Area of Interest and Research

I am a systematist with specialization in chrysomelid leaf beetles. Chrysomelidae (∼40000 species) forms one of the largest radiations of animals, and they present many interesting research problems. The significant gap in knowledge of chrysomelid evolutionary relationships motivates my effort to collect the total data of individual species, develop character hypotheses that can be tested in phylogeny reconstruction, and help build strong classifications. My approach is holistic, with extensive fieldwork to explore life histories, ecology, behavior, and laboratory study of morphology and molecules.

Representative Publications.

Chaboo, C.S., M.L. Chamorro-Lacayo, & M. Schöller. In review. Catalog of known  immature stages of camptosomate leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae and Lamprosomatinae).

Chaboo C.S., F.A. Frieiro-Costa, L. Gómez-Zurita, and R. Westerduijn. In review. Subsociality in leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae, Chrysomelinae).

Jalinsky J, TA Radocy, R Wertenberger, & C.S. Chaboo. In review. Insect diversity in phytotelmata habitats of two host plants, Heliconia stricta Huber Heliconiaceae) and Calathea lutea Schult (Marantaceae) in the south-eastAmazon of Peru.

Radocy TA & C. S. Chaboo. In Review. Checklist of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of the south eastern Amazon, Peru. Journal of Medical Entomology.

Chaboo, C.S. In review. New distribution records for Cassidinae tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Neotropical Entomology 41(5):435-436.

Shin C.W., H. Jin, & C.S. Chaboo. 2012. Biology and morphology of Neochlamisus gibbosus (Fabricius, 1776) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Chlamisini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85(2): 116-134.

Shin, C.W. and C.S. Chaboo. 2012. Phylogenetic Revision of Stoiba Spaeth 1909 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Mesomphaliini). Zookeys 224: 1-36.

Niemack, R, D. J..Bennett, I. Hinojosa-Diaz, C.S. Chaboo. 2012. Contribution on the orchid bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the south east Amazon, Peru. CheckList 8(2):215-217.

Ganguly N, M Luchi, FL Merino, & C.S. Chaboo. In press. Safe and successful use of permethrin for extraction of Dermatobia hominis larvae in a patient with cutaneous myiasis. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice.

Chaboo, C.S. 2012. New records of Diamphidia Gerstaecker 1855 and Polyclada Chevrolat 1840 in the Republic of Mozambique (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae s.l.). The Coleopterists Bulletin 66(1): 70-71.

Shin, C.W., C.S. Chaboo, C.S., & S.M. Clark. 2012. Revision of the endemic Hispaniolan genus Asteriza Chevrolat, 1836, with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Ischyrosonychini). Zootaxa 3227: 34-53.

Prathapan KD, CS Chaboo. 2011. Biology of Blepharida-group flea beetles with first notes on natural history of Podontia congregata Baly 1865, an endemic flea beetle from southern India (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini). Zookeys 157: 95-130.

Chaboo, C.S. & S. Clark. 2011. The beetle spawn of John Wilcox: Shawn Clark. Chrysomela newsletter 53:14-16. (not peer-reviewed)

Chaboo, C.S. 2011. Defensive behaviors in leaf beetles: From the unusual to the weird. Pp. 59-69. In: Vivanco, J., & T. Weir (Eds.), Chemical Biology of the Tropics. Springer Verlag, Berlin, 115 pp.

Barve, V.V. & C.S. Chaboo. 2011. A specialized carabid larval predator of an adult toad in India (Coleoptera: Carabidae; Anura: Bufonidae: DuttaphrynusFrost). Herpetological Review 42(1):83-84.

Chaboo, C.S. and J.V. McHugh. 2010. Maternal care in a Pselaphacus species from Peru (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Erotylinae. The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(2): 116–118.

Chaboo, C.S., E. Grobbelaar and H. Heron. 2010. Life history and host records of the South African leaf miner, Oncocephala promontorii Péringuey 1898 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Oncocephalini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(1): 21–29.

Flowers, R.W. and C.S. Chaboo. 2009 Novel host records of some cassidine leaf beetles from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Insecta Mundi 95: 1–8.

Gustafson, G. and C.S. Chaboo. 2009. Ambulatory use of abdominal ampullae in larvae of Labidomera clivicollis (Kirby) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 63(3): 357–363.

