Back in 2003 when I was doing my undergraduate, I spammed contacted all the insect
taxonomists I could find and asked them if they would be willing to provide
identifications on material from Colombia. One hundred and ten
people answered my call. Their names, group of expertise, and contact
information, as ten years ago, are listed below.
Odonota
• ENRIQUE GONZALEZ SORIANO (Mexico) esoriano@ibunam.ibiologia.unam.mx,
libelula1mx@yahoo.com, esoriano@ibunam.ibiologia.unam.mx
• NICK
DONELLY (USA) tdonnel@binghamton.edu
• JHON ABBOT (USA) jcabbott@mail.utexas.edu
Mantodea
• JULIO RIVERA (Peru) 19960081@lamolina.edu.pe
Phasmida
• PAUL BROCK (England) Paul@pbrock40.fsnet.co.uk
Isoptera
• YVES ROISIN
(Belgium)
yroisin@ulb.ac.be
Plecoptera
• STEFANO FENOGLIO (Italy) s.fenoglio@isiline.it
Phtiraptera
• RICARDO PALMA (New Zealand) ricardop@tepapa.govt.nz
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/our_resources/Bugs/collection_bugs.html
Hemiptera
• DANIEL PECK (Colombia) Cercopoidea d.peck@cgiar.org
• FREDERIC
CHEROT (Belgium)
Miridae Fcherot@ulb.ac.be
• JOE EGER (USA) Pentatomoidea jeeger@dowagro.com
• DAVID A. RIDER
Pentatomoidea David.Rider@ndsu.nodak.edu
• HARRY
BRAILOVSKY (Mexico)
Coreidae and Largidae coreidae@servidor.unam.mx
• PIETER VAN
DOESBURG (Holland)
Pentatomidea, Gen. Edessa phvdoes@hetnet.nl
• JITKA VILIMOVA Pentatomidae vilim@natur.cuni.cz
• ERNST HEISS
Aradidae e.heiss@tyrol.at
• GEERT
GOEMANS (Belgium)
Fulgoridae geert.goemans@lin.vlaanderen.be ggoemans@gmail.com
• PAUL FREYTAG Cicadellidae pfreytag@ix.netcom.com
• DIEGO LEONARDO CARPINTERO (Argentina)
Dipsocoromorpha, Enicocephalomorpha and Cimicomorpha dcarpint@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
• MANUEL BAENA (Spain) Reduviidae
jsusin@chopo.pntic.mec.es
• JEAN-MICHEL
BERENGER (France) Reduviidae jmberenger@wanadoo.fr
• VINTON THOMPSON (USA) Cercopoidea
vthompso@acfsysv.roosevelt.edu vthompso@roosevelt.edu
Coleoptera
• JOSE LUIS NAVARRETE-HEREDIA (Mexico) Staphylinidae,
Silphidae, y other fungi related coleopterans.
glenusmx@yahoo.com.mx snavarre@maiz.cucba.udg.mx
• ERIC VAN DEN BERGHE (Nicaragua) Cicindelidae
and Carabidae, Gen. Calosoma ericvdb@avemaria.edu.ni tomeric@ibw.com.ni
• TERRY L. ERWIN (USA) Carabidae mnhen045@sivm.si.edu
erwin.terry@nmnh.si.edu
• MIKAEL SÖRENSSON (Sweden) Ptilidae
Mikael.Sorensson@zool.lu.se
• GERARDO
ARRIAGADA (Chile)
Histeridae and Saprininae gerardoarriagada@terra.cl
• PAUL SCHOOLMEESTERS
(Belgium)
Dung beetles schoolp@online.be http://users.online.be/~schoolp/index.html http://www.coleoptera.org./p735.htm
• DAVID
EDMONDS (USA) Scarabaeinae especially phanaeines wdedmonds@csupomona.edu
• ENRICO BARBERO (Italy) Trogidae and
Geotrupidae Bolboceratinae barbero@dba.unito.it
• PEDRO GNASPINI (Brasil) Cholevidae (=Leiodidae
Cholevinae) gnaspini@ib.usp.br http://www.ib.usp.br/~gnaspini
• MANUEL DIÉGUEZ M. (Chile) Trogidae
disal_gerencia@disal.cl
• CHUCK BELLAMY (USA) Buprestidae cbellamy@nhm.org
bellamy@nfi.org.za
• WOLFGANG
RUCKER (Germany)
Latridiidae coleoptera@ruecker-latridiidae.de info@latridiidae.de http://www.latridiidae.de
• ALISTAIR S.
