Ashley P. G. Dowling Data-verified
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Entomology & Plant Pathology
30 h-index
280 pubs
3,682 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Ashley P. G. Dowling, Professor in Entomology & Plant Pathology at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, conducts research that spans multiple areas of arthropod biology and its applications. With a substantial body of work, Dowling has an h-index of 30 and over 3,600 citations across 271 publications. A significant portion of this research involves the study of mites, including their phylogeny, host specificity, and their impact on both animal and human health. This includes investigations into mite infestations and their role in disease transmission, as evidenced by work on ectoparasites causing human dermatitis and collaborations on tick distributions and pathogen prevalence.
Dowling's research also extends to broader arthropod understanding and technological applications. This is exemplified by a recent $785,872 NSF grant for developing a human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence system for high-throughput automated identification of ground-dwelling arthropods. This project highlights a focus on leveraging AI and large-scale datasets for biological identification, as seen in publications related to insect foundation models and visual understanding. Collaborations within the University of Arkansas are prominent, with numerous shared publications with Thanh-Dat Truong, Xuan-Bac Nguyen, Hoang-Quan Nguyen, and Khoa Luu.
Metrics
- h-index: 30
- Publications: 280
- Citations: 3,682
Selected Publications
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Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world (2026)
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A review of Cunaxidae (Acariformes, Trombidiformes): Histories and diagnoses of subfamilies and genera, keys to world species, and some new locality records (2026)
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Contribution to the knowledge of Parichoronyssus bakeri Morales-Malacara and Guerrero, 2007 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae): new locality and host-association records with additional molecular data (2026)
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Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world (2026)
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Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world (2026)
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Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world (2026)
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Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world (2026)
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Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world (2026)
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Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world (2026)
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Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world (2026)
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A survey of vector-borne bacteria in bat-associated mites (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae and Spinturnicidae) from Brazil reveals the presence of Ehrlichia spp. (2026)
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Sleeping with the enemy II: Expanding the ecological, molecular, and epidemiological knowledge of the tropical fowl mite, Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (2025)
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Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large Multimodal Dataset for Vision-Language Insect Understanding (2025)
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Contribution to the knowledge of <i>Periglischrus iheringi</i> Oudemans, 1902 (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) associated with <i>Artibeus</i> bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Brazil (2025)
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Molecular evidence of Wolbachia in bat-associated mite Periglischrus Iheringi Oudemans, 1902 (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) from Brazil (2024)
Federal Grants 1 $785,872 total
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Ricardo Bassini‐Silva
Instituto Butantan (BR)
13 shared publications
- Sleeping with the enemy: case reports of Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) causing human dermatitis in Brazil
- A catalogue of spinturnicid species (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) from Brazil: distribution, host-specificity, and new locality records
- Unusual association between Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) and Parabuteo unicinctus (Temminck, 1824) (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) in Paraíba State, Brazil
- Mites (Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) associated with hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae) in Brazil
- A new locality record for Radfordiella desmodi Radovsky, 1967 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) parasitizing the vampire bat in Brazil
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
13 shared publications
- Sleeping with the enemy: case reports of Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) causing human dermatitis in Brazil
- A catalogue of spinturnicid species (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) from Brazil: distribution, host-specificity, and new locality records
- Unusual association between Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) and Parabuteo unicinctus (Temminck, 1824) (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) in Paraíba State, Brazil
- Mites (Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) associated with hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae) in Brazil
- A new locality record for Radfordiella desmodi Radovsky, 1967 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) parasitizing the vampire bat in Brazil
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
Darci Moraes Barros‐Battesti
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
12 shared publications
- Sleeping with the enemy: case reports of Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) causing human dermatitis in Brazil
- A catalogue of spinturnicid species (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) from Brazil: distribution, host-specificity, and new locality records
- Mites (Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) associated with hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae) in Brazil
- A new locality record for Radfordiella desmodi Radovsky, 1967 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) parasitizing the vampire bat in Brazil
- Occurrence of the mite Acanthonyssus proechimys (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) on a spiny rat in Brazil
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Marcos Rogério André
Núcleo de Pesquisas Aplicadas (Brazil) (BR)
11 shared publications
- Sleeping with the enemy: case reports of Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) causing human dermatitis in Brazil
- A catalogue of spinturnicid species (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) from Brazil: distribution, host-specificity, and new locality records
- A new locality record for Radfordiella desmodi Radovsky, 1967 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) parasitizing the vampire bat in Brazil
- Occurrence of the mite Acanthonyssus proechimys (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) on a spiny rat in Brazil
- Molecular detection of Bartonella spp. in bat-associated macronyssid mites (Acari: Macronyssidae) from Southern and Southeastern Brazil
