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Dr. Stephen D. Gaimari

Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, U.S.A.
Office: 916-738-6671
Fax: 916-262-1190
Email: stephen.gaimari@cdfa.ca.gov

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Stephen D. Gaimari

Environmental Program Manager I

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 1998, Ph.D., Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana
  • 1993, M.S., Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman
  • 1990, B.A., Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Employment

  • 2019-present, Environmental Program Manager I, Entomology & Nematology Laboratories, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2015-2019, Environmental Program Manager I, Entomology & Botany Laboratories, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2009-2015, Program Supervisor IV, Entomology & Botany Laboratories, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2006-2009, Program Supervisor III, Entomology Laboratory, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2004-2006, Senior Insect Biosystematist (Supervisor), Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2004, Senior Insect Biosystematist (Specialist), Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2001-2004, Associate Insect Biosystematist, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2000-2001, Research Entomologist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • 1999-2000, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • 1998, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Entomolology, University of Illinois, Urbana [Insect Evolution & Classification]
  • 1995-1998, NSF/PEET Graduate Research Assistant, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign
  • 1993-1995, Teaching Assistant, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana [Animal Biology (1993), Genetics, Evolution, & Biodiversity (1994, 2 semesters), Insect Evolution & Classification (1995)]
  • 1993, Visiting Researcher, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
  • 1991-1992, Teaching Assistant, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman [General Entomology (2 semesters)]
  • 1990-1993, Graduate Research Assistant, Northwest Biological Control Insectary & Quarantine, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman
  • 1989-1990, Laboratory Assistant, Mosquito Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Professional Activities

  • 2020–present, Editorial Board: Megataxa
  • 2020–present, Webmaster (DevOps, LAMP stack): North American Dipterists Society, https://dipterists.org
  • 2019–present, Director & President, North American Dipterists Society
  • 2019, Incorporator, North American Dipterists Society
  • 2018–2019, Recruitment Advisory Committee: Assistant Professor of Urban Entomology, University of California, Davis
  • 2018–present, Co-Chair: 10th International Congress of Dipterology (upcoming in 2023 in California).
  • 2018, Symposium Co-organizer/-convener: Developments in acalyptrate dipterology, 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, Namibia
  • 2017-present, Editor: Fly Times Supplement, North American Dipterists Society
  • 2017-2018, Committee: C.P. Alexander Award
  • 2016, Co-Organizer: Meeting on Identification Tools for Tephritid Fruit Fly Pests, CDFA, Sacramento, California
  • 2015-present, Scientific Advisory Board: Fragmenta entomologica
  • 2014-present, Editorial Board: Sherbornia
  • 2013-2017, President, American Association of Zoological Nomenclature
  • 2012-present, Subject Editor (Diptera: Acalyptratae), Zootaxa
  • 2010-present, Council Member, International Congresses of Dipterology
  • 2010-2011, Associated Programs Committee (for National Meeting, November 2011): National Plant Diagnostics Network
  • 2008-present, Editorial Advisory Board: African Invertebrates
  • 2008-2013, Advisory Board, International Cooperative Biodiversity Group, Indonesia
  • 2008-2010, Organizing Committee: 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San Jose, Costa Rica (August 2010).
  • 2007-present, Editor: Fly Times, North American Dipterists Society
  • 2007-2013, Diagnostics Committee: National Plant Diagnostics Network
  • 2007-2013, Lab Accreditation Sub-Committee: National Plant Diagnostics Network
  • 2007, President: Pacific Coast Entomological Society
  • 2006-present, Committee Member: CDFA Scientist Reclassification project
  • 2006-2011, Ad-hoc Entomology Committee: National Plant Diagnostics Network
  • 2006-2007, Section A Subcommittee: Systematic Resources, Entomological Society of America
  • 2006, President-Elect: Pacific Coast Entomological Society
  • 2005-2011, Editor: California Plant Pest and Disease Report
  • 2005, Standing Committee on Systematic Resources, Pacific Branch Representative, Entomological Society of America
  • 2004-2006, Subject Editor, Diptera: Pan-Pacific Entomologist
  • 2003-present, Associate, College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis
  • 2003-present, Permit/Project PI, Collecting Permit (invertebrates, plants), all California State Parks
  • 2003-2015, Webmaster, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture (www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/ppd/)
  • 2002-present, Co-Curator, California State Collection of Arthropods, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2002-2013, Subject Editor, Diptera: Annals of the Entomological Society of America
  • 2001-present, Curator, Smithsonian Institution collection of Lauxanioidea (Diptera), Long-Term Off-Site Enhancement Loan program
  • 2001-present, Collaborator (Identifier for Lauxanioidea): USDA-ARS-Systematic Entomology Lab
  • 2001-2005, Publications Committee: Pacific Coast Entomological Society
  • 2000, Auditing Committee: Entomological Society of Washington
  • 1999-present, Research Associate: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
  • 1999-2002, Editorial Board: Dipteron, Zeitschrift für Dipterologie
  • 1998, Organizer/Moderator: North American Dipterist’s Society Informal Conference, ESA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

Refereed Publications (chronological)

