Damaška, A. F., Frisch, J., Hájek, J., Hlaváč, P., Ho, B.-H., Ho, Y.H., Hsiao, Y., Jelínek, J., Klimaszewski, J., Kundrata, R., Löbl, I., Makranczy, G., Matsumoto, K., Phang, G.J., Ruzzier, E., Schülke, Švec, Z.,,Telnov, D., Tseng, W.-Z., Yeh, L.W., Le, M.-H. & Fikáček, M. (2024). Forest leaf litter beetles of Taiwan: first DNA barcodes and first insight into the fauna. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 71(1), 17-47. (IF 0.8).
- **Pérez-Flores O., Arriaga-Varela E., Navarrete-Heredia J. L., Santos-Silva A. (2023). Description of one new genus and two new species of Apomecynini (Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from Mexico. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 63(2): 341–347. (IF 0.6).
- Tomaszewska W., Szawaryn K., Arriaga-Varela E. 2023. ‘Where is my family?’ Molecular and morphological data reveal the phylogenetic position and diversity of the enigmatic handsome fungus beetle genus Anamycetaea Strohecker, 1975 (Coleoptera, Coccinelloidea). Invertebrate Systematics37(4): 231–253. (I.F. 2.2)
- **Arriaga-Varela E., Leschen R. A. B., Tomaszewska W. 2023.The debris-cloaking larva of Catapotia laevissima and the origin of defensive strategies in Anamorphidae and other Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera). Organisms Diversity & Evolution23(4): 901–915. (I.F. 1.6)
- **Arriaga-Varela E., Szawaryn K., Jenkins Shaw J., Bai M., Ren D., Tomaszewska W. 2023. Remarkable diversity of the handsome fungus beetles genus Cretaparamecus (Coleoptera: Endomychidae: Merophysiinae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 151, 105664. (I.F. 2.1)
- *Arriaga-Varela, E., Tomaszewska, W., Szawaryn, K., Robertson, J., Seidel, M., Ślipiński, A., & Fikáček, M. 2023. The resurrection of Cerasommatidiidae, an enigmatic group of coccinelloid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 1-38. (IF 2.8)
- Tomaszewska, W., Szawaryn, K., & Arriaga-Varela, E. (2022). First member of ‘higher Endomychidae’(Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) from the Mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar and new insights into the time of origin of the handsome fungus beetles. Insects, 13(8), 690. (IF 3.05)
- Navarrete-Heredia, J.L., Arriaga-Varela, E. & Contreras-Félix, G. 2022. Mexican Beetle Species Described between 2000-2020: Analysis from Zoological Record of Patterns and Trends. Southwestern Entomologist, 47(2), 399-409. (IF 0.4)
- Navarrete-Heredia, J.L., Tokareva, A., Arriaga-Varela, E., Newton, A.F. & Solodovnikov, A. 2021. Possible stridulatory organs in oxyporine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphyinidae), their biological role and systematic significance. Journal of Natural History Journal of Natural History, 55(33-34), 2129-2143. (IF 0.97)
- **Arce-Pérez, R., Arriaga-Varela, E., Novelo-Gutierrez, R. & Navarrete-Heredia, J.L. 2021. Giant water scavenger beetles Hydrophilus subgenus Dibolocelus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Mexico with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 5027(3), 387-407. (IF 0.96)
- Qvarnstrom, M., Fikáček, M., Wernstrom, J.V., Huld, S., Beutel, R.G., Arriaga-Varela, E., Ahlberg, P.E. & Niedźwiedzki, G. 2021. Dropping in on beetle evolution: exceptionally preserved beetles in a Triassic coprolite of putative dinosauriform origin. Current Biology, 31(15), 3374-3381. (IF 10.9)
- *Arriaga-Varela, E., Sýkora, N. & Fikáček, M. 2021. Molecular phylogeny of Megasternini terrestrial water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae) reveals repeated continental interchange during Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum. Systematic Entomology, 46(3), 570-591. (IF 4.85)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E., Brunke, A., Girón, J.C., Szawaryn, K, Bruthansová, J. & Fikáček, M. 2021. Micro-CT reveals hidden morphology and clarifies the phylogenetic position of Balticamber water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Historical Biology, 33(9), 1395-1411. (IF 1.85)
- Šťastny, J., Vondráček, D., Arriaga-Varela, E. & Hajek, J. 2020. The genus Platynectes in Central America, with discovery of the northernmost Neotropical species in Oaxaca, Mexico, and nomenclatural notes on the subgenus Agametrus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 91: e913394 (IF 0.7)
