John C. Abbott

Curator of Entomology, Texas Natural History Collections, Texas Natural Science Center
Senior Lecturer, Section of Integrative Biology
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E-mail:
jcabbott@mail.utexas.edu
Offices:
BFL 107; PAI 1.28
(512) 471-5467
Lab:
BFL 102/103/104
 (512) 232-1896
Fax:
(512) 475-6286

Education

  • B.S., Texas A&M University, 1991
  • Ph.D., University of North Texas, 1999

Research Interests

My research focuses primarily on the biodiversity, biogeography and biology of Odonata (dragonflies & damselflies), particularly in North America and the New World tropics.  My interests, however, vary widely.  I also work on Lamellicorn beetles, forensic entomology, and the use of insects as biological indicators.  I am Curator of Entomology for both the Texas Natural History Collections (Texas Natural Science Center) and the Brackenridge Field Laboratory together representing the second largest insect collection in Texas.. 

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Publications

  • Abbott, J.C.  In press.  Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) in fresh waters in Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, ed. G. Likens. Elsevier Science Ltd., London.
  • Abbott, J.C. and G. Mynhard. In press.  Description of the unknown larva of Somatochlora margarita (Odonata: Corduliidae).  International Journal of Odonatology.
  • 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.
  • Abbott, J.C.  2005.  New and notable records of Odonata from Texas.  Southwestern Entomologist.  30:169-174.
  • Abbott, J.C.  2005.  Dragonflies and damselflies of Texas and the south-central United States.  Princeton University Press, 344 pp.
  • 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.
  • Abbott, J.C., R. Beckemeyer, T.W. Donnelly, E. Gonzales, and G. Harp.  2002.  Odonata collected in Nicaragua.  Notulae Odonatologica 5:125-128.
  • Abbott, J.C.  2001. Distribution of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) in Texas. Transactions of the American Entomological Society  127(2):189-228.
  • Abbott, J.C. and K.W. Stewart.  1998.  Odonata of the south central Nearctic Region, including northeastern Mexico.  Entomological News 109:201-212.
  • Abbott, J.C. and D. Petr.  1997.  Rediscovery of Apterocyclus honoluluensis Waterhouse on Kauai (Coleoptera: Lucanidae).  Bishop Museum Occasional Papers.  49(2):71.
  • 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.   
  • Abbott, J.C., K.W. Stewart, and S.R. Moulton, II.  1997.  Aquatic insects of the Big Thicket Region of East Texas.  Texas Journal of Science, Supplement  49:35-50. 
  • Abbott, J.C.  1996.  New and interesting records from Texas and Oklahoma. Argia. 8(4):14-15.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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