Michael S. Caterino

 

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

2559 Puesta del Sol Road

Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Phone: (805) 682-4711, Ext. 151

FAX: (805) 563-0574

Email: mcaterino@sbnature2.org

Born: June 1, 1969, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

 

 

Education

B.S., Biological Sciences

      University of Mississippi - August, 1992

Ph.D., Entomology

      University of California, Berkeley - May, 1998

Professional experience

Schlinger Foundation Chair of Entomology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. June 2001-present.

Assistant Adjunct Professor, University of California Santa Barbara. 2003-2005.

Postdoctoral researcher with A. Vogler, NHM, London. August 1999-June 2001.

Postdoctoral researcher with F. Sperling, UC Berkeley. June 1998-July 1999.

Graduate research assistant to F. Sperling and J. Doyen, UC Berkeley. 1992-98.

Research/curatorial assistant, Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley. 1994-99.

Research assistant to P. Lago, Univ. of Mississippi. 1991-92.

Teaching experience

Laboratory instructor for General Entomology, UC Berkeley. 3 semesters.

Guest lectures presented, UCSB, UC Berkeley: Dung beetle biology, Insect embryology and development; beetle diversity and evolution.

Co-coordinator for graduate seminar in systematic entomology: UC Berkeley. 2 semesters.

Docent training for Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, UC Sedgwick Reserve, Arroyo Hondo Preserve.

Publications

Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. (in prep) A review of Hippeutister Reichensperger (Histeridae: Hetaeriinae), with new species from California and Costa Rica. Zootaxa.

Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. (in review) Phylogeography and conservation genetics of Californian coastal terrestrial communities: A comparative study using three beetles. Molecular Ecology.

Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. (in review) Phylogeographic patterns of the darkling beetle Coelus ciliatus in California: Does a coastal beetle species exhibit a Transverse Range Break? Annals of the Entomological Society of America.

Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. (in press) Conservation genetics of three flightless beetle species in Southern California. Conservation Genetics.

36. Young, D.K. and M.S. Caterino. 2007. Discovery of the male of Neopyrochroa californica (Horn). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 83(4): 315-320.

35. Hunt, T., J. Bergsten, Z. Levkanicova, A. Papadopoulou, O. St John, R. Wild, P. M. Hammond, D. Ahrens, M. Balke, M.S. Caterino, J. Gómez-Zurita, I. Ribera, T. G. Barraclough, M. Bocakova, L. Bocak, and A. P. Vogler. 2007. A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a super-radiation. Science 318:1913-1916.

34. Caterino, M.S. 2007. Species richness and complementarity of insect faunas in a mediterranean-type biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation 16(14):3993-4007.

33. Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. 2007. Newly recorded and noteworthy California Staphylinidae. Coleopterists Bulletin 61:398-407.

32. Caterino, M.S. 2007. Two new species of Chlamydopsis. Coleopterists Bulletin 61:327-333.

31. Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2007. Toward a better understanding of the 'Transverse Range Break': Lineage diversification in southern California. Evolution 61: 2127-2141.

30. Tishechkin, A.K. and Caterino, M.S. 2007. Description of the first Chlamydopsinae from the Philippines. Zootaxa 1527: 39-44.

29. Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2007. Limited phylogeographic structure in the flightless ground beetle, Calathus ruficollis Dejean, in southern California. Diversity and Distributions 13: 498-509.

28. Caterino, M.S. and N. Degallier. 2007. A review of the biology and taxonomy of Chlamydopsinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Invertebrate Systematics 21: 1-28.

27. Chatzimanolis, S., M.S. Caterino and M.S. Engel. 2006. The first fossil of the subfamily Trypanaeinae: A new species of Trypanaeus in Dominican amber. Coleopterists Bulletin 60(4): 333-340.

26. Caterino, M.S. 2006. Chlamydopsinae from New Caledonia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 52(1): 27-64. [online color supplement to this publication]

25. Caterino, M.S. 2006. California beetle faunistics: 100 years after Fall. Coleopterists Bulletin 60(2): 177-191.

24. Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2006. DNA identification and morphological description of the first confirmed larvae of Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Systematic Entomology 31: 405-418.

23. Dégallier, N. and M.S. Caterino. 2005. Notes taxonomiques sur les Chlamydopsinae et descriptions d’espèces nouvelles. – I. Genres Ceratohister Reichensperger, Eucurtiopsis Silvestri et Orectoscelis Lewis. Bulletin de la Sociétè Entomologique de France 110(3): 299-326. [online color supplement to this and the following publication]

22. Dégallier, N. and M.S. Caterino. 2005. Notes taxonomiques sur les Chlamydopsinae et descriptions d’espèces nouvelles. – II. Genres Pheidoliphila Lea. Bulletin de la Sociétè Entomologique de France 110(4/5): 463-494.

