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RANDALL T. SCHUH, Ph.D

George Willett Curator of Entomology
American Museum of Natural History

150 West 82nd St. Apt. 5A
New York, New York 10024

schuh@amnh.org


Toby Schuh

Born 11 May, 1943, Corvallis Oregon. I'm married to Brenda M. Massie and we have a daughter, Ella.

EDUCATION

  • B. S. 1965 Business Administration (technical minor in Entomology) - Oregon State University
  • M. S. 1967 Entomology - Michigan State University
  • Ph.D. 1971 Entomology - University of Connecticut
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • 1973-1974 Professor of Biology, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Brazil
  • 1973-1974 Advisor in special program in entomology, Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Belem, Para, Brazil
  • American Museum of Natural History
    • 1974-1979 Assistant Curator
    • 1979-1984 Associate Curator
    • 1984-1992 Curator
    • 1993-to date George Willett Curator of Entomology
    • 1980-1987 Chair, Department of Entomology
    • 1999-2007 Chair, Division of Invertebrate Zoology
  • 1984-1986 Dean, Council of the Scientific Staff, American Museum of Natural History
  • 1978-to date Adjunct Professor, Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology, City University of New York
  • 1988-to date, Adjunct Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
COURSES TAUGHT

Principles of Systematics (CUNY: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007)

Biogeography (CUNY: 1988, 1990, 1992)

