Foley, Desmond
Research Entomologist
Foley, Desmond
Research Entomologist
Molecular systematics, distribution modelling, biogeography, and spatial ecology of mosquitoes
Geographic Focus
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.S., University of New England
- M.S., University of Queensland
- Ph.D., University of Queensland
Professional Biography
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Research Interests:
• GIS and mapping of the geographic distribution of arthropod disease vectors
• Curation and databasing of collection data and habitat suitability models of arthropod disease vectors
• Phylogenetics, molecular evolution, systematics, and historical biogeography of Culicidae, especially Anopheles
• Development of identification tools for the Culicidae, including Lucid computer keys
• Ecology and epidemiology of arthropod disease vectors
A relatively recent research activity of mine involves the curation and mapping of collection records for mosquitoes, ticks, sand flies, mites and fleas, and the development of habitat suitability models for individual species (see vectormap@si.edu). Understanding the distribution of vector hazard is powerful intelligence for anticipating risks for immunologically naive personnel entering vector-borne disease endemic regions of the world. Knowing what vector species occur in a given region is also important, and my other research interests include the development of computer identification tools for vector species, and explorations of the ecology, evolution, and epidemiology of vector species, especially those belonging to complexes of cryptic species.
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Boorgula, Gunavanthi D. Y., Peterson, A. Townsend, Foley, Desmond H., Ganta, Roman R., and Raghavan, Ram K. 2020. "Assessing the current and future potential geographic distribution of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Acari: Ixodidae) in North America." PLOS ONE, 15, (8) Article e0237191. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237191. 2020
- Foley, Desmond H., Wilkerson, Richard C., Kim, Heung Chul, Klein, Terry A., Kim, Myung‐Soon, Li, Cong, Levin, David M., and Rueda, Leopoldo M. 2020. "Wing size and parity as markers of cohort demography for potential Anopheles (Culicidae: Diptera) malaria vectors in the Republic of Korea." Journal of Vector Ecology, 45, (2) 366–379. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12406. 2020
- Loaiza, Jose R., Rovira, Jose R., Sanjur, Oris I., Zepeda, Jesus Altagracia, Pecor, James E., Foley, Desmond H., Dutari, Larissa, Radtke, Meghan, Pongsiri, Montira J., Molinar, Octavio Smith, and Laporta, Gabriel Z. 2019. "Forest disturbance and vector transmitted diseases in the lowland tropical rainforest of central Panama." Tropical medicine & international health: TM & IH, 24, (7) 849–861. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13244. 2019
- Foley, Desmond H. and Pecor, David B. 2018. "An Excel Spreadsheet Tool for Exploring the Seasonality of Aedes Vector Hazard for User-Specified Administrative Regions of Brazil." U.S.Army Medical Department Journal, Jan-Jun, (1-18) 22–28. 2018
- Pecor, David B., Foley, Desmond H., and Potter, Alexander. 2018. "Mosquito Surveillance Conducted by US Military Personnel in the Aftermath of the Nuclear Explosion at Nagasaki, Japan, 1945." U.S.Army Medical Department Journal, Jan-Jun, (1-18) 8–13. 2018
- Foley, Desmond H. and Pecor, David B. 2017. "A location-specific spreadsheet for estimating Zika risk and timing for Zika vector surveillance, using US military facilities as an example." US Army Medical Department Journal, Jan-Jun, (1-17) 34–46. 2017
- Loaiza, Jose R., Dutari, Larissa C., Rovira, Jose R., Sanjur, Oris I., Laporta, Gabriel Z., Pecor, James, Foley, Desmond H., Eastwood, Gillian, Kramer, Laura D., Radtke, Meghan, and Pongsiri, Montira J. 2017. "Disturbance and mosquito diversity in the lowland tropical rainforest of central Panama." Scientific Reports, 7, (1) 7248. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07476-2. 2017