21. Kovarik, P.W. and M.S. Caterino. 2005. Histeridae, pp. 190-222 in: Beutel, R.G. and R.A.B. Leschen, eds., Handbook of Zoology Part 38, Coleoptera, Vol. 1: Morphology and Systematics. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin.

20. Caterino, M.S., T. Hunt, and A.P. Vogler. 2005. On the constitution and phylogeny of Staphyliniformia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 655-672.

19. Caterino, M.S. 2004. Description of the first Old World Peploglyptus LeConte (Histeridae: Onthophilinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 58 (4): 603-609.

18. Navarrete-Heredia, J.L., G.A. Quiroz-Rocha, P.W. Kovarik, M.S. Caterino, A. Tishechkin, and  M. Vásquez-Bolaños. 2004. Histeridae, in: Biodiversidad, Taxonomía y Biogeographía de Artrópodos de México, Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento, Vol IV. (J.L Bousquets, J.J. Morrone, O.Y. Ordóñez, and I.V. Fernández, eds.) Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico City.

17. Caterino, M.S. 2004. Taxonomy of the Hister criticus group, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 601: 1-16.

16. Zakharov, E.V., M.S. Caterino, and F.A.H. Sperling. 2004. Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography and divergence time estimates for swallowtail butterflies of the genus Papilio sensu lato. Systematic Biology 53: 193-215.

15. Vogler, A.P. and M.S. Caterino. 2003. The basal relationships of Coleoptera based on 18S rRNA sequences. Entomologische Abhandlungen 61: 159-160. [Abstract from Proceedings of 1st Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny, Klass, K.D., ed.]

14. Caterino, M.S. 2003. New species of Chlamydopsis, with a review and phylogenetic analysis of all known species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 159-235. [online color supplement to this publication]

13. Caterino, M.S. and G. Arriagada. 2003. Un nuevo Hister L. psamophilo de Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomologia 29: 67-69.

12. Caterino, M.S. and A.P. Vogler. 2002. The phylogeny of the Histeroidea (Staphyliniformia). Cladistics 18(4): 394-415.

11. Caterino, M.S. 2002. Revision of the Hister militaris group (Histeridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95(3): 323-334.

10. Caterino, M.S., V.L. Shull, P.M. Hammond and A.P. Vogler. 2002. The basal phylogeny of the Coleoptera based on 18S rDNA sequences. Zoologica Scripta 31(1): 41-49.

9. Caterino, M.S., R. Reed, M. Kuo and F.A.H. Sperling. 2001. A partioned likelihood analysis of swallowtail butterfly phylogeny. Systematic Biology 50 (1): 106-127

8. Caterino, M.S. and P.W. Kovarik. 2001. A new species of Spilodiscus  (Coleoptera: Histeridae) and a reevaluation of Spilodiscus phylogeny. Coleopterists Bulletin 55(2): 134-143.

7. Kovarik, P.W. and M.S. Caterino. 2000. Histeridae. pp. 212-227 in: Arnett, R.H. and Thomas, M.C., eds., American Beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press.

6. Caterino, M.S. 2000. Descriptions of the first Chlamydopsinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from Wallacea. Tidschrift voor Entomologie 43(2): 267-278.

5. Caterino, M.S., S. Cho, and F.A.H. Sperling. 2000. The current state of insect molecular systematics: A thriving Tower of Babel. Annual Review of Entomology. 45:1-54.

4. Caterino, M.S. 1999. Taxonomy and phylogenetics of the coenosus group of Hister. University of California Publications in Entomology. 119: 1-93.

3. Caterino, M.S. and F.A.H. Sperling. 1999. Papilio phylogeny based on mitochondrial COI and COII genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 11: 122-137

2. Caterino, M.S. 1999. Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Hister servus group: a Neotropical radiation. Systematic Entomology. 24: 351-376.

1. Caterino, M.S. 1998. A phylogenetic revision of Spilodiscus Lewis. The Journal of Natural History 32(8): 1129-1168.

Book Reviews

Caterino, M.S. 2006. Review of: Coleoptera: Histeridae; The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, part 24, by Y. Bousquet and Serge Laplante. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(6): 1260-1261.

