- Project Mantodea is a collaborative program to revise the classification of praying mantises (Mantodea) and is funded by a Revisionary Synthesis in Systematics (REVSYS) grant from the US National Science Foundation awarded to GJ Svenson (PI) and KB Miller (CoPI).
- This website is dedicated to providing project results and taxonomic resources to the broader community of researchers and the public.
Gavin J. Svenson, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator
| Research Associate Department of Biology Museum of Southwestern Biology University of New Mexico 167 Castetter Hall, MSC03 2020 Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 United States of America Contact: Email: gsvenson(AT)unm.edu [replace (AT) with @] |
Education |
Ph.D. 2007, Brigham Young University (Phylogenetics, Systematics, Entomology) B.S. 2002, Cornell University (Entomology) |
Appointments |
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Visiting Associate Professor, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris |
Research Focus |
My research is focused on mantodean phylogenetics, systematics, biogeography, and morphological evolution. Using phylogenetic methods, I aim to restructure Mantodea classification to reflect natural lineages. |
Fieldwork |
2011: Queensland (Australia) 2010: Dominican Republic, Nicaragua 2009: Cameroon, Borneo (Sarawak), Bolivia 2008: Madagascar, Papua New Guinea (New Ireland & Britain), Vanuatu, South Africa 2006: Zambia, Borneo (Sarawak), South Africa 2005: India, Peru, South Africa 2004: India (Assam & Western Ghats), Bolivia 2003: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Borneo (Sabah), West Malaysia, India 2002: Australia (Tasmania & Northern Territory) 2001: Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea (Central Highlands) |
Curriculum Vitae
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Publications
- Roy, R. & G.J. Svenson. Submitted. Revision of Platycalymma Westwood, 1889 and the synonymy of Ichromantis Paulian, 1957 (Mantodea, Iridopterygidae, Tropidomantinae). Zootaxa.
- Prete, F.R., J.L. Komito, S. Domínguez, G.J. Svenson, L.Y. López, A. Guillen, N. Bogdanivich. Accepted. Prey Recognition in Three Morphologically Distinct Species of Praying Mantis. Journal of Comparative Physiology A.
- Svenson, G.J. & R. Roy. 2011. Taxonomic treatment of the endemic Malagasy praying mantis genus Hyalomantis GIGLIO-TOS, 1915, with a new synonymy and the description of three new species (Mantodea, Iridopterygidae, Tropidomantinae). Zootaxa 2777: 1-24.
- Cryan, J.R., & G.J. Svenson. 2010. Family-Level Relationships of the Spittlebugs and Froghoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cercopoidea). Systematic Entomology 35(3): 393-415.
- Gullipalli, D., Arif, A., Aparoy, P., Svenson, G.J., Whiting, M.F, Reddanna, P., & A. Dutta-Gupta. 2010. Identification of a developmentally and hormonally regulated Delta-Class glutathione S-transferase in rice moth Corcyra cephalonica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 156: 33-39.
- Jensen, D.J., G.J. Svenson, H. Song, & M.F. Whiting. 2009. The phylogeny and evolution of the male genitalia within the praying mantis genus Tenodera (Dictyoptera, Mantodea). Invertebrate Systematics 23, 409-421.
- Svenson, G.J., & M.F. Whiting. 2009. Reconstructing the Origins of Praying Mantises (Dictyoptera, Mantodea): the roles of Gondwanan vicariance and morphological convergence. Cladistics 25, 468-514.
- Yager, D.D., & G.J. Svenson. 2008. Patterns of Praying Mantis Auditory System Evolution Based on Morphological, Molecular, Neurophysiological, and Behavioral Data. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 94: 541-568.
- Svenson, G.J., & M.A. Branham. 2007. PHOTININI LeConte, 1881 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and PHOTININAE Giglio-Tos, 1919 (Insecta, Mantodea): proposed resolution of homonymy between family-group names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 64 (4): 243-251.
- Roy, R., & G.J. Svenson. 2007. Revision of the genus Ceratomantis Wood-Mason (Dictyoptera, Mantodea). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 112 (4): 433-444.
- Svenson, G.J., & M.F. Whiting. 2004. Phylogeny of Mantodea based on molecular data: evolution of a charismatic predator. Systematic Entomology 29: 359-370.
- Dittmar K., M. L. Porter, L. Price, G.J. Svenson, & M. F. Whiting. 2004. Invertebrates of caves of peninsular Malaysia. Malaysian Nature Journal 57(2): 221-233.
- Svenson, G.J., & M.F. Whiting. In Klass, K.-D. (Hrsg.). 2003. Phylogeny of Mantodea based on molecular data: evolution of a charismatic predator. Proceedings of the 1st Dresden meeting on insect phylogeny: “Phylogenetic Relationships within the Insect Orders” (Dresden, September 19-21, 2004a); Entomol. Nacher., 61(2): 138; Dresden.
