Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois

Ed DeWalt
1816 S. Oak Street
Champaign, IL 61820
MC–652
Phone: 217-649-7414   Fax: 217-333-4949
Email: edewalt@inhs.illinois.edu
Title: Aquatic Entomologist, Stream Biologist
Office Location: NRB

Activities Subject Editor-Plecoptera & Megaloptera Zootaxa.

Research
Taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of aquatic insects with particular emphasis on (Plecoptera).

*Reintroduction of aquatic insects to Illinois streams.
*Comparison of historical and contemporary stonefly assemblages in the Midwest USA and Canada.
*Post-glacial dispersal of stoneflies into the north from glacial refugia.


Recognition President and Treasurer Illinois State Academy of Science

Professional
affiliations
North American Benthological Society
Entomological Society of America
Society for Conservation Biology
American Entolomological Society
Illinois State Academy of Science

Selected
publications
*DeWalt R E. (2009) Plecoptera (Stoneflies). In: Gene E. Likens, (Editor) Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. volume 2, pp. 415-422 Oxford: Elsevier.
*DeWalt, R. E., Y. Cao, L. Hinz, and T. Tweddale. (in press). Modeling of historical stonefly distributions using museum specimens. Aquatic Insects, Vol. 00, No. 0, Month 2009, 1–15.
*DeWalt, R. E., T. Tweddale, and L. Fennema. (2008). Extirpation, Range Loss, and Recolonization of Stoneflies in Illinois. Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on the Natural History of Lower Tennessee and Cumberland River Valleys. The Center for Excellence for Field Biology, Austin Peay State University, Tennessee, 12: 23-38.
*DeWalt, R. E., C. Favret, and D. W. Webb. 2005. Just how imperiled are aquatic insects? A case study of stoneflies (Plecoptera) in Illinois. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 98: 941-950.
*Favret, C., R. E. DeWalt. 2002. Comparing the Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera specimen databases at the Illinois Natural History Survey and using them to document changes in the Illinois fauna. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 95: 35-40.
*Grubbs S. A. & R. E. DeWalt (2008) Taxonomic and distributional notes on Perlesta teaysia, P. golconda, and P. shawnee (Plecoptera: Perlidae). Illiesia 4(14):143-149.


Program
Affiliates
University of Illinois
*Natural Resources and Environmental Science
*Department of Entomology


Professional
society
involvement
and activities
Illinois State Academy of Science.
Taxonomy Fair Participant and Student Presentation Evaluation Website. North American Benthological Society.

Education PhD, Aquatic Entomology, University of North Texas, 1992

MS, Biology, University of Akron, Ohio, 1986

BA, Biology, Hiram College, Ohio, 1983