Insect Diversity Project Web/Curricum Vita for Steve Ashe

James S. Ashe

A. Vitae
Address: Division of Entomology,
University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
telephone (913) 864-3030; FAX (913) 864-5335.

Education: University of Carolina at Charlotte: BS (1969)
Appalachian State University, North Carolina: Ph.D. (1972)
University of Alberta, Edmonton: Ph.D. (1982).

Professional Positions: Evolutionary Biology and Biological Sciences Collegiate Division, University of Chicago (Lecturer, 1984-1988); Division of Insects, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois (Assistant Curator and Associate Curator, 1982-1988; Division Head, 1985-1988); Fieldiana (Scientific Editor, 1988); Thomas Say Publication Series (Scientific Editor, 1993-); Departments of Entomology and of Systematics &;Ecology, Snow Entomological Museum, Natural History Museum/Entomology Division, University of Kansas (Associate Professor and Professor, 1988-; Director, 1988-; Chief Curator, 1994-).

Professional Memberships: 9 national and international organizations. President, Editorial Board Member, Nominating Committee, Auditor, Chairman of Nominating Committee, Member of Editor Search Committee-- Coleopterists Society; Secretary, Chairman, Member of Program Committee, Chief Judge and Judge of Student Paper Competition, Snodgrass Awards Committee-- Section A, Entomological Society of America; Program Committee and Steering Committee--Entomological Collection Network; Council Member, Representative to Association of Systematic Collections--Society of Systematic Zoology.

Teaching: Courses taught on regular basis--Diversity of Life, Principles of Systematics, Introduction to Insects, Introduction to Systematics, Major Patterns in Insect Evolution, Systematics and Evolution of Coleoptera.

Grant Support (past 5 years): University of Kansas General Research Fund. Phylogeny, evolution and biogeography of intertidal rove beetles (Staphylinidae), $8,806.50, 1995-1996; J. S. Ashe, PI; NSF DEB-9521755. Partnerships in aleocharine systematics, phylogeny of basal lineages and identification of North American and Mexican genera, $634,966, 1995 2000; J. S. Ashe, PI; NSF DEB-9222863. Systematics and evolution of the Cryptophygidae, $10,894, 1993-1995; J. S. Ashe, PI (dissertation improvement award for Richard Leschen); National Geographic Society 4988-93. Forest floor biodiversity in the Guatemalan Highlands, $11,854, 1993-1995; J. S. Ashe, Co-PI; PEW Charitable Trusts. Undergraduate fellowships in systematic biology, $50,000, 1993-1994; J. S. Ashe, PI; NSF BSR-8807783. Improving the usefulness of the Snow Entomological Museum to the systematics community, $174,191, 1988-1992; J. S. Ashe, PI.

Research Interests: Systematics and evolution of mushroom inhabiting beetles; evolution, host relationships and ecology of parasitic staphylinid beetles and their rodent hosts. Systematics and evolution of staphylinid beetles with special emphasis on the Neotropical fauna.

B. Publications:
FIVE PUBLICATIONS MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO PROPOSED PROJECT:

Klimaszewski, J. and J. S. Ashe. 1992. Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) of the Monteverde Region of Costa Rica. Annals Transvaal Mus. 35(28):399-410.
Klimaszewski, J. and J. S. Ashe. 1992. Two new species of the myllaenine genus Pseudomniophila Pace from the montane forests of Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Elytron 6:77-85.
Ashe, J. S. and R. A. B. Leschen. 1995. Cajachara carltoni, a new genus and species of rove beetle (Coleoptera Staphylinidae Aleocharinae) from an Ecuadorean paramo. Trop. Zool. 8:85-93.
Ashe, J. S. and R. M. Timm. In press. Systematics, distribution, and host specificity of Amblyopinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Mexico and Central America. Trop. Zool.
Ashe, J. S. Submitted. Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) of the Monteverde area: a preliminary overview. In N. Nadkarni &;N. T. Wheelwright, The Ecology and Natural History of Monteverde: a background to conservation. Oxford Univ. Press.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS:

Ashe, J. S. 1987. Egg chamber production, egg protection and clutch size among fungivorus beetles of the genus Eumicrota (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) and their evolutionary implications. Zool. Jour. Linnean Soc. London 90(3):255-273.
Ashe, J. S. 1993. Mouthpart modifications correlated with fungivory among aleocharine staphylinids (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), pp. 105-130, In C. W. Schaefer and R. Leschen, Eds., Symp. Funct. Morph. Insect Mouthparts. Proc. Thomas Say Publ. Entomol.
Ashe, J. S. and A. F. Newton, Jr. 1993. Larvae of Trichophya and phylogeny of the tachyporine group of subfamilies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with a review, new species and characerization of the Trichophyinae. Syst. Entomol. 18:267-286.
Ashe, J. S. 1994. Evolution of aedeagal parameres of aleocharine staphylinids (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Can. Entomol., 126:475-491.

C. Collaborators during last 48 months: K.-J. Ahn, R. E. Hoebeke, D. H. Kistner, J. Klimaszewski, R. A. B. Leschen, A. Newton, Jr., R. M. Timm. W. E. Duellman, R. Foster, R. O. Prum, R. M. Timm.

D. Advisees: K.-J. Ahn, M. A. Branham, J. Danoff-Burg, Z. Falin, M. Gray, R. Handley, M. L. Jameson, T. Kannan, C. Labandeira, R. A. Leschen, S. Lingafelter, C. Michalski, B. Nathan, A. Slater; Graduate students: MA completed (4), MA current (0), Ph.D. completed (4), Ph.D. current (3).

E. Advisor: G. E. Ball.

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