Catherine N. Duckett

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Catherine N. Duckett (born 1961) is the Associate Dean of the School of Science at Monmouth University. Formerly she worked as Associate Director of the Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, [1] and the Program Manager of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System at Rutgers University, [2] as well as a former Associate professor of Biology at University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras. She is also a prominent systematic entomologist, specializing in the phylogeny of flea beetles, and an adjunct professor [3] at Rutgers. [2]

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Research

Duckett works primarily in systematics, the study of biological diversity and its classification. This involves analyzing the genetic relationship between species and the description and documentation of new taxonomic and morphological features. [2] She works on the taxonomy and systematics of the Chrysomelidae or the leaf beetle, with a focus on the phylogeny of flea beetles (Alticini: Galerucinae). In the past she has focused on the Oedionychines (like Alagoasa aurora) with Karl Kjer at Rutgers. Besides phylogeny, she is interested in the evolution of mimicry, evolution of larval morphologies, and host-plant use patterns. [2] She and her collaborators have described seven different species of Flea beetle and one new genus (Etapocanga) [4] as new to science,. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Duckett and collaborators have also described the first immatures known in three genera including Ivalia Jacoby. [5] [10] [11] [12]

Duckett and collaborators have also published systematic hypotheses about the evolution of Chrysomelidae, [13] [14] and flea beetles [15] [16] as listed on her curriculum vitae. [17]

Women's studies

Duckett worked alongside Joan W. Bennett at the Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics at Rutgers University. The organization is unique in its online catalog of influential women scientists and researchers from fields spanning from physics to anthropology. [1] Notably, the site includes a "my story" section, where the women have submitted biographies including both personal anecdotes and their career histories. [18] Duckett's own story is posted. [19] She currently co-directs the women in science and mathematics program at Monmouth University. [20]

Awards

-1996 & 2002, "Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers."

-1999, Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras, “Reconocimiento por Excelencia Académica y Productividad”.

-1989-1990, Fulbright-Hays Fellowship to Venezuela to conduct field and museum studies. [17]

Education

-1987-1993, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York., Ph.D. Entomology.

-1985-1987, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, M.A. Biology.

-1979-1983, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, B.A. with Honors.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Flea beetle</span> Tribe of small jumping beetles

The flea beetle is a small, jumping beetle of the leaf beetle family (Chrysomelidae), that makes up the tribe Alticini which is part of the subfamily Galerucinae. Historically the flea beetles were classified as their own subfamily.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Galerucinae</span> Subfamily of beetles

The Galerucinae are a large subfamily of the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), containing about 15,000 species in more than 1000 genera, of which about 500 genera and about 8000 species make up the flea beetle tribe Alticini.

Psyllototus is an extinct genus of flea beetles described from the late Eocene Rovno amber of Ukraine, and from the Baltic amber of Russia and Denmark. It was named by Konstantin Nadein and Evgeny Perkovsky in 2010, and the type species is Psyllototus progenitor. In 2016, a newly described extant flea beetle genus from Bolivia, Chanealtica, was found to be most similar to Psyllototus, based on the characters available for observation.

Chaetocnema rileyi, the Boca Chica flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

<i>Luperaltica nigripalpis</i> Species of beetle

Luperaltica nigripalpis is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

Altica knabii is a species in the tribe Alticini, in the subfamily Galerucinae . It is found in North America. It overwinters in leaf litter and is associated with Oenothera biennis.

Longitarsus melanurus is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

Glyptina spuria is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

Kuschelina jacobiana is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

<i>Kuschelina gibbitarsa</i> Species of beetle

Kuschelina gibbitarsa, the flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

Disonycha balsbaughi is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

Systena marginalis, the margined systena, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America.

<i>Phyllotreta undulata</i> Species of beetle

Phyllotreta undulata, known generally as the small striped flea beetle or turnip flea beetle, is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Australia, Europe and Northern Asia, North America, and Oceania.

Acallepitrix is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Acallepitrix. They are found in the Neotropics, Central America, and North America.

Aulacothorax is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are currently 51 described species in Aulacothorax found worldwide, 40 of which are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Hornaltica is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There is only one described species, H. bicolorata, found in North America.

Pachyonychus is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae containing a single described species, P. paradoxus, from the United States.

<i>Blepharida</i> Genus of beetles

Blepharida is a genus of leaf beetles of the subfamily Galerucinae. They have co-evolved with plants in the genus Bursera, which they feed on. The plants have developed a sticky, poisonous resin that sprays out when the leaves are bitten into, and the beetles have evolved to cut through the veins of the leaves to disable this mechanism first. There are currently 73 known species in Blepharida, which are found in the Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical and southern Palearctic realms.

