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Plant Pest Diagnostics Center

Steve Gaimari

Dr. Stephen D. Gaimari

Program Supervisor (Entomology) & Co-Curator of CSCA

Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, U.S.A.
916-262-1131 office, 916-262-1190 fax, sgaimari@cdfa.ca.gov

 

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Curriculum vitae

Education

  • 1998, Ph.D., Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana
  • 1993, M.S., Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman
  • 1990, B.A., Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Employment

  • 2006-present, Program Supervisor, Entomology Laboratory, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2004-2006, Senior Insect Biosystematist (Supervisor), Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2004, Senior Insect Biosystematist (Specialist), Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2002-present, Co-Curator, California State Collection of Arthropods, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2001-2004, Associate Insect Biosystematist, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2000-2001, Research Entomologist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • 1999-2000, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • 1998, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Entomolology, University of Illinois, Urbana [Insect Evolution & Classification]
  • 1995-1998, NSF/PEET Graduate Research Assistant, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign
  • 1993-1995, Teaching Assistant, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana [Animal Biology (1993), Genetics, Evolution, & Biodiversity (1994, 2 semesters), Insect Evolution & Classification (1995)]
  • 1993, Visiting Researcher, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
  • 1991-1992, Teaching Assistant, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman [General Entomology (2 semesters)]
  • 1990-1993, Graduate Research Assistant, Northwest Biological Control Insectary & Quarantine, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman
  • 1989-1990, Laboratory Assistant, Mosquito Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Professional Activities

  • 2008-present, Editorial Advisory Board: African Invertebrates
  • 2008-present, Organizing Committee: 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San Jose, Costa Rica (August 2010).
  • 2007-present, Committee Member: California State Human Resources Modernization project
  • 2007-present, Diagnostics Committee: National Plant Diagnostics Network
  • 2007-present, Editor: Fly Times, North American Dipterists Society
  • 2007-present, Lab Accreditation Sub-Committee: National Plant Diagnostics Network
  • 2007-present, Researcher: International Center for Public Health & Environmental Research (PHER) (www.discoverlife.org)
  • 2007-present, Web Team Member: California Department of Food & Agriculture, Website Conversion Project (upgrading entire State web presence)
  • 2007, Panel Member: National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology program
  • 2007, Panel Member: “Where are they Now” Symposium, 6th NSF/PEET meeting, Athens, GA
  • 2007, President: Pacific Coast Entomological Society
  • 2006-present, Ad-hoc Entomology Committee: National Plant Diagnostics Network
  • 2006-present, Committee Member: CDFA Scientist Reclassification project
  • 2006-2007, Section A Subcommittee: Systematic Resources, Entomological Society of America
  • 2006, Panel Member: National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants program
  • 2006, President-Elect: Pacific Coast Entomological Society
  • 2005-present, Editor: California Plant Pest and Disease Report
  • 2005-present, Ad-hoc Reviewer: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Discovery Grants program
  • 2005-present, CDFA Representative: Planning Committee for the Center for Biodiversity, University of California, Davis
  • 2005, Judge: Student Competition for the President’s Prize, Section A, Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America
  • 2005, Standing Committee on Systematic Resources, Pacific Branch Representative, Entomological Society of America
  • 2004-2006, Subject Editor, Diptera: Pan-Pacific Entomologist
  • 2004-present, Scientific Core Contributor, The Tree of Life Web Project (www.tolweb.org), Lauxanioidea (all), Opomyzoidea (Odiniidae)
  • 2004-present, Ad-hoc Reviewer: National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology program & PEET program
  • 2003-present, Associate, College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis
  • 2003-present, Webmaster, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture (www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ppd/)
  • 2002-present, Subject Editor, Diptera: Annals of the Entomological Society of America
  • 2001-present, Curator, Smithsonian Institution collection of Lauxanioidea (Diptera), Long-Term Off-Site Enhancement Loan program
  • 2001-present, Collaborator (Identifier for Lauxanioidea): USDA-ARS-Systematic Entomology Lab
  • 2001-2005, Publications Committee: Pacific Coast Entomological Society
  • 2000-present, Member: Diptera Taxonomic Working Group, Costa Rica
  • 2000-present, Team Member: Biosystematic Database of World Diptera (Lauxanioidea families)
  • 2000, Auditing Committee: Entomological Society of Washington
  • 2000, Panel Member: Dissemination of Modern Monographic Products, 3rd NSF/PEET meeting, Washington, DC
  • 1999-present, Research Associate: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • 1999-2002, Editorial Board: Dipteron, Zeitschrift für Dipterologie
  • 1999, Organizer/Moderator: Workshop on Careers in Systematics, 4th annual NSF/PEET Therevidae working group meeting, Urbana, IL
  • 1998, Organizer/Moderator: North American Dipterist’s Society Informal Conference, ESA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

Refereed Publications (chronological)