Caterino, M.S. 2004. Review of: An Introduction to California Beetles, by A.V. Evans, and J.N. Hogue. Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 353-354. [book's website at UC Press]

Manuscripts in preparation

Caterino, M.S., R.A.B. Leschen and C. Johnson. (in prep) A new genus of Caenoscelini (Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae) from California, with two new species.

Caterino, M.S. and P.W. Kovarik. (in prep.) New myrmecophilous species in the Hister coenosus group. Coleopterists Bulletin.

Ribera, I., F. Ciampor, M. S. Caterino, and A. P. Vogler. (in prep). Molecular evidence for a single origin of the aquatic lifestyle in elateriform beetles. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B.

Grants and awards

December, 2007

      National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration – "Exploring the beetle biodiversity of the California Channel Islands" – $19,000.

March, 2005

      NSF – CAREERS (DEB) – "A Faunistic and Phylogeographic Survey of Beetle Diversity in the California Floristic Province Hotspot" - $503,000.

July, 2004

      NSF – Major Research Instrumentation – "Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History" - $245,970 (co-PIs H. Chaney and D. Geiger).

May, 2004

      UCSB Pearl Chase Fund – Insects of the Coal Oil Point Reserve - $5,453 (co-PI C. Sandoval).

November, 2000

      BBSRC– “A multilocus phylogeny of Coleoptera” - £225,000 (co-PIs A. Vogler and P. Foster).

April, 2000

      British Airways Assisting Conservation Programme - complimentary airfare for fieldwork

May, 1997

      Harvey I. Magy Scholarship - $1000.00

August, 1996

      ARCS Scholarship - $ 5000.00

November, 1995

      U.C. Berkeley Vice Chancellor for Research Award

      Grant for training in electron microscopy - $ 1813.00

July, 1995

      CanaColl Foundation Grant

      Grant for research at Canadian National Collection - $ 200.00

May, 1995

      Margaret C. Walker Fund for Systematic Entomology

      Grant for field studies of Spilodiscus - $ 1000.00

March, 1995

      Sigma Xi, Berkeley chapter Research Grant-in-Aid

      Grant for research at European natural history collections - $ 500.00

July, 1994

      Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

      Thomas J. Dee Fund - Visiting Scholar Fellowship - $ 480.00

May, 1994

      Margaret C. Walker Fund for Systematic Entomology

      Grant for training in molecular systematic techniques - $ 1000.00           

Presentations at professional meetings

Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2007. Comparative phylogeography of littoral beetles in southern California. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

M.S. Caterino. 2007. Phylogeographic and faunistic diversity of California Tenebrionidae. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

M.S. Caterino & S. Chatzimanolis. 2007. Comparative phylogeoegraphy of beetles in southern California. Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch Annual Meeting.

M.S. Caterino. 2006. The California Beetle Project: Data sharing and management. Entomological Collections Network Annual Meeting.

M.S. Caterino. 2006. Faunistics of a temperate biodiversity hotspot: The California beetle project. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Chatzimanolis, S. and M.S. Caterino. 2006. Phylogeography of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) across Southern California. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Short, A.E.Z., J.K. Liebherr, and M.S. Caterino. 2006. Into the trees: Phylogeny and eco-morphological shifts of the hydrobiusine water scavenger beetles. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Caterino, M. S., and A. K. Tishechkin. 2005. DNA identification and morphological description of the first confirmed larvae of Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Caterino, M. S., T. Hunt, and A. P. Vogler. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia (Coleoptera: Polyphaga), as revealed by 18S rDNA. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Vandergast, A., D. Weissman, M. Caterino, T. Reeder, and R. Fisher. 2003.  Phylogenetics of the mahogany jerusalem cricket in southern California. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting.

Caterino, M.S. 2002. Diversity and evolution of the chlamydopsine Histeridae. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Caterino, M.S. and A.P. Vogler. 2001. A combined data phylogeny of Histeridae. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Caterino, M.S. 2001. The evolution of Histerid beetles. Departmental seminar, The Natural History Museum, London. (talk)

Caterino, M.S. 2000. The evolution of Histeridae. Invited seminar, Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. (talk)

Sperling, F.A.H. and M.S. Caterino. 2000. Phylogeny of the Papilionidae. International Congress of Entomology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil. (talk)

Sperling, F.A.H. and M.S. Caterino. 2000. Papilionidae phylogeny: Molecules and morphology converge. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.

Caterino, M.S., R.D. Reed, M.M. Kuo, and F.A.H. Sperling. 1999. The phylogeny and evolution of the Papilionidae. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. (talk).

