Jon Gelhaus

Professor
Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science
Drexel University
United States of America

Biography

I am a systematist with research interests ranging from phylogenetic reconstruction, historical and ecological biogeography, biodiversity measures and evolution of morphological character systems. My systematic expertise is in insects, specifically crane flies (Tipuloidea), an insect group of nearly 16,000 described species worldwide found in a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial habitats.

Research Intrest

Biodiversity, evolution and ecology of freshwater insects, particularly Diptera, in New World and Mongolia; Biodiversity of insects in New Jersey Pine Barrens

List of Publications
Gelhaus, J. 2012. The census of aquatic insect biodiversity and water quality in Mongolia: Results from the Mongolian Aquatic Insect Survey 2002-2011, pp. 89-90 IN: A. Stubbe, ed. International Symposium “Biodiversity Research in Mongolia”. Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany, 25-29 March 2012
Podenas, S. and J.K. Gelhaus. 2011. Three new species of Chioneinae crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) from north-central Mongolia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 161: 73-86
Maasri, A., and J.K. Gelhaus. 2011. The new era of livestock production in Mongolia: Consequences on streams of the Great Lakes Depression. Science of the Total Environment 409: 4841-4846. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.005 published 9/1/2011