- Foley, Desmond H., Klein, Terry A., Kim, Heung Chul, Kim, Myung-Soon, Wilkerson, Richard C., Li, Cong, Harrison, Genelle, and Rueda, Leopoldo M. 2017. "Seasonal dynamics of Anopheles species at three locations in the Republic of Korea." Journal of Vector Ecology, 42, (2) 335–348. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12274. 2017
- Hoekman, D., Springer, Y. P., Barker, C. M., Barrera, R., Blackmore, M. S., Bradshaw, W. E., Foley, Desmond H., Ginsberg, H. S., Hayden, M. H., Holzapfel, C. M., Juliano, S. A., Kramer, L. D., LaDeau, S. L., Livdahl, T. P., Moore, C. G., Nasci, R. S., Reisen, W. K., and Savage, H. M. 2016. "Design for mosquito abundance, diversity, and phenology sampling within the National Ecological Observatory Network." Ecosphere, 7, (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1320. 2016
- Springer, Yuri P., Hoekman, David, Johnson, Pieter T. J., Duffy, Paul A., Hufft, Rebecca A., Barnett, David T., Allan, Brian F., Amman, Brian R., Barker, Christopher M., Barrera, Roberto, Beard, Charles B., Beati, Lorenza, Begon, Mike, Blackmore, Mark S., Bradshaw, William E., Brisson, Dustin, Calisher, Charles H., Childs, James E., Diuk-Wasser, Maria, Douglass, Richard J., Eisen, Rebecca J., Foley, Desmond H., Foley, Janet E., Gaff, Holly D., Gardner, Scott L. et al. 2016. "Tick-, mosquito-, and rodent-borne parasite sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network." Ecosphere, 7, (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1271. 2016
- Kelly, Daryl J., Foley, Desmond H., and Richards, Allen L. 2015. "A Spatiotemporal Database to Track Human Scrub Typhus Using the VectorMap Application." PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9, (12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004161. 2015
- Rueda, Leopoldo M., Foley, Desmond H., Pecor, David, and Wolkoff, Matthew. 2015. "Records and distribution of New World Phlebotomine sand flies (Psychodidae, Diptera), with special emphasis on primary types and species diversity." U.S.Army Medical Department Journal, Jul-Sep 33–46. 2015
- Foley, Desmond H., Linton, Yvonne-Marie, Ruiz-Lopez, J., Conn, Jan E., Sallum, Maria Anice M., Póvoa, Marinete, M., Bergo, Eduardo S., Oliveira, Tatiane M. P., Sucupira, Izis, and Wilkerson, Richard C. 2014. "Geographic distribution, evolution, and disease importance of species within the Neotropical Anopheles albitarsis Group (Diptera, Culicidae)." Journal of Vector Ecology, 39, (1) 168–181. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2014.12084.x. 2014
- Stich, Roger W., Blagburn, Byron L., Bowman, Dwight D., Carpenter, Christopher, Cortinas, M. Roberto, Ewing, Sidney A., Foley, Desmond, Foley, Janet E., Gaff, Holly, Hickling, Graham J., Lash, R. Ryan, Little, Susan E., Lund, Catherine, Lund, Robert, Mather, Thomas N., Needham, Glen R., Nicholson, William L., Sharp, Julia, Varela-Stokes, Andrea, and Wang, Dongmei. 2014. "Quantitative factors proposed to influence the prevalence of canine tick-borne disease agents in the United States." Parasites & Vectors, 7 417–417. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-417. 2014
- Loaiza, Jose R., Miller, Matthew J., Bermingham, Eldredge, Sanjur, Oris I., Jansen, Patrick A., Rovira, Jose R., Álvarez, Eric A., Rodriguez, Eric, Davis, Philip, Dutari, Larissa C., Pecor, James, Foley, Desmond, Radtke, Meghan, and Pongsiri, Montira J. 2013. "Amblyomma tapirellum (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from tropical forest canopy." F1000 Research, 2, (194). https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.2-194.v1. 2013
- Linton, Yvonne-Marie, Pecor, James E., Porter, Charles H., Mitchell, Luke Brett, Garzon-Moreno, Andres, Foley, Desmond H., Pecor, David Brooks, and Wilkerson, Richard C. 2013. "Mosquitoes of eastern Amazonian Ecuador: biodiversity, bionomics and barcodes." Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 108 100–U132. https://doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276130440. 2013
