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Biography: Robert S. Anderson

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Robert Anderson

Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Entomology)
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4060
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: randerson@mus-nature.ca

Education

  • Ph.D., Entomology, University of Alberta, 1986.
  • M.Sc., Biology, Carleton University, 1981.
  • B.Sc., University of Toronto, 1979.

Specialties

  • Systematics, phylogeny and biology of Curculionoidea with a special emphasis on New World taxa.
  • Biodiversity and conservation of insects.

Projects

  • Leaf Litter Arthropods of MesoAmerica (LLAMA) – Curculionidae.
  • Biodiversity of North American Curculionoidea.

Professional Services

  • Identification of Curculionoidea.

Students

  • Pam Horsley, M.Sc., McGill University, Systematics of Trachyphloeomimus (Curculionidae).
  • Jesus Luna Cozar, Ph.D., El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Systematics of Tylodinus of Chiapas, Mexico (Curculionidae).

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Publications

  • Anderson, R.S. (In press). A Taxonomic Monograph of the Middle American Leaf-Litter Inhabiting Weevil Genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini). Zootaxa.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Oberprieler, R.G. (In press). Curculionoidea. In Capinera, J.L. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Entomology (Edition 2), 4 Volumes. 4000 pp. 1300 illus. Springer-Verlag.
  • Paquin, P. and Anderson, R.S. (2009). The First Troglobitic Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America? Description of a New Eyeless Species of Lymantes Schoenherr from Central Texas caves. pp. 115-123 In Reddell, J.R. and Cokendolpher, J. C. (eds.), Studies on the Cave and Endogean Fauna of North America. V. Texas Memorial Museum, Speleological Monographs, 7.
  • Anderson, R.S. 2008. A New Species of Flightless Hadromeropsis from Colombian Páramo (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Entiminae; Tanymecini). Zootaxa 1879: 65-68.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2008). A Review of the Neotropical Genus Alloscolytroproctus Hustache, 1929 (Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Dryophthorinae). Zootaxa 1816: 35-43.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2008). A Review of the Genus Eubulus Kirsch 1869 of North America (Curculionidae; Cryptorhynchinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 62: 287-296.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2008). A Review of the Neotropical Fenus Eucalandra Faust, 1899 (Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Dryophthorinae). Zootaxa 1791: 57-67.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2008). A Review of the Genus Cryptorhynchus Illiger 1807 of North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Cryptorhynchinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 62: 168-180.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2008). The Identity of Chaleponotus elusus Casey 1892 (Curculionidae, Molytinae, Conotrachelini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 62: 42-44.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Majka, C.G. (2008). Ceutorhynchus oregonensis Dietz in Eastern Canada (Curculionidae; Ceutorhynchinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 62: 26.
  • Santiago-Blay, J.A., Ratcliffe, B.C., Krell, F.-T. and Anderson, R.S. (2008). Allotypes should be from the Type Series: A Position Paper for Reinstating Recommendation 72A from the Third Edition of the Code that Defines the Term ‘Allotype’. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(4): 260-264.
  • Oberprieler, R.G., Marvaldi, A.E. and Anderson, R.S. (2007). Weevils, Weevils, Weevils Everywhere. Zootaxa 1668: 491-520. In Zhang, Z.-Q. and Shear, W.A. (eds.) (2007) Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy. Zootaxa 1668: 1-766.
  • Majka, C.G. and Anderson, R.S. (2007). The genus Tropiphorus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America. The Coleopterists Bulletin 61: 487-489.
  • Majka, C.G., Anderson, R.S. and Georgeson, E. (2007). Introduced Apionidae and Brentidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109: 66-74.
  • Majka, C.G., Anderson, R.S. and McCorquodale, D.B. (2007). The Weevils of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, II: New Records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and Regional Zoogeography (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). The Canadian Entomologist 139: 397-442.
  • Majka, C.G., Anderson, R.S., McAlpine, D.F. and Webster, R. (2007). The Weevils of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, I: New Records from New Brunswick (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). The Canadian Entomologist 139: 378-396.
  • Anderson, R.S., O’Brien, C.W., Salsbury, G.A. and Krauth, S.J. (2007). Orchestes alni (L.) Newly Discovered in North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80: 78-79.
  • Zeran, R.M., Anderson, R.S. and Wheeler, T.A. (2007). Biodiversity of Fungivorous Beetles (Coleoptera) in Managed and ‘Old-Growth’ Hemlock-hardwood Forests in Southeastern Ontario. The Canadian Entomologist 139: 118-130.
