Barbara Bartell
Barbara Bartell is a Colorado native. She has graduated from
Arvada High School in 1963 and attended Colorado State University
from 1963 to 1965. Butterflies have always fascinated her. As a
child living in Evergreen, Colorado, she collected butterflies, and
began collection and studying them again in 1968. As a faculty
associate with Colorado State University, she does volunteer work
with their butterfly collection. Since 2004 she has been
volunteering in the butterfly collection of the Denver Museum
of Nature & Science where she essentially organized
the whole collection. She became Department Associate in
2009.
Publications:
Bartell, B. 2009. Field study of Boloria freija browni and
its habitat in Golden Gate Canyon State Park 2008 (Lepidoptera:
Nymphalidae). Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Technical Report 2009-4, 17 pp. second part
Bartell, B. 2008. Field
study of Boloria selene tollandensis and its habitat in
Golden Gate Canyon State Park 2007. Denver Museum of Nature
& Science Technical Report 2008-8, 18 pp.
Charles Harp
Chuck became Research Associate early in 2010.
More info coming soon.
Publications
Pogue, M. G. & Harp, C. E.
2005. Systematics of Schinia chrysellus
(Grote) complex: revised status of Schinia alencis
(Harvey) with a description of two new species (Lepidoptera:
Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Zootaxa 898:
1-35.
Pogue, M. G. & Harp, C. E. 2004. A
review of the Schinia tertia (Grote) species complex
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Zootaxa
473: 1-32.
Pogue, M. G. & Harp, C. E. 2003c. A
review of the Schinia regia (Strecker) species complex
with a description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae:
Heliothinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
57: 197-203.
Pogue, M. G. & Harp, C. E. 2003b. Systematics of Schinia cupes
(Grote) complex: revised status of Schinia crotchii
(Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae).
Zootaxa 294: 1-16.
Pogue, M. G. & Harp, C. E.
2003a. Revised status of Schinia unimacula Smith
including morphological comparisons with Schinia obliqua
Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae). Zootaxa
226: 1-8.
Paul Opler
Paul became Research Associate in 2011.
More info coming soon.
David Steinmann
David
Steinmann is a biospeleologist, or cave biologist, who
researches cave life in search of new species. David received a
B.A. in Physics and Biology from the University of Colorado at
Boulder in 1990, and is a volunteer firefighter in Boulder County.
David studies caves throughout Colorado, which has the highest
elevation and coldest caves in the continental United States. He
began volunteering with the Zoology Department in 2002 and became
an Associate in 2009. His research requires climbing, crawling,
squeezing and rappelling into total darkness, where he looks for
cave-adapted life forms that are often eyeless and albino. So far,
David discovered over 100 new species and several new genera, with
three new species named after him. Colorado's cave invertebrates
are being studied to find new and rare species, provide insight
into cave fauna evolution and biodiversity, and to help protect
cave life.
David also works as a wetlands biologist and rare plant specialist,
having managed over 500 wetland delineation and environmental
assessment projects, including local government work, United States
Forest Service contracts, ski area expansions, recreational trails,
hospital complexes, highways, and public schools. Several new plant
species were recently identified while he was out exploring for
caves. He is an active member of the National Speleogical
Society, Society
of Wetland Scientists, and Trout Unlimited. David is often found
underground searching for new species, with his caving headlamp
providing the illumination. He became a Department Associate in
2009 and a Research Associate in April 2012.
Steamboat Magazine story about Dave's (and others')
finds in Sulphur Cave (Holiday 2009)
National Geographic story about Dave's discovery
of a new cavernicolous pseudoscorpion in Colorado (Feb. 4,
2011)
9 News story about Dave's
discoveries in Colorado caves (Feb. 13, 2011)
Publications
http://www.rockymountaincaving.com/SteinmannAbstract.htm
Davis, D.G. & Steinmann, D.B. 2009.
Investigating Canyon Cavern. Rocky Mountain
Caving, Winter Edition: 24.
Derkarabetian, S., Steinmann, D.B. & Hedin,
M. 2010. Repeated and time-correlated morphological
convergence in cave-dwelling harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores)
from montane western North America. PLoS ONE
5 (5): e10388 (13 pp.)
Pomorski, R.J. & Steinmann,
D. 2004. Four new genera of the North American
Hymenaphorurini (Collembola: Onychiuridae) with a description of
new species and key to World genera of the tribe. Insect
Systematics and Evolution 35: 15-27.
