Curriculum Vitae
Michael S. Caterino, Ph.D.
Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences, 277 Poole Agricultural Center,
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0310
Phone: (864) 656-3105; email: mcateri@clemson.edu
Education
1992 – Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, University of Mississippi.
1998 – Doctor of Philosophy, Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
Professional experience
2014-present – John and Suzanne Morse Chair of Arthropod Biodiversity, Clemson University. Director of Clemson University Arthropod Collection.
2018-present – Adjunct Professor, University of Georgia.
2003-2014 – Assistant Adjunct Professor, UC Santa Barbara.
2001-2014 – Schlinger Foundation Chair of Entomology, SBMNH.
1999-2001 – Postdoctoral researcher, The NHM, London (advisor A. Vogler).
1998-1999 – Postdoctoral researcher, UC Berkeley (advisor F. Sperling).
1992-1998 – Graduate research assistant to F. Sperling and J. Doyen, UC Berkeley.
1994-1999 – Research/curatorial assistant, Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley.
1991-1992 – Research assistant to P. Lago, Univ. of Mississippi.
Teaching experience
2014-present – Professor, Clemson University
1999-2013 – Guest lecturer, UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley. Dung beetle biology, Insect embryology and development; beetle diversity and evolution.
2006 – Lecturer, The Natural History of the Santa Barbara Region.
2001-2008 – Entomology instructor. SBMNH Quasar to Seastars teen program.
2001-2006 – Docent trainer, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, UC Sedgwick Reserve, Arroyo Hondo Preserve.
1993-1998 – Co-coordinator, graduate seminar in systematic entomology, UC Berkeley.
1993-1998 – Laboratory instructor, General Entomology, UC Berkeley.
Publications
(links provided to open access pubs.)
Caterino, M.S. and Recuero E. (in press) Shedding light on dark taxa in high Appalachian leaf litter – assessing patterns of endemicity using large scale, voucher-based barcoding. Insect Conservation & Diversity.
Caterino, M.S. (in press) A new, flightless species of Medon (Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from high Appalachia, with intraspecific phylogeographic analysis and description of its associated larva The Coleopterists Bulletin
Recuero E., Etzler, F.E., and Caterino, M.S. (in review) How well can we identify soil and leaf litter arthropods using DNA barcoding? Current Zoology.
Caterino, M.S., and Yamamoto, S. (in press) New onthophiline fossil species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Onthophilinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin
Yamamoto, S. and Caterino, M.S. (in press) A new species of Amplectister Caterino & Maddison from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeoworld.
112. Kucuk, R.A., Campbell, B.J., Lyon, N., Shelby, E., and Caterino, M.S. 2023. Gut bacteria of adult and larval Cotinis nitida Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) demonstrate community differences according to life stage and gut region. Frontiers in Microbiology 14. 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1185661
111. Recuero, E. and Caterino, M.S. 2023. A second species of the pill millipede genus Nearctomeris Wesener, 2013, from the Great Smoky Mountains, USA. ZooKeys 1166: 333-349. 10.3897/zookeys.1166.103516
110. Gimmel, M.L., Johnston, M.A. and Caterino, M.S. 2023. Annotated checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the California Channel Islands. PeerJ 11:e14793 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14793
109. Young, K., Tsalickis, A., Sheehan, T.N., Klepzig, K.D., Caterino, M.S., and Hartshorn, J.A. 2023. Dung beetle community composition in the presence and absence of mesopredators in a longleaf pine forest. Southeastern Naturalist 22(1): 78-90.
108. Caterino, M.S. 2022. First report of the Euconnus Thomson subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter in the New World, represented by thirteen new Appalachian species. ZooKeys 1137:133-175. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1137.97068
107. Caterino, M.S. and L.M.Vásquez-Vélez. 2022. A new species of Prespelea Park (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(4): 589-594. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.4.589
106. Dukes C.D., Janssens F., Recuero E., and Caterino, M.S. 2022. Specific and intraspecific diversity of Symphypleona and Neelipleona (Hexapoda: Collembola) in southern high Appalachia (USA). Diversity 14(847): 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14100847
105. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2022. A new genus and species of histerid beetle from western México showing a remarkable sexual mesotibial dimorphism (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae: Exosternini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(3): 357-363. (https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.3.357)
104. Jiang, R., Caterino, M.S., and Chen, X.-S. 2022. Discovery of the genus Anapleus Horn, 1873 from Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Insects 13 (746): 1-7. (https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080746)
103. Traylor, C.R., M.S. Caterino, M.D. Ulyshen, M.L. Ferro, and J.V. McHugh. 2022. Assessing the old-growth dependency of two saproxylic beetle species in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Insect Systematics & Diversity 6(3): 1-13. (doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac012)
102. Caterino, M.S. and Harden, C.W. 2022. Unseeing and unseen: On the distribution, morphology, and larva of one of North America’s rarest histerid beetles, Geocolus caecus Wenzel (Coleoptera: Histeridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(1): 191-205.
101. Harden, C.W., Caterino, M.S. and T.E. Malabad. 2022. Trechus obtusus Erichson, a palearctic species recently established in the Appalachian region of the southeastern United States. The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(1): 61-69. (doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.1.61)
100. Caterino, M.S. 2021. New fossil histerid species from Cretaceous Burmese amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(1): 211-221. (doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.211)
99. Dégallier, N., Kovarik, P.W. Tishechkin, A.K. and Caterino, M.S.2021. Coleoptera Histeridae de Guyane. XIII. Nouvelles additions au catalogue et description de 4 genres nouveaux et 19 espèces nouvelles (Haeteriinae ; Tribalinae). ACOREP-France : Coléoptères de Guyane. Tome XIII: 99-147.
