Bill Wolfe - Invertebrate Research - Home Page
Professor, Biology, Graduate Coordinator
First Year Academic Seminar - BIOL 0001
Biological Processes - BIOL 1100
Biodiversity - BIOL 1120
Principles of Biology II - BIOL 1108
Biology Seminar - BIOL 3000
Organismal Physiology - BIOL 3400
General Entomology – BIOL 4460/5460
Invertebrate Zoology - BIOL 4500
Study Abroad - BIOL 4980/5980
Undergraduate Research (Cotter-Capstone)–BIOL2999-4999
Thesis – BIOL 6970
Professional Memberships: AAAS, Entomological Society of America,
Coleopterists Society, The Willi Hennig Society, North American Benthological Society.
Suriname - 2005 - vic. Paloemeu - Tapanahoni River
Recent Publications (* indicates only or senior author)
2008. Identification of mature larvae of Hydaticus cinctipennis and H. bimarginatus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) based on morphology and breeding seasons. Florida Entomologist 91(2): 315-316. (with E. H. Barman, B. P. White, R. Jackson)
2007. A description of the third instar of Hydaticus bimarginatus (Say) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Georgia Journal of Science 65:182-193. (with R. Jackson, E. H. Barman, and B. P. White)
2006. Phylogeny of Hydroporinae and classification of the genus Peschetius Guignot, 1942 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution. Insect Systematics and Evolution 37: 257-279. (With K. Miller, and O. Bistrom)
2005. Association of life stages using DNA sequences: the larva of Philodytes umbrinus (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Systematic Entomology 30: 499-509. (with K. Miller, Yves Alarie, and Michael F. Whiting
2004. A redescription of the mature larva of Neoporus clypealis (Harris) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Georgia Journal of Science 62: 163-171. (with J. Scott and E. Barman)
2003. The morphology of the mature larva of Neoporus clypealis (Harris) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Georgia Journal of Science 61: 25 (Abstract). (with J. Scott and E. Barman)
2003*. A new species of Heterosternuta from Arkansas. Coleopterists Bulletin 57(2): 117-121. (with G. Harp).
2000*. Key to the species of Heterosternuta of Canada and the United States. pp.23-232. In: Larson, D.J., Alarie, E., and Roughley, R.E. Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera :Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC Research Press. Canada. 982pp.
2000. Key to the species of Neoporus of Canada and the northern United States. pp.242-246. In: Larson, D.J., Alarie, E., and Roughley, R.E. Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera :Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC Research Press. Canada. 982pp.(with D. Larson)
Recent Papers Presented at Professional meetings (* indicates only or senior author)
2007.* A faunal description and biodiversity analysis of the Dytiscidae of St. Catherines Island, Georgia. North American Benthological Soc. 55th Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC. (with Lori Davis, Everette Barman.)
2007. A faunal and biodiversity analysis of the Dytiscidae of the Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia, Africa. North American Benthological Soc. 55th Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC. (with Lori B. Robinson, Everette Barman, Ph.D., Kelly B. Miller.)
2007.* Aquatic Beetle Biodiversity and Biogeography in Tennessee and Southeastern North America. 81st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, March 4-7, 2007, Knoxville.
2007. A Chaetotaxal analysis of the first instar of Rhantus calidus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae: Colymbetini), with a preliminary phylogenetic assessment of the species. Georgia Acad. of Sci. 84th Annual Meeting, Albany State University, 30,31 March 2007 (with B. R. Lemieux*, E.H. Barman, and B. P. White.
2005. Associating life stages of insects using DNA sequence data: Examples from diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Entomological Society of America (with Kelly B. Miller, Yves Alarie, and Michael F. Whiting)
2004. Insect collecting and faunal investigations in South America and Africa. Seminar. The Ocmulgee Audubon Society. Macon, GA. April 2004.
2003. The Morphology of the mature larva of Neoporus clypealis (Harris) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Georgia Acad. Sci., (with Julie Scott and E. H. Barman)
2003.* Taxonomy and classification of an un-described species of Heterosternuta (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Georgia Acad. Sci., Reinhardt College. (with Julie Scott and E. H. Barman)