  1. Gaimari, S.D. 1991. Use of silver flies (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) for biological control of homopterous pests. Proceedings of the Washington State Entomological Society 53: 947-950.
  2. Gaimari, S.D. 1992. An overview of predation in the Diptera. Proceedings of the Washington State Entomological Society 54: 967-972.
  3. Valenti, M.A., & S.D. Gaimari. 1992. The manzanita leafgall aphid, Tamalia coweni (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Aphididae), and its association with the predator Leucopis sp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). Proceedings of the Washington State Entomological Society 54: 972-977.
  4. Gaimari, S. 1996. Genetically engineered natural enemies should be regulated in a different manner than other nonindigenous natural enemies – Con position, pp. 172-173 in F. Gould, G. Kennedy, & R. Kopanic (orgs.), Environmental issues associated with enhancing the impact of biological control agents: A student debate. American Entomologist 42: 160-173.
  5. Gaimari, S.D., & R.P. Martins. 1996. Nesting behavior and nest distributions of Ammophila gracilis Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Brazil. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 5: 240-248.
  6. Gaimari, S.D., & W.J. Turner. 1996. Immature stages of Leucopis ninae Tanasijtshuk and two variant populations of Leucopis gaimarii Tanasijtshuk (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) feeding on Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko) (Homoptera: Aphididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 647-666.
  7. Gaimari, S.D., & W.J. Turner. 1996. Larval feeding and development of Leucopis ninae Tanasijtshuk and two populations of Leucopis gaimarii Tanasijtshuk (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) on Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko) (Homoptera: Aphididae), in Washington. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 667-676.
  8. Gaimari, S.D., & W.J. Turner. 1996. Methods for rearing aphidophagous Leucopis spp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69: 363-369.
  9. Gaimari, S.D., & W.J. Turner. 1997. Behavioral observations on the adults and larvae of Leucopis (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 70: 153-159.
  10. Gaimari, S.D. 2000. Book review: Litteratura Taxonomica Dipterorum (1758-1930) (2 volume set). American Entomologist 46: 264-265.
  11. Gaimari, S.D., & M.B. Mostovski. 2000. Burmapsilocephala cockerelli,a new genus and species of Asiloidea (Diptera) from Burmese amber. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (London), Geology Series 56: 41-44.
  12. Gaimari, S.D., & M.E. Irwin. 2000. Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society (London) 129: 129-240.
  13. Gaimari, S.D., & M.E. Irwin. 2000. Revision of the mexicana-group of Ozodiceromyia Bigot (Diptera: Therevidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102: 561-600.
  14. Valenti, M.A., & S.D. Gaimari. 2000. Of tiger beetles and ubiquitous ants: hazardous living amongst tenacious prey. Cicindela 32: 19-29.
  15. Gaimari, S.D., & V.N. Tanasijtshuk. 2001. A new leucopine genus (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) with species attacking Ceroplastes wax scales in South America. Systematic Entomology 26: 311-328.
  16. Gaimari, S.D., & A. Raspi. 2002. The species of Leucopis, subgenus Leucopella Malloch (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) from northeastern Africa and Yemen. African Entomology 10: 241-264.
  17. Anderson, M.S., & S.D. Gaimari. 2003. Raman-Atomic Force Microscopy of the ommatidial surfaces of Dipteran compound eyes. Journal of Structural Biology 142: 364-368.
  18. Gaimari, S.D. 2003. Chamaemyiidae. In: Pape, T. (coord.), Fauna Europaea. European Commission.
  19. Gaimari, S.D. 2004. A new genus of Lauxaniidae (Diptera) from New Caldeonia. Zootaxa 449: 1-39. [PDF freely available]
  20. Gaimari, S.D., L.S. Adler, & S.J. Scheffer. 2004. Plant host affiliation and redescription of Phytomyza subtenella Frost (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106 (3): 501-507.
  21. Gao, C., D. Yang, & S.D. Gaimari. 2004 (2003). The subgenus Euhomoneura Malloch (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) in the Palaearctic Realm. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79 (3/4): 192-197.
  22. Schacht, W., O. Kurina, B. Merz, & S.D. Gaimari. 2004. Zweiflügler aus Bayern XXIII (Diptera: Lauxaniidae, Chamaemyiidae). Entomofauna, Zeitschrift für Entomologie 25 (3): 41-80.
  23. Thunes, K.H., et alia (47 authors; S.D. Gaimari, author 34). 2004. The arthropod community of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) canopies in Norway. Entomologica Fennica 15: 65-90.
  24. Yang, D., & S.D. Gaimari. 2004 (2003). Discovery of Systenus in the Oriental Region, with description of one new species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79 (3/4): 176-178.
  25. Yang, D., S.D. Gaimari, & P. Grootaert. 2004. Review of the species of Crossopalpus Bigot (Diptera: Empididae) from China. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 130 (2): 169-175.
  26. Noma, T., M.J. Brewer, K.S. Pike, & S.D. Gaimari. 2005. Hymenopteran parasitoids and dipteran predators of Diuraphis noxia in the west-central Great Plains of North America: Species records and geographic range. Biocontrol 50: 97-111.
  27. Yang, D., & S.D. Gaimari. 2005. Notes on the species of the genus Ocydromia Meigen from China (Diptera: Empididae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 80 (1): 62-66.
  28. Yang, D., & S.D. Gaimari. 2005. Review of the species of Elaphropeza Macquart (Diptera: Empididae: Tachydromiinae) from the Chinese mainland. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107 (1): 49-54.
  29. Yang, D., S.D. Gaimari, & P. Grootaert. 2005 (2004). A new genus and species of Tachydromiinae (Diptera: Empididae) from the Oriental Realm. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 130 (4): 487-492.
  30. Yang, D., S.D. Gaimari, & P. Grootaert. 2005. New species of Hybos Meigen from Guangdong Province, South China (Diptera: Empididae). Zootaxa 912: 1-7. [PDF freely available]
  31. Yang, D., S.D. Gaimari, & P. Grootaert. 2005 (2004). Review of the species of Drapetis Meigen from China (Diptera: Empididae: Tachydromiinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 112 (2-3): 106-110.
  32. Clark, H.O., Jr., H.S. Shellhammer, & S.D. Gaimari.2006. Ectoparasites found on salt marsh harvest mice in the norther salt marshes of Grizzly Bay, California. California Fish and Game 92: 52-54.
  33. Kaydan, M.B., N. Kilinçer, N. Uygun, G. Japoshvilli, & S. Gaimari. 2006. Parasitoids and Predators of Pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) in Ankara, Turkey. Phytoparasitica 34(4): 331-337.
  34. Kaiser, M.E., T. Noma, M.J. Brewer, K.S. Pike, J.R. Vockeroth, & S.D. Gaimari. 2007. Hymenopteran parasitoids and dipteran predators found using soybean aphid after its Midwestern United States invasion. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100: 196-205.
  35. Gaimari, S.D. 2007. Three new Neotropical genera of Odiniidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae). Zootaxa 1443: 1-16. [PDF of abstract available]
  36. Gaimari, S.D. 2008. Comments on the proposed conservation of Drosophila Fallén, 1823 (Insecta, Diptera). (comment 5). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65 (2): 146-147. [see ICZN website]
  37. Gaimari, S.D., P. Milonas, & C. Souliotis. 2008 (2007). Notes on the taxonomy, biology and distribution of Neoleucopis kartliana (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). Folia Heyrovskyana, Series A 15(1): 7-16.
  38. Shi, L., D. Yang, & S.D. Gaimari. [submitted]. Species of the genus Cestrotus Loew from China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae). Zootaxa.
  39. Gaimari, S.D. [in press]. Chamaemyiidae. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, D.M. Wood, & M. Zumbado (eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera.
  40. Gaimari, S.D. [in press]. Odiniidae. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, D.M. Wood, & M. Zumbado (eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera.
  41. Gaimari, S.D., & D.W. Webb. [in press]. Therevidae. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, D.M. Wood, & M. Zumbado (eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera.
  42. Gaimari, S.D., & V.C. Silva. [in press]. Lauxaniidae. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, D.M. Wood, & M. Zumbado (eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera.
  43. Gaimari, S.D., & W.N. Mathis. [in press]. World catalog and conspectus of the family Odiniidae (Diptera: Schizophora). Myia.
  44. Gaimari, S.D., & V.C. Silva. [near submission]. Revision of the Neotropical subfamily Eurychoromyiinae Hendel (Diptera: Lauxanioidae). Zootaxa.

