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Darren John Mann

 

 
 

Ñollections Manager,
Hope Entomological Collections,
Oxford University Museum of Natural History


 

Taxonomic specialization:

 
Scarabaeidae (Aphodiinae), Glaphyridae

 

Contact information:

Home:
18 Marsh Road,
Cowley, Oxford, Oxon,
OX4 2HH, Great Britain
 
Work:
Hope Entomological Collections
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Parks Road, Oxford,
OX1 3PW, Great Britain

E-mail: darren.mann@oum.oxford.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/entom.htm

DATE
OF BIRTH:

 
 February12, 1969
 


TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS: more than 70

SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS:

Barclay, M.V.L., Mann, D.J. & Ribera, I. 2001. Canthydrus diophthalmus (Reiche & Saulcy) in Turkey. Latissimus 14: 27

Carter, J. & Mann, D.J. 1997. Report on the Survey of Lesser Garth Cave, Cardiff, for the trolobitic spider Porrhomma resenhauri, Koch (Aranea: Linyphiidae), with notes on other invertebrate species found. National Museum and Galleries of Wales survey report.

Deeming, J.C. & Mann, D.J. 1999. Distributional notes on two economically important Agromyzidae (Diptera) in West Africa Entomologists Monthly Magazine 135: 205-206

Harding, P.T., Croft, J. M. Davies, C.M. & Mann, D. J. 1995. European distribution of UK species on the Habitats Directive: A Review. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (Natural Environment Research Council), JNCC Report

Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Mann, D.J. 2000. Gyrinus suffriani Scriba (Coleoptera, Gyrinidae) and other aquatic Coleoptera from Crymlyn Bog Nature Reserve, Glamorgan, Wales. Latissimus 12: 2-3

Lane, S.L. & Mann, D.J. 1999. Philonthus spinipes (Sharp) (Staphylinidae) and other species of note from manure heaps in Warwickshire The Coleopterist 8(2): 92-3

Mann, D. J. 1986. New species to culture Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 2(1): 5

    1987. Orthoptera recorded during the AES Fieldweek Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society 45(355):73-75

    1987. Miscellaneous Insects of the AES Fieldweek Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society 45(355): 78-80

    1987. Species Report Number 1: Gromphadorhina portentosa Schaum. Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 2(2): 3

    1988. Species Report Number 2: Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus) Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 3(1): 2-6

    1989. The AES Fieldweek - The Midlands: Insects recorded, Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society 48(364):104-106

    1989. Species Report Number 4: Blaberus craniifer Burmeister Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 4(1): 3-5

    1989. An imported cockroach Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 4(2): 2

    1989. Species Report Number 5: Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 4(1): 3-7

    1989. Species Report Number 6: Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus) Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 4(3): 6-8

    1990. Rats Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 5: (1-3): 7

    1990. Species Report Number 7: Rhyparobia maderae (Fabricius) Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 5(1-3): 11-14

    1991. The AES and Junior Members Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society 50(389): 241-242

    1991. The good, the bad and the post office Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 6(1): 11-12

    1991. A note on an imported cockroach Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 6(1): 14-15

    1991. Junior Section No. 3 Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society 51(384): 217

    1992. Junior Section No. 2 Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society 51(382): 99

    1992. Making a simple pit-fall trap Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society 51(382): 99-102

    1993. Junior Section No. 4 Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society 52(390): 209-211

    1993. Species Report Number 9: Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier) Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 7(1): 9-17

    1994. Alternatives to peat Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 8(1): 3-4

    1994. A few common names Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 8(1): 6-9

    1994. In the journals Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 8(1): 11-14

    1995. A fly in a cockroach ootheca: A look a dipteran parasitoids of cockroaches Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 9(1): 5-7

    1995. Species Report Number 10: Pelmatosilpha larifuga Gurney Blattodea Culture Group Newsletter 9(1): 9-11

    1995. In the journals 93-94 BlattodeaCulture Group Newsletter 9(1): supp. 1-10

    1998. Athous campyloides (Elateridae) in Wales and other species of interest. The Coleopterist 7(1): 18-19

    1998. 1996 Annual Exhibition, Imperial College, London SW7. 2 November 1996. Tesarius mcclayi (Cartweight) (Scarabaeidae), New to Britain British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 10: 174

    1999. Puncticorpus cribratum (Villeneuve) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) at Bookham Common, Surrey Entomologists Monthly Magazine 135: 142

    2000. A New Museum Pest in Britain Natural Sciences Conservation Group Newsletter 13: 11

    2000. A Course Review: Insect Pests in Museums NHM External Course Natural Sciences Conservation Group Newsletter 13:12-13

    2000. Ask Before you Guess. Natural Sciences Conservation Group Newsletter 13: Ten Agents of Deterioration 8. Pollution: 13-14

    2000. Pest from Non-Collection Sources Natural Sciences Conservation Group Newsletter 14: 22-23

    2000. Changes to the British List Published in 1998 and 1999. The Coleopterist 9(2): 49-53

    2000. Unusual host-plants for Prasocuris phellandrii (Linnaeus, 1758) (Chrysomelidae). The Coleopterist 9(2): 92

    2000. 1999 Annual Exhibition, Imperial College, London SW7. 27 November 1999. Winter Breeding Aphodius (Scarabaeidae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 13: 179

    2000. 1999 Annual Exhibition, Imperial College, London SW7. 27 November 1999.A recent Capture of Brindalus porcicollis (Scarabaeidae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 13: 179

    2001. Braula schmitzi Orosi Pal, 1939 (Diptera, Braulidae) in Oxford (V.C. 23) Dipterists Digest 8: 30

    2002. Scarabaeoidea in Lane, S.A., Wright, R.J. & Forsythe, T.G. 2002. An Atlas of Warwickshire Beetles. Warwickshire Biological Records Centre. pp. 99-104.

