Eider Ruiz-Manzanos   1978-2010

 
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Eider studying collections at the University of
Nebraska State Museum.
Photo by Aura Paucar-Cabrera.

  

Eider Ruiz-Manzanos studied ecology at the Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (University of the Basque Country, Spain). She was working on her doctoral degree at the Laboratory of Entomology at the Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas (CRICYT) in Mendoza, Argentina when she passed away from a heart attack. Eider was interested in the systematics of Neotropical Scarabaeoidea, and for her dissertation research she was revising the Neotropical genera of the tribe Pachydemini (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Eider was concerned about the lack of interest in Europe about systematics and was working towards reversing this problem by promoting systematics among scientist and the public. She was professionally energetic and had a warm and outgoing personality that will be missed by all.


   
 

PUBLICATIONS:

Roig-Juñent, S. A., F. Agrain, R. Carrara, E. Ruiz-Manzanos & M. F. Tognelli. 2008. Description and phylogenetic relationships of two new species of Baripus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini) and considerations regarding patterns of speciation. Annals of the Carnagie Museum 77 (1): 211-227.

Domínguez, M. C., F. A. Agrain, A. S. Sallenave, E. Ruiz-Manzanos & G. San Blas, 2008. Estudios sistemáticos, filogenéticos y biogeográficos en insectos de la región austral de América del Sur. Cuadernos de Biodiversidad 25: 9-18.

Ocampo, F. C. & E. Ruiz-Manzanos. 2008. Scarabaeidae. In: Debandi, G. O., L. E. Claps & S. A. Roig-Juñent (eds.), Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, Volumen 2: 535-557.

Ocampo, F. C. & E. Ruiz-Manzanos. 2007. A revision of the Neotropical genus Anahí Martínez (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Pachydemini) with the description of two new species. Neotropical Entomology 36(5):729-736

Roig-Juñent, S., R. Carrara, F. Agrain, E. Ruiz-Manzanos & M. F. Tognelli. 2008. Patrones de Especiación en Insectos del Norte de la Patagonia: Un Ejemplo con Carábidos (Coleoptera) In: Llorente Bousquet, J. & A. Lanteri (eds.), Contribuciones Taxonómicas en Órdenes de Insectos Hiperdiversos. III Reunión Anual De La Red Iberoamericana de Biogeografía y Entomología Sistemática: La Plata, Argentina. Las Prensas de Ciencias, UNAM. México D. F. pp. 201-208

Roig-Juñent, S. A., R. Carrara, E. Ruiz-Manzanos, F. Agrain, P. Sackmann & M. F. Tognelli, 2007. Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic considerations of four new species of Cnemalobus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Patagonia. Insect Systematic and Evolution 38(3): 267-292.

Ruiz-Manzanos, E., 2006. Redescription and First Record for Argentina of Diaphylla granulata Philippi, 1864 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 65 (3-4): 79-86.

Ruiz-Manzanos, E., 2005. Nuevas localizaciones de Lucanus cervus Linneo (1758) para el País Vasco (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36: 349-350.


BOOK CHAPTERS:

Ocampo, F and E. Ruiz-Manzanos (In press). Scarabaeidae. In: Debandi, G. O., L. E. Claps & S. A. Roig-Juñent (eds.), Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, 42 pp.

PRESENTATIONS:

Ruiz-Manzanos, E. and F. C. Ocampo, 2005. Sinopsis de los géneros Neotropicales de la tribu Pachydemini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae : Melolonthinae). VI Congreso Argentino de Entomologia. Tucumán. Argentina. September 2005.

COLLABORATION ON PROJECTS

- "Southern South American Scarabs Project". NSF -Biodiversity, Survey and Inventory (USA) (since 2005).

- "Proyecto Yamana: Diseño de una red de reservas para la protección de la biodiversidad en América del Sur Austral utilizando modelos predictivos de distribución con taxones hiperdiversos". BBVA (since 2005)

- "Proyecto de Diversidad de Artrópodos de Ambientes Montanos del Centro Oeste de Argentina". CRICYT (since Nov 2004)

- "Proyecto Ciervo Volante". Grupo de Trabajo de Lucánidos Ibéricos - Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (2004)

INTERNSHIPS

2006: Training internship on systematic, phylogeny and evolution of Scarabaeoidea at the Entomology Division of the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Advisors: Dr. Federico Ocampo, Dr. Brett Ratcliffe and Dr. Mary Liz Jameson. March 2006 (1 month). Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), USA. 

2004: Internship on the study of the Insect Fauna of Argentina and particularly of Mendoza Province at the Laboratorio de Entomología of the Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Áridas. Advisor: Dr. Sergio Roig-Juñent (Laboratory Director). November 2004 – April 2006. Sponsor (part): National Science Foundation (NSF), USA. 

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