Research Summary:
I am Curator of Entomology for The University of Texas Insect Collection, representing the second largest insect collection in Texas. My research focuses primarily on the systematics, biogeography and biology of Odonata (dragonflies & damselflies), particularly in North America and the New World tropics. My interests, however, vary widely.
Publications:
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Abbott, J.C,
In press. Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) in fresh waters in Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, ed. G. Likens. Elsevier Science Ltd., London.,
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Abbott, J.C. and G. Mynhard,
In press. Description of the unknown larva of Somatochlora margarita (Odonata: Corduliidae). International Journal of Odonatology. ,
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Abbott, J.C. and D. Broglie,
2005. OdonataCentral.com: A model for the web-based delivery of natural history information and citizen science. American Entomologist. Winter. 240-243.,
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Abbott, J.C,
2005 New and notable records of Odonata from Texas. Southwestern Entomologist. 30:169-174.,
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Abbott, J.C. ,
2005. Dragonflies and damselflies of Texas and the south-central United States. Princeton University Press, 344 pp.,
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Abbott, J.C., R.A. Behrstock, and R.L. Larsen,
2003. Notes on the distribution of Odonata in the Texas panhandle, with a summary of new state and county records. Southwestern Naturalist 48(3): 444-448.,
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Abbott, J.C., R. Beckemeyer, T.W. Donnelly, E. Gonzales, and G. Harp,
2002. Odonata collected in Nicaragua. Notulae Odonatologica 5:125-128.,
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Abbott, J.C. ,
2001. Distribution of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) in Texas. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 127(2):189-228.,
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Abbott, J.C. and K.W. Stewart,
1998. Odonata of the south central Nearctic Region, including northeastern Mexico. Entomological News 109:201-212.,
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Abbott, J.C. and D. Petr,
1997. Rediscovery of Apterocyclus honoluluensis Waterhouse on Kauai (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 49(2):71.,
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Abbott, J.C. and K.W. Stewart,
1997. Drumming of three Mesocapnia species (Capniidae) and Soliperla thyra (Peltoperlidae) from California, USA, pp. 88-92. In: Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera: Biology-Ecology-Systematics, Proc. XIII Int. Symp. Plec., eds. P.Landolt and M. Sartori. ,
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Abbott, J.C. ,
New and interesting records from Texas and Oklahoma. Argia. 8(4):14-15.,
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Stewart, K.W., J.C. Abbott, and R.L. Bottorff,
1995. The drumming signals of two stonefly species Cosumnoperla hypocrena (Perlodidae) and Paraperla wilsoni (Chloroperlidae); A newly discovered duet pattern in Plecoptera. Entomological News 106:13-18.,
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Stewart, K.W., J.C. Abbott, R.F. Kirchner, and S.R. Moulton,
1995. New descriptions of North American euholagnathan stonefly drumming (Plecoptera); First Nemouridae ancestral call discovered in Soyedina carolinensis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88:234-39.,
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Abbott, J.C. & K.W. Stewart,
1993. Male search behavior of the stonefly, Pteronarcella badia (Hagen) (Plecoptera: Pteronarcyidae), in relation to drumming. Journal of Insect Behavior 6:467-81.,
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