98. Megna, Y., Lamoth-Mayet, Y., Caterino, M.S., and Lackner T. 2021. First West Indies records of Phelister completus Schmidt, 1893, with notes on other Cuban species (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Histerinae). Check List 17(1): 39-44. (doi: 10.15560/17.1.39)
97. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2020. Recognition and revision of the Phelister blairi group (Histeridae: Histerinae: Exosternini). ZooKeys 1001: 1-154. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1001.58447)
96. Arriagada, G. and Caterino, M.S. 2020. Nueva posición taxonómica para Euspilotus wenzeli (Mazur, 1984)(Coleoptera: Histeridae). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 69(1): 77-85.
95. Zhou, Y.-L., Slipinski, S.A., Ren, D., and Caterino, M.S. 2020.Phylogeny and evolution of the Mesozoic and extant lineages of Histeridae (Coleoptera), with a discovery of a new subfamily Antigracilinae from the Lower Cretaceous. Cladistics 36(5): 521-539. (https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12418)
94. Genco, M.S., J.C. Morse, M.S. Caterino, K.M. Murray, and H.T. Pham. 2020. Larvae and adults of Vietnamese species of Drepanocentron and Hydromanicus (Trichoptera: Xiphocentronidae, Hydropsychidae). in: Proceedings of the International Symposium of Trichoptera (Laudee, P. & Morse, J.C., eds.). Zoosymposia 18: 72-92.
93. Muñoz-Tobar, S.I. and M.S. Caterino. 2020. Mountains as islands: species delimitation and evolutionary history of the of the ant-loving beetle genus Panabachia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the northern Andes. Insects. 11(64): 1-19. (https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11010064)
92. Caterino, M.S. and S.S. Langton-Myers. 2019. Intraspecific diversity and phylogeography in Southern Appalachian Dasycerus carolinensis Horn. Insect Systematics & Diversity 3(6): 1-12.(doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixz022)
91. Muñoz-Tobar, S.I. and M.S. Caterino. 2019. The role of dispersal for shaping phylogeographical structure of flightless beetles from the Andes. PeerJ: e7226: 1-27. (doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7226)
90. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2019. A revision of the Phelister haemorrhous species group (Histeridae: Exosternini). ZooKeys 854: 41-88. (doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.854.35133)
89. Caterino, M.S. and S.S. Langton-Myers. 2018. Long-term population persistence of flightless weevils (Eurhoptus pyriformis) across old- and second-growth forests patches in southern Appalachia. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18 (165) 1-16.(doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1278-y)
88. Anderson, R.S. and Caterino, M.S. 2018. A revision of the genus Eurhoptus LeConte 1876 (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae) of America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 787: 37-80.(https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=26948)
87. Aalbu, R.L., M.S. Caterino, and A.D. Smith. 2018. Studies in the Cnemeplatiini I: A new subtribe and revision of the genus AlaudesHorn with descriptions of new species from southwestern U.S. and Mexico including notes on distribution and biology (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Cnemeplatiini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(2): 249-268.
86. Zhou, L., Caterino, M.S., Slipinski, S.A., and Cai, C. 2018. Cretohisteridae, a new beetle family from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for the early evolution of the basal group of Histeroidea (Coleoptera) Systematic Entomology 43: 716-728.
85. Caterino, M.S. and D.R. Maddison. 2018. An early and mysterious histerid inquiline from Cretaceous Burmese amber. ZooKeys 733: 119-129.
84. Caterino, M.S., Vásquez-Vélez, L.M., and S.S. Myers. 2017. On the conservation value of second-growth forests for leaf-litter inhabiting beetles. Insect Systematics & Diversity 1(1): 20-28.
83. Caterino, M.S. and Ferro, M.L. 2017. A checklist of Staphylinidae of South Carolina based on published records. The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(3): 537-551.
82. Caterino, M.S., and L.M.Vásquez-Vélez. 2017. A revision of the species of Prespelea Park (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). ZooKeys685: 105-130.
81. Seltmann, K.C., N.S. Cobb, L.F. Gall, C.R. Bartlett, M.A. Basham, I. Betancourt, C. Bills, B. Brandt, R.L. Brown, C. Bundy, M.S. Caterino, C. Chapman, A. Cognato, J. Colby, S.P. Cook, K.M. Daly, L. Dyer, N.M. Franz, J.K. Gelhaus, C.C. Grinter, C.E. Harp, R.L. Hawkins, S.L. Heydon, G.M. Hill, S.Huber, N. Johnson, A.Y. Kawahara, L.S. Kimsey, B.C. Kondratieff, F.-T. Krell, L. Leblanc, S. Lee, C.J. Marshall, L.M. Mccabe, J.V. McHugh, K.L. Menard, P.A. Opler, N. Palffy-Muhoray, N. Pardikes, M.A. Peterson, N.E. Pierce, A. Poremski, D.S. Sikes, J.D. Weintraub, D. Wikle, J.M. Zaspel and G. Zolnerowich. 2017. LepNet: The Lepidoptera of North America Network. Zootaxa 4247: 73-77.
80. Schwermann, A.H., Wuttke, M., dos Santos Rolo, T., Caterino, M.S., Bechly, G., Schmied, H., Baumbach, T., & van de Kamp, T. 2016. The fossil insects of the Quercy region: a historical review. Entomologie Heute 28: 127-142.
79. Madenjian, J.J., Regensberg, P., and M.S. Caterino. 2016. Ceracis californicus (Casey) (Coleoptera: Ciidae): Newly recognized herbarium pest. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(1): 137-141.
