Curriculum vitae

updated 26 August 2021

Casey H. Richart

Research Associate
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Section of Mollusks
Appointment 2019-2022

Email: pileated@gmail.com
Website: https://caseyhrichart.wordpress.com
Professional Profiles: ORCID | Google Scholar | ResearchGate | Publons | Mendeley | PeerJ

Areas of specialization

Conservation | Community Science | Species Delimitation | Alpha Taxonomy | Cybertaxonomy | Parataxonomy | Biodiversity Data Management | Natural History | Short-range Endemism | Terrestrial Gastropods | Arachnida | Diplopoda | Ornithology | Field Education

Education

  • 1996. A.A., A.S., Centralia Community College, Centralia, WA.
  • 2000. B.A., B.S., The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.
  • 2014. M.S., Evolutionary Biology, San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, CA.
  • 2018. Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology, SDSU, joint with University of California Riverside, CA.

Ph.D. Dissertation

2018. Species Delimitation and Biogeography of the Thorn Harvestmen (Acuclavella) and Their Placement Within the Ischyropsalidoidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Dyspnoi)

Advisors: Marshal Hedin, San Diego State University | Cheryl Hayashi, University of California Riverside

Master’s Thesis

2014. Testing Phylogenetic and Phylogeographic Hypotheses in Acuclavella (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea) from the Western Hemlock Zone of the Pacific Northwest

Advisor: Marshal Hedin, San Diego State University

Refereed Journal Articles

  • 15. Hassler MF, Harrison DP, Jones TH, Richart CH, Saporito RA (2020) Gosodesmine, a 7-substituted Hexahyrdoindolizine from the Millipede Gosodesmus claremontus. Journal of Natural Products 83(9), 2764–2768. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00722
  • 14. Uyeda KA, Stow DA, Richart CH (2020) Assessment of volunteered geographic information for vegetation mapping. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192(554), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08522-9
  • 13. Shear WA, Richart CH, Wong VL (2020) The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea). Zootaxa, 4753(1), 1–78. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4753.1.1
  • 12. Richart CH, Chichester LF, Boyer B, Pearce TA (2019) Rediscovery of the southern California endemic American Keeled Slug Anadenulus cockerelli (Hemphill, 1890) after a 68-year hiatus. Journal of Natural History 53:1515–1531. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1447700
  • 11. Burns M, Starrett J, Derkarabetian S, Richart CH, Cabrero A, Hedin H (2017) Comparative performance of double-digest RAD sequencing across divergent arachnid lineages. Molecular Ecology Resources 17:418–430. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12575
  • 10. Starrett J, Derkarabetian S, Richart CH, Cabrero A, Hedin M (2016) A new monster from southwest Oregon forests: Cryptomaster behemoth sp. n. (Opiliones, Laniatores, Travunioidea). ZooKeys 555: 11-35. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.555.6274
  • 9. Richart CH, Hayashi CY, Hedin M (2016) Phylogenomic analyses resolve an ancient trichotomy at the base of Ischyropsalidoidea (Arachnida, Opiliones) despite high levels of gene tree conflict and unequal minority resolution frequencies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 95, 171-182.
  • 8. Shear WA, Jones TH, Guidry HM, Derkarabetian S, Richart CH, Minor M (2014) Chemical defenses in the opilionid infraorder Insidiatores: divergence in chemical defenses between Triaenonychidae and Travunioidea and within travunioid harvestmen (Opiliones) from eastern and western North America. Journal of Arachnology 43 (3), 248-256.
  • 7. Shelley RM, Richart CH (2014) Tynommatidae, n. stat., a family of western North American millipeds: Hypotheses on origins and affinities; tribal elevations; rediagnoses of Diactis Loomis, 1937, and Florea and Caliactis, both Shelley, 1996; and description of D. hedini, n. sp. (Callipodida: Schizopetalidae). Insecta Mundi 0340, 1-14.
  • 6. Richart CH, Hedin M (2013) Three new species in the harvestmen genus Acuclavella (Opiliones, Dyspnoi, Ischyropsalidoidea), including description of male Acuclavella quattuor Shear 1986. ZooKeys 311: 19-68.
  • 5. Carlisle JD, Olmstead KL, Richart CH, Swanson DL (2012) Food availability, foraging behavior, and diet of autumn migrant landbirds in the Boise Foothills of Southwestern Idaho. The Condor 114(3): 449-461.
  • 4. O’Donnell RP, Richart CH (2012) Diet of the Columbia Torrent Salamander, Rhyacotriton kezeri (Caudata: Rhyacotritonidae): Linkages between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in forested headwater. Northwestern Naturalist 93(1) 17-22.
  • 3. Leonard WP, Chichester L, Richart CH, Young TA (2011) Securicauda hermani and Carinacauda stormi, two new genera and species of slug from the Pacific Northwest of the United States (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Arionidae), with notes on Gliabates oregonius Webb 1959. Zootaxa 2746, 43-56.
  • 2. Shelley RM, Richart CH, Bogan AE (2010) Octoglena claraqua, n. sp. (Polyzoniida: Hirudisomatidae), a new milliped from Idaho, USA; first record of the order from the western interior of North America. Zootaxa 2446, 55-64.
  • 1. Hedin M, Derkarabetian S, McCormack M, Richart C,Shultz J (2010) The phylogenetic utility of the nuclear protein-coding gene EF-1α for resolving recent divergences in Opiliones, emphasizing intron evolution. Journal of Arachnology 38 (1), 9-20.

