CONTACT INFORMATION: Department of Biology Texas A&M University 3258 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3258 979-845-4191 (phone) 979-845-2891 (fax)  dbaumgardner@tamu.edu Curriculum Vitae

Courses: Biology 357 (Ecology) Biology 481 (503)-Introduction to Biogeography Biology 485 (263)-Tropical Ecology (Costa Rica), Summer II 2010 Biology 485 (150) - Tropical Ecology, Costa Rica, Summer I 2011 Biology 485 - Tropical Ecology, Costa Rica, Summer 2012 Biology 400 - Tropical Ecology, Costa Rice Summer 2013

EDUCATION:
Doctorate of Philosophy, Entomology, concentration in taxonomy and systematics, biodiversity, biogeography, aquatic entomology and ecology.
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas – August 2008.
Dissertation Title:  Phylogeny and biogeography of the mayfly family Leptohyphidae (Ephemeroptera) with a taxonomic revision of selected species.

Master of Science, Biology, with a concentration in aquatic biology/entomology.
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas – August 1995.
Thesis: Biodiversity of Mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) in the Kiamichi River Drainage, Oklahoma.

Bachelor of Science, Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas – August 1990.

PUBLICATIONS:
Baumgardner, D.E. and W.P. McCafferty.  2009.  Revision of the genus Leptohyphes Eaton (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae) in North and Central America.  Zootaxa, 2360:1–33. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E.  2009.  Tricorythodes minutues, a new junior synonym of Tricorythodes explicatus (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae).  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111:57-67.

Meyer, M.D., D.E. Baumgardner, and W.P. McCafferty. 2008. The Ephemeroptera of Central America. Part 2: Nicaragua.  Transactions of the American Entomological Society 134:133-146.

Baumgardner, D.E.  2007.  New species of Leptohyphidae (Ephemeroptera) from Costa Rica.  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109:416-426. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E., M.D. Meyer, and W.P. McCafferty.  2006.  A new species of Asioplax (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae) from Costa Rica and Nicaragua.  Pan-Pacific Entomologist 82:346-350. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E. and Socorro Ávila. 2006.  Cabecar serratus, a new genus and species of leptohyphid mayfly from Central America, and description of the imaginal stages of Tricorythodes sordidus Allen  (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae).  Zootaxa 1245: 59-68. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E. and D.E. Bowles.  2005. Preliminary survey of the mayflies (Ephemeroptera) and caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Big Bend Ranch State Park
and Big Bend National Park.  Journal of Insect Science 5:28. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E. 2005.  Note: New and additional records of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) from the southwestern United States, including a new country record.  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107:977-978. (pdf)

McCafferty, W.P., Baumgardner, D.E., and J. L. Guenther.  2004. The Ephemeroptera of Central America. Part 1 Guatemala. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 130:201-219. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E. 2003. New synonyms and stage description for three species of Leptohyphidae (Ephemeroptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105:203-208. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E., S.K. Burian, and D. Bass. 2003. Life stage descriptions, taxonomic notes, and new records for the mayfly family Leptohyphidae (Ephemeroptera). Zootaxa 332:1-12. (pdf)

McCafferty, W.P. and D.E. Baumgardner. 2003. Lugoiops maya, a new genus and species of Ephemeroptera (Baetidae) from Central America.  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105:397-406. (pdf)

Wiersema, N.A., W.P. McCafferty, and D.E. Baumgardner. 2001. Asioplax numinuh, a new species of Ephemeroptera (Leptohyphidae: Tricorythodinae) from Texas and Mexico. Entomological News 112:301-304. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E. and W.P. McCafferty. 2000. Leptohyphes zalope (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae): A polytypic North and Central American species. Entomological News 111:49-59. (pdf)

Wiersema, N.A. and D.E. Baumgardner. 2000. Distribution and taxonomic contributions to the Ephemeroptera fauna of Mexico and Central America. Entomological News 111:60-66. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E. and J.H. Kennedy. 1999. Mayflies (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) of the Kiamichi River drainage, Oklahoma. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72:297-305. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E. and N.A. Wiersema. 1999. Additions to the inventory of Texas mayflies (Ephemeroptera). Entomological News 110:70-71. (pdf)

Waltz, R.D., D.E. Baumgardner, and J.H. Kennedy. 1998. Character variability and a new synonym of Acerpenna pygmaea (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae). Entomological News 109:257-260. (pdf)

Baumgardner, D.E., J.H. Kennedy, and B.C. Henry. 1997. New and additional records of Texas mayflies (Ephemeroptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 123:55-69. (pdf)

Waltz, R.D., D.E. Baumgardner, and J.H. Kennedy. 1996. An atypical larval color form of Baetis intercalaris  (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Pennsylvania and the Kiamichi River basin of southeastern Oklahoma. Entomological News 107:83-87. (pdf)