Editor

  1. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2005. California Plant Pest and Disease Report 22: 1-76. [PDF freely available]
  2. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2006. California Plant Pest and Disease Report 23: 1-117. [PDF freely available]
  3. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2007. California Plant Pest and Disease Report 24: 1-119. [PDF freely available]
  4. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2008. Fly Times 40: 1-28. [PDF freely available]
  5. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2008. Fly Times 41: 1-22. [PDF freely available]

Non-Refereed Publications (Chronological)

  1. Gaimari, S.D. 1994. Morphology of the immature stages of Leucopis spp. (Chamaemyiidae). Abstracts, 3rd International Congress of Dipterology, Guelph, Canada, pp 68-69.
  2. Gaimari, S.D. 1994. Puparial survival of Leucopis (Chamaemyiidae) after exposure to harsh conditions. Fly Times 13: 8-9.
  3. Gaimari, S.D., & M.E. Irwin. 1998. Systematics and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Therevidae). Abstracts, 4th International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, pp 58-59.
  4. Gaimari, S.D., M.E. Irwin, & G.E. Kampmeier. 1998. Importance of collections and specimen level databases for Dipterological research. Abstracts, 4th International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, pp 59-60.
  5. Gaimari, S.D., & F.C. Thompson. 2000. Updates from Washington. Fly Times 24. [freely available]
  6. Fisher, E.M., & S.D. Gaimari. 2002. Simplified digital photography for museum studies. [also, Abstracts, 5th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia, p. 68]
  7. Gaimari, S.D. 2002. Aiming for a phylogenetic classification of the Lauxanioidea. Abstracts, 5th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia, pp 76-77.
  8. Gaimari, S.D. 2006. One less acalyptrate family? The status of Eurychoromyiidae. Abstracts, 6th International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan, pp 80-81.
  9. Gaimari, S.D., & M.S. Anderson. 2006. Raman-atomic force microscopy revealing nanometer-scale morphology and spectro-chemistry of the ommatidial surfaces of Dipteran compound eyes. Abstracts, 6th International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan, pp 82-83.
  10. Gaimari, S.D. 2008. Introductory note from the Editor & An Ode to Minettia flaveola. Fly Times 40: 2.

