Scott Richard Shaw Entomology Department of Renewable Resources  P.O. Box 3354 University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071-3354 Phone:  (307)766-5338 FAX:  (307) 766-5549 E-mail:  braconid@uwyo.edu Curriculum vitae

Current Appointment:

Education: 

Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park, Systematic Entomology, 1984 M.S., University of Maryland College Park, Systematic Entomology, 1981 B.S., Michigan State University, Entomology, 1977 

Professional Experience: 

University of Wyoming, College of Agriculture, Department of Renewable Resources, Entomology Section, Professor of Entomology   Appointed: 1998 

University of Wyoming, U.W. Insect Museum and Insect Gallery, Department of Renewable Resources, Curator   Appointed: 1989 

1993-1998, Associate Professor of Entomology, University of Wyoming, College of Agriculture, Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences, Entomology Section 

1989-1993, Assistant Professor of Entomology, University of Wyoming, College of Agriculture, Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences, Entomology Section 

1986-1989, Instructor for Insect Biology (BIOL E-115), Harvard University, Extension School, Cambridge, MA 

1984-1989, Curatorial Associate in Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, MA 

1982-1984, Biological Laboratory Technician- Insects, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory 

1982-1982, Smithsonian Visiting Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Department of Entomology 

1978-1982, Graduate Teaching Assistant in Entomology, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Entomology 

Honors and Awards Information: 

·        1996, Excellence in Advising Award, Center for Academic Advising, University of Wyoming 

·        1994, nominated for Ellbogen Meritorious Teaching Award, University of Wyoming 

·        1993, 1990, 1989, Faculty Growth Award, Alumni Association, University of Wyoming 

·        1993, honorary patronym, Shawius braziliensis, named by Dr. P. M. Marsh, Systematic Entomology Laboratory 

·        1989, honorary patronym, Ascogaster shawi, named by Dr. P. M. Marsh, Systematic Entomology Laboratory 

·        1990-1989, Associate of  Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge 

·        1984, President's Prize, Entomological Society of America 

·        1984, Certificate of Merit and Cash Award for Superior Service, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture 

·        1983, Snodgrass Award, Entomological Society of America 

·        1983, Gahan Graduate Scholarship, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park 

·        1982, Smithsonian Student Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.  

Publications: 

·        Marsh, P. M. and S. R. Shaw. Revison of North American Aleiodes (part 6): the gasterator (Jurine) and unipunctator (Thunberg) species groups (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 103(3): 291-307, 2001 

·        Barbosa, P., A.E. Segarra, P. Gross, K. Ahlstrom, R.W. Carlsen, D.C. Ferguson, E.E. Grissell, R.W. Hodges, P.M. Marsh, R.W. Poole, M.E. Schauff, S.R. Shaw, J.B. Whitfield and N.E. Woodley. Differential parasitism of macrolepidopteran herbivores on two deciduous tree species. Ecology. 82(3): 698-704, 2001 

·        Chen, Y. , S. Sheppard, S.R. Shaw and J.J. Brown. Evolutionary relationships among the chelonine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Insect Molecular Biology.(in revision), 2001 

·        Byers, G.W. and S.R. Shaw. A new species of Boreus (Mecoptera: Boreidae) from Wyoming. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 72(3): 322-326, 2000 

·        Shaw, S.R. and J. Papp. A study of the genus Falcosyntretus Tobias from the New World with five new species and a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Euphorinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 102(3): 634-642, 2000 

·        Achterberg, C. van and S.R. Shaw. Two new species of the genus Centistina Enderlein (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) from Costa Rica. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 74(4): 63-73, 2000 

·        Shaw, S.R. and P.M. Marsh. Revision of the enigmatic genus Marshiella Shaw in the New World with description of three new species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Euphorinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 9(2): 277-287, 2000 

·        Fortier, J.C. and S.R. Shaw. Cladistics of the Aleiodes lineage of the subfamily Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 8(2): 204-237, 1999 

·        Marsh, P.M. and S.R. Shaw. Revision of North American Aleiodes (part 5): the melanopterus (Erichson) species-group in North America (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 8: 98-108, 1999 