78. Kovarik, P.W. and M.S. Caterino. 2016. Histeridae, pp. 275-314, in: Beutel, R.G. and R.A.B. Leschen, eds., Handbook of Zoology Part 38, Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics (2nd. ed.) Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.
77. Schwermann, A.H., dos Santos Rolo, T., Caterino, M.S., Bechly, G., Schmied, H., Baumbach, T., & van de Kamp, T. 2016. Preservation of three-dimensional anatomy in phosphatized fossil arthropods enriches evolutionary inference. ELife 5: e12129.
76. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2016. A systematic revision of Megalocraerus Lewis. ZooKeys 557: 59-78.
75. Caterino, M.S., K. Wolf-Schwenninger and G. Bechly. 2015. Cretonthophilus tuberculatus, a remarkable new genus and species of histerid beetle (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Middle Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4052: 241-245.
74. Caterino, M.S., Caterino, K.J., and D.R. Maddison. 2015. Extant! Living Bembidion palosverdes Kavanaugh & Erwin (Carabidae) found on Santa Catalina Island, California. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(3): 410-411.
73. McKenna, D.D., Wild, A.L., Kanda, K., Bellamy, C.L., Beutel, R.G., Caterino, M.S., Farnum, C.W., Hawks, D.C., Ivie, M.A., Jameson, M.L., Leschen, R.A.B., Marvaldi, A.E., McHugh, J.V., Newton, A.F., Robertson, J.A., Thayer, M.K., Whiting, M.F., Lawrence, J.F., Slipinski, A., Maddison, D.R., and B.D. Farrell. 2015. Beetles survived the end Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution. Systematic Entomology 40: 835-880.
72. Caterino, M.S., M. Polihronakis and S. Chatzimanolis. 2015. On the origins of the insect fauna of California’s Channel Islands: A comparative phylogeographic study of island beetles. Proceedings of the 8th California Channel Islands Symposium; Monograph of the Western North American Naturalist 7: 276-296.
71. Naughton, I., M.S. Caterino, C. Hanna and D. Holway. 2015. Contributions to an arthropod inventory of Santa Cruz Island, California. Proceedings of the 8th California Channel Islands Symposium; Monograph of the Western North American Naturalist 7: 297-305.
70. Leivas, F.W.T, Pessoa, D., and M.S. Caterino. 2015. Brazilian Histerini: A new species, key to the genera, and checklist of species. Zootaxa 3941: 437-444.
69. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2015. Phylogeny and generic limits in New World Exosternini (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae). Systematic Entomology 40: 109-142.
68. McKenna, D.D., Farrell, B.D., Caterino, M.S., Farnum, C.W., Hawks, D.C., Maddison, D.R., Seago, A., Short, A.E.Z., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K. 2015. Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia (and Scarabaeiformia): Litter as a stepping stone for diversification of non-phytophagous beetles. Systematic Entomology 40: 35-60.
67. Dégallier, N., M.S. Caterino, and A.K. Tishechkin. 2014. Notes sur la série typique de Baconia chilense (Redtenbacher, 1868) et désignation de lectotypes (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Histerinae, Exosternini) Bulletin de la Sociétè Entomologique de France 119: 237-238.
66. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2014. New genera and species of Neotropical Exosternini. ZooKeys 381: 11-78. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.381.6772)
65. Caterino, M.S, A.K. Tishechkin and G.A. Proudfoot. 2013. A new genus and species of North American Exosternini associated with cavity nesting owls, and a reassignment of Phelister simoni Lewis (Histeridae: Histerinae: Exosternini). Coleopterists Bulletin 67(4): 557-565.
64. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2013. A systematic revision of the genus Baconia Lewis. ZooKeys 343: 1-297. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.343.5744)
63. Caterino, M.S., N. Dégallier, Y. Gomy, A.K. Tishechkin and S. Mazur. 2013. The Fourth World Congress of Histeridology, Santa Barbara, CA, February, 2012. Le Coleopteriste 16: 43-45.
62. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2013. Case 3610: PhelisterMarseul, 1853 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Histeridae): proposed conservation of usage. Bulletin of the ICZN 70(1): 12-14.
61. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2013. A systematic revision of the genus Operclipygus Marseul. ZooKeys. 271: 1-401. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.271.4062)
60. McCoshum, S.M, M.S. Caterino and A.R. Cline. 2012. Introduced Sap Beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) on Santa Catalina Island, California. Coleopterists Bulletin 66(4): 347-350.
59. Caterino, M.S, A.K. Tishechkin and Y. Gomy. 2012. Lactholister tricinctus Cooman, 1932: une double synonymie conséquence de l'isolement. L'Entomologiste 68: 151-153.
58. Degallier, N, Arriagada, G., Kanaar, P., Moura, D.P., Tishechkin, A.K., Caterino, M.S. & W.B. Warner. 2012. Coleoptera Histeridae de Guyane. VII. Compléments au catalogue avec des données sur la faune du Surinam et une contribution à la connaissance des Saprininae. pp 33-52, in Coléoptères de Guyane. Tome VI. ACOREP-France. Paris.
57. Caterino, M.S, A.K. Tishechkin and N. Dégallier. 2012. A revision of the genus Mecistostethus Marseul (Coleoptera: Histeridae). ZooKeys213: 63-78. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.213.3552)
56. Dégallier, N., S. Mazur, A.K. Tishechkin and M.S. Caterino. 2012. A revision of the genus Kaszabister Mazur. ZooKeys 199: 71-89. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.199.3245)
55. Polihronakis, M. and M.S. Caterino. 2012. Asymmetric dispersal and ecological factors mediate geographic effects on phylogeographic structure of the western banded glowworm, Zarhipis integripennis (Coleoptera: Phengodidae) in California’s Transverse Ranges. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105(2): 241-252.
