Emily Anne Hartop
Publikasjoner
Resolving biology’s dark matter: species richness, spatiotemporal distribution, and community composition of a dark taxon
We use megabarcoding to assess a model dark taxon, investigating species diversity, variation across time and space, and the environmental drivers. We demonstrate how dark taxon research can provide critical insights in the era of climate change.
Opportunity in our Ignorance: Urban Biodiversity Study Reveals 30 New Species and One New Nearctic Record for Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) in Los Angeles (California, USA).
Description of thirty new species of scuttle flies from Los Angeles using a table-based description system.
The Swedish Malaise Trap Project: A 15 Year Retrospective on a Countrywide Insect Inventory.
Everything you'd want to know about one of the most ambitious insect inventories of all time.
Towards Large-scale Integrative Taxonomy (LIT): resolving the data conundrum for dark taxa.
Systematic and integrative approach to discovering and delimiting species in hyperdiverse groups.
2026
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Williamson, David;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Speed, James.
(2026)
Learning from Digital Collections: Digitisation and Machine Learning for Large-Scale Museum Studies.
Biodiversity Information Science and Standards (BISS)
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2025
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Hartop, Emily Anne.
(2025)
Dark Taxa are a THING.
Annen presentasjon
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H., Nowak, Karol;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Monika, Prus-Frankowska,;
Mateusz, Buczek,;
R., Kolasa, Michał;
Tomas, Roslin,.
(2025)
What lurks in the dark? An innovative framework for studying diverse wild insect microbiota.
Microbiome
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Ekrem, Torbjørn;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Aspaas, Aina Mærk.
(2025)
Finn arten med DNA-strekkoding.
Museumsutstilling
2024
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Li, Xuankun;
Hash, John M.;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Yang, Ding;
Smith, Paul T.;
Brown, Brian V..
(2024)
A molecular phylogeny of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) unveils extensive concordance but intriguing divergences from morphological results.
Systematic Entomology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Hartop, Emily Anne;
Lee, Leshon;
Srivathsan, Amrita;
Jones, Mirkka;
Peña-Aguilera, Pablo;
Ovaskainen, Otso Tapio.
(2024)
Resolving biology’s dark matter: species richness, spatiotemporal distribution, and community composition of a dark taxon.
BMC Biology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Meier, Rudolf;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Pylatiuk, Christian;
Srivathsan, Amrita.
(2024)
Towards holistic insect monitoring: Species discovery, description, identification and traits for all insects.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
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Riccardi, Paula Raile;
Hartop, Emily Anne.
(2024)
Large-scale integrative taxonomy of Swedish grass flies (Diptera, Chloropidae) reveals hitherto unknown complexity of a dark taxon.
Zoologica Scripta
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Caruso, Valerio;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Chimeno, Caroline;
Noori, Sajad;
Srivathsan, Amrita;
Haas, Michael.
(2024)
An integrative framework for dark taxa biodiversity assessment at scale: A case study using Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae).
Insect Conservation and Diversity
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
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Williamson, David;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Speed, James.
(2026)
Learning from Digital Collections: Digitisation and Machine Learning for Large-Scale Museum Studies.
Biodiversity Information Science and Standards (BISS)
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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H., Nowak, Karol;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Monika, Prus-Frankowska,;
Mateusz, Buczek,;
R., Kolasa, Michał;
Tomas, Roslin,.
(2025)
What lurks in the dark? An innovative framework for studying diverse wild insect microbiota.
Microbiome
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Li, Xuankun;
Hash, John M.;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Yang, Ding;
Smith, Paul T.;
Brown, Brian V..
(2024)
A molecular phylogeny of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) unveils extensive concordance but intriguing divergences from morphological results.
Systematic Entomology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Hartop, Emily Anne;
Lee, Leshon;
Srivathsan, Amrita;
Jones, Mirkka;
Peña-Aguilera, Pablo;
Ovaskainen, Otso Tapio.
(2024)
Resolving biology’s dark matter: species richness, spatiotemporal distribution, and community composition of a dark taxon.
BMC Biology
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Meier, Rudolf;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Pylatiuk, Christian;
Srivathsan, Amrita.
(2024)
Towards holistic insect monitoring: Species discovery, description, identification and traits for all insects.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
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Riccardi, Paula Raile;
Hartop, Emily Anne.
