Brunke, Adam, Ph.D.

Research scientist

Contact Information:

960 Carling Ave
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6
Telephone: 613-759-1903
Email: adam.brunke@canada.ca

Assess interactions and impacts between invasive alien species, agricultural practices and arthropod biodiversity
Develop a national arthropod information system through the Canadian national collection of insects, arachnids and nematodes, provision of expert identification, consultation and training
Develop systematic knowledge of arthropod pests, beneficial arthropods, and environmentally sensitive arthropods

Brunke, A.J., Bouchard, P., Douglas, H.B. and Pentinsaari, M. 2019. Coleoptera of Canada. In: Langor, D.W., Sheffield, C.S. (Eds) The Biota of Canada – A biodiversity assessment. Part 1: the terrestrial arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 361-376.

Klimaszewski J, Webster R, Langor D, Brunke AJ, Davies A, Bourdon C, Labrecque M, Newton AF, Dorval J-A, Frank JH. 2018. Aleocharine rove beetles of Eastern Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): a glimpse of megadiversity. Springer Nature: Cham, Switzerland. 902 pp.
Kypke, J.L., Solodovnikov, A., Brunke, A., Yamamoto, S., Żyła, D. (2019). The past and the present through phylogenetic analysis: the rove beetle tribe Othiini now and 99 Ma, 44(1), 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/syen.12305
Schillhammer, H. and Brunke, A. 2018. Eureka: discovery of male Turgiditarsus Schillhammer reveals its placement in Acylophorina and resolves phylogenetic relationships within the subtribe (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny. 76: 303-322.

Brunke, A., Smetana, A., Carruthers-Lay, D., Buffam, J. (2017). Revision of Hemiquedius Casey (Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) and a review of beetles dependent on beavers and muskrats in North America, 2017(702), 27-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.702.19936
Brunke, A.J., Chatzimanolis, S., Metscher, B.D., Wolf-Schwenninger, K., Solodovnikov, A. (2017). Dispersal of thermophilic beetles across the intercontinental Arctic forest belt during the early Eocene, 7(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13207-4
Brunke, A.J., Schillhammer, H., Chatzimanolis, S. (2017). The first fossil rove beetle from the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation (North America) provides evidence for ancient Eocene relicts within the hyperdiverse Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), 15(12), 1015-1025. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2016.1266402
Chani-Posse, M.R., Brunke, A.J., Chatzimanolis, S., Schillhammer, H., Solodovnikov, A. (2018). Phylogeny of the hyper-diverse rove beetle subtribe Philonthina with implications for classification of the tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), 34(1), 1-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cla.12188
Jałoszyński, P., Brunke, A.J., Metscher, B., Zhang, W.-W., Bai, M. (2017). Clidicostigus gen. nov., the first Mesozoic genus of Mastigini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Cenomanian Burmese amber, 72 110-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.022

Brunke, A., Hansen, A. K., Salnitska, M., Kypke, J. L., Escalona, H., Chapados, J.T., Eyres, J., Richter, R., Smetana, A., Ślipiński, A., Zwick, A., Hájek, J., Leschen, R., Solodovnikov, A. and J.R. Dettman. 2020. StaphBaits: using phylogenomics to densely sample and systematically revise hyperdiverse Quediini (Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America. Virtual meeting, [recorded audio]. Invited speaker.
Chatzimanolis, S. and Brunke, A. 2020. A new brachypterous genus of Xanthopygina from the northern Andes. Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America. Virtual meeting, [recorded audio].
Fernandez-Triana, J., Douglas, H., Huber, J.T., Brunke, A., Lonsdale, O., Sinclair, B., Gibson, G., and Mason, P. 2020. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes: update for AAFC Biological Control Working Group. 1–4.

Brunke, A. and A. Smetana. 2019. Phylogenetic analysis reveals major lineages of Staphylinina (Staphylinidae: Staphylinini). Oral presentation. Annual Meeting on the Systematics and Biology of Staphylinidae. Verona, Italy.

Brunke, A., Solodovnikov, A., Salnitska, M., Hansen, A., Zmudzinska, A. and A. Smetana. 2018. Re-evaluating Holarctic species: cryptic diversity in Quedionuchus plagiatus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Oral presentation. Annual Meeting on the Systematics and Biology of Staphylinidae. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Brunke, A., Solodovnikov, A., Salnitska, M., Hansen, A., Zmudzinska, A. and A. Smetana. 2018. Re-evaluating Holarctic species: cryptic diversity in Quedionuchus plagiatus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Oral presentation. Joint Annual Meeting, Entomological Societies of Canada and America. Vancouver, Canada.
Chatzimanolis, S. and Brunke, A. 2018. Are these new genera? A morphological phylogenetic analysis of Xanthopygina. Oral presentation. Joint Annual Meeting, Entomological Societies of Canada and America. Vancouver, Canada.
Chatzimanolis, S. and Brunke, A.J. 2018. Review: Handbook of Zoology, Beutal et al. 2016. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 72: 138-139.

Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Brunke, A., Davies, A.E., Douglas, H., Smith, A.B.T. and Manoogian, J. 2017. 150 years of new beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) described in The Canadian Entomologist (1868-2017) and associated publications. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of Canada. 2017. Winnipeg, Canada.
Brunke, A., Smetana, A. and Buffam, J. 2017. Vertebrates as drivers of speciation in Nearctic Staphylinidae. Oral presentation. 31th Annual Meeting on the Systematics and Biology of Staphylinidae. Helsinki, Finland.
Kypke, J., Yamamoto, S., Solodovnikov, A., Brunke, A., Zyla, D. 2017. The past and the present: The rove beetle tribe Othiini now and 99 million years ago. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America. Denver, United States