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Curriculum vitae

Current Employment

• California Department of Food & Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center (CDFA-PPDC)

Education

• Doctorate of Philosophy: Louisiana State University. 2005.
• Master of Science: University of Missouri. 2000.
• Bachelor of Science: University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1996.

Professional Affiliations

• Associate: Department of Entomology, University of California - Davis. 2006-present.
• Research Associate: Florida State Collection of Arthropods. Gainesville, FL. 2004-present.
• Part-time Instructor: University of Alabama in Huntsville. 1997-1998.

Professional Service

• Chair, Program Committee: Pacific Coast Entomological Society. 2007-present.
• Membership Secretary: The Coleopterists Society. 2006-present.
• Councilor to Executive Committee: The Coleopterists Society. 2006- present.
• Organizer/Moderator: Entomological Society of America, Section A symposia. 2003.
• Co-Organizer: Entomological Society of America Southeastern Branch, Linnaean Games. 2003.
• Manuscript Referee.
  Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae           Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington
  Entomological News                                             The Coleopterists Bulletin
  European Journal of Entomology                            The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
  Invertebrate Systematics                                       Zootaxa
  New Zealand Entomologist

Honors/Awards/Fellowships/Scholarships [$20,700 Total]

• Entomological Society of America, Southeastern Branch: Comstock Award [$1100]. 2004.
• Florida Entomological Society: Graduate Student Scholarship [$500]. 2003.
• Entomological Society of America: Program Enhancement Funds [$2600]. 2003.
• Louisiana State University: Graduate School Travel Award [$150]. 2003.
• Russian Academy of Sciences: Invited to study at the Zoological Institute in St. Petersburg. 2003
• Entomological Society of America: Honorable Mention, Section A Student Competition. 2002.
• Louisiana State University: Graduate School Travel Award [$150]. 2002.
• Organization for Tropical Studies: Graduate Course Award [$3000]. 2001.
• Louisiana State University: Graduate School Travel Award [$150]. 2001.
• Louisiana State University: Jelinski Fellowship [$12,000]. 2000.
• Entomological Society of America: Linnaean Games National Champions. 2000.
• University of Missouri: Stone Award [$500]. 2000.
• University of Missouri: C.V. Riley Entomological Society Award of Merit [$50]. 1999.
• University of Alabama - Huntsville: Departmental Honors in Biological Sciences. 1996
• Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society. 1996.
• Austin High School: H.L. Ogle Education Scholarship [$500]. 1992

Grants Awarded [$53,030 Total]

• USDA-CPHST: Lucid Key to Wood Boring Beetles & Bostrichidae Genera [$44,000]. 2006.
• NSF: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, DEB 0308764 [$3350]. 2003.
• Sigma Xi, LSU Chapter: Grant-In-Aid of Research [$500]. 2003.
• Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology: Ernst Mayr Grant [$1900]. 2002.
• Florida Entomological Society: Graduate Student Travel Grant [$200]. 2002.
• Field Museum of Natural History: Visiting Systematist Travel Grant [$620]. 2002.
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Visiting Systematist Travel Grant [$360]. 2002.
• Organization for Tropical Studies, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute [$1000]. 2001.
• Sigma Xi, LSU Chapter: Grant-In-Aid of Research [$100]. 2001.

Teaching Experience

Lecture Instruction

• Introductory Entomology. Louisiana State University. 2003 & 2004.
• Insect Taxonomy. Louisiana State University. 2003.
• Insects in the Environment. Louisiana State University. 2000.
• Arthropod Biodiversity. University of Alabama - Huntsville. 1997.

Laboratory Instruction

• Insect Taxonomy. Louisiana State University. 2001 & 2003.
• Introductory Entomology. Louisiana State University. 2002.
• Insect Ecology. Louisiana State University.  2002.
• Insects in the Environment. Louisiana State University. 2000.
• General Entomology. University of Missouri. 1999.
• Organismal Biology. University of Alabama - Huntsville. 1997 & 1998.
• Introductory Biology. University of Alabama - Huntsville. 1997.
• Vertebrate Zoology. University of Alabama - Huntsville. 1996.

Teaching Workshops

• NSF Summer Workshop, Regional Conference. San Antonio, TX. 2003.
• Departmental Teaching Workshop. Louisiana State University. Entomology Department. 2001.

