Dr. Deborah Roan Smith
- Professor
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Office: Haworth Hall 3038
Biography —
Dr. Deborah Smith's research combines molecular systematics with the study of social arthropods
Research —
CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS (1) Population genetics of presocial and social spiders in the genus Stegodyphus (Eresidae): with Dr. Yael Lubin, University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel. (2) Population structure in the colonial orb-weaver, Cyrtophora citricola (Araneidae) with Dr. Yael Lubin, University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Israel. (3) Social behavior in group-living kleptopasasitic spiders (Araneae: Argyrodinae) with Yong-Chao Su, University of Kansas. (4) Biogeography of Asian Apis. (5) Coevolution of Apis and Varroa in Asia. (6) Biology of Asian stingless bees.
Selected Publications —
Sivayyapram, V., Smith, D. R., WeingdowNatapot, S., & Warrit, N. (2017). A new Liphistius species (Mesothelae: Liphistiidae: Liphistiinae) from Thailand, with notes on its natural history [Other]. In Journal of Arachnology (Vol. 45, Issue 3, pp. 287–295). Allen Press.
Ventura, L., Smith, D. R., & Lubin, Y. (2017). Crowding leads to fitness benefits and reduced dispersal in a colonial spider. [Journal Articles]. Behavioral Ecology, 28(5), 1384–1392. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx106
Chomphuphuang, N., Smith, D. R., Wongvilas, S., Sivayyapram, V., Songsangchote, C., & Warrit, N. (2017). New species of Southeast Asian Dwarf Tarantula from Thailand: Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 (Theraphosidae, Selenocosmiinae). [Journal Articles]. ZooKeys, 684, 57–73. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.684.12558
Yip, E. C., Berner-Aharon, N., Smith, D. R., & Lubin, Y. D. (2016). Coy males and seductive females in the sexually cannibalistic colonial spider, Cyrtophora citricola [Journal Articles]. PLoS1, 11(6), e0155433. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0155433
Smith, D. R., Su, Y.-C., Berger-Tal, R., & Lubin, Y. D. (2016). Population genetic evidence for sex-specific dispersal in an inbred social spider [Journal Articles]. Ecology and Evolution, 6(15), 5479–5490. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2200
DeFelice, D. S., Ross, C., Simone-Finstrom, M., Warrit, N., Smith, D. R., Burgett, M., Sukumalanand , P., & Rueppell, O. (2015). Geographic variation in polyandry of the eastern honey bee, Apis cerana, in Thailand [Journal Articles]. Insectes Sociaux, 62, DOI 10.1007/s00040-01400371-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-014-0371-5
Su, Y.-C., & Smith, D. R. (2014). Evolution of host use, group-living, and foraging behaviors in kleptoparasitic spiders: Molecular phylogeny of the Argyrodinae (Araneae: Theridiidae) [Journal Articles]. Invertebrate Systematics., 28, 415–431. https://doi.org/10.1071/IS14010
Berger-Tal, R., Tuni, C., Lubin, Y., Smith, D., & Bilde, T. (2014). Fitness consequences of outcrossing in a social spider with an inbreeding mating system [Journal Articles]. Evolution, 68(2), 343–351. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.12264
Al-Ghamdi, A. A., Nuru, A., Khanbash, M. S., & Smith, D. R. (2013). Geographical distribution and population variation of Apis mellifera jemenitica Ruttner [Journal Articles]. Journal of Apicultural Research, 52(3), 124–133. https://doi.org/10.3896/IBRA.1.52.3.03
Selected Presentations —
Sivayyapram, V., Smith, D., & Warrit, N. (7/2/2016 - 7/9/2016). A new primitive trap door spider in Thailand. International Congress of Arachnology. Golden, CO, USA
Su, Y., & Smith, D. (7/2/2016 - 7/9/2016). Geographic structure and gene flow in a range expanding communal spider, Cyrtophora citricola (Araneidae) in Israel. International Congress of Arachnology. Golden, CO, USA
Smith, D. R. (5/31/2016). Why study abroad at the University of Kansas?. Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand