Updated: 14 April, 2000

Marc A. Branham

• e-mail: Branham.24@osu.edu
• s-mail: Department of Entomology, Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212-1192
• phone: (614) 292-2750
• fax: (614) 292-7774

• B.S. 1992, Organismal Biology, University of Kansas
• M.A. 1995, Entomology, University of Kansas

Current Research: The evolution of bioluminescent signaling in the beetle family Lampyridae (fireflies).

Research Interests: Evolution of signaling systems, fireflies, bioluminescence, sexual selection, insect systematics (especially the beetle superfamily Elateroidea), animal communication, mimicry systems, tropical biology, and phylogenetic theory.

Publications:

• Archangelsky, M. and M.A. Branham. 2001. Description of the Last Larval Stage and Pupa of Pyropyga nigricans (Say, 1823) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), and Comparative Notes with P. modesta Green, 1961 and Larvae of Other Known Photinini Genera. Can. Ent.133:1-10.
• Archangelsky, M. and M.A. Branham. 1998. Description of the Preimaginal Stages of Pyractomena borealis (Randall, 1838), and Notes on Its Biology (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Proc. Wash. Ent. Soc. 100(3): 421-430.
• Branham, M.A. and J.W. Wenzel. 2001. The Evolution of Bioluminescence in Cantharoids (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Florida Ent. 84(4):478-499 [In Press]
• Branham, M.A. and J.W. Wenzel. 2001. Sexual Communicatin in Fireflies (Cloleoptera: Elaterioidea). Cladistics [Submmitted]
• Branham, M.A. and M. Archangelsky. 2000. Description of the Last Larval Instar and Pupa of Lucidota atra (G. A. Olivier, 1790) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), With a Discussion of Abdominal Segment Homology Across Life Stages. Proc. Wash. Ent. Soc. 102(4):869-877.
• Branham, M.A. and J.W. Wenzel. 2000. The Evolution of Sexual Communication in Fireflies. XI^th International Symposim on Bioluminescence and Chemoluminescence. Luminescence. 15(4):202. [Abstract]
• Branham, M.A. and M.D. Greenfield. 1996. Flashing Males Win Mate Success. Nature 318: 745-746.
• Branham, M.A. 1993. A New Eastern Record for Cypherotylus californicus Lacordaire in the United States (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 47 (1):81-82.

Consulting for Motion Picture and Natural History Film Projects:

• 1995 - "Beetle Mania", a natural history film produced by the BBC.
• 1998 - "The Green Mile", motion picture produced by Castle Rock Pictures, Inc.

Personal Interests: Fencing, cycling, fly fishing, canoeing, kayaking, woodworking, boatbuilding, wine tasting, and raising a lop-eared rabbit named "Otis."

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