ANDREI SOURAKOV

Curriculum Vitae

Florida Museum of Natural History (352) 273-2013 (work)

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity (352) 392-0479 (Fax)

SW 34^th Street and Hull Road , PO Box 112710

Gainesville, FL 32611-2710

sourakov at mail.ifas.ufl.edu

andreisour at yahoo.com

Education

• Ph.D. University of Florida, Entomology, 1997.

• M.S. University of Florida, Entomology, 1994.

• Moscow State University (Biology Department, Entomology major) (1989-1991).

• 1st Moscow Medical Institute (1985-1987)

Professional Positions Held

• 2005-present. Collections Coordinator, Florida Museum of Natural History, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity.

• 2002 – 2005. Postdoctoral Researcher, Florida Museum of Natural History.

• 1999-2002. Postdoctoral Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS-Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, FL.

• 1998-1999. Postdoctoral Fellow, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

• 1992-1997. Research Assistant, Dept. of Zoology, University of Florida.

• 1994-1997Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Florida.

Other professional activities

• 2007-Present. Editor of the Journal for Tropical Lepidoptera (International peer-reviewed journal of the Association for Tropical Lepdidoptera).

• Center for Systematic Entomology - member of the board (Dec. 2005 – present). Chair of the Electronic Publications Committee; vice-president (present).

• 2007-present. Editor and Designer of the News of the McGuire Center.

• 2002-2004. McGuire Center Exhibits Committee, member. Also, participated in production of McGuire Center’s exhibits: as a scientific consultant/writer/photographer/preparator.

• 2003-2007. Graduate Committee, member, Department of Entomology, University of Florida (3 M.S., 1 Ph.D. student)

• 1999-2002. Internet web site editor: Biological Control Unit, USDA.

• 2006-present. McGuire Center Research and Collections Web site and photography database editor (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/mcguire/); http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflygallery/

Teaching experience

• 2006-2007. Guest Lecturer on Parasitoid biology in Lepidoptera Biology course (instructor - Mirian Medina Hay-Roe), Honors Course.

• 2006 - 2007. Guest Lecturer and Lab Instructor on Taxonomy in Lepidoptera Biology course (University of Florida, Honor course, instructor - Mirian Medina Hay-Roe),

• 2007. Guest Lecturer on Evolutionarily Significant Units in Insect Conservation and Ecotourism course (Dept. of Entomology, University of Florida, instructor- Jaret Daniels).

• 2006. Guest Lecture: “Lunch on the Host: the inside story of Lepidoptera Parasitoid,” Science Sunday Series, Florida Museum of Natural History.

• 2004. Instructor: ENY 6932: “Techniques in Lepidoptera Systematics,” University of Florida (Entomology) (Spring semester, 2-credit course).

• 1995-1997. Teaching Assistant: "Cells, Organisms, and Genetics", Department of Biological Sciences (BSC 2005), University of Florida.

• 1995-1997. Teaching Assistant: "Ecology and Evolution", Department of Biological Sciences (BSC 2006), University of Florida.

• 2000. Guest lecturer in Citra, Florida public school system.

• 1995. Guest lecturer in Huntsville, Alabama public school system.

• 1996. Guest lecturer at the Retired Faculty of Florida organization.

Grants and Awards

• National Geographic Society grant #5717-96: Project title: "Biology, Biogeography and Systematics of the Genus Calisto (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae),” 1996-1999.

• Association for Tropical Lepidoptera Rain Forest Fund, 1995

• Schlinger Postdoctoral Fellowship, California Academy of Sciences, 1998

Publications:

1. Sourakov, A., 2008. Trophic interactions involving Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Lepidotera:Pyralidae) and Passiflora incarnata (Passifloraceae). Florida Entomologist, 91(1):136-138.

2. Sourakov A., 2008. Dominican Republic – notes on evolution of butterflies and of our knowledge about them. News of Lepidopterists’ Society. 49(2): 46-55.

3. Sourakov A., 2008. Inquilines and Cleptoparasites. In Encyclopedia of Insects, 2^nd edition, Kluwer Academic Press, Capinera edit. (in press).

4. Sourakov A., 2008. Sphragis. In Encyclopedia of Insects, 2^nd edition, Kluwer Academic Press, Capinera edit. (in press).

