Daniel A. Schmidt

 


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a Dan is an amateur entomological researcher and scientific illustrator. His research centers on the life histories and biologies of local Nebraska species in the staphylind subfamilies Staphylininae and Paederinae. His scientific illustration includes work for the entomological Division of the Nebraska State Museum. His illustration techniques include carbon-dust, pebble and coquille board, watercolor, mixed media, acrylic, and line illustrations. He has also worked in the past as a webmaster for several internet sites.

Mr. Schmidt went to Schuyler Central High School and graduated in 1974. After attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for three semesters he came back to the family farm where he raised hogs for 30 years. He recently continued his education at Central Community College-Columbus, and Wayne State College. Dan graduated in the spring of 2007 with a Bachelors Degree in Education with an endorsement in Natural Science. He is currently teaching science at Leigh High School at Leigh, NE.

Dan Schmidt at his (cluttered) work desk.
Photo by Katie Schmidt


Daniel A. Schmidt
198 Road 7
Schuyler, NE 68661

TEL: (402) 352-2087
E-MAIL: [email protected]
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School Web Site: http://www.esu7.org/~leiweb/Staff/DSchmidt/DSchmidt.htm

 
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Web Sites


PUBLICATIONS:

Schmidt, Daniel A. 1994. Notes on the biology and a description of the egg, third instar larva and pupa of Platydracus tomentosus (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleop. Bull. 48(4): 310-318.

Schmidt, Daniel A. 1994. Notes of the biology and a description of the egg, third instar larva and pupa of Neobisnius sobrinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Trans. Nebraska Acad. Sci. 21: 55-61. 

Schmidt, Daniel A. 1996. Description of the immatures of Erichsonius alumnus Frank and Erichsonius pusio (Horn) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleop. Bull. 50(3): 205-215.

Schmidt, Daniel A. 1999. Materials and Methods for Rearing Selected Species of the Subfamilies Paderinae and Staphylinnae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleop. Bull. 53(2): 104-114.

 

FROM: Lee H. Herman. 2001. Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). 1758 to the End ot the Second Millennium. I. Introduction, History, Biographical Sketches and Omaliine Group. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New York. No. 265.

Schmidt, Daniel. Schmidt, of the USA, was born in 1956. He began studying the group because he was intrigued by the predatory habits of the larvae, and is particularly drawn to the immature stages and natural history of the Neartic Staphylininae and Paederinae. He has published articles on the immature stages of species of Erichsonius, Neobisnius, and Platydracus. He is currently rearing as many genera of staphylinine and paederines as possible, and would like to see more features of the immature stages used in phylogenetic studies. He is a hog farmer whose avocation is staphylinid beetles.
 


Sample Illustrations


Neobisnius sobrinus

 


Cyclocephala pardolocarnoi

 


New Species of Chlorocoris

 


Cnemida retusa

 


Rutela sanguinolenta sanguinolenta
on Inga sp.

 


Garden spiders

 


Mimeoma englemani
feeding on flowers
of the palm, Bactris wendlandiana

 


Cyclocephala sexpunctata
feeding
on the spathe of a Dieffenbachia

 


Pandora's sphinx moth (Eumorpha pandora) feeding on hedge  bindweed (Calystegia septium)

 


Northern Pygmy-owl

 


Rutela sanguinolenta sanguinolenta
on Inga sp.

 


Amblyodus taurus
with cup fungi

 


A Monographic Revision of the Genus Platycoelia

 


Phylogenetic Analysis
of the Subtribe Rutelina and Revision of the Rutela Generic Groups

 


Monograph cover

 


Golofa costaricensis on Chusquea sp.

 

ILLUSTRATIONS APPEAR IN:

Schmidt, Daniel A. 1994. Notes on the biology and a description of the egg, third instar larva and pupa of Platydracus tomentosus (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleop. Bull. 48(4): 310-318. 30 line drawings.

Schmidt, Daniel A. 1994. Notes of the biology and a description of the egg, third instar larva and pupa of Neobisnius sobrinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Trans. Nebraska Acad. Sci. 21: 55-61. 1 carbon dust habitus drawing and 27 line drawings.

Jameson, M.L. 1995. Insect Musicians. University of Nebraska State Museum Notes 91 : 1-4 (with color poster).

Jameson, M.L. 1996. Revision and phylogeny of the Neotropical genus Cnemida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Insecta Mundi 10:285-315.  1 carbon dust habitus drawing, 4 carbon dust illustrations and 9 line drawings.

