DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY

John C. Luhman

Biological Control Scientist
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Address:

Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Biological Control Lab
601 N. Robert St.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Phone: (651) 201-6163
Email: john.luhman@state.mn.us

Education:

Ph.D. Entomology, University of California, Riverside
M.S. Entomology, University of Minnesota
B.S. Entomology, University of Minnesota

Research Interests:

• Biological control of indoor plant scapes.
• Identification and collection of insects from surveys, exotic pest surveys, and monitoring establishment of biocontrol agents.
• Curation of parasitic Hymenoptera, and other groups from surveys.

Teaching Interests:

• Talks to schools and organizations on insects, spiders, biological control.
• Participate in workshops on insect identification.

Selected Publications:

1999.  New host record of a Ceraphronid (Hymenoptera) in Trichoptera pupae.  J.C. Luhman, R.W. Holzenthal, & J.K. Kjaerandsen.  J. Hymenoptera Research 8(1): 126.

1992.  Revision of European species of the subtribe Endaseina, III, Genus: Endasys Foerster, 1868 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae).   J. Sawoniewicz & J.C. Luhman, Entomofauna 13(1): 1-96.

1992.  A revision of the world Amphibulus Kriechbaumer (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Phygadeuontinae).  Luhman, J.C., Insecta Mundi 5(3-4): 129-152.

1990.  A revision of Nearctic Endasys Foerster 1868 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), J.C. Luhman.  Monograph 109, University of California Press, 230 pp.

Recent Presentations:

Bug-nanza: big feasts, little beasts, the things insects eat.  J.C. Luhman & N. Cunningham, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, State Fair display, 2005-2007.