<i>Podontia</i> Genus of flea beetles

Podontia is a genus of flea beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. They belong in the Blepharida-group of flea beetles.

References

  1. 1 2 Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rutgers profile Archived May 5, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Rutgers: Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics- Faculty Profile". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
  4. ↑ Duckett, Catherine N. (July 1994). "Etapocanga, a New Genus and Two New Species of Neotropical Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 102 (3): 344–349. JSTOR   25010095.
  5. 1 2 Duckett, Catherine N.; Prathapan, K.D.; Konstantinov, A.S. (23 November 2006). "Notes on identity, new synonymy and larva of Ivalia Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with description of a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1363: 49–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1363.1.4. S2CID   86263199.
  6. ↑ Konstantinov, A. S.; Duckett, C. N. (19 August 2005). "A description of four new species of Clavicornaltica Scherer from Continental Asia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1037: 49–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1037.1.5. S2CID   86243099.
  7. ↑ Duckett, C.N.; Daza, J. D. (March 2004). "A New Species of Flea Beetle in the Genus Alagoasa Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from Highland Costa Rica". Coleopterists Bulletin. 58 (1): 84–96. doi:10.1649/608. JSTOR   4009895. S2CID   86072962.
  8. ↑ Duckett, Catherine N. (12 March 2003). "A New Species of Flea Beetle, Genus Pedilia Clark (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica" (PDF). Zootaxa. 158: 1–8. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.158.1.1.
  9. ↑ Chrysomelidae: Pedilia sirena Duckett, 2003
  10. ↑ Duckett, Catherine N.; de Azevedo Moura, Luciano (June 2002). "First descriptions of immature stages of Yingaresca holoscercia (Bowditch) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) and notes on their biology". Coleopterists Bulletin. 56 (2): 161–169. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0161:FDOISO]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR   4009649. S2CID   86150199.
  11. ↑ Duckett, Catherine N.; Casari, Sônia A. (June 2002). "First Descriptions of Larval Stages of Walterianella bucki Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticini) and Notes on Life History". Coleopterists Bulletin. 56 (2): 170–181. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0170:FDOLSO]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR   4009650. S2CID   85951961.
  12. ↑ Casari, Sônia A.; Duckett, Catherine N. (Winter 1997). "Description of Immature Stages of Two Species of Pseudolampsis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and the Establishment of a New Combination in the Genus". Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 105 (1/2): 50–64. JSTOR   25010228.
  13. ↑ Duckett, Catherine N.; Gillespie, J.J.; Kjer, K.M. (2004). "Relationships among the subfamilies of Chrysomelidae inferred from small subunit ribosomal DNA and morphology, with special emphasis on the relationship among the Flea Beetles and the Galerucinae". In Jolivet, P.; Santiago-Blay, J.A.; Schmitt, M. (eds.). New Contributions in Chrysomelidae Biology. The Hague, The Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishers. pp. 3–18. ISBN   90-5103-142-4.
  14. ↑ Gillespie, J.J.; Kjer, K.M.; Duckett, C.N.; Tallamy, D.W. (October 2003). "Convergent Evolution of Cucurbitacin Pharmacophagy in Spatially Isolated Rootworm Taxa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae; Galerucinae, Luperini)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 29 (1): 161–175. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00256-2. PMID   12967617.
  15. ↑ Duckett, Catherine N.; Kjer, Karl M. (2003). "Cladistic analysis of the Oedionychines of Southern Brazil (Galerucinae: Alticini) based on two molecular markers". In Furth, David George (ed.). Special Topics in Leaf Beetle Biology: Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Chrysomelidae. Coronet Books Incorporated. pp. 117–132. ISBN   978-954-642-170-8.
  16. ↑ Duckett, C.N. (1999). "A preliminary cladistic analysis of the subtribe Disonychina with special emphasis on the series Paralactica (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)". In Cox, M. L. (ed.). Advances in Chrysomelidae Biology 1. Leiden, The Netherlands: Backhyus. pp. 105–136. ISBN   90-5782-028-5.
  17. 1 2 Curriculum Vitae Archived May 17, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ↑ "Rutgers: Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics- Our Stories". Archived from the original on 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
  19. ↑ "Rutgers: Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics- Girl Geeks/My Story". Archived from the original on 2008-06-06. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
  20. ↑ "Women in Science and Mathematics at Monmouth University". Monmouth University. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
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