M.J. Paulsen

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M.J Paulsen received his Ph.D. from the Department of Entomology at the University of Nebraska. For his dissertation, he revised a genus of South American stag beetles (Pycnosiphorus), and addressed the higher-level classification of the Lucanidae.

 

 



Photo:  M.J Paulsen digging for scarabs in a leaf-cutter ant nest on Roatan Island, Honduras, June 2002. Photo by Brett Ratcliffe.

ADDRESS

Dr. M.J. Paulsen
University of Nebraska State Museum
W436 Nebraska Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0546

Phone: (402) 472-2664
EMAIL: mpaulsen [at] unlserve.unl.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. Degree received: August 2006 (Graduate Advisors: Dr. Brett Ratcliffe and Dr. Mary Liz Jameson).

M.S. in Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. Degree received: May 2002 (Graduate Advisor: Dr. Diana Pilson).

B.S. in Biology (with highest distinction), Department of Biology, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE. Degree received: May 1995.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST

Systematics, phylogenetics, and ecology of Lucanidae and other scarabaeoids (Aphodiinae, Cetoniinae, Ochodaeidae, Glaresidae, etc.) and Coleoptera, and the diversity and distribution of Nebraskan Scarabaeoidea.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Entomological Society of America, 1999-Present.

Coleopterists Society, 2000-Present.

Ecological Society of America, 1999-2002.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008. Collection Manager of Entomology, University of Nebraska State Museum.

2007. Beetle Technician IV, Florida State Collection of Arthropods.

2006-2007. Research Associate, University of Nebraska State Museum.

2002-present. Identification of Nearctic and Neotropical Scarabaeoidea for various institutions, contract and service work.

2002-2006. Curatorial/Research Assistant, Division of Entomology, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska.

2000. Curatorial/Collection Project Researcher, Cedar Point Biological Station, University of Nebraska, Ogallala, Nebraska.

1998-2002. Field Research Assistant, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1995-1996. Research Asssistant, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1994-1995. Member/Officer, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honorary, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska.

1994. Research Assistant, Nebraska Behavioral Biology Group, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1999 Teaching Assistant for Ecology & Evolution (University of Nebraska).

1998 Teaching Assistant for General Biology (University of Nebraska).

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Ratcliffe, B.C., and M.J. PAULSEN. 2008. The scarabaeoid beetles of Nebraska. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 22: 1-570.

Ocampo, F.C., and M.J. PAULSEN. 2008. Lucanidae. pp. 501-504, In: CLAPS, L.E., G. DEBANDI, and S. ROIG-JUÑENT (Eds.). Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, vol. 2. Editorial Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, Mendoza. 615 pp.

PAULSEN, M.J. 2007. Nomenclatural changes in the Nearctic Ochodaeinae and description of two new genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae). Insecta Mundi 0021: 1-13.

PAULSEN, M.J. 2006. A new species and new records of Aphodius Illiger (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from mammal burrows in Nebraska. Insecta Mundi 20(1/2): 95-100.

PAULSEN, M.J. 2006. A new species of Aphodius Illiger (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae:
Aphodiinae) from the central United States. Zootaxa 1185: 61-68.

PAULSEN, M.J. and J. Mondaca E. 2006. Revision of the South American Ceratognathini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae) with the description of a new genus and a new species. Zootaxa 1191: 1-19.

PAULSEN, M.J. 2005. A revision of the southern South American stag beetles of the genus Sclerostomus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae). Zootaxa. 1060: 1-26.

PAULSEN, M.J. and A.D. Smith. 2005. A new species of stag beetle from sand dunes in west Texas, and a synopsis of the genus Nicagus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae: Nicagini). Zootaxa. 1050: 45-60.

Mondaca, J. G., and M.J. PAULSEN. 2004. Ceratognathus argentinensis Martínez, nueva registro de Aesalinae (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) para Chile. Revista Chilena Entomologia. 30(2): 21-26.

PAULSEN, M.J. and A.B.T. Smith. 2003. Replacement names for the genera Batesiana Erwin (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Metabolus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Coleopterists Bulletin. 57(3): 254.

Snow, A.A., D. Pilson, L.H. Rieseberg, M.J. PAULSEN, N. Pleskac, M.R. Reagon, and D.E. Wolfe. 2003. A Bt transgene reduces herbivory and enhances fecundity in weedy sunflowers. Ecological Applications Vol. 13(2): pp. 279–286.

PAULSEN, M.J. 2002. Notes on possible myrmecophily in Stephanucha pilipennis Kraatz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Coleopterists Bulletin. 56(3): 451-452.

ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS

Paulsen, M. J. 2005. Annotated Checklist of the New World Lucanidae.

Shiraiwa, K. and Paulsen, M. J. 2003. An Illustrated checklist of South American Lucanids: Pycnosiphorus.

Paulsen, M. J. 2001. Scarabs of Cedar Point Biological Station.

Paulsen, M. J. 2000. Insects of wild sunflower, Helianthus annuus.

SEMINARS

Revision of the South American stag beetle genus Pycnosiphorus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), Ph.D. defense. Department of Entomology, August 1, 2006.

Inquiline beetles of rodent burrows in Nebraska. Department of Entomology, November 28, 2005.

Lucanid classification: history, problems, and prospects. Entomological Society of America, Cincinnati, OH. Department of Entomology, October 26, 2003.

Easier said than done: demonstrating non-target effects of the Bt transgene. Department of Entomology, November 22, 2002.

Interspecific competition and herbivorous insects: The importance of competition in the seed-feeding guild of wild sunflower. Ecological Society of America National Meeting, Tucson, August 5, 2002.

The importance of interspecific competition in the seed-feeding insect guild of wild sunflower. School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 17, 2002.

Interspecific competition in sunflower herbivores II. School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, November 2000.

Interspecific competition in sunflower herbivores I. School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, May 1999.

Nebraska beetles. Invited presentation, Elmwood Public Schools, 2nd and 4th grades, September 1999 and 2000.

Filtered light affects female mate choice in the three-spine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculateus. Nebraska Academy of Sciences, April 1995.

FIELD RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL

2008. (planned) San Francisco, CASC collections research, late Nov.
2008. (planned) Reno, NV. ESA/ECN National Meetings, 14-19 Nov.
2008. (planned) Washington, D.C. USNM collections research, 23-30 August.
2008. Canada, Ottawa. CMNC and CNC Collections research, 20-26 July.
2008. Southern California and Sierra Nevadas (collecting, 3 weeks), May-June.
2008. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 7-11 May.
2007. Northern California (collecting), April-May.
2006. Texas, New Mexico, Arizona (collecting, 2 weeks), August.
2006. Chile (collecting, 3 weeks), January.
2005. Texas (collecting, 1 week), June.
2005. Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL. 2 weeks, Nov.
2005. European collections, London, Paris, Amsterdam, March.
2004. Chile (collecting, 3 weeks), Nov.-Dec.
2004. Salt Lake City, UT. ESA/ECN National Meetings, Nov.
2004. University of California, Riverside, Heraty Lab, Oct.
2004. University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, PEET Meeting
2003. University of California- Riverside, Heraty Lab, Jun.
2004. University of California, Riverside, Heraty Lab, May.
2004. Chile (collecting, 3 weeks), Feb.
2003. Chile and Argentina (museum research, collecting), Nov.
2003. Great Smoky Mountains NP, (collecting for DLIA/NPS), Jul.
2003. University of California- Riverside, Heraty Lab, June.
2003. Kleberg/King Counties, Texas (collecting/research, May).
2002. Honduras, El Salvador, & Nicaragua (field and collections research), Jun.
2002. Ogallala, Nebraska (field research, 6 weeks).
1998-2001. Ogallala, Nebraska (field research, 4-5 months each year).

GRANTS

2005. Initiative for Ecological and Evolutionary Analysis and School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, ESA National meeting travel support.

2004. (with B.C. Ratcliffe). Scarab Beetles of Nebraska, 2nd edition. Nebraska Game and Parks Nebraska Wildlife Grants program.

2004. A survey of scarab beetles from rodent burrows in western Nebraska. UNL Center for Great Plains Studies.2004. A fine-scale biogeographical analysis of central Chile using endemic stag beetles (Lucanidae). University of Nebraska I.E.E.A.

2004. Initiative for Ecological and Evolutionary Analysis and School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, ESA National meeting travel support.

2003. Swenk Fund, ESA National meeting travel support, University of Nebraska, Department of Entomology.

2003. Phylogeny and evolution of inquiline behavior in the New World flower beetles (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Euphoriina), University of Nebraska I.E.E.A.

2002. Initiative for Ecological and Evolutionary Analysis and School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, ESA National meeting travel support.

2000. Curation, collection, and identification of beetles, Cedar Point Biological Station, University of Nebraska.

2000. Importance of interspecific competition in the sunflower seed-feeding insect guild. Initiative for Ecological and Evolutionary Analysis Research Grant, University of Nebraska.

2000. Myrmecophily in Stephanucha pilipennis Kraatz, University of Nebraska, School of Biological Sciences.

1999. Interspecific competition in the herbivorous insects of wild sunflower, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska.


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