Professional Presentations & Workshops

• CDFA-PPDC, Sacramento, CA - invited seminar. 2007.
• Montana State University, Bozeman, MT - invited seminar. 2006.
• Entomological Society of America, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - poster. 2005.
• Sigma Xi, LSU Chapter, Baton Rouge, LA - invited talk. 2004.
• Entomological Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT - poster. 2004.
• Entomological Society of America, Cincinnati, OH - 2 invited talks. 2003.
• H.O. Lund Entomological Society, University of Georgia, Athens, GA - poster. 2003.
• Entomological Society of America, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - poster. 2002.
• Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica - invited workshop & invited talk. 2001.
• Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA - student talk. 2001.
• Baton Rouge Audubon Society, Baton Rouge, LA - invited talk. 2000.
• Louisiana State University, Entomology Department - invited seminar. 2000.
• Entomological Society of America, Atlanta, GA & Des Moines, IA - poster. 1999.
• University of Missouri, Department of Entomology - invited seminar. 1998.

Current Collaborative Research Projects

• Arthropods of California State Parks: California State Collection of Arthropods.
• Beetle Tree of Life: Brigham Young University, Harvard University, University of Arizona.
• Coleoptera of Burkina Faso: Canadian Museum of Nature.
• Coleoptera of the Canadian Maritime Provinces: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History.
• Fiji Terrestrial Arthropod Survey: Bishop Museum.
• Ghana Insect Project: Western Kentucky University.
• Great Smoky Mts. Nat. Park All Taxa Biotic Inventory: Louisiana State University.
• Leaf Litter Arthropods of MesoAmerica: Evergreen State College, Canadian Museum of Nature.
• Investigations in the Biodiversity of Soil and Canopy Arthropods; Australia, Panama, Vanuatu:
  Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Solvin-Bretzel, Canopy Raft Consortium.
• Madagascar Arthropod Biodiversity Project: California Academy of Sciences.
• Thailand Insect Group for Entomological Research: University of Kentucky.
• West Indies Beetle Project: Montana State University.

Societal Membership

Center for Systematic Entomol.  Coleopterists Soc.               Entomol. Collections Network
Entomol. Soc. of America           Entomol. Soc. of Wash.       Pacific Coast Entomol. Soc.

Museum Research (acronym of museum visited)

• North America: Canada (CMN, CNC); United States (BYU, CAS, CSCA, EMEC, FMNH, FSCA, GSNP, LSAM, MCZ, MEM, MTEC, UCDC, UMRM, USNM)
• Central/South America: Costa Rica (MZCR); Bolivia (UASC)
• Europe: England (BMNH); Russia (ZIN)

Field Research

• North America: United States - AL, CA, FL, IO, KY, LA, MO, NC, TN, TX
• Central America: Costa Rica - Guanacaste, LaSelva, & Puntarenas; Panama - Barro Colorado Island
• South America: Bolivia - Santa Cruz District

Refereed Publications

Book Chapters

1. Cline, A.R. [in press]. Corylophidae LeConte, 1852. In Beutel, R.G. & R.A.B. Leschen (eds.) Handbook of Zoology. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles.
2. Cline, A.R.  [In press]. Smicripidae Horn 1879. In Beutel, R.G. & R.A.B. Leschen (eds.) Handbook of Zoology. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles.
3. Cline, A.R. & F.W. Shockley. [In press]. Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861. In Beutel, R.G. & R.A.B. Leschen (eds.) Handbook of Zoology. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles.
4. Cline, A.R. & S.A. Ślipiński. [In press]. Discolomatidae Horn, 1878. In Beutel, R.G. & R.A.B. Leschen (eds.) Handbook of Zoology. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles.
5. Cline, A.R., M.A. Goodrich & R.A.B. Leschen. [In press]. Byturidae Jacquelin duVal, 1858. In Beutel, R.G. & R.A.B. Leschen (eds.) Handbook of Zoology. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles.
6. Jelínek, J. & A.R. Cline. [In press]. Kateretidae Erichson in Agassiz, 1846. In Beutel, R.G. & R.A.B. Leschen (eds.) Handbook of Zoology. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles.
7. Jelínek, J., A.R. Cline, R.A.B. Leschen, & C.E. Carlton. [In press]. Nitidulidae Latrielle, 1802. In Beutel, R.G. & R.A.B. Leschen (eds.) Handbook of Zoology. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles.

