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Sarnat, Eli Michael
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 752-9977 ndemik@yahoo.com
www.fijiants.org
www.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/PIAkey
Research Interests
Explore novel solutions to the conservation of biological diversity by cultivating relationships between people and their ecosystems. I specialize in the taxonomy and systematics of the ants in order to document, study, and conserve a keystone component of terrestrial biological diversity. My thesis research characterizes the ant diversity of the Fijian archipelago through space and time by describing new species, inferring evolutionary relationships and analyzing biogeographic patterns.
Professional Preparation
2005 – Present University of California at Davis. Ph.D. Program in Entomology.
2003 University of California at Davis. M.S. in Entomology.
2000 University of California at Berkeley. B.S. in Conservation and Resource Studies.
1999 Duke University, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. Undergraduate Semester Abroad
TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS
- Economo, E. P.; Klimov, P.; Sarnat, E. M.; Guénard, B.; Weiser, M. D.; Lecroq, B.; Knowles, L. L. 2015. Global phylogenetic structure of the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole reveals the repeated evolution of macroecological patterns. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B 282:20141416, 10 pp.
- Economo, E. P.; Sarnat, E. M. 2012. Revisiting the ants of Melanesia and the taxon cycle: historical and human-mediated invasions of a tropical archipelago. American Naturalist 180(1):E1-E16.
- Hita Garcia, F., Sarnat, E.M. & Economo, E.P. 2015. Revision of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Proceratiinae) in Fiji. ZooKeys 475: 97–112.
- Lucky, A. & Sarnat, E.M. 2008. New species of Lordomyrma from Southeast Asia and Fiji. Zootaxa 1681: 37-46.
- Lucky, A. and E. M. Sarnat. 2009. Biogeography and diversification of the Pacific ant genus Lordomyrma Emery. Journal of Biogeography. 1-11.
- Sarnat, E. M. 2006. Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Fiji Islands. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Bickel, D.J. (eds.), Fiji Arthropods. IX.Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 90: 9-42.
- Sarnat, E. M. 2008. A taxonomic revision of the Pheidole roosevelti-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Fiji. Zootaxa 1767:1-36.
- Sarnat, E. M.; Blanchard, B.; Guénard, B.; Fasi, J.; Economo, E. P. 2013. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Solomon Islands and a new survey of Makira Island. ZooKeys 257:47-88. [2013-01-13]
- Sarnat, E. M.; Economo, E. P. 2012. The ants of Fiji. University of California Publications in Entomology 132:1-384.
- Sarnat, E.M. & Economo, E.P. 2013. Pristomyrmex tsujii sp. n. and P. mandibularis Mann (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Fiji. ZooKeys 340, 43-61 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.340.5479).
- Sarnat, E.M.; Fischer, G.; Guénard, B.; Economo, E.P. 2015. Introduced Pheidole of the world: taxonomy, biology and distribution. ZooKeys 533:1-109.
- Sarnat, E.M., Hita-Garcia, F., Dudley, K., Liu, C., Fischer, G., Economo, E.P. 2019. Ready species one: Exploring the use of augmented reality to enhance systematic biology with a revision of Fijian Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(6): 6; 1–43 (doi:10.1093/isd/ixz005).
- Sarnat, E.M. & Moreau, C.S. 2011. Biogeography and morphological evolution in a Pacific island ant radiation. Molecular Ecology 20: 114-130.