Trager, James

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Missouri Botanical Garden James.Trager@mobot.org 636-451-3512 ext 6002

U. S. entomologist and naturalist. Born 5 September in Washington, D.C. to linguists Edith (Crowell) Trager and George L. Trager. Educated Northern Illinois University (B.S., 1974), University of Kansas (M.A., 1977); University of Florida (Ph.D., 1984). Professional experience: University of Florida, Assistant Research Scientist in Entomology, studying fire ants (1984-1988); University of Missouri-St. Louis, Mo., instructor (1988-1990); Shaw Nature Reserve of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Gray Summit, Mo., Biologist/Naturalist (1991-present), in charge of ecological restoration, vegetation management, natural history education programs, and is liaison to academic researchers (mostly ecologists) who use the Reserve as a field site. Trager still periodically publishes articles on ant taxonomy (peer-reviewed), and other natural history topics, and instructs at the Ant Course.

Works in progress:
 * Book chapter on the American species of the Formica rufa group
 * AntWeb Illinois        http://www.antweb.org/illinois.jsp
 * AntWeb Missouri    http://www.antweb.org/missouri.jsp

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Trager Carlin & Trager 1988.pdf| Deyrup, M., N. Carlin and J. C. Trager. 1988. A review of the ants of the Florida Keys. Florida Entomologist 71(2): 163-176. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Deyrup 1984.pdf|Deyrup, M.; Trager, J. 1985 [1984]. Strumigenys rogeri, an African dacetine ant new to the U.S. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fla. Entomol. 67: 512-516 PDF]]
 * [[Media:Deyrup & Trager 1986.pdf|Deyrup, M.; Trager, J. 1986. Ants of the Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fla. Entomol. 69: 206-228 PDF]]
 * [[Media:Deyrup 1985.pdf|Deyrup, M.; Trager, J.; Carlin, N. 1985. The genus Odontomachus in the southeastern United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. News 96: 188-195 PDF]]
 * [[Media:Gomezetal 2018 Serviformica.pdf|Gomez, K., Lorite, P., Garcia, F., Tinaut, A., Espadaler, X., Palomeque, T., Sanllorente, O., Trager, J. 2018. Differentiating Iberoformica and Formica (Serviformica) with description of the sexual castes of Formica (Serviformica) gerardi Bondroit, 1917 stat. rev. Sociobiology 65: 463-470 (DOI 10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.3315).]]
 * [[Media:Greenberg, L., Johnson, C.A. et al. 2018. Sex attractant pheromones of virgin queens.pdf|Greenberg, L., Johnson, C.A., Trager, J.C., McElfresh, J. S., Rodstein, J., Millar, J.G. 2018. Sex attractant pheromones of virgin aueens of sympatric slave-making ant species in the genus Polyergus, and their possible roles in reproductive isolation. Journal of Chemical Ecology 44, 547–555]].
 * [[Media:King & Trager 2007.pdf|King, J. R. and J. C. Trager. 2007. Natural history of the slave making ant, Polyergus lucidus, sensu lato in northern Florida and its three Formica pallidefulva group hosts. Journal of Insect Science 7(42): 1-14. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Moranz, R.A., Debinski, D.M. et al. 2013. Effects of grassland management practices (101007@s10841-013-9554-z).pdf|Moranz, R.A., Debinski, D.M., Winkler, L., Trager, J., McGranaham, D.A., Engle, D.M., Miller, J.R. 2013. Effects of grassland management practices on ant functional groups in central North America. Journal of Insect Conservation 17, 699–713]].
 * [[Media:Ross, K.G., Trager, J.C. 1990. Systematics and population genetics of fire ants.pdf|Ross, K.G., Trager, J.C. 1990. Systematics and population genetics of fire ants (Solenopsis saevissima complex) from Argentina. Evolution 44: 2113-2134.]]
 * Steiner, F. M.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C.; Trager, J. C.; Moder, K.; Sanetra, M.; Christian, E.; Stauffer, C. 2006. Tetramorium tsushimae, a new invasive ant in North America. Biological Invasions 8:117–123. [2006-03]
 * [[Media:Trager 1984.pdf| Trager, J. C. 1984a [1983]. A new Paratrechina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Machu Picchu, Peru. Fla. Entomol. 66: 482-486 PDF]]
 * [[Media:Trager revision of the genus paratrechina.pdf| Trager, J. C. 1984b. A revision of the genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the continental United States. Sociobiology 9: 49-162 PDF]]
 * [[Media:Trager 1988a.pdf| Trager, J. C. 1988a. A revision of Conomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southeastern United States, especially Florida, with keys to the species. Fla. Entomol. 71: 11-29 PDF]]
 * [[Media:Trager 1988.pdf| Trager, J. C. 1988b. George C. Wheeler - An Appreciation. Advances in myrmecology. E. J. Brill, New York. 551 pp. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Trager 1991.pdf| Trager, J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 99: 141-198 PDF]]
 * Trager, James C. 1998. An introduction to ants (Formicidae) of the tallgrass prairie. Missouri Prairie Journal. 18(4): 4–8.
 * [[Media:Trager, J.C. 2013. Global revision of the dulotic ant genus Polyergus.pdf|Trager, J.C. 2013. Global revision of the dulotic ant genus Polyergus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Formicinae, Formicini). Zootaxa 3722, 501–548.]]
 * [[Media:Trager & Johnson 1985.pdf| Trager, J. C. and C. Johnson. 1985. A slave-making ant in Florida: Polyergus lucidus with observations on the natural history of its host Formica archboldi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist 68: 261-266. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Johnson C Trager 1988.pdf|Trager, J. C.; Johnson, C. 1988. The ant genus Leptogenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ponerinae) in the United States. Pp. 29-34 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.)  Advances in myrmecology.  Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. PDF]]
 * [[Media:Trager MacGown Trager 2007.pdf|Trager, J.C., MacGown, J.A. & Trager, M.D. 2007. Revision of the Nearctic endemic Formica pallidefulva group (pp. 610-636). In Snelling, R.R., Fisher, B.L. & Ward, P.S. (eds). Advances in ant systematics: homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 690 pp. PDF]]