Jennifer Cristina Girón Duque

Jennifer Cristina Girón Duque, also known as Jennifer C. Girón, Colombian entomologist.

Postdoctoral Researcher at Purdue University, manager of the Coleoptera Ontology Project.

Research Associate, Research Aide and Acting Collections Manager of the Invertebrate Zoology Collection at the Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

Former places of work and studies:

• Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology & Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA. (2015–2019)
• Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, PR 00680, USA. (2007–2012)
• Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. (1999–2006)

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 19 taxon names authored by Jennifer Cristina Girón Duque

plus:

• Globulosis flavus Short, García, & Girón, 2017: 277 (Venezuela)
• Quadriops acroreius Girón & Short, 2017: 123 (Brazil, Guyana, Suriname)
• Quadriops clusia Girón & Short, 2017: 125 (French Guiana, Suriname)

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2009

• Franz, N. M. & J. C. Girón. 2009. Scelianoma elydimorpha, a new genus and new species of entimine weevil from southwestern Puerto Rico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Neotropical entomology, 38(2): 219–230. DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2009000200009 PDF. Reference page. 

2010

• Girón, J.C. & Franz, N.M. 2010. Revision, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Insect systematics & evolution 41(4): 339–414. DOI: 10.1163/187631210X538799 Reference page. 
• O'Brien, C. W., J. C. Ciegler & J. C. Girón. 2010. Weevils of the genus Cercopeus Schoenherr from South Carolina, USA (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Insecta Mundi 0141: 1–29. Digital Commons Reference page. 

2012

• Girón, J.C. & Franz, N.M. 2012. Phylogenetic assessment of the Caribbean weevil genus Lachnopus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Invertebrate systematics 26(1): 67–82. DOI: 10.1071/IS11033 Reference page. 

2017

• Girón, J.C. & Short, A.E.Z. 2017. Revision of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Quadriops Hansen, 1999 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae). ZooKeys 705: 115—141. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.705.19815. Reference page. 
• Short, A.E.Z., García, M. & Girón, J.C. 2017. Revision of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Globulosis García, 2001 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae). Zootaxa 4232(2): 271–281. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.2.10. Reference page. 

2018

• Girón, J.C., O'Brien, C.W. & Rose-Smyth, M.C. 2018. On the West Indian weevil genus Lachnopus Schönherr, 1840 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae): descriptions of six new species, a proposal for species-groups, and an annotated checklist. Zootaxa 4423(1): 1–85. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4423.1.1 Reference page. 
• Girón, J.C. & Short, A.E.Z. 2018. Three new genera of acidocerine water scavenger beetles from tropical South America (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae). ZooKeys 768: 113–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.768.24423. Reference page. 
• Short, A.E.Z. & Girón, J.C. 2018. Review of the Helochares (Hydrobaticus) MacLeay of the New World (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae). Zootaxa 4407(1): 29–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.1.2 Reference page. 

2019

• Girón, J.C. & Short, A.E. 2019. Three additional new genera of acidocerine water scavenger beetles from the Guiana and Brazilian Shield regions of South America (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae). Zookeys, 855: 109–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.855.33013 Reference page. 

Links

• JCGiron. 2018. Personal website.