Fauna of New Zealand 69 - Landcare Research
Fauna of New Zealand 69 - Landcare Research
Fauna of New Zealand 69 - Landcare Research
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10<br />
Larochelle & Larivière (2013): Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)<br />
Marie-Claude Larivière<br />
BioAssist (Biodiversity Assessment using Information<br />
Technology and Taxonomy, 1999-2004); <strong>Research</strong> Group<br />
Leader for Invertebrate Biosystematics and Director <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Arthropod Collection (2007-2010). She<br />
has been an active member <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Fauna</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong><br />
series editorial board (1994–2004, 2007–present). She<br />
is the author <strong>of</strong> over 100 papers and monographs on the<br />
taxonomy, distribution, and natural history <strong>of</strong> Hemiptera<br />
and Carabidae (Coleoptera), including nine <strong>Fauna</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Zealand</strong> contributions (Hemiptera - Auchenorrhyncha<br />
catalogue, Heteroptera catalogue, Cixiidae, Peloridiidae<br />
and Pentatomoidea revisions; Carabidae – catalogue, Harpalini<br />
revision, synopsis <strong>of</strong> supraspecific taxa, synopsis <strong>of</strong><br />
species). She has also published on Australian and South<br />
Pacific Hemiptera as well as on North and Central American<br />
Hemiptera, Orthoptera, and Carabidae. Many <strong>of</strong> her<br />
publications have been written in collaboration with her<br />
husband André Larochelle with whom she hopes to soon<br />
publish new works on the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> fauna. In addition<br />
she maintains a number <strong>of</strong> international research collaborations<br />
and participates in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong>-based commercial<br />
research. Marie-Claude has a keen interest in biological<br />
information technology, especially e-taxonomy, computerassisted<br />
biological illustration, digital micro-imaging,<br />
interactive identification systems, and web-publishing.<br />
She is also actively involved in providing web-based<br />
information on Hemiptera. Finally, Marie-Claude and her<br />
husband André have carried out specialised field inventories<br />
in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> for 20 years, surveying Hemiptera<br />
and ground-beetles in over 1000 localities so as to gain<br />
a better understanding <strong>of</strong> their taxonomy, natural history,<br />
and biogeography.<br />
The authors dedicate this work to their friend<br />
Terry L. Erwin (Smithsonian Institution,<br />
Washington) in acknowledgment <strong>of</strong> his<br />
authoritative contributions to the study <strong>of</strong><br />
world Carabidae.