Caroline S. Chaboo-Systematic Entomology
Assistant Professor & Curator
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2005
Phone: (785) 864-5173
FAX: 785-864-5260
http://www.nhm.ku.edu/ksem/staff-students/Chaboo/Chaboo.html
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.
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To read more about current research projects, please visit the Chaboo Lab Home Page.
Chaboo, C.S. and M.-L. Jeng. Accepted. Book review: Lee, C.-F. and H.-T. Cheng. 2007. The Chrysomelidae of Taiwan I [Sishou-Hills Insect Observation Network Press, 199 pp]. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society.
Weber, D.C., P. Saska, and C.S. Chaboo. 2008. Carabid Beetles, Parasitoid. Pp. 35-37. In: J. Capinera (ed.), Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd edition. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Grobbelaar, E. and C.S. Chaboo. 2008. New country record and first biological notes for Metriopepla inornata (Waterhouse) (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Basiprionotini). African Entomology 16: 134-136.
Chaboo, C.S., C.G. Brown and D. 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., 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. 2007. Biology and phylogeny of the Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 305: 250 pp, 9 tables, 5 appendices, 92 figures.
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, 803 pp.
Chaboo, C.S. and L. Borowiec. 2003. Annotated checklist of tortoise beetles from Trinidad and Tobago (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 57(1): 71-78.
Chaboo, C.S. 2003. Tortoise beetles from Costa Rica: new records and localities
(Coleoptera: Chysomelidae: 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
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