Manuscripts in Progress

(only including those close to submission; note *large treatises)

  • Gaimari, S.D. A world catalog of the Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea). Myia.
  • Gaimari, S.D. A world catalog of the Lauxaniidae. I. subfamily Celyphinae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea). Myia.
  • Gaimari, S.D. An unusual new genus of Lauxaniidae (Diptera) from Colombia.
  • Gaimari, S.D. Leucopis scutellata Frey (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), and descriptions of new species from the Canary Islands.
  • Gaimari, S.D. Notes on Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) with descriptions of three new genera.
  • *Gaimari, S.D. Revision of the New World genus Ozodiceromyia Bigot (Diptera: Therevidae).
  • Gaimari, S.D. Revision of Paraneossos Wheeler (Diptera: Heleomyzidae).
  • Gaimari, S.D., & D. Orozco. The Lauxaniidae (Diptera) of Fiji. I. Genus Prochaetops Bezzi.
  • Gaimari, S.D., & D. Orozco. The Lauxaniidae (Diptera) of Fiji. II. Genus Eucyclosis Bezzi.
  • Gaimari, S.D., & D. Orozco. The Lauxaniidae (Diptera) of Fiji. III. Genus Trypetisoma Malloch.
  • Gaimari, S.D., & D. Orozco. The Lauxaniidae (Diptera) of Fiji. IV. Genus Homoneura, Subgenus Solomonia Malloch.
  • Gaimari, S.D., & W.N. Mathis. Odiniidae (Diptera) from the Delmarva states.
  • Gaimari, S.D., & W.N. Mathis. Odiniidae Hendel (Diptera) of the West Indes.
  • *Silva, V.C., & S.D. Gaimari. A conspectus of Neotropical Lauxaniidae.
  • Silva, V.C., S.D. Gaimari & D.A. Grimaldi. The fossil Lauxaniidae (Diptera) from Dominican amber.
  • Tanasijtshuk, V.N., & S.D. Gaimari. Revision of the New World genus Leucopina Malloch (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae).
  • Winterton, S.L., & S.D. Gaimari. A world catalog of the Scenopinidae (Diptera: Asiloidea).

Lucid Tools and On-Line Database projects in progress

  • Gaimari, S.D. The genera of Lauxanioidea (Diptera) of the world. (Lucid tools)
  • Gaimari, S.D. Catalog, nomenclature, and photographic atlas of primary types for the species of Lauxanioidea (Diptera). (Databases)
  • Hauser, M., & S.D. Gaimari. The fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of California, including potentially invasive exotic species. (Lucid keys)
  • Hauser, M., A.L. Norrbom, & S.D. Gaimari. Interactive key to the species of Campiglossa Rondani (Diptera: Tephritidae). (Lucid keys)
  • Winterton, S.L., S.D. Gaimari, M. Hauser, K.C. Holston. Stiletto flies (Diptera: Therevidae) of the world. [example species page; “browse genera” button is also active; the rest is currently inactive] (Lucid tools, databases)
  • Yeates, D.K. et al. On the Fly [being updated to be worldwide in scope]. (Lucid tools)

Grants (total, $745,893)

  • 2007-2009, National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology program DEB#0614213, PI (with Co-PI Shaun Winterton), $104,048, “Systematics of the Window Flies (Diptera: Scenopinidae)”
  • 2003-2007, USDA, Specialty Crops program, CDFA#806052, PI, $332,500, “A multi-faceted study of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of economic importance to California”
  • 2000-2005, National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology program DEB#0075206, PI, $235,000, “Systematics of the Lauxanioidea (Insecta: Diptera)”
  • 2000, Research Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, $40,000
  • 1999, CanaColl Foundation, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, $400
  • 1999, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, $29,500
  • 1995, Research and Travel Grant, The Dipterology Fund, McGill University, CN$1000
  • 1994, Research Support Grant, Francis M. and Harlie M. Clark Foundation, School of Life Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, $1250
  • 1994, Travel Assistance Grant, Sigma Xi, University of Illinois Chapter $200
  • 1993-1995, Conference Travel and Special Projects Grants, Graduate College, University of Illinois, Urbana, $825
  • 1992, Carl A. Johansen Scholarship, Washington State Entomological Society, $500
  • 1990-1993, Travel and Research Grants, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, $970