  1. Valenti, M.A., & S.D. Gaimari. 1992. The manzanita leafgall aphid, Tamalia coweni (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Aphididae), and its association with the predator Leucopis sp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). Proceedings of the Washington State Entomological Society 54: 972-977.
  2. Gaimari, S. 1996. Genetically engineered natural enemies should be regulated in a different manner than other nonindigenous natural enemies – Con position, pp. 172-173 in F. Gould, G. Kennedy, & R. Kopanic (orgs.), Environmental issues associated with enhancing the impact of biological control agents: A student debate. American Entomologist 42: 160-173.
  3. Gaimari, S.D., & R.P. Martins. 1996. Nesting behavior and nest distributions of Ammophila gracilis Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Brazil. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 5: 240-248. [open access]
  4. Gaimari, S.D., & W.J. Turner. 1996. Immature stages of Leucopis ninae Tanasijtshuk and two variant populations of Leucopis gaimarii Tanasijtshuk (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) feeding on Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko) (Homoptera: Aphididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 647-666. [open access]
  5. Gaimari, S.D., & W.J. Turner. 1996. Larval feeding and development of Leucopis ninae Tanasijtshuk and two populations of Leucopis gaimarii Tanasijtshuk (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) on Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko) (Homoptera: Aphididae), in Washington. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 667-676. [open access]
  6. Gaimari, S.D., & W.J. Turner. 1996. Methods for rearing aphidophagous Leucopis spp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69: 363-369.
  7. Gaimari, S.D., & W.J. Turner. 1997. Behavioral observations on the adults and larvae of Leucopis (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 70: 153-159.
  8. Gaimari, S.D. 2000. Book review: Litteratura Taxonomica Dipterorum (1758-1930) (2 volume set). American Entomologist 46: 264-265.
  9. Gaimari, S.D., & M.B. Mostovski. 2000. Burmapsilocephala cockerelli,a new genus and species of Asiloidea (Diptera) from Burmese amber. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (London), Geology Series 56: 41-44.
  10. Gaimari, S.D., & M.E. Irwin. 2000. Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society (London) 129: 129-240.
  11. Gaimari, S.D., & M.E. Irwin. 2000. Revision of the mexicana-group of Ozodiceromyia Bigot (Diptera: Therevidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102: 561-600. [open access]
  12. Valenti, M.A., & S.D. Gaimari. 2000. Of tiger beetles and ubiquitous ants: hazardous living amongst tenacious prey. Cicindela 32: 19-29.
  13. Gaimari, S.D., & V.N. Tanasijtshuk. 2001. A new leucopine genus (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) with species attacking Ceroplastes wax scales in South America. Systematic Entomology 26: 311-328.
  14. Gaimari, S.D., & A. Raspi. 2002. The species of Leucopis, subgenus Leucopella Malloch (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) from northeastern Africa and Yemen. African Entomology 10: 241-264. [Open access: pp 241-250, 251-256, 257-264]
  15. Anderson, M.S., & S.D. Gaimari. 2003. Raman-Atomic Force Microscopy of the ommatidial surfaces of Dipteran compound eyes. Journal of Structural Biology 142: 364-368.
  16. Gaimari, S.D. 2003. Chamaemyiidae. In: Pape, T. (coord.), Fauna Europaea. European Commission. [freely available]
  17. Gaimari, S.D. 2004. A new genus of Lauxaniidae (Diptera) from New Caldeonia. Zootaxa 449: 1-39. [open access]
  18. Gaimari, S.D., L.S. Adler, & S.J. Scheffer. 2004. Plant host affiliation and redescription of Phytomyza subtenella Frost (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106 (3): 501-507. [open access]
  19. Gao, C., D. Yang, & S.D. Gaimari. 2004 (2003). The subgenus Euhomoneura Malloch (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) in the Palaearctic Realm. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79 (3/4): 192-197.
  20. Schacht, W., O. Kurina, B. Merz, & S.D. Gaimari. 2004. Zweiflügler aus Bayern XXIII (Diptera: Lauxaniidae, Chamaemyiidae). Entomofauna, Zeitschrift für Entomologie 25 (3): 41-80. [open access]
  21. Thunes, K.H., J. Skartveit, I. Gjerde, J. Stary, T. Solhøy, A. Fjellberg, S. Kobro, S. Nakahara, R. zur Strassen, G. Vierbergen, R. Szadziewski, D.V. Hagan, W.L. Grogan Jr., T. Jonassen, K. Aakra, J. Anonby, L. Greve, B. Aukema, K. Heller, V. Michelsen, J.-P. Haenni, A.F. Emeljanov, P. Douwes, K. Berggren, J. Franzen, R.H.L. Disney, S. Prescher, K.A. Johanson, B. Mamaev, S. Podenas, S. Andersen, S.D. Gaimari, E. Nartshuk, G.E.E. Søli, L. Papp, F. Midtgaard, A. Andersen, M. von Tschirnhaus, G. Bächli, K.M. Olsen, H. Olsvik, M. Földvári, J.E. Raastad, L.O. Hansen & P. Djursvoll. 2004. The arthropod community of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) canopies in Norway. Entomologica Fennica 15: 65-90. [open access]
  22. Yang, D., & S.D. Gaimari. 2004 (2003). Discovery of Systenus in the Oriental Region, with description of one new species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 79 (3/4): 176-178.
  23. Yang, D., S.D. Gaimari, & P. Grootaert. 2004. Review of the species of Crossopalpus Bigot (Diptera: Empididae) from China. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 130 (2): 169-175.
  24. Noma, T., M.J. Brewer, K.S. Pike, & S.D. Gaimari. 2005. Hymenopteran parasitoids and dipteran predators of Diuraphis noxia in the west-central Great Plains of North America: Species records and geographic range. Biocontrol 50: 97-111.
  25. Yang, D., & S.D. Gaimari. 2005. Notes on the species of the genus Ocydromia Meigen from China (Diptera: Empididae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 80 (1): 62-66.
  26. Yang, D., & S.D. Gaimari. 2005. Review of the species of Elaphropeza Macquart (Diptera: Empididae: Tachydromiinae) from the Chinese mainland. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107 (1): 49-54. [open access]
  27. Yang, D., S.D. Gaimari, & P. Grootaert. 2005 (2004). A new genus and species of Tachydromiinae (Diptera: Empididae) from the Oriental Realm. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 130 (4): 487-492.
  28. Yang, D., S.D. Gaimari, & P. Grootaert. 2005. New species of Hybos Meigen from Guangdong Province, South China (Diptera: Empididae). Zootaxa 912: 1-7. [open access]
  29. Yang, D., S.D. Gaimari, & P. Grootaert. 2005 (2004). Review of the species of Drapetis Meigen from China (Diptera: Empididae: Tachydromiinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 112 (2-3): 106-110.
  30. Clark, H.O., Jr., H.S. Shellhammer, & S.D. Gaimari. 2006. Ectoparasites found on salt marsh harvest mice in the northern salt marshes of Grizzly Bay, California. California Fish and Game 92: 52-54.
  31. Kaydan, M.B., N. Kilinçer, N. Uygun, G. Japoshvilli, & S. Gaimari. 2006. Parasitoids and Predators of Pseudococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) in Ankara, Turkey. Phytoparasitica 34(4): 331-337.
  32. Kaiser, M.E., T. Noma, M.J. Brewer, K.S. Pike, J.R. Vockeroth, & S.D. Gaimari. 2007. Hymenopteran parasitoids and dipteran predators found using soybean aphid after its Midwestern United States invasion. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100: 196-205.
  33. Gaimari, S.D. 2007. Three new Neotropical genera of Odiniidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae). Zootaxa 1443: 1-16. [abstract]
  34. Gaimari, S.D. 2008. Comments on the proposed conservation of Drosophila Fallén, 1823 (Insecta, Diptera). (comment 5). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65 (2): 146-147.
  35. Gaimari, S.D., P. Milonas, & C. Souliotis. 2008 (2007). Notes on the taxonomy, biology and distribution of Neoleucopis kartliana (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). Folia Heyrovskyana, Series A 15(1): 7-16.
  36. Gaimari, S.D., & D.W. Webb. 2009. Therevidae. Pages 633-647, in Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley & M. Zumbado (eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera, Volume 1. National Research Council Press, Ottawa, 714 pp.
  37. Dvořáková, K., & S.D. Gaimari. 2009. Lauxaniidae Macquart, 1835. InJedlička, L., M. Kúdela & V. Stloukalová (eds.), Checklist of Diptera of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. [freely available]
  38. Hauser, M., S. Gaimari & M. Damus. 2009. Drosophila suzukii new to North America. Fly Times 43: 12-15.
  39. Shi, L., D. Yang, & S.D. Gaimari. 2009. Species of the genus Cestrotus Loew from China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae). Zootaxa 2009: 41-68. [abstract]
  40. Gaimari, S.D. 2010. Chamaemyiidae. Pages 997-1007, in Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley & M. Zumbado (eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera, Volume 2. National Research Council Press, Ottawa.
  41. Gaimari, S.D. 2010. Odiniidae. Pages 1049-1055, in Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley & M. Zumbado (eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera, Volume 2. National Research Council Press, Ottawa.
  42. Gaimari, S.D., & V.C. Silva. 2010. Lauxaniidae. Pages 971-995, in Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley & M. Zumbado (eds.), Manual of Central American Diptera, Volume 2. National Research Council Press, Ottawa.
  43. Gaimari, S.D., & V.C. Silva. 2010. Revision of the Neotropical subfamily Eurychoromyiinae (Diptera: Lauxaniidae). Zootaxa 2342: 1-64. [open access]
  44. Gaimari, S.D. 2011. An unusual new genus of eurochoromyiine Lauxaniidae (Diptera). The Canadian Entomologist 143: 594-611 (MND Festschrift issue).
  45. Gaimari, S.D. 2011. Order Diptera, family Odiniidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 780-783.
  46. Gaimari, S.D., & W.N. Mathis. 2011. World catalog and conspectus of the family Odiniidae (Diptera: Schizophora). Pages 291-339, in Brake, I., & F.C. Thompson (eds.), Contributions to the Systema Dipterorum (Insecta: Diptera). Pensoft Publishers, Washington. Myia 12: 564 pp. [open access]
  47. Shi, L., D. Yang & S.D. Gaimari. 2011. Four new species from China and Southeast Asia (Diptera, Lauxaniidae, Homoneurinae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 118: 667-693. [open access]
  48. Winterton, S.L. & S.D. Gaimari. 2011. Revision of the South American window fly genus Heteromphrale Kroeber, 1937 (Diptera, Scenopinidae). ZooKeys 84: 39-57. [open access]
  49. Gaimari, S.D. 2012. A new Afrotropical genus of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea). African Invertebrates 53: 157-168 (Stuckenberg Festschrift issue). [open access]
  50. Gaimari, S.D. 2012. A new genus and species of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) from South America feeding on Ceroplastes wax scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae), and status of the genus Ortalidina as a chamaemyiid. Zootaxa 3342: 39–50. [open access]
  51. Gaimari, S.D. 2012. Book Review: Biology of the Snail-killing Sciomyzidae Flies, by Lloyd V. Knutson & Jean-Claude Vala, 2011, Cambridge University Press. Fly Times 49: 28-30.
