Windsor, Donald
Fellowship Advisor Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staffWindsor, Donald
Fellowship Advisor Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staffMacroevolutionary studies of Tortoise Beetle (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) diversification related to food plant, parasitoid and mite associations worldwide.
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.S., Purdue University
- Ph.D., Cornell University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- García-Lozano, Marleny, Henzler, Christine, Porras, Miguel Ángel González, Pons, Inès, Berasategui, Aileen, Lanz, Christa, Budde, Heike, Oguchi, Kohei, Matsuura, Yu, Pauchet, Yannick, Goffredi, Shana, Fukatsu, Takema, Windsor, Donald, and Salem, Hassan. 2024. "Paleocene origin of a streamlined digestive symbiosis in leaf beetles." Current Biology, 34 1621–1634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.070. 2024
- Berasategui, Aileen, Breitenbach, Noa, García-Lozano, Marleny, Pons, Inès, Sailer, Brigitte, Lanz, Christa, Rodríguez, Viterbo, Hipp, Katharina, Ziemert, Nadine, Windsor, Donald, and Salem, Hassan. 2022. "The leaf beetle Chelymorpha alternans propagates a plant pathogen in exchange for pupal protection." Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.07.065. 2022
- Strickland, Lynette R., Windsor, Donald, and Cáceres, Carla E. 2022. "Variation in contact chemical cues may mediate differential predator response in the colour polymorphic tortoise beetle, Chelymorpha alternans." Ecological Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13191. 2022
- Strickland, Lynette R., Fuller, Rebecca C., Windsor, Donald, and Caceres, Carla E. 2021. "A potential role for overdominance in the maintenance of colour variation in the Neotropical tortoise beetle, Chelymorpha alternans." Journal of Evolutionary Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13779. 2021
- Leocádio, Michele, Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukas, Schrago, Carlos G., Mermudes, José R. M., and Windsor, Donald M. 2020. "Molecular systematics reveals the origins of subsociality in tortoise beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)." Systematic Entomology, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12434. 2020
- Anino, Yostin J., Cambra, Roberto A., Windsor, Donald M., Zuniga, Ronald, and Quintero, Diomedes. 2020. "Review of Scolia (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) from Central America, Including Seasonal Flight Activity in Scolia Guttata." Acta Biológica Colombiana, 25, (2) 202–209. https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v25n2.77590. 2020
- Salem, Hassan, Kirsch, Roy, Pauchet, Yannick, Berasategui, Aileen, Fukumori, Kayoko, Moriyama, Minoru, Cripps, Michael, Windsor, Donald, Fukatsu, Takema, and Gerardo, Nicole M. 2020. "Symbiont Digestive Range Reflects Host Plant Breadth in Herbivorous Beetles." Current Biology, 30, (15) 2875–2886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.043. 2020
- Strickland, Lynette R., Arias, Carlos F., Rodriguez, Viterbo, Johnston, J. S., McMillan, W. O., and Windsor, Donald M. 2019. "Inheritance, distribution and genetic differentiation of a color polymorphism in Panamanian populations of the tortoise beetle, Chelymorpha alternans (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)." Heredity, 122 558–569. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-018-0149-z. 2019
- Morrison, Colin R., Aubert, Clement, and Windsor, Donald M. 2019. "Variation in Host Plant Usage and Diet Breadth Predict... - Google Scholar." Environmental Entomology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy194. 2019
- Haddad, Stephanie, Shin, Seunggwan, Lemmon, Alan R., Lemmon, Emily Moriarty, Svacha, Petr, Farell, Brian, Ślipiński, Adam, Windsor, Donald M., and Mckenna, Duane D. 2018. "Anchored hybrid enrichment provides new insights into the phylogeny and evolution of longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae)." Systematic Entomology, 43, (1) 68–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12257. 2018
