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Maria Marta . Cigliano
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Email: mciglian@illinois.edu
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| Activities | Systematics, phylogenetics, biodiversity and biogeography of Neotropical Acridoidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) Custodian of the Orthoptera Species File Online |
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| Research |
Ongoing research projects include phylogenetic analyses and revisionary studies of the South American grasshopper subfamily Melanoplinae and Tristiridae family; biodiversity studies of grasshopper species from Argentina; studies on temporal variation of grasshopper communities from the Pampas, Argentina. |
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| Professional affiliations |
Society of Systematic Biologists. The Willi Hennig Society. Orthopterists' Society. Sociedad Entomologica Argentina. |
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| Selected publications |
Cigliano, M.M. & Amedegnato, C. 2010. Systematics, cladistic analysis and biogeographic considerations of the Andean genus Jivarus Giglio Tos (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Melanoplinae). Systematic Entomology.35:692-721. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00538.x Cigliano, M.M. & Lange, C.E. 2007. Systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the South American genus Chlorus (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Melanoplinae). Zoologica Scripta 36:241-254. Cigliano, M.M. Review of the South American genus Eurotettix Bruner (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Melanoplinae).2007.Systematic Entomology 32:176-195. Carbonell, C.S., Cigliano M.M. & Lange, C.E. 2006. Acridomorph (Orthoptera) species of Argentina and Uruguay/Especies de Acridomorfos (Orthoptera) de Argentina y Uruguay.Publications on Orthopteran Diversity.The Orthopterists’ Society at the Museo de La Plata, La Plata. http://140.247.119.225/OrthSoc/Images/books/Carbonell_CD/INDEX.HTM Colombo, P., M.M. Cigliano, A.S. Sequeira, C. E. Lange & V.A. Confalonieri . 2005. Phylogenetic relationships in Dichroplus Stål (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) inferred from molecular and morphological data: testing karyotype diversification. Cladistics 21: 375-389. Cigliano, M. M., and D. Otte 2003. Revisionary study of the Dichroplus maculipennis species group (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 129: 133-162. Torrusio, S., M. M. Cigliano, and M. L. de Wysiecki. 2002. Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and plant community relationships in the argentine pampas. Journal of Biogeography 29: 221-229. |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
President (2009-2013), The Orthopterists' Society, USA. | |||
| Education | PhD, La Plata National University, Argentina, 1987. MA, Zoology, La Plata National University, Argentina,1982. | |||
Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois
INRS State Scientific Surveys
