Jessica Gillung
Assistant Professor,McGill University
Department of Natural Resource Sciences
E-mail: jessica.gillung@mcgill.ca
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ResearchDr. Jessica Gillung joined the NRS Department in January 2020. She serves as the Director of the Lyman Entomological Museum, one of the largest insect collections in Canada. Dr. Gillung completed her PhD at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis, studying the evolution and taxonomy of parasitoid flies specialized in spiders. She subsequently worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at the Danforth Lab at Cornell University, where she focused on the evolution and diversification of aculeate Hymenoptera (stinging wasps, ants and bees). Her research combines field work, morphology, DNA sequence data, bioinformatics, and comparative methods to reconstruct the evolution of insects and elucidate their patterns of diversification, encompassing multiple taxonomic rankings, from species to higher level relationships. This integrative approach also seeks to understand how biotic and abiotic factors have shaped and influenced patterns of insect biodiversity.Prizes and honours
QCBS students Alice AssmarPh.D.  Stephanie GagnonPh.D.  Samantha DizonM.Sc. Previous students (since 2009) Catherine ScottPostdoctoral fellow Stéphanie GagnonM.Sc.  Linley SherinM.Sc. Catherine Woo-DurandM.Sc.  Dimitrios MarkouB.Sc. Grace McDougall-VickB.Sc. Megan RaposoB.Sc. Gloria VanB.Sc. Relevant QCBS research themesExamples of species studiedNeolarrini Townsendiellini Hymenoptera Apidae Diptera Neuroptera Myrmeleontidae Neoneuromus Corydalidae Raphidioptera Philopotinae Eulonchus Sabroskya Insecta Neuropterida Osmia cornifrons Megachilidae Publications25- Solitary bee larvae modify bacterial diversity of pollen provisions in the stem-nesting bee, Osmia cornifrons (Megachilidae) Journal Article Kueneman J G , Gillung J , Van Dyke M T , Fordyce R F , Danforth B N , 2023 Frontiers in Microbiology (Date Added: 2023-02-09) 24- Similar pattern, different paths: tracing the biogeographical history of Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) using mitochondrial phylogenomics Journal Article Jiang Y , Yue L , Yang F , Gillung J P , Winterton S L , Price B W , Contreras‐Ramos A , Hayashi F , Aspöck U , Aspöck H , Yeates D K , Yang D , Liu X , 2022 Cladistics (Date Added: 2022-06-06) 23- Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of host preferences in the largest clade of brood parasitic bees (Apidae: Nomadinae) Journal Article Sless T J , Branstetter M G , Gillung J P , Krichilsky E A , Tobin K B , Straka J , Rozen J G , Freitas F V , Martins A C , Bossert S , Searle J B , Danforth B N , 2022 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Date Added: 2022-01-01) 22- Bees in the trees: Diverse spring fauna in temperate forest edge canopies Journal Article Urban-Mead, KR, Muñiz, P, Gillung, J, Espinoza, A, Fordyce, R, van Dyke, M, McArt, SH, Danforth, BN Forest Ecology and Management (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 21- Phylogenomic and Morphological Reevaluation of the Bee Tribes Biastini, Neolarrini, and Townsendiellini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with Description of Three New Species of Schwarzia Journal Article Bossert, S, Copeland, RS, Sless, TJL, Branstetter, MG, Gillung, JP, Brady, SG, Danforth, BN, Policarová, J, Straka, J Insect Systematics and Diversity (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 20- Phylogenomics — principles, opportunities and pitfalls of big-data phylogenetics Journal Article Young, AD, Gillung, JP Systematic Entomology (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 19- Evolution of fossil and living spider flies based on morphological and molecular data (Diptera, Acroceridae) Journal Article Gillung, JP, Winterton, SL Systematic Entomology (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 18- Evolution of green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae): an anchored phylogenomics approach Journal Article Winterton, SL, Gillung, JP, Garzón-Orduña, IJ, Badano, D, Breitkreuz, LCV, Duelli, P, Engel, MS, Liu, X, Machado, RJP, Mansell, M, Mochizuki, A, Penny, ND, Tauber, CA, Oswald, JD Systematic Entomology (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 17- Owlflies are derived antlions: anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) Journal Article Machado, RJP, Gillung, JP, Winterton, SL, Garzón-Orduña, IJ, Lemmon, AR, Lemmon, EM, Oswald, JD Systematic Entomology (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 16- Anchored phylogenomics unravels the evolution of spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) and reveals discordance between nucleotides and amino acids Journal Article Gillung, JP, Winterton, SL, Bayless, KM, Khouri, Z, Borowiec, ML, Yeates, D, Kimsey, LS, Misof, B, Shin, S, Zhou, X, Mayer, C, Petersen, M, Wiegmann, BM Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 15- Evolutionary history of the complex polymorphic dobsonfly genus Neoneuromus (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) Journal Article Yang, F, Chang, W, Hayashi, F, Gillung, J, Jiang, Y, Yang, D, Liu, X Systematic Entomology (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 14- Evolution of lacewings and allied orders using anchored phylogenomics (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidioptera) Journal Article Winterton, SL, Lemmon, AR, Gillung, JP, Garzon, IJ, Badano, D, Bakkes, DK, Breitkreuz, LCV, Engel, MS, Lemmon, EM, Liu, X, Machado, RJP, Skevington, JH, Oswald, JD Systematic Entomology (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 13- A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber Journal Article Gillung, JP, Winterton, SL Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 12- Death comes on two wings: A review of dipteran natural enemies of arachnids Journal Article Gillung, JP, Borkent, CJ Journal of Arachnology (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 11- Checklist of acroceridae, mydidae and therevidae (Diptera) from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Journal Article Gillung, JP, Almeida, JC, Rodrigues, PFM, Nihei, SS Iheringia - Serie Zoologia (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 10- From the students to the students: Why YOU need to attend ICE 2016 Journal Article Dye, KC, Whitener, AB, Gillung, JP, Parker, C American Entomologist (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 8- Evolution of Philopotinae, with a revision and phylogeny of the New World spider fly genus PhilopotaWiedemann (Diptera, Acroceridae) Journal Article Gillung, JP, Nihei, SS Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 7- Jewelled spider flies of North America: A revision and phylogeny of Eulonchus Gerstaecker (Diptera, Acroceridae) Journal Article Borkent, CJ, Gillung, JP, Winterton, SL ZooKeys (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 6- Erratum: Description and host interactions of a new species of Exetasis Walker (Diptera: Acroceridae), with a key to species of the genus Zootaxa (2013) 3664:4 525-536)) Journal Article Barneche, JA, Gillung, JP, González, A Zootaxa (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 5- Description and host interactions of a new species of exetasis walker (Diptera: Acroceridae), with a key to species of the genus Journal Article Barneche, JA, Gillung, JP, González, A Zootaxa (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 4- New spider flies from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to New World genera Journal Article Schlinger, EI, Gillung, JP, Borkent, CJ ZooKeys (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 3- A new species of spider fly in the genus Sabroskya Schlinger from Malawi, with a key to Acrocerinae world genera (Diptera, Acroceridae) Journal Article Winterton, SL, Gillung, JP ZooKeys (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 2- New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera Journal Article Gillung, JP, Winterton, SL ZooKeys (Date Added: 2021-07-27) 1- Acroceridae (Diptera): A pictorial key and diagnosis of the Brazilian genera Journal Article Gillung, JP, De Carvalho, CJB Zootaxa (Date Added: 2021-07-27) |
