Project Leaders

Brian Farrell, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Lead PI & TWiG Leader)

David Maddison, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona (Co-PI & TWiG Leader)

Michael Whiting, Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University (Co-PI & TWiG Leader)

Adam Slipinski, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Entomology (TWiG Leader)

Post Docs

Duane McKenna, Farrell Lab, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Alex Wild, Maddison Lab, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona

Taxonomic Working Group (TWiG) Leaders

Charles Bellamy, California Department of Food & Agriculture (Buprestoidea)

Brian Farrell, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Chrysomeloidea/Curculionoidea)

Michael Ivie, Department of Entomology, Montana State University (Derodontoidea/Bostrichoidea/Scirtoidea)

Mary Liz Jameson, Division of Entomology, University of Nebraska State Museum (Scarabaeoidea)

John Lawrence, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Entomology (Elateroidea/Byrrhoidea/Dryopoidea/Dascilloidea)

Richard Leschen, New Zealand Arthropod Collection (Cleroidea/Lymexyloidea)

David Maddison, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona (Adephaga/Archostemata/Myxophaga)

Joseph McHugh, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia (Cucujoidea)

Adam Slipinski, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Entomology (Tenebrionoidea)

Margaret Thayer, Division of Insects, Field Museum of Natural History (Staphylinoidea/Hydrophiloidea)

Michael Whiting, Department of Integrative Biology, Brigham Young University (Outgroups)

Other Primary Collaborators

Rolf Beutel, Department of Entomology, Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum

David Hawks, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside

Adriana Marvaldi, Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas (IADIZA)

Taxonomic Working Groups (TWiGs)

• Adephaga/Archostemata/Myxophaga (led by David Maddison)
  

  Paolo Audisio (Università degli Studi di Roma)
  Rolf Beutel (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Germany)
  Kelly Miller (Brigham Young University)
  Ignacio Ribera (Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona)
  Kipling Will (University of California Berkeley)

• Staphylinoidea/Hydrophiloidea (led by Margaret Thayer)

Michael Caterino (Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History)
Alfred Newton (Field Museum of Natural History)
Philip Perkins (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University)

• Scarabaeoidea (led by Mary Liz Jameson)

David Hawks (University of California Riverside)
John Heraty (University of California Riverside)
Federico Ocampo (University of Nebraska)
Brett Ratcliffe (University of Nebraska)
Andrew Smith (University of Nebraska)

• Elateroidea/Byrrhoidea/Dryopoidea/Dascilloidea (led by John Lawrence)

Ladislav Bocák (Palacky University, Czech Republic)
Milada Bocáková (Palacky University, Czech Republic)
Marc Branham (University of Florida)
Fedor Ciampor (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Michael Ivie (Montana State University)
Chi-Feng Lee (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Jyrki Muona (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Ignacio Ribera (Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona)
W. Shepherd (University of California Berkeley)
Adam Slipinski (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO))

• Buprestoidea (led by Charles Bellamy)

Svatopluk Bily (National Museum, Czech Republic)
Henry Hespenheide (University of California Los Angeles)
Marc Volkovitsh (Russian Academy of Sciences)

• Cucujoidea (led by Joseph McHugh)

Paolo Audisio (Università degli Studi di Roma)
Christopher Carlton (Louisiana State University)
Andrew Cline (California Department of Food & Agriculture)
John Lawrence (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO))
Richard Leschen (New Zealand Arthropod Collection)
Kelly Miller (Brigham Young University)
Paul Skelley (Florida State Collection of Arthropods)
Adam Slipinski (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO))
Wioletta Tomaszewska (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Quentin Wheeler (Natural History Museum, London)
Michael Whiting (Brigham Young University)

• Tenebrionoidea (led by Adam Slipinski)

Rolf Beutel (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Germany)
Marco Bologna (Universita' degli Studi "Roma Tre", Italy)
Patrice Bouchard (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada)
Donald Chandler (University of New Hampshire)
Hermes Escalona (Universidad Central de Venezuela)
Gustavo Flores (Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas)
Michael Ivie (Montana State University)
John Lawrence (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO))
Richard Leschen (New Zealand Arthropod Collection)
Darren Pollock (Eastern New Mexico University)

• Chrysomeloidea/Curculionoidea (led by Brian Farrell)

Robert Anderson (Canadian Museum of Nature)
Caroline Chaboo (American Museum of Natural History)
Catherine Duckett (Smithsonian Institution)
Nico Franz (University of Puerto Rico)
Alexander Konstantinov (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA)
Steven Lingafelter (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA)
Adriana Marvaldi (Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas (IADIZA))
Duane McKenna (Harvard University)
Rolf Oberprieler (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO))
Chris Reid (Australian Museum)

• Derodontoidea/Bostrichoidea/Scirtoidea (led by Michael Ivie)

John Lawrence (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO))
Richard Leschen (New Zealand Arthropod Collection)
Keith Philips (Western Kentucky University)
Adam Slipinski (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO))

• Cleroidea/Lymexyloidea (led by Richard Leschen)

• Outgroups (led by Michael Whiting)
  
  

Graduate Students

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