RAMSDALE (USA) Cantharoidea/ Malacodermata especially Cantharidae, Lycidae, Phengodidae
and Lampyridae ramsdale@entomology.wisc.edu
• ANDREAS
HERRMANN (Germany)
Dermestidae herrmann@coleopterologie.de http://www.dermestidae.com
• GIANFRANCO
CURLETTI (Italy)
Buprestidae, only Gen. Agrilus musnat@comune.carmagnola.to.it giancurletti@tiscalinet.it
http://www.storianaturale.org
• THIERRY
NEEF DE SAINVAL (Belgium)
Buprestidae sainval@skynet.be
• PAUL J. JOHNSON
(U.S.A) Elateroidea and Byrrhidae elater@BROOKINGS.NET paul_johnson@sdstate.edu
• VRATISLAV
RICHARD EUGENE MARIA JOHN BAPTIST (Australia) Tenebrionidae incl
Lagriidae, Alleculidae y Zopheridae ricardo@ans.com.au http://www.coleoptera.org
• DONALD
WINDSOR (USA)
Chrysomelidae, esp. Chrysomelinae, Cassidinae, Hispinae. WINDSORD@tivoli.si.edu
• JEFFREY P. HUETHER
(USA) Meloidae jhmeloid@hotmail.com
• JOHN
KINGSOLVER Bruchidae bruchid@aol.com
• UBIRAJARA R.MARTINS (Brasil) Cerambycidae
quiqui97@uol.com.br
• MIGUEL MONNE (Brasil) Cerambycidae
monne@uol.com.br
• DAVID FURTH
(USA) Chrysomelidae, Alticinae only at genus level Furth.David@NMNH.SI.EDU
• LECH
BOROWIEC (Poland)
Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae cassidae@biol.uni.wroc.pl www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae
• ROBERTO
MIGNANI (Italy)
Bolboceratidae, Dynastidae Dynastinae and Cerambycidae Prioninae. mignani@fis.uniroma3.it
• FRANCK DUHALDEBORDE (France) franckduhal@oreka.com
franckduhal@infonie.fr
• DMITRY TELNOV (Letonia) Anthicidae
yTrictenotomidae telnov@parks.lv http://www.lubi.edu.lv/les/main.htm http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/rus/telnov.htm
• JOSE RICARDO M. MERMUDES (Brasil) Anthribidae
mermudes@bio.ufpr.br
• BORIS
BUECHE (Germany)
Anobiidae excl. Ptininae h0444la3@student.hu-berlin.de
• PEDRO REYES-CASTILLO (Mexico) Passalidae,
Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Rhyparini. reyespe@ecologia.edu.mx
• FINBARRR
HORGAN (Canada)
Scarabaeidae specially Coprini and Onthophagini boniga@hotmail.com
• BRETT
RATCLIFFE (USA)
Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae, Cetoniinae and Rutelinae. bratcliffe1@unl.edu
• MARY LIZ JAMESON (USA) Scarabaeidae:Rutelinae.
mjameson1@unl.edu
• FEDERICO OCAMPO (Argentina) Scarabaeoidea:
Hybosoridae. federico.ocampo@gmail.com
• ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA (Brasil) Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae, Parandrinae and Prioninae toncris@zaz.com.br
• JUAN ANTONIO DELGADO (Spain) Hydraenidae,
especially larvae jdelgado@um.es
Diptera
• JUAN CARLOS NAVARRO (Venezuela) Culicidae
jnavarro@strix.ciens.ucv.ve
• GARY J. STECK (USA) Tephritidae
steckg@doacs.state.fl.us
• BRIAN V. BROWN (USA) Phoridae bbrown@nhm.org
• FRANCISCO COLLANTES (Spain) Psychodidae
fcollant@fcu.um.es fcollant@um.es
• MARTA WOLFF (Colombia) Psychodidae, Gen.
Lutzomyia mwolff@matematicas.udea.edu.co
• ATILANO CONTRERAS RAMOS (Mexico) Diptera:
Tipulidae acramos@uaeh.reduaeh.mx acontreras_ramos@hotmail.com
• DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brasil) Mycetophiloidea,
Anisopodidae, Scatopsidae dsamorim@usp.br
• CHARLES MACVEAN (Guatemala) Agromyzidae
cmacvean@uvg.edu.gt
Trichoptera
• AURA CECILIA BURGOS Trichoptera (Colombia)
aburgos88@hotmail.com aurace@starmedia.com
Lepidoptera
• LUIS MIGUEL CONSTANTINO (Colombia) Rhopalocera
lmcons@hotmail.com
• GABRIEL RODRÍGUEZ GARCÍA (Colombia) gabrieldimera@yahoo.com
• ANDREW
NEILD (United Kingdom)
Nymphalidae (S.L.) andrew.neild@cableinet.co.uk andrew.neild@bigfoot.com
• JOHN E. RAWLINS
(USA) Noctuoidea, Geometroidea, and others rawlinsj@carnegiemuseums.org http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/iz/main.htm
• KIRBY L. WOLFE
(USA) Saturnidae kirwolfe@pacbell.net
• JACQUELINE
Y. MILLER (USA) jmiller@virtu.sar.usf.edu
• MICHEL
LAGUERRE (France)
Arctiidae michel.laguerre@iecb-polytechnique.u-bordeaux.fr
• OLAF H. H. MIELKE (Brasil) Hesperiidae
omhesp@bio.ufpr.br
• MIRNA M. CASAGRANDE (Brasil) Nymphalidae
(Brassolinae) mibras@bio.ufpr.br
• MATTHEW J. C.
