Shattuck, Steven O.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Dr Steve Shattuck explores ways of improving taxonomic efficiency by developing novel information technology solutions.

Dr Steve Shattuck is a Research Scientist with the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC). He conducts taxonomic research on Australian ant species and develops novel computer methods for managing the diversity information generated by these studies. Dr Shattuck’s current activities are centred on biodiversity informatics and systematics. His biodiversity informatics work includes the development of user-friendly, commercial quality, information management software focussing on ‘whole of life’ data management - from initial collection through maintenance to paper-based and electronic dissemination. Systematics will only progress and meet society’s needs if it embraces modern computer science. These activities combine a strong background in systematics with extensive information technology experience to address new and emerging problems presented by developments in computer science and the Internet. An important result of this work has been the BioLink package. BioLink addresses the needs of the taxonomic and collection communities by combining a clear understanding of taxonomic ‘business practices’ with extensive knowledge of modern software development methodologies. Dr Shattuck is also working on the systematics of the family Formicidae (ants) with emphasis on genera of the world and species of the Indo-Australian region. His activities include descriptive taxonomy and phylogenetic reconstruction at the species- and genus-levels for a range of groups including the large and diverse genera Camponotus and Iridomyrmex, and the subfamilies Dolichoderinae and Ponerinae. A major outcome of this work is the publication of the first generic-level identification guide and biological overview of the entire Australian ant fauna, Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification and the development of the related website, Australian Ants Online.

Dr Shattuck’s interest in ants began in the deserts and grasslands of western North America where he received his university degree in systematic entomology. He moved to Australia and began work with CSIRO in 1990 to explore the vast and little known Australian ant fauna. During the mid-1990s Dr Shattuck expanded his interest into the area of biodiversity informatics, an activity which currently occupies most of his time.

Dr Shattuck has been awarded:

a Bachelor of Science from Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, in 1983 a Master of Arts from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA, in 1985 a Doctor of Philosophy from University of California, Davis, California, USA, 1991 ANT TAXONOMY Dr Shattuck has published many scientific papers describing several new genera and many new species of Australian ants. In addition to BioLink, he has developed a number of scientific websites.

PUBLICATIONS

 * Heterick, B.E. & Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex. Zootaxa 2845: 1-175.


 * LaPolla, J.S., Brady, S.G. & Shattuck, S.O. 2010b. Designation of a neotype for Paratrechina currens Motschoulsky, 1863. Notulae Naturae 481: 1-2.


 * McArthur, A. J.; Adams, M.; Shattuck, S. O. 1998 [1997]. A morphological and molecular review of Camponotus terebrans (Lowne) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 45: 579-598


 * McArthur, A.J. ; Shattuck, S. O. 2001.  A taxonomic revision of the Camponotus macrocephalus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 125: 25-43


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1987. An analysis of geographic variation in the Pogonomyrmex occidentalis complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 94: 159-179


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1990. Revision of the dolichoderine ant genus Turneria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 15: 101-117


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1991. Revision of the dolichoderine ant genus Axinidris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 105-120


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1992a. Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 31: 13-18


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1992b. Higher classification of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae, Dolichoderinae and Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Syst. Entomol. 17: 199-206


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1992c. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21: 1-181


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1993a. Revision of the Iridomyrmex purpureus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 7: 113-149


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1993b. Revision of the Iridomyrmex calvus species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 7 7: 1303-1325


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 112:i-xix, 1-241.


 * Shattuck, S.O. 1995. Generic-level relationships within the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae. Systematic Entomology 20: 217-228. [7.x.1995.]


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1996a. Revision of the Iridomyrmex discors species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Entomol. 35: 37-42


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1996b. The Australian ant genus Froggattella (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) revisited. Aust. J. Entomol. 35: 43-47


 * Shattuck, S. O. 1999. Australian ants. Their biology and identification. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing, xi + 226 pp.


 * Shattuck, S. O. 2000. Genus Colobostruma. Genus Mesostruma. Genus Epopostruma.  Pp. 31-67 in: Bolton, B. The ant tribe Dacetini. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 65: 1-1028


 * Shattuck, S.O. 2005. Review of the Camponotus aureopilus species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), including a second Camponotus with a metapleural gland. Zootaxa 903: 1-20


 * Shattuck, S.O. 2006. A third species in the rare Australian ant genus Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer. Zootaxa 1194: 49-55.


 * Shattuck, S.O. 2007. New species of myrmicine ants from Western Australia. Zootaxa 1661: 47-53.


 * Shattuck, S.O. 2008a. Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster. Zootaxa 1677: 25-45.


 * Shattuck, S.O. 2008b. Revision of the ant genus Prionopelta in the Indo-Pacific region. Zootaxa 1846: 21-34.


 * Shattuck, S.O. 2008c. Review of the ant genus Aenictus in Australia with notes on A. ceylonicus (Mayr). Zootaxa 1926: 1-19.


 * Shattuck, S.O. 2009a. A revision of the Australian species of the ant genus Myrmecina. Zootaxa 2146: 1-21.


 * Shattuck, S.O. 2009b. Austromorium, a new myrmicine ant genus from Australia. Zootaxa 2193: 62-68.


 * Shattuck, S.O. 2011. Revision of the ant genus Calyptomyrmex in South-east Asia and Oceania. Zootaxa 2743: 1-26.


 * Shattuck, S.O. & Barnett, N.J. 2006. Australian species of the ant genus Diacamma. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 13-19.


 * Shattuck, S.O. & Barnett, N.J. 2007. Revision of the ant genus Mayriella (pp. 437-458). 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.


 * Shattuck, S.O. & Hinkley, S. 2002. Second species in the Australian ant genus Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer. Australian Journal of Entomology 41: 104-105.


 * Shattuck, S.O. & Janda, M. 2009. A new species of the Camponotus aureopilus Viehmeyer, 1914 species group from Papua New Guinea. Myrmecological News 12: 251-253.


 * Shattuck, S. O.; McArthur, A. J. 1995. Generic placements of Australian ants described by W. F. Erichson (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 34: 121-123


 * Shattuck, S. O.; McArthur, A. J. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Camponotus wiederkehri and perjurus species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 126: 63-90


 * Shattuck, S. O.; McMillan, P. 1998. Revision of the species of the Iridomyrmex conifer group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with notes on their biology. Aust. J. Zool. 46: 301-315


 * Shattuck, S.O., Porter, S.D. & Wojcik, D.P. 1999. Solenopsis invicta Buren: proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56: 27-30. [31.iii.1999.]


 * Smith, D. J. and S. O. Shattuck. 2009. Six new, unusually small ants of the genus Leptomyrmex(Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2142: 57-68.


 * Sosa-Calvo, J., Shattuck, S.O. & Schultz, T. R. 2006. Dacetine ants of Panama: new records and description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108: 814-821. [12.x.2006.]


 * Ward, P. S.; Bolton, B.; Shattuck, S. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1996. A bibliography of ant systematics. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 116: 1-417