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2025
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Kelly Loftin
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Researcher
Faculty Researcher
8 h-index
17 pubs
173 cited
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Kelly Loftin's research focuses on insect and tick ecology, with a particular emphasis on their roles in agricultural and public health contexts within Arkansas. Current work includes studying the impact of livestock grazing on insect populations, including wild bees, and investigating the effectiveness of different sampling methods for insects in pasture ecosystems. Loftin is also involved in efforts to track the distribution and prevalence of pathogens carried by ticks, collaborating with community scientists across Arkansas to update data on Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis and Ehrlichiosis. Additional research areas explore the interactions between specific plant varieties, such as brown midrib sorghum, and insect pests like the fall armyworm. Loftin's work also extends to identifying microbial agents, such as *Metarhizium* species, associated with ticks like *Amblyomma americanum*.
Metrics
- h-index: 8
- Publications: 17
- Citations: 173
Selected Publications
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Assessing the Prevalence of Ehrlichia spp. in Ticks Associated with Canids in Arkansas (2025)
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Natural Panola Mountain Ehrlichia infections in cattle in a longitudinal study of Angus beef calves (2024)
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Brown midrib (BMR) and plant age impact fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) growth and development in sorghum-sudangrass (Sorghum x drummondii) (2024)
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Sheep grazing influences the abundance, diversity, and community composition of wild bees and other insects in livestock pastures (2024)
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Prevalence of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma spp. in Ticks Collected from Cattle and Deer in Arkansas, USA (2023)
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Laboratory Bioassays of a Native Arkansas Isolate of Metarhizium robertsii (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) for the Control of Amblyomma americanum (Acarina: Ixodidae) (2023)
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Tick (Acarina: Ixodidae) Species and Life Stages Collected from Arkansas Wild Pigs (2022)
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Wild bees respond differently to sampling traps with vanes of different colors and light reflectivity in a livestock pasture ecosystem (2022)
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Corrigendum to: Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions (2021)
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Collaborating With Community Scientists Across Arkansas to Update Tick Distributions and Pathogen Prevalence of Spotted Fever Group <i>Rickettsia</i> and <i>Ehrlichia</i> (2021)
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Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions (2021)
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Isolation of Metarhizium guizhouense and Metarhizium robertsii Strains from Soil-Exposed Amblyomma americanum (Acarina: Ixodidae) from Northwest Arkansas, USA (2021)
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Color of Pan Trap Influences Sampling of Bees in Livestock Pasture Ecosystem (2021)
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Distribution of<i>Pseudacteon curvatus</i>and<i>Pseudacteon tricuspis</i>(Diptera: Phoridae) in Arkansas (2011)
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Establishment of<i>Amblyomma maculatum</i>(Gulf Coast Tick) in Arkansas, U.S.A. (2010)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Roshani Sharma Acharya
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
3 shared publications
- Color of Pan Trap Influences Sampling of Bees in Livestock Pasture Ecosystem
- Wild bees respond differently to sampling traps with vanes of different colors and light reflectivity in a livestock pasture ecosystem
- Sheep grazing influences the abundance, diversity, and community composition of wild bees and other insects in livestock pastures
Timothy Leslie
Long Island University (US)
3 shared publications
- Color of Pan Trap Influences Sampling of Bees in Livestock Pasture Ecosystem
- Wild bees respond differently to sampling traps with vanes of different colors and light reflectivity in a livestock pasture ecosystem
- Sheep grazing influences the abundance, diversity, and community composition of wild bees and other insects in livestock pastures
J.M. Burke
Agricultural Research Service (US)
3 shared publications
- Color of Pan Trap Influences Sampling of Bees in Livestock Pasture Ecosystem
- Wild bees respond differently to sampling traps with vanes of different colors and light reflectivity in a livestock pasture ecosystem
- Sheep grazing influences the abundance, diversity, and community composition of wild bees and other insects in livestock pastures
Neelendra K. Joshi
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- Color of Pan Trap Influences Sampling of Bees in Livestock Pasture Ecosystem
- Wild bees respond differently to sampling traps with vanes of different colors and light reflectivity in a livestock pasture ecosystem
- Sheep grazing influences the abundance, diversity, and community composition of wild bees and other insects in livestock pastures
Donald C. Steinkraus
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- Isolation of Metarhizium guizhouense and Metarhizium robertsii Strains from Soil-Exposed Amblyomma americanum (Acarina: Ixodidae) from Northwest Arkansas, USA
- Tick (Acarina: Ixodidae) Species and Life Stages Collected from Arkansas Wild Pigs
- Laboratory Bioassays of a Native Arkansas Isolate of Metarhizium robertsii (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) for the Control of Amblyomma americanum (Acarina: Ixodidae)
Allen L. Szalanski
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- Isolation of Metarhizium guizhouense and Metarhizium robertsii Strains from Soil-Exposed Amblyomma americanum (Acarina: Ixodidae) from Northwest Arkansas, USA
- Tick (Acarina: Ixodidae) Species and Life Stages Collected from Arkansas Wild Pigs
- Laboratory Bioassays of a Native Arkansas Isolate of Metarhizium robertsii (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) for the Control of Amblyomma americanum (Acarina: Ixodidae)
Emily Fitting
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
2 shared publications
In database
- Color of Pan Trap Influences Sampling of Bees in Livestock Pasture Ecosystem
- Sheep grazing influences the abundance, diversity, and community composition of wild bees and other insects in livestock pastures
Austin Goldsmith
United States Department of Agriculture
2 shared publications
In database
- Isolation of Metarhizium guizhouense and Metarhizium robertsii Strains from Soil-Exposed Amblyomma americanum (Acarina: Ixodidae) from Northwest Arkansas, USA
- Laboratory Bioassays of a Native Arkansas Isolate of Metarhizium robertsii (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) for the Control of Amblyomma americanum (Acarina: Ixodidae)
Gary J. Brewer
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
2 shared publications
- Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
- Corrigendum to: Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
Dave J Boxler
2 shared publications
- Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
- Corrigendum to: Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
Luísa N. Domingues
Texas A&M University (US)
2 shared publications
- Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
- Corrigendum to: Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
Rebecca Trout Fryxell
University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
2 shared publications
- Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
- Corrigendum to: Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
Chris J. Holderman
2 shared publications
- Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
- Corrigendum to: Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
Erika T. Machtinger
Pennsylvania State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
- Corrigendum to: Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
Brandon G Smythe
New Mexico State University (US)
2 shared publications
- Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
- Corrigendum to: Horn Fly (Diptera: Muscidae)—Biology, Management, and Future Research Directions
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