  52. Gaimari, S.D., Quintero, E.M., Kondo, T. 2012. First report of Syneura cocciphila(Coquillett, 1895) (Diptera: Phoridae), as a predator of the fluted scale Crypticeria multicicatrices Kondo & Unruh, 2009 (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae). Boletin del Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle. 13(2): 26-28. [open access]
  53. Liu, S.-P., S.D. Gaimari & D. Yang. 2012. Species of Ammothereva Lyneborg, 1984 (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae: Cyclotelini) from China. Zootaxa. 3566: 1–13.
  54. Ross, D.W., S.D. Gaimari, G.R. Kohler, K.F. Wallin & S.M. Grubin. 2012 (2011). Chamaemyiid predators of the hemlock woolly adelgid from the Pacific Northwest. In Reardon, R. & B. Onken (eds.), Implementation and Status of Biological Control of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. U.S. Forest Service, Publication FHTET-2011-04. 230 pp.
  55. Shi, L., S.D. Gaimari & D. Yang. 2012. Notes on Homoneura subgenera Euhomoneura, Homoneura and Minettioides from China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae). Zootaxa 3238: 1-22.
  56. Gaimari, S.D., M. Hauser, & R. Fricke. 2013. Case 3605 PHYCINAE Lyneborg, 1976 (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae): proposed emendation of spelling to PHYCUSINAE to remove homonymy with PHYCINAE Swainson, 1838 (Osteichthyes: Gadiformes: Phycidae); and Phycis Walbaum [ex Artedi], 1792 (Osteichthyes: Gadiformes: Phycidae): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Blennius phycis Linnaeus, 1766 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70(1): 22-29.
  57. Gaimari, S.D., M. Hauser, & R. Fricke. 2013. Comment on the proposed emendation of spelling of PHYCINAE Lyneborg, 1976 (Insecta, Diptera, THEREVIDAE) to PHYCUSINAE to remove homonymy with PHYCINAE Swainson, 1838 (Osteichthyes, Gadiformes, PHYCIDAE). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 70(4): 252-253.
  58. Papp, L., & S.D. Gaimari. 2013. The holotype of Homoneura grandis (Kertész, 1915) with description of a new species from Taiwan (Diptera, Lauxaniidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59(1): 31-39. [open access]
  59. Shi, L., S.D. Gaimari & D. Yang. 2013. Four new species of Noeetomima Enderlein (Diptera: Lauxaniidae), with a key to world species. Zootaxa 3746(2): 338-356.
  60. Shi, L., S.D. Gaimari & D. Yang. 2013. Revision of Sciasmomyia Hendel (Diptera: Lauxaniidae), with eight new species. Zootaxa 3691(4): 401-435.
  61. Ülgentürk, S., F. Szentkıralyı, N. Uygun, A. Saboori, M. Fent, S. Gaimari, H. Civelek & B. Ayhan. 2013. Predators of Marchalina hellenica (Hemiptera: Marchalinidae) on pine forests in Turkey. Phytoparasitica 41: 529-537 [abstract].
  62. Webb, D.W., S.D. Gaimari, M. Hauser, K.C. Holston, M.A. Metz, M.E. Irwin, G.E. Kampmeier & K. Algmin. 2013. An annotated catalogue of the New World Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea). Zootaxa 3600: 1-105. [open access]
  63. Barr, N.B., L.A. Ledezma, L. Leblanc, M. San Jose, D. Rubinoff, S.M. Geib, B. Fujita, D.W. Bartels, D. Garza, P. Kerr, M. Hauser & S. Gaimari. 2014. Genetics diversity of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) on the Hawaiian Islands: Implications for an introduction pathway into California. Journal of Economic Entomology 107 (5): 1946-1958. [open access]
  64. Scheffer, S.J., M.L. Lewis, S.D. Gaimari & S.R. Reitz. 2014. Molecular survey for the invasive leafminer pest Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in California uncovers only the native pest Liriomyza langei. Journal of Economic Entomology 107 (5): 1959-1964. [open access]
  65. Westcott, R.L., S. Bílý, A.R. Cline, S.D. Gaimari, H. Hespenheide, T.C. MacRae, M.G. Volkovitsh, S.G. Wellso & G. Williams. 2014. In Memoriam: Charles Lawrence Bellamy (1951–2013). The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(1): 1-13.
  66. van Herk, W.G., R.S. Vernon, E.M.L. Cronin & S.D. Gaimari. 2015. Predation of Thereva nobilitata (Fabricius) (Diptera: Therevidae) on Agriotes obscurus L. (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Journal of Applied Entomology 139(1): 154-157. [abstract]
  67. Mathew, F.M., Prasifka, J.R., Gaimari, S.D., Shi, L., Markell, S.G. & Gulya, T.J. 2015. Rhizopus oryzae associated with Melanagromyza splendida and stem disease of sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) in California. Plant Health Progress 16(1): 39–42.
  68. Pape, T., A. Allison, D.J. Bickel, T. Dikow, T. Donegan, D.W. Duszynski, M.S. El-Hawagry, N.L. Evenhuis, D.G. Fautin, S.D. Gaimari, B. Gharali, D.W. Greenwalt, H. Kaiser, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, G. Lamas, O. Lonsdale, C. Mah, S.A. Marshall, R. Meier, M. Ohl, D.J. Patterson, L. Penev, N.D. Pentcheff, R.L. Pyle, D.J. Rubinoff, J. Runyon, O. Tallowin, S. Thorpe, B.W. Nanjing, F. Welter-Schultes, D. Yanega, D. Yang, G.Y. Hangzhou & N.W. Yeung. 2016. Species can be named from photos. Nature 537: 307.
  69. Pape T, Beuk P, Pont A, Shatalkin A, Ozerov A, Woźnica A, Merz B, Bystrowski C, Raper C, Bergström C, Kehlmaier C, Clements D, Greathead D, Kameneva E, Nartshuk E, Petersen F, Weber G, Bächli G, Geller-Grimm F, Van de Weyer G, Tschorsnig H, de Jong H, van Zuijlen J, Vaňhara J, Roháček J, Ziegler J, Majer J, Hůrka K, Holston K, Rognes K, Greve-Jensen L, Munari L, de Meyer M, Pollet M, Speight M, Ebejer M, Martinez M, Carles-Tolrá M, Földvári M, Chvála M, Barták M, Evenhuis N, Chandler P, Cerretti P, Meier R, Rozkosny R, Prescher S, Gaimari S, Zatwarnicki T, Zeegers T, Dikow T, Korneyev V, Richter V, Michelsen V, Tanasijtshuk V, Mathis W, Hubenov Z, de Jong Y. 2015. Fauna Europaea: Diptera – Brachycera. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4187. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4187
  70. Shi, L. & S.D. Gaimari. 2015. Revision of the genus Melanagromyza in California, with descriptions of three new species (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Zootaxa 4005(1): 1–102. [open access]
  71. Shi L., S.D. Gaimari & D. Yang. 2015. Five new species of subgenus Plesiominettia (Diptera, Lauxaniidae, Minettia) in southern China, with a key to known species. ZooKeys 520: 61-86. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.520.9558
  72. von Ellenrieder, N., M. Hauser, S. Gaimari, T. Pham. 2015. First records of Macromia katae (Macromiidae) and Indothemis carnatica (Libellulidae) from Vietnam (Insecta: Odonata). Check List: The Journal of Biodiversity Data 11(1, Article 1514): 1-13. [open access]
  73. Winterton, S.L., N.B. Hardy, S.D. Gaimari, M. Hauser, H.N. Hill, K.C. Holston, M.E. Irwin, C.L. Lambkin, M.A. Metz, F. Turco, D. Webb, L. Yang, D.K. Yeates & B.M. Wiegmann. 2016. The phylogeny of stiletto flies (Diptera: Therevidae). Systematic Entomology, 41(1):144-161. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12147.
  74. Gaimari S.D. 2017. The dipteran family Celyphidae in the New World, with discussion of and key to world genera (Insecta, Diptera). ZooKeys 711: 113-130. doi: /10.3897/zookeys.711.20840
  75. Mengual, X., P. Kerr, A.L. Norrbom, N.B. Barr, M.L. Lewis, A.M. Stapelfeldt, S.J. Scheffer, P. Woods, M.-S. Islam, C.A. Korytkowski, K. Uramoto, E.J. Rodriguez, B.D. Sutton, N. Nolazco, G.J. Steck & S. Gaimari. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Toxotrypanini (Diptera: Tephritidae) based on molecular characters. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 113: 84-112. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.011
  76. Shi, L., S.D. Gaimari & D. Yang. 2017. Five new species of the genus Tetroxyrhina Hendel from China (Diptera, Lauxaniidae). Zootaxa 4247(3): 246-280. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.3.2
  77. Winterton, S.L. & Gaimari, S.D. 2017. 50. Scenopinidae (window flies). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J., eds, Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 2. Nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera. Suricata 5. Pretoria: SANBI Graphics & Editing, 1209–1218 pp.
  78. Borkent, A., B.V. Brown, P.H. Adler, D.S. Amorim, K. Barber, D. Bickel, S. Boucher, S.E. Brooks, J. Burger, Z.L. Burington, R.S. Capellari, D.N.R. Costa, J.M. Cumming, G. Curler, C.W. Dick, J.H. Epler, E. Fisher, S.D. Gaimari, J. Gelhaus, D.A. Grimaldi, J. Hash, M. Hauser, H. Hippa, S. Ibáñez-Bernal, M. Jaschhof, E.P. Kameneva, P.H. Kerr, V. Korneyev, C.A. Korytkowski, G.-A. Kung, G.M. Kvifte, O. Lonsdale, S.A. Marshall, W. Mathis, V. Michelsen, S. Naglis, A.L. Norrbom, S. Paiero, T. Pape, A. Pereira-Colavite, M. Pollet, S. Rochefort, A. Rung, J.B. Runyon, J. Savage, V.C. Silva, B.J. Sinclair, J.H. Skevington, J.O. Stireman III, J. Swann, P. Vilkamaa, T. Wheeler, T. Whitworth, M. Wong, D.M. Wood, N. Woodley, T. Yau, T.J. Zavortink & M.A. Zumbado. 2018. Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science. Zootaxa 4402 (1): 53–90, + appendix.
  79. Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, P.H. Adler, D.S. Amorim, K. Barber, D. Bickel, S. Boucher, S.E. Brooks, J. Burger, Z.L. Burington, R.S. Capellari, D.N.R. Costa, J.M. Cumming, G. Curler, C.W. Dick, J.H. Epler, E. Fisher, S.D. Gaimari, J. Gelhaus, D.A. Grimaldi, J. Hash, M. Hauser, H. Hippa, S. Ibáñez-Bernal, M. Jaschhof, E.P. Kameneva, P.H. Kerr, V. Korneyev, C.A. Korytkowski, G.-A. Kung, G.M. Kvifte, O. Lonsdale, S.A. Marshall, W. Mathis, V. Michelsen, S. Naglis, A.L. Norrbom, S. Paiero, T. Pape, A. Pereira-Colavite, M. Pollet, S. Rochefort, A. Rung, J.B. Runyon, J. Savage, V.C. Silva, B.J. Sinclair, J.H. Skevington, J.O. Stireman III, J. Swann, F.C. Thompson, P. Vilkamaa, T. Wheeler, T. Whitworth, M. Wong, D.M. Wood, N. Woodley, T. Yau, T.J. Zavortink & M.A. Zumbado. 2018. Comprehensive inventory of true flies (Diptera) at a tropical site. Communications Biology 1(21): 1–8, + supplementary material.
  80. Gaimari, S.D. 2018. The genus-group name Neominettia of Hendel vs. Malloch (Diptera: Lauxaniidae); or, who is Musca contigua Fabricius? Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 154: 80–88.
  81. Havill, N.P., S.D. Gaimari & A. Caccone. 2018. Cryptic east-west divergence and molecular diagnostics for two species of silver flies (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae: Leucopis) from North American being evaluated for biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid. Biological Control 121: 23–29. doi: /10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.02.004
  82. Kimsey, L.S., R.B. Kimsey & S.D. Gaimari. 2018. Novel biology for Tephrochlamys rufiventris (Meigen, 1830)(Diptera: Heleomyzidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120(3):543-548.
  83. Mohamadzade Namin, S. & S.D. Gaimari. 2018. The genus Sapromyza (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) in Iran with description of three new species. Zootaxa 4471(1): 154–168.
  84. Muñoz, K., Manrique, M.B., Sotelo-Cardona, P., Gaimari, S.D., Kondo, T. 2018. Notes on the morphology and biology of Syneura cocciphila (Coquillett) (Diptera: Phoridae) a predator of Crypticerya multicicatrices Kondo & Unruh (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae). Journal of Insect Science 18(1): 1–5. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iex110
  85. Parchami-Araghi, M., B. Majnon-Jahromi, E. Gilasian, P. Withers, S.D. Gaimari & M. Fallahzadeh. 2018. First Iranian record of the family Odiniidae (Diptera: Opomyzoidea), including two species new to the Middle East region. Zootaxa 4471(3): 580–584.