Caterino, M.S. and D.B. Weissman, 1998. Mitochondrial DNA variation in California Jerusalem Crickets. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. (talk)

Caterino, M.S. 1998. The Neotropical Hister servus group: phylogenetics and biogeographical implications. Society of Systematic Biologists Annual Meeting. (talk)

Caterino, 1997. Preliminary molecular phylogenetics of histeromorph beetles: comparative utilities of four genes. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. (poster)

Caterino, M.S. and F.A.H. Sperling, 1997. Phylogeny of Papilio. Society of Systematic Biologists Annual Meeting. (talk)

Caterino, M.S. 1995.  Phylogenetics and biogeography of Spilodiscus Lewis. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. (talk)

Caterino, M.S. 1995. A procedure for phylogenetic taxonomy. Society of Systematic Biologists Annual Meeting. (talk)

Caterino, M.S. 1995. Implementation of a phylogenetic taxonomy. Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch Annual Meeting. (talk)

Caterino, M.S. 1995. The phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of the new world Histerini.  Presented at the annual dinner of the Berkeley Chapter of Sigma Xi. (talk)

Lago, P.K. and M.S. Caterino. 1992. Survey of the scarab beetles associated with white-tailed deer dung in Mississippi. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. (poster)

Invited talks

M.S. Caterino. Comparative phylogeography and faunistics of California beetles. Departmental Seminar, Cornell University, April 23, 2007.

M.S. Caterino. Comparative phylogeography and faunistics of California beetles. Departmental Seminar, Michigan State University, April 20, 2007.

Electronic media

Lucid Key to the Genera of Chlamydopsinae. 2007. An interactive, illustrated key to the genera of the myrmecophilous histerid subfamily Chlamydopsinae. Supplemental to NSF proposal to revise genera of Hetaeriinae. (with A. K. Tishechkin and C. E. Carlton)

A Guide to the Insects of the Coal Oil Point Reserve. 2005. A field guide to over 500 species of insects occurring at this Santa Barbara area UC Reserve. Supported a grant from the UCSB Pearl Chase Fund to M. Caterino and C. Sandoval.

An Online Field Guide to the Butterflies of Santa Barbara County. 2004. A pictorial guide to the 112 species of butterflies known or suspected to occur in Santa Barbara county. 2004. http://www.sbnature.org/sbbutterflies

Hydrophiloidea and Histeridae pages for the Tree of Life. http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Hydrophiloidea&contgroup=Polyphaga&dynnodeid=8221

California’s Endangered Insects. Internet site devoted to publicizing California’s threatened and endangered entomofauna. 1996. http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/essig/endins/endins.htm

The Essig Museum of Entomology. Internet site for the dissemination of collections information. Conceived and written: Fall, 1995. http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/essig/

Other relevant experience

Summer 2001-2004

      Entomology instructor. SBMNH Quasar to Seastars teen program.

2001-2004

      Docent training. SBMNH, Arroyo Hondo Preserve, UC Sedgewick Ranch Reserve.

March, 2000

      Volunteer presenter, Voyages of Discovery exhibit. The Natural History Museum.

December, 1995

      Graduate Student Debate on insect conservation. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.

October, 1994 - Present

      Volunteer - Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad de Costa Rica. Identifying Histeridae for National Biodiversity Survey.

September, 1994 - October, 1994

      Participant - Project WILD Weekend Workshop. USFS Sly Park Outdoor Education Center.

March, 1994 - September, 1994

      Volunteer nursery assistant with the Native Here Project. California Native Plant Society.

June - July, 1993 and April, 1994

      Co-coordinator - Biodiversity in Costa Rica. University Research Expeditions Program.

Service

Chair – Entomological Society of America, Section A. 2004-present.

Review Editor – Coleopterists Bulletin. 2004-present.

Assoicate Editor – Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society. 2005-2006.

Names Committee – North American Butterfly Association. 2001-present.

Councilor – Coleopterists Society. 2001-2003.

Member of search committee for Schlinger Chair in Systematic Entomology, U.C. Berkeley, Division of Insect Biology. 1997.

President - Entomology Students' Organization, U.C. Berkeley. 1993-94.

Secretary - Entomology Students' Organization, U.C. Berkeley. 1995-97.

Entomology representative and co-chair, ESPM Graduate Student Committee. 1993-94.

Membership in professional societies

American Entomological Society

Entomological Society of America

Coleopterist's Society

Canadian Entomological Society

Pacific Coast Entomological Society

Society of Systematic Biologists