Tanager Accounts for The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Neotropical Birds

  • 1. Amin A, Richart CH, Burns K, Céspedes-Arias L, Matiz Á (2014) Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris), Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 2. Ciaccio E, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2015) Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus notabilis), Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 3. Downey AC, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2015) Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager (Dubusia taeniata), Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 4. Gonzales K, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2015) Fawn-breasted Tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota), Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 5. Hofiani S, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2015) Blue-and-gold Tanager (Bangsia arcaei), Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 6. Nguyen A, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2015) Black-chested Mountain-Tanager (Cnemathraupis eximia), Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 7. Sample A, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2015) Yellow-throated Tanager (Iridosornis analis), Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 8. Swain-Gil A, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2015) Yellow-scarfed Tanager (Iridosornis reinhardti), Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 9. Flores AJ, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2015) White-banded Tanager (Neothraupis fasciata), Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 10. Reed M, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2017) Viridian Dacnis (Dacnis viguieri), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 11. Iga A, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2017) White-bellied Dacnis (Dacnis albiventris), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 12. Wynns S, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2017) Gold-ringed Tanager (Bangsia aureocincta), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 13. Fukutomi J, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2018) Yellow-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus rufiventer), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 14. O’Hara C, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2018) Black-legged Dacnis (Dacnis nigripes), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Ed). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 15. Cookson M, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2018) Common Diuca-Finch (Diuca diuca), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (Schulenberg TS, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.
  • 16. McMullen H, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2018). Turquoise Dacnis (Dacnis hartlaubi), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
  • 17. Obando A, Richart CH, Burns KJ (2018). Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Other Publications

  • 1. Pearce TA, Richart CH, Leonard WP, Hohenlohe PA (2003) Guide to the Slugs & Snails of Western Washington.
  • 2. Longino J, Richart CH (2003) Evergreen Biota: Some common ants on The Evergreen State College campus.
  • 3. Pearce TA, Richart CH (2010) American Malacological Society Terrestrial Field Trip Report, 26 June and 1 July 2010: in search of Anadenulus cockerelli. Newsletter of the American Malacological Society 4(2):9-11.
  • 4. Richart CH, Burns KJ (2017) Birding San Diego State University. PostScript SDSU Retired Faculty/Staff News 32:10.
  • 5. Calloway S, Richart C (2019) Conservation Corner ‑ Terrestrial Invertebrates of San Clemente Island. Ironwood 27(2): 7.
  • 6. Hasenstab-Lehman K, Guilliams CM, Naesborg RR, Richart C (2020) Biodiversity conservation on San Nicolas Island. Ironwood 28(2): 4–7.

Published Conference Proceedings

  • 2007. Richart CH, Hayes MP, O’Donnell RP, Young K, Crawford R, Maynard C. Comparative diet of four species of terrestrial forest-dwelling amphibians (Rana aurora, Dicamptodon tenebrosus, Ambystoma gracile, and Rhyacotriton kezeri) in western Washington. Northwest Naturalist 88 (2): 121-122.
  • 2005. Leonard WP, Richart C, Shear WA, Shelley RM. Biodiversity of millipeds in PNW forests. Northwest Naturalist, 86 (2): 105.