5. Sourakov A., 2004 and 2008. Night blooming plants and their insect pollinators. In Encyclopedia of Insects, Kluwer Academic Press, Capinera edit. Pp. 1556-1558. (1^st and 2^nd editions)

6. Sourakov A., 2004 and 2008. Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids and Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). In Encyclopedia of Insects, Kluwer AcademicPress, Capinera edit. Pp. 1857-1858. (1^st and 2^nd editions)

7. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 2004 and 2008. Insect Conservation. In Encyclopedia of Insects, Kluwer Academic Press, Capinera edit. Pp. 595-604. (1^st and 2^nd editions)

8. Emmel T. C. and A. Sourakov, 2004 and 2008. Monarchs. In Encyclopedia of Insects, Kluwer Academic Press, Capinera edit. Pp. 1452-1456. (1^st and 2^nd editions)

9. Sourakov A. and E. R. Mitchell, 2002. Sex allocation in progeny of Diadegma insulare (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). J. Entomol. Sci., 37(2):210-211.

10. Johanowicz D. J., H. A. Smith, A. Sourakov, and E. R. Mitchell, 2002. Lambsquater in a maize agroecosystem: a potential refuge for natural enemies of the fall armyworm. J. Entomol. Sci., 37(2):203-206.

11. Sourakov A. and E. R. Mitchell, 2002. Reproductive biology of Meteorus autographae: host choice and sex ratio. J. Entomol. Sci.

12. Sourakov A. and E. R. Mitchell, 2002. Laboratory biology of Chetogena scutellaris (Diptera: Tachinidae). Florida Entomologist, 85(2):341-343.

13. Sourakov A. and J. C. Daniels, 2002. Is Battus philenor hirsuta a subspecies? News of the Lepidopterist Society, 44(2):64-65.

14. Sourakov A. and E. R. Mitchell, 2001. Effect of cool temperatures on oviposition and development of Cotesia marginiventris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Florida Entomologist, 84(2):308-309.

15. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 2001. Notes on life histories of Satyrinae in the Solomon Islands (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 12 (Suppl. 1):7-12.

16. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 2001. On the toxic diet of day-flying moths in the Solomon Islands (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 12 (Suppl. 1):5-6.

17. Sourakov A., 2000. Notes on the genus Calisto, with descriptions of the immature stages (Part II) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 10(2):73-79.

18. Sourakov A., 1999. Deciduous scales on Satyrine legs. News of the Lepidopterist Society, 41(1): 29.

19. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 1997. Bicyclus and Hallelesis: their immature stages and taxonomic relationships (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). In Contributions to Studies of West African Butterflies. (Sourakov, editor). Tropical Lepidoptera, 8(Supplement 3):14-22.

20. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 1997. Ypthima and Ypthimomorpha: their immature stages and taxonomic relationships (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). In Contributions to Studies of West African Butterflies. (Sourakov, editor). Tropical Lepidoptera, 8(Supplement 3):23-28.

21. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 1997. Notes on life histories of Oboronia liberiana and Athysanota ornata (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). In Contributions to Studies of West African Butterflies. (Sourakov, editor). Tropical Lepidoptera, 8(Supplement 3):29-31.

22. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 1997. Notes on life histories of Pyrrhocalcia iphis and Pardaleodes tibullus (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). In Contributions to Studies of West African Butterflies. (Sourakov, editor). Tropical Lepidoptera, 8(Supplement 3):32.

23. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 1997. Mating habits and functions of the sphragis in the genus Acraea, with a possible explanation for monosexual populations (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Acraeinae). In Contributions to Studies of West African Butterflies. (Sourakov, editor). Tropical Lepidoptera, 8(Supplement 3):33-35.

24. Sourakov A., 1997. "Social" oviposition behavior and life history of Aglais cashmirensis from Nepal (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Holarctic Lepidoptera, 4(2):75-76.

25. Sourakov A., 1997. Do "facets" and size variation in larval stemmata of satyrines indicate better vision? News of the Lepidopterist Society. News of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 39(1): 10-11.

26. Sourakov A., 1996. Notes on the genus Calisto, with descriptions of the immature stages (Part I) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 7(1: Part 2): 91-112.

27. Dantchenko A., A. Sourakov, and T. C. Emmel, 1996. Notes on the life history of Sephisa princeps Fixsen (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Eastern Russia. Holarctic Lepidoprtera, 3(2):47-57.

28. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 1996. Notes on the life history of Anetia jaegeri (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) from Hispaniola. Tropical Lepidoptera, 7(2):155-159.

29. Emmel T. C., A. Sourakov, and A. Dantchenko, 1996. A butterfly expedition to Armenia. Holarctic Lepidoptera, 3(2): 37-41.

30. Dantchenko A., A.Tshuvilin, S. Andreev, and A. Sourakov, 1996. Notes on butterfly collecting in a natural steppe reserve in Central Russia. Atalanta, 27 (3/4): 649-656.