  86. Prathapan, K.D., Pethiyagoda, R., Bawa, K.S., Raven, P.H., Rajan, P.D., Acosta, L.E., Adams, B., Adl, S., Ahyong, S.T., Anderson, R., Arango, C.P., Arnedo, M.A., Armbruster, J.W., Avila, L.J., Azevedo, C.O., Baldo, D., Barclay, M.V.L., Baron-Szabo, R., Bauer, A.M., Bentlage, B., Bezděk, A., Bird, G., Blagoderov, V., Bocak, L., Bonaldo, A., Bond, J.E., Borkent, C.J., Branham, M.A., Carreno, R., Carvalho, M.R. de, Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Chiba, H., Čiampor, F., Clarke, D.J., Collins, A.G., Constantino, R., Crespo, F.A., Daly, M., Dominiak, P., Dronen, N., Dubois, A., Duda, T.F., Eléaume, M., Erlacher, S., Estrela, P.C., Evenhuis, N., Fehlauer-Ale, K.H., Fery, H., Fritz, U., Gaimari, S.D., Garrison, R., Gaubert, P., Geiger, D.L., Gill, A.C., Gimmel, M.L., Goldschmidt, T., Goswami, R., González, A.P., Gonzalez, V.H., Gordon, D., Gower, D.J., Greenslade, P., Gusarov, V.I., Hajdu, E., Harms, D., Heinicke, M.P., Hilton, E.J., Hodgson, C.J., Hormiga, G., Hughes, L.E., Hutchings, P., Jäger, P., Jennings, J.T., Kadej, M., Kaila, L., Kamiński, J., Karaman, G., Karanovic, T., Kathirithamby, J., Kerr, P.H., Kirkendall, L.R., Kitahara, M.V., Klautau, M., Kondratieff, B.C., Kroh, A., Labarque, F.M., Leavengood, J.M., Letardi, A., Liang, A.-P., Lima, F.C.T., Liu, Z., Löbl, I., Lohrmann, V., Malchus, N., Malipatil, M.B., Marques, A.C., Matzke-Karasz, R., Mayer, G., Mayoral, J.G., McInnes, S.J., Minelli, A., Moir, M.L., Monks, S., Morrone, J.J., Muster, C., Nagy, Z.T., Narayanan, K.S., Nearns, E.H., Nekola, J., Nihei, S.S., Nützel, A., Ohler, A., Orrico, V.G.D., Padial, J.M., Page, L.M., Passos, P., Paulson, D., Perkins, P.D., Pfingstl, T., Prieto, C., Pinheiro, L.R., Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Prendini, L., Price, B., Prins, J. de, Ramirez, M., Rasmussen, C., Rasmussen, P., Redei, D., Ribera, I., Ricarte, A., Rivera, J., Rix, M.G., Rossaro, B., Roy, A.D., Ruiz, G.R.S., Salles, F.F., Sanborn, A.F., Sartori, M., Schöller, M., Schmelz, R.M., Schrödl, M., Segniagbeto, G.H., Serrano, T.J., Shimano, S., Shin, M.K., Sidorchuk, E., Siler, C.D., Sket, B., Smith, A.D., Smith, A.B.T., Smith, R., Smith-Pardo, A.H., Sparks, J., Sterrer, W.E., Stroiński, A., Svavarsson, J., Toledo, M., Twomey, E., Vasudevan, K., Vences, M., Voogd, N. de, Wang, Q., Watson, G.W., Weiner, W.M., Weksler, M., Wesener, T., Whitmore, D., Wiklund, H., Williams, P.H., Winterton, S.L., Wood, T.S., Yen, S.-H., Zaher, H., Zhang, Z.-Q., Zhou, H.-Z. 2018. When the cure kills—CBD limits biodiversity research. Science 360 (6396): 1405–1406.
  87. Thomson, S., R.L. Pyle, S.T. Ahyong, M.A. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Ammirati, J.F. Araya, J.S. Ascher, T.L. Audisio, V.M. Azevedo-Santos, N. Bailly, W.J. Baker, M. Balke, M.V.L. Barclay, R.L. Barrett, R.C. Benine, J.R.M. Bickerstaff, P. Bouchard , R. Bour, T. Bourgoin, C.B. Boyko, A.S.H. Breure, D.J. Brothers, M.L. Buffington, J.W. Byng, D. Campbell, L.M.P. Ceríaco, I. Cernák, P. Cerretti, C.-H. Chang, S. Cho, J.M. Copus, M.J. Costello, A. Cseh, C. Csuzdi, A. Culham, G. D’Elía, C. d’Udekem d’Acoz, M.E. Daneliya , J.M. de Vos, R. Dekker, E.C. Dickinson, T.A. Dickinson, K.-D.B. Dijkstra, B. Dima, D.A. Dmitriev, L. Duistermaat, J.P. Dumbacher, W.L. Eiserhardt, T. Ekrem, N.L. Evenhuis, A. Faille, J.L. Fernández-Triana, E. Fiesler, M. Fishbein, B.G. Fordham, A.V.L. Freitas, N.R. Friol, U. Fritz, T. Frøslev, V.A. Funk, S.D. Gaimari, G.S.T. Garbino, M. Gardes, A.R.S. Garraffoni, J. Geml, A.C. Gill, A. Gray, F.G. Grazziotin, P. Greenslade, E.E. Gutiérrez, M.S. Harvey, C.J. Hazevoet, K. He, X. He, S. Helfer, K.M. Helgen, K. Heller, F. Hita Garcia, N. Holstein, M.K. Horváth, P.H. Hovenkamp, W.S. Hwang, J. Hyvönen, M.B. Islam, J.B. Iverson, M.A. Ivie, Z. Jaafar, M.D. Jackson, J.P. Jayat, N.F. Johnson, H. Kaiser, B.B. Klitgård, D.G. Knapp, J.-i. Kojima, U. Kõljalg, J. Kontschán, F.-T. Krell, I. Krisai-Greilhuber, S. Kullander, L. Latella, J.E. Lattke, V. Lencioni, G.P. Lewis, M.G. Lhano, N.K. Lujan, J.A. Luksenburg, J. Mariaux, J. Marinho-Filho, C.J. Marshall, J.F. Mate, M.M. McDonough, E. Michel, V.F.O. Miranda, M.-D. Mitroiu, J. Molinari, S. Monks, A.J. Moore, R. Moratelli, P.-A. Moreau, D. Murányi, T. Nakano, S.S. Nihei, J. Noyes, M. Ohl, N.H. Oleas, T. Orrell, B. Páll-Gergely, T. Pape, V. Papp, L.R. Parenti, D. Patterson, I.Ya. Pavlinov, R.H. Pine, P. Poczai, J. Prado, D. Prathapan, R.K. Rabeler, J.E. Randall, F.E. Rheindt, A.G.J. Rhodin, S.M. Rodríguez, D.C. Rogers, F. de O. Roque, K.C. Rowe, L.A. Ruedas, J. Salazar-Bravo, R.B. Salvador, G. Sangster, C.E. Sarmiento, D.S. Schigel, S. Schmidt, F.W. Schueler, H. Segers, N. Snow, P.G.B. Souza-Dias, R. Stals, S. Stenroos, R.D. Stone, C.F. Sturm, , P. Štys, P. Teta, D.C. Thomas, R.M. Timm, B.J. Tindall, J.A. Todd, D. Triebel, A.G. Valdecasas, P.P. van Dijk, A.H. van Heteren, A. Vizzini, M.S. Vorontsova, P. Wagner, L. Watling, A. Weakley, F. Welter-Schultes, D. Whitmore, N. Wilding, K. Will, J. Williams, K. Wilson, J.E. Winston, W. Wüster, D. Yanega, D.K. Yeates, H. Zaher, G. Zhang, Z.-Q. Zhang, H.-Z. Zhou, C.-D. Zhu. 2018. Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLoS Biology 16(3): e2005075. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075
  88. Barriault, S., A.O. Soares, S.D. Gaimari & E. Lucas. 2019. Leucopis glyphinivora Tanasijtshuk (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), a new aphidophagous biocontrol agent; Development, survival and comparison with Aphidoletes aphidimyza Rondani (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 472–478. doi:10.1017/S0007485318000767.
  89. Alexiou, S. & S.D. Gaimari. 2020. Sapromyza bisigillata (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) – New record for Greece. Dipteron, Bulletin of the Dipterological Section of the Polish Entomological Society 36: 50–52. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4392865.
  90. Gaimari, S.D. 2020. Two new genera of Nearctic Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) associated with Cinara aphids (Hemiptera) on Pinus. Zootaxa 4852 (1): 061–082. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.1.3.
  91. Gaimari, S.D. & V.C. Silva. 2020. A conspectus of Neotropical Lauxaniidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea). Zootaxa 4862(1): 1–217. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4862.1.1.
  92. Korneyev, S.V., J.T. Smit, D.L. Hulbert, A.L. Norrbom, S.D. Gaimari, V.A. Korneyev & J.J. Smith. 2020. Phylogeny of the genus Tephritis Latreille, 1804 (Diptera: Tephritidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 78(1): 111-132. doi: 10.26049/ASP78-1-2020-05.
  93. Limeira-de-Oliveira, F., D.W.A. Marques, S.D. Gaimari & J.A. Rafael. 2020. A new genus and species of odiniids (Diptera: Odiniidae) from the canopy of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. Zootaxa 4801 (1): 164–170. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.8.
  94. Limeira-de-Oliviera, F., D.W.A. Marques, S.D. Gaimari & J.A. Rafael. 2020. Pauximyia, a new genus of Odiniidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae) with description of two new species from Brazil. Zootaxa 4728(2): 227–236. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4728.2.4.
  95. Wang, M., S.D. Gaimari & M. Xie. 2020. Chamaemyiidae. In: Yang, D., M. Wang, W. Li, et al. (eds), Species Catalogue of China. Volume 2 Animals. Insecta (VII) Diptera (3): Cyclorrhaphous Brachycera (i). Science Press, Beijing, pp 339-342.
  96. Zuijlen, J.W. van, M. von Tschirnhaus, P. van Wielink, J. van Erkelens, J. Roháček, R. van den Broek, A. van Eck, H. Huijbregts, I. Brake, S. Gaimari, E. Nartshuk, H. Meuffels, G. Bächli, L. van der Leij, T. Zatwarnicki, I. MacGowan, S. Prescher, M. Dempewolf & H. de Jong. 2020. Diptera-Brachycera (Vliegen). In: Wielink, P. van, R. Felix, J. van Kemenade, A. Mol, T. Peeters & G. Stooker (eds), De Kaaistoep, het best onderzochte stuk natuur in Nederland. KNNV-afd. Tilburg, Tilburg, pp. 361–366.
  97. Barr, N.B., M. Hauser, J. Belcher, D. Salinas, E. Schuenzel, P. Kerr & S. Gaimari. 2021. Use of ITS-1 to identify Bactrocera dorsalis and B. occipitalis (Diptera: Tephritidae): a case study using flies trapped in California from 2008 to 2018. Florida Entomologist 104(2): 96–106. doi: 10.1653/024.104.0205.
  98. Flores, H.F., G. Pirani, S.D. Gaimari & D.S. Amorim, 2021. Two new species of Neotraginops Prado from Costa Rica and Brazil (Diptera: Odiniidae: Traginopinae). Zootaxa 5048(2): 176–190. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5048.2.2.
  99. Gaimari, S.D. 2021. 76. Chamaemyiidae (Silver flies). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J., eds, Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 3. Brachycera—Cyclorrhapha, excluding Calyptratae. Suricata 8. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 1791–1814 pp.
  100. Gaimari, S.D. 2021. 83. Odiniidae (Odiniid flies). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J., eds, Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 3. Brachycera—Cyclorrhapha, excluding Calyptratae, Suricata 8. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 1885–1901 pp.
  101. Gaimari, S.D. & N.P. Havill. 2021. A new genus of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) predacious on Adelgidae (Hemiptera), with a key to chamaemyiid species associated with Pinaceae-feeding Sternorrhyncha. Zootaxa 5067 (1): 1–39. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5067.1.1.
  102. Gaimari, S.D., & R.M. Miller. 2021. 74. Lauxaniidae (Lauxaniid flies). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J., eds, Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 3. Brachycera—Cyclorrhapha, excluding Calyptratae, Suricata 8. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 1757–1781 pp.
  103. Gaimari, S.D., & R.M. Miller. 2021. 75. Celyphidae (Beetle flies). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J., eds, Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 3. Brachycera—Cyclorrhapha, excluding Calyptratae, Suricata 8. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 1783–1790 pp.
  104. Korneyev, S.V., D.L. Hancock, M. Hauser, V.A. Korneyev & S.D. Gaimari. 2021. A new species of the genus Themarictera Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae: Phytalmiinae: Acanthonevrini) from Madagascar. Zootaxa 4996(2): 383–391. doi: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.2.12.
  105. Tôrres, A., J.A. Rafael, S.D. Gaimari & F. Limeira-de-Oliveira. 2021. Revision of the genus Lopesiodinia Prado, 1973 (Diptera: Odiniidae) with description of three new species, and a key to the extant Neotropical genera and species of Traginopinae. Zootaxa 5052(3): 332–352. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.3.2.
  106. Whitmore, D., S.D. Gaimari, S.S. Nihei, N.L. Evenhuis, O. Kurina, C.J. Borkent, B.J. Sinclair, J.E. O’Hara, Z.-Q. Zhang, J.K. Moulton, G.C. Ribeiro, D.J. Bickel, W. Giłka, T. Andersen, B. Rossaro, A.E. Whittington, C.J.E. Lamas, K. Heller, C. Kehlmaier, G.W. Courtney, P.H. Kerr & V. Blagoderov. 2021. Twenty years of Dipterology through the pages of Zootaxa. Zootaxa 4979(1): 166-189. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.17.