Professional Presentations (*posters, ** invited symposium participant † invited speaker)

  • 2020. Richart CH. Short-Range Endemism and the Importance of a Sophisticated Integrative Taxonomy for Terrestrial Invertebrate Conservation, CSUCI, Department Seminar Speaker, Camarillo, CA (presented remotely.
  • 2019. Richart CH, Calloway SM, Hazlehurst JA, Knapp DA. Terrestrial Arthropods of San Clemente Island, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA.
  • 2019. Richart CH. On Creepies, and Crawlies: Acuclavella Species Delimitation & Biogeography, Molluscan Mycophagy, and Terrestrial Arthropods of San Clemente Island, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER), University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.
  • 2019. Richart CH, Stacey BJ, Turner K, O’Brian LE, Rockefeller A, Schwarz C. Molluscan Mycophagy. Mollusks in Citizen Science Symposium, World Congress of Malacology, Pacific Grove, California, U.S.A.**
  • 2019. Richart CH. The Study of Short-Range Endemics Enhances Evolutionary Insight and Conservation Outcomes. TheNAT ­ State of Biodiversity 2019, San Diego, California, U.S.A.†
  • 2017. Richart CH, Hedin M. Integrative Species Delimitation in the Thorn Harvestmen Acuclavella (Opiliones, Ischyropsalidoidea). American Arachnological Society. Quéretaro, Juriquilla, México.
  • 2016. Richart CH, Hedin M. Glacial Refugia and Riverine Barriers ‑ Biogeography of Acuclavella (Opiliones, Ischyropsalidoidea) in Northern Idaho. 20th International Congress of Arachnology, International Society of Arachnology, Golden, Colorado, U.S.A.
  • 2016. Richart CH, Hedin M. Biogeography and Evolutionary History of the Thorn Harvestmen Acuclavella in the Poor-Persons Rainforest in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. San Diego Arthropod Society, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
  • 2016. Richart CH, Hedin M. Integrative species delimitation of the Thorn Harvestmen Acucalvella (Opiliones, Ischyropsalidoidea) of northern Idaho. Student Research Symposium, 9th Annual, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
  • 2014. Richart CH, Hayashi C, Hedin M. Multilocus genomic analysis of the harvestmen superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea. University of California Riverside, Biology Graduate Student Association, GradFest, Riverside, CA.
  • 2013. Richart CH, Feist A, Hayashi C, Hedin M. Multilocus genomic analysis of the harvestmen superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea. SDSU Biology 17th Annual BioSymposium, San Diego, CA.†
  • 2013. Richart CH, Hayashi C, Hedin M. Multilocus genomic analysis of the harvestmen superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea. American Arachnological Society, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
  • 2011. Richart CH, Emata KN, Leonard WP, Shear WA. Species discovery of millipeds in the Pacific Northwest with molecular analyses of Chelojulus (Julida, Chelojulidae) supporting yet another new species. American Arachnological Society, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR.*
  • 2010. Richart CH, Hedin M. Morphometric and molecular phylogenetic analyses of the opilionid genus Acuclavella. Western Evolutionary Biologists, University of California – Irvine, Irvine, CA.
  • 2010. Richart CH, Hedin M. Testing phylogenetic and biogeographic hypotheses in Acuclavella (Opiliones, Ischyropsalidoidea) from the Western Hemlock Zone of the Pacific Northwest. American Arachnological Society, Greenville, NC.
  • 2010. Richart CH, Hedin M. Testing species hypotheses using morphological data in the spiny harvestman Acuclavella (Opiliones, Ischyropsalidoidea). Student Research Symposium, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
  • 2009. Richart CH, Hedin M. Testing phylogenetic and phylogeographic hypotheses in Acuclavella (Opiliones, Ischyropsalidoidea) from the Western Hemlock Zone of the Pacific Northwest. Evolution, Moscow, ID.*
  • 2008. Richart CH, Derkarabetian S, Hedin M. Molecular systematics of North American Travunioidea (Opiliones: Laniatores) indicates evolutionary relationships inconsistent with current classification. American Arachnological Society, Berkeley, CA.
  • 2008. Richart CH. Atlas to the Terrestrial Slugs and Snails of Western Washington: Documenting invertebrate species and populations. Student Research Symposium, 1st Annual, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
  • 2007. Richart CH, Hayes MP, O’Donnell RP, Young K, Crawford R, Maynard C. Comparative diet of four species of terrestrial forest-dwelling amphibians (Rana aurora, Dicamptodon tenebrosus, Ambystoma gracile, and Rhycaotriton kezeri) in western Washington. Society for Northwest Vertebrate Biology, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
  • 2006. Richart CH, Hayes MP, Leonard WP. Thorns, Dots, and Lanceteeth: A hundred species you’ve yet to meet. Society of Northwest Vertebrate Biology, Olympia, WA.*
  • 2005. Richart CH. The Herman Institute of Biological Studies. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas de la UANL, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico. en español
  • 2002. Farquhar CC, Kelchlin E, Porter A, Richart C. Influence of community succession on brood parasitism and nest depredation in the Black-capped Vireo.*