54. Dégallier, N., Y. Gomy, F. Penati, M.S. Caterino, T. Théry, and A.K. Tishechkin. 2011. Troisième Congrès mondial d'Histéridologie à Paris, le 3 Septembre 2010. Le Coleopteriste 14(3): 199-203.
53. Chandler, D.S. and M.S. Caterino. 2011. A taxonomic revision of the New World genus Oropodes Casey (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). A Festschrift in honor of Dr. Ross Bell. ZooKeys 147: 425-477. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.147.2072)
52. Polihronakis, M., M.S. Caterino and S. Chatzimanolis. 2010. Elucidating the phylogeographic structure among a mosaic of unisexual and bisexual populations of the weevil Geodercodes latipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Transverse Ranges of southern California. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 101: 935-948.
51. Caterino, M.S. and D.S. Chandler. 2010. A new species of ActiumCasey (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) endemic to Santa Catalina Island, California. Coleopterists Bulletin 64(3): 187-191.
50. Chatzimanolis, S., L.A. Norris, and M.S. Caterino. 2010. Multi-island endemicity: the phylogeography and conservation of Coelus pacificus darkling beetles on the California Channel Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 103: 785-795.
49. Polihronakis, M. and M.S. Caterino. 2010. Contrasting patterns of phylogeographic relationships in sympatric sister species of ironclad beetles (Phloeodes spp.) in California’s Transverse Ranges. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10(195): 1-11. (online pdf)
48. Pfeiler, E., J.E. Vergara-Quintanar, S. Castrezana, M.S. Caterinoand T.A. Markow. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of Sonoran Desert cactus beetles in the tribe Hololeptini (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae), with comments on the taxonomic status and population biology of Iliotona beyeri. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 474-479.
47. Caterino, M.S. 2010. A review of California Margarinotus Marseul (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae: Histerini), with descriptions of two new species. Coleopterists Bulletin 64: 1-12.
46. Polihronakis, M. and M.S. Caterino. 2010. Multilocus phylogeography of the flightless darkling beetle Nyctoporis carinata(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the California Floristic Province: deciphering an evolutionary mosaic. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 424-444.
45. Tishechkin, A.K. and M.S. Caterino. 2009. A new North American genus of the Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae), with descriptions of six new species from U.S.A. and Mexico. Zootaxa 2311: 1-18.(online pdf)
44. Hopp, K.J. and M.S. Caterino. 2009. Seven new species of Cephennium Müller and Kunze (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae: Cephenniini) from California with a key to native North American species. ZooKeys 24: 31-54. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.24.247)
43. Paulsen, M.J. and M.S. Caterino. 2009. The Platycerus(Coleoptera: Lucanidae) of California, with the recognition of Platycerus cribripennis Van Dyke as a valid species. ZooKeys 8: 89-94. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.8.118)
42. Short, A.E.Z and M.S. Caterino. 2009. On the validity of habitat as a predictor of genetic structure in aquatic systems: a comparative study using California water beetles. Molecular Ecology 18:403-414.
41. Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. 2009. Conservation genetics of three flightless beetle species in Southern California. Conservation Genetics 10: 203-216. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9548-7
40. Caterino, M.S., R.A.B. Leschen and C. Johnson. 2008. A new genus of Caenoscelini (Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae) from California, with two new species. Coleopterists Bulletin 62(4): 509-523.
39. Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2008. Phylogeography and conservation genetics of Californian coastal terrestrial communities: A comparative study using three beetles. Insect Conservation and Diversity 1: 222-232.
38. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2008. A review of HippeutisterReichensperger (Histeridae: Hetaeriinae), with new species from California and Costa Rica. Zootaxa 1895: 39-52. (online pdf)
37. Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2008. Phylogeography of the darkling beetle Coelus ciliatus in California. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101: 939-949.
36. Young, D.K. and M.S. Caterino. 2007. Discovery of the male of Neopyrochroa californica (Horn). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 83(4): 315-320.
35. Hunt, T., J. Bergsten, Z. Levkanicova, A. Papadopoulou, O. St John, R. Wild, P. M. Hammond, D. Ahrens, M. Balke, M.S. Caterino, J. Gómez-Zurita, I. Ribera, T. G. Barraclough, M. Bocakova, L. Bocak, and A. P. Vogler. 2007. A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a super-radiation. Science318:1913-1916.
34. Caterino, M.S. 2007. Species richness and complementarity of insect faunas in a mediterranean-type biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation 16(14):3993-4007.
33. Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. 2007. Newly recorded and noteworthy California Staphylinidae. Coleopterists Bulletin 61:398-407.
32. Caterino, M.S. 2007. Two new species of Chlamydopsis. Coleopterists Bulletin 61:327-333.
31. Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2007. Toward a better understanding of the 'Transverse Range Break': Lineage diversification in southern California. Evolution 61: 2127-2141.
30. Tishechkin, A.K. and Caterino, M.S. 2007. Description of the first Chlamydopsinae from the Philippines. Zootaxa 1527: 39-44. (online pdf)
29. Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2007. Limited phylogeographic structure in the flightless ground beetle, Calathus ruficollis Dejean, in southern California. Diversity and Distributions 13: 498-509.
28. Caterino, M.S. and N. Degallier. 2007. A review of the biology and taxonomy of Chlamydopsinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Invertebrate Systematics 21: 1-28.
27. Chatzimanolis, S., M.S. Caterino and M.S. Engel. 2006. The first fossil of the subfamily Trypanaeinae: A new species of Trypanaeus in Dominican amber. Coleopterists Bulletin 60(4): 333-340.
