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Eugenio (Gino) Nearns, Ph.D.
USDA Postdoctoral Researcher
Systematic Entomology Lab
National Museum of Natural History
MRC-168, P.O. BOX 37012
Washington, DC 20013
Voice mail: (505) 803-4412
Email (replace (AT) with @): gino(AT)nearns.com
Curriculum vitae 
I am a systematist with broad entomological interests, although my research is focused on the worldwide biodiversity of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Longhorned beetles exhibit a remarkable diversity of biology and morphology, and many are important pests of agricultural and lumber products. Despite their economic importance and biological diversity, relatively little is known of longhorned beetle ecology, behavior, or phylogenetic relationships. My research program on Cerambycidae integrates traditional taxonomy (including new species discovery, systematic revisions, identification tool development, etc.), ecological and behavioral study (documentation of host plant associations, life history, behaviors, etc.), and modern phylogenetic investigations using all available data (e.g., morphological, molecular, and ecological).
I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with honors from the University of Florida's College of Fine Arts in May 1996 and a Master of Science degree from UF's Department of Entomology & Nematology in August 2006 (Branham Lab). I recently completed a Ph.D. from the Department of Biology, University of New Mexico (Kelly Miller Lab). My doctoral dissertation research was titled "Systematics of Longhorned Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)."
Teaching Experience:
- Guest Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2009-2011. Courses: Entomology (BIOL 485/585), Tropical Biology (BIOL 461/561)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2007-2011. Courses: Entomology (BIOL 485/585), Genetics (BIOL 202), Invertebrate Biology (BIOL 371), Field Entomology in Costa Rica (BIOL 406/506)
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2005. Course: Insect Classification (ENY 6166)
Websites:
I'm the website coordinator for several websites, including The Coleopterists Society, The Entomological Society of Washington, The Center for Systematic Entomology, A Resource for Wood Boring Beetles of the World, and Longicorn ID.
Taxa described in Cerambycidae:
- Plectromerus lingafelteri Micheli & Nearns, 2005
- Plectromerus ramosi Micheli & Nearns, 2005
- Plectromerus grimaldii Nearns & Branham, 2005
- Plectromerus navassae Nearns & Steiner, 2006
- Curius chemsaki Nearns & Ray, 2006
- Atimiola rickstanleyi Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
- Ataxia hovorei Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
- Hormathus giesberti Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
- Drycothea indistincta Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
- Eburia pseudostigma Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
- Plectromerus giesberti Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus dezayasi Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus michelii Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus josephi Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus hovorei Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus morrisi Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus thomosi Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus turnbowi Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus roncavei Nearns & Miller, 2009
- Hesycha tavakiliani Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Trestonia wappesi Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Neodillonia waltersi Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Monneoncideres cristata Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Tibiosioma martinsi Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Lesbates milleri Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Touroultia lordi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Touroultia swifti Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Peritrox marcelae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Jamesia ramirezi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Trestoncideres santossilvai Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Cylicasta mariahelenae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Lingafelteria giuglarisi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Psyllotoxus dalensi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Psyllotoxus faurei Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Trestonia solangeae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
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Michupicchu, Peru (January 2011)
Augosoma centaurus scarabs, Liberia, West Africa (1975)
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