Invited Lectures

  • 2014. San Diego State University BIOL 526, Terrestrial Arthropods. Introduction to the Myriapoda.
  • 2014. San Diego State University BIOL 354, Experimental Ecology. Ecology of Terrestrial Slugs and Snails.
  • 2013. San Diego State University BIOL 526, Terrestrial Arthropods. Two lecture: Insect Acoustics (Production), Insect Acoustics (Perception).

Grants and Scholarships

  • 2014. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant, AMNH, $2,000.
  • 2014. Vincent Roth Memorial Fund, American Arachnological Society, $325.
  • 2013.  American Arachnological Society Travel Award, $350.
  • 2013. Graduate Student Travel Fund, San Diego State University, $450.
  • 2012. Vincent Roth Memorial Fund, American Arachnological Society, $225.
  • 2011. Newell Award, University of California Riverside, $800.
  • 2010. American Arachnological Society Travel Award, $500.
  • 2009. Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant, AMNH, $1,000.
  • 2009. Vincent Roth Memorial Fund, American Arachnological Society, $500.
  • 2009. Jordan Dale Covin Memorial Scholarship, San Diego State University, $2000.
  • 2009. Frank Alverson Memorial Scholarship, San Diego State University, $1000.
  • 2009. IRA Student Travel Funds, San Diego State University, $150.
  • 2008. Vincent Roth Memorial Fund, American Arachnological Society, $400.
  • 2008. Harry E. Hamber Memorial Scholarship, San Diego State University, $1,400.
  • 1997. Centralia Community College Study Abroad Scholarship – Australia, $500.

Honors

  • 2013. Student Paper Presentation Award first-prize winner, American Arachnological Society, 2013 annual meeting, Johnson City, TN.
  • 2010. Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, San Diego State University Department of Biology, San Diego, CA.

