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PUBLICATIONS OF THE LAB'S MEMBERS
MONTANARO G., GREBENNIKOV V., ROSSINI M., GRAPPUTO A., RUZZIER E., TARASOV S. 2023. Microallopatric speciation in the relict dung beetle genus Grebennikovius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Eastern Arc Mountains. (submitted).
GIRÓN J.C., TARASOV S., GONZÁLEZ MONTAÑA L.A., MATENTZOGLU N., SMITH A.D., KOCH M., BOUDINOT B.E., BOUCHARD P., BURKS R., VOGT L., YODER M., OSUMI-SUTHERLAND D., FRIEDRICH F., BEUTEL R., MIKÓ I. 2023. Formalizing Invertebrate Morphological Data: A Descriptive Model for Cuticle-Based Skeleto-Muscular Systems, an Ontology for Insect Anatomy, and their Potential Applications in Biodiversity Research and Informatics. Systematic Biology: syad025.
TARASOV S., MIKO I., YODER M. 2021. ontoFAST: An R package for interactive and semi-automatic annotation of characters with biological ontologies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution . GitHub:
TARASOV S., UYEDA J. 2020. Causal modeling refutes Hockett's hypothesis that bite configuration affects human sound evolution. Biorxiv, (published as eLetter in Science, click here)
TARASOV S. 2019. Integration of anatomy ontologies and evo-devo using structured Markov models suggests a new framework for modeling discrete phenotypic traits. Systematic Biology, syz005, https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz005
BREESCHOTEN T., DOORENWEERD C., TARASOV S., VOGLER A. 2019. Incorporating older literature into genomic studies: a response to Zunino & Halffter. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.010
TARASOV S. 2017. A cybertaxonomic revision of the new dung beetle tribe Parachoriini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) and its phylogenetic assessment using molecular and morphological data. Zootaxa, 4329 (2): 101–149. (click here to access the interactive key)
TARASOV S. 2013. What one change would most improve work-life balance for scientists? Science, 342 (6154), online version (Letters: NextGen voices),
TAGLIAFERRI F., MORETTO PH., AND TARASOV S. 2012. Essay on the systematics and phylogeny of the Afrotropical Onthophagus Latreille, 1802, belonging to d’Orbigny’s seventh group. Description of a new subgenus and three new species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Onthophagini). Catharsius La Revue, 6, 1-31 (in French)
TARASOV S. AND STEINER H. 2009. The cave fauna of Laos. The Bulletin of Kaluga University. 1, 16-23. (in Russian)
TARASOV S. 2007. The role of coprophagous scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in the ecosystems: a case study of Kaluga region. 9th International Conference – Internas, Theses. 9: 175-178.
ALEXEEV S.K. AND TARASOV S. 2006. Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) collected by the expedition of KSNR to Java, Indonesia. The Subfamilies: Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae. The Bulletin of Kaluga Society for Nature Research. 7: 170-172. (in Russian)
ALEXEEV S.K. AND TARASOV S. 2006. Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 In: The Red book of Kaluga province. Zolotaya Alleya. pp. 294-301. (in Russian)
TARASOV S. 2005. The pastoral and recreation influence on scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). 9-aya mezhdunarodnaya shkola-konferenzia molodyh uchenyh biologia nauka XXI veka, Puschino. 206. (in Russian)
ALEXEEV S.K. AND TARASOV S. 2005. Coprophagous scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidae) of south-east part of Kaluga province. Kozel’skie kraevedchiskie chteniya. 5-6: 223-224. (in Russian)
ALEXEEV S.K. AND TARASOV S. 2005. Rare species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidae) of south-east part of Kaluga province. Kozelskie kraevedchiskie chteniya. 5-6: 212-216. (in Russian)
TARASOV S. 2004. The scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidae) of Lower Volga. Molodost’-nauke, Materialy oblastnoi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferenzii pamiati A.L. Chizhevskogo. 3: 120-123. (in Russian)
ALEXEEV S.K. AND TARASOV S. 2003. First records of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of “Kaluzhskie zaseki” Natural Reserve and adjacent lands. Trudy zapovednika “Kaluzhskie zaseki” 1: 104-107. (in Russian)