Schmidt, Christian, Ph.D.
Research scientist
Contact Information:
960 Carling Ave
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6
Telephone: 613-715-5429
Email: christian.schmidt@agr.gc.ca
Areas of Expertise:
- Cutworm and Owlet moths (Noctuoidea)
- Systematics
- Phylogenetics
- DNA barcode diagnostics of Lepidoptera
- Taxonomy and identification of Lepidoptera
Current Projects:
- Develop Systematic Knowledge of Arthropod Pests, Beneficial Arthropods, and Environmentally Sensitive Arthropods
- Assess Interactions and Impacts Between Invasive Alien Species, Agricultural Practices and Arthropod Biodiversity
- Develop a National Arthropod Information system Through the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids & Nematodes, Provision of Expert Identification, Consultation & Training
Affiliations:
- Associated Graduate Faculty, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
- Subject Editor, The Canadian Entomologist
- Editor, ZooKeys
- Member, Arthropod Specialists Subcommittee of COSEWIC, Environment Canada
- Member, The International Lepidopterists' Society
- Member, Entomological Society of Canada
- Member, Entomological Society of Ontario
Research publications
2018
- Pohl GR, Landry J-F, Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD, Troubridge JT, Macaulay D, van Nieukerken EJ, deWaard JR, Dombroskie JJ, Klymko J, Nazari V, Stead K. 2018. Annotated checklist of the Moths and Butterflies of Canada and Alaska. PenSoft Series Faunistica #118. PenSoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria. 580 pp.
2016
- Nazari V, Schmidt BC, Prosser S, Hebert PDN (2016) Century-Old DNA Barcodes Reveal Phylogenetic Placement of the Extinct Jamaican Sunset Moth, Urania sloanus Cramer (Lepidoptera:Uraniidae). PLoS ONE 11(10): e0164405. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0164405
2015
- Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2015. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III. ZooKeys, 527, 127-147.
- Rota J, Zacharzenko BV, Wahlberg N, Zahiri R, Schmidt BC, and Wagner DL. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships of Acronictinae with discussion of the abdominal courtship brush in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology. 41(2): 416-429.
- Schmidt BC. 2015. Revision of the Lacinipolia vicina (Grote) complex (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths VI. ZooKeys 527: 103–126.
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