Research Experience

  • 2019-2021. Postdoctoral Scholar; Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, survey, identification, and dissemination of the results of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of San Clemente Island. Acquire funding for biodiversity inventories. Terrestrial invertebrate conservation biology. Accumulated and organized biodiversity interaction data. Pollinator Surveys. Most work involved sampling from rare and endangered plant species. Managed ca. 20 parataxonomic interns and volunteers including sorting and microscopy.
  • 2015,2017,2018. Researcher, NSF grant 1354006, Kevin Burns (PI), The role of selected traits in generating patterns of species diversification in a continent-wide radiation of birds (Thraupidae), co-author of tanager accounts for Neotropical Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
  • 2008-2009. Graduate Assistant; San Diego State University, Department of Biology, San Diego, CA. Marshal Hedin, Ph.D., curation of terrestrial arthropod collection.
  • 2007. Research Intern; Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Department of Mollusks, Pittsburgh, PA. Timothy A. Pearce, Ph.D., identification and curation of gastropod mollusks.
  • 2004-2007. Scientific Technician; Department of Fish & Wildlife, Olympia, WA. Marc P. Hayes, Ph.D.; field coordinator, tree buffer affects on amphibians.
  • 2003. Research Assistant; Colorado Plateau Field Station, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. Eben Paxton, Ph.D.; band and monitor populations of the endangered SW Willow Flycatcher.
  • 2003. Laboratory Assistant; The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. John T. Longino, Ph.D.; microscopy of ants of Costa Rica.
  • 2002. Songbird Coordinator; Intermountain (Idaho) Bird Observatory, Boise State University, Boise, ID. Jay D. Carlisle, Ph.D.; oversee monitoring of songbirds at a migration study site.
  • 2002. Research Director; The Herman Institute of Biological Studies, Costa Rica. Andrew S. Wheelan; surveys for Yellow-billed Cotinga and aid Latin biologists.
  • 2001. Research Assistant; Intermountain (Idaho) Bird Observatory, Boise State University, Boise, ID. Jay D. Carlisle, Ph.D.; songbird banding, hawk watch, hawk trapping &banding.
  • 2001. Research Assistant; Texas Parks and Wildlife, Austin, TX. C. Craig Farquhar, Ph.D.; color-banding and boundary mapping the endangered Black-capped Vireo.
  • 2000. Research Assistant; Intermountain (Idaho) Bird Observatory, Boise State University, Boise, ID. Jay D. Carlisle, Ph.D.; banding, foraging observation, insect sampling.
  • 2000. Research Assistant; University of Miami, Miami, FL. Harald Beck, Ph.D.; small-mammal/ tree fall gap correlation study in Amazonian Peru.
  • 1999. Research Intern; Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC. Kurt A. Buhlmann, Ph.D.; explored methods for detecting Southern Hognose Snake.
  • 1999. Research Assistant; Intermountain (Idaho) Bird Observatory, Boise State University, Boise, ID. Jay D. Carlisle, Ph.D.; banding, point counts.
  • 1999. Assistant Curator; The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. Steven G. Herman, Ph.D., curate and accession.

Teaching Experience

  • 2018. Spring. Ornithology, San Diego State University (SDSU), BIOL524, San Diego, CA. Kevin Burns, Ph.D.; co-lead Friday field trips.
  • 2017. Spring. Ornithology, SDSU, BIOL524, San Diego, CA. Kevin Burns, Ph.D.; co-lead Friday field trips.
  • 2016. Fall. Natural History of San Diego County Wintering Birds, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2016. Spring. Teaching Assistant, Ornithology Lab, BIOL524, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2015. Spring. Teaching Assistant, Ornithology Lab, BIOL524, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2014. Fall. Tutor, Genetics and Evolution Lab, BIOL352, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2014. Spring. Teaching Assistant, Ornithology Lab, BIOL524, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2013. Spring. Ornithology, SDSU, BIOL524, San Diego, CA. Kevin Burns, Ph.D.; co-lead Friday field trips.
  • 2013. Spring. Teaching Assistant; Genetics and Evolution Lab, BIOL352, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2012. Fall. Teaching Assistant; Genetics and Evolution Lab, BIOL352, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2011. Spring. Teaching Assistant; Principles of Organismal Biology Lab, BIOL204, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2010. Spring. Teaching Assistant; Principles of Organismal Biology Lab, BIOL204, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2010. Spring. Ornithology, SDSU, BIOL524, San Diego, CA. Kevin Burns, Ph.D.; co-lead Friday field trips.
  • 2009. Spring. Ornithology, SDSU, BIOL524, San Diego, CA. Kevin Burns, Ph.D.; co-lead Friday field trips.
  • 2009. Fall. Teaching Assistant; Principles of Organismal Biology Lab, BIOL204, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2008. Spring. Teaching Assistant; General Biology Lab, BIOL100, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2008. Spring. Ornithology, SDSU, BIOL524, San Diego, CA. Kevin Burns, Ph.D.; co-lead Friday field trips.
  • 2007. Fall. Teaching Assistant; General Biology Lab, BIOL100, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2000. Summer. Teaching Assistant; Summer Ornithology: Birds in the hand. The Evergreen State College (TESC), Olympia, WA.
  • 1999. Summer. Teaching Assistant; Summer Ornithology: Birds in the hand. TESC, Olympia, WA.