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Khoa Luu
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
9 shared publications
In database
- Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large-Scale 1M Dataset for Visual Insect Understanding
- OTAdapt: Optimal Transport-based Approach For Unsupervised Domain Adaptation
- Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large Multimodal Dataset for Vision-Language Insect Understanding
- Artificial Intelligence System for Automatic Imaging, Quantification, and Identification of Arthropods in Leaf Litter and Pitfall Samples
- CROVIA: Seeing Drone Scenes from Car Perspective via Cross-View Adaptation
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Ana Cláudia Calchi
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
9 shared publications
- Sleeping with the enemy: case reports of Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) causing human dermatitis in Brazil
- A catalogue of spinturnicid species (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) from Brazil: distribution, host-specificity, and new locality records
- Molecular detection of Bartonella spp. in bat-associated macronyssid mites (Acari: Macronyssidae) from Southern and Southeastern Brazil
- Contribution to the knowledge of <i>Periglischrus iheringi</i> Oudemans, 1902 (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) associated with <i>Artibeus</i> bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Brazil
- Contribution to the knowledge of Parichoronyssus bakeri Morales-Malacara and Guerrero, 2007 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae): new locality and host-association records with additional molecular data
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Gary R. Bauchan
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (US)
9 shared publications
- A New Species of Ultratenuipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil and Re-Description of Ultratenuipalpus meekeri (De Leon), the Type Species of the Genus, with DNA Barcodes
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Thanh-Dat Truong
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
8 shared publications
In database
- Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large-Scale 1M Dataset for Visual Insect Understanding
- OTAdapt: Optimal Transport-based Approach For Unsupervised Domain Adaptation
- Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large Multimodal Dataset for Vision-Language Insect Understanding
- CROVIA: Seeing Drone Scenes from Car Perspective via Cross-View Adaptation
- CoMaL: Conditional Maximum Likelihood Approach to Self-supervised Domain Adaptation in Long-tail Semantic Segmentation
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Fábio Akashi Hernandes
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
8 shared publications
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Ana Carolina Castro-Santiago
Fundação de Estudo e Pesquisa em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (BR)
6 shared publications
- Sleeping with the enemy: case reports of Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) causing human dermatitis in Brazil
- A catalogue of spinturnicid species (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) from Brazil: distribution, host-specificity, and new locality records
- Molecular detection of Bartonella spp. in bat-associated macronyssid mites (Acari: Macronyssidae) from Southern and Southeastern Brazil
- Contribution to the knowledge of <i>Periglischrus iheringi</i> Oudemans, 1902 (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) associated with <i>Artibeus</i> bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Brazil
- Contribution to the knowledge of Parichoronyssus bakeri Morales-Malacara and Guerrero, 2007 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae): new locality and host-association records with additional molecular data
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Victor de Souza Mello-Oliveira
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
6 shared publications
- Molecular detection of Bartonella spp. in bat-associated macronyssid mites (Acari: Macronyssidae) from Southern and Southeastern Brazil
- Contribution to the knowledge of Parichoronyssus bakeri Morales-Malacara and Guerrero, 2007 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae): new locality and host-association records with additional molecular data
- Two case reports of the parasitism of Ophionyssus natricis (Gervais, 1844) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) in captive Epicrates crassus (Cope) (Squamata: Boidae) in Brazil
- Sleeping with the enemy II: Expanding the ecological, molecular, and epidemiological knowledge of the tropical fowl mite, Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888)
- A survey of vector-borne bacteria in bat-associated mites (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae and Spinturnicidae) from Brazil reveals the presence of Ehrlichia spp.
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Xuan-Bac Nguyen
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large-Scale 1M Dataset for Visual Insect Understanding
- OTAdapt: Optimal Transport-based Approach For Unsupervised Domain Adaptation
- OTAdapt: Optimal Transport-based Approach For Unsupervised Domain Adaptation
- Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large-scale 1M Dataset for Visual Insect Understanding
Ana Carolina CASTRO-SANTIAGO
Fundação de Estudo e Pesquisa em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (BR)
4 shared publications
- Occurrence of the mite Acanthonyssus proechimys (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) on a spiny rat in Brazil
- Occurrence of the mite Acanthonyssus proechimys (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) on a spiny rat in Brazil
- Sleeping with the enemy II: Expanding the ecological, molecular, and epidemiological knowledge of the tropical fowl mite, Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese, 1888)
- A survey of vector-borne bacteria in bat-associated mites (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae and Spinturnicidae) from Brazil reveals the presence of Ehrlichia spp.
Hoang-Quan Nguyen
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
4 shared publications
In database
- Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large-Scale 1M Dataset for Visual Insect Understanding
- Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large Multimodal Dataset for Vision-Language Insect Understanding
- Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large Multimodal Dataset for Vision-Language Insect Understanding
- Insect-Foundation: A Foundation Model and Large-scale 1M Dataset for Visual Insect Understanding
Leormando Fortunato Dornelas Júnior
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
4 shared publications
- A catalogue of spinturnicid species (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) from Brazil: distribution, host-specificity, and new locality records
- Contribution to the knowledge of <i>Periglischrus iheringi</i> Oudemans, 1902 (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) associated with <i>Artibeus</i> bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Brazil
- Contribution to the knowledge of Parichoronyssus bakeri Morales-Malacara and Guerrero, 2007 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae): new locality and host-association records with additional molecular data
- Contribution to the knowledge of Parichoronyssus bakeri Morales-Malacara and Guerrero, 2007 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae): new locality and host-association records with additional molecular data
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