John L. Capinera

capinera@ufl.edu

(30% Research, 20% Extension, 50% Teaching)

Education

• Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Entomology), 1976
• M.S., University of Massachusetts (Entomology), 1974
• B.A., Southern Connecticut State University (Biology), 1970

Employment

• Professor and Chairman (1987-present), University of Florida
• Professor and Head (1985-1987) Colorado State University
• Professor and Interim Chair (1983-1985), Colorado State University
• Associate Professor (1981-1985), Colorado State University
• Assistant Professor (1976-1981), Colorado State University

Administrative Responsibilities

• Responsible for administration of teaching, research, and extension functions of 25 faculty, 30 full-time staff, about 120 graduate students, and 40 undergraduate students in Gainesville.
• Provide disciplinary support for 35 faculty at research and education centers statewide.
• Represent discipline to state agencies, commodity groups, and general public.

Research

• Habitat associations and host plant relations of grasshoppers.
• Development of management practices for grasshoppers.

Teaching

• ENY 5236, Insect Pest and Vector Management
• ENY 4210/5212, Insects and Wildlife

Selected Publications

Books
• Capinera, J.L., C.W. Scherer, and J.M. Squitier. 2001. Grasshoppers of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 143 pp.
• Capinera, J.L. 2001. Handbook of Vegetable Pests. Academic Press, New York. 729 pp.
• Capinera, J.L. (editor). 2004. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Vols. 1-3. Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 2580 pp.
• Capinera, J.L., R. Scott, and T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. 249 pp.
• Capinera, J.L. (editor). 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd Edition. Vols. 1-4. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 4346 pp.
• Capinera, J.A. 2010. Insects and Wildlife: Arthropods and Their Relationships with Wild Vertebrate Animals. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. 486 pp.


Journal Articles
• Squitier, J.M. 2002. Observations on the phenology of common Florida grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Florida Entomologist 85: 227-234.
• Squitier, J.M., and J.L. Capinera. 2002. Habitat associations of Florida grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Florida Entomologist 85: 235-244.
• Capinera, J.L. 2002. North American vegetable pests: the pattern of invasion. American Entomologist 48: 20-39.
• Squitier, J.M., and J.L. Capinera. 2002. Host selection by grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) inhabiting semi-acquatic environments. Florida Entomologist 85: 336-340.
• Barbara, K.A., and J.L. Capinera. 2003. Development of a toxic bait for eastern lubber grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Journal of Economic Entomology 96: 584-591.
• Smith, H.A., E.R. Mitchell, and J.L. Capinera. 2004. Pest management priorities among Florida’s organic vegetable growers. Florida Scientist 67: 63-73.
• Smith, T.R., J.G. Froeba, and J.L. Capinera. 2004. Key to the grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of Florida. Florida Entomologist 87: 537-550.
• Smith, T.R., and J.L. Capinera. 2005. Host preferences and habitat associations of some Florida grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Environmental Entomology 34: 210-224.
• Smith, T.R., and J.L. Capinera. 2005. Mandibular morphology of some Floridian grasshoppers. Florida Entomologist 88: 204-207.
• Capinera, J.L. 2005. Relationships between insect pests and weeds: an evolutionary perspective. Weed Science 53: 892-901.
• Capinera, J.L., and J.G. Froeba. 2007. Behavioral responses of Schistocerca americana (Orthoptera: Acrididae) to azadirex (neem)-treated plants. Journal of Economic Entomology 100: 117-122.
• Rathinasabapathi, B., M. Rangasamy, J. Froeba, R.H. Cherry, H.J. McAuslane, J.L. Capinera, M. Srivastava, and L.Q. Ma. 2007. Arsenic hyperaccumulation in the Chinese brake fern (Pteris vittata L.) deters grasshopper (Schistocerca americana (Drury)) herbivory. New Phytologist 175: 263-269.
• Gruner, S.V., D.H. Slone, and J.L. Capinera. 2007. Forensically important Calliphoridae (Diptera) associated with pig carrion in rural north-central Florida. Journal of Medical Entomology 44: 509-515.
• Carillo, D., J.E. Peña, and J.L. Capinera. 2008. Effect of host plants on successful parasitism of Haeckeliania sperata (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) on Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) eggs. Environmental Entomology 37: 1565-1572.
• Goyal, G., G.S. Nuessly, G.J. Steck, D.R. Seal, J.L. Capinera, and K.J. Boote. 2010. New report of Chaetopsis massyla (Diptera: Ulidiidae) as a primary pest of corn in Florida. Florida Entomologist 93: 198-202.
• Goyal, G., G.S. Nuessly, D.R. Seal, J.L. Capinera, and K.J. Boote. 2011. Distribution of picture-winged flies (Ulidiidae) infesting corn in Florida. Florida Entomologist 94: 35-47.
• Sandoval-Mojica, A.F., and J.L. Capinera. 2011. Antifeedant effect of commercial chemicals and plant extracts against Schistocerca americana (Orthoptera: Acridiidae) and Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Pest Management Science 67: 860-868.
• Goyal, G., G.S. Nuessly, G.J. Steck, J.L. Capinera, and D.R. Seal. 2011. Comparative morphology of the immature stages of three corn-infesting Ulidiidae (Diptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104: 416-428.

Revised June 2011