Photo: Professor, Entomology Curator Contact Info mchugh@uga.edu Office: 455 Bio-Sciences Bldg., Athens, GA 30602-2603 706-542-3574 The research in my lab falls under the broad heading of Coleoptera systematics, and includes the discovery, identification, description, inventory, phylogenetic study, and classification of beetles, especially poorly known taxa. We also contribute fundamental biological information through morphological and ecological studies. Other Affiliations: Department of Entomology Research Research Interests: Seltmann, K.C., Cobb, N.S., Gall, L.F., Bartlett, C.R., Basham, M.A., Batancourt, I., Bills, C., Brandt, B., Brown, R.L., Bundy, C., Caterino, M.S., Chapman, C., Cognato, M.S., Colby, J., Cook, S.P., Daly, K.M., Dyer, L., Franz, N.M., Gelhaus, J.K., Grinter, C.C., Harp, C.E., Hawkins, R.L., Heydon, S.L., Hill, G.M., Huber, S., Johnson, N., Kawahara, A.Y., Kimsey, L.S., Kondratieff, B.C., Krell, F.-T., Lebanc, L., Lee, S., Marshall, C.J., McCabe, L., McHugh, J.V., Menard, K.L., Opler, P.A., Palffy-Muhoray, Pardikes, N., Peterson, M.A., Pierce, N.E., Poremski, A., Sikes, D.S., Weintraub, J.D., Wikler, D., Zaspel, J.M. & Zolnerowich, G. 2017. LepNet: The Lepidoptera of North America Network. Zootaxa 4247 (1): 073–077. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.10 The paper describes the LepNet Project, a digitization effort launched to mobilize biodiversity data from 3 million specimens of butterflies and moths in United States natural history collections. The overall goal is to transform Lepidoptera specimen data into readily available digital formats to foster global research in taxonomy, ecology and evolutionary biology. Of note: The UGCA does accept interns. Their main responsibilities are preparing and databasing insect specimens.
