Phanaeus

Morphology

Characters

head

prothoracic

mesa and

metathoracic

Contact Information:

Graduate Program of Ecology and Evolution

14 College Farm Road, 1st Floor

Rutgers University - DEENR
New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Lab Phone: 732-932-8872
Fax: 732-932-7229

Email: dprice@eden.rutgers.edu

Advisory Committee:   

            Dr. Michael May

            Dr. Karl Kjer

            Dr. Lena Struwe

            Dr. Douglas Tallamy

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:

• Projects and Interests
• Morphological and molecular systematics
• The behavior of Phanaeine dung beetles: bisexual cooperation and sexual selection 
• Dung beetles as biodiversity indicators for conservation

Ph.D. Research:

            1)    Head characters

Activities:

• I have conducted several project dealing with the species diversity of scarabaeoid dung beetles in Central New Jersey (See CV for publications)

• I designed an Insect Taxonomy course for Rutgers University

• I am involved with the Scarab Research Network: dung beetles as biodiversity indicators for conservation (http://www.scarabnet.org)

Basic morphology of Phanaeus vindex (see images)