Some endophagous insects from the Upper Midwest, USA
by J. van der Linden
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Citation
Please cite this website as:
Van der Linden, J. 2024. Some endophagous insects from the Upper Midwest, USA. Self-published Web reference. Retrieved [date] from https://insect-pages.github.io.
Acknowledgments
A. Williams and MJ Hatfield provided significant impetus to get me started in my research, including core ideas, practices, and inspiration, and MJ Hatfield has has been a close colleague, mentor, and friend. C. Eiseman has been another close colleague and advisor, as well as a significant inspiration; his self-published leafminers e-book has been a very useful assemblage of information, and he and O. Lonsdale have led efforts to handle and study many specimens, describe them taxonomically, and write up results. R. Gagné, T. Harrison, G. Hanley, E. Metzler, and D. Matthews have accepted, examined, curated, and/or identified many specimens. In addition to providing their published works which have been indispensable, R. Gagné and T. Harrison have also offered much information and assistance via email and/or phone correspondence. With Opostegidae, E. van Nieukerken examined specimens, arranged barcoding, and prepared and shared supportive documentation, and his published work along with that of D. Davis and J. Stonis was of great help in learning about these moths. The Illinois Wildflowers, Missouri Plants, Minnesota Wildflowers, and Vascular Flora of Iowa websites served as essential aids in the botanical side of things. With agromyzids I have leaned heavily on Spencer and Steyskal's 1986 manual. The BugGuide website has been an important resource, with users v belov, J. Carr, B. Zuparko, R. Hill, E. Chapman, and others providing identifications. Biodiversity Heritage Library and JSTOR offered free access to a number of important published works by many authors. M. Palmer and T. Feldman offered conversation, support, and space over the phone and/or online. I also owe a debt of gratitude to my past mentors, especially G. Bakko, G. Bauer, B. McLean, and W. Jones, for the ways they helped me down this path. Numerous individuals and organizations in charge of land holdings gave permission to collect insects on the lands they owned, managed, or oversaw. Family members and friends provided essential tangible and intangible support that greatly facilitated this project in a large variety of ways.