- Cambra, Roberto A., Williams, Kevin A., Quintero, Diomedes, Windsor, Donald M., Pickering, John, and Saavedra, Daisy. 2018. "Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in Panama: new species, sex associations and seasonal fight activity." Insecta Mundi, 1–17. 2018
- Świętojańska, Jolanta, Sekerka, Lukas, Borowiec, Lech, Kwiatek, Adrian, and Windsor, Donald M. 2018. "Description and Comparison of Immature Stages of Four Ischyrosonychini Chapuis, 1875 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Species." Annales Zoologici, 68, (2) 317–343. https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.2.007. 2018
- Simões, Marianna V. P., Baca, Stephen M., Toussaint, Emmanuel F. A., Windsor, Donald M., and Short, Andrew E. Z. 2018. "Solving a thorny situation: DNA and morphology illuminate the evolution of the leaf beetle tribe Dorynotini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly079. 2018
- Morrison, Colin R. and Windsor, Donald M. 2017. "The Life History of Chelymorpha alternans (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) in Panamá." Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 20, (10) 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/sax075. 2017
- Flinte, Vivian, Herzog Viana, Jessica, Valverde Macedo, Margarete, Windsor, Donald M., and Sekerka, Lukas. 2016. "Revalidation and redescription of three distinct species synonymized as Plagiometriona sahlbergi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)." Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 56, (2) 743–754. 2016
- Pasteels, Jacques M., Deparis, Olivier, Mouchet, Sé, Windsor, Donald M., and Billen, Johan. 2016. "Structural and physical evidence for an endocuticular gold reflector in the tortoise beetle, Charidotella ambita." Arthropod Structure & Development, 45, (6) 509–518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2016.10.008. 2016
- Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney, Hrabar, Michael, Delgado, Juan A., Collantes, Francisco, Dötterl, Stefan, Windsor, Donald M., and Gries, Gerhard. 2015. "We do not select, nor are we choosy: reproductive biology of Strepsiptera (Insecta)." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116, (1) 221–238. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12585. 2015
- Sekerka, Lukáš, Windsor, Donald M., and Dury, Guillaume J. 2014. "Cladispa Baly: revision, biology and reassignment of the genus to the tribe Spilophorini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)." Systematic Entomology, 39, (3) 518–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12070. 2014
- Beran, Franziska, Geiselhardt, Sven, Vargas, Gloria, and Windsor, Donald M. 2014. "Cuticular Extracts from Acromis sparsa (Coleoptera: Cassidinae) Mediate Arrestment Behavior of the Commensal Canestriniid Mite Grandiella rugosita." Journal of chemical ecology, 40, (9) 996–1002. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0494-1. 2014
- Carvalho, Mónica R., Wilf, Peter, Barrios, Hector, Windsor, Donald M., Currano, Ellen D., Labandeira, Conrad C., and Jaramillo, Carlos A. 2014. "Insect Leaf-Chewing Damage Tracks Herbivore Richness in Modern and Ancient Forests." PLoS ONE, 9, (5) 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094950. 2014
- Prado, Alberto, Sierra, Adriel, Windsor, Donald M., and Bede, Jacqueline C. 2014. "Leaf Traits and Herbivory Levels in a Tropical Gymnosperm, Zamia Stevensonii (Zamiaceae)." American Journal of Botany, 101, (3) 1–11. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300337. 2014
- Dury, Guillaume J., Bede, Jacqueline C., and Windsor, Donald M. 2014. "Preemptive circular defence of immature insects: Definition and occurrences of Cycloalexy revisited." Pysche, 2014 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/642908. 2014
- Sekerka, Lukáš, Windsor, Donald M., and Staines, Charles L. 2013. "A new species of Cephaloleia from Panama with description of larva and first record of orchid-feeding in Cephaloleiini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)." Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 53, (1) 303–314. 2013
