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Michael Caterino, Ph.D.
Schlinger Foundation Curator of Entomology & Chair, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
 Mailing address:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
2559 Puesta del Sol
Santa Barbara, CA 93105 USA
Phone: 805-682-4711 x151
FAX: 805-563-0574
email: mcaterino(AT)sbnature2.org
Dr. Michael Caterino joined the Museum staff in 2001, following training at UC Berkeley and the Natural History Museum in London. His main research explores the diversity and conservation of beetles in California, an estimated 10,000 species. His research uses both traditional morphological methods and modern DNA-based techniques.
Research under the California Beetle Project includes extensive field surveys, which are regularly discovering new species, and detailed examination of genetic relationships among populations of several individual species. Together these studies reveal patterns of diversity that can be used in planning conservation efforts.
Dr. Caterino is also a specialist in the taxonomy and evolution of a diverse and interesting family of beetles called Histeridae. He has published numerous papers on the group, and described over 100 new species. The family includes a large number of species that live in association with ants, the so-called 'myrmecophiles', and Dr. Caterino is the world expert on a large group of these, called Chlamydopsinae, occurring in the Australasian region. In addition to Histerids and beetles in general, Dr. Caterino's research has included Jerusalem crickets ("potato bugs") and Swallowtail butterflies.
Selected publications:
Caterino, M.S. and S. Chatzimanolis. 2009. Conservation genetics of three flightless beetle species in Southern California. Conservation Genetics 10: 203-216.
Caterino, M.S., R.A.B. Leschen and C. Johnson. 2008. A new genus of Caenoscelini (Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae) from California, with two new species. Coleopterists Bulletin 62(4): 509-523.
Caterino, M.S. 2007. Species richness and complementarity of insect faunas in a mediterranean-type biodiversity hotspot. Biodiversity and Conservation 16(14):3993-4007.
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.
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.
Caterino, M.S. and A.P. Vogler. 2002. The phylogeny of the Histeroidea (Staphyliniformia). Cladistics 18(4): 394-415.
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.
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