Prathapan, K.D., C.S. Chaboo, and K. Karthikeyan. 2009. Natural history and leaf shelter constructions of the Asian rice leptispa beetle, Leptispa pygmaea Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Leptispini). Zoological Studies 48(5): 625–631.

Flowers, R.W. and C.S. Chaboo. 2009. Novel host records of some cassidine leaf beetles from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Insecta Mundi 95: 1–8. Online at:
http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/0095FlowersandChaboo.
pdf or http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/619/

Chaboo, C.S., M.S. Engel, and M.L. Chamorro-Lacayo. 2009. Maternally-inherited architecture in Tertiary leaf beetles: Paleoichnology of cryptocephaline fecal cases in Dominican and Baltic amber. Naturissenschaften 96: 1121–1126. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0573-2, 6 pp.

Rhodes, J. and C.S. Chaboo. 2009. Disonycha alternata (Illiger, 1807) on Coronilla varia (Linnaeus) Lassen (Fabaceae; crown vetch) in Kansas, USA (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 63(2): 232–234.

Chaboo, C.S. and M.S. Engel. 2009. Eocene tortoise beetles from the Green River Formation in Colorado, U.S.A. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Systematic Entomology 34: 202–209.

Weber, D.C., P. Saska, and C.S. Chaboo. 2008. Carabid Beetles, Parasitoid. pp 35–36. In: J. Capinera (ed.), Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd edition.Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Grobbelaar, E. and C.S. Chaboo. 2008. Metriopepla inornata (Waterhouse) (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Basiprionotini): newly recorded from South Africa with biological notes. African Entomology 16(1): 134–136.

Chaboo, C.S., C.G. Brown and D.J Funk. 2008. Fecal case architecture in the gibbosus species group of Neochlamisus Karren (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Chlamisini. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 315–351.

Chaboo, C.S. 2007. Biology and phylogeny of the Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 305:250.

Chaboo, C.S., E. Grobbelaar, and A. Larsen. 2007. Fecal ecology in leaf beetles: novel records in the African arrow-poison beetles, Diamphidia Gerstaecker and Polyclada Chevrolat (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 61(2): 297–309.

Chaboo, C.S. 2004. Natural history observations in Eurypepla calochroma Blake (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Physonotini). Coleopterists Bulletin 58(1): 142–143.

Chaboo, C.S. and T. Nguyen. 2004. Immatures of Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman), with a discussion of the caudal process and shield architecture in the tribe Hemisphaerotini (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). pp. 171–184. In: Jolivet, P., J. Santiago-Blay and M. Schmitt (eds.), New Contributions in Biology of the Chrysomelidae. The Hague: Kugler Publications, 803pp.

Chaboo, C.S. and L. Borowiec. 2003b. Annotated checklist of tortoise beetles from Trinidad and Tobago (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 57(1): 71–78.

Chaboo, C.S. 2003a. Tortoise beetles from Costa Rica: new records and localities (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Genus 14(1): 109–120.

Chaboo, C.S. 2002a. First report of immatures, genitalia and maternal care in Eugenysa columbiana (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Eugenysini).  Coleopterists Bulletin 56(1): 50–67.

Chaboo, C.S. 2002b. Range extensions of tortoise beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae).  Proceedings of the Washington Entomological Society 104(3): 716–720.

Chaboo, C.S. 2001. Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genus Acromis Chevrolat (Coleoptera:  Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini). Coleopterists Bulletin 55(1): 75–102.

Chaboo, C.S. 2000. Revision and phylogeny of the Caribbean genus Elytrogona (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini). Coleopterists Bulletin 54(3): 379–394.

Grimaldi, D., C.S. Michalski and K. Schmidt. 1993. Amber fossil Enicocephalidae (Heteroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of  Lebanon and Oligo-Miocene of  the Dominican Republic, with biogeographic analysis of Enicocephalus. American Museum Novitates 3071: 30pp.

Chaboo, C.S. 1990. The Vegetation of the Five Islands, Trinidad, W.I. Living World 10–11.

Chaboo, C.S. and Y.S. Baksh-Comeau. 1988. Natural History Museums in Trinidad and Tobago. Biospectrum 1: 5–7.