Associate Curator
Section of Invertebrate Zoology
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080 U.S.A.
Phone: (412)688-8669 FAX: (412) 688-8670
youngc@carnegiemnh.org
Academic Degree:
PhD., University of Kansas, 1980
B.S., National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan, 1971
Responsibilities:Responsibilities include conducting original and focused field work involving collection and natural history research for the purpose of enhancing the scientific and educational merit of the Museum's entomological programs. Also provides assistance to Divisions of Education and Exhibits for the
maintenance and development of public programs and exhibitions.
- Systematics of crane flies, the Tipuloidea (Diptera: Nematocera).
- Field-oriented studies on natural history of Tipulidae, including larval morphology,
ontogeny, ecology and habitat relations, faunistic studies.
- Systematic and evolutionary studies,& including historical biogeography.
- Systematics and natural history of Neotropical Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea).
Current Research Projects:
- Revisionary treatment of the crane fly genus Dapanoptera of Australian-Oceanian regions.
- Revision of crane fly genus Megistomastix in Hispaniola.
- Systematics and biogeography of Tipulidae (crane flies) in the Caribbean region.
- Flightless crane flies in the Ecuadoran Andes.
- Immature stages of Microtipula, Eumicrotipula, Zelandotipula, Bellardina in Tipulinae.
- Survey of the Tipulidae of Powdermill Natural Reserve, and the state of Pennsylvania(with J.K. Gelhaus).
- Fauna of Tipulidae in Kyrgyzstan and in China (with D. Yang).
- Revision of Neotropical gypsy moths (Lymantriidae) in the genera Sarsina and Staetherinia (with J.E. Rawlins).
- Synoptic work on the macrolepidopterous larvae of Taiwan and eastern North America (with J.E. Rawlins).
Web Pages:Crane Flies of Pennsylvania
Crane Flies of Taiwan
2004 Family Tipulidae. in C. Yule, et al (eds.) The Freshwater Invertebrates of Malaysia and Singapore. Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, 775-785.
2003 Biology and immature stages of the crane fly Ptilogyna (Plusiomyia)herroni (Alexander) form New Caledonia, with discussion of its phylogenetic placement (Diptera: Tipulidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 105(2):452-459 (with Hynes).
2002 Notes on female brachyptery in Nephrotoma basiflava Yang and Yang (Diptera: Tipulidae). Journal of Kansas Entomological Society 75(2):110-115 (with Yang).
2001 Leptotarsus (Tanypremna) in the Lesser Antilles: Description of a new species from Guadeloupe and biogeographical notes (Diptera: Tipulidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 70(4):239-245.
2000 Notes on the mature larva and pupa of Tipula (Lunatipula) georgiana Alexander (Diptera: Tipulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 126:417-421 (with D.P. Koenig).
2000 First occurrence of Tipula (Tipula) oleracea Linnaeus (Diptera: Tipulidae) in the New World with biological notes. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 72(2):226-232 (with G. Onore & K. Proao).
1999 New species and immature instars of crane flies in the subgenus Tipulodina Enderlein from Sulawesi (Insecta: Diptera: Tipulidae: Tipula). Annals of Carnegie Museum, 68(2):81-90.
1995 Pupae of the crane fly genus Leptotarsus (Diptera: Tipulidae) in the New World, with discussion of the monophyly of the genus. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 64(2):135-145 (with J. Gelhaus).
1994 A new species of Antocha (subgenus Orimargula) from Sulawesi (Diptera: Tipulidae) and its mate-clasping behavior. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 63(4):319-325.
1992 Observations on the bizarre jelly mass habit of larval Geranomyia (Diptera: Tipulidae: Limoniinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 100(4):634-637 (with D. Grimaldi).
1992 Leptotarsus (Longurio) byersi, a new flightless crane fly from Ecuador (Diptera: Tipulidae). Acta Zoologica cracoviensa, 35(1):97-105 (with J. Gelhaus).
1991 The immature instars and biology of the crane fly genus Brachypremna Osten Sacken (Diptera: Tipulidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 93(3):613-621 (with J. Gelhaus).
1990 A new Limonia (subgenus Laosa) species from Sulawesi (Dipt., Tipulidae) and its resting behaviour. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 126(1990):239-244.
1987 A review of the crane flies in the subgenus Tipula (Papuatipula) (Diptera: Tipulidae), with descriptions of five new species. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 56(7):161-171.
1987 A revision of the crane fly genus Dicranoptycha in North America. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 53(5):215-274.