Denticetopsis seducta Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 Identification: Denticetopsis seducta is distinguished from D. royeroi and D. sauli by the combination of the lack of elongate, symphyseal teeth on the dentary, a reduced lateral line extending posteriorly on the body beyond the abdomen on
wide, albeit scattered, distribution in the central and western portions of the Amazon
Collections Coordinator McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 352-273-2013, Email: asourakov@flmnh.ufl.edu Additional appointments: Affiliate Associate Professor, Dept. of Entomology and Nematology Edu
Reviews (Amazon) (Travel with Birds) Sourakov A, Warren Chadd, R. 2022.
We are proud to wrap 2024 by celebrating several of our students who graduated from the University of Florida upon the completion of their theses and dissertations! Not only do we enjoy mentoring and supporting the next generation of researchers, but we are also profoundly grateful for their cont
Responses of Understory and Terrestrial Birds to seasonal Flooding in the Peruvian Amazon
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Akito Kawahara a UFRF Professor for 2019-2022. Kawahara is an associate professor and curator at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity and directs a research program that focuses on
Kawahara’s fieldwork takes him to remote islands and the jungles of the Amazon and
In the 65-million-year-old arms race between bats and moths, some moth species rub their genitals to jam the calls of bats. Radar jamming is commonly used in human warfare, allowing pilots to render themselves invisible. By unraveling the evolution of hawkmoths’ similar defense, authors of the May 2
Kawahara and collaborators scoured jungles and forests from Borneo to the Amazon
Bayarsaikhan, U., V.V. Dubatolov, J.B. Heppner, and Y.-S. Bae. 2017. Taxonomic review of genus Danielithosia Dubatolov & Kishida (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from northern Vietnam, with one new species. Zootaxa 4291:572-580. Breinholt, J.B., A. Lemmon, E. Lemmon, L. Xiao, C. Earl, and
Neotropical genus Epidelia, with new records for Paraguay and a new species from the Amazon
The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) chapter at the University of Florida will host its second annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition en Español on April 16, 2025. In this competition, founded by the University of Queensland in Aust
for Latin American Studies https://lunacelino.com/ Research topic/region: Andes Amazon
The collections and assistance in research are available for scholars both in and outside of the University of Florida. Consequently, a number of undergraduate and graduate students work on individual projects using the collections. Some of these studies are the basis of honors theses, Masters these
Emery (Florida Museum) Email: kmcdaniel@ufl.edu My research area is in the Lower Amazon
For years, pilots flying into combat have jammed enemy radar to get the drop on their opponents. It turns out that moths can do it, too. A new study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher shows hawkmoths use sonic pulses from their genitals to respond to bats producing the high-fre
Kawahara also conducted research in the jungles of Borneo and the lower Amazon.
Frogs date back more than 150 million years in the fossil record, and for centuries, the amphibians have been idolized and used in various ways by different cultures. Frog toxins are remarkably potent in the human body and may be used to treat heart ailments, infections, cancer, depression, strok
Amazon rain forest.