26. Caterino, M.S. 2006. Chlamydopsinae from New Caledonia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 52(1): 27-64. (online pdf, pt. 1 & pt. 2)
25. Caterino, M.S. 2006. California beetle faunistics: 100 years after Fall. Coleopterists Bulletin 60(2): 177-191.
24. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2006. DNA identification and morphological description of the first confirmed larvae of Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Systematic Entomology 31: 405-418.
23. Dégallier, N. and M.S. Caterino. 2005. Notes taxonomiques sur les Chlamydopsinae et descriptions d’espèces nouvelles. – I. Genres Ceratohister Reichensperger, Eucurtiopsis Silvestri et OrectoscelisLewis. Bulletin de la Sociétè Entomologique de France 110(3): 299-326.
22. Dégallier, N. and M.S. Caterino. 2005. Notes taxonomiques sur les Chlamydopsinae et descriptions d’espèces nouvelles. – II. Genres Pheidoliphila Lea. Bulletin de la Sociétè Entomologique de France 110(4/5): 463-494.
21. Kovarik, P.W. and M.S. Caterino. 2005. Histeridae, pp. 190-222 in: Beutel, R.G. and R.A.B. Leschen, eds., Handbook of Zoology Part 38, Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.
20. Caterino, M.S., T. Hunt, and A.P. Vogler. 2005. On the constitution and phylogeny of Staphyliniformia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution34: 655-672.
19. Caterino, M.S. 2005. Description of the first Old World Peploglyptus LeConte (Histeridae: Onthophilinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (4): 603-609.
18. Navarrete-Heredia, J.L., G.A. Quiroz-Rocha, P.W. Kovarik, M.S. Caterino, A. Tishechkin, and M. Vásquez-Bolaños. 2004. Histeridae, pp. 649-658, in: Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeographía de Artrópodos de México, Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento, Vol IV. (J.L Bousquets, J.J. Morrone, O.Y. Ordóñez, and I.V. Fernández, eds.) Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico City.
17. Caterino, M.S. 2004. Taxonomy of the Hister criticus group, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 601: 1-16.
16. Zakharov, E.V., M.S. Caterino, and F.A.H. Sperling. 2004. Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography and divergence time estimates for swallowtail butterflies of the genus Papilio sensu lato. Systematic Biology 53: 193-215.
15. Vogler, A.P. and M.S. Caterino. 2003. The basal relationships of Coleoptera based on 18S rRNA sequences. Entomologische Abhandlungen 61: 159-160. [Abstract from Proceedings of 1stDresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny, Klass, K.D., ed.]
14. Caterino, M.S. 2003. New species of Chlamydopsis, with a review and phylogenetic analysis of all known species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 159-235.
13. Caterino, M.S. and G. Arriagada. 2003. Un nuevo Hister L. psamophilo de Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomologia 29: 67-69.
12. Caterino, M.S. and A.P. Vogler. 2002. The phylogeny of the Histeroidea (Staphyliniformia). Cladistics 18(4): 394-415.
11. Caterino, M.S. 2002. Revision of the Hister militaris group (Histeridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95(3): 323-334.
10. Caterino, M.S., V.L. Shull, P.M. Hammond and A.P. Vogler. 2002. The basal phylogeny of the Coleoptera based on 18S rDNA sequences. Zoologica Scripta 31(1): 41-49.
9. Caterino, M.S., R. Reed, M. Kuo and F.A.H. Sperling. 2001. A partioned likelihood analysis of swallowtail butterfly phylogeny. Systematic Biology 50 (1): 106-127. (doi: 10.1080/10635150119988)
8. Caterino, M.S. and P.W. Kovarik. 2001. A new species of Spilodiscus (Coleoptera: Histeridae) and a reevaluation of Spilodiscus phylogeny. Coleopterists Bulletin 55(2): 134-143.
7. Kovarik, P.W. and M.S. Caterino. 2000. Histeridae. pp. 212-227 in: Arnett, R.H. and Thomas, M.C., eds., American Beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press.
6. Caterino, M.S. 2000. Descriptions of the first Chlamydopsinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Wallacea. Tidschrift voor Entomologie43(2): 267-278. (online pdf)
5. Caterino, M.S., S. Cho, and F.A.H. Sperling. 2000. The current state of insect molecular systematics: A thriving Tower of Babel. Annual Review of Entomology 45:1-54.
4. Caterino, M.S. 1999. Taxonomy and phylogenetics of the coenosus group of Hister. University of California Publications in Entomology 119: 1-93.
3. Caterino, M.S. and F.A.H. Sperling. 1999. Papilio phylogeny based on mitochondrial COI and COII genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 11: 122-137
2. Caterino, M.S. 1999. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Hister servusgroup: a Neotropical radiation. Systematic Entomology 24: 351-376.
1. Caterino, M.S. 1998. A phylogenetic revision of Spilodiscus Lewis. The Journal of Natural History 32(8): 1129-1168.
Book Reviews
Caterino, M.S. 2006. Review of: Coleoptera: Histeridae; The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, part 24, by Y. Bousquet and Serge Laplante. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(6): 1260-1261.
Caterino, M.S. 2004. Review of: An Introduction to California Beetles, by A.V. Evans, and J.N. Hogue. Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 353-354.
Grants & Awards
2019-2022 – NSF DEB (1916263): “Collaborative Resarch: Litter Arthropods of High Appalachia”, $706,094.
2019-2022 – NSF DEB-ADBC: “Digitizing collections to trace parasite-host associations
and predict the spread of vector-borne disease”, $26652.
