Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Don Webb
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-244-2154 Fax: 217-333-4949 Email: dwebb@inhs.uiuc.edu Title: Senior Professional Scientist / Insect Systematist Unit: DBEE–SBD Office Location: NRB | ||
| Activities | Systematics and ecology of Diptera and Mecoptera; biota of Illinois caves and springs; changing distribution patterns of Illinois winter stoneflies. Chair of Promotion Advisory Committee. |
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| Selected publications |
Webb, D. W., M. J. Wetzel, P. C. Reed, L. R. Phillippe, and T. C. Young. 1998. The macroinvertebrate biodiversity, water quality, and hydrogeology often karst springs in the Salem Plateau Section of Illinois, USA. Pages 39-48. In: L. Botosaneanu (ed.). Studies in Crenobiology - The biology of springs and springbrooks. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. 261 pp. Webb, D. W., L. M. Page, S. J. Taylor, and J. K. Krejca. 1998. The current status and habitats of the Illinois cave amphipod, Gammarus acherondytes Hubricht and Mackin (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 60(3):172-178. Webb, D. W. and M. E. Irwin. 1999. Revision of Tabuda Walker and Tabudamima Irwin and Lyneborg with the description of a new genus Incoxoverpa Webb and Irwin (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92(5): 644-674. Wiegmann, B. M., S. C. Tsaur, D. W. Webb, D. K. Yeates, and B. K. Cassel. 2000. Monophyly and relationships of the Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera) based on 28S ribosomal gene sequences. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93(5): 1031-1038. DeWalt, R. E., D. W. Webb, and T. N. Kompare. 2001 . The Perlesta placida (Hagen) complex (Plecoptera: Perlidae) in Illinois, new state records, distributions, and an identification key. Proceeding of the Entomological Society of Washington 103(1): 207-216. |
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| Education | Ph.D., Entomology, University of Illinois, 1981 Zoology, University of Toronto, 1963-1966 M.S., Zoology, University of Manitoba, 1963 B.S., Zoology, University of Manitoba, 1961 | ||