Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

Sam W. Heads
1816 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
MC–652
Phone: 217-359-7031   Fax: 217-398-5170
Email: swheads@illinois.edu
Title: Post Doctoral Research Associate
Office Location: Regency Associates

Research
Systematics and paleontology of Orthoptera, particularly Grylloidea; comparative biology, phylogeny and biogeography.

Professional
affiliations
Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society

Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

Officer of the Orthopterist's Society

Member, Palaeontological Association

Member, International Palaeoentomological Society

Selected
publications
Heads, S.W. 2009. A new pygmy mole cricket in Cretaceous amber from Burma (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae). Denisia 26: 75-82.

Heads, S.W. 2009. New pygmy grasshoppers in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. Denisia 26: 69-74.

Heads, S.W. 2008. The first fossil Proscopiidae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea) with comments on the historical biogeography and evolution of the family. Palaeontology 51: 499-507.

Heads, S.W. 2008. A new species of Yuripopovia from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight (Coleorrhyncha: Progonocimicidae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 21: 247-253.

Heads, S.W. & Lakin, C. 2008. A new katydid of the genus Phoebolampta from St Maarten (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 77: 257-266.



Education Ph.D. Entomology, University of Portsmouth, 2009

B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology, University of Portsmouth, 2004



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