  • Marvaldi, A.E., Lyal, C.H.C., Oberprieler, R.G., Bradbury, T. and Anderson, R.S. (2006). Phylogeny of the Oxycoryninae s. l. (Coleoptera: Belidae) and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations. Invertebrate Taxonomy 20: 447-476.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Peck, S.B. (2006). Curculionidae (+ Platypodinae and Scolytinae) – The Weevils. pp. 254-280 In Peck, S.B. The Beetles of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; Evolution, Ecology and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 314 pp.
  • Zeran, R.M., Anderson, R.S. and Wheeler, T.A. (2006). Sap Beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Managed and ‘Old-Growth’ Forests in South-Eastern Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 138: 123-137.
  • McCorquodale, D.B., Musgrave, B.L., Atkins, S., Majka, C. and Anderson, R.S. (2005). New Records of Native and Introduced Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) for Nova Scotia from Cape Breton Island. The Coleopterists Bulletin 59: 27-34.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2005). New Oxycoryninae from Central and South America: Phylogenetic and Biogeographical Implications (Coleoptera: Belidae). Systematic Entomology 30: 644-652.
  • Sandoval, S., Merickel, F.W., Anderson, R.S., Cook, S.P. and Osborne, H.L. (2004). First Records of Cossonus americanus Buchanan and Rhyncolus dilatatus Casy (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Idaho. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 80: 60-61.
  • Carlton, C.E. and Anderson, R.S. (2004). Occurrence of the Introduced Weevil Myosides seriehispidus Roelofs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 343.
  • Viquez, C. and Anderson, R.S. (2004). A Second Species of the Genus Cholomus Roelofs (Curculionidae) from Central America. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 369-371.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Korotyaev, B.A. 2004. Some Palearctic weevils in the subfamily Ceutorhynchinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) recently discovered in North America. The Canadian Entomologist 136: 233-239.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2003). Neotropical Dryophthoridae: Redescription of the genus Melchus Lacordaire with Description of Daisya Anderson, New Genus, and Seven New Species (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). The Coleopterists Bulletin 57: 413-431.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2003). Pseudotychius watsoni Blatchley (Curculionoidea: Nanophyidae) New to Canada. The Coleopterists Bulletin 57: 110-112.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2002). The Dryophthoridae of Costa Rica and Panama: Checklist with new synonymy and descriptions of new species of Cactophagus, Mesocordylus, Metamasius and Rhodobaenus (Coleoptera; Curculionoidea). Zootaxa 80: 1-94.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2002). Chapter 125. Nemonychidae. pp. 692-694 In Arnett, R.H. Jr., Thomas, M.C. and Skelley, P. (eds.) American Beetles Volume 2. CRC Press.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2002). Chapter 127. Belidae. pp. 701-702 In Arnett, R.H. Jr., Thomas, M.C. and Skelley, P. (eds.) American Beetles Volume 2. CRC Press.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2002). Chapter 130. Ithyceridae. pp. 720-721 In Arnett, R.H. Jr., Thomas, M.C. and Skelley, P. (eds.) American Beetles Volume 2. CRC Press.
  • Anderson, R.S. (2002). Chapter 131. Curculionidae. pp. 722-815 In Arnett, R.H. Jr., Thomas. M.C. and Skelley, P. (eds.) American Beetles Volume 2. CRC Press.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Kissinger, D.G. (2002). Chapter 129. Brentidae. pp. 711-719 In Arnett, R.H. Jr., Thomas, M.C. and Skelley, P. (eds.) American Beetles Volume 2. CRC Press.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Lanteri, A.A. (2000). New Genera and Species of Weevils from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and Cocos Island, Costa Rica (Coleoptera; Curculionidae). American Museum Novitates 3299: 1-15.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Ashe, J.S. (2000). Leaf Litter Inhabiting Beetles as Surrogates for Establishing Priorities for Conservation in Selected Tropical Montane Cloud Forests in Honduras, Central America (Coleoptera; Staphylinidae, Curculionidae). Biodiversity and Conservation 9(5): 617-653.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1999). Flowers and Insect Evolution. Technical Comments. Science 283: 143. doi:10.1126/science.283.5399.143a
  • Anderson, R.S. (1999). New Species of Sicoderus Vanin from the Virgin Islands (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Curculioninae; Otidocephalini). Tjdschrift voor Entomologie 141: 129-135.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1999). A New Species of Lignyodes Dejean (Subgenus Chionanthobius Pierce) from Costa Rica (Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 53: 183-185.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1998). Nomenclatural Changes in New World Curculionidae (Curculioninae [Cryptorhynchini, Molytini], Cossoninae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 52: 285-290.
