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Daniel Bennett
Postdoctoral Associate
Entomology
Contact Information
Office Phone:
785.864.4538 Email:
danben@ku.edu
Building:
Public Safety Building Recent Blog Posts
July 15, 2010
Other obvious hymenopterans at our field site include the eusocial wasps of the...
July 15, 2010
We occasionally noticed a bat flying around our lab space but didn’t pay...
July 11, 2010
A very nice colony of oropendola birds was nesting outside our lab. We became...
July 10, 2010
One of the first things one realizes (anyone, really, but particularly an...
Recent Publications
My research is largely focused on the evolution and behavior of the wasp family Crabronidae, particularly the tribe Crabronini. I have also worked on Hawaiian ichneumonid wasps and the geological history of several wasp families. Presently, I am assisting with a survey and inventory of arthropods from multiple elevations in southeastern Peru.
Research Projects
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Goals
1) Survey arthropod communities at Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios province, and Wayquecha Biological Station, Paucartambo province
2) Gather information on natural history and habitats as well as host plants for target groups
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In the Field
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2009
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2009. A primitive aphidiine wasp in Albian amber from Spain and a Northern Hemisphere origin for the subfamily (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 82:273-282. Abstract
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2009. A remarkable tiphiiform wasp in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae).. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 112:1-6. Abstract
2008
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2008. Anoblepsis, a new, bizarre braconid wasp genus in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 81:368-372. Abstract
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2008. Pison menkei, a new crabronid wasp in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae).. Beiträge zur Entomologie. 58:113-119. Abstract
2006
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2006. A new moustache wasp in Dominican amber, with an account of apoid wasp evolution emphasizing Crabroninae (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae).. American Museum Novitates. 3529:1-10. Abstract
2005
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2005. A primitive sapygid wasp in Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Sapygidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 48B:1-9.
Education
2010 Ph.D., Entomology, University of Kansas. Advisor: M.S. Engel
2004 M.A., Entomology, University of Kansas. Advisor: M.S. Engel
1999 B.Sc., Zoology, University of Washington
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Grants
Entomological Society of America
Xerces Society
Publications
2009
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2009. A primitive aphidiine wasp in Albian amber from Spain and a Northern Hemisphere origin for the subfamily (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 82:273-282. Abstract
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2009. A remarkable tiphiiform wasp in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae).. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 112:1-6. Abstract
2008
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2008. Anoblepsis, a new, bizarre braconid wasp genus in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 81:368-372. Abstract
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2008. Pison menkei, a new crabronid wasp in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae).. Beiträge zur Entomologie. 58:113-119. Abstract
2006
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2006. A new moustache wasp in Dominican amber, with an account of apoid wasp evolution emphasizing Crabroninae (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae).. American Museum Novitates. 3529:1-10. Abstract
2005
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2005. A primitive sapygid wasp in Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Sapygidae). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 48B:1-9.