Steinmann, D.B. 2000. Cave Creatures and Cave
Ecosystems of Colorado. Rocky Mountain Caving, Spring
Edition: 19-20. (Reprinted in the National Speleological
Society Speleodigest 2000)
Steinmann, D.B. 2003. Looking for Life in
Glenwood Caverns. Rocky Mountain Caving, Spring Edition:
12-14.
Steinmann, D.B. 2006. Salamanders in a Colorado
Cave. Rocky Mountain Caving, Summer Edition: 10.
Steinmann, D.B. 2007. New Genus of Cave
Collembola Discovered on the White River Plateau. Rocky
Mountain Caving, Summer Edition: 28.
Steinmann, D.B. 2008. Thoughts of a Six-Year
Caver. Rocky Mountain Caving, Autumn Edition: 12.
Steinmann, D.B. 2009. In the Cave of the
Frogs. Rocky Mountain Caving, Autumn Edition:
12-14.
Steinmann, D.B. 2010. Three New Species of
Cave Springtail Discovered in Colorado. Rocky Mountain
Caving, Spring Edition: 15, 23.
Steinmann, D.B. 2010. Most Colorado Caves
Have Fleas. Rocky Mountain Caving. Winter Edition:
27.
Steinmann, D.B. & Windell, J.T. 1990.
Application of an Index of Biotic Integrity to the Boulder Creek
Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Phase 1 Demonstration Project.
The Journal of the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of
Science.
Ken van der Laan
Dr. van der Laan is documenting the distribution of dung beetle
species in Colorado life zones. He has been setting up and
collecting from dung beetle traps and fecal droppings along Bear
Creek, Jefferson County, at Red Rocks Denver Mountain Park, next to
the I-70 bison enclosure, above and below timberline on Mt. Evans
and at the Prairie Conservation Center, Aurora.
He has found that there are dung beetles that are specific to
particular life zones, while other species are more general in
distribution. Dung beetle species evidence seasonality in their
presence. The predominant species in all zones are native, however,
there is a puzzling pattern in the presence of introduced European
species. "Non dung" beetles have also been collected adjacent to
and in the traps. Those species distributions through space and
time are also being analyzed.
Dr van der Laan, himself, has been a native of Colorado since
1939. The trapping system is labor intensive and requires lots of
bending over. Thus, the aid of able bodied volunteers has and will
be most welcome. Ken occasionally springs for lunch for "his"
volunteers.
Ken went to South High School and DU (1961). He completed his
doctorate in zoology at the University of California-Berkeley
(1971). His, now ancient, publications concern a terrestrial snail
species from coastal California and the environmental impact on
invertebrates in an Illinois riparian ecosystem. He did extensive
work on southern and central California coast hermit crabs and used
to know the names of every West Coast gastropod worthy of becoming
shelter for the crabs. Yes, even the itty bitty ones.
Dr. van der Laan retired as an educator after 35+ years,
teaching every age level except elementary school. He taught
biology, invertebrate zoology, animal ecology, marine biology,
biostatistics, and human anatomy and physiology. He most recently
taught at Golden High School. Ken became Research Associate in
2011.
Publications
Kuris, A.M., van der Laan, K. & Stouder,
D.J. 1980. Graphical models for intraspecific and
interspecific dominance among hermit crabs. Bulletin of the
Ecological Society of America 61:136.
[Abstract]
Stouder, D.J., van der Laan, K. & Kuris,
A.M. 1980. Preferences for shell size and shape by three
species of intertidal hermit crabs from California. Bulletin of
the Ecological Society of America 61:136.
[Abstract]
van der Laan, K., Kuris, A.M. & Stouder,
D.J. 1980. Hermit crabs: An experimental field study of
interspecific competition and shell availability. Bulletin of
the Ecological Society of America 61:136.
[Abstract]
van der Laan, K.L. 1980. Terrestrial pulmonate
reproduction: seasonal and annual variation and environmental
factors in Helminthoglypta arrosa (Binney)
(Pulmonata:Helicidae). The Veliger 23
(1): 48-54.
Uetz, G.W., van der Laan, K.L., Summers, G.F., Gibson,
P.A.K. & Getz, L.L. 1979. The effects of flooding on
flood plain arthropod distribution, abundance and community
structure. American Midland Naturalist
101 (2): 286-299.
van der Laan, K.L. & Kuris, A. 1979.
Resource movement and interspecific competition in field
populations of intertidal hermit crabs. Bulletin of the
Ecological Society of America 60: 118.