- Rodríguez, W.D., Navarrete-Heredia, J.L. Arriaga-Varela, E. & Cuccodoro, G. 2020. Two new species of Megarthrus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae) from Mexican Cloud Forests. Zootaxa, 4778 (3): 571–583
- **Arriaga-Varela, E., Cortés-Aguilar, J. & Fikáček, M. 2019. Water scavenger beetles in rotten cacti: a review of Agna with the description of a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 90(1): 1-12. (0.61)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E., Tomaszewska, W. & Fikáček, M. 2019. A New Genus of Endomychinae (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from the Neotropics with Unusual Mouthparts. Neotropical Entomology, 48(2), 290-301. (IF 1.35)
- Seidel, M., Arriaga-Varela, E. & Sousa, R. 2018. Catalogue of the Incini with the description of the first Archedinus species from Honduras (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 58(2), pp.389-405. (IF 0.5)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E., Wong, S.Y., Kirejtshuk, A. and Fikáček, M., 2018. Review of the flower inhabiting water scavenger beetle genus Cycreon (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae), with descriptions of new species and comments on its biology. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 65, p.99. (IF 0.8)
- Seidel, M., Minoshima, Y. N., Arriaga-Varela, E., and Fikáček, M. 2018. Breaking a disjunct distribution: a review of the Southern Hemisphere genera Cylorygmus and Relictorygmus gen. nov. (Hydrophilidae: Cylominae). Annales Zoologici, 68(2): 375-403. (IF 0.88)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E., Tomaszewska, W., Huo, L. and Seidel, M. 2018. On Neotropical Merophysiinae with descriptions of a new genus and new species (Coleoptera, Endomychidae). ZooKeys 736: 1-41. (IF 1.2)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E., Seidel, M., Fikáček, M. 2018. A new genus of coprophagous water scavenger beetle from Africa (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae, Megasternini) with a discussion on the Cercyon subgenus Acycreon. African Invertebrates, 59(1): 1-23. (IF 0.9)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E., Seidel, M., Deler-Hernandez, A., Senderov, V. and Fikáček, M. 2017. A review of Cercyon Leach (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae) of the Greater Antilles. ZooKeys, 681: 39-93 (IF 1.2)
- Toussaint. E.A.F., Seidel, M., Arriaga-Varela, E., Hájek, J., Král, D., Sekerka L., Short, A. E. Z. and Fikáček, M. 2017. The peril of dating beetles. Systematic Entomology, 42(1): 1-10. (IF 4.5)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E. and Tomaszewska, W. 2016. Hylaperdina squamosa, a new species of Neotropical Lycoperdininae (Coleoptera, Endomychidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 4161(4): 567–572. (IF 1)
- Seidel, M., Arriaga-Varela, E. and Fikáček, M. 2016. Establishment of Cylominae Zaitzev, 1908 as a valid name for the subfamily Rygmodinae Orchymont, 1916 with an updated list of genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 56(1): 159-165. (IF 0.76)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E., Tomaszewska, K. W. and Shockley, F. W. 2015. Two new species of Epipocus (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from Mexico and Costa Rica, with a discussion on species groups in Epipocus. Canadian Entomologist, 147(2): 148-157. (IF 0.9)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E. and Escobar, F. 2014. Electribius relictus, a new extant species of Artematopodidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from Veracruz, Mexico. Zootaxa, 3895 (2): 292-296. (IF 0.9)
- Arce-Pérez, R., Arriaga-Varela, E., Cifuentes-Ruiz, P. and Escobar F. 2014. Rediscovery of the genus Ersachus Erichson in Veracruz, Mexico, with a description of the female of Ersachus erichsonianus Sharp (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Limnichidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 68(4): 765-769. (IF 0.4)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E., Zaragoza-Caballero, S., Tomaszewska, K. W. and Navarrete-Heredia J. L. 2013. Preliminary review of the genus Stenotarsus Perty (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from Mexico, Guatemala and Belize, with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa, 3645: 1-79. (IF 1.06)
- **Arriaga-Varela, E., Tomaszewska, K. W. and Navarrete-Heredia, J.L. 2007. A synopsis of Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of Mexico. Zootaxa, 1594: 1-38. (IF 0.7)