2019-2020 – USDA-APHIS: “Unlocking the potential of frozen grasshoppers”, $4859.
2016-2020 – USDA-NIFA: “Synthesizing knowledge of arthropod biodiversity”.
2016-2019 – NSF DEB-ADBC: “LepNet: The Lepidoptera of North America Network”, $30,221 (subaward from Northern Arizona University).
2015-2018 – NSF DBI-CSBR: "Expanding the Footprint and the Reach of the Clemson University Arthropod Collection", $505,548.
2015-2016 – Clemson University Research Grants Committee Project Initiation Grant: "Southern Appalachia Beetle Diversity: Assessing Community Resilience in Regenerating Forests", $3,600.
2010-2013 – NSF SysBiol (DEB0949790): “RevSys: A systematic revision of the New World Exosternini (Coleoptera: Histeridae)”, $400,000.
2009 – Santa Monica Mts. National Recreation Area: “Toward an insect inventory of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area”, $17,043.
2009 – NSF SysBiol REU Supplement (to CAREERS award DEB0447694): “A comparative study of novel coding and non-coding nuclear markers for intraspecific phylogeny in beetles”, $7,500.
2008-2009 – National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration: "Exploring the beetle biodiversity of the California Channel Islands", $19,000.
2005-2010 – NSF CAREERS (DEB-0447694): "A Faunistic and Phylogeographic Survey of Beetle Diversity in the California Floristic Province Hotspot", $503,000.
2004-2008 – NSF Major Research Instrumentation (DBI-0420726): "Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History", $245,970 (co-PIs H. Chaney and D. Geiger).
2004-2005 – UCSB Pearl Chase Fund: Insects of the Coal Oil Point Reserve, $5,453 (co-PI C. Sandoval).
2002 – SBMNH Museum League: Building a tissue collection for SBMNH, $8,000.
2000-2003 – BBSRC – “A multilocus phylogeny of Coleoptera”, £225,000 (co-PIs A. Vogler and P. Foster).
2000 – British Airways Assisting Conservation Programme: Myrmecophilous beetle diversity of Las Cuevas Resarch Station, Belize, complimentary airfare.
1997 – Harvey I. Magy Scholarship, $1000.
1996 – Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship, $5000.
1995 – U.C. Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Research Award: Training in electron microscopy, $1813.
1995 – CanaColl Foundation: Travel grant for research at Canadian National Collection, $200.
1995 – Margaret C. Walker Fund for Systematic Entomology: Field studies of Spilodiscus, $1000.
1995 – Sigma Xi, Berkeley chapter: Research Grant-in-Aid for research at European natural history collections, $500.
1994 – Thomas J. Dee Fund (Field Museum of Natural History): Visiting Scholar Fellowship, $480.
1994 – Margaret C. Walker Fund for Systematic Entomology: Training in molecular systematic techniques, $1000.
Students and postdocs advised
Ernesto Recuero-Gil. Postdoctoral researcher, Clemson University. June 2021-present
Frank E. Etzler. Postdoctoral researcher, Clemson University. January-December 2020.
Shelley S. Myers. Postdoctoral researcher, Clemson University. January 2015-December 2016.
Patricia Wooden. Ph.D. student, Clemson University. August 2020-present.
Adam Haberski. Ph.D. student, Clemson University. August 2020-present.
Curt Harden. Ph.D. student. August 2019-present.
Roy Kucuk. M.S. student. January 2018-December 2019.
Laura Vásquez-Vélez. Ph.D. student, Clemson University. August 2015-August 2020.
Anthony Deczynski. M.S. and Ph.D. student, Clemson University. August 2014-2019.
Sofia Muñoz-Tobar. Ph.D. student, Clemson University. August 2014-2018.
Madline Genco, M.S. student (co-advisor), Clemson University. January 2016-2019.
Daniel P. Moura. Ph. D. student, Universidade Federal do Paraná, December 2011-2014.
Denise Knapp. Ph.D. student, UC Santa Barbara, September 2010-205.
Alexey Tishechkin. Postdoctoral researcher, SBMNH, 2010-2013.
Maxi Polihronakis. Postdoctoral researcher, SBMNH, 2008-2010.
Ainsley Seago. Ph.D. student, University of California, Berkeley. Degree granted, 2009.
Andrew Short. Ph.D. student, Cornell University. Degree granted 2007. Postdoctoral researcher, SBMNH, 2007-2008.
Stylianos Chatzimanolis. Postdoctoral researcher, SBMNH, 2005-2007.
Invited talks
Departmental Seminar, Virginia Tech University, October 18, 2018.
Departmental Seminar, University of Georgia, February 12, 2018.
Entomological Society of Washington (DC), October 8, 2015.
Departmental Seminar, University of São Paulo, Ilha Solteira, December, 2011.
Departmental Seminar, UC Davis, February 18, 2009.
Friends of the Riverside Entomology Museum, UC Riverside, January 31, 2009.
Departmental Seminar, University of Arizona, October 16, 2008.
Departmental Seminar, Vanderbilt University, September 25, 2008.
Departmental Seminar, San Diego State University, April 14, 2008.
Departmental Seminar, Cornell University, April 23, 2007.
Departmental Seminar, Michigan State University, April 20, 2007.
Other professional presentations
Caterino, M.S. 2020. Metabarcoding leaf litter arthropods of High Appalachia. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Science Colloquium, Gatlinburg, TN. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEoPN88LEY8)
Young, K., Hartshorn, J., Klepzig, K., Caterino, M.S., and Sheehan, T.N. 2019. Investigating the effects of predator exclusion on dung and carrion beetles. Entomological Society of America, St. Louis.
