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Ph.D. 1997. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Entomology, with emphasis on Coleoptera systematics. Dissertation: Systematics of New World Spider Beetles (advisors: N. Johnson and C. Triplehorn). M.S. 1990. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Entomology, with emphasis on Coleoptera systematics. Thesis: A Revision of the Methiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the West Indies and circum-Caribbean Area (advisor: M. Ivie). B.Sc. 1986. Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Biology Honours degree.

研究领域

Entomology; Insect biodiversity (systematics), especially on the Coleoptera (beetles). I study insect diversity in highly threatened habitats to understand the effect of habitat alteration on particular groups of interest, such as the scarabaeine dung beetles, and to discover new species before they have gone extinct. Research also centers on the evolution of various groups of beetles. In particular, I am interested in conducting phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses, revisions of poorly known taxa, and behavioral and ecological studies. For phylogenetic projects, the current emphasis in the lab is the acquisition of molecular sequence data, but morphological data is also gathered in some cases for a total evidence approach to produce the most robust hypotheses of evolution. The major current and specific research projects in my lab include: The Ghana Insect Project. Insect biodiversity (systematics), especially on the Coleoptera (beetles). The global diversity of spider beetles. West African insect biodiversity, especially dung beetle diversity and ecology, and their use in conservation biology. Evolution of the dung beetles. Evolution of the bostrichoid beetles. Evolution of the Water Penny Beetles.

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2013. Hucher, J.B., G. Pereira, Y. Gomy, T.K. Philips, C.E. Alatorre-Bracamontes, M. Vasquez-Bolanosand, J. Mansilla. Archaeoentomological study of a pre-Columbian funerary bundle (mortuary cave of Candelaria, Coahuila, Mexico). In press: Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France. 2013. Wood, M.V. and T.K. Philips. Carinomezium: another new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from Namaqualand, South Africa. In Press: Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. In press. 2012. Orozco, J. and T.K. Philips. Pachnoda marginata (Drury) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) developing in bat guano in a West African cave. Coleopterists Bulletin 66: 378-379. 2012. Mudge, A.D., J. Orozco, T.K. Philips, and P. Antoine. Cetoniine Diversity of the Upper Guinean Forests and Savannas of Ghana (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Terrestrial Arthropod Review 5: 133-174. 2012. Bell, K.L. and T.K. Philips. Molecular systematics and evolution of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) and related families. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165: 88-108. 2011. Smiley, M.E. and T.K. Philips. Review of the spider beetle genus Pseudomezium. African Entomology 19: 572-596. 2011. Trimboli, S. and T.K. Philips. Description of a new species of Meziomorphum (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)from the Western Cape region of South Africa. Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 109-114. 2011. Philips, T.K. and G. Mynhardt. Description of Electragnostus intermedius, the first spider beetle from Dominican amber (Coleoptera: Ptinidae), with implications on spider beetle phylogeny. Entomapeiron Paleoentomology 4:37-51. 2010. Philips, T.K. and M.E. Smiley. A new species of spider beetle from the Dominican Republic. Florida Entomologist 93: 567-570. 2010. Krell F.-T. and T.K. Philips. Formicdubius Philips & Scholtz from South Africa, a junior synonym of Haroldius Boucomont, and a survey of the trichomes in the African species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Onthophagini). Zookeys 34: 41-48. 2010. Orozco, J. and T.K. Philips. Morphological evidence on the phylogeny of the New World Cetoniini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 41: 39-54. 2009. Akotsen-mensah, C. and T.K. Philips. Description of a new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa. 2160: 51–67. 2009. Davis, A.L.V. and T.K. Philips. Regional Fragmentation of Rain Forest in West Africa and Its Effect on Local Dung Beetle Assemblage Structure. Biotropica 41: 215–220. 2009. Bell, K.L. and T.K. Philips. Six New Species of the Myrmecophile Polyplocotes Westwood (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from South Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology. 48:15–24.

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