Student References (all of these students participate in research activities that I mentored)

  • 2021. Jose Flores (also here), Santa Barbara Botanic Garden: Parataxonomy.
  • 2020. Sydney Trujillo, Santa Barbara City College: Parataxonomy.
  • 2020. Nolan Weis, University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB): Parataxonomy, Microscopy.
  • 2019. Brandon Benitez, UCSB, Env S 192 Internship: Parataxonomy.
  • 2019. Esther Duh, UCSB, EEMB 184 Internship: Parataxonomy, Microscopy.
  • 2015. Amy Downey, San Diego State University (SDSU), BIOL499 Internship: Laboratory Management, Morphometric Data Collection, Data Entry.
  • 2014. Yixuan Xia, SDSU, BIOL499 Internship: DNA Alignment Characterization, Georeferencing, DNA Extractions, Morphometric Data Collection.
  • 2014. Teta Charernsuk, High Tech High Internship: Morphometric Data Collection.
  • 2014. Rebecca Friedrich, Mater Dei Catholic High School Internship: Morphometric Data Collection.
  • 2014. Lisa Kairy, High Tech High Volunteer: Parataxonomy.
  • 2013-2014. Alexa Feist, SDSU, BIOL499 Internship: Microscopy, Geneious Characterization of DNA Sequence Alignments, Field Work.
  • 2013. Stas Vidyakin, SDSU, BIOL499 Internship: uploading images to MorphBank, Parataxonomy.
  • 2011. Kristen Emata, SDSU, BIOL499 Internship: Morphometric Data Collection, Data Entry, GoogleEarth KML File Creation, Field Work.
  • 2010. David Carlson, SDSU, BIOL499 Internship: Morphometric Data Collection.
  • 2010. Nicasia O’Neal, SDSU, BIOL499 Internship: Morphometric Data Collection, Microscopy.

Professional Workshops Attended

  • 2019. Camponotus Ant Identification, UC Santa Barbara, CCBER, by Ida Naughton.
  • 2017. R Phylogenetics Workshop, San Diego State University, by Sean Harrington.
  • 2015. Myriapod Biodiversity Workshop, Highlands Biological Station, Highlands, North Carolina.
  • 2014. iNaturalist, Reptile and Amphibians of Southern California (RASCals): Training Workshop, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, California.
  • 2006. Pacific Northwest Taxonomic Workshop – Gastropoda. The Xerces Society, Missoula, MT.
  • 2004. Freshwater Mussels of the Pacific Northwest Symposium, Pacific Northwest Native Freshwater Mussel Workgroup, Portland, OR.

Professional Community Service

  • 2020. Family Nature Nights, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (SBBG), Santa Barbara, CA.
  • 2019. Full Moon Family Night, SBBG, Santa Barbara, CA.
  • 2019. Bee Washing and Curation Blitz, CCBER, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA.
  • 2018. Field Trip Lead – Natural History Club at San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego, CA.
  • 2018. Featured Guest on The Naturalist Podcast, episode 7
  • 2015-2016. Secretary: Natural History Club at SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2014. Field Trip Lead – Natural History Club at SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2013-2016. Speaker Search Student Committee ‑ Carpenter-Cohn Lecture in Comparative Biology, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2013. Science Fair Judge, Julian Charter School, San Diego, CA.
  • 2013. Field Trip Lead – Natural History Club at SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2012. Science and Engineering Fair Judge, Riverside Unified School District, University of California, Riverside, CA.
  • 2011. Volunteer identification of myriapods in the collection of the San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA.
  • 2010. Field Trip Lead, American Malacological Society, annual meeting, San Diego, CA.
  • 2010. Field Trip Lead – Natural History Club at SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2008. Public Outreach, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Animal Grossology.
  • 2008. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Committee, SDSU, San Diego, CA.
  • 2007. Science Fair Judge, L.P. Brown Elementary School, Olympia School District
  • 2006. Public Outreach, Northwest Trek, Slug Fest.
  • 2006. Field Trip Lead – Mollusks, Society of NW Vertebrate Biologists, annual meeting.
  • 2006. Field Trip Lead, American Malacological Society, annual meeting, Seattle, WA.
  • 1999. President, Natural History Club, The Evergreen State College (TESC), Olympia, WA.
  • 1998. Faculty Search Committee, Evolution of the Herpetofauna, TESC, Olympia, WA.