- Foley, Desmond H., Wilkerson, Richard C., Dornak, L. Lynnette, Pecor, David B., Nyari, Arpad S., Rueda, Leopoldo M., Long, Lewis S., and Richardson, Jason H. 2012. "SandflyMap: leveraging spatial data on sand fly vector distribution for disease risk assessments." Geospatial Health, 6, (3) S25–S30. 2012
- Foley, Desmond. 2010. "A Spreadsheet Mapping Approach for Error Checking and Sharing Collection Point Data." Biodiversity Informatics, 7, (3) 137–142. https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v7i3.3986. 2010
- Rueda, Leopoldo M., Li, Cong, Kim, Heung Chul, Klein, Terry A., Foley, Desmond H., and Wilkerson, Richard C. 2010. "Anopheles Belenrae, a Potential Vector of Plasmodium Vivax in the Republic of Korea." Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 26, (4) 430–432. https://doi.org/10.2987/10-6057.1. 2010
- Rueda, Leopoldo M., Brown, Tracy, Kim, Heung Chul, Chong, Sung-Tae, Klein, Terry A., Foley, Desmond H., Anyamba, Assaf, Smith, Matthew, Pak, Edwin P., and Wilkerson, Richard C. 2010. "Species composition, larval habitats, seasonal occurrence and distribution of potential malaria vectors and associated species of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Republic of Korea." Malaria Journal, 9, (55) 55–55. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-55. 2010
- Foley, Desmond H., Wilkerson, Richard C., and Rueda, Leopoldo M. 2009. "Importance of the “What,” “When,” and “Where” of Mosquito Collection Events." Journal of medical entomology, 46, (4) 717–722. https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0401. 2009
- Foley, Desmond H., Kim, H. C., Wilkerson, Richard C., Rueda, Leopoldo M., and Klein, T. A. 2008. "Malaria risk assessment for the Republic of Korea based on models of mosquito distribution." AMEDD Journal, (-) 46–53. 2008
- Foley, Desmond H., Wilkerson, Richard C., Rueda, Leopoldo M., and Peterson, A. T. 2008. "Potential distribution of two species in the medically important Anopheles minimus complex (Diptera: Culicidae)." Journal of medical entomology, 45, (5) 852–860. https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[852:PDOTSI]2.0.CO;2. 2008
- Foley, Desmond H., Wilkerson, Richard C., Cooper, R. D., Volovsek, M. E., and Bryan, J. H. 2007. "A molecular phylogeny of Anopheles annulipes (Diptera: Culicidae) sensu lato; the most species-rich anopheline complex." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43 283–297. 2007
- Boyd, A-M and Foley, Desmond H. 2007. "Distribution of sibling species of the Anopheles annulipes complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Townsville region of Australia." Australian Journal of Entomology, 46 133–139. 2007
- Foley, Desmond H., Wilkerson, Richard C., and Rueda, Leopoldo M. 2007. "Insight into global mosquito biogeography from country species records." Journal of medical entomology, 44, (4) 554–567. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/44.4.554. 2007
- Foley, Desmond H., Bryan, J. H., and Wilkerson, Richard C. 2007. "Species-richness of the Anopheles annulipes complex (Diptera: Culicidae) revealed by tree and model-based allozyme clustering analyses." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 91 523–539. 2007
- Foley, Desmond H., Weitzman, Anna L., Miller, Scott E., Faran, Michael E., Rueda, Leopoldo M., and Wilkerson, Richard C. 2007. "The value of georeferenced collection records for predicting patterns of mosquito species richness and endemism in the Neotropics." Ecological Entomology, 33, (1) 12–23. 2007
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Dataset
- Christensen, Jamie and Foley, Desmond. 2018. [Dataset] Mosquito Occurrence Dataset. Distributed by GBIF for Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.15468/tw2y9b. 2018
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- National Museum of Natural History Academic Department