Grants, as Collaborator

  • Pending, Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation, Québec, PI Lucas, “Contrôle biologique du puceron du soya, Aphis glycines Matsumura, à l'aide de lâchers du diptère prédateur Leucopis spp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae)”
  • 2005-2008, NSF-BSI #0445413, PI Arias, “A Survey of Terrestrial Arthropoda in Chilean Temperate Forests”
  • 2005-2007, NSF-BSI #0542864, PI Sharkey, “TIGER: Thailand Inventory Group for Entomological Research”
  • 2004-2008, NSF-AToL, #0334948, PI Wiegmann, “Building the Dipteran Tree: Cooperative Research in Phylogenetics and Bioinformatics of True Flies (Insecta: Diptera)”
  • 2004-2007, NSF-BSI #0344731, PI Fisher, “Madagascar Ant Biodiversity Initiative (MANDI)”
  • 2004-2007, NSF-BSI #0425790, PI Evenhuis, “Terrestrial arthropod survey - Fiji”
  • 2004-2007, NSF-RCN #0342279, PI Roderick, “Invasion Biology of Insects-Collections and Approaches”
  • 2000-2006, NSF-PEET #9977958, PI Irwin, “Towards a World Monograph of Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera)”
  • 2000-2005, NSF-BSI #0072702, PI Hartshorn, “Arthropod Biodiversity from Rainforest to Cloud Forest, Project ALAS Phase IV”
  • 2000-2003, NSF-BSI #0072713, PI Fisher, “Terrestrial Arthropod Inventory of Madagascar”

Travel - Museums

  • Australia: Australian Museum, Sydney (2002); Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra (2002); Queensland Museum, Brisbane (1995, 2002); University of Queensland Insect Collection, Brisbane (1995, 2002); Western Australian Museum, Perth (2008)
  • Austria: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (1996, 2002)
  • Bolivia: Museo de Historia Natural “Noel Kempff Mercado”, Santa Cruz (2000); Colección Boliviana de Fauna, La Paz (2001, 2004)
  • Brazil: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Collection, Belo Horizonte, (1993); Museu de Zoologia de Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba (2000)
  • Canada: Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa (1994, 1999); University of Guelph Insect Collection, Guelph (1994)
  • Costa Rica: La Selva (2003); INBio, Santo Domingo (2000, 2003)
  • England: Hope Entomological Collection, Oxford (1998); The Natural History Museum, London (1996, 1997, 2002)
  • Fiji: Ministry of Primary Industries, Koronivia Research Station, Nausori, Viti Levu (2006)
  • France: Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (1996, 2002)
  • Guatemala: Universidade del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City (1997)
  • Hungary: Hungarian Natural History Museum (2002)
  • Japan: National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba (2006); Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka (2006)
  • Russia: Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (1996)
  • United States: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (1994); American Museum of Natural History, New York (1994, 2000, 2001); Bishop Museum, Honolulu (2004); Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis (1994, 2001-present local); California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (1994, 2000, 2001-present local); Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh (1994); Cornell University Insect Collection, Ithaca (1994); Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley (1994, 2001-present local); Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (1996, 1997, 1998, 2008); Florida State Collection of Arthropods (2002); Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana (1993-1998 in residence, 1999); L.A. County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles (1994, 2001, 2002); Louisville University Insect Collection, Louisville (1996); M.T. James Entomological Collection, Washington State University, Pullman (1990-1993 in residence); Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge (1994); North Carolina State University Insect Collection, Raleigh (1997); Ohio State University Museum of Biodiversity, Columbus (1994); Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (2000); National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC (1994, 1998, 1999-2001 in residence, 2006, 2007, 2008); University of California, Riverside, Teaching and Research Collection (1994); W.F. Barr Entomological Museum, University of Idaho, Moscow (1990-1993 local)

Field Collecting Expeditions for Diptera

  • Australia: Queensland (1995), New South Wales (1995, 2002), Western Australia (2008)
  • Brazil: Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro (1993: 4 months); Paraná (2000)
  • Bolivia (2000, 2001, 2004)
  • Costa Rica (2000, 2003)
  • Fiji (2006)
  • Guatemala (1997)
  • South Africa: Cape Province (1996)
  • United States: Arizona (1995, 2007); California (2001-present in residence): San Gabriel Mountains (1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2007); Colorado (1996); Florida (1992, 2000, 2002); Idaho (1990-1993 in residence); Illinois (1993-1998 in residence); Nebraska: North Platte River basin (1992, 1993, 1994, 2007); New Hampshire (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007); New Mexico (1995, 1996, 2007); North Carolina (1997): Great Smokey Mountains, ATBI (1999); Oregon (1990, 1991, 1992); Tennessee (1999); Texas (1995); Virginia (1999-2001 in residence); Washington (1990-1993 in residence)

