CURRICULUM VITAE
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
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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
- Schuh, R. T. 1967. The shore bugs (Hemiptera: Saldidae) of the Great Lakes Region. Contr. Amer. Ent. Inst. 2:33 pp.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1970. Swarming in an undescribed enicocephalid from Costa Rica. Ent. News 81:66-68.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1975. The structure, distribution and taxonomic importance of trichobothria in the Miridae (Hemiptera).
Amer. Mus. Novitates 2585: 22 pp.
- Schuh, R. T. 1975. A response to E. G. Matthews. Syst. Zool. 24:225-226.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1977. [Review of] Classification of the Acridomorphoid insects, by V. M. Dirsh. Syst. Zool. 26:98-99.
- Schuh, R. T. and P. Wygodzinsky. 1977. Willi Hennig. Syst. Zool. 26:104-105.
- Schuh, R. T. 1977. Wing asymmetry in the thaumastocorid Discocoris drakei (Hemiptera). Rev. Peruana Ent. 18:12-13.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1981. Willi Hennig Society: Report of First Annual Meeting. Syst. Zool. 30:76-81.
- Schuh, R. T. 1981. Comments on definitive indicators of relationships: A response to Cobben. Syst. Zool. 30:192-197.
- Schuh, R. T. and J. S. Farris. 1981. Methods for investigating taxonomic congruence and their application to the
Leptopodomorpha. Syst. Zool., 30:331-351.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1982. [Review of] Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea, edited by J. L. Gressitt. Syst. Zool. 31:222-225.
- Schuh, R. T. 1984. Revision of Indo-Pacific Phylinae (Hemiptera: Miridae). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 177:1-462.
- Schuh, R. T. 1984. [Review of] The Semiaquatic Bugs (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha): Phylogeny, adaptations, biogeography,
and classification. J. New York Ent. Soc. 91:522-523.
- Schuh, R. T. and M. D. Schwartz. 1984. Carvalhoma: Revised subfamily placement (Hemiptera: Miridae). J. New York Ent.
Soc. 92:48-52.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1986. The influence of cladistics on the classification of the Heteroptera. Ann. Rev. Ent. 31:67-93.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. and G. M. Stonedahl. 1986. Historical biogeography in the Indopacific: A cladistic approach. Advances
in Cladistics 4:337-355.
- Schuh, R. T. , B. Galil, and J. T. Polhemus. 1987. Catalogue and bibliography of Leptopodomorpha (Heteroptera) Bull.
Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 185:243-406.
- Schuh, R. T. and L. H. Herman. 1988. Biography and bibliography. Petr Wolfgang Wygodzinsky (1967-1987). J. New York
Ent. Soc. 96:227-244.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1989. [Review of] Biogeographical Evolution of the Malay Archipelago. Cladistics 5:101--103.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1989. Review of Daleapidea Knight (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini). J. New York Entomol.
Soc. 97:159-166.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1991. Phylogenetic, biogeographic, and host analyses of the Pilophorini, with a revised classification
(Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Cladistics. 7:157--189.
- Schuh, R. T. and P. Stys. 1991. Phylogenetic analysis of cimicomorphan family relationships. J. New York Entomol.
Soc. 99:298--350.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Miller, R. and R. T. Schuh. On the feeding habits of Clivinema (Heteroptera: Miridae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 102:383--384.
- Kerzhner, I. M. and R. T. Schuh. 1995. Homonymy, synonymy, and new combinations in the Miridae (Heteroptera). Amer.
Mus. Novitates 3137:11 pp.
- 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.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1995. Plant bugs of the World (Heteroptera: Miridae): Systematic catalog, distributions, host list, and
bibliography. New York Entomological Society. 1329 pp.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 1996 (1997). [Review of] Studies on Hemipteran Phylogeny, C. W. Schaefer (ed.). J. New York Entomol.
Soc. 104:231--235.
- Kerzhner, I. M. and R. T. Schuh. 1998. Replacement names for junior homonyms in the family Miridae (Heteroptera).
Zoosystematic Rossica 7:171--172.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 2000. Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 236 pp.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Kerzhner, I. M. and R. T. Schuh. 1998. Two new synonymies in Holarctic Phylini (Heteroptera: Miridae). Zoosystematica
Rossica 7: 242.
- Schuh, R. T. 2003. The Linnaean System and its 250-year persistence. The Botanical Review 69: 59-78.
- Schuh, R. T. 2003. [Review of] Biology of Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae). Pests, Predators, Opportunists. American
Entomologist 49: 123-124.
- 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.
- Schuh, R. T. 2004. Revision of Tuxedo Schuh (Heteroptera: Miridae). American Museum Novitates 3435: 26 pp.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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