Research at the Division of Arthropods

Systematics and Taxonomy

Phylogeny and systematics of aquatic diving beetles (Dytiscidae, Hydradephaga, Cucujoidea Dytiscidae) - Kelly Miller

Phylogeny and systematics of the North American band-winged grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Oedipodinae, esp. Trimerotropini), and the North American katydid genera Eremopedes, Pediodectes, Ateloplus, and Steiroxys (Orthoptera) - David Lightfoot 

Ecology and Conservation

Inventory and monitoring of flower-visiting insects across and elevation gradient on the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico: responses to climate change. David Lightfoot, Kelly Miller, Robert Parmenter, Essie Burton, Simon Doneski, Quinlyn Baine. 

New Mexico Rare Arthropods Resource (NMRARe) information web site for rare and threatened New Mexico arthropods. David Lightfoot, Esteban Muldavin, Anna Walker (ABQ BioPark), Quinlyn Baine, Simon Doneski. 

An inventory survey of the arthropods of White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA, and Cuatrocienegas Protected Area, Coahuila, Mexico - David Lightfoot and Kelly Miller

Inventory and monitoring of arthropods at Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, and Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Park, Washington - Robert Parmenter

Community ecology of grasshoppers of the Jornada Basin and the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research sites, New Mexico, relative to climate change and vegetation dynamics - David Lightfoot

Long-term monitoring of ground-dwelling arthropods across an elevation gradient in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, in relation to climate change - David Lightfoot, Sandra Brantley, Robert Parmenter and Craig Allen (USGS)