AWARDS AND GRANTS

  • 1964 NSF Undergraduate Research Fellow, Department of Entomology, Oregon State University
  • 1970-1971 Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Connecticut Research Foundation
  • 1971-1972 Research Grant, Bache Fund, National Academy of Sciences
  • 1973 Latin American Teaching Fellow, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts; assigned to Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Brazil
  • 1982-1985 Grant: Historical Biogeography and the Evolution of Host Associations in Phyline Plant Bugs, National Science Foundation ($47,000).
  • 1986-1991 Grant: Revisionary studies of phyline bugs and their implications for studies of historical biogeography and the evolution of host associations, National Science Foundation ($70,000).
  • 1989-1994 Grant: Supplement to the Carvalho Catalogue of the Miridae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera), National Science Foundation ($75,000).
  • 1989-1992 Co-principal investigator, Grant: Curatorial Support for Entomological Collections, National Science Foundation ($653,000).
  • 1991-1994 Co-principal investigator, Grant: Insect and Arachnid Biodiversity in Southern South America, National Science Foundation ($244,650).
  • 1994-1997 Co-principal investigator, Grant: Arthropod Collection Improvement, American Museum of Natural History, National Science Foundation ($240,000)
  • 1995 Visiting Fellow, Australian Museum, Sydney ($3500 grant for work on Australia Miridae)
  • 1996 Visiting Fellow, Australian Museum, Sydney ($3500 grant for work on Australia Miridae)
  • 1997 Field studies on Australian Miridae, National Geographic Society, $8,245
  • 1998- Phylogenetic relationships within the Heteroptera: A combined approach using DNA sequences and morphology (Ward C. Wheeler, PI; $70,000 over 3 years)
  • 2003 Planetary Biodiversity Inventory: Phytophagous Insects as a Model for Documenting Planetary Biodiversity (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae, Phylinae). Gerasimos Cassis, Australian Museum, Co-PI; National Science Foundation, $2,941,878 over 5 years)
  • 2003 Developing The Catalog Of Life: Bringing The True Bugs And Rove Beetles On Line (Insecta: Heteroptera; Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Global Biodiversity Information Facility, $50,000 over 24 months.
  • 2005 to present: Honorary Research Fellow, Natural History Museum, London
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
  • International Heteropterists Society (founding member)
  • New York Entomological Society (life)
  • Society of Systematic Zoology
  • Willi Hennig Society (founding fellow)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES - OFFICES HELD
  • 1976-1979 Trustee, New York Entomological Society
  • 1976 (June)-1979 Editor, Systematic Zoology
  • 1977-1982 Member, Publications Committee, New York Entomological Society
  • 1983-1989 Editor, Journal of the New York Entomological Society
  • 1985-1987 Council Member, Society of Systematic Zoology
  • 1987 Program Chairman, Section A, Entomological Society of America
  • 1990-1993 Co-editor, Cladistics, The International Journal of the Willi Hennig Society
  • 1993-1995 President, New York Entomological Society
  • 1998-2002 President, International Heteropterists Society
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND PEER REVIEWS
  • 1984-1985 Supervisor, American Museum Postdoctoral Fellow Gary M. Stonedahl (1 year)
  • 1987 Peer review committee member, Department of Entomology, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum
  • 1988 Peer review committee member, Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University
  • 1989 Supervisor, Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow M. Malipatil (6 weeks)
  • 1990 Supervisor, American Museum Postdoctoral Fellow Pavel Stys (4 months)
  • 1993 Supervisor, Brazilian National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow Jocelia Grazia (6 months)
  • 1994-1995 Supervisor, American Museum Postdoctoral Fellow Liang Aiping (1 year)
  • 2003-2006 Supervisor NSF-PBI Postdoctoral Fellow Christiane Weirauch
  • 2004-2005 Supervisor NSF-PBI Postdoctoral Fellow Denise Wyniger
DOCTORAL STUDENTS
  • 1983-1987 Major Professor of Michael D. Schwartz, PhD candidate, City University of New York
  • 1978-1989 Dissertation committee member, City University of New York: Kurt Johnson, Mary Rauchenberger, Steve Churchill, Bonnie Bain
  • 1990-1995 Dissertation committee member, Joe McHugh, Department of Entomology, Cornell University
  • 1995 Dissertation committee member, Thomas J. Henry, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park
  • 1997-2000 Marc Williams, PhD candidate, City University of New York (withdrew from program)
  • 2002 Sabra Turnbull, PhD candidate, City University of New York, New York Botanical Garden (withdrew from program)
  • 2002 Christiane Weirauch, PhD candidate, Frei Universitat, Berlin, Germany
  • 2004-present Dimitri Forero, PhD candidate, Cornell University, Ithaca
  • 2004 Christiano Schwertner, CAPES Fellow, Brazil, 6 months at American Museum studying Pentatomoidea
  • 2006-present Katrina Menard, PhD candidate, Texas A&M University
FIELD EXPERIENCE