BARNES (United Kingdom)
Pyralidae, Geometridae and Arctiidae. mbarnes@dircon.co.uk http://www.biologytuition.co.uk
http://www.tropicalmoths.org
• JOHN GREHAN (USA) Hepialidae jrg13@psu.edu
• JOHN HEPPNER Heterocera jbhatl@aol.com
• JORGE BIZARRO (Brasil) Nymphalidae
bizarro@bio.ufpr.br
• CHRIS
CONLAN (USA) Saturnidae conlan@adnc.com
• JEAN
HAXAIRE (France)
Sphingidae jean.haxaire@libertysurf.fr
• VITOR O. BECKER
(Brasil) Heterocera specially micro vbecker@serrabonita.org
• STEPHEN R.
STEINHAUSER (USA) Hesperidae stevrstein@webtv.net
• RONALD
BRABANT (Belgium)
Ithomiidae, Riodinidae, Pieridae: Catasticta h.bischler.r. brabant@wanadoo.be
• FABIO VITALE (Italy) Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae,
Heliconiinae and Ithomiinae fabio_vitale@tin.it http://digilander.iol.it/phalaecus/
Hymenoptera
• ANDRES RICARDO SANTAMARIA (Colombia) Apidae
apidae@uol.com.co apidae_andres@latinmail.com
• CLAUS
RASMUSSEN (Peru)
Colletidae, Andrenidae, Apidae, Halictidae and Megachilidae alrunen@yahoo.com
• BOLÍVAR
RAFAEL GARCETE BARRETT (Paraguay)
Vespidae (including Masarinae, Eumeninae y Polistinae), Leucospidae and
Sphecidae s.l. bolosphex@sce.cnc.una.py www.geocities.com/bolosphex/ www.geocities.com/bmnhnpy/
• GIAN LUCA
AGNOLI (Italy)
Chrysididae, Cleptidae, Methochinae http://www.chrysis.net info@chrysis.net
• CHRISTOPHER
K. STARR (Trinidad and
Tobago) Vespidae ckstarr99@hotmail.com http://www.uwi.tt:8081/lifesci/index.htm
• JOHN NOYES (United Kingdom)
Chalcidoidea jsn@NHM.ac.uk
• DON MANLEY (USA) Mutillidae dmanley@clemson.edu
• JOHN HUBER (Canada)
Mymaridae huberjh@em.agr.ca
• CELSO
OLIVEIRA AZEVEDO (Brasil) Bethylidae, and small families of Chrysidoidea. cazevedo@npd.ufes.br
• SCOTT R. SHAW (USA) Braconidae y
Megalyridae braconid@uwyo.edu
• YVES BRAET (Belgium)
Braconidae yves.braet@just.fgov.be ybraet@yahoo.fr yves.braet@skynet.be
• LYNN S. KIMSEY (USA) Tiphiidae y Chrysididae
lskimsey@ucdavis.edu
• DAVID R. SMITH (USA) Symphyta, Aulacidae
dsmith@sel.barc.usda.gov
• SÉBASTIEN
PATINY (Belgium)
Melittidae, Halictidae and Andrenidae patiny.s@fsagx.ac.be
• GÉRARD
DELVARE (France)
Chalcididae gerard.delvare@cirad.fr
• DANUNCIA
URBAN (Brasil) Hymenoptera: Eucerinae, Anthophoridae and Anthidiinae, Megachilidae
urban@bio.ufpr.br.
• JAMES M. CARPENTER (USA) Vespidae
carpente@amnh.org
• EDWARD O. WILSON (USA) Formicidae
ewilson@oeb.harvard.edu
• JOHN E. LATTKE (Venezuela) Formicidae
piquihuye@hotmail.com
• FERNANDO FERNÁNDEZ (Colombia) Formicidae
ffernandez@humbolt.org.co
• GORDON C. SNELLING
Formicidae, Dorylinae mrmacophyl@southwest.net