Participation in Scientific Meetings

  • International Congresses of Dipterology [1994 (3rd – Guelph, Ontario, Canada), 1998 (4th – Oxford, UK), 2002 (5th – Brisbane, Australia), 2006 (6th – Fukuoka, Japan)]
  • International Congresses of Entomology [2000 (21st – Iguassu Falls, Brazil)]
  • Entomological Collections Network, Annual meetings [1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007]
  • Entomological Society of America, Annual meetings [1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007]
  • National Plant Diagnostics Network [2007 (Orlando, Florida)]
  • Western Plant Diagnostic Network, annual meeting [2004 (Davis, California), 2007 (Chandler, Arizona)]
  • National Science Foundation – PEET meeting [1998 (2nd – Woods Hole, Massachusetts), 2000 (3rd – Washington, DC), 2007 (6th – Athens, Georgia)]
  • Exotic Fruit Fly Research Symposium [2001 (6th – Tampa, Florida), 2005 (8th – Riverside, California)]
  • Diptera Synthesis meeting, Biodiversity Synthesis Center (BioSynC), Encyclopedia of Life (EoL) [2008 (Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois)]
  • Diptera Taxonomic Working Group meeting, INBio, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica [2000]
  • Symposium on Diptera, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil [2000]
  • Mexican Fruit Fly Science Advisory Panel, Valley Center, California [2003]
  • North American Dipterists’ Society, field meeting [1999 (Great Smoky Mountains)]
  • Therevidae/PEET annual meetings, Urbana, Illinois [1996, 1997, 1998, 1999]
  • Washington State Entomological Society, annual meetings, Washington [1990, 1991, 1992, 1993]
  • Missouri Botanical Garden Annual Systematics Symposium, St. Louis [1998 (45th)]
  • National Academy of Sciences' Sackler Colloquium, In the Light of Evolution II: Biodiversity and Extinction [2007]
  • Willi Hennig Society, meeting [1995 (14th – College Station, Texas)]
  • Entomological Society of Washington, monthly meetings [1998-2001]
  • Pacific Coast Entomological Society, monthly meetings [2001-present]

Invited Presentations (chronological)

  • 1993, Life history and morphology of immature stages in Leucopis (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). [Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil]
  • 1995, Another look at the phylogeny of the Chamaemyiidae (Diptera). [ESA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV]
  • 1997, Using cladistic methodology for phylogeny estimation and zoological classification, using an example from the Diptera (Insecta). [Department of Quantitative Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana]
  • 1998, Importance of collections and specimen level databases for dipterological research. (authors: S.D. Gaimari, M.E. Irwin, & G.E. Kampmeier). [4th International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England]
  • 1999, Systematic relationships among cycloteline stiletto flies (Diptera: Therevidae), and the underlying biogeographical history. [Department of Entomology seminar series, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC]
  • 2000, Stiletto flies: On the cutting edge of Dipteran biosystematics. [job interview seminar, Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA]
  • 2000, Stiletto flies: On the cutting edge of Dipteran biosystematics. [job interview seminar, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY]
  • 2000, Aiming for a phylogenetic classification of the Lauxanioidea (Acalyptratae). [Symposium on Diptera, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil]
  • 2000, Stiletto flies: On the cutting edge of Dipteran biosystematics. [job interview seminar, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, CA]
  • 2001, Searching for the elusive broad-headed fly, Eurychoromyia mallea (Diptera: Eurychoromyiidae). [Entomological Society of Washington seminar series, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC]
  • 2002, Simplified digital photography for museum work. (authors: E.M. Fisher & S.D. Gaimari) [5th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia]
  • 2003, The enigmatic Lauxanioidea (Diptera). [Department of Entomology seminar series, University of California, Davis, CA]
  • 2004, An enigmatic group of acalyptrate Diptera. [Northern California Entomological Club meeting, Davis, CA]
  • 2005, Evolutionary relationships of the enigmatic superfamily Lauxanioidea (Insecta: Diptera). [CDFA-PPD seminar series, Sacramento, CA]
  • 2006, Dipterology in an island paradise: Trekking through Fiji looking for lauxaniid flies. [CDFA-PPD seminar series, Sacramento, CA]
  • 2006, One less acalyptrate family? The status of Eurychoromyiidae. [6th International Congress of Dipterology (Symposium on Taxonomy), Fukuoka, Japan]
  • 2006, Raman-atomic force microscopy revealing nanometer-scale morphology and spectro-chemistry of the ommatidial surfaces of Dipteran compound eyes (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.S. Anderson). [6th International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan]
  • 2007, Minettia flaveola and it's kin. [ESA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA]
  • 2007, One less acalyptrate family? The status of Eurychoromyiidae. [Dept. Entomology Seminar Series, Univ. California, Davis, CA]
  • 2007, The PEET program, or How did I get here? [6th National Science Foundation PEET meeting (Symposium: Where are they now?), Athens, GA]
  • 2007, The Wonderful World of Lauxanioidea (Insecta: Diptera), or Minettia flaveola and it's kin. [CDFA-PPD seminar series, Sacramento, CA]
  • 2007, The Wonderful World of Lauxanioidea (Insecta: Diptera), or Minettia flaveola and it's kin. [Presidential Address, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, San Francisco, CA]

Professional Presentations (chronological)