  • 1967-1968 8 months in Ghana and South Africa
  • 1969 2 months, Costa Rica
  • 1971-1972 Andean and Amazonian Peru
  • 1973-1974 Amazonian Brazil
  • 1976 6 weeks, Andean Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia
  • 1976 3 weeks, Hawaii
  • 1978 6 weeks, eastern Mexico, western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California
  • 1979 6 weeks, California, Oregon and Nevada
  • 1980 6 weeks, California, Nevada, and Utah
  • 1981 3 weeks, southern Arizona
  • 1981-1982 10 weeks, Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela,
  • 1983 3 weeks, peninsular Malaya
  • 1983 8 weeks, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado
  • 1985 8 weeks, Mexico and Southern California
  • 1986 7 weeks, Colorado, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming
  • 1986 6 weeks, Argentina and Chile
  • 1992 1 week, Hawaii, China
  • 1993 3 weeks, northwestern Argentina
  • 1995 5 weeks, southeastern Australia
  • 1996 4 weeks, Western Australia
  • 1997 4 weeks, Western Australia
  • 1998 3 weeks, southern Queensland, Australia
  • 1999 4 weeks, southwestern Australia
  • 2001 4 weeks, Central Australia
  • 2002 4 weeks, SE Australia
  • 2003 4 weeks, South Africa
  • 2004 2 weeks, Mexico
  • 2004 2 weeks, California
  • 2004 2 weeks, South Africa
PUBLICATIONS
  1. Schuh, R. T. 1967. The shore bugs (Hemiptera: Saldidae) of the Great Lakes Region. Contr. Amer. Ent. Inst. 2:33 pp.
  2. Slater, J. A. and R. T. Schuh. 1969. New species of Isometopinae from South Africa (Hemiptera: Miridae). J. Ent. Soc. Southern Africa 32:351-366.
  3. Schuh, R. T. 1970. Swarming in an undescribed enicocephalid from Costa Rica. Ent. News 81:66-68.
  4. Schuh, R. T. 1974. The Orthotylinae and Phylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) of South Africa with a phylogenetic analysis of the ant mimetic tribes of the two subfamilies for the world. Ent. Amer. 47:1-332.
  5. Schuh, R. T. 1975. The structure, distribution and taxonomic importance of trichobothria in the Miridae (Hemiptera). Amer. Mus. Novitates 2585: 22 pp.
  6. Schuh, R. T. 1975. A response to E. G. Matthews. Syst. Zool. 24:225-226.
  7. Rosen, D. E. and R. T. Schuh. 1976. [Review of] The flowering plants: Evolution above the species level, by G. L. Stebbins. Syst. Zool. 24:505-506.
  8. Schuh, R. T. 1976. [Review of] Trait, de Zoologie. Anatomie, Systematique, Biology. Tome VIII. Insectes. Teguments, Systeme Nerveux, Organes Sensoriels. Fascicule III. Pierre-P. Grasse, ed. Syst. Zool. 25:97-98.
  9. Schuh, R. T. 1976. Pretarsal structure in the Miridae (Hemiptera) with a cladistic analysis of relationships within the family. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2601: 39 pp.
  10. Schuh, R. T. 1977. [Review of] Classification of the Acridomorphoid insects, by V. M. Dirsh. Syst. Zool. 26:98-99.
  11. Schuh, R. T. and P. Wygodzinsky. 1977. Willi Hennig. Syst. Zool. 26:104-105.
  12. Schuh, R. T. 1977. Wing asymmetry in the thaumastocorid Discocoris drakei (Hemiptera). Rev. Peruana Ent. 18:12-13.
  13. Schuh, R. T. 1978. [Review of] Major Patterns in Vertebrate Evolution, edited by M. K. Hecht, P. C. Goody, and B. M. Hecht. Syst. Zool. 27:255-260.
  14. Henry, T. J. and R. T. Schuh. 1979. Redescription of Beamerella Knight and Hambletoniola Carvalho and included species (Hemiptera: Miridae) with a review of their relationships. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2689: 13 pp.
  15. Schuh, R. T. 1979. [Review of] Evolutionary trends of Heteroptera. Part II. Mouthpart-structures and feeding strategies, by R. H. Cobben. Syst. Zool. 28:653-656.
  16. Schuh, R. T. and J. T. Polhemus. 1980. Analysis of taxonomic congruence among morphological, ecological, and biogeographic data sets for the Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera). Syst. Zool. 29:1-26.
  17. Schuh, R. T. and J. D. Lattin. 1980. Myrmecophyes oregonensis, a new species of Halticini from the western United States. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2697:1-11.
  18. Schuh, R. T. and J. T. Polhemus. 1980. Saldolepta kistnerorum, new genus and species from Ecuador (Hemiptera: Leptopodomorpha), the sister group of Leptosalda chiapensis. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2698:1-5.
  19. Schuh, R. T. 1981. Willi Hennig Society: Report of First Annual Meeting. Syst. Zool. 30:76-81.
  20. Schuh, R. T. 1981. Comments on definitive indicators of relationships: A response to Cobben. Syst. Zool. 30:192-197.
  21. Schuh, R. T. and J. S. Farris. 1981. Methods for investigating taxonomic congruence and their application to the Leptopodomorpha. Syst. Zool., 30:331-351.
  22. Schuh, R. T. 1981. Discussion of "Land snail biogeography: a true snail's pace of change." In G. Nelson and D. E. Rosen (eds.), Vicariance Biogeography: A critique. Columbia University Press, pp. 231-234.
  23. Schuh, R. T. 1982. [Review of] Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea, edited by J. L. Gressitt. Syst. Zool. 31:222-225.
  24. Schuh, R. T. 1984. Revision of Indo-Pacific Phylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 177:1-462.
  25. Schuh, R. T. 1984. [Review of] The Semiaquatic Bugs (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha): Phylogeny, adaptations, biogeography, and classification. J. New York Ent. Soc. 91:522-523.
