Photo by Mary Liz Jameson

Education
Ph.D., Biology, Harvard University, 1985

Thesis: Revision of the austral genus Metacorneolabium and studies in the systematics and biogeography of omaliine Staphylinidae (Coleoptera)

Sc.B., Biology, Brown University, 1973

PEET work
(Principal Investigator)
Monograph of the genus Omaliopsis (Omaliinae: Omaliini)
Training, expedition planning, field work, database coordination, project management

Research interests

Systematics, phylogeny, biology, and evolution of Staphylinidae of the world, especially Omaliinae and other relatively basal taxa; current emphases on Omaliini of the world and various southern hemisphere temperate zone groups

Faunal surveys: southern hemisphere temperate Staphyliniformia, Chicago Wilderness area Staphylinidae and Silphidae

Historical biogeography, especially with regard to austral regions

Links
Personal web page:
http://fm1.fmnh.org/aa/staff_page.cgi?staff=thayer&id=4

Publications:
http://fm1.fieldmuseum.org/aa/Files/thayer/Thayer_pubs.htm

http://fm1.fmnh.org/aa/Files/thayer/Thayer_pubs.pdf

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