Al Wheeler Adjunct Professor   Office: Campbell Museum of Natural History Telephone: 864-656-5061 FAX: 864-656-5065 E-Mail: awhlr@clemson.edu

Academic Background

B.A., Grinnell College 1966 (Biology)
Ph.D., Cornell University 1971

 

Area of Expertise

Ecology of terrestrial Heteroptera, especially Miridae
Insects of specialized communities, e.g., granite outcrops, pine barrens, shale barrens

Detection and distribution of adventive insects in North America

 

Publications (Selected Examples)

1. Wheeler, A.G., Jr. 2001. Biology of the Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae): Pests, Predators, Opportunists. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y. 507 pp.
2. Wheeler, A.G., Jr. 2000. Plant bugs (Miridae) as plant pests. pp. 37-83 In C. W. Schaefer and A.R. Panizzi, eds., Heteroptera of Economic Importance. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
3. Wheeler, A.G., Jr. 2000. Predacious plant bugs (Miridae). pp. 657-693 In C.W. Schaefer and A.R. Panizzi, eds., Heteroptera of Economic Importance. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
4. Wheeler, A.G., Jr. 1999. Oncozygia clavicornis Stål and Allopodops mississippiensis Harris and Johnston: Association of rarely collected Nearctic turtle bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Podopinae) with an introduced African grass. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 101:714-721.
5. Cohen, A.C. and A.G. Wheeler, Jr. 1998. Role of saliva in the highly destructive fourlined plant bug (Hemiptera: Miridae: Mirinae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 91: 94-100.
6. Wheeler, A.G., Jr. and T.J. Henry. 1992. A Synthesis of the Holarctic Miridae (Heteroptera): Distribution, Biology, and Origin, with Emphasis on North America. Thomas Say Found. Monogr. 15. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Md. 282 pp.

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