·        Day, W.H., C.R. Baird and S.R. Shaw. A new native species of Peristenus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Lygus hesperus (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Idaho: biology, importance, and description. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 92: 370-375, 1999 

·        Ent, L.J. van der and S.R. Shaw. A new species of Capitonius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Costa Rica with rearing records. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 75(2): 112-120, 1999 

·        Ent, L.J. van der and S.R. Shaw. Species richness of Costa Rican Cenocoeliini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): a latitudinal and altitudinal search for anomalous diversity. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 7(1): 15-24, 1998 

·        Shaw, S.R., P.M. Marsh and J.C. Fortier. Revision of North American Aleiodes (part 2): the apicalis Brulle species-group in the New World (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 7(1): 62-73, 1998 

·        Inayatullah, M., S.R. Shaw and D.L.J. Quicke. The genus Vipio Latreille (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of America north of Mexico. Journal of Natural History. 32: 117-148, 1998 

·        Marsh, P.M. and S.R. Shaw. Revision of North American Aleiodes (part 3): the seriatus species-group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 100(3): 395-408, 1998 

·        Shaw, S.R., P.M. Marsh and J.C. Fortier. Revision of North American Aleiodes (part 4): the albitibia and praetor species-groups in the New World (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 100(3): 553-565, 1998 

·        Zitani, N.M., S.R. Shaw and D.H. Janzen. Systematics and biology of Costa Rican Meteorus species lacking dorsopes. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 7(2): 182-208, 1998 

·        Shaw, S.R. in: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh and M.J. Sharkey (eds.). Subfamilia Euphorinae. Manual para los generos de la familia Braconidae (Hymenoptera) de Nuevo Mundo. Edicion por Espanol. Publicado por the International Society of Hymnopterists. 238-259, 1998 

·        Shaw, S.R. in: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh and M.J. Sharkey (eds.). Subfamilia Meteorinae. Manual para los generos de la familia Braconidae (Hymenoptera) del Nuevo Mundo. Edicion en Espanol. Publicado para the International Society of Hymenopterists. 332-337, 1998 

·        Shaw, S.R. in: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh and M.J. Sharkey (eds.). Subfamilia Neoneurinae. Manual para los generos de la familia Braconidae (Hymenoptera) del Nuevo Mundo. Edicion en Espanol. Publicado por the International Society of Hymenopterists. 380-383, 1998 

·        Shaw, S.R. in: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh and M.J. Sharkey (eds.). Subfamilia Cheloninae. Manual para los generos de la familia Braconidae (Hymenoptera) del Nuevo Mundo. Edicion en Espanol. Publicado por the International Society of Hymenopterists. 196-205, 1998 

·        Shaw, S.R. in: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh and M.J. Sharkey (eds.). Subfamilia Rogadinae s.s. Manual para los generos de la familia Braconidae (Hymenoptera) del Nuevo Mundo. Edicion en Espanol. Publicado por the International Society of Hymenopterists. 411-420, 1998 

·        Shaw, S.R. The Costa Rican species of Wesmaelia Foerster with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 73(2): 103-109, 1997 

·        Shaw, S.R., P.M. Marsh and J.C. Fortier. Revision of North American Aleiodes (part 1): the pulchripes Wesmael species-group in the New World (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 6: 10-35, 1997 

·        Zitani, N.M., S.R. Shaw and D.H. Janzen. Description of a new species of Meteorus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Meteorinae) from Costa Rica parasitizing larvae of Papilio and Parides (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 6: 178-185, 1997 

·        Shaw, S.R. in: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh and M.J. Sharkey (eds.). Subfamily Cheloninae. Manual of the New World genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera).(1): 192-201, 1997 

·        Shaw, S.R. in: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh and M.J. Sharkey (eds.). Subfamily Meteorinae. Manual of the New World genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenptera).(1): 326-330, 1997 

·        Shaw, S.R., (eds.) Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh and M.J. Sharkey. Subfamily Neoneurinae. Manual of the New World genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera).(1): 374-377, 1997 

·        Shaw, S.R., (eds.)Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh and M.J. Sharkey. Subfamily Rogadinae s.s. Manual of the New World genera of the family Braconidae (Hymneoptera).(1): 402-412, 1997 

