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Shockley, Floyd

Collections Manager

Background And Education

Awards And Honors

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Special Act Award, 2018
Smithsonian Excellence in Exhibitions Award , 2018
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Special Act Award, 2017
NMNH Peer Recognition Award, 2017
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Special Act Award, 2016
President of the Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity section, conferred by Entomological Society of America , 2016
President of the Entomological Collections Network , conferred by Entomological Collections Network , 2015
Alumni Association Award For Excellence, conferred by College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, 2014
Elected Fellow, conferred by Royal Entomological Society, London UK, 2013
NMNH Peer Recognition Award, 2012
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Special Act Award, 2011

Research And Grants

Investigator On

Digitization of the A. D. Hopkins Card Fillies Extension awarded by USDA Forest Service

Publications

Selected Publications

Article
- Caron, Edilson, Monné, Marcela L., Ferreira, Vinicius S., Costa, Cleide, Cupello, Mario, Aloquio, Sergio, Linzmeier, Adelita M., Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., Leivas, Fernando W. T., Souza-Gonçalves, Igor, Mermudes, José R. M., Almeida, Lúcia M., Moura, Luciano De A., Ferreira Júnior, Nelson, Grossi, Paschoal C., Vanin, Sergio A., Ślipiński, Adam, Anichtchenko, Alexander, Newton, Alfred F., Sampaio, Aline, Carelli, Allan, Puker, Anderson, Ferreira, André Da S., Fernandes, André S., Roza, André S. et al. 2024. "Coleoptera of Brazil: what we knew then and what we know now. Insights from the Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil." Zoologia (Curitiba), 41. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v41.e23072. 2024
- Hamilton, Chris A., Shockley, Floyd W., Simmons, Rebecca, Smith, Aaron, Ware, Jessica, and Zaspel, Jennifer M. 2021. "The Future for a Prominent Taxonomy." Insect Systematics and Diversity, 5, (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa020. 2021
- Tomberlin, Jeffery K., Stull, Valerie J., Lesnik, Julie, and Shockley, Floyd W. 2019. "A Special Issue on Insects as Feed and Food as Tribute to Dr. Marianne Clopton Shockley (14 August 1975 to 12 May 2019)." Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 112, (6) 497–499. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saz043. 2019
- Shockley, Floyd W. and Kovalenko, Yakov N. 2018. "First Record of Trochoideus desjardinsi Guerin-Meneville, 1838 (Coleoptera: Endomychidae: Pleganophorinae) from Cuba." The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72, (3) 500–502. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.500. 2018
- Monne, Marcela L., Zaher, Hussam, Mchugh, Joseph V., and Shockley, Floyd W. 2018. "Obituary—José Adriano Giorgi (20/12/1970–22/04/2018)." Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 62, (3) 249–251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2018.07.005. 2018
- Steury, Brent W., Steiner, Warren E., Jr., and Shockley, Floyd W. 2018. "The Soldier Beetles and False Soldier Beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae and Omethidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway." The Maryland Entomologist, 7, (2) 11–27. 2018
- Shockley, Floyd W. and Cline, Andrew R. 2017. "Clarification of the Taxonomic Identity and Placement of Eurhanius humeralis Reitter, 1887, with Transfer from Biphyllidae and Synonymy under Ectomychus basalis Gorham, 1887 (Coleoptera: Endomychidae)." The Coleopterists Bulletin, 71, (1) 152–154. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-71.1.152. 2017
- Shockley, Floyd W. 2017. "UGA Entomology to the Smithsonian: One of many paths." Hexapod Herald, 1, (1) 5. 2017
- Shockley, Floyd W. 2016. "How the species inventory saved the day." NMNH Entomology CIMU Newsletter, 8 3. 2016
- Shockley, Floyd W. and Thomas, Michael. 2015. "Notes on the taxonomic identity of Trogosita pusillima Mannerheim, 1843, with transfer from Laemophloeidae and synonymy under Holoparamecus depressus Curtis, 1833 (Endomychidae: Merophysiinae)." Pan Pacific Entomologist, 91, (3) 278–280. https://doi.org/10.3956/2015-91.3.278. 2015
- Robertson, James A., Slipinski, Adam, Moulton, Matthew, Shockley, Floyd W., Giorgi, Adriano, Lord, Nathan P., Mckenna, Duane D., Tomaszewska, Wioletta, Forrester, Juanita, Miller, Kelly B., Whiting, Michael F., and Mchugh, Joseph V. 2015. "Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia)." Systematic Entomology, 91, (3) 278–280. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12138. 2015
- Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel, Tomaszewska, K. Wioletta, and Shockley, Floyd W. 2015. "Two new species of Epipocus (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from Mexico and Costa Rica, with a discussion on species groups in Epipocus." The Canadian Entomologist, 147, (2) 148–157. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2014.43. 2015
- Shockley, Floyd W. and Alekseev, Vitaly I. 2014. "Glesirhanis bercioi, a new genus and species from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Endomychidae: Leiestinae) with a checklist and nomenclatural notes regarding fossil Endomychidae." Zootaxa, 3755, (4) 391–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3755.4.5. 2014