Editor

  1. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2006 (2002-2005). California Plant Pest and Disease Report 22: 1-76. [open access]
  2. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2007 (2006). California Plant Pest and Disease Report 23: 1-117. [open access]
  3. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2008 (2007). California Plant Pest and Disease Report 24: 1-119. [open access]
  4. Gaimari, S.D. & M. O'Donnell (Editors). 2011 (2008-2009). California Plant Pest and Disease Report 25: 1-108. [open access]
  5. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2008. Fly Times 40: 1–28. [open access]
  6. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2008. Fly Times 41: 1–22. [open access]
  7. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2009. Fly Times 42: 1–57. [open access]
  8. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2009. Fly Times 43: 1–38. [open access]
  9. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2010. Fly Times 44: 1–28. [open access]
  10. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2010. Fly Times 45: 1–44. [open access]
  11. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2011. Fly Times 46: 1–60. [open access]
  12. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2011. Fly Times 47: 1–58. [open access]
  13. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2012. Fly Times 48: 1–69. [open access]
  14. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2012. Fly Times 49: 1–101. [open access]
  15. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2013. Fly Times 50: 1–59. [open access]
  16. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2013. Fly Times 51: 1–63. [open access]
  17. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2014. Fly Times 52: 1–44. [open access]
  18. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2014. Fly Times 53: 1–84. [open access]
  19. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2015. Fly Times 54: 1–47. [open access]
  20. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2015. Fly Times 55: 1–74. [open access]
  21. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2016. Fly Times 56: 1–59. [open access]
  22. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2016. Fly Times 57: 1–44. [open access]
  23. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2017. Fly Times 58: 1–53. [open access]
  24. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2017. Fly Times 59: 1–81. [open access]
  25. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2017. Fly Times Supplement 1: 1–62. [open access]
  26. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2018. Fly Times 60: 1–91 [open access].
  27. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2018. Fly Times 61: 1–76. [open access]
  28. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2018. Fly Times Supplement 2: 1–102. [open access]
  29. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2018. Fly Times Supplement 3: 1–193. [open access]
  30. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2019. Fly Times 62: 1–77. [open access]
  31. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2019. Fly Times 63: 1–76. [open access]
  32. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2020. Fly Times 64: 1–116. [open access]
  33. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2020. Fly Times 65: 1–102. [open access]
  34. Gaimari, S.D. (Editor). 2021. Fly Times 63: 1–72. [open access]

Non-Refereed Publications (Chronological)

  1. Gaimari, S.D. 1991. Use of silver flies (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) for biological control of homopterous pests. Proceedings of the Washington State Entomological Society 53: 947-950.
  2. Gaimari, S.D. 1992. An overview of predation in the Diptera. Proceedings of the Washington State Entomological Society 54: 967-972.
  3. Gaimari, S.D. 1994. Morphology of the immature stages of Leucopis spp. (Chamaemyiidae). Abstracts, 3rd International Congress of Dipterology, Guelph, Canada, pp 68-69.
  4. Gaimari, S.D. 1994. Puparial survival of Leucopis (Chamaemyiidae) after exposure to harsh conditions. Fly Times 13: 8-9.
  5. Gaimari, S.D., & M.E. Irwin. 1998. Systematics and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Therevidae). Abstracts, 4th International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, pp 58-59.
  6. Gaimari, S.D., M.E. Irwin, & G.E. Kampmeier. 1998. Importance of collections and specimen level databases for Dipterological research. Abstracts, 4th International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, pp 59-60.
  7. Gaimari, S.D., & F.C. Thompson. 2000. Updates from Washington. Fly Times 24. [freely available]
  8. Gaimari, S.D., & M.E. Irwin. 2000. [0502] Systematics and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). Abstracts Book I, 21st International Congress of Entomology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, p. 127.
  9. Fisher, E.M., & S.D. Gaimari. 2002. Simplified digital photography for museum studies. Abstracts, 5th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia, p. 68.
  10. Gaimari, S.D. 2002. Aiming for a phylogenetic classification of the Lauxanioidea. Abstracts, 5th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia, pp 76-77.
  11. Gaimari, S.D. 2006. One less acalyptrate family? The status of Eurychoromyiidae. Abstracts, 6th International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan, pp 80-81.
  12. Gaimari, S.D., & M.S. Anderson. 2006. Raman-atomic force microscopy revealing nanometer-scale morphology and spectro-chemistry of the ommatidial surfaces of Dipteran compound eyes. Abstracts, 6th International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan, pp 82-83.
  13. Gaimari, S.D. 2008. Introductory note from the Editor & An Ode to Minettia flaveola. Fly Times 40: 2.
  14. Orozco, D., & S.D. Gaimari. 2008. HMDS (hexamethyldisilizane) Protocol. CDFA Plant Pest Diagnostics website.
  15. Gaimari, S.D. 2009. Owen Lonsdale – new Collections Manager at the CNC. Fly Times 43: 22.
  16. Gaimari, S.D. 2009. Request for material of adelgid-feeding Chamaemyiidae. Fly Times 42: 25-26.
  17. Gaimari, S. 2010. Announcing the retirement of Laszlo Papp. Fly Times 45: 10.
  18. Gaimari, S.D. 2010. Second request for material of adelgid-feeding Chamaemyiidae. Fly Times 44: 8.
  19. Gaimari, S., & N. Havill. 2010. Phylogeny of the adelgid-feeding Leucopini (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). Abstracts, 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San Jose, Costa Rica, p 85.
  20. Gaimari, S., & R.M. Miller. 2010. Overview of Afrotropical Lauxanioidea. Abstracts, 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San Jose, Costa Rica, p 86.
  21. Gaimari, S.D., N.P. Havill, J. Klein & A. Caccone. 2010. Phylogeny of the adelgid-feeding Leucopini (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae): Developing tools to enhance adelgid biological control. Pages 155-156, in Onken, B., & R. Reardon (comp.), Fifth Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in the Eastern United States. USDA Forest Service, Washington DC. 222 pp.
  22. Pape, T., M. Kotrba & S.D. Gaimari. 2010. A Society for all Dipterists!? Fly Times 45: 2-3.
  23. Ülgentürk, S., F. Szentkıralyı, S. Gaimari, N. Uygun, A. Saboori, S. Seven, O. Dursun & S.H. Civelek. 2010. Predators of Marchalina hellenica Genn. (Hemiptera: Marchalinidae) on Turkish pine in Turkey. Book of Abstracts, XII International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies, Chania, Crete, Greece, pp 58-59.
  24. Winterton, S.L., B.M. Wiegmann, S.D. Gaimari, M. Hauser, H.N. Hill, K.C. Holston, M.E. Irwin, C.L. Lambkin, M.A. Metz, D.W. Webb, L. Yang & D.K. Yeates. 2010. Phylogeny of the therevoid clade (Asiloidea: Therevidae, Scenopinidae, Apsilocephalidae, Evocoidae): a really, really big molecular matrix approach. Abstracts, 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San Jose, Costa Rica, p 275.
  25. Gaimari, S.D. 2011. Announcing the publication of Volume 2, Manual of Central American Diptera. Fly Times 46: 22.
  26. Gaimari, S.D. 2011. Request for just a few more Chamaemyiidae! Fly Times 46: 22-24.
  27. Gaimari, S.D. 2012. Our friend and colleague, Donald Wayne Webb, passed away, 12 July 1939 – 5 September 2012. Fly Times 49: 65-67.
  28. Gaimari, S.D. 2013. Rob Cannings Retires, Curator of Entomology, Royal British Columbia Museum, 1980-2012. Fly Times 50: 9-10.
  29. Hauser, M., & S.D. Gaimari. 2014. Madagascar made easy: Arthropod research, surveys, ecotourism and filming. Fly Times 53: 9–10.
  30. Gaimari, S.D. 2017. Macquart and Meigen collections at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Fly Times 59: 50.
  31. Gaimari, S.D. & J. O’Hara. 2017. C.P. Alexander award. Fly Times 58: 1-2.
  32. Gaimari, S.D. 2018. An inordinate fondness for dipterists. Fly Times 60: 34.
  33. Gaimari, S.D. 2018. Further ponderings. Fly Times Supplement 3: 4–6.
  34. Gaimari, S.D. 2018. Tables of Contents, General Indexes, Taxonomic Indexes. Fly Times Supplement 3: 7–192.
  35. Gaimari, S.D. 2018. The family Celyphidae in the New World and remarks on the world genera. Abstracts, 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, Namibia, p 83.
  36. Limeira-de-Oliveira, F., D.W.A. Marques, S.D. Gaimari, G.A. Reis & J.A. Rafael. 2018. A taxonomic study of Odinia Robineau-Desvoidy (Odiniidae), with the description of eleven new species from Brazil. Abstracts, 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, Namibia, p 157.
  37. Limeira-de-Oliveira, F., G.A. Reis & S.D. Gaimari. 2018. Revealing odiniid diversity (Odiniidae) with the discovery of thirteen new species of Helgreelia Gaimari from Brazil. Abstracts, 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, Namibia, p 158.
  38. Mendes, L.L., M. Hauser, S.D. Gaimari, J.A. Rafael & F. Limeira-de-Oliveira. 2018. New species and records of Ataenogera Kröber (Therevidae: Phycusinae) from Brazil. Abstracts, 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, Namibia, p 183.
  39. Evenhuis, N.L., & Gaimari, S.D. 2019. “How Time Flies, Celebrating the 80th birthday of Dr. John C. Deeming”. Fly Times 62: 42.
  40. Gaimari, S.D. 2019. Ashley Kirk-Spriggs relocated to the Natural History Museum, London. Fly Times 62: 11.
  41. Gaimari, S.D., & Evenhuis, N.L. 2020. A preliminary list of serial publications on Diptera (past and present). Fly Times 65: 21–44.
  42. Winterton, S.L., & Gaimari, S.D. 2020. 10th International Congress of Dipterology (ICDX). Fly Times 65: 74.
  43. Gaimari, S.D. 2020. A reboot of the 'Books and Publications' section. Fly Times 65: 81–82.
  44. Gaimari, S.D. & J. O’Hara. 2021. A historical look at the web presence of the North American Dipterists Society. Fly Times 66: 18–22.
  45. Gaimari, S.D. 2021. Directory of World Dipterists. Fly Times 66: 24–25.
  46. Winterton, S.L., & Gaimari, S.D. 2021. 10th International Congress of Dipterology (ICDX). Fly Times 66: 66–67.

