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Maria Marta Cigliano
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Division Entomologia 1900 La Plata, Argentina, 0 Phone: 542214257744 Fax: 542214257527 Email: mciglian@illinois.edu Office Location: Off campus | ||
| Activities | Systematics, phylogenetics, biodiversity and biogeography of Neotropical Acridoidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) Manage the data in the Orthoptera Species File Online database. |
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| Research |
Ongoing research projects include phylogenetic analyses and revisionary studies of the South American grasshopper subfamily Melanoplinae and Tristiridae family; biodiversity studies of grasshopper species from Argentina; studies on temporal variation of grasshopper communities from the Pampas, Argentina. |
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| Professional affiliations |
Society of Systematic Biologists. The Willi Hennig Society. Orthopterists' Society. Sociedad Entomologica Argentina. |
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| Selected publications |
Cigliano, M.M. & Lange, C.E. 2007. Systematic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the South American genus Chlorus (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Melanoplinae). Zoologica Scripta 36:241-254. Cigliano, M.M. Review of the South American genus Eurotettix Bruner (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Melanoplinae).2007.Systematic Entomology 32:176-195. Carbonell, C.S., Cigliano M.M. & Lange, C.E. 2006. Acridomorph (Orthoptera) species of Argentina and Uruguay/Especies de Acridomorfos (Orthoptera) de Argentina y Uruguay.Publications on Orthopteran Diversity.The Orthopterists’ Society at the Museo de La Plata, La Plata. Colombo, P., M.M. Cigliano, A.S. Sequeira, C. E. Lange & V.A. Confalonieri . 2005. Phylogenetic relationships in Dichroplus Stål (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) inferred from molecular and morphological data: testing karyotype diversification. Cladistics 21: 375-389. Lanteri, A. and M. M. Cigliano. 2004. Sistemática Biológica: fundamentos teóricos y ejercitaciones. Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata,La Plata, Argentina. Pp. 241. Cigliano, M. M., and D. Otte 2003. Revisionary study of the Dichroplus maculipennis species group (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 129: 133-162. Torrusio, S., M. M. Cigliano, and M. L. de Wysiecki. 2002. Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and plant community relationships in the argentine pampas. Journal of Biogeography 29: 221-229. |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
President Elect (2005-2009), Orthopterists' Society, USA. | ||
| Education | PhD, La Plata National University, Argentina, 1987. MA, Zoology, La Plata National University, Argentina,1982. | ||