31. Johnson K. and A. Sourakov, 1993. Haistreak butterflies of the genus Serratofalca (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 4(2): 107-118.

32. Dantchenko A., A. Sourakov, and T. C. Emmel, 1995. Egg structure and notes on biology of Theclinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) of Primor'e, Russian Far East. Holarctic Lepidoptera, 2(1): 27-38.

33. Sourakov A., 1995. Notes on life histories of Lepidoptera of Las Alturas, Costa Rica. Tropical Lepidoptera, 6(1): 3-4.

34. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 1995. Early stages of Calisto grannus Bates on Hispaniola (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 6(1): 27-30.

35. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 1995. A Lepidoptera expedition to the Far East Region of Russia. Holarctic Lepidoptera, 2(2): 43-50. (with Thomas C. Emmel and Alexander Dantchenko)

36. Dantchenko A., T. C. Emmel, and A. Sourakov, 1995. Nuclear pollution and gynandromorphic butterflies in southern Russia. Holarctic Lepidoptera, 2(2): 77-79.

37. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 1995. Life history of Greta diaphana from the Dominican Republic (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Tropical Lepidoptera, 6(2): 155-157.

38. Sourakov A., 1995. Systematics, evolutionary biology and population genetics of the Cercyonis pegala Group (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Holarctic Lepidoptera, 2(1): 1-21.

39. Sourakov A. and T. C. Emmel, 1995. Bait trapping for butterflies in Kenya. Tropical Lepidoptera, 6(1):1-2.

40. Sourakov A., 1987. Side effect of antihelminth drug "prazicvantel" on tissues of laboratory animals (in Russian). Anthology of Publications of First Moscow Medical Institute.

Species discovered (in addition to those in “Publications”):

Carabus leachi surakovi ssp.nov. (Obydov, 1995)

Agrodiaetus surakovi sp.n. (Dantchenko and Lukhtanov, 1994).

Articles in Popular Magazines

• Sourakov A., 2002. Night Bloomers and their matchmakers. California Wild. Vol. 55(4): 13-17.

• Sourakov A., Fall 2001. Lunch on the Host: the inside story of insect parasitism. California Wild Magazine. Vol.54 (4): 28-34.

• Sourakov A.,1999. Breathlessly Seeking Butterflies: A Lepidopterist in Nepal. California Wild. Vol. 52(4):41-52.

• Sourakov A.,1998. Elliott Key's Endangered Swallowtail. California Wild. Vol51(3):44-45.

Miscelaneous publications (book reviews, newspaper articles, internet)

• Sourakov A. “ Surplus Park is Hard to Envision.” The Gainesville Sun (August 2, 2005).

• Frank, J. H. and Sourakov A., 2002. Larra wasps, the mole cricket hunters. In Featured Creatures Web Site (Entomology Department, University of Florida.

• Sourakov A., E. R. Mitchell, 2000. Cotesia marginiventris. In Featured Creatures Web Site, Entomology Department, University of Florida.

• Sourakov A., E. R. Mitchell, 2000. Meteorus autographae. In Featured Creatures Web Site, Entomology Department, University of Florida.

• Sourakov A., E. R. Mitchell, 2000. Diadegma insulare. In Featured Creatures Web Site, Entomology Department, University of Florida.

• Sourakov A., 2001. The Terrible Solomons. Tropical Lepidoptera, 12 (Suppl. 1):1-4.

• Sourakov A. 2000. "Nabokov's Blues", California Wild, Spring Issue. (Book Review). Sourakov A., 1998. Social Egg-Laying in Aglais cashmirensis, the Indian Tortoiseshell. News of the Lepidopterist Society, 40(1): 28.

• Lepidoptera of Kulja and Surrounding Mountains. 1998. Serge Alpheraky News of the Lepidopterist's Society, 40(1 and 3). (Translated from Russian and foreword by Andrei Sourakov).

• Emmel T. C., A. Sourakov. 1997. Die Tagfalter Nordwestasiensis (book review). News of the Lepidopterists’ Soc. 39(3): 44-45.

• Sourakov A. 1995. "Butterflies of Central Asia", Tropical Lepidoptera. (Book Review).

Published Photography

• In Encyclopedia of Insects, Kluwer Academic Press, Capinera edit. 2^nd edition (84 photographs), 2008.

• In “Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil…,”by G.T. Austin, 2008 Insecta Mundi, 29(1-36).

• In Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals, by Ross Piper, Greenwood Press, 2007.

• In “Winners of annual photo contest”, NATIONAL WILDLIFE, December, 2003.