Caterino, M.S. 2019. Metabarcoding litter arthropods to assess endemicity in the high Appalachians. Entomological Society of America, St. Louis.
Caterino, M.S. 2019. Traylor C.R., McHugh, J.V., Ulyshen, M.D., Caterino, M.S. and Ferro, M.L. 2020. Evaluating the use of Phellopsis obcordata (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) as an indicator of old-growth forest in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Southeastern Branch ESA, Atlanta.
Genco, M. Morse, J.C., Murray K., Caterino M.S., and Pham T. 2018. Description and diagnosis of associated larvae and adults of two new Trichoptera species from Bąch Mã National Park, Vietnam.Entomological Society of America. Vancouver, BC.
Caterino, M.S. 2018. Diversity and endemism of the arthropods of high Appalachia. Entomological Society of America. Vancouver, BC.
Caterino, M.S. 2017. Seeing the forest and the trees – Arthropod inventories at multiple systematic levels. Entomological Society of America. Denver, CO.
Deczynski, A.M., Caterino, M.S., and M.L. Ferro. 2017. Progress update: Growing and modernizing the Clemson University Arthropod Collection. Entomological Collections Network, Denver, CO. November.
Cairco, K.B., R.H. Bennett, L.P. Jones, C.R. Matthews, J.C. Morse, and M.S. Caterino. 2016. Investigating canopy diversity in the Clemson Experimental Forest. International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, FL. (poster)
Caterino, M.S., R. Kula, J.R. Cryan, J.K. Gelhaus, J.V. McHugh, B.G. Scholtens, C. Bartlett, M.W. Gates, J.C. Morse, and P.H. Adler. 2016. Surveying insects in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the U.S., an underappreciated biodiversity hotspot. International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, FL.
Myers, S.S. and M.S. Caterino. 2016. Utilizing comparative genomic variation of two Appalachian litter beetles to assess land-use history effects on population structure. International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, FL.
Myers, S.S and M.S. Caterino. 2015. Comparative mtDNA phylogenetics of Southern Appalachian litter beetles across different forest types. Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Caterino, M.S. 2015. The early history of Histeridae (Coleoptera): New fossils and new techniques yield new insights. Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Caterino, M.S. 2014. Growing and modernizing the Clemson University Arthropod Collection. Entomological Collections Network. Portland, OR.
Caterino, M.S. 2014. The past, present, and future of the Clemson University Arthropod Collection. South Carolina Entomological Society. Monck's Corner, SC.
Caterino, M.S. 2013. Preadapted for inquilinism: how many independent origins of myrmecophily in Histeridae? Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Austin, TX.
Caterino, M.S. 2013. The art and science of taxonomy. Science Pub, Dargan's, Santa Barbara, CA.
Caterino, M.S., and A. K. Tishechkin. 2012. A reclassification of the New World Exosternini (Coleoptera: Histeridae), based on phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular data. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN.
Tishechkin, A.K. and M.S. Caterino. 2012. A web of interlinked enhancements to a revision of a species-rich beetle taxon (Histeridae: Exosternini): An example using the genus Yarmister.Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN.
Caterino, M.S., S. Chatzimanolis and M. Polihronakis. 2012. On the origins of the insect fauna of California’s Channel Islands: a comparative phylogeographical study of island beetles. 8th California Islands Symposium. Ventura, CA.
Caterino, M.S., and A. K. Tishechkin. 2011. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the New World Exosternini. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV.
Tishechkin, A.K. and M.S. Caterino. 2011. How many undescribed tropical beetles are out there: an insight from two obscure Neotropical taxa (Histeridae: Exosternini and Haeteriinae). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV.
Caterino, M.S. 2011. What's Bugging You? Science Pub, Dargan's, Santa Barbara, CA.
Caterino, M.S., and A. K. Tishechkin. 2010. Informativeness of male and female genitalia in resolving relationships among lineages of New World Exosternini. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Polihronakis, M., Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. 2009. Where the boys aren’t: repeated evolution of parthenogenesis in the weevil Geodercodes latipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the California Floristic Province. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
Ouzounov, I., Polihronakis, M. and M.S. Caterino. 2009. Exploring new nuclear markers for phylogeographic study in beetles. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
Caterino, M.S. and M. Polihronakis. 2009. Multilocus phylogeography of the night walker (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Nyctoporis carinata) in the California Floristic Province. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
Hopp, K.J. and M.S. Caterino. 2009. On the edge: the beetles of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. 2008. Investigating endemicity in beetles of California’s Channel Islands. 7th Channel Islands Symposium, Ventura, CA.
Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2007. Comparative phylogeography of littoral beetles in southern California. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Caterino, M.S. 2007. Phylogeographic and faunistic diversity of California Tenebrionidae. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. 2007. Comparative phylogeoegraphy of beetles in southern California. Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch Annual Meeting.
Caterino, M.S. 2006. The California Beetle Project: Data sharing and management. Entomological Collections Network Annual Meeting.
Caterino, M.S. 2006. Faunistics of a temperate biodiversity hotspot: The California beetle project. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2006. Phylogeography of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) across Southern California. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Short, A.E.Z., J.K. Liebherr, and M.S. Caterino. 2006. Into the trees: Phylogeny and eco-morphological shifts of the hydrobiusine water scavenger beetles. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Caterino, M.S., and A. K. Tishechkin. 2005. DNA identification and morphological description of the first confirmed larvae of Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Caterino, M.S., T. Hunt, and A.P. Vogler. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia (Coleoptera: Polyphaga), as revealed by 18S rDNA. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Vandergast, A., D. Weissman, M.S. Caterino, T. Reeder, and R. Fisher. 2003. Phylogenetics of the mahogany jerusalem cricket in southern California. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting.