(2024)
Large-scale integrative taxonomy of Swedish grass flies (Diptera, Chloropidae) reveals hitherto unknown complexity of a dark taxon.
Zoologica Scripta
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Caruso, Valerio;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Chimeno, Caroline;
Noori, Sajad;
Srivathsan, Amrita;
Haas, Michael.
(2024)
An integrative framework for dark taxa biodiversity assessment at scale: A case study using Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae).
Insect Conservation and Diversity
Vitenskapelig artikkel
UTSTILLING
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Hartop, Emily Anne.
(2025)
Dark Taxa are a THING.
Annen presentasjon
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Ekrem, Torbjørn;
Hartop, Emily Anne;
Aspaas, Aina Mærk.
(2025)
Finn arten med DNA-strekkoding.
Museumsutstilling
Undervisning
Emner
Formidling
The search for Earth’s most mysterious creatures is turning up extraordinary results
Vox article about the global hunt for dark taxa.
L.A.'s Back-yard Entomologists
New Yorker article about 30 new species of scuttle flies described from L.A.
Thirty new fly species in Los Angeles
Science feature "in other journals".
In defense of flies. Yes, really.
Vox article about the fascinating world of flies.
DNA barcodes jump-start search for new species
Science article on accelerating biodiversity science with barcodes.
2025
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Vitenskapelig foredragHartop, Emily Anne; Williamson, David R.. (2025) The R.H.L. Disney Phoridae Collection: Evolving a Legacy for the Taxonomic Future. Dipterists Forum Annual Meeting , Cambridge Museum of Zoology 15.11.2025 -
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Vitenskapelig foredragHartop, Emily Anne; Williamson, David R.. (2025) Too Many Flies, Too Few Taxonomists: Let Machines Do the Boring Bits. Norsk symposium i biosystematikk , Trondheim 03.11.2025 - 04.11.2025
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PosterWilliamson, David R.; Welch, Mark; Connolly, Erin M.; Yiu, Anna; Hartop, Emily Anne. (2025) Museum Collections and the Taxonomic Future of Dark Taxa: Phoridae as a testcase. Dipterists Day , Cambridge 15.11.2025 - 15.11.2025
2024
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Faglig foredragEkrem, Torbjørn; Hartop, Emily Anne; Prestø, Tommy; Vinje, Christina; Martin, Michael David; Lagos, Jaime Gerardo Morin. (2024) Jul i VIMU magasinet: Reinsdyr, småkryp og julens krydder. Omvisninger i samlingene , Trondheim 10.12.2024 - 11.12.2024
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Faglig foredragHartop, Emily Anne. (2024) GLOW: Evolving workflows for Dark Taxon Biology. Institute of Biology Seminar 21.11.2024 -
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Vitenskapelig foredragHartop, Emily Anne. (2024) A Dark Decade: Progress on the world's most intractable "genus" (Diptera: Megaselia). 9th International Barcode of Life Conference , Belém 05.09.2024 -
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Faglig foredrag
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Vitenskapelig foredragHartop, Emily Anne. (2024) Webinar on DNA-barcoding using nanopores: Bridging theory to real-world implementation. Online Webinar for iBOL EUROPE 06.06.2024 -
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Faglig foredragEkrem, Torbjørn; Prestø, Tommy; Hassel, Kristian; Hartop, Emily Anne; Bakken, Torkild; Grankvist, Maria Buhaug. (2024) Terrors from Land and Sea - A journey into Nature’s Nightmares. Omvisning med foredrag i naturhistoriske samlinger , Trondheim 23.10.2024 -
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Faglig foredragEkrem, Torbjørn; Prestø, Tommy; Hassel, Kristian; Hartop, Emily Anne; Bakken, Torkild; Grankvist, Maria Buhaug. (2024) Grøss og gru fra hav og land - En reise i naturens mareritt. Omvisning med foredrag i naturhistoriske samlinger , Trondheim 24.10.2024 -
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Faglig foredragEkrem, Torbjørn; Hartop, Emily Anne; Aspaas, Aina Mærk. (2024) Finn arten med DNA-strekkoding. Ungdommens forskernatt ved NTNU , Trondheim 27.09.2024 -