  • 1989, Feeding strategies of the Bermudan sea cucumber, Isostichopus badionotus (Selenka) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida). [Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts]
  • 1990, Historical use of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera) for biological control of sternorrhynchus homopterans. [Department of Entomology, University of Idaho, Moscow]
  • 1991, Life history studies of Leucopis spp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) attacking Russian wheat aphid in Washington. [ESA Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, section A, Student Competition]
  • 1991, Silver flies (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) in biological control of homopterous pests. [Washington State Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Pullman]
  • 1992, An overview of predation in the Diptera. [Washington State Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Puyallup]
  • 1992, Interactions between dipterous predators and their prey. [Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman]
  • 1992, Morphology of the immature stages of Leucopis spp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). [ESA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, section A, Student Competition]
  • 1992, The manzanita leafgall aphid, Tamalia coweni (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Aphididae), and its association with the predator Leucopis sp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.A. Valenti). [Washington State Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Puyallup]
  • 1993, Life history and morphology of the immature stages of Leucopis species (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) attacking Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia. [Department Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman]
  • 1993, Nesting of Ammophila gracilis Lepeletier, 1845 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Brazil. (authors: S.D. Gaimari & R.P. Martins). [ESA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, section Cd, Student Competition]
  • 1994, Atomic force microscopy of insect surface structures. (co-author M.A. Anderson). [ESA Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, section A student competition]
  • 1994, Morphology of the immature stages in the genus Leucopis (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). [3rd International Congress of Dipterology, Guelph, Ontario, Canada]
  • 1994, Should genetically engineered natural enemies be regulated in a manner different than other nonindigenous natural enemies? - Con position. [ESA Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, Student Debate]
  • 1996, The genus Ozodiceromyia Bigot and its relatives (Diptera: Therevidae). [1st NSF/PEET Therevidae working group annual meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana]
  • 1997, Phylogenetic and biogeographic history of the cycloteline Therevinae. [2nd NSF/PEET Therevidae working group annual meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana]
  • 1998, Phylogenetics and biogeography of a Laurasian group of Therevidae (Diptera). [exit seminar, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana]
  • 1998, Systematics and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.E. Irwin; poster). [4th International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England]
    1998, Systematics and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.E. Irwin; poster). [2nd NSF/PEET Annual Meeting, Woods Hole, MA]
  • 1998, Systematic studies by the therevid NSF/PEET group. (authors: S.D. Gaimari, K.C. Holston, M.E. Irwin, G.E. Kampmeier, M.A. Metz, & S.L. Winterton; poster). [2nd NSF/PEET Annual Meeting, Woods Hole, MA]
  • 1998, Update on the status of cycloteline therevids. [3rd NSF/PEET Therevidae working group annual meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana]
  • 2000, Systematics and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.E. Irwin; poster). [21st International Congress of Entomology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil]
  • 2002, Aiming for a phylogenetic classification of the Lauxanioidea (Acalyptratae). [5th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia]
  • 2005, Neoleucopis kartliana, the major natural enemy of Marchalina hellenica: Morphology-Biology (authors: P.G. Milonas, C. Souliotis, & S.D. Gaimari; poster). [11th Panhellenic Entomological Congress, Plastira Lake, Greece]
  • 2006, Raman-atomic force microscopy revealing nanometer-scale morphology and spectro-chemistry of the ommatidial surfaces of Dipteran compound eyes (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.S. Anderson; poster). [6th International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan]
  • 2007, California State Collection of Arthropods (CSCA). (authors: P.H. Kerr, C.L. Bellamy, & S.D Gaimari) [Entomological Collections Network Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA]
  • 2007, The value of connecting with the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) to taxonomic collections and specialists. (authors: A.C. Hodges & S.D Gaimari) [Entomological Collections Network Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA]

Academic Advisors

  • Wayne N. Mathis (postdoc, Smithsonian Institution)
  • Michael E. Irwin (Ph.D., University of Illinois)
  • William J. Turner (M.S., Washington State University)
  • Todd P. Livdahl (B.A., Clark University)

Academic Advisees/Committees

  • Scott Brooks (Ph.D., external thesis reviewer; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
  • Danielle DuCharme (M.S.; University of California, Davis)
  • Nate Hardy (Ph.D.; University of California, Davis)
  • Kyle Harris (Intern; Met Sacramento High School)
  • Martin Hauser (postdoc; joint CDFA/ University of California, Davis)
  • Peter Kerr (postdoc; joint CDFA/ University of California, Davis)
  • Cory Unruh (Ph.D.; University of California, Davis)

