Paul E. Hanson

Education

• Bachelor of Arts - University of Minnesota 1975
  
• Master of Science - University of Minnesota 1979 Thesis Title: The biology of rice water weevils (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus and L. buchanani) on wild rice (Zizania) in Minnesota
  
• Doctor of Philosophy - Oregon State University 1987 Thesis Title: Systematics and host associations of Ormyrus species (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)
  Associate Professor. Escuela de Biologia, University of Costa Rica. 1987 - present.

B. Five publications most related to current proposal

• Darling, D.C. & Hanson, P.E. 1986. Two new species of Spalangiopelta from Oregon (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), with a discussion of wing length polymorphism. Pan Pacific Entomologist 62: 153-164.

• Gaston, K.J., Gauld, I.D. & Hanson, P. 1996. The size and composition of the hymenopteran fauna of Costa Rica. Journal of Biogeography 23:105-113.

• Gauld, I.D., Ugalde, J. & Hanson, P.E. 1996. Clave para la Identificaci=F3=n de los Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) de Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical, Special Publication. In press.

• Hanson, P.E. 1992. The Nearctic species of Ormyrus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Journal of Natural History 26: 1333-1365.

  Hanson, P.E. & Gauld, I.D. (eds.) 1995. The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. Oxford University Press, United Kingdom. 893 pp.
  

Five other significant publications

• Hanson, P.E. 1990. La sistemitica aplicada al estudio de la biologia de los parasitoides. Manejo Integrado de Plagas (CATIE, Costa Rica). No. 15: 53-66.

• Hanson, P.E. 1991. Los parasitoides asociados al cafeto en Costa Rica. Manejo Integrado de Plagas (CATIE, Costa Rica). No. 20-21: 8-10.

• Hanson, P. 1995. Taxonomic limitations and activities in biological control. Biocontrol 1: 25-28.

• Infante, F., Hanson, P. & Wharton, R. 1995. Phytophagy in the genus Monitoriella (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with description of new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88: 406-415.

• Noyes, J.S. & Hanson, P. 1996. Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Costa Rica: the genera and species associated with jumping plant-lice (Homoptera: Psylloidea). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. In press.
  

C. Collaborators

I.D. Gauld, J.S. Noyes, J. LaSalle, J.T. Huber, S.R. Shaw, L. Masner

D. Graduate Students

Advisor for Axel Retana, Edgar Quiros, Jesus Ugalde, Valeria Solano and James Coronado - all from the University of Costa Rica (the last three in progress)

E. Advisors

J.C. Miller, J.D. Lattin, G.W. Krantz