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Nathan P. Lord
Ph.D. Candidate
Systematics of Cylindrical Bark Beetles (Zopheridae Colydiinae) and Bothriderid Beetles (Bothrideridae)
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Biology
University of New Mexico
Museum of Southwestern Biology
167 Castetter Hall, MSC03 2020
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Voice mail: (505) 277-4225
Email (replace (AT) with @): bothriderid(AT)gmail.com
Curriculum vitae 
I received my BSES in Entomology in 2006 and MS in Entomology in 2008 from the University of Georgia under the direction of Dr. Joseph McHugh. My MS thesis was a molecular phylogeny of the Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae) and a taxonomic revision of the genus Deretaphrus Newman (Coleoptera: Bothrideridae).
I joined the Miller lab in August 2008 to conduct my doctoral research. My current studies focus on the beetle families Zopheridae (incl. Colydiidae) and Bothrideridae, groups of morphologically and ecologically diverse, subcortical LBBs. Zopherids are fungus feeders or predaceous on bark beetles, and Bothriderids are both fungal feeders and ectoparasites of wood-boring beetle larvae and pupae, potentially serving as biological control agents for destructive wood-boring pests. I am broadly interested in all areas of their biology, behavior, natural history, and biological associations, but my research specifically focuses on the taxonomy and systematics of both groups. I enjoy working at the alpha-taxonomic level, and in addition to several generic revisions of Bothrideridae based on morphology, I will also be conducting a higher-level phylogenetic analysis of the Zopheridae during my Ph.D.
I am also very interested in electron microscopy, nature/macro photography, percussion, and darts.
Field & Museum Research
- Panama (2012, 2009, 2006)
- U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (2012, 2011)
- Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belge, Brussels, Belgium (2011)
- Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium (2011)
- The Natural History Museum, London, UK (2011, 2010)
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (2011, 2010)
- Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2011)
- Museu de Zoologia Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil (2011)
- New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Auckland, New Zealand (2011, 2010)
- Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra, ACT, Australia (2010, 2008)
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama (2009)
- West Indian Beetle Fauna Project Collection, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (2007)
- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (2012, 2009)
- Bolivia (2009, 2005)
- Madagascar (2008)
- Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI (2008)
- Costa Rica: La Selva Biological Station, Ecolodge San Luis (2007)
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Nathan Lord, Chiracahua Mountains, AZ
Nathan Lord, Panama
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