- Windsor, Donald M., Dury, Guillaume, Frieiro-Costa, Fernando, Lanckowsky, Susanne, and Pasteels, Jacques M. 2013. "Subsocial Neotropical Doryphorini (Chrysomelidae, Chrysomelinae): new observations on behavior, host plants and systematics." ZooKeys, 332, (Special Issue) 71–93. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.332.5199. 2013
- Prado, Alberto, Mckenna, Duane D., and Windsor, Donald M. 2012. "Molecular evidence of cycad seed predation by immature Aulacoscelidinae (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae)." Systematic Entomology, 37, (4) 747–757. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00639.x. 2012
- Sekerka, Lukas and Windsor, Donald M. 2012. "Two New Species of Plagiometriona From Bolivia and Ecuador (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Cassidini)." Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 62, (4) 669–677. https://doi.org/10.3161/000345412X659722. 2012
- Meskens, Christophe, Mckenna, Duane, Hance, Thierry, and Windsor, Donald M. 2011. "Host plant taxonomy and phenotype influence the structure of a neotropical host plant-hispine beetle food web." Ecological Entomology, 36, (4) 480–489. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01294.x. 2011
- Prado, Alberto, Ledezma, Julieta, Cubilla-Rios, Luis, Bede, Jacqueline, and Windsor, Donald M. 2011. "Two genera of Aulacoscelinae beetles reflexively bleed Azoxyglycosides found in their host Cycads." Journal of chemical ecology, 37, (7) 736–740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-011-9977-5. 2011
- Azpurua, Jorge, Cruz, De La, Valderama, Anayansi, and Windsor, Donald M. 2010. "Lutzomyia sand fly diversity and rates of infection by Wolbachia and an exotic Leishmania species on Barro Colorado Island, Panama." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 4, (3) e627. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000627. 2010
- Dagvadorj, Enkhmaa, Shaker, Kamel H., Windsor, Donald M., Schneider, Bernd, and Boland, Wilhelm. 2010. "Phenolic glucosides from Hasseltia floribunda." Phytochemistry, 71, (16) 1900–1907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.08.004. 2010
- Flinte, Vivian, Windsor, Donald M., Sekerka, Lukas, de Macedo, Margarete Valverde, and Ferreira Monteiro, Ricardo. 2010. "Plagiometriona emarcida (Boheman, 1855) and Plagiometriona forcipata (Boheman, 1855) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae), a single species differing in larval performance and adult phenotype." Journal of Natural History, 44, (15-16) 891–904. 2010
- Vigneron, Jean Pol, Simonis, Priscilla, Aiello, Annette, Bay, Annick, Windsor, Donald M., Colomer, Jean-Francois, and Rassart, Marie. 2010. "Reverse color sequence in the diffraction of white light by the wing of the male butterfly Pierella luna (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)." Physical Review E, 82, (2) 021903–021903. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.82.021903. 2010
- Espino, C. I., Gomez, T., Gonzalez, G., do Santos, M. F. Brazil, Solano, J., Sousa, O., Moreno, N., Windsor, Donald M., Ying, A., Vilchez, S., and Osuna, A. 2009. "Detection of Wolbachia Bacteria in Multiple Organs and Feces of the Triatomine Insect Rhodnius pallescens (Hemiptera, Reduviidae)." Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75, (2) 547–550. 2009
- Helson, Julie E., Capson, Todd L., Johns, Timothy, Aiello, Annette, and Windsor, Donald M. 2009. "Ecological and evolutionary bioprospecting: using aposemantic insects as guides to rainforest plants active against disease." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 7, (3) 130–134. https://doi.org/10.1890/070189. 2009
- Van Bael, Sunshine A., Valencia, Mariana C., Rojas, Enith I., Gomez Q., Nelida E., Windsor, Donald M., and Herre, Edward Allen. 2009. "Effects of foliar endophytic fungi on the preference and performance of the leaf beetle Chelymorpha alternans in Panama." Biotropica, 41, (2) 221–225. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00476.x. 2009