·        Shaw, S.R. in: Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh and M.J. Sharkey (eds.). Subfamily Euphorinae. Manual of the New World genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera).(1): 234-254, 1997 

·        Shaw, S.R. Plynops, a peculiar new genus and ten new species in the tribe Euphorini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 5: 166-183, 1996 

·        Lockwood, J., S.R. Shaw and J. Struttmann. Biodiversity of wasp species (Insecta: Hymenoptera) in burned and unburned habitats of Yellowstone National Park, USA. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 5: 1-15, 1996 

·        Gauld, I.D. and S.R. Shaw in: Hanson, P. and I.D. Gauld (eds.). Chapter 12, The ichneumonoid families. The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. 389-390, 1995 

·        Shaw, S.R. in: Hanson, P. and I.D. Gauld (eds.). Chapter 12.2, Braconidae. The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. 431-463, 1995 

·        Shaw, S.R. The biodiversity crisis: a new challenge for entomological teaching. The American Entomologist. 41: 134-135, 1995 

·        Gauld, I.D. and S.R. Shaw (eds.) Hanson, P. and I.D. Gauld. Chapter 12, The ichneumonoid families. The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. 389-390, 1995 

·        Shaw, S.R. (eds.) Hanson, P. and I.D. Gauld. Chapter 12.2, Braconidae. The Hymenoptera of Costa Rica. 431-463, 1995 

·        Shaw, S.R. A new species of Centistes from Brazil (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) parasitizing adults of Diabrotica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and key to world species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 97(1): 153-160, 1994 

·        Lockwood, J.A., L.D. Debrey, C.D. Thomson, C.M. Love, R.A. Nunamaker, S.R. Shaw, S.P. Schell and C.R. Bomar. The preserved insect fauna of Wind River Glaciers in Wyoming: insights into the ecology of the extinct Rocky Mountain Locust. Environmental Entomology. 23(2): 220-235, 1994 

·        Shaw, S.R. and J.A. Lockwood. Biodiversity and agriculture. Reflections. 4: 12-14, 1994 

·        Shaw, S.R. Observations on the ovipositional behavior of Neoneurus mantis Shaw, an ant-parasitoid from Wyoming. Journal of Insect Behavior. 6(5): 649-658, 1993 

·        Shaw, S.R. Three new Microctonus species indigenous to New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). The New Zealand Entomologist. 16: 29-39, 1993 

·        Shaw, S.R. Systematic status of Eucystomastax Brues and characterization of the Neotropical species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 2: 1-11, 1993 

·        Shaw, S.R. Seven new North American species of Neoneurus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 94(1): 26-47, 1992 

·        Wharton, R., S.R. Shaw, M.J. Sharkey, D.B. Wahl, J.B. Wooley, J.B. Whitfield, P.M. Marsh, and J.B. Johnson. Phylogeny of the subfamilies of the family Braconidae: a reassessment. Cladistics. 8: 199-235, 1992 

·        Shaw, S.R. An unusual manner of aggregation in the braconid Chelonus (Microchelonus) hadrogaster McComb (Hymenoptera). Journal of Insect Behavior. 4(4): 537-542, 1991 

·        Shaw, S.R. and M. Inayatullah. Comments on case 2614: proposed designation of Agathis longicauda Boheman, 1853 as the type species of Vipio Latreille, 1804. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 48(4): 332-333, 1991 

·        Shaw, S.R. A taxonomic revision of the Australian long-tailed wasps of the genus Megalyra Westwood (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 3(8): 1005-1052, 1990 

·        Shaw, S.R. Phylogeny and biogeography of the parasitoid wasp family Megalyridae (Hymenoptera). Journal of Biogeography. 17(6): 569-582, 1990 

·        Shaw, S.R. A new Mexican genus and species of Dinocampini with serrate antennae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae). Psyche. 95(3-4): 289-297, 1989 

·        Marsh, P.M., S.R, Shaw and R.A. Wharton (Chinese translation by Chao Hsiu-fu). An identification manual for the North American genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). 90 pp. 1988 

