New Species27 Jun 2023

Wonderful Weevils with Bob Anderson

“I always say that insect taxonomists will never get really rich but you will see parts of the world where nobody else gets a chance to go to. It’s a great chance to explore the world”

This special episode with Dr. Robert Anderson of the Canadian Museum of Nature brings us across the globe and through several decades of research in a fascinating corner of the beetle world. Bob shares the origin story of his fascination with insects, how he became Major League Baseball’s official entomologist, and even a musical secret about the prolific carabid beetle expert George Ball. This interview is a reflection on nearly 4 decades of entomology, and you won’t want to miss a minute.

Bob Anderson's papers can be found in Zookeys, Zootaxa, The Canadian Entomologist, and many other publications. Papers mentioned in this episode include:

A taxonomic monograph of the Middle American leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini)[2010 - Zookeys]: https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02458p127f.pdf

A new species of Toxorhinus Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae; Rhynchophorini) from Ecuador

[2023 - Zootaxa]: https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5270.2.9

A revision of the North American genus Proctorus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Ellescini) with descriptions of two new species

Coauthor: Jake H. Lewis

[2022 - Zookeys]: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1131.90392

A transcript of this episode can be found here: Bob Anderson - Transcript

Episode image courtesy of Bob Anderson. The weevil pictured is Cylindrocopturinus catherineae, the beautiful weevil he named after his wife

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