• In “Talking Plants,” DISCOVER, April, 2002.

• In “Stay away from tobacco.” NATURAL HISTORY, Oct., 2001.

• Cover of Tropical Lepidoptera: Vol. 5(1), 5(2), 6(2), 8(2), 7(2), 9(2).

• Cover of Holarctic Lepidoptera: Vol. 3(2).

• Cover (front and back) Atlas of Neoptropical Lepidoptera by G. Lamas, 2004.

• In North American favorite butterflies. by Patti and Milt Putnam, Willow Creek Press. (1996)

• In A World for Butterflies: Their Lives, Habitats and Future. Firefly Press. (2000).

• In 2001 ESA Calendar

• In 2007-08 Butterfly Festival Calendar (published by Art Association of Alachua Co., FL)

• In Insect Physiology by J. L. Nation, 2002

• In Encyclopedia of Insects, Kluwer Academic Press, Capinera edit. 2004.

• “The Beauty of Bugs.” Ocala Style Magazine, February 2004, Pp. 84-88

• In Entomological Society of America calendar, 2002.

Photography on the Internet (in part):

• Florida Museum of Natural History: Butterfly Image database

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflygallery/

• "Tobacco Budworm" by J.L. Capinera (photography by Andrei Sourakov) http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/field/tobacco_budworm.htm

• “Winners of 33 National Wildlife Photo Contest.” National Wildlife Magazine, December/January 2004, P.43. http://www.nwf.org/ecards/index.cfm?id=62

Federal Reports (in part)

• Emmel T. C., J.C. Daniels, P. J. Eliazar, M. C. Minno, A. Sourakov, S. D. Larsen, L. L. Groce, J. A. Fletcher, and J. L. Nation, Jr., 1994. Captive propagation and habitat reintroduction for the Schaus Swallowtail following Hurricane Andrew (RWO 113). Pp. 20-21, in Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Report, January to December 1993. Gainesville, Florida. 54 pp. [March 1994]

• Emmel T. C., J.C. Daniels, P. J. Eliazar, M. C. Minno, A. Sourakov, S. D. Larsen, L. L. Groce, J. A. Fletcher, and J. L. Nation, Jr., R. A. Worth, and K. A. Schwarz, 1995. Captive propagation and habitat reintroduction for the Schaus Swallowtail following Hurricane Andrew (RWO 113). Pp. 20-21, in Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Report, January to December 1994. Gainesville, Florida. Pp. 40-41. [March 1995]

• Sourakov A. and E. R. Mitchell, 1999-2002. Annual reports of Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

• 2006. “Richness and phenology of a moth community in North-central Florida.” 57^th Meeting of the Lepidopterists’ Society of America, Gainesville, FL. (with G.T. Austin)

• 2005. “The Miami Blue Butterfly: a year in review and look at future research.” 56^th Meeting of the Lepidopterists’ Society of America, Sierra Vista, AZ, (with E. Saarinen and J. Daniels).

• 2003. “Lunch on The Host: an Inside Story of a Lepidoptera Parasitoid” – Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Southern Lepidopterists’ Soc., Gainesville, FL.

• 2002. "Biology, Biogeography, and Systematics of the Genus Calisto", Symposium on Biology of Butterflies, Leiden, Holland.

• 1999. "Some Curious Facts about Island Biogeography of Satyrinae" -- Association for Tropical Lepidoptera, Gainesville, FL.

• 1997. "Morphology of Immature Stages in Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and its Application to Systematics" -- Association for Tropical Lepidoptera, Annual Meeting.

• 1994. "Lepidoptera Expedition to Madagascar"-- Association for Tropical Lepidoptera, Annual Meeting.

SEMINARS (IN PART)

• 2008. Temaikén Foundation, Escobar, Argentina. “Lepidotpera Research and Conservation.”

• 2006. McGuire Center Seminar Series, FLMNH. Seminar on Parasitoids (“Lunch on the host.”)

• 2006. McGuire Center Seminar Series. Fieldwork in Costa Rica.

• 2005. McGuire Center Seminar Series. Systematics and biogeography of the genus Calisto.

• 2006. McGuire Center Seminar Series. History of Russian Lepidopterological Exploration.

• 2001. Entomology Department, University of Florida. “Butterflies of the Tropical Islands: their rise and fall."

• 2000. USDA, Summer School Seminar Series. "Parasitoids and their Role in Biological Control of Florida vegetable pests."

• 1998. California Academy of Sciences. "Love for Larvae and its Phylogenetic Consequences."

• 1998. California Academy of Sciences. "Exploring Nepal."

FIELD WORK