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I am an entomologist and evolutionary biologist. I study the systematics and biogeography of mountain insects. Mountains are among the most significant biodiversity hotspots on Earth, and I use flightless beetles as models to understand how paleoclimates and paleogeography shaped the distribution and diversification of today's mountain biota.

As the collection manager of the Mississippi Entomological Museum, at Mississippi State University, I am responsible for the care and curation of a world-class research collection of more than three million insect specimens.

I am also an avid macrophtographer.

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Hikers with insect nets stand next to a high elevation mountain tarn in Alaska

Denali Field Course

Join me for a three-day field course in breath taking Denali National Park, Alaska. We'll hike mountains and explore river bars to uncover the fascinating world of Denali's insects and spiders. July 10-12, 2026.

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SpellingBee

SpellingBee is a free custom dictionary that adds over 15,000 entomological terms to your word processor's spellchecker.

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Haberski, A., C. Silva. 2026. Introducing SpellingBee: the Entomological Spellchecker. American Entomologist, 72 (1): 32-33.

Haberski, A., and M. S. Caterino. 2024. Endogean habits drove cryptic diversification in Appalachian Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 108252.

Sikes, D.S., J.C. Hagelin, J. Skinner, A. Haberski, K.A. DuBour, J.A. Johnson. 2024. Patterns of aerial arthropod biomass and beetle diversity from three regions of boreal Alaska. Insect Conservation and Diversity: 1-30.

Haberski, A., and M. S. Caterino. 2024. A review of Nearctic Lathrobium (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with revision and descriptions of new micropterous species from the mountains of the Southeastern U.S. ZooKeys 1198: 193-277.

Haberski, A. 2024. Red net-winged beetle. Through the Loupe. American Entomologist, 70 (1).

Haberski, A., J. Rykken, and D. S. Sikes. 2023. Arthropod communities along an elevation gradient in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Rapidly shrinking tundra hosts a unique assemblage of specialists. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 55 (1): 2178149.

Baeza, J.A., R. Barata, D. Rajapakse, J. Penaloza, P. Harrison, and A. Haberski. 2023. Mitochondrial Genomes Assembled from Non-Invasive eDNA Metagenomic Scat Samples in Critically Endangered Mammals. Genes 14 (3): 657.

Haberski, A., D. A. Woller, and D. S. Sikes. 2021. Orthoptera of Alaska: A photographic key, new records, and synonymy of Melanoplus gordonae. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 44: 51.

Haberski, A., J. C. Hagelin, C. P. Barger, D. S. Sikes, and K. A. DuBour. 2021. An efficient method for sampling aerial arthropods at nest sites of an insectivorous songbird in steep decline. Avian Conservation and Ecology 16:1.

Smith, A. L., D. S. Sikes, T. Kane, A. Haberski, J. Williamson, R. Nowicki, M. Apperson. 2021. Assessment of the pinned specimen digitization progress of the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 14(1); 1-5.

Whitmore, V., D. S. Sikes, A. Haberski, A. 2020. University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection specimen count verification. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 13(1): 26-30.

Haberski, A. 2020. A harebrained attempt to collect during peak snowshoe hare. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 13(1): 17-18.

Haberski, A., M. McHugh, J. Hagelin, D. S. Sikes. 2016. An overview of ongoing research: Arthropod abundance and diversity at Olive-sided Flycatcher nest sites in interior Alaska. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 9(1): 29-31.

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