Jesús Orozco

Jesús is a PhD student at the University of Nebraska working as a research and curatorial assistant for the University of Nebraska State Museum. His research interests are focused on understanding insect diversity (especially Cetoniinae) using tools from taxonomy, phylogenetics, biogeography, and ecology.

Jesús completed his M.Sc. in 2007 at Western Kentucky University under the supervision of Dr. Keith Philips. His master's thesis involved a preliminary phylogeny of the American Cetoniini and a biodiversity study of the Cetoniinae beetles of Ghana (West Africa).

For his doctoral dissertation he is doing a monographic revision of the American Cetoniini genera under the supervision of Dr. Brett Ratcliffe.

Jesús Orozco

Systematic Research Collections
W436 Nebraska Hall
University of Nebraska State Museum
Lincoln, NE 68588-0514
U.S.A.

EMAIL: cucarron1@gmail.com
TEL: (402) 472-2664
FAX: (402) 472-8949
URL: www.jorozco.co.nr

PUBLICATIONS:

7. Orozco, J. & T.K. Philips. In press. Phylogenetic analysis of the American genus Euphoria and related groups based on morphological characters of adults (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini). Insect Systematics and Evolution.

6. Ratcliffe, B. C. & J. Orozco. 2009. A review of the biology of Pericoptus truncatus (Fabr.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Pentodontini) from New Zealand and a revised description of the third instar. Coleopterists Bulletin 63:445-451

5. Neita, J.C. and J. Orozco. 2009. Larval and pupal descriptions for the genera Podischnus and Heterogomphus (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini). Zootaxa 2168: 34-44

4. Orozco, J. 2009. A new generic and new specific synonym in the genus Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini). Insecta Mundi 65: 1-4

3. Orozco, J. and M. Pérez. 2008. Escarabajos coprófagos del Área Natural Única Los Estoraques. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 52: 36-40

2. Neita, J.C., J. Orozco, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2006. Escarabajos (Scarabaeidae: Pleurosticti) de la selva baja del bosque pluvial tropical "BP-T", Chocó, Colombia. Acta Zoologica Mexicana. 22(2): 1-32

1. Orozco J. and L.C. Pardo-Locarno. 2004. Description of immature stages of three species of American Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Zootaxa 769: 1-14