Francesco Martoni

Work

La Trobe University

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Adjunct Research Fellow

Australia

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State Government Victoria

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Research Scientist

Australia

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Education

Lincoln University

New Zealand
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PhD in Entomology

Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' di Bologna

Italy
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Master in Biodiversity and Evolution

Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' di Bologna

Italy
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Bachelor in Biology

Publications

An annotated checklist of the psyllids (Hemiptera, Psylloidea) of Norfolk Island with keys to species, new records, and descriptions of two new endemic species

ZooKeys

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Environmental DNA Methods for Detection of Varroa destructor in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Hives

Environmental DNA

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Diversity and composition of the bacterial communities associated with the Australian spittlebugs Bathyllus albicinctus and Philagra parva (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae)

PLOS ONE

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A morphological and high throughput sequencing workflow to identify Australian ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): a new tool for biosecurity and biodiversity

Metabarcoding and Metagenomics

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An annotated checklist with a key to the genera of Australian psyllids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea)

Zootaxa

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An annotated checklist with a key to the genera of Australian psyllids (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea)

Zootaxa

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Diversity and composition of the bacterial communities associated with the Australian spittlebugs Bathyllus albicinctus and Philagra parva (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae)

PLOS ONE

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A morphological and high throughput sequencing workflow to identify Australian ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): a new tool for biosecurity and biodiversity

Metabarcoding and Metagenomics

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Non-destructive insect metabarcoding for surveillance and biosecurity in citrus orchards: recording the good, the bad and the psyllids

PeerJ

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Non-destructive insect metabarcoding as a surveillance tool for the Australian grains industry: a first trial for the iMapPESTS smart trap

Metabarcoding and Metagenomics

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Non-destructive insect metabarcoding for surveillance and biosecurity in citrus orchards: recording the good, the bad and the psyllids

PeerJ

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LAMP assay for the detection of the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae)

Scientific Reports

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Insect phylogeny structures the bacterial communities in the microbiome of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) in Aotearoa New Zealand

PLOS ONE

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Insect phylogeny structures the bacterial communities in the microbiome of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) in Aotearoa New Zealand

PLOS ONE

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High throughput screening of fungal phytopathogens caught in Australian forestry insect surveillance traps

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

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Non-destructive insect metabarcoding as a surveillance tool for the Australian grains industry: a first trial for the iMapPESTS smart trap

Metabarcoding and Metagenomics

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Disentangling bias for non-destructive insect metabarcoding

PeerJ

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Guidelines for the reliable use of high throughput sequencing technologies to detect plant pathogens and pests

Peer Community Journal

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Modular, multi‐barcode amplicon sequencing for improved species‐level detection of fungal phytopathogens: A case study of pipeline establishment targeting the Ophiostomatales

Environmental DNA

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Facilitating the adoption of high‐throughput sequencing technologies as a plant pest diagnostic test in laboratories: A step‐by‐step description

EPPO Bulletin

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Disentangling bias for non-destructive insect metabarcoding

PeerJ

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Description of an Australian endemic species of Trioza (Hemiptera: Triozidae) pest of the endemic tea tree, Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae)

PLOS ONE

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Notes on the nomenclature of the New Zealand endemic Triozidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea)

New Zealand Entomologist

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Description of an Australian endemic species of Trioza (Hemiptera: Triozidae) pest of the endemic tea tree, Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae)

PLOS ONE

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Notes on the nomenclature of the New Zealand endemic Triozidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea)

New Zealand Entomologist

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Propylene Glycol and Non-Destructive DNA Extractions Enable Preservation and Isolation of Insect and Hosted Bacterial DNA

Agriculture

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Propylene Glycol and Non-Destructive DNA Extractions Enable Preservation and Isolation of Insect and Hosted Bacterial DNA

Agriculture

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On the complementarity of DNA barcoding and morphology to distinguish benign endemic insects from possible pests: the case of Dirioxa pornia and the tribe Acanthonevrini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae) in Australia

Insect Science

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Illuminating Insights into the Biodiversity of the Australian Psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) Collected Using Light Trapping

Insects

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On the complementarity of DNA barcoding and morphology to distinguish benign endemic insects from possible pests: the case of Dirioxa pornia and the tribe Acanthonevrini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae) in Australia

Insect Science

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Case of mistaken identity: resolving the taxonomy between Trioza eugeniae Froggatt and T. adventicia Tuthill (Psylloidea: Triozidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

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Illuminating Insights into the Biodiversity of the Australian Psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) Collected Using Light Trapping

Insects

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Case of mistaken identity: resolving the taxonomy between Trioza eugeniae Froggatt and T. adventicia Tuthill (Psylloidea: Triozidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

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Non‐destructive DNA extractions from fly larvae (Diptera: Muscidae) enable molecular identification of species and enhance morphological features

Austral Entomology

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Non-destructive DNA extractions from fly larvae (Diptera: Muscidae) enable molecular identification of species and enhance morphological features

Austral Entomology

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Resolving an 87-year-old taxonomical curiosity with the description of Psylla frodobagginsi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae), a second distinct Psylla species on the New Zealand endemic plant kōwhai

PLOS ONE

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Resolving an 87-year-old taxonomical curiosity with the description of Psylla frodobagginsi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae), a second distinct Psylla species on the New Zealand endemic plant kōwhai

PLOS ONE

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Assessing subspecies status of leopards (Panthera pardus) of northern Pakistan using mitochondrial DNA

PeerJ

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Acizzia errabunda sp. nov. and Ctenarytaina insularis sp. nov.: Descriptions of two new species of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) discovered on exotic host plants in New Zealand

PLOS ONE

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Acizzia errabunda sp. Nov. And Ctenarytaina insularis sp. Nov.: Descriptions of two new species of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) discovered on exotic host plants in New Zealand

PLoS ONE

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An annotated checklist of the Cook Islands psyllids with keys to the species and two new records (Hemiptera, Psylloidea)

ZooKeys

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An annotated checklist of the Cook Islands psyllids with keys to the species and two new records (hemiptera, psylloidea)

ZooKeys

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DNA barcoding highlights cryptic diversity in the New Zealand Psylloidea (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha)

Diversity

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Elongation Factor-1α Accurately Reconstructs Relationships Amongst Psyllid Families (Hemiptera: Psylloidea), with Possible Diagnostic Implications

Journal of Economic Entomology

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Hybridogenesis and a potential case of R2 non-LTR retrotransposon horizontal transmission in Bacillus stick insects (Insecta Phasmida)

Scientific Reports

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An annotated checklist of the psyllids of New Zealand (Hemiptera: Psylloidea)

Zootaxa

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Dead element replicating: Degenerate R2 element replication and rDNA genomic turnover in the bacillus rossius stick insect (Insecta: Phasmida)

PLoS ONE

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