Community Science

PROFILES – eBird | iNaturalist | BugGuide

PROJECTS

  • 2016. Creator and Administrator of the iNaturalist Project Molluscan Mycophagy
  • 2015. Created iNaturalist Project Natural History Club at San Diego State University
  • 2015. eBird Collegiate Challenge: contact for the Natural History Club at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
  • 2015. Workshop Lead — Community Science: An introduction to iNaturalist and eBird, Natural History Club at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

PARTICIPATION

  • 2020. Salton Sea (South) Christmas Bird Count, 17 December
  • 2020. Santa Barbara Christmas Bird County, 5 January
  • 2019. Salton Sea (South) Christmas Bird Count, 17 December
  • 2019. San Diego Christmas Bird Count, 14 December
  • 2018. Salton Sea (South) Christmas Bird Count, 18 December
  • 2018. San Diego Christmas Bird Count, 15 December
  • 2018. N-Gen Border BioBlitz, 3 March, iNaturalist Project
  • 2017. Salton Sea (South) Christmas Bird Count, 19 December
  • 2017. San Diego Christmas Bird Count, 16 December
  • 2016. Salton Sea (South) Christmas Bird Count, 20 December
  • 2016. San Diego Christmas Bird Count, 17 December
  • 2016. Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve BioBlitz, iNaturalist Project
  • 2015. Salton Sea (South) Christmas Bird Count, 15 December.
  • 2015. San Diego Christmas Bird Count, 19 December.
  • 2013. San Diego Christmas Bird Count, 14 December.
  • 2010. Terrestrial Gastropod and Myriapod Lead, Torrey Pines State Reserve BioBlitz, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA.
  • 2009. Terrestrial Gastropod and Myriapod Lead, Mission Trails Regional Park BioBlitz, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA.
  • 2006. Gastropod Lead, Lower White River BioBlitz, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, WA.
  • 2005. Gig Harbor BioBlitz, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, WA.
  • 2000. Champoeg State Park BioBlitz, Marion Co, OR.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  • 2018. iNaturalist “Power User” – theNat (San Diego Natural History Museum)
  • 2016. iNaturalist Observation of the Day – Anadenulus cockerelli

Social Networking

  • 2017-2019. Twitter Administrator for American Arachnological Society @AAS_arachnology

Membership to Professional Societies

  • 2017. San Diego Field Ornithologists
  • 2017. Western Society of Malacologists
  • 2014-present. American Malacological Society
  • 2006-2011. Society of Northwest Vertebrate Biologists
  • 2008-present. American Arachnological Society
  • 2009-2014. Society of Systematic Biologists

Manuscript Reviews – Journal and year of first review; more details at Publons

  • 2020. Molecular Ecology
  • 2017. PeerJ
  • 2016. Zootaxa
  • 2014. Biodiversity Data Journal
  • 2014. Invertebrate Systematics
  • 2013. Cladistics
  • 2013. Insecta Mundi
  • 2012. Northwest Science

Manuscript Language Reviews

  • 2016. Zootaxa

Linear Classification of Published Taxa (new taxa emboldened; new species with general locality of type specimens)