[Abstract]
Uetz, G.W., van der Laan, K.L., Summers, G.F., Gibson,
P.K. & Getz, L.L. 1975. The effects of flooding on
flood-plain invertebrate distribution, abundance, and community
structure. Pp. 289-318 in: Bell, D.T. & Johnson, F.L.: The
Upper Sangamon River Basin: Final Report for the Springer-Sangamon
Environmental Research Program. Department of Forestry and the
Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, University of
Illinois.
van der Laan, K.L. 1975. Feeding preferences in
the land snail, Helminthoglypta arrosa (Binney)
(Pulmonata:Helicidae). The Veliger 17
(4): 354-359.
van der Laan, K.L. 1975. Aestivation in the
land snail, Helminthoglypta arrosa (Binney)
(Pulmonata:Helicidae). The Veliger 17
(4): 360-368.
van der Laan, K.L. 1973. The role of the
flooding regime on the invertebrate fauna of the Sangamon River
flood plains. Preliminary results and conclusions. Pp. 104-125 in:
Bell, D.T.: Annual Report - FY73 for the Springer-Sangamon
Environmental Research Program. Department of Forestry,
University of Illinois, Urbana.
Michael J. Weissmann
Michael J. Weissmann, Ph.D. is a co-founder and former Curator
of the Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center in
Westminster, Colorado, and has consulted with a variety of similar
facilities since then. He was the initial Executive Director of the
International
Association of Butterfly Exhibitors and Suppliers, a butterfly
house industry 501(c)(6) trade association, and currently serves on
several IABES committees. Working with former Kallima Consultants
partner, Richard Cowan, they created London Pupae
Supplies of Los Angeles (now LPS LLC), which has become the
largest importer of live tropical butterfly pupae in North America,
now operated exclusively by Mr. Cowan. Scientifically, Dr.
Weissmann has published a variety of technical articles about
insect taxonomy, biology, and behavior; and has co-authored popular
guides to insects of regional parks and monuments. Current
entomological research is focused on Colorado mosquitoes and the
West Nile Virus they vector, seasonally working as Surveillance
Manager for Colorado Mosquito Control, Inc. He also has
been presenting insect-related educational programs for more than
two decades to audiences of all ages, including the current
award-winning incarnation, "Dr. Mike's Bag of Bugs." He earned B.A.
and M.A. degrees in Biology at the University of Colorado in
Boulder, and is currently an Adjunct Curator at the University of
Colorado Museum. He received his doctorate in Entomology from
Colorado State University and continues to
serve as an affiliate faculty member there.
Publications
Weissmann, M.J. 2009. Arthropod urban legends
and myths. 2009 Invertebrates in Education and Conservation
Conference Proceedings. Tucson, AZ: Sonoran Arthropod Studies
Institute. Pp. 153-161.
Kent, R., Juliusson, L., M. Weissmann, Evans, S. &
Komar, N. 2009. Seasonal blood-feeding behavior of
Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) in Weld County,
Colorado, 2007. Journal of Medical Entomology
46 (2): 380-390.
Bennett, J.K., Hickman, A.D., Kline, M.A., McGinnis,
M.W. & Weissmann, M.J. 2005. New state record
for the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skusse).
Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
21 (4): 341-343.
Weissmann, M.J. 2004. Butterfly farming and
habitat conservation: Myths and realities. 2004 Invertebrates
in Captivity Conference Proceedings. Tucson, AZ: Sonoran
Arthropod Studies Institute. Pp. 1-5.
Doyle, M., McGinnis, M. & Weissmann, M.J.
2004. West Nile Virus on Colorado's front range: The impact of
Culex tarsalis. Abstract and Paper for the American
Mosquito Control Association Annual Meeting, Savanah, GA.
Penn, L.D. & Weissmann, M.J. 2002. Light at
the end of the tunnel: Significant progress in rearing techniques
for North American fireflies Photuris sp. and
Photinus sp. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). 2002
Invertebrates in Captivity Conference Proceedings. Tucson, AZ:
Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute. Pp. 1-5.
Weissmann, M.J. & Kondratieff, B.C. 1999.
An inventory of arthropod fauna at Great Sand Dunes National
Monument, Colorado. Pp. 69-80 in: Byers, G.W., Hagen, R.H. &
Brooks, R.W. (eds.): Entomological Contributions in Memory of
Byron A. Alexander. University of Kansas Natural History Museum
Special Publication 24.Lawrence, KS: Natural History Museum,
The University of Kansas.
Weissmann, M.J. 1999. Arthropod life at Great
Sand Dunes National Monument. Pp. 238-242 in: Schenk C.J. (ed.):
Hydrologic, Geologic, and Biologic Research at Great Sand Dunes
National Monument, Colorado: Proceedings National Park Service
Research Symposium No. 1. National Park Service, USGS.