Research Papers

1. Tishechkin, A.K. & A.R. Cline. 2007. The beetle fauna of pocket gopher burrows in Louisiana. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. [in press]
   
2. Cline, A.R. 2007. A New Species of Thalycra Erichson, 1843 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Baja California, Mexico with commentary on the genus. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 83: 161-170.
   
3. Medianero, E., G. Castaño-Meneses, A. Tishechkin, Y. Basset, H. Barrios, F. Ødegaard, A.R. Cline, J. Bail, & L. Cizek. 2007. Influence of local illumination and plant composition on the spatial and seasonal distribution of litter-dwelling arthropods in a tropical rainforest. Pedobiologia 51:131- 145.
   
4.   Backus, E.A., A.R. Cline, M.S. Serrano, & M.R. Ellerseick. 2007. Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae) feeding on cotton: New methods and parameters for analysis of non-sequential electrical penetration graph data. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100: 296-310.
   
5.   Majka, C.G. & A.R. Cline. 2006. Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada. I. New Records from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The Canadian Entomologist. 138:314-332.
   
6.   Majka, C.G. & A.R. Cline. 2006. New Records of Corylophidae (Coleoptera) from the Maritime & Provinces of Canada. The Coleopterists Bulletin 60:105-111.
   
7.   Cline, A.R. & R.A.B. Leschen. 2005. Coleoptera associated with the Oyster Mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus Fries, in North America. Southeastern Naturalist. 4:409-420.
   
8.   Ewing, C.P & A.R. Cline. 2005. Key to Adventive Sap Beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)in Hawaii, with Notes on Records and Habits. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 59:167-183.

9.   Cline, A.R. & C.E. Carlton. 2004. Review of Lasiodactylus Perty (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with description of three new species from the Neotropics. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 58: 355-368.
10. Cline, A.R. 2004. A new species of Psilotus Fischer vonWaldheim (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Peru,   with new distribution records for other Psilotus species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 106:890-898.
11. Cline, A.R. 2004. A new sap beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) to the United States with a revised key to the Camptodes Erichson occurring in America North of Mexico. Insecta Mundi. 17:101-102.
12. Ewing, C.P. & A.R. Cline. 2004. New records and taxonomic updates for adventive sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Hawaii. BishopMuseum Occasional Papers, Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey, Part 2: Notes. 79:40-45.
13. Shockley, F.W. & A.R. Cline. 2004. A Contribution to the Inventory of Coleoptera from Missouri: Records from Benton County. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77:280-284.
14. Cline, A.R. & C.E. Carlton. 2004. Two new species of Epuraea (Orthopeplus) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Mexico. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 58:261-270.
15. Kirejtshuk, A.G. & A.R. Cline. 2003. Pleoronia tuberculata Kirejtshuk and Cline sp. n. and Stenoronia librodoriformis Kirejtshuk and Cline sp. n.  In, Kirejtshuk, A.G.  Four new genera of the Soronia complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and tropical America with notes on composition of the complex and description of new species from Southern Hemisphere. Russian Entomological Journal. 12:239-256.
16. Cline, A.R., F.W. Shockley, & B. Puttler.  2002.  Description of surface swimming by Hypera eximia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): behavioral, morphological, and phylogenetic implications. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 95:637-645.
17. Cline, A.R. & E.A. Backus. 2002. Correlations among AC electronic monitoring waveforms, body postures, and stylet penetration behaviors of Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae). Environmental Entomology. 31:538-549.

Scientific Notes

1. Cline, A.R. 2006. Commentary on priority of the family-group name Kateretidae Erichson (Cucujoidea). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 60:271-272.

2. Cline, A.R. 2004. New state records for two species of Thalycra Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with notes on species sympatry. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 58:137-138.
3. Cline, A.R.2003. New distribution records for Pocadius basalis Schaeffer (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae) from the Southwestern United States. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 57:390.

Book Reviews

1. Cline, A.R. 2007. “Field Guide to Beetles of California.” By A.V. Evans and J.N. Hogue. The Coleopterists Bulletin [In press].