  • Arthropoda
    • Arachnida
      • Opiliones
        • Dyspnoi
          • Ischyropsalidoidea
            • Acuclavella Shear, 1986
              • Acuclavella leonardi Richart and Hedin, 2013…………. Lewis Co, WA, USA
              • Acuclavella makah Richart and Hedin, 2013………….. Clallam Co, WA, USA
              • Acuclavella sheari Richart and Hedin, 2013……………….. Idaho Co, ID, USA
    • Diplopoda
      • Polyzoniida
        • Hirudisomatidae
          • Octoglena Wood, 1864
            • Octoglena claraqua Shelley and Richart, 2010……………. Clearwater Co, ID, USA
      • Callipodida
        • Schizopetalidae
          • Diactis Loomis, 1937
            • Diactis hedini Shelley and Richart, 2014……………………….. San Diego Co, CA, USA
      • Chordeumatida Koch, 1847
        • Conotylidae Cook, 1896
        • Conotylinae Cook, 1896
          • Taiyutyla Chamberlin, 1951
            • Taiyutyla tillamook Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020…………. Tillamook Co, OR, USA
            • Taiyutyla acuphora Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020……………….. Lewis Co, WA, USA
            • Taiyutyla amicitia Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………………. Kootenai Co, ID, USA
          • Calityla Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020
            • Calityla siskiyou Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020…………………….. Shasta Co, CA, USA
            • Calityla ubicki Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………………………… Trinity Co, CA, USA
            • Calityla trinitaria Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………………….. Trinity Co, CA, USA
            • Calityla essigi Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020…………………… Santa Cruz Co, CA, USA
            • Calityla humboldtensis Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020……. Humboldt Co, CA, USA
          • Ovaskella Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020
            • Ovaskella ovaskae Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020…………….. Pacific Islands, BC, CA
            • Ovaskella sinuosa Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020……………. Skamania Co, WA, USA
          • Vancouvereuma Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020
          • Karagama Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020
            • Karagama ladybird Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020…………. Humboldt Co, CA, USA
          • Bollmanella Chamberlin, 1941
            • Bollmanella bombus Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………………… Idaho Co, ID, USA
            • Bollmanella washingtonensis Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020Mason Co, WA, USA
            • Bollmanella leonardi Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………….. Cowltiz Co, WA, USA
          • Brunsonia Loomis & Schmitt, 1971
            • Brunsonia pulchra Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………………. Kootenai Co, ID, USA
            • Brunsonia digitata Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020……. Grays Harbor Co, WA, USA
            • Brunsonia wenatchee Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………….. Kittitas Co, WA, USA
            • Brunsonia chelanoparva Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020…….. Chelan Co, WA, USA
            • Brunsonia chelanomagna Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020…… Chelan Co, WA, USA
            • Brunsonia selwayana Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………………. Idaho Co, ID, USA
            • Brunsonia benewah Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020……………. Benewah Co, ID, USA
          • Complicatella Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020
            • Complicatella pectenifera Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020……….. Latah Co, ID, USA
            • Complicatella neili Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020……………… Pershing Co, NV, USA
          • Bifurcatella Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020
            • Bifurcatella olympiana Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020……. Thurston Co, WA, USA
            • Bifurcatella hoh Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………………… Jefferson Co, WA, USA
            • Bifurcatella angulata Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020.. Grays Harbor Co, WA, USA
            • Bifurcatella pacifica Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020…………….. Pacific Co, WA, USA
            • Bifurcatella germania Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………… Cowlitz Co, WA, USA
            • Bifurcatella uniclada Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020…………….. Lewis Co, WA, USA
            • Bifurcatella inflata Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020……………….. Bonner Co, ID, USA
          • Loomisella Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020
            • Loomisiella evergreen Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020……… Thurston Co, WA, USA
            • Loomisiella pylei Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………….. Wahkiakum Co, WA, USA
        • Lophominae Loomis & Schmitt, 1971
          • Lophomus Loomis & Schmitt, 1971
            • Lophomus shelleyi Shear, Richart, Wong, 2020………………….. Ravali Co, MT, USA
  • Mollusca
    • Gastropoda
      • Styllomatophora
        • Arionidae
          • Securicauda Leonard, Chichester, Richart, and Young 2011
            • Securicauda hermani Leonard et. al 2011……………………… Shoshone Co, ID, USA
          • Carinacauda Chichester, Richart, and Young 2011
            • Carinacauda stormi Leonard et. al 2011……………………………….. Linn Co, OR, USA

Patronyms Received

  • Caseya richarti Shear and Leonard, 2007… Diplopoda, Chordeumatida (Washington, USA)
  • Siro richarti Benavides and Giribet, 2017……. Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi (Idaho, USA)
  • Retrorsia richarti Shear and Marek, 2021… Diplopoda, Polydesmida (

References (from most recent at top)

Denise Knapp, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation and Research
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
dknapp@sbbg.org

Marshal Hedin Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4614
mhedin@sdsu.edu

Kevin J. Burns, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-4614
kburns@sdsu.ed

Cheryl Hayashi Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
University of California Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
chayashi@amnh.org

William A. Shear Ph.D.
Trinkle Professor of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Glimer Hall, 108
wshear@hsc.edu

Marc P. Hayes, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
WA Department of Fish and Wildlife600 Capitol Way North, Mailstop: 43143
Olympia, WA 98501-1091
hayesmph@dfw.wa.gov

Timothy A. Pearce, Ph.D.
Curator of Collections and Head of Section
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080
pearcet@carnegiemnh.org