Professional Collaborations

  • Lynn S. Adler (Virginia Tech, Blacksburg)
  • Mark S. Anderson (Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Cal-Tech, Pasadena, CA)
  • Michael J. Brewer (Michigan State University, East Lansing)
  • Neal E. Evenhuis (Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI)
  • Brian Fisher (California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco)
  • Eric M. Fisher (CDFA, Sacramento)
  • Bruno Fréchette (Université du Québec, Montréal)
  • Caixa Gao (China Agricultural University, Beijing)
  • Rosemary Gillispie (University of California, Berkeley)
  • David A. Grimaldi (American Museum of Natural History, NY)
  • Patrick Grootaert (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels)
  • Martin Hauser (CDFA, Sacramento)
  • Kevin C. Holston (Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm)
  • Michael E. Irwin (University of Illinois, Urbana)
  • Matthew E. Kaiser (Michigan State University, East Lansing)
  • Mehmet Bora Kaydan (Yüzüncü Yil Universty, Van, Turkey)
  • Peter Kerr (CDFA, Sacramento)
  • Glenn Kohler (Oregon State University, Corvallis)
  • Christine L. Lambkin (CSIRO, Canberra, Australia)
  • Eric Lucas (Université du Québec, Montréal)
  • Rogério P. Martins (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil)
  • Wayne N. Mathis (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC)
  • Bernhard Merz (Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • Panagiotis Milonas (Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kifissia, Greece)
  • Mikhail B. Mostovski (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa)
  • Takuji Noma (Michigan State University, East Lansing)
  • Allen L. Norrbom (Systematic Entomology Lab, USDA-ARS, Washington, DC)
  • Dominique Orozco (CDFA, Sacramento)
  • Mark Pollet (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels)
  • Alfio Raspi (University of Pisa, Italy)
  • George Roderick, (University of California, Berkeley)
  • Wolfgang Schacht (Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany)
  • Sonja J. Scheffer (USDA-ARS-SEL, Beltsville, MD)
  • Vera C. Silva (Universidade Estadual Paulista, Assis, SP, Brazil)
  • Jeffrey H. Skevington (Canadian National Collection, Ottawa, Ontario)
  • Vitali N. Tanasijtshuk (Zoological Institute, Russian Acad. Sciences, St Petersburg, Russia)
  • F. Christian Thompson (Systematic Entomology Lab, USDA-ARS, Washington, DC)
  • William J. Turner (Washington State University, Pullman)
  • Diane Ullman (University of California, Davis)
  • Michael A. Valenti (Delaware Department of Agriculture, Dover)
  • Donald W. Webb (Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign)
  • Brian M. Wiegmann (North Carolina State University, Raleigh)
  • Shaun L. Winterton (Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, QLD, Australia)
  • Ding Yang (China Agricultural University, Beijing)
  • David K. Yeates (CSIRO, Canberra, Australia)

Professional and Public Service

Manuscript reviewer

  • African Invertebrates
  • Annales Zoologici
  • Annals of the Entomological Society of America
  • Aquatic Insects
  • Australian Journal of Entomology
  • Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana
  • Bulletin of the U.S. Geological Survey
  • The Canadian Entomologist
  • Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of LA County)
  • Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
  • Encyclopedia of Insects (book)
  • Entomologica Americana
  • Entomologica Fennica
  • Entomological News
  • European Journal of Entomology
  • Great Lakes Entomologist
  • Invertebrate Systematics
  • Insects of Micronesia
  • Israel Journal of Entomology
  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
  • Journal of Systematic Paleontology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Neotropical Entomology
  • Pan-Pacific Entomologist
  • Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
  • Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
  • Revue Suisse de Zoologie
  • Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
  • Studia Dipterologica
  • Systematic Entomology
  • Tidjshrift voor Entomologie
  • Zootaxa

Beta tester

  • WINCLADA; programmer Kevin C. Nixon, Cornell Univ. (Windows CLADOS/DADA)

Consultant

  • MANDALA; programmer Gail Kampmeier, Illinois Natural History Survey (a series of relational databases for integrating specimen, nomenclatural, and literature based data)
  • 1996, Pjotr Oosterbroek, Instituut voor Systematiek en Populatiebiologie, Amsterdam, regarding Chamaemyiidae of Indonesia and New Guinea for “The families of Diptera of the Malay Archipelago” in Fauna Malesiana Handbook 1, 1998
  • 1997, H. Schumann, Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt, regarding Chamaemyiidae for “Checkliste der Dipteren Deutschlands” in Studia Dipterologica-Supplement 2, 1999

Professional Societies

  • American Association for Zoological Nomenclature
  • American Entomological Society
  • Bay Area Biosystematists
  • Entomological Collections Network
  • Entomological Society of America
  • Entomological Society of Washington
  • Linnean Society of London, Fellow (elected 2002)
  • New York Entomological Society
  • North American Dipterists Society
  • Pacific Coast Entomological Society
  • Southern Connection
  • Washington State Entomological Society

Honors and Honor Societies

  • 2002-present, Fellow, Linnean Society of London (elected, 2002)
  • 1994-1995, List of Excellent Teaching Assistants (Univ. Illinois, 2 semesters)
  • 1993, Sigma Xi
  • 1992, Phi Kappa Phi
  • Patronyms
    • Dohrniphora gaimarii Brown (Diptera: Phoridae)
    • Leucopis gaimarii Tanasijtshuk (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae)
    • Laxotela gaimarii Winterton (Diptera: Therevidae)

Miscellaneous Activities

  • 2001-present, Presentations on insects to grade school classes (Davis, CA schools, public and private)
  • 1999, 2000, BugFest volunteer (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
  • 1995-1997, Insect Expo volunteer (University of Illinois [1995, 1997], ESA Annual Meeting [1996])
  • 1994, Presentation (and Bug Hunt) on insects (Washington Early Childhood School, Champaign, IL)
  • 1992, 35th National Insect Photo Salon: 5 slide sequence displayed [ESA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD]
  • 1991, 34th National Insect Photo Salon: slide displayed [ESA Annual Meeting, Reno, NV]