Caterino, M.S. 2002. Diversity and evolution of the chlamydopsine Histeridae. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Caterino, M.S. and A.P. Vogler. 2001. A combined data phylogeny of Histeridae. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Caterino, M.S. 2001. The evolution of Histerid beetles. Departmental seminar, The Natural History Museum, London. (talk)
Caterino, M.S. 2000. The evolution of Histeridae. Invited seminar, Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. (talk)
Sperling, F.A.H. and M.S. Caterino. 2000. Phylogeny of the Papilionidae. International Congress of Entomology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil. (talk)
Sperling, F.A.H. and M.S. Caterino. 2000. Papilionidae phylogeny: Molecules and morphology converge. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.
Caterino, M.S., R.D. Reed, M.M. Kuo, and F.A.H. Sperling. 1999. The phylogeny and evolution of the Papilionidae. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. (talk).
Caterino, M.S. and D.B. Weissman, 1998. Mitochondrial DNA variation in California Jerusalem Crickets. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. (talk)
Caterino, M.S. 1998. The Neotropical Hister servus group: phylogenetics and biogeographical implications. Society of Systematic Biologists Annual Meeting. (talk)
Caterino, 1997. Preliminary molecular phylogenetics of histeromorph beetles: comparative utilities of four genes. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. (poster)
Caterino, M.S. and F.A.H. Sperling, 1997. Phylogeny of Papilio. Society of Systematic Biologists Annual Meeting. (talk)
Caterino, M.S. 1995. Phylogenetics and biogeography of SpilodiscusLewis. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. (talk)
Caterino, M.S. 1995. A procedure for phylogenetic taxonomy. Society of Systematic Biologists Annual Meeting. (talk)
Caterino, M.S. 1995. Implementation of a phylogenetic taxonomy. Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch Annual Meeting. (talk)
Caterino, M.S. 1995. The phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of the new world Histerini. Presented at the annual dinner of the Berkeley Chapter of Sigma Xi. (talk)
Lago, P.K. and M.S. Caterino. 1992. Survey of the scarab beetles associated with white-tailed deer dung in Mississippi. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. (poster)
Electronic media
Southeastern Beetles. 2014-present. A web log of some of my explorations of the southeastern beetle fauna. http://southeasternbeetles.blogspot.com
The California Beetle Project. 2001-2013. An illustrated guide and interactive database on California beetle diversity and distributions. http://www.sbnature.org/calbeetles
A Guide to the Insects of the Coal Oil Point Reserve. 2005. A field guide to over 500 species of insects occurring at this Santa Barbara area UC Reserve. http://www.sbnature.org/collections/invert/entom/COP/COPbugshome.php
Histeroidea and Histeridae pages for the Tree of Life. http://tolweb.org/Histeroidea/9075
Histeridae page curator for Encyclopedia of Life. http://eol.org/pages/364/overview
California’s Endangered Insects. 1996. Information on California’s threatened and endangered entomofauna. http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/essig/endins/endins.htm
Lucid Key to the Genera of Chlamydopsinae. 2007. An interactive, illustrated key to the genera of the myrmecophilous histerid subfamily Chlamydopsinae. (with A. K. Tishechkin and C. E. Carlton). http://entomology.lsu.edu/lsam/Chlamydopintro.htm [currently offline]
An Online Field Guide to the Butterflies of Santa Barbara County. 2004. A pictorial guide to the 112 species of butterflies known or suspected to occur in Santa Barbara county. http://www.sbnature.org/sbbutterflies [currently offline]
The Essig Museum of Entomology. 1995. Internet site for the dissemination of collections information. [since superceded]
Other relevant experience
2016 – Identifier, SC CAPS program, screening samples for exotic bark beetles.
2012, 2013 – Entomology coordinator, Joshua Tree National Monument BioBlitz.
2008 – Volunteer scientist, San Diego Natural History Museum BioBlitz.
2008 – Volunteer scientist, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area BioBlitz.
2006-present – Collaborator (TWiG member, Staphyliniformia), Assembling the Beetle Tree of Life.
2007 – Invited external reviewer, Albert J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection, Michigan State University.
2007 – Coordinator, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden BioBlitz entomology team.
2006-2007 – Co-curator, 'Treasures' exhibit of exceptional collection objects, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
2005-2006 – Co-curator, 'Extreme Close-up' exhibit of SEM imagery, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
2001-2007 (semi-annual summers) – Co-curator, 'Butterflies Alive' living butterfly pavilion, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
2000 – Presenter, 'Voyages of Discovery' exhibit. The Natural History Museum, London.
1994-present – Collaborator, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad de Costa Rica. Identifying Histeridae for National Biodiversity Survey.
Professional service
2016-2019 – Editorial Board, Insect Systematics and Diversity.
2013-2016 – Associate Editor, Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
2011-2012 – President, Coleopterists Society (Past-President, 2012-2014).
2009-present – Associate Editor, ZooKeys.
2004-2008 – Secretary, Vice Chair, Chair, Past-president, Entomological Society of America, Section A (now Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity).
2004-2008 – Review Editor, Coleopterists Bulletin.
2004-present – occasional NSF panelist, BRC, BS&I, Systematic Biology.
2005-2006 – Associate Editor, Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society.
2001-2005 – Names Committee, North American Butterfly Association.
2001-2003 – Councilor, Coleopterists Society.
1995-1997 – Secretary, Entomology Students' Organization, U.C. Berkeley.
1993-1994 – President, Entomology Students' Organization, U.C. Berkeley.