Grants

  • 2020–2021, USDA, PPA 7721 grant # AP20PPQFO000C410, PI (with Co-PI Martin Hauser), $267,150, “Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)” [renewal]
  • 2019–2020, USDA, PPA 7721 (formerly Farm Bill) grant # AP19PPQFO000C536, PI (with Co-PI Martin Hauser), $196,283, “Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)” [renewal]
  • 2018–2019, USDA, Farm Bill grant # AP18PPQFO000C422, PI (with Co-PI Martin Hauser), $212,978, “Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)” [renewal]
  • 2017–2018, USDA, Farm Bill grant #AP17PPQFO000C421, PI (with Co-PI Martin Hauser), $196,801, “Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)” [renewal]
  • 2016–2017, USDA, Farm Bill grant #16-8506-1494-CA, PI (with Co-PI Martin Hauser), $222,143, “Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)” [renewal]
  • 2015–2016, USDA, Farm Bill grant #15-8506-1494-CA, PI (with Co-PI Martin Hauser), $210,028, “Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)” [renewal]
  • 2015, USDA, Specialty Crops Block Grants program, CDFA# SCB12074, PI, $63,017, “Acquisition of stereo and compound microscopy for specialty crop pest and disease identification training”
  • 2014-2015, USDA, Farm Bill grant #14-8506-1494-CA, PI (with Co-PI Martin Hauser), $135,034, “Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)” [renewal]
  • 2013-2014, USDA, Farm Bill grant #13-8506-1494-CA, PI (with Co-PI Martin Hauser), $138,105, “Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)” [renewal]
  • 2013, USDA, Specialty Crops Block Grants program, CDFA# SCB10072, PI, $39,062, “Acquisition of stereo and compound microscopy for specialty crop pest and disease identification training”
  • 2012-2013, USDA, Farm Bill grant #12-8506-1494-CA, PI (with Co-PI Martin Hauser), $137,229, “Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)” [renewal]
  • 2011-2012, USDA, Farm Bill grant #11-8520-1494-CA, PI (with Co-PI Martin Hauser), $100,000, “Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)”
  • 2010-2015, NSF-BRC program DBI#0956327, PI (with Co-PI Chuck Bellamy), $218,054, “Collaborative Research: CalBug, an interactive database using arthropods to examine impacts of climate change and habitat modification” [collaborative proposal with UC Berkeley, UC Davis, California Academy of Science, San Diego Natural History Museum]
  • 2009-2011, USDA, Specialty Crops Block Grants program, CDFA# SCB18488, PI, $277,314, “Acquisition of a Variable-Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope (VPSEM) to enhance diagnostics of pests affecting Specialty Crops”
  • 2009-2011, USDA, Specialty Crops Block Grants program, CDFA# SCB08008, PI, $119,785, “Enhancing identification of agromyzid leaf-miners threatening California’s specialty crops”
  • 2009-2010, USDA, Forest Service grant, Co-PI (PI Adalgisa Caccone), $74,455, “Advancing biological control of the hemlock woolly adelgid: morphological and molecular systematics of adelgid-feeding Leucopini (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) and genetic tools to optimize their release and monitor establishment”
  • 2007-2011, National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology program DEB#0614213, PI (with Co-PI Shaun Winterton), $104,048, “Systematics of the Window Flies (Diptera: Scenopinidae)”
  • 2003-2007, USDA, Specialty Crops program, CDFA#806052, PI, $332,500, “A multi-faceted study of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of economic importance to California”
  • 2000-2005, National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology program DEB#0075206, PI, $235,000, “Systematics of the Lauxanioidea (Insecta: Diptera)”
  • 2000, Research Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, $40,000
  • 1999, CanaColl Foundation, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, $400
  • 1999, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, $29,500
  • 1995, Research and Travel Grant, The Dipterology Fund, McGill University, CN$1000
  • 1994, Research Support Grant, Francis M. and Harlie M. Clark Foundation, School of Life Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, $1250
  • 1994, Travel Assistance Grant, Sigma Xi, University of Illinois Chapter $200
  • 1993-1995, Conference Travel and Special Projects Grants, Graduate College, University of Illinois, Urbana, $825
  • 1992, Carl A. Johansen Scholarship, Washington State Entomological Society, $500
  • 1990-1993, Travel and Research Grants, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, $970

Travel - Museums

  • Australia: Australian Museum, Sydney (2002); Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra (2002); Queensland Museum, Brisbane (1995, 2002); University of Queensland Insect Collection, Brisbane (1995, 2002); Western Australian Museum, Perth (2008)
  • Austria: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (1996, 2002)
  • Bolivia: Museo de Historia Natural “Noel Kempff Mercado”, Santa Cruz (2000); Colección Boliviana de Fauna, La Paz (2001, 2004)
  • Brazil: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Collection, Belo Horizonte, (1993); Museu de Zoologia de Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba (2000)
  • Canada: Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa (1994, 1999, 2011); University of Guelph Insect Collection, Guelph (1994)
  • China: China Agricultural University Collection, Beijing (2012); Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology, Beijing (2012); Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University Collection, Hangzhou (2012)
  • Costa Rica: La Selva (2003); INBio, Santo Domingo (2000, 2003, 2010)
  • England: Hope Entomological Collection, Oxford (1998); The Natural History Museum, London (1996, 1997, 2002)
  • Fiji: Ministry of Primary Industries, Koronivia Research Station, Nausori, Viti Levu (2006)
  • France: Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (1996, 2002, 2017)
  • Guatemala: Universidade del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City (1997)
  • Hungary: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest(2002)
  • Japan: National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba (2006); Osaka Museum of Natural History, Osaka (2006)
  • Russia: Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg (1996)
  • United States: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (1994); American Museum of Natural History, New York (1994, 2000, 2001); Bishop Museum, Honolulu (2004); Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis (1994, 2001-present local); California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (1994, 2000, 2001-present local); Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh (1994); Cornell University Insect Collection, Ithaca (1994); Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley (1994, 2001-present local); Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (1996, 1997, 1998, 2008); Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville (2002); Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana (1993-1998 in residence, 1999); L.A. County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles (1994, 2001, 2002); Louisville University Insect Collection, Louisville (1996); M.T. James Entomological Collection, Washington State University, Pullman (1990-1993 in residence); Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge (1994, 2016); North Carolina State University Insect Collection, Raleigh (1997); Ohio State University Museum of Biodiversity, Columbus (1994); Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara (2000); National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC (1994, 1998, 1999-2001 in residence, 2006, 2007, 2008); University of California, Riverside, Teaching and Research Collection (1994); W.F. Barr Entomological Museum, University of Idaho, Moscow (1990-1993 local)
  • Vietnam: Vietnamese Academy of Sciences, Hanoi (2012)

Field Collecting Expeditions for Diptera

  • Australia: Queensland (1995, 2013), New South Wales (1995, 2002), Western Australia (2008)
  • Brazil: Minas Gerais (1993: 4 months), Rio de Janeiro (1993); Paraná (2000)
  • Bolivia (2000, 2001, 2004)
  • China: Zhejiang Province (2012)
  • Costa Rica (2000, 2003, 2013)
  • Fiji (2006)
  • Ghana (2014)
  • Guatemala (1997)
  • Madagascar (2014)
  • Malaysia: Sabah (Borneo) (2011, 2013)
  • Saint Lucia (2009)
  • South Africa: Cape Province (1996)
  • United States: Arizona (1995, 2007, 2010); California (2001-present in residence): San Gabriel Mountains (1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2011); Colorado (1996, 2011); Florida (1992, 2000, 2002); Idaho (1990-1993 in residence); Illinois (1993-1998 in residence); Nebraska: North Platte River basin (1992, 1993, 1994, 2007); New Hampshire (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007); New Mexico (1995, 1996, 2007, 2010, 2011); North Carolina (1997): Great Smokey Mountains, ATBI (1999); Oregon (1990, 1991, 1992); Tennessee (1999); Texas (1995); Utah (2011); Virginia (1999-2001 in residence); Washington (1990-1993 in residence)
  • Vietnam (2012)

Participation in Scientific Meetings

  • American Association of Zoological Nomenclature, Annual meeting [2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017]
  • Diptera Synthesis meeting, Biodiversity Synthesis Center (BioSynC), Encyclopedia of Life (EoL) [2008 (Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois)]
  • Diptera Taxonomic Working Group meeting, INBio, Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica [2000]
  • Entomological Collections Network, Annual meetings [1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011]
  • Entomological Society of America, Annual meetings [1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007]
  • Entomological Society of Washington, monthly meetings [1998-2001]
  • Exotic Fruit Fly Research Symposium [2001 (6th – Tampa, Florida), 2005 (8th – Riverside, California)]
  • International Cooperative Biodiversity Group, Indonesia, Advisory Board and Project meetings [2011, 2013 (Davis, California)]
  • International Congresses of Dipterology [1994 (3rd – Guelph, Ontario, Canada), 1998 (4th – Oxford, UK), 2002 (5th – Brisbane, Australia), 2006 (6th – Fukuoka, Japan), 2010 (7th – San Jose, Costa Rica), 2018 (9th – Windhoek, Namibia)]
  • International Congresses of Entomology [2000 (21st – Iguassu Falls, Brazil) ]
  • Linnean Society of London, Annual meeting [2016 (Arnold Arboretum, Boston, Massachusetts)]
  • Meeting on Identification Tools for Tephritid Fruit Fly Pests [2012 (1st – USDA-CPHST, Mission, Texas), 2016 (2nd – CDFA-PPD, Sacramento, California), 2021 (3rd – USDA-CPHST, Mission, Texas, via Zoom]
  • Mexican Fruit Fly Science Advisory Panel, Valley Center, California [2003]
  • Missouri Botanical Garden Annual Systematics Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri [1998 (45th)]
  • National Academy of Sciences' Sackler Colloquium, In the Light of Evolution II: Biodiversity and Extinction, Irvine, California [2007]
  • National Plant Diagnostics Network [2007 (Orlando, Florida), 2009 (Miami, Florida), 2011 (Berkeley, California)]
  • National Science Foundation – PEET meeting [1998 (2nd – Woods Hole, Massachusetts), 2000 (3rd – Washington, DC), 2007 (6th – Athens, Georgia)]
  • North American Dipterists’ Society, field meeting [1999 (Great Smoky Mountains), 2009 (northern California)]
  • Pacific Coast Entomological Society, monthly meetings [2001-present]
  • Symposium on Diptera, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil [2000]
  • Therevidae/PEET annual meetings, Urbana, Illinois [1996, 1997, 1998, 1999]
  • Washington State Entomological Society, annual meetings, Washington [1990, 1991, 1992, 1993]
  • Western Plant Diagnostic Network, annual meeting [2004 (Davis, California), 2007 (Chandler, Arizona), 2020 (Tucson, Arizona)]
  • Willi Hennig Society, meeting [1995 (14th – College Station, Texas)]

