Eugenio (Gino) Nearns, Ph.D.
National Taxonomist - Coleoptera
National Identification Services (NIS)
USDA APHIS PPQ
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
gino(AT)nearns.com
eugenio.h.nearns(AT)usda.gov
Curriculum vitae 
    
I am a systematist with broad entomological interests, although my research is focused on the worldwide biodiversity of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Longhorned beetles exhibit a remarkable diversity of biology and morphology, and many are important pests of agricultural and lumber products. Despite their economic importance and biological diversity, relatively little is known of longhorned beetle ecology, behavior, or phylogenetic relationships. My research program on Cerambycidae integrates traditional taxonomy (including new species discovery, systematic revisions, identification tool development, etc.), ecological and behavioral study (documentation of host plant associations, life history, behaviors, etc.), and modern phylogenetic investigations using all available data (e.g., morphological, molecular, and ecological).
I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with honors from the University of Florida's College of Fine Arts in May 1996 and a Master of Science degree from UF's Department of Entomology & Nematology in August 2006 (Branham Lab). In May 2013, I completed a Ph.D. from the Department of Biology, University of New Mexico (Kelly Miller Lab). My doctoral dissertation research was titled "Systematics of Longhorned Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)."
New species formally described with co-authors:
- Plectromerus lingafelteri Micheli & Nearns, 2005
- Plectromerus ramosi Micheli & Nearns, 2005
- Plectromerus grimaldii Nearns & Branham, 2005
- Plectromerus navassae Nearns & Steiner, 2006
- Curius chemsaki Nearns & Ray, 2006
- Atimiola rickstanleyi Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
- Ataxia hovorei Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
- Hormathus giesberti Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
- Drycothea indistincta Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
- Eburia pseudostigma Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
- Plectromerus giesberti Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus dezayasi Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus michelii Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus josephi Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus hovorei Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus morrisi Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus thomosi Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus turnbowi Nearns & Branham, 2008
- Plectromerus roncavei Nearns & Miller, 2009
- Hesycha tavakiliani Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Trestonia wappesi Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Neodillonia waltersi Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Monneoncideres cristata Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Tibiosioma martinsi Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Lesbates milleri Nearns & Swift, 2011
- Touroultia lordi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Touroultia swifti Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Peritrox marcelae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Jamesia ramirezi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Trestoncideres santossilvai Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Cylicasta mariahelenae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Lingafelteria giuglarisi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Psyllotoxus dalensi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Psyllotoxus faurei Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Trestonia solangeae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
- Oncideres aliciae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
- Oncideres barclayi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
- Oncideres bezarki Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
- Oncideres birai Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
- Oncideres brunaplanazae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
- Oncideres jodii Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
- Oncideres svachai Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
- Eclipta birai Bezark et al., 2015
- Prionus geminus Santos-Silva, Nearns, & Swift, 2016
- Clavidesmus egeri Nearns & Santos-Silva, 2016
- Oncideres tavakiliani Nearns & Santos-Silva, 2016
- Hesychotypa antonkozlovi Nearns & Nascimento, 2019
- Hesychotypa danilevskyi Nearns & Nascimento, 2019
- Lingafelteria pandolfii Nearns & Nascimento, 2019
- Oncideres antonkozlovi Nearns & Nascimento, 2019
- Oncideres erwini Nearns & Nascimento, 2019
- Oncideres johnmarvini Nearns & Nascimento, 2019
- Thomsonista antonkozlovi Nearns & Nascimento, 2019
- Lesbates chavesi Barros, Julio, & Nearns, 2019
- Neocherentes adrianoi Nearns & Monné, 2019
- Neocherentes pergeri Nearns & Monné, 2019
- Velozideres buntyni Nearns, 2019
- Peritrox shanebouchardi Nearns & Swift, 2020
- Strangalia lourdesae Nearns & Swift, 2020
- Strangalia yoryinethae Nearns & Swift, 2020
- Xylergates quinquetuberculatus Nascimento, Nearns, et al. 2020
- Trichonius w-notatus Nascimento, Nearns, et al. 2020
- Pseudobeta casariae Nascimento, Nearns, et al. 2020
- Xenofrea mariae Nascimento, Nearns, et al. 2020
- Tulcus santossilvai Pérez-Flores & Nearns, 2021
- Hesychotypa albofasciata Pérez-Flores & Nearns, 2021
- Periergates kenjii Nearns & Swift, 2022
- Crossomeles oscarcastilloi Nearns & Swift, 2022
- Crossomeles copei Nearns & Swift, 2022
- Eranina dariae Nearns, Swift, & Santos-Silva, 2023
- Pseudosparna dimitrisi Nearns, Swift, & Santos-Silva, 2023
- Pseudosparna marilenae Nearns, Swift, & Santos-Silva, 2023
- Oncideres schmiti Audureau & Nearns, 2023
A list of beetle species named in my honor:
- Cometes nearnsi Hovore & Santos-Silva, 2007 (Disteniidae)
- Glypthaga nearnsi Martins & Galileo, 2008 (Cerambycidae)
- Elytrimitatrix nearnsi Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2008 (Disteniidae)
- Elaphidion nearnsi Lingafelter, 2008 (Cerambycidae)
- Nesocyrtosoma nearnsi Hopp & Ivie, 2009 (Tenebrionidae)
- Psapharochrus nearnsi Martins & Galileo, 2010 (Cerambycidae)
- Stenolis nearnsi Monné, 2011 (Cerambycidae)
- Australodon nearnsi Escalona & Slipinski, 2011 (Cerambycidae)
- Oncideres nearnsi Audureau, 2012 (Cerambycidae)
- Aesa nearnsi Komiya & Drumont, 2013 (Cerambycidae)
- Recchia nearnsi Galileo, Santos-Silva, Le Tirant, 2015 (Cerambycidae)
- Malacoscylus nearnsi Monné & Monné, 2015 (Cerambycidae)
- Tigrinestola nearnsi Heffern & Santos-Silva, 2017 (Cerambycidae)
- Eclipta nearnsi Wappes & Santos-Silva, 2017 (Cerambycidae)
- Lophobothea nearnsi Monné, Monné, & Botero, 2017 (Cerambycidae)
- Eurysthea nearnsi Botero & Santos-Silva, 2017 (Cerambycidae)
- Rosalba nearnsi Santos-Silva & Galileo, 2018 (Cerambycidae)
- Piriana nearnsi Santos-Silva, Galileo, & McClarin, 2018 (Cerambycidae)
- Cacostola nearnsi Wappes & Santos-Silva, 2019 (Cerambycidae)
- Cyphogastra (s.str.) nearnsi Holynski, 2020 (Buprestidae)
- Bebelis nearnsi Santos-Silva, 2022 (Cerambycidae)
- Estola nearnsi Santos-Silva & Monné, 2023 (Cerambycidae)
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Biodiversity & Conservation in the Tropics, Costa Rica Study Abroad Course ENTM295 (May 2016)
Machu Picchu, Peru (January 2011)
Augosoma centaurus scarabs, Liberia, West Africa (1975)
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