The Dragonfly Nymphs of Thailand (Odonata: Anisoptera): An Identification Guide to Families and Genera

About Robert SitesRobert W. SitesRodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez

Dr. Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez was educated at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Following graduation at this institution he taught General Entomology courses for more than a decade. In 1989 he joined the Institute of Ecology A.C. in Xalapa city. Since then his studies have focused on the taxonomy of tropical Odonata although he has also published several papers on aquatic Coleoptera Hemiptera and Trichoptera. In 2010 he studied odonate nymphs at the University of Sains Malaysia at the invitation of Dr. Che Salmah. From this experience he published several papers on the odonate fauna of Southeast Asia. In 2012 he began collaborating with Prof. Sites on samples of Odonata nymphs of Thailand that had been collected over the previous 25 years.Professor Robert Sites has had extensive involvement with Thailand over the past 25 years including in both education and research. He has taught various entomology coursesto Thai students served as major advisor for several Thai graduate students and is known to his Thai colleagues and students as Ajarn Bob. For nearly 20 years he taught an annual University of Missouri study abroad course to Thailand for American students. His research on aquatic insects has been conducted in collaboration with Thai colleagues and has included field work in nearly all Thai provinces. The taxonomic focus of his studies has been primarily on Odonata and Heteroptera but also has included studies on Trichoptera and several families of aquatic Coleoptera. In an ecological study he studied the recovery of the freshwater lentic insect community in waterbodies along the coastline that were inundated by seawater during the tsunami of 2004.