Pending projects on the fauna of the southern U.S.
Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of the southeastern U.S.
Regional monograph of approximately 200 species. It is looking increasingly likely that I might actually finish this. In the meantime, a lot of the information is here, including images and interactive distribution maps
New species and taxonomic notes on Scolytinae from the southeastern U.S.
As part of the final stages of finishing up the regional monograph of the SE. U.S. I have a species of Hypothenemusfrom Florida that need names. Recently I secribed a new species of and one of Dryocoetoides and reported 2 newly detected neotropical species, Cryptocarenus diadematus and Coptoborus pseudotenuis (with Anthony Cognato and Bob Rabaglia)from southern Florida. At present it is my intention to place Phloeotribus dentifrons (Blackman 1921) in synonymy with Phloeotribus texanus Schaeffer (1908) and Micracisella opacicollis (LeConte 1878) in synonymy with Micracisella nanula (LeConte 1876). In both cases there is a “northern” and “southern” species, that don’t hold up when a wide range of material is studied. I also have studied a wide range of species in the Hylocurus rudis complex that show an extradordinary range in variation in the frontal characters.
Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
As in the Florida Keys, there are a number of Neotropical species that just barely make it into the U.S. Ed Riley is just completing a year long trapping study on the beetle fauna of this area. There have also been extensive collections made by Bob Turnbow and Jim Wappes in the region. A short note is planned and includes significant range distributions and host information.
Checklist of bark and ambrosia beetles from Texas with notes from neighboring regions
With Ed Riley and Carlos Bogran of Texas A&M University. In addition to the collections from the Rio Grande Valley, a large number of significant new distribution records have turned up from Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and northeastern Mexico.