Gelhaus, Jon

Department of Entomology,
Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195

215-299-1141 (landline, United States)
215-299-1028 (fax, United States)

gelhaus@ansp.org

www.ansp.org/~gelhaus.
www.ansp.org/research/biodiv/entomology/

Professional Experience

Associate Curator (1996-present), Department of Entomology, Academy of Natural Sciences.
Acting Vice President (1996-1999), Biodiversity Group, Academy of Natural Sciences.
Assistant Curator (1990-1996), Department of Entomology, Academy of Natural Sciences.
Postdoctoral Fellow (1989), Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.;

Selected Grants and Awards

Survey and Inventory of the Aquatic Macroinvertebrates of the Selenge River drainage basin, Mongolia. $350,000. (with J. Morse and B. Hayford) Biotic Survey and Inventories Program at National Science Foundation (NSF), 2002-2005. Also Research Experiences for Undergraduate Supplement, $12,000.
Re-housing and Database Development of the Primary Type Specimens in the Entomological Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences. $92,432, Biological Research Collections program at NSF, Awarded 2002-2004 .
Conservation and Documentation of the Titian R. Peale Butterfly and Moth Collection at The Academy of Natural Sciences. $96, 700, Save America's Treasures, National Endowment of the Arts/National Park Service partnership, Awarded 2002-2003 (part of larger $193, 419 project).
Field Exploration of Desert Crane Fly Evolution in the Hidalgan Desert, Mexico. $1,000. (collaborative research with A. Contreras-Ramos, Univ. Aut. Est. Hidalgo). Geographical Society of Philadelphia. 2002.
Acquisition of Digital Imaging Instrumentation for Light Microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy, $65,883, (With D. Didier-Dagit) NSF-DBI - Major Research Instrumentation, Awarded 2001.
Research Experiences for Undergraduate Site Award, "Collection Based Research Experiences" $150,000 (with D. Didier-Dagit and R. McCourt), NSF-Systematic Biology, awarded 1998-2001; Renewal 2001-2004, $156,612 (with D. Didier-Dagit and R. McCourt)
Enhancement of the ANSP Orthoptera and Diptera Collections, $175,000 (with Daniel Otte), NSF: DEB Long Term Projects #9420188, awarded for 1995-1997. Also Research Experiences for Undergraduate Supplement, $9744, NSF: DEB, awarded 1996.
Aquatic Crane Flies of Pennsylvania: Preliminary Checklist and Database Development, $13,203 (with Chen Young), Pennsylvania Wild Resource Conservation Fund, awarded for 1995-1996; Database Development and Preliminary Surveying, $15,610, awarded for 1996-1997.
Travel Support for Cooperative Systematic and Ecological Research in Northern Mongolia, 1995-1998, $219,995 (Primary PI=C. Goulden, with D. Didier), NSF: Internat. Programs/E. Asia (awarded).
Systematics and Biogeography of the Desert Crane Flies of Western North America,$135,000, NSF Systematic Biology, awarded for 1992-1995.

Field Experience

Neotropical: Ecuador (1990), Mexico (1990), Peru (1989).
North America: Western United States - numerous expeditions (1979-present, particularly west Texas & New Mexico 1992-1993, California, Nevada 1995) Kansas (1979-1988), New Jersey (Pine Barrens) 1992-present, Pennsylvania 1997-present).
Eurasia: Mongolia (1996, 1997, 2002, 2003), Poland (1991).

Education

Ph.D., 1989, Entomology, The University of Kansas.
M.A., 1983, Entomology, The University of Kansas.
B.S., 1978, Entomology, The University of California at Davis;

Publications

Publications relevant to Mongolia

Gelhaus, J. and G. Byers. 1994. "Tipulidae", Chapter 19 pp. 438-458, In J. Morse, Lixin T., and Yang L., eds., The aquatic insects of China useful for detecting water pollution, Nanjing: Agric. Univ. Press.
Gelhaus, J., S. Podenas and F. Brodo. 2000. "New and poorly known species of long-palped crane flies (Diptera: Tipulidae) from Mongolia." Proceedings. Academy of Natural Sciences 150: 145-157.
Podenas, S. and J. Gelhaus. 2000. "A new species of long-palped crane fly in the subgenus Tipula (Odonatisca) [Diptera: Tipulidae] from Mongolia." Trans. American Entomol. Soc. 126(1): 109-115.
Podenas, S. and J. Gelhaus. 2001. "New species of short-palped crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from Mongolia." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 151: 41-59
Gelhaus, J. and S. Podenas. In press. "The diversity and distribution of crane flies (Insecta: Diptera: Tipuloidea) in the Hovsgol lake watershed, northern Mongolia." The Geology, Biodiversity and Ecology of Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia, C. Goulden et al. (eds.), Backhuys Publ.

Other Selected Publications

Gelhaus, J. 1986. "Larvae of the crane fly genus Tipula in North America (Diptera: Tipulidae)." University. Kansas Science. Bulletin 53: 121-182.
Louton, J., J. Gelhaus and R. Bouchard 1996. "The aquatic fauna of water-filled bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Guadua) internodes in a Peruvian lowland tropical forest. Biotropica 28(2): 228-242.
Young, C. W. and J. Gelhaus. 2000. "Crane flies of Pennsylvania: Preliminary checklist and database development with emphasis on aquatic species." Report submitted to Pennsylvania Wild Resource Conservation Fund. 256 pp. Available from authors.
Gelhaus, J. 2002. "Manual for the Identification of Aquatic Crane Fly Larvae for Southeastern United States." Manual for Carolina Area Benthological Workshop, Durham, NC. 205 pp.
Gelhaus, J. In Press. "The systematics and biogeography of the desert crane fly subgenus Tipula (Eremotipula) (Diptera: Tipulidae). Memoirs American Entomological Society No. 46.

Advisors and Collaborators

Ph.D. Advisory Committee: George Byers (chair), Charles Michener, Edward Wiley
Postdoctoral Advisor: Wayne Mathis
Collaborators (last 48 months): E. Amat, F. Brodo, D. Didier-Dagit, A. Contreras-Ramos, C. Goulden, B. Hayford, J. Morse, R. M. McCourt, M. Petersen, S. Podenas, G. Poinar, S. Rao, V. Podeniene, C. W. Young.

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