Invited Presentations (chronological)

  • 1993, Life history and morphology of immature stages in Leucopis (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). [Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil]
  • 1995, Another look at the phylogeny of the Chamaemyiidae (Diptera). [ESA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV]
  • 1997, Using cladistic methodology for phylogeny estimation and zoological classification, using an example from the Diptera (Insecta). [Department of Quantitative Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana]
  • 1998, Importance of collections and specimen level databases for dipterological research. (authors: S.D. Gaimari, M.E. Irwin, & G.E. Kampmeier). [4th International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England]
  • 1999, Systematic relationships among cycloteline stiletto flies (Diptera: Therevidae), and the underlying biogeographical history. [Department of Entomology seminar series, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC]
  • 2000, Stiletto flies: On the cutting edge of Dipteran biosystematics. [job interview seminar, Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA]
  • 2000, Stiletto flies: On the cutting edge of Dipteran biosystematics. [job interview seminar, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY]
  • 2000, Aiming for a phylogenetic classification of the Lauxanioidea (Acalyptratae). [Symposium on Diptera, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil]
  • 2000, Stiletto flies: On the cutting edge of Dipteran biosystematics. [job interview seminar, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, CA]
  • 2001, Searching for the elusive broad-headed fly, Eurychoromyia mallea (Diptera: Eurychoromyiidae). [Entomological Society of Washington seminar series, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC]
  • 2002, Simplified digital photography for museum work. (authors: E.M. Fisher & S.D. Gaimari) [5th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia]
  • 2003, The enigmatic Lauxanioidea (Diptera). [Department of Entomology seminar series, University of California, Davis, CA]
  • 2004, An enigmatic group of acalyptrate Diptera. [Northern California Entomological Club meeting, Davis, CA]
  • 2005, Evolutionary relationships of the enigmatic superfamily Lauxanioidea (Insecta: Diptera). [CDFA-PPD seminar series, Sacramento, CA]
  • 2006, Dipterology in an island paradise: Trekking through Fiji looking for lauxaniid flies. [CDFA-PPD seminar series, Sacramento, CA]
  • 2006, One less acalyptrate family? The status of Eurychoromyiidae. [6th International Congress of Dipterology (Symposium on Taxonomy), Fukuoka, Japan]
  • 2006, Raman-atomic force microscopy revealing nanometer-scale morphology and spectro-chemistry of the ommatidial surfaces of Dipteran compound eyes (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.S. Anderson). [6th International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan]
  • 2007, Minettia flaveola and it's kin. [ESA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA]
  • 2007, One less acalyptrate family? The status of Eurychoromyiidae. [Dept. Entomology Seminar Series, Univ. California, Davis, CA]
  • 2007, The PEET program, or How did I get here? [6th National Science Foundation PEET meeting (Symposium: Where are they now?), Athens, GA]
  • 2007, The Wonderful World of Lauxanioidea (Insecta: Diptera), or Minettia flaveola and it's kin. [CDFA-PPD seminar series, Sacramento, CA]
  • 2007, The Wonderful World of Lauxanioidea (Insecta: Diptera), or Minettia flaveola and it's kin. [Presidential Address, Pacific Coast Entomological Society, San Francisco, CA]
  • 2009, A dipterist's trek through Western Australia. [CDFA-PPD seminar series, Sacramento, CA]
  • 2009, A dipterist's trek through Western Australia. [Northern California Entomological Society, Sacramento, CA]
  • 2009, Taxonomic identification and its relationship to systematic research: A few comments on the applied side of things. [Bay Area Biosystematists, Berkeley, CA]
  • 2010, An overview of Afrotropical Lauxanioidea. (authors: S.D. Gaimari & R.M. Miller) [7th International Congress of Dipterology (Symposium: Advances in Afrotropical Dipterology), San Jose, Costa Rica]
  • 2011, Review of Pest Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae, Drosophilidae) Detected in California from 2005 to Present (authors: M. Hauser & S.D. Gaimari) [Colloquium on Plant Pests of Regulatory Significance, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL]
  • 2012, Fruit Fly Programs in California (authors: S. Gaimari, M. Hauser, K. Hoffman, P. Kerr & J. Leathers). [1st Meeting on Identification Tools for Tephritid Fruit Fly Pests, USDA-CPHST, Mission, TX]
  • 2012, Molecular phylogeny of Anastrepha (authors: P.H. Kerr, A.L. Norrbom, S.D. Gaimari, P.W. Woods & C. Korytkowski) [1st Meeting on Identification Tools for Tephritid Fruit Fly Pests, USDA-CPHST, Mission, TX]
  • 2012, The Wonderful World of Lauxanioid Flies (Insecta: Diptera), and the Solution to a 100 year old Mystery. [Omicron Theta Epsilon Seminar Series, California State University, Chico, CA]
  • 2012, Solution to a 100 year old Mystery. [China Agricultural University, Beijing, China]
  • 2012, South East Asia – A fly’s perspective (authors: M. Hauser & S.D. Gaimari) [CDFA-PPD seminar series, Sacramento, CA]
  • 2013, The Continuing Saga of Flies in Southeast Asia (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M. Hauser) [CDFA-PPD seminar series, Sacramento, CA]
  • 2017, Adelges tsugae—where are we now? (authors: K.F. Wallin, T. Aronowitz, A.L. Arsenault-Benoit, S.D. Gaimari, N.P. Havill, A.E. Mayfield, K. Motley, D.W. Ross & M.C. Whitmore) [Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec-Montreal]

  • 2018, The family Celyphidae in the New World and remarks on the world genera [9th International Congress of Dipterology (Symposium: Developments in acalyptrate dipterology), Windhoek, Namibia]

Professional Presentations (chronological)

  • 1989, Feeding strategies of the Bermudan sea cucumber, Isostichopus badionotus (Selenka) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida). [Department of Biology, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts]
  • 1990, Historical use of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera) for biological control of sternorrhynchus homopterans. [Department of Entomology, University of Idaho, Moscow]
  • 1991, Life history studies of Leucopis spp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) attacking Russian wheat aphid in Washington. [ESA Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, section A, Student Competition]
  • 1991, Silver flies (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) in biological control of homopterous pests. [Washington State Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Pullman]
  • 1992, An overview of predation in the Diptera. [Washington State Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Puyallup]
  • 1992, Interactions between dipterous predators and their prey. [Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman]
  • 1992, Morphology of the immature stages of Leucopis spp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). [ESA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, section A, Student Competition]
  • 1992, The manzanita leafgall aphid, Tamalia coweni (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Aphididae), and its association with the predator Leucopis sp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.A. Valenti). [Washington State Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Puyallup]
  • 1993, Life history and morphology of the immature stages of Leucopis species (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) attacking Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia. [Department Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman]
  • 1993, Nesting of Ammophila gracilis Lepeletier, 1845 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Brazil. (authors: S.D. Gaimari & R.P. Martins). [ESA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, section Cd, Student Competition]
  • 1994, Atomic force microscopy of insect surface structures. (co-author M.A. Anderson). [ESA Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, section A student competition]
  • 1994, Morphology of the immature stages in the genus Leucopis (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). [3rd International Congress of Dipterology, Guelph, Ontario, Canada]
  • 1994, Should genetically engineered natural enemies be regulated in a manner different than other nonindigenous natural enemies? - Con position. [ESA Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, Student Debate]
  • 1996, The genus Ozodiceromyia Bigot and its relatives (Diptera: Therevidae). [1st NSF/PEET Therevidae working group annual meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana]
  • 1997, Phylogenetic and biogeographic history of the cycloteline Therevinae. [2nd NSF/PEET Therevidae working group annual meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana]
  • 1998, Phylogenetics and biogeography of a Laurasian group of Therevidae (Diptera). [exit seminar, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana]
  • 1998, Systematics and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.E. Irwin; poster). [2nd NSF/PEET Annual Meeting, Woods Hole, MA]
  • 1998, Systematics and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.E. Irwin; poster). [4th International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England]
  • 1998, Systematic studies by the therevid NSF/PEET group. (authors: S.D. Gaimari, K.C. Holston, M.E. Irwin, G.E. Kampmeier, M.A. Metz, & S.L. Winterton; poster). [2nd NSF/PEET Annual Meeting, Woods Hole, MA]
  • 1998, Update on the status of cycloteline therevids. [3rd NSF/PEET Therevidae working group annual meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana]
  • 2000, Systematics and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.E. Irwin; poster). [21st International Congress of Entomology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil]
  • 2002, Aiming for a phylogenetic classification of the Lauxanioidea (Acalyptratae). [5th International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia]
  • 2005, Neoleucopis kartliana, the major natural enemy of Marchalina hellenica: Morphology-Biology (authors: P.G. Milonas, C. Souliotis, & S.D. Gaimari; poster). [11th Panhellenic Entomological Congress, Plastira Lake, Greece]
  • 2006, Raman-atomic force microscopy revealing nanometer-scale morphology and spectro-chemistry of the ommatidial surfaces of Dipteran compound eyes (authors: S.D. Gaimari & M.S. Anderson; poster). [6th International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan]
  • 2007, California State Collection of Arthropods (CSCA). (authors: P.H. Kerr, C.L. Bellamy, & S.D Gaimari) [Entomological Collections Network Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA]
  • 2007, The value of connecting with the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) to taxonomic collections and specialists. (authors: A.C. Hodges & S.D Gaimari) [Entomological Collections Network Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA]
  • 2008, Molecular Phylogeny of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae). (authors: P.H. Kerr, A.L. Norrbom, S.D. Gaimari, P.W. Woods & C. Korytkowski; poster) [4th International Meeting on Taxonomy and Natural History of Tephritoidea. Knoxville, TN]
  • 2009, Review of pest flies (Diptera: Tephritidae, Drosophilidae) detected in California from 2004 to present. (authors: C. Estep, S. Gaimari, M. Hauser, K. Hoffman, P. Kerr & J. Leathers) [National Plant Diagnostics Network Annual Meeting, Miami, FL]
  • 2010, Phylogeny of the adelgid-feeding Leucopini (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). (authors: S.D. Gaimari & N.P. Havill; poster) [7th International Congress of Dipterology, San Jose, Costa Rica]
  • 2010, Phylogeny of the adelgid-feeding Leucopini (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae). (authors: S.D. Gaimari, N.P. Havill, Joanne Klein & Adalgisa Caccone; poster) [5th Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Symposium, Asheville, NC]
  • 2010, Predators of Marchalina hellenica Genn. (Hemiptera: Marchalinidae) on Turkish pine in Turkey. (authors: S. Ülgentürk, F. Szentkıralyı, S. Gaimari, N. Uygun, A. Saboori, S. Seven, O. Dursun & S.H. Civelek) [poster, 12th International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies, Chania, Crete, Greece]
  • 2011, Enhancing identification of the genus Melanagromyza from California (Diptera: Agromyzidae) (authors: L. Shi & S.D. Gaimari) [ESA Annual Meeting, Reno, NV]
  • 2014, Leucopis spp. (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) predators of hemlock woolly adelgid in the Pacific Northwest: Potential biological control agents in the eastern US (authors: D.W. Ross, G.R. Kohler, S.M. Grubin, S.D. Gaimari, N. Havill &K.F. Wallin) [poster, ESA Annual Meeting, Portland, OR]
  • 2015, Genetic Diversity of Bactrocera dorsalis Captures in California. (authors: Lisa Ledezma, Stephen Gaimari, David W. Bartels & Norman Barr) [poster, 69th Annual Meeting of the Subtropical Agriculture and Environments Society, Weslaco, TX]
  • 2016, Establishment, reproduction and impact of silver fly (Leucopis spp.) predators under field conditions near the leading edge of the HWA range in the eastern United States. (authors: K.F. Wallin, A.L. Arsenault-Benoit, S.D. Gaimari, N.P. Havill, A.E. Mayfield, D.W. Ross & M.C. Whitmore) [North American Forest Insect Work Conference, Washington DC]
  • 2017, Cryptic east-west divergence in two species of North American Leucopis (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) being evaluated for biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae: Hemiptera: Adelgidae) (authors: N. Havill & S.D. Gaimari) [poster, ESA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO]
  • 2017, Current status of silver flies as biocontrol agents of hemlock woolly adelgid in the eastern US (authors: D.W. Ross, K. Wallin, N. Havill, A. Mayfield, M. Whitmore, A. Rose & S.D. Gaimari) [ESA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO]
  • 2018, A taxonomic study of Odinia Robineau-Desvoidy (Odiniidae), with the description of eleven new species from Brazil (authors: F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, D.W.A. Marques, S.D. Gaimari, G.A. Reis & J.A. Rafael) [9th International Congress of Dipterology (Symposium: Developments in acalyptrate dipterology), Windhoek, Namibia]
  • 2018, Revealing odiniid diversity (Odiniidae) with the discovery of thirteen new species of Helgreelia Gaimari from Brazil (authors: F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, G.A. Reis & S.D. Gaimari; poster) [9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, Namibia]
  • 2018, New species and records of Ataenogera Kröber (Therevidae: Phycusinae) from Brazil (authors: L.L. Mendes, M. Hauser, S.D. Gaimari, J.A. Rafael & F. Limeira-de-Oliveira; poster) [9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, Namibia]
  • 2019, Characterizing intraspecific variation of the Internal Transcribed Spacer 1 (ITS1) in the fly Bactrocera dorsalis, an agricultural pest of fruits and vegetables (authors: D. Salinas, J. Parra, E. Schuenzel, P. Kerr, S. Gaimari, M. Hauser & N. Barr; poster) [73rd Annual Meeting, Subtropical Agriculture and Environments Society, Weslaco, Texas, USA]
  • 2019, Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis group): haplotypes intercepted in California 2008 – present (authors: P. Kerr, G. Parikh, S. Kinnee, S. Gaimari, M. Hauser & N. Barr) [100th Annual Conference, Western Plant Board, San Diego, California, USA]
  • 2020, New pest detections in California (authors: C. Blomquist & S. Gaimari) [Western Plant Diagnostics Network Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, USA]
  • 2020, California State Collection of Arthropods Fruit Flies Project: Goals, workflow and results (authors: S. Korneyev, M. Hauser & S. Gaimari) [Meeting on Tephritid Fruit Fly Pest Research, USDA, McAllen, Texas, USA (via Zoom)]

