Environmental Science & Technology
Entomology
Taking a photo of Palloptera terminalis Loew, 1863 (Diptera: Pallopteridae).
Email: zachary.dankowicz [AT] gmail.com
Hi! I am a sophomore in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, majoring in ENST and with a minor in Entomology. I'm particularly interested in systematics, ecology, and phylogenetics of true flies (Diptera). For the last four years, I've volunteered as a curatorial assistant in the Diptera collection of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum, helping out where I can and working on independent research. I'm also fascinated by biological control and invasive species studies.
- Some current projects:
- Identification and Comparative Morphology of Fly Pupae (Insecta: Diptera)
- Taxonomic revision of Leptopeza Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae: Ocydromiinae), with four new species from North America
- Key to Tachytrechus Haliday (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) of America, North of Mexico
- And more...
- Recent publications:
- Mengual, X. and Z. R. Dankowicz (accepted). Taxonomic notes on Asemosyrphus Bigot, 1882 (Diptera, Syrphidae) with an updated key to species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
- Mengual, X., J. Hodecek, Z. R. Dankowicz and A. Schusteff (2025). A new species of the wasp mimic flower fly genus Monoceromyia Shannon, 1922 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Dominican Republic. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 127(1): 70-83. DOI
- Dankowicz, Z. R. and C. H. Scholtens (2024). A new species of Toxomerus Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Hispaniola. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 126(2): 149-160. DOI
- Dankowicz, Z. R. (2023). First records of Condylostylus purpureus (Aldrich, 1901) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the Nearctic Region. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 125(1): 190-194. DOI
External Links:
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