Weissmann, M.J. 1999. Invertebrate exhibits for
the 21st century: Crawling out from behind the glass.
1999 Invertebrates in Captivity Conference Proceedings.
Tucson, AZ: Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute. Pp. 148-152.
Weissmann, M.J. & Kondratieff, B.C. 1999.
Two new species of Amblyderus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)
from Great Sand Dunes National Monument, Colorado.
Entomological News 110 (3): 137-143.
Weissmann, M.J. 1999. The great pollinators.
Mountain, Plain and Garden: The Magazine of Denver Botanic
Gardens 56 (1): 4-13.
Weissmann, M.J. 1998. The complex journey of an
exotic butterfly chrysalis from the farm to the exhibit.
Proceedings of the 1998 Western Regional Conference of the
American Zoo and Aquarium Association, Monterey, CA.
Weissmann, M.J. 1997. Natural history of the
giant sand treader camel cricket, Daihinibaenetes
giganteus Tinkham (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae). Journal
of Orthoptera Research 6: 33-48.
Weissmann, M.J. & Brinkmann. G. 1997.
Tropical horticultural collections at the Butterfly Pavilion and
Insect Center. Public Garden (Journal of the American
Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta) 12 (4):
22-23.
Weissmann, M.J. 1997. Exhibiting live
butterflies. HMS Beagle Log 2(2): 26.
Weissmann, M.J. 1996. "T-T-T-T-T-Touch ME:"
Hands-on education at the Insect Center touch cart. 1996
Invertebrates in Captivity Conference Proceedings. Tucson, AZ:
Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute, pp. 107-109.
Kondratieff, B.C., Weissmann, M.J. & Takumi,
R.L. 1996. Kingdom of the Small:Common insects and
other arthropods of Dinosaur National Monument. Vernal, UT:
Dinosaur Nature Association. 27 pp.
Kinsey, F.M. & Weissmann, M.J. 1995.
Gardening for butterflies. Connections
5(5): 21-23.
Weissmann, M.J. 1995. The Butterfly Pavilion
and Insect Center: The dream becomes reality. 1995
Invertebrates in Captivity Conference Proceedings. Tuczon, AZ:
Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute, pp. 8-11.
Weissmann, M.J., Lederhouse, R.C. & Elia,
F.C. 1995. Butterfly gardening and butterfly houses and
their influence on conservation in North America. Chapter 32. Pp.
393-400 in: Scriber, J.M., Tsubaki, Y. & Lederhouse, R.C.
(eds.): Swallowtail Butterflies: Their Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology. Gainesville, FL: Scientific
Publishers.
Weissmann, M.J. 1995. Natural history of
the giant sand treader camel cricket, Daihinibaenetes
giganteus Tinkham (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae), at Great Sand
Dunes National Monument, Colorado. Ph.D. Dissertation,
Department of Entomology, Colorado State University. 132 pp.
Weissmann, M.J., Clement, L.P. & Kondratieff,
B.C. 1993. Insects and other arthropods of Great Sand
Dunes National Monument. Tucson, AZ: Southwest Parks and
Monuments Association. 23 pp.
Weissmann, M.J. &. Leatherman, D.A. 1992.
Range extension of the northern true katydid, Pterophylla
camellifolia (F.) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae)
into eastern Colorado. Journal of the Kansas Entomological
Society 65 (4): 448-449.
Kondratieff, B.C., Weissmann, M.J. & Walter,
D.E. 1990. A guide to the common insects and other
arthropods of Colorado National Monument. Fruita, CO: Colorado
National Monument Association publication. 23 pp. [recipient of
1991-92 Award of Honorable Mention in Publication in the National
Park Service Cooperation Association Publications Competition]
Lanham, U.N. & Weissmann, M.J. 1988.
Scaphandrena and Elandrena (Hymenoptera:
Andrenidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 64
(2): 183-184.
Weissmann, M.J. 1988. Introduction to the
University Museum. Chapter IX. Pp.73-76 in: Bushnell, J., Davis, J.
& Grant, M.: Biological Science in the Laboratory. Part II,
3rd edition. Kendall/Hunt Publ., Dubuque.
Weissmann, M.J. 1986. Biology of the water
scorpion, Ranatra fusca Palisot de Beauvois in Colorado,
with notes on mosquito control capability. M.A. Thesis,
University of Colorado. 74 pp.
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