Ratcliffe, B.C. 1996. Garden spiders. NEBRASKAland Vol. 74/ No. 6, July 1996. 1 Color habitus drawing.

Schmidt, Daniel A. 1996. Description of the immatures of Erichsonius alumnus Frank and Erichsonius pusio (Horn) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleop. Bull. 50(3): 205-215. 37 line drawings.

Thomas, D.B. 1997. The Anocellate, Flightless Genus Lojus McDonals (Heteroptera: Pentatomidaae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 90(5):569-574. 1 carbon dust habitus drawing.

Messenger, C. 1997.The Sphinx Moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Nebraska.Trans. Nebraska Acad. Sci. 24: 89-141. 1 color painting.

Jameson, Mary Liz. 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of the subtribe Rutelina and revision of the Rutela generic groups (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 14: 1-184. Color cover painting, 2 carbon dust habitus drawings and 36 carbon dust illustrations.

Ratcliffe, Brett C. and Michael A. Ivie. 1998. New species of Hemiphileurus (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the Dominican Republic with a key to the West Indian species of Hemiphileurus. Coleopterists Bulletin 52: 201-208. 1 carbon dust habitus drawing (also on cover).

Thomas, Donald B. 1998, A New Species of Chlorocoris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from Jamaica. Florida Entomologist 81(4): 483-488. carbon dust habitus drawing

Ratcliffe, Brett C. and Andrew B. T. Smith. 1999. New species of Canthonella Chapin (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Amazonian Brazil. Coleopterists Bulletin 53: 1-7. 1 carbon dust habitus drawing (also on cover).

Jameson, M. L. 1999. A new species of Viridimicus Jameson from Honduras (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 53: 167-174. 3 carbon dust drawings.

Smith, A. B. T. and A. Paucar. 2000. Taxonomic review of Platycoelia lutescens Blanchard (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini) and a description of the use of this species as food by the people of the Ecuadorian highlands. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 93(3):408-414. 1 carbon dust habitus drawing (also on cover).

Villatoro, K. and M.L. Jameson. 2001. Xenogeniates, a new and unusual genus of geniatine scarab (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini) from Brazil. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94(6):866-87. 2 carbon dust drawings on cover.

Jameson, M. L. and A. B. T. Smith. 2002. Revision of the South American genus Brachysternus Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini: Brachysternina). Coleopterists Bulletin 56(3):321-366. 1 carbon dust drawings.

Jameson M.L., Ratcliffe B.C. & V. Maly V. 2002. Review of the genus Acrobolbia with remarks on its classification, and a key to the world genera of Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Folia Heyrovskyana 10(1): 1-15. 1 carbon dust drawing.

Smith, A. B. T. 2002. Revision of the South American endemic genus Aulacopalpus Guérin-Méneville with phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses of the subtribe Brachysternina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini). Coleopterists Bulletin 56(3):379-437. 1 carbon dust drawing.

Smith, A. B. T. 2003. A monographic revision of the genus Platycoelia Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 15: 1-202. Color cover painting, 20 carbon dust habitus drawings.

Paucar-Cabrera, Aura. 2003. Systematics and Phylogeny of the Genus Epectinaspis Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) and description of a New Genus of Anomalini from Mexico. Coleopterists Society Monographs, Patricia Vaurie Series, No. 2:1-60, December 2003. 4 carbon dust habitus drawings (also on cover).

Ratcliffe, B.C. 2003. The Dynastine Scarab Beetles of Costa Rica and Panama. Bull. Univ. Nebraska St. Mus. 16: 1-506. 8 color paintings and 12 habitus drawings.
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WEB SITES:
These are sites that I've built and/or worked on previously.


 

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This directory is provided as a service to the entomological community. Its purpose is to facilitate communication between scarab researchers, to identify scarab-related resources, and to assist in providing information about scarabaeoid beetles. We are continuously updating the directory as new listings and new information become available. We are also attempting to provide information about early workers who provided the foundations for today's scarab taxonomy and classification.

 

 

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Stream Macroinvertebrates

A key for identifying the major groups of insects, crustaceans and other organisms found in Nebraska streams. From the ESU 7 Water Quality Research Project.

 

 

Fertig Tallgrass Prairie  

Containing about two-thirds lowland ("wet") prairie, this 43 acre site located in southwest Colfax County is a natural preserve for plants and animals in the Platte River Valley. The Schuyler FFA and Central Community College in Columbus are involved in using the prairie for research purposes and as a teaching tool

 

 

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Water Quality Research Project

Project to test water quality and share data collected between schools in the ESU 7 area.

 

 

 

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