- Shockley, Floyd W. and Greenwalt, Dale E. 2013. "Ptenidium kishenehnicum (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae), a new fossil described from the Kishenehn oil shales, with a checklist of previously known fossil ptiliids." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 115, (2) 173–181. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.115.2.173. 2013
- Shockley, Floyd W. 2013. "Advances in Imaging Capabilities in Entomology." NMNH IT Times, 48 2. 2013
- Szczepanowska, Hanna, Shockley, Floyd W., Furth, David George, Gentili, Patricia, Bell, Darnell, DePriest, Paula T., Mecklenburg, Marion F., and Hawks, Catharine A. 2013. "Effectiveness of entomological collection storage cabinets in maintaining stable relative humidity in a historic museum building." Collection Forum, 27, (1-2) 43–53. 2013
- Cline, Andrew R. and Shockley, Floyd W. 2012. "A new species of Fallia Sharp (Cucujoidea: Discolomatidae) from the West Indies, with a world checklist for Fallia." The Coleopterists Bulletin, 66, (2) 93–99. https://doi.org/10.1649/072.066.0221. 2012
- Shockley, Floyd W. 2012. "Diversity, Phenology and Natural History of Insects and other Arthropods in The Far Side® by Gary Larson." American Entomologist, 58, (2) 74–77. 2012
- Shockley, Floyd W. 2012. "First records of Micropsephodes lundgreni Leschen and Carlton (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) in Alabama and Texas, U.S.A." The Coleopterists Bulletin, 66, (1) 76–78. https://doi.org/10.1649/072.066.0119. 2012
- Shockley, Floyd W. and Vandenberg, Natalia J. 2011. "Notes on the taxonomic identity of Bystus hirtulus (Kirsch) and transfer from Endomychidae to Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), with designation of a lectotype for Alexia hirtula Kirsch." Zootaxa, 2868 62–68. 2011
- Stanger-Hall, Kathrin, Shockley, Floyd W., and Wilson, Rachel E. 2011. "Teaching students how to study: A workshop on information processing and self-testing helps students learn." CBE - Life Sciences Education, 10, (2) 187–198. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.10-11-0142. 2011
- Shockley, Floyd W. 2010. "Micropsephodes bahamaensis, a new species of Anamorphinae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae) from the Bahamas, with a key to the New World genera of Anamorphinae." Insecta Mundi, 0112 1–11. 2010
- Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel and Shockley, Floyd W. 2010. "New records of the Neotropical Handsome Fungus Beetle genus Ephebus Gerstaecker (Endomychidae: Epipocinae) from Mexico and Costa Rica." Dugesiana, 17, (2) 209–211. 2010
- Shockley, Floyd W., Tomaszewska, K. Wioletta, and Mchugh, Joseph V. 2009. "An annotated checklist of the Handsome Fungus Beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)." Zootaxa, 1999 1–113. 2009
- Shockley, Floyd W. and Ulyshen, Michael D. 2009. "An interesting deformity in Alobates pennsylvanica (DeGeer), 1775 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)." Journal of Entomological Science, 44 284–286. 2009
- Shockley, Floyd W. and Vandenberg, Natalia J. 2009. "Catalogue of the primary types of Cerylonidae, Endomychidae and Latridiidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, with additional notes and clarification of the status of several types." Zootaxa, 2229 1–64. 2009
- Shockley, Floyd W., Tomaszewska, K. Wioletta, and Mchugh, Joseph V. 2009. "Review of the natural history of the Handsome Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)." Insecta Mundi, 0072 1–24. 2009
- Shockley, Floyd W. 2009. "The Systematics Resources Web Portal - The best web resource you're not using (and may not have even known existed)." ESA Newsletter, 32, (1) 5–5. 2009
- Shockley, Floyd W., Ulyshen, Michael D., and Lord, Nathan P. 2008. "New distributional records and natural history notes for Micropsephodes lundgreni Leschen and Carlton (Coleoptera: Endomychidae)." The Coleopterists Bulletin, 62, (3) 350–352. https://doi.org/10.1649/1094.1. 2008
- Shockley, Floyd W. 2007. "Stenotarsus nigrivestis, a new species of Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from the Dominican Republic." The Coleopterists Bulletin, 61, (3) 479–486. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X(2007)61[479:SNSANS]2.0.CO;2. 2007
- Shockley, Floyd W. and Tomaszewska, K. Wioletta. 2007. "First larval description for Symbiotes gibberosus (Lucas) (Coleoptera: Endomychidae)." Annales Zoologici, 57, (4) 751–755. 2007
- Discovery of a parasitoid and a predator of batflies (Diptera: Streblidae) at La Selva, Costa Rica. Biotropica. 38:789-790. 2006
Chapter
- Cline, A. R. and Shockley, Floyd W. 2010. "Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861." In Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology. Band/Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband/Part 38. Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 2. Morphology and Systematics (Polyphaga partim).. Leschen, R. A. B., Beutel, R. G., and Lawrence, J. F., editors. 306–311. Berlin: W. DeGruyter. 2010
- Shockley, Floyd W. 2009. "Endomychidae." In The Coleoptera of the Seychelles Islands. Gerlach, Justin, editor. 109–114. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Publishers. 2009
Review
- Shockley, Floyd W. 2011. [Book review] "The Weevils of South Carolina (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Ithyceridae, and Curculionidae). Biota of South Carolina. Volume 6." Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 104, (5), 1027–1028. https://doi.org/10.1603/008.104.0521. 2011

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NMNH - Dept. of Entomology

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National Museum of Natural History Academic Department