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Ashley P. G. Dowling
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Federal Grant PI
High Impact
Professor
Also affiliated: Utah State University (2018); United States Geological Survey (2018); U.S. National Science Foundation (2017); Agricultural Research Service (2018); United States Department of Agriculture (2018); University of Kentucky (2006–2009); University of Michigan (2002–2004); University of Arkansas System (2021–2024); Florida State Collection of Arthropods (2015); University of Maryland, College Park (2016); Carnegie Mellon University (2022)
Entomology & Plant Pathology
31 h-index
211 pubs
3,733 cited
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Ashley P. G. Dowling's research primarily focuses on the identification, classification, and phylogenetic relationships of arthropods, particularly mites and insects. Dowling has published extensively on Hymenoptera, including their classification and molecular phylogenetics, and has investigated mite groups such as Dermanyssoidea and Cunaxidae. Their work has contributed to understanding animal biodiversity and higher-level taxonomic classification.
Dowling is a principal investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant totaling $785,872 for a collaborative project focused on developing a human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence system for high-throughput automated identification of ground-dwelling arthropods. This project leverages computational approaches to enhance taxonomic research.
With a career marked by significant scholarly output, Dowling has an h-index of 31 and has authored over 200 publications, accumulating more than 3,700 citations. Dowling's collaborations within the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville include extensive work with J. Ray Fisher, Thanh-Dat Truong, and Xuan-Bac Nguyen.
Metrics
- h-index: 31
- Publications: 211
- Citations: 3,733
Positions
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Professor 2019–presentUniversity of Arkansas UADA | ENPL | Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology ORCID
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Associate Professor 2013–2019University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Entomology and Plant Pathology ORCID
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Program Director 2016–2018National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology ORCID
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Assistant Professor 2008–2013University of Arkansas Fayetteville Entomology ORCID
Selected Publications
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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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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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Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world (2026)
Federal Grants 1 $785,872 total
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Gary R. Bauchan
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (US)
71 shared publications
- External mouthpart morphology in the Tenuipalpidae (Tetranychoidea): Raoiella a case study
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Dermatitis in humans caused by Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) and new records from Brazil
- Raoiella of the world (Trombidiformes: Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae)
- Scanning electron microscopy vouchers and genomic data from an individual specimen: maximizing the utility of delicate and rare specimens
Showing 5 of 71 shared publications
Fábio Akashi Hernandes
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
66 shared publications
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Dermatitis in humans caused by Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) and new records from Brazil
- Bdellidae Duges 1834
- Bdellinae Duges
- Bdellidae Duges 1834
Showing 5 of 66 shared publications
Michael J. Skvarla
United States Department of Agriculture
22 shared publications
In database
- A review of Cunaxidae (Acariformes, Trombidiformes): Histories and diagnoses of subfamilies and genera, keys to world species, and some new locality records
- Pitfalls and preservatives: a review
- A comparison of trapping techniques (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and Curculionoidea excluding Scolytinae)
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. I. Select beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionoidea excluding Scolytinae)
Showing 5 of 22 shared publications
R. W. Fisher
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
19 shared publications
In database
- Bdellidae Duges 1834
- Bdellidae Duges 1834
- 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 19 shared publications
Ricardo Bassini‐Silva
Instituto Butantan (BR)
16 shared publications
- Dermatitis in humans caused by Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) and new records from Brazil
- A Checklist of Macronyssid Species (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) From Brazil
- 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
- New host association and locality record forPellonyssus gorgasiYunker and Radovsky, 1966 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
Showing 5 of 16 shared publications
Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
15 shared publications
- Dermatitis in humans caused by Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) and new records from Brazil
- A Checklist of Macronyssid Species (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) From Brazil
- 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
- New host association and locality record forPellonyssus gorgasiYunker and Radovsky, 1966 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
Showing 5 of 15 shared publications
Darci Moraes Barros‐Battesti
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (BR)
15 shared publications
- Dermatitis in humans caused by Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese 1888) (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) and new records from Brazil
- A Checklist of Macronyssid Species (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) From Brazil
- 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
- New host association and locality record forPellonyssus gorgasiYunker and Radovsky, 1966 (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
Showing 5 of 15 shared publications
Michael J. Skvarla
United States Department of Agriculture (US)
14 shared publications
- TABLE I in Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- TABLE I in Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Bdellidae
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Biscirus
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Ronald Ochoa
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (US)
14 shared publications
- TABLE I in Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- TABLE I in Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Bdellidae
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Biscirus
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Edward A. Ueckermann
North-West University (ZA)
14 shared publications
- TABLE I in Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- TABLE I in Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Bdellidae
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Biscirus
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
J. Ray Fisher
Entomological Society of America
12 shared publications
In database
- A review of Cunaxidae (Acariformes, Trombidiformes): Histories and diagnoses of subfamilies and genera, keys to world species, and some new locality records
- Catalogue of snout mites (Acariformes: Bdellidae) of the world
- Modern methods and technology for doing classical taxonomy
- Revision of torrent mites (Parasitengona, Torrenticolidae, Torrenticola) of the United States and Canada: 90 descriptions, molecular phylogenetics, and a key to species
- Pre-ballooning inUmmidiaThorell 1875 (Araneae: Ctenizidae) from the Interior Highlands, USA: second account from the region and review of mygalomorph ballooning
Showing 5 of 12 shared publications
Marcos Rogério André
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) (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
- Contribution to the knowledge of Periglischrus iheringi Oudemans, 1902 (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) associated with Artibeus bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Brazil
- Occurrence of the mite Acanthonyssus proechimys (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) on a spiny rat in Brazil
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Danielle M. Fisher
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
10 shared publications
In database
- Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. I. Select beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionoidea excluding Scolytinae)
- Revision of torrent mites (Parasitengona, Torrenticolidae, Torrenticola) of the United States and Canada: 90 descriptions, molecular phylogenetics, and a key to species
- Pre-ballooning inUmmidiaThorell 1875 (Araneae: Ctenizidae) from the Interior Highlands, USA: second account from the region and review of mygalomorph ballooning
- Torrenticola trimaculata n. sp. (Parasitengona: Torrenticolidae), a three-spotted water mite from eastern North America: taxonomic history, species delimitation, and survey of external morphology
- Systematics of testudacarine torrent mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) with descriptions of 13 new species from North America
Showing 5 of 10 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
- Contribution to the knowledge of Periglischrus iheringi Oudemans, 1902 (Mesostigmata: Spinturnicidae) associated with Artibeus bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Brazil
- 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
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Michael J. Skvarla
United States Department of Agriculture (US)
8 shared publications
- Odontoscirinae Grandjean
- 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
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