2. Cline, A.R. 2006. “The Beetle Fauna of Rhode Island.” by D. Sikes. The Coleopterists Bulletin 60:304-305.
3. Cline, A.R. 2006. “Beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics.” by K. Hůrka. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 60:242.
4. Cline, A.R. 2006. “Contributions to Systematics and Biology of Beetles: Papers Celebrating the 80th ; Birthday of Igor Konstantinovich Lopatin.” Edited by Konstantinov, A., A. Tishechkin, and L. Penev. The Coleopterists Bulletin 60:144.
5. Cline, A.R. 2004. “Erotylidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cucujoidea): Phylogeny and Review. 47.” by R.A.B. Leschen. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 58:600-601.
6. Cline, A.R. & E.A. Backus. 2000. “Form and Function of Insect Wings. The Evolution of Biological Structures.” by D.L. Grodnitsky. Journal of Insect Behavior. 12:865-867.

Non-Refereed Publications

Academia-Related

1. Cline, A.R. 2000. “Millennium Edition - Tiger Beetle”. Department of Entomology, University of Missouri.
2. Cline, A.R. 1999. General Entomology Lab Exercises (X3), University of Missouri.
3. Cline, A.R. 1997. Organismal Biology Laboratory Manual, University of Alabama in Huntsville. 74pp.

Agricultural Reports

1. Cline, A.R. & C.L. Bellamy. 2005. Coleoptera. pp. 3-6 In S.D. Gaimari (ed.), California Plant Pest and Disease Report. CDFA, Sacramento, CA. 76pp.

Miscellaneous

1. Cline, A.R. 2001. Differential diversity of frugivorous beetles in primary and secondary forests in LaSelva, Costa Rica. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03:199-203.
2. Cline, A.R. 2001. Nested quadrat design for estimating species accumulation curves of litter dwelling Coleoptera. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03:239-245.
3. Cline, A.R. 2001. Differential diversity of leaf litter Coleoptera in tree fall gaps and secondary forest. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03:33-37.
4. Cline, A.R.,  B.P. Freymann, M. Donnelly, J.Y. Adkins, J.F. Bischoff, J. Koslow, and K.R.T. Whelan. 2001. A structured inventory of the amphibian population at Palo Verde, Costa Rica and the corresponding vegetation. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03: 370-396.
5. Cline, A.R. & M. Kutner. 2001. A new symbiont (Hemiptera: Nabidae) of Tengella (Araneae: Tengellidae) and factors affecting their symbiosis. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03:38-41.
6. Cline, A.R. & K.R.T. Whelan. 2001. Freshwater shrimp populations in a stream at the Reserva Absoluta Cabo Blanco, Costa Rica. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03:331-338.
7. Cline, A.R. & K.R.T. Whelan. 2001. Building the better beetle trap: constructing a leaf litter sifter and large scale Berlese extraction funnel. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03:79-82.
8. Kutner, M., J. Adkins, C. Nufio, S. Busch, A.R. Cline, D. Farmer, & R. Rowe. 2001. Terrestrial arthropod diversity and soil comparison of the Pacific and Atlantic slopes in the Cerro de la Muerte region, Costa Rica. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03:59-64.
9. Valejo, M., A.R. Cline, K. Barton, J. Bischoff, & A. Sweiggert. 2001. Are you in or are you out? Predation on fruits and seeds of Heliconia tortuosa. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03:21-24.
10. Wilkinson, E., R. Yukilevich, T. Brown, A.R. Cline, S. Solomon, & M. Valejo. 2001. Foraging behavior in the Neotropical army ant Eciton burchelli. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03:122-129.
11. Yukilevich, R., J. Koslow, E. Lindquist, P. Sherman, A.R. Cline, M. Bateman, K. Barton, & S. Solomon. 2001. Foraging preference and forest impact of the crab Gecarcinus quadratus in the Cabo Blanco Biological Reserve, Costa Rica. OTS Topical Biology an Ecological Approach. 01-03:266-270.

World-Wide Web

• Cline, A.R. 2003. New distribution records for Camptodes nigerrimus Erichson from Arizona. [http://entomology.lsu.edu/lsam/Camptodes%20Note.htm]