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<< back to Lab Personnel Eugenio (Gino) Nearns Ph.D. Candidate Systematics of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae) Department of Biology Museum of Southwestern Biology University of New Mexico 167 Castetter Hall, MSC03 2020 Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 Voice mail: (505) 277-4225 Email (replace (AT) with @): gnearns(AT)unm.edu Curriculum vitae I'm a systematist and entomologist interested in the biodiversity of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). My research involves discovering new species and inferring phylogenetic relationships among taxa using all available data (e.g. morphological, molecular, and behavioral). I received a BFA from The University of Florida's Department of Fine Arts in May 1996 and a MS in entomology from UF in August 2006 (Branham Lab). My MS thesis research was a taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the longhorned beetle tribes Curiini and Plectromerini (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae). I joined the Miller Lab in January 2007. I'm the webmaster for several websites including HYM Course, The Coleopterists Society, Center for Systematic Entomology and UNM's Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA). Publications 23. Santos-Silva, A., Swift, I., & E.H. Nearns. [in press] Division of the genus Nothopleurus Lacordaire, 1869 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). 22. Swift, I.P., Santos-Silva, A., & E.H. Nearns. [in press] The genus Trichocnemis LeConte, 1851 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). 21. Swift, I.P., Bezark, L.G., Nearns, E.H., Solís, A. & F.T. Hovore. 2010. Checklist of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Costa Rica. Insecta Mundi, 0131: 1-68. 20. Maes, J., Berghe, E., Dauber, D., Audureau, A., Nearns, E.H., Skillman, F., Heffern, D.J., & M.A. Monné. 2010. Catalogo ilustrado de los Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) de Nicaragua. Parts I-V. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia, 70(1): 1-102, 1-640, 1-31, 1-879, 1-422. 19. Bousquet, Y., Heffern, D.J., Bouchard, P., & E.H. Nearns. 2009. Catalogue of family-group names in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa, 2321: 1-80. 18. Nearns, E.H., Swift, I.P., & L.J. Joly. 2009. First record of Curius chemsaki Nearns & Ray, 2006 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Curiini) in Colombia. Insecta Mundi, 0103: 1-2. 17. Nearns, E.H. & K.B. Miller. 2009. A new species of Plectromerus Haldeman from Central America and description of the female of Plectromerus dezayasi Nearns & Branham, 2008 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Plectromerini). ZooKeys, 24: 55-62. 16. Wappes, J.E., Ledezma Arias, J. & E.H. Nearns. 2009. Coleoptera Holotypes in Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma "Gabriel René Moreno," Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Insecta Mundi, 0081: 1-8. 15. Thomas, M.C. & E.H. Nearns. 2008. A new genus of telephanine Silvanidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), with a diagnosis of the tribe and key to the genera. Insecta Mundi, 0048: 1-14. 14. Nearns, E.H. 2008. Description of the male of Plectromerus michelii Nearns & Branham, 2008 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Insecta Mundi, 0038: 1-2. 13. Nearns, E.H. & M.A. Branham. 2008. Revision and phylogeny of the tribes Curiini LeConte and Plectromerini Nearns & Branham, new tribe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 47: 1-117. 12. Lingafelter, S.W. & E.H. Nearns. 2007. Five new species of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Dominican Republic in genera Ataxia Haldeman, 1845; Atimiola Bates, 1880; Drycothaea Thomson, 1868; Eburia Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1830; and Hormathus Gahan, 1830. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 61(2): 177-191. 11. Woodley, N.E. & E.H. Nearns. 2007. The type material of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in the Fernando de Zayas collection, Havana, Cuba. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 61(3): 334-338. 10. Lingafelter, S.W. & E.H. Nearns. 2006. Rediscovery and redescription of the remarkable Phoenicus sanguinipennis Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Trachyderini) from the Dominican Republic. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 60(3): 199-206. 9. Nearns, E.H. 2006. A checklist of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) holdings of the Fernando de Zayas Collection, Havana, Cuba. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 60(1): 53-57. 8. Nearns, E.H., Branham, M.A. & S.M. Bybee. 2006. Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) types of the Fernando de Zayas Collection, Havana, Cuba. Zootaxa, 1270: 1-17. 7. Nearns, E.H. & A.M. Ray. 2006. A new species of Curius Newman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Venezuela with notes on sexual dimorphism in the genus. Zootaxa, 1256: 49-57. 6. Nearns, E.H. & W.E. Steiner. 2006. A new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Navassa Island, Greater Antilles. Zootaxa, 1163: 61-68. 5. Wappes, J.E., Morris, R.F., Nearns, E.H. & M.C. Thomas. 2006. Preliminary checklist of Bolivian Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Insecta Mundi, 20(1-2): 1-45. 4. Micheli, C.J. & E.H. Nearns. 2005. Two new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the West Indies. Zootaxa, 1028: 23-36. 3. Nearns, E.H. & M.A. Branham. 2005. A new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Dominican amber with notes on the fossil Plectromerus tertiarius Vitali. Zootaxa, 1088: 17-24. 2. Nearns, E.H., Branham, M.A., Rodriguez, N.G. & I.F. Garcia. 2005. Curius punctatus (Fisher), new combination (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Curiini). Insecta Mundi, 19(3): 172. 1. Nearns, E.H. & R.H. Turnbow. 2005. First record of Plectromerus exis Zayas in the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Insecta Mundi, 19(3): 158. [in preparation]. Nearns, E.H., Miller, K.B., Swift, I.P., Lingafelter, S.W. & J.E. Wappes. An annotated checklist of the longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of New Mexico, U.S.A. Cerambycidae Holotype Websites Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL (FSCA) Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Costa Rica (INBio) Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (MNKM) Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (MCNZ) Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (MNRJ) Museu de Zoologia Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (MZSP) Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (USNM) Zayas Collection, Havana, Cuba Friends' Websites Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World The Korup Insect Survey (Insects of Cameroon) Cerambycidae of the Western Palearctic Region Rio Manso Lodge, Fly Fishing in Patagonia, Argentina Queulat Eco Lodge, Chile   Gino Nearns collecting at El Copé, Panamá (2009) (l-r) Jason Cryan, Gino Nearns, & Kelly Miller Copperbelt, Zambia (2007) (l-r) Gino Nearns, Ian Swift, José Luis Aramayo, & Kelly Miller Madidi National Park, La Paz, Bolivia (2007) Augosoma centaurus scarabs, Liberia, West Africa (1975)
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