    2002. Ladybirds, Natural pest control. Osmia Publications, Banbury 32pp.

    2002. Cockroaches. in O’Toole, C.O. (Ed.) 2002. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 48-51.

    2002. Earwigs. in O’Toole, C.O. (Ed.)2002. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 60-61.

    2002. Stoneflies. in O’Toole, C.O. (Ed.) 2002. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 62-63.

    2002. Booklice. in O’Toole, C.O. (Ed.) 2002. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 80.

    2002. Zorapterans. in O’Toole, C.O. (Ed.) 2002. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 82.

    2002. Bugs. in O’Toole, C.O. (Ed.) 2002. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 86-101.

    2002. Caddisflies. (Ed.) 2002. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 86-101.

    2002. Changes to the British Coleoptera List published in 2000 and 2001. The Coleopterist 11(2): 52-63.

    2002. Is Meloe (Micromeloe) decorus (Brandt & Erichson) a British Species? The Coleopterist 11(2): 64-66.

Mann, D.J. & Angus, R.B. 2002. An Unusual abundance of some subterranean Coleoptera above ground. The Coleopterist 11(2): 66-68.

Mann, D.J. & Booth, R. G. 2000. Brindalus porcicollis (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Britain. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 13: 137-145

Mann, D.J. & Cunningham, J. 2001. The Bulow Lepidoptera Collection. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists Society 60(439): 220-230.

Mann, D.J. & McGavin, G.C. 2002. Bristletails. in O’Toole, C.O. (Ed.) 2002. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 36-37.

Mann, D.J. & Pavett, P.M. 1998. 1996 Annual Exhibition, Imperial College, London SW7. 2 November 1996. Coleoptera at Allt yrs Esgair, Wales British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 10: 174

Mann, D.J., Pavett, P.M. & Slade, D.J. 1996. 1995 Annual Exhibition, Imperial College, London SW7. 28 October 1995. Insects from the Welsh Insect Survey. Hymenoptera. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 9: 238

Mann, D.J., Pavett, P.M. & Slade, D.J. 1996. 1995 Annual Exhibition, Imperial College, London SW7. 28 October 1995. Insects from the Welsh Insect Survey. Orthoptera. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 9: 239

Mann, D.J. & Ramsey, A.2001. Aegilia (Rhysothorax) rufa (Fabricius) (Scarabaeidae) in Britain. The Coleopterist 10(2): 44-45

Mann, D.J. & Simpson, S.J. 2002. Crickets & Grasshoppers. in O’Toole, C.O. (Ed.) 2002. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 64-75.

Mann, D.J. & Simpson, S.J. 2002. Leaf & Stick Insects. in O’Toole, C.O. (Ed.) 2002. The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 76-79.

Raper, C. & Mann, D.J. 2002. Malaise Trapping- Some tips and tricks. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists’ Society 61: 48-52.

 

Electronic Publications  

Mann, D.J. 2002. Checklist of Beetles of the British Isles: Scarabaeoidea. http://www.coleopterist.org.uk/checklist.htm

Mann, D.J. 2002. Checklist of Beetles of the British Isles: Corylophidae. http://www.coleopterist.org.uk/checklist.htm

 

Posters

 

D. J. Mann & M . R. Wilson 1996. The Carabidae (Coleoptera) of restored upland acidic grassland in South Wales: Preliminary results, British Ecological Society, Winter Meeting, Durham

Wilson, C. Angus, R, Hammond, P. & Mann, D.J. 2002. British species of Saprosites (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiidae) Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles in Ancient Trees, Royal Holloway, University of London.

 

Talks

 

Wilson, M. R., D. J. Mann & Luxton, M. 1986. Invertebrates of Restored Acidic Grassland After Open-Cast Mining in South Wales: Preliminary Results, British Ecological Society, Winter Meeting, Durham.

Mann, D.J. 1999. Dung Beetling in Africa. Amateur Entomologists Society, Annual General Meeting & Members Day, London

Mann, D.J. 2001. Beetles on Chalk Grasslands, from Sampling to Conservation. Chilterns Chalk Grassland Co-operative, Aston Rowant, UK.

Mann, D.J. 2001. What to Keep? The agony of choice in Entomological Acquisitions and Disposals. Natural Sciences Conservation Group, Annual General Meeting, Oxford.


Last updated: November 11, 2002