- Meskens, Christophe, Windsor, Donald M., and Hance, Thierry. 2008. "A comparison of hispine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) associated with three orders of monocot host plants in lowland Panamá." International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 27, (3) 159–171. 2008
- Helson, Julie E., Capson, Todd L., Johns, Timothy, Aiello, Annette, and Windsor, Donald M. 2008. "Ecological and evolutionary bioprospecting: using aposematic insects as guides to rainforest plants active against disease." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 7, (1) 1–10. 2008
- Swietojanska, Jolanta and Windsor, Donald M. 2008. "Immature stages of Azteriza flavicornis (Olivier) and Physonota alutacea Boheman (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)." Annales Zoologici, 58, (3) 641–665. https://doi.org/10.3161/000345408X364472. 2008
- Espino, C. I., Gomez, T., Gonzalez, G., do Santos, M. F. Brazil, Solano, J., Sousa, Octavio E., Moreno, N., Windsor, Donald M., Ying, A., Vilchez, S., and Osuna, A. 2008. "Multi-organ and fecal detection of Wolbachia in triatomine Rhodnius pallescens (Hemiptera, Reduviidae)." Applied and Environmental Microbiology, AEM.01665–08; Espino, C. I. Gomez, T. Gonzalez, G. 2008
- Descampe, A., Meskens, Christophe, Pasteels, Jacques M., Windsor, Donald M., and Hance, Thierry. 2008. "Potential and realized feeding niches of neotropical hispine beetles (Chrysomelidae : Cassidinae, Cephaloleiini)." Environmental Entomology, 37, (1) 224–229. https://doi.org/10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[224:PARFNO]2.0.CO;2. 2008
- Clark, M. E., Bailey-Jourdain, C., Ferree, P. M., England, S. J., Sullivan, W., Windsor, Donald M., and Werren, J. H. 2008. "Wolbachia modification of sperm does not always require residence within developing sperm." Heredity, 101, (5) 420–428. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2008.71. 2008
- Cuignet, M., Hance, T., and Windsor, Donald M. 2007. "Phylogenetic relationships of egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and correlated life history characteristics of their Neotropical Cassidinae hosts (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42, (3) 573–584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.09.005. 2007
- Richards, Lora A. and Windsor, Donald M. 2007. "Seasonal variation of arthropod abundance in gaps and the understorey of a lowland moist forest in Panamá." Journal of Tropical Ecology, 23, (2) 169–176. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467406003907. 2007
- Vigneron, Jean Pol, Pasteels, Jacques M., Windsor, Donald M., Vertesy, Zofia, Rassart, Marie, Seldrum, Thomas, Dumont, Jacques, Deparis, Olivier, Lousse, Virginie, Biro, Laszlo P., Ertz, Damien, and Welch, Victoria. 2007. "Switchable reflector in the Panamanian Tortoise Beetle Charidotella egregia (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)." Physical Review E, 76, (3) 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.031907. 2007
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Chapter
- Cuignet, M., Windsor, Donald M., Reardon, J., and Hence, T. 2008. "The diversity and specificity of parasitoids attacking Neotropical tortoise beetles (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)." In Research on Chrysomelidae. Jolivet, P. H., Santiago-Blay, Jorge A., and Schmitt, M., editors. 345–367. Leiden: The Netherlands. 1 2008
- Windsor, Donald M. 2007. "Historia natural del escarabajo subsocial Acromis sparsa Boheman (escarabajo tortuga) (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) en Panamá." In Ecología y evolución en los trópicos. Leigh, Egbert Giles, Jr., Herre, Edward Allen, Jackson, Jeremy B. C., and Santos-Granero, Fernando, editors. 177–190. Panama: Editora Nova Art. 2007
Editor Of
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Book
- Maes, Jean Michel, Hernández-Baz, Fernando, Albertos, José Clavijo, Mazzucconi, Silvia A., Opitz, Weston, Windsor, Donald M., Ríos, Miguel Ángel Morón, Schuster, Jack, Ledezma, Julieta, and Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik, editors. 2016. Catalago de los Chrysomelidae de Nicaragua: Parte IX Cassidinae Hispinos. 2016
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Department
