Research at the Frost
Entomological Museum
As a repository
for research materials and biodiversity library, the Frost Museum
is a vital university facility. In the past, staff of the museum
have been involved in a range of research projects on specific insect
groups including parasitic lice, aquatic beetles, ghost moths, and
insects involved in decomposition. Visiting scientists and researchers
are provided with access to the research collections, and loans
are available to researchers at other institutions. More details
are available on our Holdings and Loan
Policy pages. Below are descriptions of some of the projects
the Museum is currently involved with:
Biodiveristy
Surveys
The Frost Museum has been involved
in several biodiversity surveys at important public lands. Click
here for more information.
US
Veterans and Mission Butterfly
This is a therapy and outreach program using butterflies and butterfly
gardening. Website
Exotic
Arthropod database (NANIAD)
A database of non-indiginous invasive and introduced arthropods
found in North America. Website
DMZ
Forum
Preserving ecosystems in the Korean demiliterized zone. Website
Sytematics
Studies
Our curator, Dr. K.C. Kim, is currently studying the systematics
of mammalian parasites.
In addition,
the following publications have resulted from the study of Frost
Museum specimens:
Johnson, N.
F. and L. Musetti. 1998. Geographic variation of sex ratio in Pelecinus
polyturator (Drury) (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae). Journal of Hymenoptera
Research 7: 48-56.
Johnson, N.
F. and L. Musetti. 1999. Revision of the proctotrupoid genus Pelecinus
(Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae). Journal of Natural History 33: 1513-1543.
Metz, M.A.,
S.L. Winterton, and M.E. Irwin 2002. Notes on the functional morphology
of terminalia from Prorates ballmeri Nagatomi and Liu (Diptera:
Scenopinidae: Proratinae) collected while in copula, with a description
of the previously unknown female. Zootaxa 76: 1-12.
Noonan, G. R
1996. Classification, cladistics, and natural history of species
of the subgenus Anisodactylus Dejean (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae:
Harpalini:
Anisodactylus). Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology
and Geology. 89: 1-210.
Quiros, A. I.
1996. Phylogeny and biogeography of Sphaerocerinae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae).
PhD Thesis. Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University.
Quednau, F.
W. 1997. Taxonomic notes on three black-bordered Myzocallis from
oak in North America with descriptions of two new species (Homoptera:
Aphididae).
Canadian Entomologist 129:1161-1171..
Quednau, F.
W. 1999. Atlas of the Drepanosiphine aphids of the world. Part 1:
Panaaphidini oestlund, 1922 - Myzocallidina Börner, 1942 (1930)
(Hemiptera: Aphididae: Calaphidinae). Contributions of the American
Entomological Institute 31: 1-281.
Quednau, F.
W. Taxonomic notes on the genus Monelliopsis (Hemiptera: Aphididae:
Calaphidinae) with descriptions of three new species. Canadian-Entomologist.132
(2): 135-151.
Stoetzel, M.
B. A., S. Jensen and G. L. Miller. 1999.Reevaluation of the genus
Hyalomyzus Richards with the description of two new species (Homoptera:
Aphididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 92:
488-513.
Withington,
R. P. 1999. The systematics of Dineutus (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae)
in the northeastern United States of America. M.S. Thesis. Pennsylvania
State University.
Young, C. and
J. Gelhaus. 2000. Craneflies of Pennsylvania: preliminary checklist
and database development with emphasis on aquatic species. Report
to the Wildlife Resource Conservation Fund and the PA Fish &
Boat Commission, PA.
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