Project Principal Investigators
Institutional Collaborators
Taxonomic Collaborators
Gonzalo Giribet (Arachnida, Myriapoda)
Harry Brailovsky (Hemiptera)
Zachary Falin (Coleoptera)
Steve Marshall (Diptera)
Michael Sharkey (Hymenoptera)
Graduate Students/Student Coordinators
Michael Branstetter (current)
Laura Sáenz Domínguez (current)
Jesús Luna Cozar (2007-2008)
Other Collaborators
Brian Fisher (Bioinformatics, Antweb)
Student Participants
John T. (Jack) Longino
E-mail: jacklongino@gmail.com
Department of Biology
257 S 1400 E
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
Research interests: Taxonomy and ecology of Neotropical ants (Formicidae).
Robert S. (Bob) Anderson
E-mail: randerson@mus-nature.ca
Canadian Museum of Nature
P.O. Box 3443, Station D
Ottawa, ON. K1P 6P4 CANADA
Research interests: Taxonomy and ecology of weevils (Cuculionidae).
P. S. (Phil) Ward
E-mail: psward@ucdavis.edu
Department of Entomology
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616, USA
http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/faculty/ward/
Research interests: Taxonomy and phylogeny of ants (Formicidae).
Jorge Leonel León Cortéz
E-mail: jleon@sclc.ecosur.mx
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)
San Cristobal de las Casas
Chiapas, Mexico
Research interests: Lepidoptera biodiversity and systematics; conservation biology of fragmented habitats.
Jack Schuster
E-mail: jschuste@uvg.edu.gt
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Apartado 82
Guatemala GUATEMALA
Research interests: Biodiversity, systematics and evolution of Passalidae (Coleoptera).
Dr. José Manuel Mora Benavides
E-mail: jmora@zamorano.edu
Regional Biodiversity Institute
Centro Zamorano de Biodiversidad
Pan-American School of Agriculture
Zamorano, Honduras
Dr. Oliver Schlein
E-mail: oschlein@zamorano.edu
Regional Biodiversity Institute
Centro Zamorano de Biodiversidad
Pan-American School of Agriculture
Zamorano, Honduras
Jean-Michel Maes
E-mail: jmmaes@ibw.com.ni
Museo Entomologico
Leon, Nicaragua
http://www.insectariumvirtual.com/termitero/nicaragua/MEL%20HOME%20PAGE.htm
Research interests: Biodiversity and systematics of insects.
Eric Van Den Berghe
E-mail: eric.vandenberghe@avemaria.edu.ni
Ave Maria University
San Marcos, Nicaragua
Research interests: Biodiversity and systematics of insects and orchids.
Gonzalo Giribet
E-mail: ggiribet@oeb.harvard.edu
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Research interests: Arachnida, Myriapoda.
Harry Brailovsky
E-mail: coreidae@ibiologia.unam.mx
Departamento de Zoología Instituto de Biología, U.N.A.M.
Circuito Exterior s/n
Ciudad Universitaria, Copilco, Coyoacán
A.P. 70-233 México, Distrito Federal. C.P. 04510
Research interests: Hemiptera.
Zachary Falin
E-mail: ksem@ku.edu
Division of Entomology, KUNHM/BRC
Snow Entomological Collection
1501 Crestline Dr. Suite 140
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66049
Research interests: Coleoptera.
Steve Marshall
E-mail: samarsha@uoguelph.ca
Department of Environmental Biology
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1
Research interests: Diptera.
Michael Sharkey
E-mail: msharkey@uky.edu
Department of Entomology
S-225 Ag. Sci. North
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40546-0091, USA
Research interests: Hymenoptera.
Michael Branstetter
E-mail: mgbranstetter@ucdavis.edu
Department of Entomology
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616, USA
Research interests: Taxonomy and ecology of Neotropical Stenamma (Formicidae).
With LLAMA 2007 to present.
Jesús (Chuy) Luna Cozar
E-mail: jluna@posgrado.ecosur.mx
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
San Cristóbal de las Casas
Chiapas, Mexico
Research interests: Taxonomy, systematics, Biogeography, and Ecology of Apionidae, Curculionidae, and Bruchidae.
Featured researcher in March 2006 Curculio.
With LLAMA 2007 to 2008.
Laura Sáenz Domínguez
E-mail: laury.saenz@gmail.com
Escuela de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Research interests: Taxonomy, systematics, Biogeography, and Ecology of Formicidae.
With LLAMA starting 2008.
Brian Fisher
E-mail: bfisher@calacademy.org
Entomology
California Academy of Sciences
875 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94103-3009, USA
Research interests: Taxonomy of ants (Formicidae), Bioinformatics, Faunal Inventory.
Upper left: Samanta Orellana, Universidad de San Carlos. Upper right: Diego Pons, Universidad del Valle. Lower right: Manuel Barrios, Universidad de San Carlos. Lower left: Cristián Beza, Universidad del Valle.
Upper left: Steven Bylsma, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. Upper right: Jennie Russ, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. Lower right: Theo Sumnicht, University of California, Davis, CA. Lower left: Crystal Vincent, Carleton University, Ottawa.
Upper left: Maria Dina Estrada Marroquin. Upper center: Yensy María Recinos Aguilar. Upper right: Ubaldo Caballero. Lower left: Irma Dinorah Miss Barrera. Lower right: Eslin Obed Reyes De León.
Left to right: Brittany Broyles, D. J. Cox, Jesse McAlpine, Duke Brady (far right Jack Longino)