Curt HardenClemson University | CU · Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences
Curt Harden
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
Recent PhD graduate at Clemson University, studying anilline carabids of the Appalachian region.
Broadly interested in Carabidae and Staphylinoidea, especially the southeastern U.S. fauna.
Additional affiliations
April 2019 - July 2019
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Position
- Collections Assistant
Description
- Re-curated adult Lepidoptera holdings.
March 2014 - March 2019
Position
- Ecologist
Description
- Responsible for coordinating ground beetle (Carabidae) pitfall sampling at Domain 02 and assisted with flux tower maintenance.
Publications
Publications (10)
Horologion Valentine, one of the rarest and most enigmatic carabid beetle genera in the world, was until now known only from the holotype of Horologion speokoites Valentine, discovered in 1931 in a small cave in West Virginia. A single specimen of a new species from Virginia was collected in 1991, but overlooked until 2018. DNA sequence data from s...
Previous analyses have revealed deep divergences among populations of the relictual and enigmatic rove beetle, Dasycerus carolinensis Horn. New data from additional populations, molecular markers, and morphology unambiguously reveal this “species” to represent a complex of closely related species, distinguishable by characters of the male genitalia...
The Palearctic species Trechus obtusus Erichson is reported for the first time from eastern North America. Recent collections in Virginia and North Carolina (new state records) indicate the establishment of the species in the Appalachian region. DNA was extracted from six individuals, and the COI barcoding region was sequenced. All but one of the C...
We have revealed a surprisingly wide distribution for the blind, subterranean histerid species, Geocolus caecus Wenzel, largely through the use of buried pipe traps. This species is now known from Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and Kentucky, and we also describe its newly discovered larva, associated by DNA sequences. The phylogenetic position o...
Subterranean traps selectively target taxa living and foraging several inches to several feet below the soil surface. They have been increasingly used to collect soil-dwelling invertebrates in tropical and subtropical areas, however, studies from the Nearctic region are largely lacking. We utilized two subterranean trap designs, slotted pipe traps...
Subterranean traps selectively target taxa living and foraging several inches to several feet below the soil surface. They have been increasingly used to collect soil-dwelling invertebrates in tropical and subtropical areas, however, studies from the Nearctic region are largely lacking. We utilized two subterranean trap designs, slotted pipe traps...
Eight ground beetle species, including Trechus quadristriatus (Schrank), Elaphropus dolosus (LeConte), Brachinus americanus (LeConte), Pterostichus tenuis (Casey), Cyclotrachelus convivus (LeConte), Agonum mutatum (Gemminger & Harold), Somotrichus unifasciatus (Dejean), and Cymindis elegans LeConte, are reported from Virginia for the first time, an...