·        Loan, C.C. and S.R. Shaw. Euphorine parasites of Lygus and Adelphocoris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, and Heteroptera: Miridae), in: Hedund, R.C. and H.M. Graham (eds.), Importance and biological control of Lygus and Adelphocorus species in North America. USDA Agricultural Review and Manual Series. ARS-64: 69-75, 1988 

·        Shaw, S.R. Carminator, a new genus of Megalyridae (Hymenoptera) from the Oriental and Australian regions, with a commentary on the definition of the family. Systematic Entomology. 13: 101-113, 1988 

·        Shaw, S.R. Euphorine phylogeny: the evolution of diversity in host-utilization by parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Ecological Entomology. 13: 323-335, 1988 

·        Shaw, S.R. Three new megalyrids from South America (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae). Psyche. 94: 189-199, 1987 

·        Shaw, S.R. Orionis, a new genus from Central America, with an analysis of its phylogenetic placement in the tribe Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Systematic Entomology. 12: 103-109, 1987 

·        Marsh, P.M., S.R. Shaw, and R. Wharton. An identification manual for the North American genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington. 13: 1-98, 1987 

·        Shaw, S.R. and J. Edgerly. A new braconid genus parasitizing webspinners (Embiidina) in Trinidad. Psyche. 92(4): 505-511, 1986 

·        Shaw, S.R. A phylogenetic study of the subfamilies Meteorinae and Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Entomography. 3: 277-370, 1985 

·        Shaw, S.R. A phylogenetic study of the subfamily Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (Ph.D. dissertation). 186 pp. 1984 

·        Shaw, S.R. Stenothremma, a new euphorine genus from Australia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 86: 869-876, 1984 

·        Shaw, S.R. A taxonomic study of nearctic Ascogaster and a description of a new genus Leptodrepana (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Entomography. 2: 1-54, 1983 

·        Shaw, S.R. A taxonomic study of nearctic Ascogaster and a description of a new genus Leptodrepana (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (M.S. thesis). 107 pp. 1981 

Funding Received:  

DEB-9300517, Manual of the New World genera of the family Braconidae (co-PI with Wharton, Marsh, and Whitfield), $300,000, from May  1993 to Apr  1997 

REU supplement to DEB-9300517, $11,500, from May  1994 to Apr  1997 

DEB-9726141, Systematics of the parasitoid wasp subfamily Doryctinae in Costa Rica, $74,995, from Mar  1998 to Feb  2001 

REU supplement to DEB-9726141, $4,000, from May  1999 to Feb  2001 

REU supplement to DEB-9726141, $5,000, from May  1998 to Feb  2001 

DEB-9306314, Cladistics of the Aleiodes lineage of the subfamily Rogadinae, $47,834, from Jul  1993 to Jun  1997 

REU supplement to DEB-9306314, $4,975, from May  1996 to Jun  1997 

REU supplement to DEB-9306314, $4,000, from May  1995 to Jun  1997 

REU supplement to DEB-9306314, $5,000, from May  1994 to Jun  1997 

Studies of insect biology in Costa Rica, $2,000, from 1996 to 1997 

Biodiversity of Costa Rican wasps:  does anomalous diversity pertain?, $4,560, from 1993 to 1994 

Collaborative research with the Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil, $2,000, from 1993 to 1994 

Travel to Costa Rica for biodiversity studies, $1,000, from 1992 to 1993 

Enhancement of the insect collection, $1,500, from 1991 to 1992 

A systematic study of the genus Isomecus (co-PI with Inayatullah), $3,350, from 1990 to 1991 

Insect response to the Yellowstone fires of 1988 (co-PI with Lavigne, Lockwood and Christiansen), $15,840, from 1990 to 1991 

Research on parasitoid wasps of the tribe Rogadini, $1,000, from 1989 to 1990 

BSR-8617129, Improvement of the MCZ insect collections (co-PI with Wilson, Bowers, and Carpenter), $142,500, from 1987 to 1988 

 Membership Information: 

·        Entomological Society of America 

·        Entomological Society of Washington 

·        International Society of Hymenopterists 

·        Pacific Coast Entomological Society 

·        Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society 

·        Xerces Society 

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