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Vasily V. Grebennikov

University of Pretoria Postdoctoral Fellow

Taxonomic specialization: Larvae of Coleoptera

Main topics of my CV:

Contact Information:

Scarab Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural
Sciences, University of Pretoria, 0002, Pretoria, South Africa .

E-mail: vvgrebennikov@zoology.up.ac.za and v_grebennikov@mail.ru

Date and Place of Birth:

June 12, 1972, Volgograd, Russia

Education, Scientific Degrees:

  • 1999 Kandidatskaya Degree (Russian degree, whis is usually considered to be equal to Ph.D.), Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia. Thesis: "Larvae of the supertribe Trechitae (Coleoptera: Carabidae)." Supervisor: Professor Inessa Kh. Sharova.
  • 1994 Highest Education Diploma (again, Russian degree, believed to be something like Ms.S.), Rostov State University, Russia. Thesis: "Larvae of ground-beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from North-West Caucasus." Supervisor: Dr. Yury G. Arzanov.

Research Experience:

  • October 2000 - to present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa

  • March 2000 - October 2000: Research Entomologist, Department of Epidemiology, Rostov-on-Don Anti-Plague Research Institute, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

  • January 1999 - February 2000: Lecturer on Entomology, Rostov-on-Don Regional Ecological Center, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

  • November 1997 - December 1998: Predoctoral Fellow, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre (formerly Biosystematics Institute), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • 1994 - Oct. 1997: Research Assistant, Department of Zoology and Ecology, Moscow State Pedagogical University, Moscow, Russia

  • 1992 - 94: Attached Student, Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Sant-Petersburg, Russia

  • 1990-92: Field-worker, Rostov-on-Don Anti-Plague Research Institute, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Scientific Societies:

Publications:

abstracts:

  • Grebennikov V.V. 1995: Larvae of Bembidiini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Diagnosis of tribe and genera. 3-rd International Symposium of Carabidology: 24.

papers:

  • Grebennikov V.V. 1996: Description of the first instar larva of Thalassophilus longicornis (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechodina). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 60(4): 373-379.

  • Grebennikov V.V. 1996 (1997): Larvae of Bembidiini: subgenera Synechostictus and Pseudolimnaeum of the genus Bembidion and their taxonomic position (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 5(2): 263-272.

  • Grebennikov V.V. 1999: Larvae of Zolini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): genera Oopterus Meneville and Idacarabus Lea. The Coleopterists Bulletin 53(3): 245-252.

  • Grebennikov V.V. 1999: Larvae of Siagonitae (Coleoptera: Carabidae): genera Siagona and Enceladus. Koleopterologische Rundschau 69: 1-10.

  • Grebennikov V.V. & M.L. Luff 1998: Description of larvae of Aepopsis robini (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini). European Journal of Entomology 95(4): 623-627.

  • Grebennikov V.V. & M.L. Luff 1999: Morphological study of Perileptus larvae (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechitae). Advances in Carabidology. Papers dedicated to the memory of Dr. Prof. O.L. Kryzhanivskij. MUISO Publishers, Krasnodar: 153-164.

  • Grebennikov V.V. & Y. Bousquet 1999: Description of the first instar larva of Cymbionotum pictulum Bates, 1874 (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Advances in Carabidology. Papers dedicated to the memory of Dr. Prof. O.L. Kryzhanivskij. MUISO Publisher, Krasnodar: 109-114.

  • Grebennikov V.V. & Y. Bousquet 1999: Larvae of Pogonini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): genera Pogonus, Pogonistes, Cardioderus, and Thalassotrechus. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae: 63(4): 427-441.

  • Grebennikov V.V. & D.R. Maddison 2000: Larvae of Bembidiini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): subtribes Tachyina and Xystosomina. European Journal of Entomology 97(2): 223-240.

  • Arndt E., V.V. Grebennikov & J.M.P. Zaballos 1999: Description of Typhlocharis larvae with remarks of the phylogeny of Anillina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini). Koleopterologische Rundschau 69: 11-17.

  • Bousquet Y. & V.V. Grebennikov 1999: Platypatrobus lacustris Darlington (Coleoptera: Carabidae): adult and larval morphology. Fabreries 24: 1-13.

papers in press:

  • Grebennikov V.V. (accepted): Cymbionotum larvae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are still unknown; a case of larval misidentification. The Coleoptersists Bulletin.

ongoing projects:

  • Grebennikov V.V. & R.G. Beutel: External and enternal morphology of Ptinella larva (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae).

Establishments In Entomology Which I Was Lucky To Visit:

Russia:

Only Few, But Powerful Entomological Links:

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