  26. Schuh, R. T. and M. D. Schwartz. 1984. Carvalhoma: Revised subfamily placement (Hemiptera: Miridae). J. New York Ent. Soc. 92:48-52.
  27. Schuh, R. T. and M. D. Schwartz. 1985. Revision of Rhinacloa Reuter, (Hemiptera: Miridae) with a phylogenetic analysis. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 179:379-474.
  28. Schuh, R. T. 1986. The influence of cladistics on the classification of the Heteroptera. Ann. Rev. Ent. 31:67-93.
  29. Schuh, R. T. 1986. Merinocapsus froeschneri, a new species of phyline Miridae from western North America with notes on the genus (Heteroptera).J. New York Ent. Soc. 94:217-225.
  30. Schuh, R. T. 1986. Schizopteromiris, a new genus and four new species of coleopteroid of Cylapine Miridae from the Australian Region (Heteroptera). Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 22:241-46.
  31. Stonedahl, G. M. and R. T. Schuh. 1986. Squamocoris Knight and Ramentomiris, new genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae). A cladistic analysis and description of seven new species from Mexico and the western United States. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2852:26 pp.
  32. Schuh, R. T. and G. M. Stonedahl. 1986. Historical biogeography in the Indopacific: A cladistic approach. Advances in Cladistics 4:337-355.
  33. Schuh, R. T. , B. Galil, and J. T. Polhemus. 1987. Catalogue and bibliography of Leptopodomorpha (Heteroptera) Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 185:243-406.
  34. Schuh, R. T. and L. H. Herman. 1988. Biography and bibliography. Petr Wolfgang Wygodzinsky (1967-1987). J. New York Ent. Soc. 96:227-244.
  35. Schuh, R. T. and M. D. Schwartz. 1988. Revision of New World Pilophorini (Heteroptera: Miridae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 187:101--201.
  36. Schuh, R. T. 1989. [Review of] Biogeographical Evolution of the Malay Archipelago. Cladistics 5:101--103.
  37. Schuh, R. T. 1989. Old World Pilophorini: Description of nine new species with additional synonymic and taxonomic changes (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Amer. Mus. Novitates 2945:16pp.
  38. Schuh, R. T. 1989. Review of Daleapidea Knight (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 97:159-166.
  39. Schuh, R. T. 1989. [Review of] Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 97:243-245.
  40. Schwartz, M. D. and R. T. Schuh. 1990. The World's largest isometopine, Gigantometopus rossi, new genus and new species (Heteroptera: Miridae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 98:9-13.
  41. Slater, J. A. and R. T. Schuh. 1990. A remarkably large new species of Discocoris from Colombia (Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae). Jour. New York Entomol. Soc. 98:402--405.
  42. Schuh, R. T. 1991. Phylogenetic, biogeographic, and host analyses of the Pilophorini, with a revised classification (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Cladistics. 7:157--189.
  43. Schuh, R. T. and P. Stys. 1991. Phylogenetic analysis of cimicomorphan family relationships. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 99:298--350.
  44. Eberhard, W. G, N. I. Platnick, and R. T. Schuh. 1993. Natural history and systematics of arthropod symbionts (Araneae; Hemiptera; Diptera) inhabiting webs of the spider Tengella radiata (Araneae, Tengellidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 3065:17 pp.
  45. Wheeler, W. C., R. T. Schuh, and R. Bang. 1993. Cladistic relationships among higher groups of Heteroptera: congruence between morphological and molecular data sets. Entomol. Scand. 24:121--137.
  46. Polhemus, J. T. and R. T. Schuh. 1995. A new species of Leotichius from Bali, with notes on immature stages and habitat (Heteroptera, Leptopodidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 102: 367--373.
  47. Miller, R. and R. T. Schuh. On the feeding habits of Clivinema (Heteroptera: Miridae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 102:383--384.
  48. Kerzhner, I. M. and R. T. Schuh. 1995. Homonymy, synonymy, and new combinations in the Miridae (Heteroptera). Amer. Mus. Novitates 3137:11 pp.
  49. Schuh, R. T. and J. A. Slater. 1995. True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. xii + 338 pp.
  50. Schuh, R. T., P. Lindskog, and I. M. Kerzhner. 1995. Europiella Reuter (Heteroptera: Miridae): recognition as a holarctic group, notes on synonymy, and description of a new species, Europiella carvalhoi, from North America. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 97:379--395.
  51. Schuh, R. T. 1995. Plant bugs of the World (Heteroptera: Miridae): Systematic catalog, distributions, host list, and bibliography. New York Entomological Society. 1329 pp.
  52. Schuh, R. T. 1996 (1997). [Review of] Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol. 27.3A. Hemiptera. Heteroptera (Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha). by G. Cassis and G. Gross. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 104:231--235.
  53. Schuh, R. T. 1996 (1997). [Review of] Studies on Hemipteran Phylogeny, C. W. Schaefer (ed.). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 104:231--235.