  • Liebherr, J.K. and Anderson,R.S. (1997). Southern Range Extension for Agonum patinale Bates and the Genus Agonum Bonelli. The Coleopterists Bulletin 51: 328.
  • Anderson, R.S. 1997. An Overview of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of the Yukon. pp. 405-444 In Danks, H.V. and Downes, J.A. (eds.). Insects of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) Ottawa. 1034 pp.
  • Anderson, R.S. 1997. Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea, Excluding Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of the Yukon. pp. 523-562 In Danks, H.V. and Downes, J.A. (eds.). Insects of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) Ottawa. 1034 pp.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1997). New species and new records of Smicraulax Pierce 1908 and Cionomimus Marshall 1939 from Central America (Curculionidae Curculioninae Anthonomini). Tropical Zoology 10(2): 255-270.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Gomez, L.D. (1997). A Remarkable New Genus of Weevil (Curculionidae; Curculioninae; Erirhinini) Associated with Flowers of Cyclanthaceae in Costa Rica and Panama. Revista Biologia Tropical 45: 887-904.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Morrone, J.J. (1996). A New Genus of Microphthalmic Rhytirrhinini from Andean Leaf Litter (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 27: 259-278.
  • Anderson, R.S. and O'Brien, C.W. (1996). Curculionidae (Coleoptera). pp. 329-351 In Llorente Bousquets, J.E., García Aldrete, A.N. and González Soriano, E. (eds.). Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeografía de Artrópodos de México: Hacia una Síntesis de su Conocimiento. México. xvi + 660 pp.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1996). Beetles of Pigeon Cay, Andros Island, Bahama Islands (Insecta: Coleoptera). Bahamas Journal of Science 3(2): 12-16.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1995). An Evolutionary Perspective on Diversity in Curculionoidea. In Anderson, R.S. and Lyal, C.H.C. (eds.) Biology and Phylogeny of Curculionoidea: Proceedings of the XVIII International Congress of Entomology, July 1988. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 14: 103-114.
  • Morrone, J.J. and Anderson, R.S. (1995). The Falklandius Genus Group: Cladistic Analysis with Description of New Taxa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Rhytirrhinini). American Museum Novitates 3121, 14 pp.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1994). Rhyssomatus beutenmuelleri Van Dyke, a New Synonym of Eubulus parochus Herbst (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Molytini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 318.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Howden, A.T. (1994). Tychius meliloti Stephens New to Canada with a Brief Review of the Species of Tychius Germar Introduced into North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Canadian Entomologist 126: 1363-1368.
  • Marshall, S.A., Anderson, R.S., Roughley, R.E., Behan-Pelletier, V. and Danks, H.V. (1994). Terrestrial Arthropod Biodiversity: Planning a Study and Recommended Sampling Techniques. Supplement to the Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 26(1). 33 pp.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Peck, S.B. (1994). Origin and Biogeography of the Weevils of Southern Florida (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Canadian Entomologist 126: 819-839.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1994). A Review of New World Weevils Associated with Viscaceae (Mistletoes [in part]) Including Descriptions of New Genera and New Species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Natural History 28: 435-492.
  • MacKay, W.P. and Anderson, R.S. (1993). New Distributional Records for the Ant Genus Smithistruma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Southern United States. The Southwestern Naturalist 38: 388-389.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1993). A New Species of Leptopinara from West Texas (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Brachycerinae; Entimini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 47: 203-206.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1993). The Identity of Euscepes deceptus Blatchley (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 47: 157-158.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1993). Weevils and Plants: Phylogenetic versus Ecological Mediation of Evolution of Host Plant Associations in Curculionidae (Curculioninae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 165: 197-232.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1993). The Curculionoidea of Southern Florida: An Annotated Checklist (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea [excluding Curculionidae; Scolytinae, Platypodinae]). Insecta Mundi 6(3-4): 193-248.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1993). Trichalophus stefanssoni Leng, a species of Lepyrus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 47: 68.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1991). Larva and Pupa of Cleonidius erysimi (Fall) with a Discussion of the Phylogenetic Position of Lixini (sensu Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93: 288-297 .
