Entomologists Directory


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
 

Education and training

Postdoctoral researcher in taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics, and phylogeography. 2011-2013. Rhodes University, South Africa.

PhD in Entomology. 2007-2011. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA.

MSc in Biology. 2005-2007. Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA.

BSc in Biology. 1998-2005. Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Since December 12 2001
Last update November 02 2013