Bernice Demarco

Biography

Bernice DeMarco, SI Postdoctoral Fellow, (Hymenoptera), Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History NMNH, United States. She done Ph.D. Michigan State University, M.Sc. University of Missouri, B.S. Purdue University

Research Interest

Bernice DeMarco interested in evolution and systematics of ants (Formicidae), as well as their behavior and morphology. She focused on the genera Aphaenogaster and Novomessor.As a PhD student, She used morphology combined with molecular data from five genes (CO1, CAD, EF1αF2, LWR and Wingless) to reconstruct a phylogeny for 44 Aphaenogaster and outgroup species. Most taxa were resolved, but some species in the Aphaenogaster rudis complex are still unresolved.