  • Anderson, R.S. (1991). A New Species of Plocetes from the Florida Keys with Notes on Other Species Occurring in the United States (Curculionidae; Curculioninae; Tychiini). Florida Entomologist 74: 105-110.
  • MacKay, W.P. and Anderson, R.S. (1991). New Distributional Records for the Ant Genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99: 696-699.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1991). New records of Otiorhynchus Germar species in western North America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The Canadian Entomologist 123: 1395.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Burke, H.R. (1990). Natural History of Weevils of the Genus Cionopsis Champion, with Description of the Larva of Cionopsis maculata Burke. Southwestern Entomologist 15: 101-107.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1989). A Revision of the Subfamily Rhynchaeninae in the New World (Coleoptera : Curculionidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 115: 207-312.
  • Burke, H.R. and Anderson, R.S. (1989). Systematics of Species of Anthonomus Germar Previously Assigned to Tachypterellus Fall & Cockerell (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Anthonominae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 82: 426-437.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Kovarik, P.W. (1989). A Host Plant Association for Plocetes appendiculatus Clark (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Tychiinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 43: 68.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1989). New Synonymy in North American Stephanocleonus Motschulsky. The Coleopterists Bulletin 43: 93.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1989). Potential Phylogenetic Utility of Mating Behavior in Some Carrion Beetles. The Coleopterists Bulletin 43: 18.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1988). Systematics, Phylogeny and Biogeography of New World Weevils of the Tribe Cleonini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 23: 431-709.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1988). The Curculionidae of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia (Coleoptera). Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 2406-2414.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1988). Seasonal Activity and Habitat Associations of Adult Geotrupes Latreille in Southern Ontario (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 42: 251-252.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1987). The Larva of Thanatophilus trituberculatus (Kirby) (Coleoptera: Silphidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 47: 34.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Peck, S.B. (1986). Geographical Patterns of Color Variation in North American Nicrophorus Burying Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Journal of Natural History 20: 283-297.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Peck, S.B. (1985). The Carrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Coleoptera : Silphidae, Agyrtidae. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Part 13. Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, ON. 121 pp.
  • Peck, S.B. and Anderson, R.S. (1985). Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Carrion Beetles of Latin America (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 21: 247-317.
  • Peck, S.B. and Anderson, R.S. (1985). Seasonal Activity and Habitat Associations of Adult Small Carrion Beetles in Southern Ontario (Coleoptera: Leiodidae; Cholevinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 39: 347-353.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1984). Connatichela artemisiae, a New Genus and Species of Weevil from the Yukon Territory (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Leptopiinae): Taxonomy, Paleontology and Biogeography. The Canadian Entomologist 116: 1571-1580.
  • Anderson, R.S. and Peck, S.B. (1984). Bionomics of Nearctic Species of Aclypea Reitter: Phytophagous "Carrion Beetles" (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 60: 248-255.
  • Gradstein, S.R., Vitt, D.R. and Anderson, R.S. (1984). The Epizoic Occurrence of Daltonia angustifolia (Musci) in Papua New Guinea. Crypotogamie 5: 47-50.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1982). Burying Beetle Larvae: Nearctic Nicrophorus and Oriental Ptomascopus morio (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Systematic Entomology 7: 249-264.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1982). Resource Partitioning in the Carrion Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) Fauna of Southern Ontario: Ecological and Evolutionary Considerations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 60: 1314-1325.
  • Anderson, R.S. (1982). On the Decreasing Abundance of Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera: Silphidae) in Eastern North America. The Coleopterists Bulletin 36: 362-365.
  • Peck, S.B. and Anderson, R.S. (1982). The Distribution and Biology of the Alpine-Tundra Carrion Beetle Thanatophilus coloradensis (Wickham) in North America (Coleoptera : Silphidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 36(1):112-115.