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Fauna of New Zealand 69 - Landcare Research

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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.

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