Email: john.pinto@ucr.edu
Biography
Position: Professor of Entomology; Department of Entomology; University of California, Riverside.
Education: A.B. 1963 (Zoology), Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. Ph.D. 1968 (Entomology), University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
Recent teaching responsibilities: Systematic Entomology; Insect Taxonomy; Insect Morphology; Immature Insects.
Research Interests: 1) Systematics of the Meloidae
(Coleoptera) with emphasis on the taxonomic utility of courtship
behavior and revisionary studies of North American taxa (since 1963).
Currently pursuing studies on the phylogeny of the family and
preparing an annotated key to the world genera. 2) Systematics of the
Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera) with emphasis on the genus
Trichogramma (since 1976). Currently preparing a revision of
the genus Trichogramma for North and Central America.
Pinto, J. D. 1992. Novel taxa of Trichogramma from the New World tropics and Australia (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 100: 621-633.
Pinto, J. D., D. J. Kazmer, G. R. Platner, & C. A. Sassaman. 1992. Taxonomy of the Trichogramma minutum complex (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae): allozymic variation and its relationship to reproductive and geographic data. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 85: 413-422.
Pinto, J. D. 1991. The taxonomy of North American Epicauta (Coleoptera: Meloidae), with a revision of the nominate subgenus and a survey of courtship behavior. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol., Vol. 110, 372 pp, 39 pls.
Pinto, J. D., R. Stouthamer, G. R. Platner & E. R. Oatman. 1991. Variation in reproductive compatibility in Trichogramma and its taxonomic significance (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 84: 37-46.
Pinto, J. D. & G. Viggiani. 1991. A taxonomic study of the genus Ceratogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 93: 719-732.
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