  54. Kerzhner, I. M. and R. T. Schuh. 1998. Replacement names for junior homonyms in the family Miridae (Heteroptera). Zoosystematic Rossica 7:171--172.
  55. Cassis, G., R. T. Schuh, and H. Brailovsky. 1999. A review of Onymocoris (Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae), with a new species, and notes on hosts and distributions of other thaumastocorid species. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 63:19--36.
  56. Schuh, R. T. 2000. Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 236 pp.
  57. Schwartz, M. D. and R. T. Schuh. 1999. New genera and species of conifer-inhabiting phyline plant bugs from North America (Heteroptera: Miridae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 107:204--237.
  58. Schuh, R. T. 2000. Revision of Oligotylus Van Duzee with descriptions of ten new species from western North America and comments on Lepidargyrus in the Nearctic (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Phylini). Am. Mus. Novitates 3300: 44 pp.
  59. Schuh, R. T. 2000. Revision of the North American plant bug genus Megalopsallus Knight, with the description of eight new species from the West (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Am. Mus. Novitates 3305: 69 pp.
  60. Kerzhner, I. M. and R. T. Schuh. 2001. Corrections to the catalog "Plant Bugs of the World" by Randall T. Schuh (Heteroptera: Miridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 109:263-299.
  61. Schuh, R. T. 2001. Revision of New World Plagiognathus Fieber, with comments on the Palearctic fauna and the description of a new genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 266: 267 pp.
  62. Henry, T. J. and R. T. Schuh. 2002. Two new genera to accommodate two North American plant bugs (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104:211-220.
  63. Kerzhner, I. M. and R. T. Schuh. 1998. Two new synonymies in Holarctic Phylini (Heteroptera: Miridae). Zoosystematica Rossica 7: 242.
  64. Schuh, R. T. 2003. The Linnaean System and its 250-year persistence. The Botanical Review 69: 59-78.
  65. Schuh, R. T. 2003. [Review of] Biology of Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae). Pests, Predators, Opportunists. American Entomologist 49: 123-124.
  66. Eyles, A. C. and R. T. Schuh. 2003. Revision of New Zealand Bryocorinae and Phylinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 30: 263-325.
  67. Schuh, R. T. 2004. Revision of Tuxedo Schuh (Heteroptera: Miridae). American Museum Novitates 3435: 26 pp.
  68. Schuh, R. T. and M. D. Schwartz. 2004. New genera, new species, new synonyms, and new combinations in North America and Caribbean Phylinae (Heteroptera: Miridae). American Museum Novitates 3436: 36 pp.
  69. Schuh, R. T. 2004. Revision of Europiella in North America, with the description of a new genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novitates 3463: 58 pp.
  70. Schuh, R. T. and M. D. Schwartz. 2005. Review of North American Chlamydatus Curtis species, with new synonymy and the description of two new species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum Novtiates 3471: 55 pp.
  71. Schuh, R.T. 2006. Moiseevichia leyserae, a new genus and new species of Asteraceae-feeding plant bugs from South Africa (Heterotpera: Miridae: Phylinae). Russian Entomological Journal 15(2): 97-102.
  72. Schuh, R.T. 2006. Heissophila macrotheleae, a new genus and new species of Plokiophilidae from Thailand (Hemiptera, Heteroptera), with comments on the family diagnosis. Denisia 19: 637-645.
  73. Schuh, R.T. 2006. Revision, Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, and Host Analysis of the Endemic Western North American Phymatopsallus Group, with the Description of 9 New Genera and 15 New Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 301: 114 pp.
  74. Schuh, R.T., G. Cassis, and E. Guilbert. 2006. Description of the first recent macropterous species of Vianaidinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the family within the Cimicomoprha. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 114:38--53.
  75. Cassis, G., M.A. Wall, and R.T. Schuh. 2007. Insect biodiversity and industrializing the taxonomic process: A case study with the Miridae (Heteroptera). In: Towards the Tree of Life: taxonomy and  systematics of large and species rich clades. (Trevor Hodkinson, and John Parnell, eds), pp. 193-212. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS (recent)
  • November 2004 Entomological Collections Network, Salt Lake City: "Getting a Grip on 5000 Taxa and 500,000 Specimens: Lessons from a Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Project"
  • May 2005 Natural History Museum, London and Royal Entomological Society, "Getting a Grip on 5000 Taxa and 500,000 Specimens: Lessons from a Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Project"
  • October 2005 Entomological Society of Washington, "Exploring the Southern Hemisphere: Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Field Work in Australia and South Africa"
  • December 2005 Entomological Collections Network, "Web-based Specimen Databasing: Lessons from the Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Project"

Updated: 27 July, 2007

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