Donald M. Windsor

Entomologist

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Smithsonian Institution

Unit 0948

APO AA 34002-0948

Research Interests

The role of host plants, parasites, and geological history in the diversification of Tropical Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae).

Current Research Projects

"Consequences of Wolbachia infection in Natural Populations of Tropical Leaf Beetles"

"Ecologically Guided Bioprospecting in Panama: Biodiversity Inventory and screening of selected groups of herbivorous beetles"

"Long-term change in insect populations monitored at sites along the Isthmian moisture gradient"

Recent Publications

1987 Windsor, D.M. Natural history of a subsocial tortoise beetle, Acromis sparsa Boheman (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Psyche 94:127-150.

1990 Windsor, D.M. Climate and Moisture Variability in a Tropical Forest: Long-term Records from Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 144 pp.

1992 Windsor, D.M., E.G. Riley and H.P. Stockwell 1992. Biology and systematics of panamanian tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Cassidinae). pages 372-391 in Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies; D. Quintero and A. Aiello (Eds.), Oxford University Press, Oxford.

1994 Windsor, D.M. and J.C. Choe 1994. Origins of parental care in the Chrysomelidae. In: Novel Aspects of Biology of Chrysomelidae (P. Jolivet, M. Cox and E. Petitpierre (eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht-Boston-London.

1995 Windsor, D.M 1995. Flower-feeding Habits and Natural History of the Tortoise Beetle, Echoma sp. (nr. bonfilsi) in Panama. Coleopterists Bulletin 49(2):101-108.

1995 Werren, J.H., D. Windsor and L. Guo. Distribution of Wolbachia among neotropical arthropods. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 262: 197-204.

1996 Windsor, D.M., D.W. Trapnell and G. Amat 1996. The Egg capitulum of a Neotropical walkingstick, Calynda bicuspis, induces above ground Egg dispersal by the ponerine ant, Ectatomma ruidum. J. Insect Behavior 9(3): 353-367.

1996 Windsor, D.M. and P. Jolivet 1996. Aspects of the morphology and ecology of two Panamanian ant-plants, Hoffmannia vesciculifera (Rubiaceae) and Besleria formicaria (Gesneriaceae). J. Tropical Ecology 12(6): 835-842.

1999 Hsiao, T.H. and D.M. Windsor. Historical and biological relationships among Hispinae inferred from 12S MTDNA sequence data. IN: Cox, M. (ed), Advances in Chrysomelidae, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.

1999 Windsor, D.M., Ness, J., Gomez, L.D. and P.H. Jolivet. Species of Aulacoscelis uponchal and Chevrolat (Chrysomelidae) and Nomotus Gorham (Languriidae) feed on fronds of Central American Cycads. Col. Bull. 53(3).