Academic Advisors

  • Wayne N. Mathis (postdoc, Smithsonian Institution)
  • Michael E. Irwin (Ph.D., University of Illinois)
  • William J. Turner (M.S., Washington State University)
  • Todd P. Livdahl (B.A., Clark University)

Academic Advisees/Committees

  • Chris Borkent (postdoc; joint CDFA/ University of California, Davis)
  • Scott Brooks (Ph.D., external thesis reviewer; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
  • Danielle DuCharme (M.S.; University of California, Davis)
  • Nate Hardy (Ph.D.; University of California, Davis)
  • Martin Hauser (postdoc; joint CDFA/ University of California, Davis)
  • Peter Kerr (postdoc; joint CDFA/ University of California, Davis)
  • Severyn Korneyev (current postdoc; joint CDFA/ University of California, Davis)
  • Owen Lonsdale (postdoc; joint CDFA/ University of California, Davis)
  • Li Shi (postdoc; joint CDFA/ University of California, Davis)
  • Cory Unruh (Ph.D.; University of California, Davis)
  • Meng-qing Wang (postdoc; joint CDFA/ University of California, Davis)

  • Andrew Young (postdoc; joint CDFA/ University of California, Davis)

Professional and Society Service

Manuscript reviewer

  • Acta Amazonica
  • African Entomology
  • African Invertebrates
  • African Journal of Agricultural Research
  • Annales Zoologici
  • Annals of the Entomological Society of America
  • Aquatic Insects
  • Australian Journal of Entomology
  • Biodiversity Data Journal
  • Biologia
  • Biological Control
  • Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana
  • Bulletin of Entomological Research
  • Bulletin of Insectology
  • Bulletin of the U.S. Geological Survey
  • Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
  • The Canadian Entomologist
  • Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of LA County)
  • CRC Press (book proposal review)
  • Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
  • Dipterists Digest
  • Dipteron, Bulletin of the Dipterological Section of the Polish Entomological Society
  • Encyclopedia of Insects (book)
  • Entomologica Americana
  • Entomologica Fennica
  • Entomological News
  • Environmental Entomology
  • European Journal of Entomology
  • European Journal of Taxonomy
  • Florida Entomologist
  • Great Lakes Entomologist
  • Insect Systematics & Evolution
  • Insects of Micronesia
  • Invertebrate Systematics
  • Israel Journal of Entomology
  • Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology
  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Journal of Entomological Research Society (Iran)
  • Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
  • Journal of Systematic Paleontology
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Neotropical Entomology
  • Organisms Diversity and Evolution
  • Oriental Insects
  • Palaeontologia Electronica
  • The Pan-Pacific Entomologist
  • Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
  • Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
  • Records of the Australian Museum
  • Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
  • Revue Suisse de Zoologie
  • Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
  • Studia Dipterologica
  • Systematic Entomology
  • Tidjshrift voor Entomologie
  • Vestnik Zoologii
  • Zookeys
  • Zoologia
  • Zootaxa

Professional Societies

  • American Association for Zoological Nomenclature
  • American Entomological Society
  • Bay Area Biosystematists
  • Entomological Collections Network
  • Entomological Society of America
  • Entomological Society of Washington
  • Linnean Society of London, Fellow (elected 2002)
  • New York Entomological Society
  • North American Dipterists Society
  • Pacific Coast Entomological Society
  • Southern Connection
  • Washington State Entomological Society

Honors and Honor Societies

  • 2018, 2nd Place, Diptera Photography Competition, 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, Namibia
  • 2002-present, Fellow, Linnean Society of London (elected, 2002)
  • 1994-1995, List of Excellent Teaching Assistants (Univ. Illinois, 2 semesters)
  • 1993, Sigma Xi
  • 1992, Phi Kappa Phi
  • 1992, 35th National Insect Photo Salon: 5 slide sequence displayed [ESA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD]
  • 1991, 34th National Insect Photo Salon: slide displayed [ESA Annual Meeting, Reno, NV]
  • Patronyms
    • Allometopon gaimarii Lonsdale (Diptera: Clusiidae)
    • Aulacigaster gaimarii Rung & Mathis (Diptera: Aulacigastridae)
    • Dohrniphora gaimarii Brown & Kung (Diptera: Phoridae)
    • Helgreelia gaimarii Filho, Esposito & Santos (Diptera: Odiniidae)
    • Homoneura stepheni Shi, Gao & Shen (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
    • Inpauema gaimarii Limeira, Marques, Reis & Rafael (Diptera: Odiniidae)
    • Laxotela gaimarii Winterton (Diptera: Therevidae)
    • Leucopis gaimarii Tanasijtshuk (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae)
    • Luzonomyza gaimarii Shi & Yang (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
    • Sobarocephala gaimarii Lonsdale & Marshall (Diptera: Clusiidae)

Miscellaneous Activities

  • 2018–present , Research Scientist Class Consolidation Workgroup, State of California
  • 2018, Ad hoc reviewer (Subject Matter Expert), USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Farm Bill proposals
  • 2017, Ad hoc reviewer (Subject Matter Expert), USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Farm Bill proposals
  • 2017, Panel Member: National Science Foundation, Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections program
  • 2015, Ad hoc reviewer: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Science and Technology Branch
  • 2015, Ad hoc reviewer: National Research Foundation, South Africa
  • 2010, Ad hoc reviewer (Subject Matter Expert), USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Farm Bill proposals
  • 2009, Ad hoc reviewer: National Research Foundation, South Africa
  • 2007-present, Researcher: International Center for Public Health & Environmental Research (PHER) (www.discoverlife.org)
  • 2007-2015, Web Team Member: California Department of Food & Agriculture
  • 2007-2010, Committee Member: California State Human Resources Modernization project
  • 2007-2009, Website Conversion Project team: California Department of Food & Agriculture (upgrading entire State web presence)
  • 2007, Panel Member: National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology program
  • 2007, Panel Member: “Where are they Now” Symposium, 6th NSF/PEET meeting, Athens, GA
  • 2006, Panel Member: National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants program
  • 2005-2008, CDFA Representative: Planning Committee for the Center for Biodiversity, University of California, Davis
  • 2005, Ad-hoc Reviewer: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Discovery Grants program
  • 2005, Judge: Student Competition for the President’s Prize, Section A, Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America
  • 2004-present, Scientific Core Contributor, The Tree of Life Web Project (www.tolweb.org), Lauxanioidea (all), Opomyzoidea (Odiniidae)
  • 2004-present, Ad-hoc Reviewer: National Science Foundation (programs: Biodiversity Inventories, Biological Research Collections, Systematic Biology, PEET, Phylogenetic Systematics)
  • 2000-present, Member: Diptera Taxonomic Working Group, Costa Rica
  • 2000-present, Team Member: Biosystematic Database of World Diptera (Lauxanioidea families)
  • 2000, Panel Member: Dissemination of Modern Monographic Products, 3rd NSF/PEET meeting, Washington, DC
  • 1999, Organizer/Moderator: Workshop on Careers in Systematics, 4th annual NSF/PEET Therevidae working group meeting, Urbana, IL
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